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The Lower Coast Gazette
PURIUSHED WEEKLY BY
THE LOWER COAST GAZETTE CO.
F. C. MEVERS, President; S. B. MEVERS, Secretary.
POINTE-A-LA-HACHE, LOUISIANA.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF"
; PiqEMINrEs PARISH PruICE JURY,
PtLAQUEMINES PARISH SCIOOL BOARD,
PLAQIUEINES PARISH EAT BANK LEVEE DISTTICT,
GRAn PRAIBIF LEVEE DISTRI'T,
LAmE BORGNE BASIN LEEE DISTRICT.
BntAS LEVEL DISTRICeT ..
TERMS: $1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE:
Entered at the Pointe-a-la-Haclte, Post Office as second classl matt
mail matter
SATuIJPAY .MARCH 13TH, 1909. I
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Booming Plan ue, mliies Parish.
We don't knowvwhether or not it is the advent of THE LOWER
COAST GAZETTE, the subsidence of The Tax Resisters Association,
the discovery.:of the immense oil and natural gas field in otler par-:
Sishes and the great probability of even better fields here, the high
Stemperature of the sun itself this year or some other equally potent
, certain it is that things are looking better in Plaquemenes
parish. Recently four thousand acres of sea-marsh land lying in
the rear of,$t., Anne plantation, the present lower sectibn of
Belle Chaser tha marsh land being traversed by the Grand Island
railro and the newly made Algiers drainage canal, was sold for
$200, OO ...Th ese lands lip between the Mississippi river and
Bayou Baritaria and are protected in front by the levees of the La
fourche Levee District, and in the rear in degree by the Bayou Ba
Srataria ridge. The whole purchase can be made into a drainage dis
X ;riet or polder; and can be kept well drained whenever the conditi
ons favor the necessary outlay which will be considerable.
,To us o1 long, resident here these new values that are coming i
i or property.a ae something of a hurprise. The Hon. T. S. Wil
S inson bought the adjacent Belle Chasse plantation a few years
*gd for less thar $100,000 and from any point of view with which
we are familiar if the lands behind Ste. Anne, are worth $200,
000 the Belle Chasse is worth half a million. By the grand Island
rail road the whole territory under consideration is but five miles
from New Orleans and we presume this proximity to the metrop
...olis is the foundation for the increasing values.
If Judah V. Benjamin, the great American lawyer, who became
Confederate Secretary of War in 1861 and 1862, and Confederate
Secretary of State 1862-1865 and subsequently Queen's Counsel
in London, could return to his old plantation home on Belle Chasse,
valuing itas bghly as he might, he would be astounded to learn
that the sea marsh lands in the rear, were selling in large blocks
at $50 per ure acre. Equally surprised would be Lizardi Bro
S'th , the famous Mexican Bankers, the former ow ers of Ste.
plantation.: Even the pirate Lafltte' whose ai, in' the ivar
wea tendeis1 to a~i accepted .by Genernl;i-son for th i
battle of January 8, 1815, in the field of Chalmette, would
n look on in surprise to learn that his favorite haunts in 'the sea
imairshe of Barataria Bay and bayou, were selling at $50 per square I
Varte. Even John Slidell, who then fifty years of. age,. elected
SameJ C. Polk to the presidency of Vnited' States in 1844 and who,
'for Usrvices rendered, was appointed Mipjister :from the United
tt to Mexico in 1845, would beshocked t. lear.. of the high
u s ' f sO. gea.l ,a aP inn~ -parish. . Slidell- in 1844:1
;r a member otCa on~gq ess from Louisiana. The vote of Louisi
ss, thle a doubi ustate,' ade i olk pres~eit aiind :the vote of
P mne hpah Iharied the~atat fq r Polk. Cnelitle traet of
a leand, soie eighteen acres in all, was:deeded to 238 men, ,
0i, h oe certainly a voter, as the land was acquired to give the
eS the legal status then necessary.: , The land cost some $22
,tle voter did the rest., Plaquemines parishhas bheen known c
t. b~mlapirparish ever ince. At $50 per acre for sea.marsh
kin 1844James K. Polk would likely never have been'prerident, i
-Hery C who so'bravely said he would rather be right, than I
t. woubld ihave had his'highest ambition gratified by his t
~pt to the 'presldency,
Apart ,,ro,. these diversionsand consideration of the availi.
