The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1870-03-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| DLmOSthencs was the of a cutler.
ROBERT Burns was plowman in AYRSHIRE.
shakespeare was the son of Il wool stapler.
Cardinal WOOlsy was the of IA poor
| butcher.
Oliver Cromwell was the son of a London
brewer.
Whitefied was the sen of an inkeeper at
Gloucester.
Columbus was the son of weaver and n
weaver himself.
John Jacob Astor once sold apples on 4
streets of New York
'llonor and shame from condition rise
ACT well your part, there all the honor lies"
Texas is reveling in ripe Strawberries four
inches in circumference.
A man in Portland, Me-, has built an ark
large enough for his own comfort and safety
during the next flood, which he predicts is
near at hand
Female pickpockets all wear the conven,
lent Arab shawls They fold their shawIs
like Arabs, and as silently steal away.
A man with Commission from Paul to
preach is holding forth in the towns of
Vermont.
Ripe plums were picked on the first of
January from an orchard near Milwaukee,
oregon, being part of the second crop of
1869.
If the empire isn't piece just now. it looks
as II 1t were going to pieces in the the future
There are said to be 1000 laborers out of
employment in San Francisco. The old
farlsian plan of street impro, ements is pro-
prosed to silence the clamor for bread
Schurz said "preposteros,ty" in the Senate
Sne otner day, and everybody giggled except
Summer.
Several firms in New Orleans have resumed
specie payments.
Statistics show that the Quakers i'm Penn
sylvanla, hitherto the stronghold of the sect.
are decreasing in numbers.
Time works strange revolutions. New
Orleans ice company has received an order
from Philadelphia for fifty tons of the manu-
factured article
Happiness consists in be ing perfectly salts
fed with what We have got and with what
we haven't got.
Troubles are like babies-thev crow big-
ger by nursing.
Pigeons are Matched in Is days, chickens
in II, turkeys 26, ducks and geese 81.
Henry Ward Beecher, who has spent most
OF his life in getting men and sections into
trouble, and then pretending to pray for
them, has got himself into it, Let us prav
for him. Prentice.
1t is said that James Gorlen Bennett has
never been naturalized, and cannot vote.
The aisles of the church are now strewn
with flowers at nobby New York weddings
1t is worthy of record that negro woman
OF Lexington, KY, fifty wears of age. has lust
given birth to three infants.
California papers complain that the femi-
nine element Is getting to be disagreeably
prominent IN the public affairs of the State.
The Gentle paper in Utah charges brigham
Young with stealing "a shotgun and Il sore
backed mule"
That excellent journal the New Iberia
Times, in its issue of the 25th inst. contains
the following list of articles of local Interest:
PREPARING FOR THE COMING CRop.-Hav-
ing been considerably among the planters Of
our parish within the last few DAYS, we have
made some observations as to the prepara-
tiOn for another crop. On the Teche above
here we are glad to observe, that there is
RsGh fast and t6e land seems to be in very good
order. The late frost, it is said, injured st b.
BILE cane somewhat. but the seed cane is in ex-
cellcnt condition. Most of the planters are
through planting their cane crop.
The prairies are green with grass, and the
I fstOck looks very well for this time Of the
year.
The peach and plum crops will be an entire
| failure, as also the first crop OF figs. This is
| in consequence of the late freeze and frosts.
We are informed that other frnits, such as
oranges, ETC., ale not seriously damaged.
DREADFULLY BURNED.-Tie other dav.
while in the neighbOrhOOd of Fausse Point
we called on our friend DIR. S. A. G. Shaw,
| and at his request went in to see his little
daughter, about twelve years old, who Just
four weeks previously had been most seri-
Ously burned "nigh unto DEATH" We have
heretofore seen several cases of burns, but we
never saw one anything like this, with any
hope Of recovery. During the cold weather
that occurred about that time, the little girl
went one night to the hearth to warm, after
having put on her night clothes, and while
standing with her back to the fire. and per
haps playing with some of the other children,
her clothes took fire, and before the flame
could be extlngn'shsd, she came near being
burned to death. The doctor and his good
lady had their hands badly burned in resell
ing their child, and they are just recovering.
Parents can deeply sympathze with them in
this their great atfiictlOu, and they have our
earnest prayer for the early and perfect re-
covery of their little one, rendered doubiy
dear by the sad aiiiiction. The Doctor in
forms us that their poor little sufferer has
lain upon her face in one position, without
moving or complaining, for the full space of
four weeks, and that in practice of many
years he never witnessed snch fortitude and
patience.
In BLOOM.-NOtwithstand the recent
cold weather, which no doubt pretty gener-
ally killed the peach crop, the orange trees
are now in bloom, and we will doubtless have
the usual quantity of this delicious and
healthful fruit, during the coming season.
Mr.. +. Dupuy informs there are still
great quantities of oranges on the trees at his
place, (now Mr.. Joseph Jeffersons,) and the
golden fruit, rich blossoms and green foliage
intermingled must look beautiful and give
forth delicious perfume. Mr.. d. says last
year there was sound fruit on the trees, of the
old crop, as late as June, and that the longer
| it remains on the trees the swceter it becomes
Since oranges are SO easily kept, not being in
jured by freezing cold weather, where protec-
| ted by water, we hope it will not be long un-
til many more engage in their culture. Any
place near the bayou, our ready means of
transportation affords good market
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.-We are glad to
learn that several of our citizens taking
steps to induce Il Presbyterian minister to
| locate here, organize a congregation, with the
hope of soon being able to build church. As
| an evidence of praisswOrthy liberality and
cOmmendable religious liberation, we
proud to be able to state that tle Methodist
congregation here have offered the free use
OF their church, every third Sunday, for reli-
giOus service by the Presby terans, until they
able to build. We hope all our citizens, when
called upon, will render what assistance they
can to the new church, for when New IBERIA
mas places of worship for all religious denom-
nations, many persons will locate among u.s.
who wOnld not, if they found no religious