THE LOUISIANA; CREOLES OF

Or, Reminiscences of an Old

Acadian.
BY FELIX VOORIIIES.

ClIAPTER L

It seems but yesterday-and, yet, sixty years have passed away since the days of ime! How my boyhool. How flee tng rapidly does old age creep upon us with its infirmities! The curling smoke In summer we betook ourselves to the Sit. Martinville, La. dispelled by the paseingwind; the waters gallery for a breath of fresh air during that run by, murnauring softly in the the oppressive heat of the dog days, and CARRIAGES SADDLES, gentle stream, leave as deep a mark of then our grand mother, an exile from -AND--teir passage as do the fleeting days of Acadia would relate to us, with tears in man. Firemen's Equipments. her eyes, the stirring scenes she had witI was then twelve years old, and I can nessed when the Acadians were driven Marble work and Tombstones yet picture in my mind the noble sim- away from their homes by the British; plicity of my father's house, so neatly their sauffrings during their long pilCarved. built, so capacious and airy. The style grimage from Acadia to Maryland, and of work can be examined. Samples of architecture in those days was not as thence to the wilds of Louisiana; the Moderate Prices. tm malareta! dslricts thler rIu s gandy and as showy as that in our pro- dangers that beset them on their way St. Martiuville, ta. gresive age, but it was in accord with through endless forests, along the banks te. eter ranulaie feres to lseins the plainness of measure of our Acadian of rivers too deep and precipitous to be Notice to the Public. fathers. Their dwellings had a smiling forded; among hostile Indians that foland inviting appearance no longer to be lowed them stealthily like wolves day tound nowadays in our houses so quaint and night ever ready to attack them and Dr. William Wald, the most powerful Doctor known, is now residing in and extravagant in their build. They masesacre them. While she spoke we Root this town, in the building belonging to Hathan Waltor es, were as large and as grand as their hos- groupep ourselves around her and stirred J. F. Peone, adjoining Pierre Journet's. pitality was boundless; for no people not lest we should lose one of her words. He is ready to serve the public at any time. especially families, which he will were more generous sad hospitable than [To be continued.] serve by the year on reasonable terms. l e Beer, h:e. 8bet Water the Acalian exiles who peopled the mag. Call and give him a trial. nlacent and poetical wilds of the Teche Col. Ochiltree now i- a: "The more I Wald's alve cures Burns, Sores, Cute BeRrsmets t dl Iadk country. know men the better I like dogs." and Rheumatic pains. Price ce dollar -Oe,44 Murray St. New ork. per bottle when prescribed. My father's house stood on a sloping NOTICE. Colr. T rse ad to re streutjs hill in the centre of a large yard, with - First Cl lsBar. CONVENT OF MERCY, finely laid out rows of china trees interamd Beer, Sheret, Seda t Mrvile, Gab. Gardemal's Bay 8tallon SWEENY spersed with clusters of towering oaks Retredhumas oef e aiid..La.Water and St. Martinsville, La. forming delightful vistas. On the decl- .will be on stand and ready to serve from This Institute offers superior advantavity of the hill the orchard displayed its and after Monday May 9th. 1887. gese to Porents desirous of giving thier - PEDEOUR GIVEN. wealth of orange, plum and peach trees ealidrae a solid and refined Bdueation. Next to it was the kitchen garden tem- Charges moderate. For farther infor- Terms of tuition, Music etc., moderate. Joseph Boecvalt inlag with vegetables of all kinds, sum. mation nyply to For partieulars apply to Fresh Goods Receivd Daily. Co nt Bridge and rmet aSrut*Ms eleat for the needs of a whole village Srsnas or Muact. In the front of the house, outside of the yard, tall pecan trees reared their heead St. Martit ill, ISa. in lofty majesty, forming a charming Mr.L.C. Vautler has a kiln of fie shady grove. bricks which be will sel at cost. Apply Itseems to methat I se again that to him on the Dittmana plantation, one Has on hand all kinde of lowerng ants, asuch as Roses, Geran A yard with it hundredesof poultry, so fall mile from St. Martinville. apld 3 3m Bouvardias, Cmellas,Bmni (orof life, so noisy, running with flapping namental and owerar)-d mm m wings to eat greedily the grain that my MARTIN & GAUTHIER'S flowerin bulbs, and allind eto vegetaI DIwAlo ble plants. Mr. Walters' prie are very mother scattered for them on the groand api v2 ThesssgM Jesm s nfn ll swm m e reasonab. in the morning and evening. At the foot of the hill, extending to we L. C. messoae plsemams. a memsse -u s susses, sum vei Bayou Vermilion, were the pasture grounds where the cattle graed anadI Isuese wasihalses aw laN L. aOus DRM ap e where the browsing sheep followed, step a Wenf Mareas, aFine Famy Oreeries, Tinwr Set. lt as so ST. MARTIUm VU.I., LkA. , by step, the stately ram with a tinkllaing bell suspended from his nelk. How LUMBER! LUMBER! elearly Is the scenery, in all its 10 eats a drink or 3 for 25 ents, details