ofer*tmPMli lands let us consider what foundation there
iaf the ple recently talized. New Orleans is a cityo
0,0.0 inhabitanta and is entrepot of the great Mississippi
pd within half a century will have a population of more
* ilal1on. 'Plquemines parish is a peninsula gprojecting a 1
~8t lAto~:the gtul and while it is the land of the orange la
s sorg6 ee, of rice and of indian corn and while its inlets, b
S bale sbores are the home of the succulent oyster as
Stheired adsh, the red snapper and the Spanish maekerel;
od and litti. bays the feeding ground of millions of a
other i~ ater fowls, the greatest of all is yet to come. a
i becoming the market garden of the United
g!ogt egl/t, i nraphical'and climatic advantages
as Mto l iatouis the produetion of early vegetables at
atb aathamost wanted, and: to isure to us ti
t# twrdistributio n im6ng our eighty millions of
~t bi ulttwstht gives value to lands, Jands simi-'
li~ are W th$ 00e. 0 per squuaesaere anid the
atw r makes an additional charge of some '$
rl fenieod to re less than ve miles
iiw Although but little above tideWater level they
Str livees and be drabied to any desired depth,
t ofit iaaM whether or not the venture will pay.
h Voatii ,YersPestion we can get some in-.
t W--u3 ,~t whPe vftintg Holland. In Holland i
dita a re known as polders, the anWaI~w ial
ai iOts ome 9O0 acres and the
about4400W0 eres. 'The Harlea p e
- g be, Methe Cvil War to Dr. Weder
ve, wait med after Hbrlam City and as
~le R1b9 i ·pbesMeddobtless came the fably of m
~~t~ a~i~z~fjr ~ ceated ~y. a stmnh iIn the 16th '
-a eeio watk for mo, n than 800 years, i
bsr e from the se.s Just.
I~A~lfgbais anthe vast plain Iter.
P s of Centralsrl Eop
--.',I , 4vivMF n -hi bein. , ,
stated by Mr. Waring can best be cxpressed in his own 'wiV'its:
., 'n this vast plain, so lately the bottom of a navigabhe lake, straight roads
are bordered with trees; substantia4 and often elegant farm homes are seen on
every hand; over 30,000 letters are distributed anutally; thr-:ughout the whole
commune are police, cemeteries, fire-engines, all the appliances of Dutch civili
zation, as well organized as in any of the older districts: periodical:catth- mark- ,
eta are regiarlyheld: the dilligence makes its stated trips; a steamboat. plies on' . a
the encircling 2anal; grain mills are at work, and all the necessaries of life "are i
obtained within the polder. In the village are artizans, manufacturers, and pro- I
fessional men of all sorts, -in a word, thrift, industry and prosperity have taken i
complete posession of the polder.'
The problem in the low lands of Louisiana is a far simpler qne '
than has confronted the Dutch in Holland.' They want the alluvial ,
lands and for 2,000 years have been battling.with the sea for their ,
control and while at times failing, as a whole they have secured a d
brilliant success. The Dutch farmers are the richest in the world
and yet their winters are colder than ours, thier lands are less fer
tile, their environing water levels are higher than ours. They work
for what they get, but they get it. Some people pre begir!ing to C
appreciate the value of our land and the purchase of the 4,000 acres
herein referred to is evidence of the fact.. .
.... ... ...-_ . .. .It
The Dollar Watch. .
Seventyyears ado the yankee clock was brought out. The
wheels were generally made of wood as 'brass was too expensive
and the clocks were carried from house to house by the clock ped
dlers just as sewing machines now are with this differenjo that the .
clock peddler had to deal with an unwilling public while the sewing :
machine man has willing buyers if: ti'ey hiad the funds or fair pros- tI
pects of getting them.
Two generations ago sunrise and sunset marked the bh
ginning and the end of ordidary work 'and' noon could be well ,o
guessed at by the sun' in the south, and what more was needed. u
Yet the peddlers induced the good women of 'the. country to try a A
clock. They were shown how to wind it up and how to tell the 'C
time by it and thus day by day becoife.ieio're and rhore .use to it.
