The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1868-06-06
THE PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.
TX.

We shall in this article give some informa-
ton in regard to that portion of our parish
lying to the south of the town of Opelousas,
and extending to the village of Grand Co.
teau. Upon leaving Opelousas We enter
the timber which borders the Bayou CALI
han. Leaving this a short distance. after
crossing the said Bayou, we enter the pral-
rie which spreads eastward from the Bayou
Plaauemine Brulee. Following the edge of
this prairie for a mile and a half we enter
the heavy timber of Bellevue. The stage
road passes for some five miles through a
forest of magnificent oak, magnolia, hicko-
nv. ash and other valuable trees, when we
debouch upon the beautiful prairie where
stands the small but ancient village of
Grand Coteau.
The land of this prairie is very fertile,
and IN the times past produced large crops
of cotton, some sugar, with much corn and
other products. In our visit a few days
since we beheld fields OF corn, giving rich
promise of return to the farmer for his Ia
Dor. We also saw one heavy crop of oats,
fully matured, and as prolific in grain as
any we ever saw at the North.
The chief subject of interest to US, how
ever, was the garden, farm, and stockrais-
ing carried on by the Catholic clergymen
in charge OF fist. Charles College at this
place. This college is a largs institution
capable of entertaining Some two hundT
students, is finely located, and appeall11
be under a sound system of gover
We were favored with an inspecti'IA
garden, workshops, stables and 81
Here we saw three COWS givhiH Gig
gallons Of milk per day. There Sere 4
twenty cows in the pasture, yielding mn
than enough butter AID milk for severn
persons. We were Aformed that the raj 4
ing of this kind of ca is no more dificlt
than to raise the Cd pom creole ST. (.
This branch of busines was undertd ZEN
simply to convince the PEI Of its p;sTcti-
cability and great advantageA and to induce
them to try it themselves. Those desiring
1T can here purchase a fine COW, or calf, in
order to test the superiority of this to com.
mon stock. They also raise their own hor
ses, which are much superior to the COM
mon stock. I~
In the garden we saw the Ramie plant
from Mexico, and the Tea plant from China ;
and the gardener appeared certain of sue
ces in their cultivation.
FoR Your KIDNEYS AND BLADDER.-Use
an old an acknowledged combination for
diseases Of the Urinary Organs. 1fsyou
will call on the agent of the 'Great South
'ern Preparations" he will show you the
Recipe and Medicine known as Dromgoole
e. Co.'S Extract Bearberry, Cubebs and Blu
ahu, yhich is prepared III the South, and is
the best Medicine nov before the public for
diseases of the Kidneys and Bladder.
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We sometimes see ladies who take
particular pains to impress us with the
idea of their ignorance of all domestic
matters, a crochet work, o. weaving
= net TO encase their delicate hands. BY
some curious kind Of hocus pocus they
have got. it into their heads that the best
,way,to catch a husband is to show how
profoundly capable they are Of doing
nothing for his eomfort-frighsening a
niano into fits. or numbering the Kings
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