The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1861-03-06
How to Build M cur Town.

yards could easily be supplied with water from the
bayou at all seasons of the year Shreveport is quite
large hide market, and therefore, there would not
be the least difficulty in obtaining ample supplies.
The next thing then required, would be the esab-
lishment Of large shoe manufaetory make brogans
negro shoes ETC. hundred thousand pair year might
besold Boots and shoes of finer quality mi ght also
be made manufact9ry for making carriage har-
ness, plough and wagon gear. A plough mandatory
is much needed; and as our planters will not make
their own aze-heves though they have abundance of
excellent hickory and wheoak that branch Of bust
ness might be attended to.
wooden and cotton mandatory ought to be erect
ed to make our own blankets and clothes. Cotton we
have the spot, and any quantity Of wool could be
procured from Texas. These things would give EN-
ployment to hundreds Of persons, consequently add
very greatly to our population. Theoperators to sup
port themselves and families would have to spend the
greater portion of their earnings among Instead
Of sending all our money abroad to purchase every
article necessary comfort and use should be
retaining it at home and circulating it to the mutual
advantage Of each permanent resident.
1t is full time that the south should patronise the
and not by deeds patsoase every thing northern or
foreign for the sake offashion Oh fashion wata ty
rant what destroyer ofhonoraQd yirtue 10 illustrate
its effect, must dgress Little from the point of our
subject and remind readers that during the Amer
can revolution the marquis de Lafayette appeared
detected at a grand ball in one Of our northern cities
He was jeered the occasion, and told lie must be
drawing comparisons between the nferi-
GRITTY Of the American ladies to Ills beautiful and chaste
instant Lafayette frightened up and walked INTO the
midst Of the merry resounding room, and said ladies'
admire your beauty your grace the splendor IF your
costume, jewels etc. but my soldiers without shirts
or shoes-it is this that makes me melancholy The
ball instantly broken up, and before SUNRISE the
next morning some Of the fair and lovely of Gods crea-
ton busy engaged in making shirts for the des
titate soldiers Woman's influence Is powerful and
should always be directed in promoting union and the
emancipation coonisation Or missionary society, we
probably never would have had an aboitonst society
or mormon community.
We ought doubt, to apologize for this fight from
subectit caused by desire to show tile pow
erfu influence of example The time has actually
arrived when it becomes necessary that every good
man, woman and child should do something to pro
mote the prosperity Of our town. The Houston and
Henderson (Texas) railroad, now in state Of very
rapid progress threatens to cut off much Of our back
rade-the secession movement destroys all hopes Of
road to the Pacific ocean. Then we Musr DO SOME
THING, or suffer the consequence of our inertnes4.
Our old benevolent friend, Mr.. Joseph Howell au-
horses US to say that any company individual wish
ing to establish a manufa2tory, he will not only give
the land to upon but furnish the best water in
he country, gratis This i noble on the part of the
I'D hero Of many wagon expeditions, and narrow es-
;apes from Indians or fair Indies We always said un-
ele J5en was noble specimen Of mlnkind not too
proud to work. but intent upon setting the community
IN example of morality and industry.
Neighbor UoweITs lands are fiji ~ situated about a
halfme south Of the courthouse Just above the head
Of Silver lake. a
As it is most probable that many of our town citizens
and country planters the coming summer viii have to
rely much upon their own resources for d supply Of
meat we cheerfully give publicity to the following re-
tleman of experience He informs US that it is Just
as easy to preserve meat il July August it is in
January or February if the right course be pursued.
GLOW TO CoRN BEEF.-After butchering let the
beef hang up until the animal heat il entirely outhen
cut up into pieces of convenient size and put Il in
molasses barrel, or any clean or new barrel If the
weather is hot, take out the joint bones make brine
strong enough to bear egg, and pour it the meat
until it is entirely covered. Let it stand "a hours in
weather. and As in cold Then pour off the brine
and boil it minutes-slSim it, and let it cool Re-
peat the boiling in weather, After perfectly
cooling, put it back in the brine, adding about one
table spoonful of saltpetre to the barrel"
In the early settlements Of our western country,
they 'jerkedn their meat and would kill at any time
of the year They would cut in the earth bitches such
as we sometimes at the present day at barbecues
lndle large fires in them-cut the meet into slices Of
about three inches wide, and half thick from six
to twelve inches long, sticks through the and
the fires having burnt down Goals, place it the
dches and let it remain half an hour. Then hang it
up and you will have meat fit for the most fistid
Gus taste This process is entirely without salt but we
have always thought it would be great addition The
reason in early times why salt used in wilder
ness and new countries the article could not lie OBJ
tanned by any means.
Another friend, equally DESTROYS Of disseminating
useful knowledge, says the best way to preserve meat
either beef orhogs, in the winter, is to
'sCut, after having bad the meat hung tip about 10
or Il hours salt it down rails or poles that not
particle Of brine will be madepace all the skinsides
downward--put large tiersef salt-let the where
the meatis deposited be very open. At the end of 10
days pack it away in troughs with large holes in the
bottom On every tier pile the salt with abo half
N ounce of slltpetre to every 200 pounds Of meat
Let it remain in this condition five weeks then hang
It up and smoke it well with sound hickory ard red
oal--keep it smoking for two months After smoking
let it hang up, and on rainy days it will be well to
have a little smoke-never pack it away
The ST. Louis Democrat has the folowing<par graph
relative to the collection of revenues at the port Of
New Orleans:
eve learn that from $1,000 to $4,000 worth of
chains in casks belonging to the firm of Child Prutt
Fox, Of St Louis have been seized and retained at
New Orleans to the duties. The New Orleans
collector will not let pass unless the St. Louis collector
wifi pay che duties to him. Mr.. Donovan collector Of
his port advises our merchants by card in our paper
hat he has received instructions from the department
It Washington to advise the mercantile community of
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