New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-22
The Enyrpons of New orleans.
NUMBER sIxTY-oNE.

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upon small scale, it is true, upon what then was
yet considered the public or vacant lands of the
Bayou Savage, took place in the years 1871 or
20. We have already mentioned our frequent
visits to the farming establishment of the two
families from Wurtemburg, il the neighborhood
of old Urqueharts place, some eight or ten miles
from the city. These people, having succeeded so
well in their little enterprise had encouraged
some others OF their countrymen to venture upon
similar undertaking. Now, il our readers have
never visited these secluded environs of our
metropolis, it is necessary, for the understanding
Of the subject in hand, to give some more detailed
descriptions Of this locality. Hence we shall
premise by stating that Immediately upon
leaving the last Of these settlements upon
the road or route which were then these German
farm houses, the traveller enters q densey
studded forest, having but a small track or road
then seldom travelled except by some military
ordnance coming to town on horseback from the
eut-posts upon the Chef Menteur, some ten or
twelve miles further off This road in those times
was hardly marked out or designated, but CON
tnued in a zig-zag way along the highest border
| of the bayou. The underbrush of the forest that
allowed of no extended vista or view, consisted
mostly of strong canebrakes, brlars, wild grape
vines and in fact an almost impenetrable thicket.
Neither daylight or sunshine would enter this par
ticular locality in its then primitive state; and
nothing but continual humming Of the multitu-
dinous swarms of mosquitoes did interrupt the
SOLEMN silence of these forests.
The soil, exceedingly fertile, and Of deep black
mould offered the best chance for agricultural en-
terprise after the proper clearing of these lands
but in this latter consideration consisted the verita
BILE difficulty, as all land owners well know who
have had to deal with new, unbroken tracts, to
render them fit for the plow These heavy obsta-
Giles to a new settlement, our German colonists had
not taken into account They full Of enthusiasm,
full Of the fascinating idea Of settling themselves
in the close vicinity of our metropolis upon such
fertile bottom lands thought only the
axe and spade to make settlement, and on they
went cutting down, with might and main, the
tallest trees around their camping ground, so
as to make the sunshine come into their gloomy
abodes, There they lay, these immense giants of
the forest, and now, certainly there was mething
like tolerable sunlight, right upon the crowns of
their heads. Now then the next object was to
cut their trunks into cord wood and have it con-
Yeyed to the city market for sale. Our robust
axemen went to this work with vim that one
might have thought the billets were flying as
ghucks in a corn mill, and thus. then. after this
second operation, there was considerable pile Of
merchaptahle frewood. When this work was fin.
sbed, and the clearing of The ground had been
begun in earnest. then it was that The COMPANY
found out its mistake: there was no possibility Of
making anv erop. tie grouud was too green
that is, too full of roots and brars no shade or
blow could break IN the sod, The whale enter.
prise had to be abandoned every one fell sick
swarms Of mosouitoes left the Door neonle pnnro.
vided with tbe proteotine nets n rrev to these tor
mentirr insects. and n fact mon sncb an n.
ciaared snot Of Ground If was innossb1a r. fornd
anvTbing like A conntrv farm,
Had t6is neonIe hod tba ev,nerionco If orr ~
conntrg falks tbev would have t,,ou.n tbo+ tba
bnsinos. If oreori,g and apina az 40 ,ue.ir
Iands Il narfionlar brancb follngod h. to me-
a,,,er+ &c ,ioaears caIIed aanoraIa "a ,I1io
se,,attars Thaso ,,oorIo ,,n5o,sta,5 tls ar,ooia
ri ind,,str, and after co,le Of ,oo,s, rosi5a,ao
sell ant AGAIN to new, comers teiT senators, nrel
snntion claim, Int for Enronean ;,nrni,,ront, 10
nndertalka this Kind Of labor ia The rraatest fouv
i, tba world Va state tba res,it of mi. otternrt
nv a German connapv in opr Immediate vicinity
in order TO aeonaint neople DESTROYS of entertng