Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-10-23

Celtic descent. AS indicating ii preference
for the labours of the farm w0 find in tbs
implements as we'll as In The products of
our common agriculture IA long gtymology
of honorable patronymiGs PIoughg, Bar.
rows, C0uIters, Harrows, Carriers and 8
Wheelwtights, Hays, Whsats, Oats and
Rices. In similarity Of pursuits If not Of
sirnames, the founders Of those ihmilies
find venerable prototypes in classical ages,
ReguIus and Scaurus, Cato and Fabricius.
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Ut lam byilo tulft ct clmlllum
Seuu paupsrtas ek aUihas apt5
@ Gum href aHdns,'
HhRAcE.
The heroic farmers Of North America
are perhaps the only men in the New
World who contend for prominence with
The worthless Of the old. Clay, Washington
and our farmer Of the South THE modesto and
lndomitable Taylor will descend to poster.
ity among the best and br ghtest characters
in the annals Of odr race.
Among the pleasure and lo~wer.Eard'ns
Of ancient celebrity, were those Of CDsar,
Nero, Lucullus, and Pompey, Crassus, Mar.
tiaI, and SaIlust the Historian. Those
gardens we're adorned With statues, Gun.
tains and arGbesqes, walks, terraces and
aqueducts. They took great pains in tho
culture Of aromatic plants, shade.trecs
evcrgreens, and Towering shrubs; as tho
myrtle, the Ivy, the lockwood and laurel.
The hanging gardens Of Babylon, the fab
ulous gardens, and golden apples ofthe
Hesporidss, the enchanting enclosures Of
Alcinons and Aio1is, md tho exquisite
pleasure grounds Of d 1ic1rus, all 80 70.
nowned In tha writings oftbe P5ets, argus
a perfection in the Horticultural pursuits
and sni1ymsnts Of tho a~ncislts which nay
we'll put 10 sham5 the most b3asted oly5iums
ofour days.
To obviate the abuses Of riches and pow
er, which would naturally result In a cir
cumscribed state from large landed proper
~ in the hands Of individuals, a statute Of
limitation was enacted at Athens. The
immense extent Of territory In tbs United
States, the repeal ofths laws Of primogeni.
ture, and the consequent division and SUB
division orestates would render such stat
utes entirely unnecessary. We have mes
eftheless a number Of land. holders with
possessions enough for a German or Italian
principally
Those seventy or eighty thousand acres
Of mrociainsd land In our netghboufhoo3
the property Of Mr.. McAIop, which bound
Or. Scott on the river bank, above th
town Of Bato1 Rouge, embrace "A l4rs
tract Of country North Elstfrom The towr
admirably adapted to the cultivation ofric
suear.cane, cotton and corn. They woa
ah,rd ample subsistence to a considerable
population, and If sold, even On tho most
moderate terms, would yield the proPrlcto
a large sun of money.
The rolling u7Iands and magnolia groYes
Of NJ. M;D,n91gh S,uth Southeast Of Glib
town, would (among a wealthy and enter
prlsing popuIation) be speed = purchase
and covered in a few years with PARK
gardens yineyard,aud cottages. In pro-
Of the fitness Of the high binds, 50 called
contra. distinction to the ~aIIuvial soil
former bed ofthe Mis9s3ippi-for aI Oh
purposes of southern agriculture We
point for i'll Istration to tho gr5atIy ProI1
tive plantations Of the Msssrs. Perd
Sou der, Bernard an KIein2eter, or
!, those still farther in the rear, the ianls
:, Mr.. Dawson, Mrs. Combs and some ofhcf
! We have or shall hive in the Ianb
8 bout Baton Rouge all that tbs R2raa
: Cato (pretty high authority we opin
would require as Of special considered
n in farming an gardening, namely, thlt
: soil be good Of itself and fertile; also
!, near unto It be store o. laboarers and
/. it be not farfrom a good and sr1ug t5a
Moreover that it have sufficient me
g Of transporting the c'mnodiiie' waia
: yields either by vessels upon water Or a
: wise by wains upon the land. Fij,
lands Pliny, Book II chap s.
n In short we hope that this to~s
neighb ,arho,l will soor becon'
= improvement Of waste lands, wlai
: one who sees them admits t1at they
to BE-, an}ag the ms hsa1.sfnI ania
: ishlug in the galley 81 the Vet.
hive the honOfto remain yoIs A
and faithful ssfyt,
; tFabs IS, from fr5r, a bran, Iaaf
ID from lens, pulse, Cicero, IRON tier
Lactueinus, from ~laetaea, Lettuee. i
u pisum, peas.