The 'daily meals were prepared at the proper tiri'e of day, by the a
clock; the children were sent to schoolt when the clock indicated L
the proper time and finally the whole don'est c lifecentered around
or was guided by the 2lock. n
.Then he clock peddler appeared upon the scene and with
modest mein inquired about the clock he left, spoke of the growing
demand for them, of the people wanting hiore clocks than he could
supply, when the good housewife fearing; that the supply would L2
run short would hastily close the dealIfor the clock. And so the '
Yankee became essential to the hou4ekeeper these few decades '
ago. ' s
While we all love to hear the good old church bell, 'and especi- '
ally on Sundays and holidays calling the faithful to church service, i
we forget that it is a relic of the'days when'there were no clocks, .
the days when all hands were called to duty jy bell, horn or 'bugle. .:v
Civilisation has made many advances since 'titii'butt the bell
remains and does its joyful or sad duties' as 'tie ocasion may de
mand.
"But the inquiry will come as to what all:this. hastodo with the f.i
pollar watch. The dollar watch is 'the direct descendent of the
Yankee clock: The .cheapeningk o clocks ntturgllv .brought about
the cheapering of wtches and continuous eff ort.ý t.º ids (f
until at last American inventors' conceived the ide.a f t=nm kirg
watches with interchangeable parts.. The famous Waltham watch
was one of the first and the Waterbury watch-' one of the last of h
-that epoch. The interchangeable part idea was at worki,ihowever, P
and finally the Ingersolls brought out the dollar watch and they
are now knowtr all over this.country and in Europe' and' in fact
everywhere else, The dollar watch was just as much of an epoch p
.maker as the first cheap.clocks,n They have cone into use every
'where. ' •
,' The IngeraoIls set the Paeebuit theyhave brought out a tive
competitorsand now there are mnany. dollar watches. Soer of j
them have lost all appearance of little clock or.of a tin cup, , and
are quite stylish in appearance and scarcely distinguishable' on
csual observation from the bettergrades of silver watches, Mary w
of'them keep good time and ivit. for ~.jtrs and w.eeiCi 'tiey ,
won't run any longer they can b~ t4own away and a nw one goti
for a dollor. .All hail then to thha dollar watoch i'me ts nu1re, I
Let us save our time as well as our tmoney arid this we can do with ti
the dollar wath . " ", ...
Thrift on The Farm.
A farmer's wife in Qgden,. owa, has
sent the, following letter to the Des
Moines Capital. It ajiQws what can ibe
donie on a farm where inteliligenicer
thrift and modern methods are used.
Iowa land is no better thans"Obahbita
land, and what can be done iii Iowa can
be more easily done hiee. In Iow tho
farmer has to'raise his crops in' " :feit
months of the year to'prepare, for "t
long "wirters, In Ouachita, the land of
sunshine, crops can be grown the year
around with few' discomforts 'to the
farmer, The farmers' should be -`the:
most ifdependent ofpeolile, yet gener
ally they are not, They, howvrer, are.
the only ones to blame for this condi
tion. I The letter follows:
"'In September, 1892, sixteen years
ago, my husband, a young Illinois man
twgqty-six years of age, started nort~i:
Vest to, seek a home. In Cenitial Iowa
he secured an eighty acre fariin wit' a
.thre-spom cottage and' small stable,
paying down $1,000, mbney he bad
saved from his wagesl as farm hanid,
and giving a mortgage on the ldand prr
:$1,800 for five years at eight per cent;
"In thespring of 1898 we were mir
tied and came to Iowa to live on thiq
far. tarting-in with two good h&r
ses,. a plow and harrow, wagon and
corn planter, two cows, one dozen
chickens, we went to work with :a de=
termation to win, T first year we
did sor tiling, built a colley, plastered
and painte4 our cottage, bought some
maochiery, p.a our interest And
10$ to p.y on principalY In the fa-ll
s189 te, purchaed another forty acres
adjoiiFng tie original eighty, paying
$4to p r.ae or $1,700.
"The spring of 1898 found .s free
from debt with some money on hl'd,
ad we b.boagt another 1P..m f-ani I
Iitd eeping over
5 Tm thsem we have ei
waeanted ut'at $8 and $8.295 'S
S11 91 e puricased saother .ft
i n1 ac , e ,which we have
~b.Vhr kq. obfrn mgs, prs*.*g, t,
* Y ý f.~r~
neve beeun Fie a day.