honesty, generosity and hospitality. By his indomitable energy he had amassed a - DRuanE IN Dealer in handsome fortune, and although not a Dry Goods, Shoes. Hats, Fancy Goods, Flae Family Groceries, Cigars, Tobaees, and Family Groceries. millionaire, the simplicity of his manTinware, Hardware, Canned Goods fancy goods, such ners, and the modesty of his wishes, al- A specialty of Ladies Fie Liquors sad everything all and ornaments Feathers, Flowers, lowed him to live contented and happy on as kept in a first class Family Groery. kinds of trimmings for ladies hats, his income. The family consisted of my (EAT SIDE or BAYOU TIECL ) Livery and Feed Stable. father, mother, three children and my St, Martinville, La. Street, St. Martinsville, La. Main grandmother a centenarian, whose memory was remarkably elear and lucid conJAMES SIMON. taining a wealthy mine of facts and ATTORNEY AT LAW, BLACKSMrrITH and WELwsnRIGnT Sor data, to be envied by an antiquarian or -anda chronicler. Wagons, Carts and Buggies made new NOTARY PUBLIC. During the cold nights of winter the and repaired. Horse Shoeing Etc. Ofsce near the court House. family assembled in the hall where a The Best and Cheapest St. Martinsville, La, good fre blazed on the family hearth. btaMe. iArery and Feed

Martial Bisnvenu,

Columbus Harrison,

JOURHNI' &BRIIS,

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Were I a painter I could lay on canvasHas in his Lumber Yard, all kind of At 5 esnts a drink. with the utmost truth and vividness all sawed lumber, and ean fll any bill on Refreshment Saloon. the beanties of that landscape with its the shortest notice, and at very moderate Soda water, lee cream, Sherbet, Fruite, minutest shadowinlag. prices. Isit not strange that I sheid thus re- WIr Yard on the east side of the bayou. Cakes, and all delicaces of the mseason. rmesh Gaoos RLeceiv call those things as if I had seen them apl I A. M. Hebert. ST. MAnsTINvaiL, LA. Main Ruben mS. bWuUIT bat yesterday, while other faets that have St. Martu.vll , La. eome to my knowledge subseqmuetly and other scenes that I have witaeased and UNABRIDGED admired in my maturer years have been obliterated from my memory. Does this not demonstrate that the In. telligence of a ehild is like stt wax, est IrS1Emum i 1aMee. ily moulded to sensation and impm WITH A SUPPLEMENT, slone that never fade; and that later that mmum es anuamausa. mee se-3 softeas hardeas by the Iananase nad 18s -ew woms -e a su mit aur1 ermesl e s w w ue I smuee mAiena s. deceptions at fle, will retain no longer these impressions. THE NEW iemOmn oP If this be true, what a gentle suggestion to us! How elearly doe Providence teach us by this mean., that if we wish omu0s uminelllu or wmuss meT us our child to become what God destines /o11e as Mr eowm ueuesva. him to be,that is, an upwrlght man, a F.sm hashad, andeasls ak Fr e good eitisen and a reproaceless father, his intelligence must have the fostering care of parental solicitude. My father was an Acadian, son et a A Powtr Uterine Toe mld Vemal rde Acadian, and prmd of hb decent, as the for the Cure d . Female Complai un g word Acadlanswm thenm synolme with S. P.LIPsmooTjr oN PMaseiom .

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