The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1872-02-24

THE OPELoUsAs LAND AGENT.-The February
number of this neatly gotten up monthly, issued
by our enterprising fellow townsman, James II.
Houston, Esq, is just published. The following
extracts from the "Land Agent" fully express
its objects:
After suspension of several months,
('waiting for the cars'') we have conclu-
ded to resume the publication of the
OpELoUsAs LAND AGENT. The necessity
for such paper as we propose to issue,
devoted exclusively to the Real Estate
interests of St. Landry Parish and this
portion of the State, Cnstead of politics.
forces itself upon US. We intend furnish.
ing our readers monthly with the latest
reliable Rail Road news, and giving in.
formation to those who desire cheap and
rich land in a healthy and pleasant eli.
mate. We hope by this means to assist
in turning the tide of immigration from
the cold latitude of the North to the
fertile cotton and sugar lands of this Sec
ton.
We design greatly increasing our cir
cuIation throughout our entire country,
affordng a superior medium for advertl-
sing Real Estate and for merchants and
business men generally. The work on
the road from Brashear City to Vermll-
lionville, and thence to the Sabine has al.
ready commenced. 1t will be pushed
rapidly forward with that energy and
enterprise which characterize its capital.
lists. They have ample means of COM
plying with their obligation their fiat has
already gone forth securing TO US COM
pleted Rail Road from Brashear City to
The west bank of the Sabine River by lst
of February 1873.
Already Rail Roads are being extended
through Missouri and Arkansas to Shreve-
port; when these various lines are compile
ted our resources and advantages will be
unsurpassed. In view of these advanta-
ges we look forward to prosperous fu.
ture for our country, future that will
be sure to bring greater prosperity than
we are now prepared 10 even hope for.
When we take into consideration the
character of the soil, the variety of pro.
duction, the health, the price of lands, the
convenience of market, the peculiar adap-
tedness to white labor, the regularity of
sea Ions and the ease with which stock are
raised and maintained, there are very few
portions of the South West that will COM
pare favorably with this.
Our country is exactly suited to the
immense and still increasing immigration
which annually brings thousands of Eu-
ropran immigrants to our shores, and it
devolyes upon each one Of US who has the
interest of our country at heart, to use all
of our exertions and influence in placing
it and lis claims properly before the world.
With the present Rail Road being rapid
ly constructed, and the others soon to be
built, we may expect our lands TO increase
rapidly in value, and farms now command
ing only $40 per acre. in few months
may be increased in value from twenty
five to one hundred per cent.
We hesitate not in expressing the oDln'
ion that the time is not far distant when
the universal opinion will be that no Par
ish in South Western Louisiana offers
more inducements to the planter and
stock raiser than this garden spot of The
State.
The following, also from the same paper, is
worthy the attention Of our business men and
the public, interested in the welfare of our Par
ish and this section of our State:
We offer our paper to the public, as medium
through which all persons, who are so disposed,
| may give, from time to time, definite and reliable
information respecting the State, its resources,
and the inducements it offers to emigrants, and
the men aud capital from other States.
| As we shall distribute them gratuitousy, every
month, among the Real Estate Agents and bust
ness men in the Northern and Western cities.
while we shall, undoubtedly, draw attention to
our numerous advertisements of property, we
hope, at the same time, to present such facts and
statements of interest, respecting St. Landry
Parish as may attract the attention of capitalists
and aid. at least in a small degree, to induce a
live immigration,
As we shall distribute nearly thousand copies
| in addition, throughout the State. the few col
umns devoted to advertisements. will be found a
valuable medium for business men to reach their
friends in the country.
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