""'I 1906 e Irhasedhctherdigltty,
0at9i tract, joining the first two named
purchases, making us a lovely 200.acre
home' farm, paying $70 an aere with no
improvements., This fa we. have in.i
proved by buildling an addition, to' our
house, a $1, barn, threee wý,iells and
windmiills an4 pther sniall buildIngs 'be..
sides laying I)000O t!e' on .he dlff rent
farms. .
'"We have ieen very busy but yet
have.found $uae to make seven, trips to.
Ilingis home folkr., We do not find it
necessary to work op Sundays, as sorpe
dof but find ,it pleasat., r.creation .top
drive to th.: village church, :.three
miles away pr rest quietly in.our hoine,
teading good,,books or papexs,:.beipg
neitHer mises nor spendthrjfts, .alwys
buying plenty. to eat and wears we.
arecontentedand happy. .
"""We are:- at present preparitig to:
rii oe to'a small farm near tu4itto ed..,
ucate our children. I have endeavored
to state fact~as they occured ta's he-t
ping,;some one may be beneitted there.
by ad4 determtined to secure bhome,
for "ha wo have done, surely bthers
lraydo,"-fMorroe Star.,:
"Madam,'' said Horace (reely, ., at ae
public meeting, to the.pineer.suf4tagi.
at, lirsabeth.CadyStanton,',. the bullet
and the ballot go together.. If. you
want to vote .are you ready to..fight?"
"Certainly, sir," replid .th .e:quick
witted lady to the delight, of. the .ad
isc " Iam ready to fight.iust. as
V90 iave foqht-with rmypen.'
a his r) 1 e teacher Wish
ado slifehow,%rt streit v `Lon.
Ion did som good`by barning outt the
reps of the plague. In the course of
the leson he dutle iquestion, "What
did the~peitfire do? "Immediate.
ly caethe startling aspwer," Please,
d, it burned out'twent l igbt church.
In 'n exammiuaion two .lines were
srn for correctlon. '"Thi, s ,nglhad
.dl.d1 n ore~s shall Lie at the
P 0we(tt4ft a cinqueror." One can.
ld~ecorrectonwas; " 'Foot' should
.fee," for a porer wodea have t
;wd "'a ,'nd shother sapiently ob
erv l,'r.fpdt iiot bpe d:" the s
welkaa. uapoetie4teelinga,,j
isth u swarfmp Ef g- J
tof a conque r; d
PARISI NEW1SO.
o Bfurrwood.
ill- Mrs. M. L. BHtcher and '1aughter
rk- Emma are visiting Mrs. W.' 0. brie.r.
on at the head of the Pass Light House.
re Mr. P. ,oar of New Orleans is envovy
ren ing a stay of several week;s with rela
tives in Pilot Town.Bayou. Miss Kate
e lBudenwich of '1oothville is the guest
ne of her brother, J. Bude-wich. Messrs.
J.' H. Sadvage and T. J. Castatera
E'n' we.re visitors to Pilot Town bayou Sum,
a 'day.
ild -
er- Jesuits' Bend.
rk Miss Iillian MeNeely was the guest
to of Miss .leah Perez n.9 Sunday. 10is
Olive Galetrt.snt ~t. week end with
her auvrt, Mrs. Qetna Jeanfreau. F,:iss
Pgul n.. Landry, of New Orleans, was
the gutist of Miss Birdie Lartique this:
,past week. Miss Alina Miller of
Puinte-a-la-Hache is visiting Ade!e
he Barreis. Mr. Coales of Tennessee,
se 'spent Sunday at St. Peter, the guest of
diMr. Bev. Peenel.
Anm:)ng the visitors to Jesuits' Bend
he 'on Sunday were J4}in GCannon of New
rig Orleans, Leonaid .Perej of Algier~., L. I
s- L. Lewis .of., tJeer Jtange. .,Chas.
Flathers,' .Y. HI. H wit',.r and B(t0
Stn:lee' of New Orleans.
ý- Mliss Adele Barrois was the hostess
ell of a delightful little reception on Sat
d. urday night in honor of her guest, Miss;
Alzina Millec. Among the guests were
he Misses Juanita, Ada and Odelie Rigaud;
S C:.c.e and Cecile Bayhi; U. and E.
it. Bayhi; L. and E' Barrois; B. Lartique
he and P. Landry. Messrs. Earnest and
ed Lawrepee Perez; R. Rigaud; E. and A '
rid Bayhi; S. ani A..Becnel; P. Ma'rtin; B.
