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now, Hancock County ? later this was bought by Ramogasa, then by Dr.
'lals and later by Julian Swoop of New Orleans, whose heirs now o^n it, ^ns - believe. Our place was next ?^he Raymond Cuevas_place)? then came
3	, jookter, Clennan, Henry Saucier, Casanova and'^the cli thoTTc Church,
;douard Saucier, Manuel, who kept a store; Tom Murphy, clerk of court; ?dgar Combel, who made cigars and kept a store; Walker, Mendes Toulme.
jgg	; Reaching Main Street	we find the store of Toulme and Carver; another
Lng	louse of Toulme; George	Weinberg,	who kept a shore	store; Lassabe, a
3r Q(iruggist, whose home and store were together, and it was the only drug and *tore there; Gillam and Relloir. The latter was the name of a very ins '^ell-to-do colored woman who made and sold "sarsaparilla, " a topic, for j '	;hich she found a ready	sale at a	dollar a gallon.	I remember my father
ned	>ou<Jht five gallons for	me at one	time. Then came	the homes of Bell,
The5r?^n B* Toulme, Carroll, Celoma, then a barroom; Louis and Bob Carr's jiotal, Captain ./ilkinson, a veteran of the Battle of New Orleans, whose /idow married my father November 3, 1850. She^ waa good to me, and : was fond of her. Next came John Martin's home. He owned the Hancock ,-harf, in front of his place, and the Louisiana wharf in front of the iootorno place. Then came the Lawrence barroom and grocery; Dr. Pairo, ie /ho was rich and lived alone except for his borther's children, who
.ived with him; Bayard, Pieci, Dumont Fayard, Boulanger, Laneta, Judge fonette, Dimitry Canna, Arnoitte, Carriere, Rosavills, Saucier, Jean Japtiste Favre, George Johnson, another veteran of the Battle of New )rleans; Bienville, Tildon, Guardia, Labatte, Cowand. This >vas the last >lace, and was called Cedar Point. Then came almost a forest of cedar :rees. This Cowand home was of brick and very stately and the shovplace )f the town. It is still standing, and is owned, I believe, by the iaenger Amusement Company of New Orleans. Mr. 'owand was a wealthy :otton planter and made sugar and molasses as v/ell.
Coming back to Main street, beginning at the north side was the home >f Evariste Saucier and the Masonic Lodge. This lodge was knovm as oxi,J?dge 141, and among its members were Judge Monette, John B. and his son bout ?hn V. Toulme, my father, Raymond Cuevas; Leo Carver and William Johnston, ?'hen came the home of Vonau and a blacksmith shop; Titot and his bakery ind Dave Bontemps.
Across the street were Guarnio, Albert Fayard, Jules Fayard, the school-liarfc?use, calaboose (jail), Sadler, Pieri and his baker shop, and Dr. Dupre's office.
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This was Bay S>-. Louis, or Shieldsborough, in 184S.
There were fine steamboats in that day. The Creole ran from New Orleans ;o Ocean Springs, making daily trips. She reached the bay about half >ast seven every morning, on its return trip arriving in the city about ?1 o'clock. It was called a local boat. The Oregon ran from New Orleans
0	Mobile, only stopping at the bay in the summer months. Later on there t'-s the California and the Florida.
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f I I remember a lot of us boys used to swim out to tha Creole and hang
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