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xCne distinguished old gentleman rsaoved his hat and quoted froa the first chapter
of reneelei ,.*BAnd Jod said, Let there be light: and there waa light* And God saw
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the light, and it weo good.* * H * It was a swat iapresoive aorseat .or all of the people there*^	^
Although -ogtown ma blessed with a Daptist C -urch and u'ooper's .Methodist Chapel, eoioe people strayed froa the straight and iiarrow path*
iiven though liquor was illegal in town, a house boat which served aa a btir was located aero no the river la louieiena. Ihis waa a place whero zati gathered to swap stories, drink high spirits, and try to forget their troublea. In other words, the "Blue Goose* was a saloon* The story go«s that when men had the blues, they went across the river in boats to the saloon to drawn their tro bloa with booze* hen a person did cra^y things, a cocsaon expression waa to coll hia a °t;ooae"j honco the naste " jlue Joose**
Among the foods people enjoyed were seafood gumbo, and jaabalaya, rioe cooked *lth haa or shriap* Potlikker waa the juice left from cooked greens, reasoned with fat neat, and eaten as soup* One of the ladies wao well known for hor delicious seuppemong wine, served ice cold, rnade froa her own vineyard.
/ The boarding house served delicious meals, but some of its regular patrons becaae tired of hash every ni-ht for supper* One of the raen wrote the following poem, and one evening road it to everyone just before the neali
"There's grandeur in the maintains and in ftia, ,ara1 s might.
There's beauty in the sunshine and in the moonlit night*
There's terror in the tempest, and in the lightning's flash.
There'a a ayatery In everything, and there's everything in hashl*^
For 3inple enVrtainaont, the young people had hay rides, square dances, candy parties, chafing dish parties, taffy pulls, and “oorae over a* * If soneone wanted to have a few friends gather for a party, the expression was "come over* tonight*