Staples; -A!, ., .., G ., ' E and Ii. '
Barreis.
th
g air )ais y
lid Game Warden Gus Smifth was at
lid Daisy, the guest of Mr. Gilbert Buras. ,
he 'Mr. S. C. Smith, the able manager of
es Orange Farm, was at Daisy Friday,:
superintending the construction of a'
drainage box to le put through thel
ai- 'hback levee at.Geo. Jurger's place. H.
:e, W. Fox will sow rice this week.
ºS, .. Jos.,Tabohy, the popular drummer, i
e. 'visited Daisy Friday. , Mrs. Jos. To
el 'bony. and little daughter Bessie, of;i
le- New.Orleans are visiting relatives on
e- the Lower Coist. Mr. Win. Cannon,i
formerly of Union Settlement is visit-.
he .ing friends on the Lower Coast.
he 'i he. back levee dredge reached liar
ris r anal Saturday, thus cutting off the'
i t{ie . o ofo'ft ittib the
w ýýiegeioti , d t Nesto f 'aitl bi
( Bayou Lainock.
Ch While out driving Mr. G. Burns'
of horse was crippled by stepping on a l
r piiecc of sharpened plank a:sd is now
Ssuffering from-lockjaw:t Mr. J. Rob-!
Serts of Nw Orleans shipped the ma
r terial f;'r building a cottage on hi:sl
Lh place at i ai: y.
Ste. Sophie.
ye JudgleA. Leopold Went to Cluras inst
of Tiesds..: y' a tt..td 'thefU1 .ral, ot 0 'I.;
A, P.; Alburti. ' Mr. Hiil :and , P.s Hill'
of Morascout w:re iii PhiniX' uon built; "
Sness this week, Masri Foser l)obsn i
F went: to Poinftea-l.e-liac.e 1n satur
Iton. F. Le, -,,!d s'pent the past week
'lit' BMbtiste "'owletl,, CIp &,nd is i x.
Sprcted to jbe t howlm the early part of:
this week, lotr*..Marc Cogevlc'h was r
rin thiasplace on bus ssa pn Friday,
English Tur e
t 1Fr. Mare CogLWnviCh was here recent
edly oi official huslnes. Dl)r,. Chas. SeIagle i,
r was warmly welcomed by hsle St, Clair
0 friends last week,. Miss May Aycock, .a ,
I' student of the Home Institute, spent a
r part of the Carnival holidays with' her,
parents:@ Scarsdale, Friends of M'r, .
and Mrs, .Co~li wn! regr-et to hear of
,t their depature from Braithwaite, 'By
the resignation of little Miss Annie D, /
pt the St, Clidr School has lodt one of its i
tbrighest giotis. Mrs. Chas. O;Connier
iW and:little daughters of New Orleans h
e were the week end guests of i'Mr.' and
to Mrsi Iabingtan. The young friends of
. Master Buell Ayeock will rejiee to
P, learn of his rqeovery from the painful h
accident of gome .weeks ago, After a
Spleasant visit to.relatives its Louisiana,
rp Mr.ini grs. C11a., t:'ackand.lt, on
have returned to their liohl, in beiau
o- mont, Texas, .
'On Sunday Messts. Aucoln and
Meytors visited Ravenwood, their behiu.
tiful oiapge farl.
' Sat!tiday Mrs; F, Baril and Miss N,. i
Camnnon visited their mother, Mrs, N. iN
B, Cannon, They were aecoinpanied by I
r Miss F. Bailey. -. li
t Miss Annie Richardson is spending lin
some time in New Orieans, the guesta
of friends.
