Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-11-13

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delightful parties we ever attended, was gwen
Nv DR. HEREfonD, at his mansion IN West
Baton Rouge, last Monday evening. 1t was
e,nphatica2ly a 'teasl of JOY" A group more
| cheerful, gay and "livinely blessed: seldom
meet on this side Of Paradise. long lie and
/ felicity to the generous, urbane host and host
ess, and to the merry citizens OF West baton
Rouge!
4 LETTER.-Thc following beau
! tifuI letter We received by a polite passe 1ger
Oh board the Baton-Rouge from Cones rdia
As we tore open the packet and cas-: ocr eye
over the richly filed sheet, sometn'ng wins,
pered us that there was a familiarity IN the
| scrawl, which could not possibly be the birth
| of circumstances, however the occasion might
tend to render every object, redolent OF lt4
breath, a part and parcel Of ones bosom
feelings.
".An1 .gno" We inquired Of the gentlemanly
l." ol the Picayana, Chen bask;ng III the sun
) SHINE OF our preseuce), lis this Smith, OF the
Concordia ~InteIligencer! The family is &C.
~ieasire, and our memory weak but as Ms phi
mitive appellate is not JOHN, We might posi-
biy call UP from the treasures OF the past
S, me firm souvenir Of his entity, should ii
prove that the periphery Of our orbits have
ever suffered Contact
a word su!iced. Smith is one OF the alumni
OF the university at Tuscaloosa, and the Atmo
Mater may be justly proud of her son. Pos
sessjnc a well-stored nrind with energies that
pnever flag, he has devoted himself, from
:'vouth up" to the service Of his fellow NOR
tails in the walks Of science, literature and
virtue. 4 poet and a hanorist fond OF ro-
nance ut never iorgetful Of fact ROW laugh
! Ing at the friyolities, but deeply imbued with
the all-iInportant ends of time, his mind is
| always active, always gay, and always III
| search OF some dew jem OF happiness for his
/ feliow-beings By the discovery OF some fresh
attraction in the beautiful and good CT nature.
1t affords lis great pleasure to greet Smith
as Il Louisiana editor. In our bachelors days,
IN a SISTER State, our relations, IN the same
! line OF lie, were friendly and sincere. 1t was
wrong friend, to conceal yourself so i0fg but
! here's to the Future NAV it atone for the
sins, and liquidatc the liabilities Of the Past
INTE1L1GENcER Fidatia, Concordio Pr, Ia.
November 3, }s4l.
Nix. !. HvFsToN,
Car. Sec. Of la. STATE Agricultural Society.
Dear Sir:--Dv the same boat that carries
, this letter, | send you 4 few t~hrtiing articles
for exhibition al the Louisiana Fair, 30 take
place in your town next Monday | regret my
inability to attend in person, for | can assure
YOU thlt The Society has no warmer friend
than myself; pressing private business, per-
tanning to the PERM '.cnt establishment of the
"Concordiu inteli -encer," must be my apollo
gv for not going down.
As to our Parish and the Agricultural Sc
cietv, | believe a proper feeling is aroused, and
if a large number of our planters do not at
tend, enough vii 90 down to bring back the
news and report tie great utility Of tie Asso-
citation. This will be something gained. Next
ye;r the Parish of Concordia will be, if not
foremost in the van, next to the foremost, in
the spirit of Agricultural rivalry. The well
settled planters of this parish are turning their
attention to the whole animal and vegetable
l. kingdom, and they manifest an earnest desire
to see the country developed, improved and
adorned.
Agricultural Societies are somewhat novel
to the people OF Mississippi and Louisiana.
and hence we cannot expo ct TO DO every thing
IN a few months. We can, however, make a
good start and keep up the excitement unit.
all tire population Of Louisiana are warmly
enlisted in Agricultural Improvement and the
true glory of the State. To yourself and the
intelligent planters around yorl, great praise
is due for what has already been accomplished
in this good work.
cannot claim to be accomplished in the
history and details Of Agricultural Societies
/ Last November, for the first time in my life.
while attending the first Agricultural Fair OF
Adams County, Mississippi, at Washington,
was impressed with the beauty, grandeur anC
utility of these associations, and | then re-
solved if ever again connected with the public
press, to be an agricultural student and dc
what little | could to promote such societies
The South may be said to be exclusively the
agricultural portion Of the nation; how strik.
ing, then, is the thought that societies direct,
" connected with cur vital interests, should
take precedence u all others. ! need scarcely
say to you, that the South for eight or ter
years, in a public point of view, has been sad.
ly given to contemplate humbugs and fool
cries. The day has come however,w when a new
order Of things, more useful and honorable
will rise up and shame old habits and customs
With a tender of the very war1nest feeling:
for success, the brightest and best, of this the
first great meeting of the Louisiana State
Agricultural Society, | remain,
Very truly,
Your friend,
c. S. SMITH.