The stork has again returned and has hi
rese dMr and Ma,. :'Michol~s Bii. '
ber, Jr,, with a ne baby girl, iti
5anpire
Among those who v~isited New Or
leans last week we nticeed Mr. and'
SMrs. P. M. Stockflethi apd ou genialj
Sfriend Mr. Jos; Hingle; Misses A, andi
S. Rosenbrock spent Saturrdy and Sun- U1
day in the gay Crescent City. Mrs. i
SFred Hingle spent a. few days in Home i ed
Place last week,
Miss M. Louderbough aqgieppanied 'u
by her" sweet little piece;. setitned to f.
d New Orleans Sunday oiir~tg,' after a
short visit to Empire friends. Mlr., td nd
Mrs. A. Galmicbe are receiving con- .4
Sgratulatlons on the birth of a daugh.. rk
ter. Mri.'and Mrs. Geo. Roberts are e
being congratutlatd on the birth of agh
S Polntewolawtlfacbe.
M. t,-nd Mrs. Lionel Favret were the we
guestsofMr, and Mtr, .G. Fattet on mi
; l8nay, Mese" ' Frank C. Meyers aur'it,
frankt C~sse 'r' ee vkiit..rs in our ad:
. aitI ;!!aster lK"l1ji ºbt or lhi tsii i'rr ~. i. I):~
l our town our 'I ut"d"v.
the y wthizett is gi',ly at tat that wMrs.
tti.
i' ......rank Mlartil,' wi was t&L to the
,otelieu in Nw eLaesn, sust weeks
at 1 One of our most lpopular and suee,
s. ago fulvry sines, is pIdr.og. rsingph aily.
ill'and Miss 'And: Victoria L~asu:;, 1,a
y Among the mi rv 'f .usits lisi.rs in
,pa ,th of ha-n e wir We thrarr:ed t 1U
.iaur the rseown on Saturday ew rit: a
gre Ctvves of Dave Wihappy a.J spl, th a ir
Judgem y being eroJued .y J.dg u
Emr.t l. Jbgie. Ilt ,e),g the c[ r
,r tny at the evriei and grm were to e
iby it,, Sapo, the ,a f "ble :iis New U
of the'loper-Dunbar canning plasit
D~oullist's. .Mi[ the pr,verbial rice, shge
er, Mran last r. k ingle boarded .
north bouvi evening traint fallor New on
I.
e eans and from u thquice they leave ti
ir efortnights Tuestay, alondg th Gulf Coret
s bearing withe ther: grod w ier es
a- their many" friends. The Gazette ..
=rtends their eongratulations,
itharthmy aas
iti'
Bartelny Rags, one of our oldes
and respected citizen.% iied here sat
"idenly on Thursday maorning at 1 A.M
ri Riaing a few minutes prior to his deat
. he seated himself before a fire place
o hi s F loranteo D'hrnind has left hr
in Mexico, wh re whe iat rds to fall nd a
ohis head. We and hair partly ur nednjoa
'Hi: funeral wlhich was largely attend
ed. took place aere F riday, his remai:
o being interg and ca in the St. Thomas Cat.
!oile Comotetry.
the leaves t ree son. and two Mondaug
al erniry party comnposed of Mrst. 4 i.-.
i to.iai l) Yurnd is oss, to whom mon
Gai tdte ten;i Aiesan, Mr. J.trvie ads
. Mrs. A. C. Meage,
Another laued-mark was added t rubigo he
"dchharvest of thne grim reaprnal" of whs of
Mrs.fish and crabs. Mnge osd the ou
from whe facie befno travel outr returns. Thu'e
linghas been complness which rendered hsper a
lvaliat atr the rdast fi New y(lears e. Miss,
ra pevol end last Wednesday aftherne i
r` toate-a-l&-Huche f tor a three rnanths
Ssnoortay witlie iry Mrs. Frank Cava
here family about her bedsid
, Mi era mains were tenderly laid awua
Athine buowing day, the funeral copete outi.
ithe hget witnessed in the section e a
i.(routa lien. S.' Leopold. Eve#?ofYe feels'
graiteful for this rain tdiat Ilas s~orile,
csp~cialily our truck fazrirars. lflaek.-.
k whit"ry ti ie being anxiously lookued.
Eforwardty-five year bs ago, Catherine CoI
at alread ys born the village oplac Groes ftr
ii ren; Scxony, Germany, and e,,ne to
Sthis. grathering with her parentn. at t
of
lY, age of fo Piteen, locating i thisw paris
Reared by her sturdy parentc a underi by
pher sister Mollif true hristianid her sony, herbert,
ed inr her cardier years in teaeching the
leftyoung, princiday on the voting hergan tim
fritpateneds and relatives iii New rkbeautn.
Ir Mrs. Butcther and daug~hter of Burr
'! wood spent a day at Py-col work, which late
of rweek fruisit, ing ma of her disciples.
oin 1844 y friends of Capt. JAntoms
IeArmstrong, who has been quite ill re-as
rickheritage four sons, William, l rcod
erick, Aentonly will be glConrad to learn that he isdau
ghtr, convalescent. Miss Deborah Wrightt
asister, Mrs. Wetse, have now in turn
survlved their aged mother. .
sier kidSundayd lovewith to he Misses Sauvage.mil
wer fA Very pleasant Euchre oarity wa
met, whilen at the abomndance of her charge
itw t isard the necdy was not te ahndlest
dirulage o ebr mWr v Mesb tras. W.
ai Wright, T. Soa~b, LI. Wright, L.. Uuit.
awcotW, J. J.. Sauvage andi Johns Clark.
º}-br. Fdw~ard Wrigiht is spending a few
la- day's in Nt w Orleans. .Junge (i. W.
'uis U lesdernier. of lIurs~w-;oid spent Sun
'm:y with his faaily at :'i~t ':'twee.
Itnh-rt.u:.ces a,'pareit can ,ia, },r: :
Schi ycr~ r . -
".
! ':Le (.i..I t,: l t^* rlds its UeCp m .,:
llthy to hte belY.i ,ed ial:tily in lyt"
great !to.a ti eY I arc !suffrd,
certaxin s ho were.% tratldd to °n&w r
parti,'ular que. tiJns,'.anid 1ttle In,ro
_ a.l. w's atl !:ry weii, S l g as tli;
iqeslttih wer L, ifUti" ",i' orde. "Ir P
Sl, g as e: h I, Ui' : , H r:;ee- ;t
at s t-r lii" (v.:.. tut Oli O . uot''- i,.r
!11 a visit fr1', thelt? ia,eCtr the tla •o evt
a',ta l',.ll uti,1t . mdlld the t oiitm e Illt v,.
ci-g:ra.e, througth "the abs4t~ ..'-f
t.e i -ixth, bt,o in tic. Cl ;s.tt;. '. S.
tyihli:.,s it w~s t) ive a Cre'srt, I
iv'e :eti",g :tar :: y dayi ,('ht ,,rh t he
ibntt.m o: a pit. It w.a det (1ddly in
llrt a .'ing wihen r.t;;nber 91-. ll about<,
" Please, , the boy thaL usrts sti :;i'
dayiight is not L.ere!"
.anelA w a s it.geing hi ftathier
ftar a second tll ing of preser'e-,
\Vten I was a boy,"' id ,i Plia.'
IImy lather t.nly ahtowed tlme one help
ilig.' Jainie way ';Ael, ifr a minut6
and thun ashed," Aren't y'vu glad :.'
'ive ,itl us dw daddJ . '--whe )?,
:illat(r.
"I'm all in the dlar. W.,ut h.:,' thes`
bils areto be paid". said AMr 1t1iiduip t0
his wile. " t ei, H~ire.," s. i l.e. ri
she pulled out acoluredt9.e ,and liJ it i6:9
the pile, "you WiAl'b itf uu nt pay ttat
one, for it's tfl gas bil." •
River Nevw;
The U. S. I.ight tlou.e `erad :vt.. "
is stati-red it Bury' 1 a h a ' ,
comnpiirntnt of inen to bL d a at
beacon light: throughl.,ut i1'ýuhwy. .;
P'ass, alter v.hi, h all 'vessels ' 4bi'' be0'..n'.
I:able to, nia\igi.ki with safety t ro;f' , .'
Ithe channel. This work will be ei'
',,ht d in about thirty da s. SCaptlli "41
MLurlihy, ctrnmmandter of the Ivy, 14':" ;'
lch:.rge: .f this wourlk. . . q
'1he.U. S: Uenyard lIft Eurrwc.oi .
"for N.ew Orleans ,"city to imderrg .'..,,
certain alterations to the duinpiing
gates which will gr, atly facilitate ti ,,
apeni:g and closing o: theta:
'The liredge Xt. John's whfi a' %a
I dredgihg in the South Puss chan'el wad
around at the Burrwood whari 'i'ue sday
night. We understand that she wal
soon be back at wrk inf uiithwe t
Major C. Donoran of'tih S'.",q. \ fi:-' !
giineer's office was on a toitr of inrap.. -.'i -
tion -to the (iifierint posts unrcir iu* on:tT
IcoShvtnid. on TIiietv: The Majr
.iv~ t dt.wn tn the Ut S: S' 3't)'i',k.
was arccompianied bLy hii' i t
Mr. lick(y.
The work of closing the' rumeeot ''
snmall bayous and other streams tribii-.'
Ltry to Southwest Pass was sluspen&dJ
iby trhecozitrictor, Mr. F. lika!d, a :
I acecunt of the high river which n(.:''..' :
pre vail:.' Ail but two of !t h ayous'i ' '"
:,iini to be closed alid wlrk on th,- i"..
biti' b,'uguni,but tihe strong crr4nt wlh t W :"""
ruLes tihrough thre iproved too :gred'r'd^
:r .ombumnt aidL swept the' huKe' pil Ig"
liku rmet*e hs oitn~ a.kai .orag ''
RJ(:aininh tVit: to et(4lnuUrlsi h worl; "'
Iealivt rnly a 'r'&at lss to him Ml,'
SEsk'id csought the prp'l*i r 'thcal) ritiE. ..'
tand re~-ive.d tieir aqprv'vd to susp,1...'.,
the' baanrie c the. tuirk untl th o'hi;'x
rivvr woud rt eCioe to a ioint where tihia t.
work couil be rd wwi. 1 r, .."
kt:id b.n· iLi iliid by 'the trostt.'
.w,,ks in time, with hois raaurials$hsit t ;
wouldf not have hippen'. id, ,r. .
i a I:i:stki"r anee des'erves gretit dr'cdl :'i
for. the mninier in wh~iCh' he diSpltche("a d
the. work wlhen ve. W had the i materIf; "~:
on hand, . " , ':
Mr, ". AAlexander, of Clrr~ od;,
made i hasty trip to New Orleans' an :
back, He travels on' weroplanes. Raii-'.
roads, steamlboats and launhes aro '
too slow for him, so we noticed the
tittle while he was In the ghy C'reaeeit
City,
Major S. Leopold, who Is in charge of "
the work at liabtiste Collotte ws ap. .'
proached by us, on his way down to the
-scenee of action," on the .DI)ependint '"
'Tuesday, 'The Major informs uisthrt':'
the work is holdilng out wall Aiiid t'~i.
i;opes to get through hisi j ilo l 'Wi '"J
frum now, no %i.1w.; ;"
Cullenville is on a booln. Our gpiio '.
frienl Put Cullen is tle active spirit
thiere and is buildng svve!ral .osy col.
tages whict pr,,leaentt qui~. sad;e'
peasp.re to the growing vil 4 A
dance bHll wlil ne.t be built rby hinim
a;d he says after thit, if things look
bright, he is Zoing to build a ltheatre,
We don't know how large,
T'he tyiter factory at. Ostrlesa, ,i
ibout to close skuwn for the sEaiun, duo
to the poor copdition of oysters,. Quite,
a number of labor, rs will be. thrown
out of ei'ployment, a;umong the lot.quite....
a nu:mber of -'·Lwrmn lkso, hiw!, . ,,
will have to be traxlaported back to fBa- ;.
timreiLTV
Colloquy. '
Fair Baton Rouglan -"John says the i
r idn of Ipuikiant's capital r,.
noted f:r their beauty," ie (thought
fully)- "His statenmenlt raemihds pne of,
the capital." She(lnnocently)--"law's.
that?" Hle- ."Built on bluffst."
School Soigy. : ' :
Tune "McDonogh", -.
0! bring your books and pencils too,
And inmarch to school, learning
in view;
Good eondauct and attention pay,
)Obey all rules, come eve'y day.
'hen pleasure and content you'll
bring,
Our school '11 be hbest in everything;
0 let your tongue in joy ring,
All praise to- School we sing,
O if these rules your ives will mui',
Then tolucress you ll alw., L,i
No titter nmonument could be
Er, ct, d to a schcoi than thee.
O 'youthfu! hearts be brave and true
Uphold the school that nurtures
qnd give to it the praise that's d,,.
Dear school, our joyCos preie
to DG! •.n,
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