The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-02-04
Morning Star and Catholic MESSENGER.
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= LETTER FROM PELICAN.

Editor Morning Star and Catholic messenger.
Il An old Scotchman once sang: <
when a tho hfils covered with shaw,
I'm sure It's wintor fairly" e&e
and 80 are we. Frost we have had nearly
the whole< month up to last "Wednesday,
when " the clerk of the weather" sprinkled
mother earth with coat of snow. "A
aleety rain followed, freezing as lit fell, thus
covering everything with a mantle of snow
and ice, some Of which was visible yester-
day. The weather is still cold, with lndl-
cations of so continuing.
During the fair weather which preceded
this spell of genuine winter. the planners
ofour parish, with few exceptions, had COM
naenced their operations for another crop.
The effort, however, to get to work was not
satisfactory. There is not suf1clent LABOR,
and What there ia is SO exacting that 1T Is
almost impossible to effect any equitable
agreement with it. Some OF our planters
are paying 500 per month and rations, be-
sides privileges of half of each Saturday.
land to work and team to work 1t with.
Add to this house-rent and fuel, and the
present low prices of sugar. to say nothing
oftthe many other troubles existing in our
State, and you can tell without consulting
an oracle, what awaits the sugar planting
interest of our section.
Many of your readers may think this
"taik," but it is far from it. The condition
Of the sugar planting interest of Louisiana
is critical, and can be saved from a general
y
season. Planters will thus be enabled to
go on another year OF two until labor be-
comes more abundant or better settled,
without which the business cannot be con-
tinued much longer.
Another cause of uneasiness to many is
the condition of the Mississippi river
ieyees. They are bad, and will not stand
q heavy water. Many very ugly breaks
! exist in four parish, upon which men are
now at work; and will close before the
water, comes, but pile OF loose, fresh
earth, is but poor barrier to the force OF
F., our mighty old river.
For oil, the times look 80 ugly, it is
satisfaction to know some good things pros
per- Such is the case with our Catholic
schools here, and it is needless to add no
effort will be spared to continue them so.
Private letters from New Iberia state
: chat Rev, Father Beaubien has succeeded
, in opening the college he has been working
so geographically to establish there. AS your
readers know, it is to be commercial and
industrial school, under the direction of the
order of Holy Cross, This is most &C.
~septable addition to the institutions of
learning in our State, and the people of
- New. Iberia have reason to rejoice at Fa-
Their Beauhien's success.
Our Church (St. John's) has, during the
past week, hadquite an Improvement added
the time of day, and night as we'll, will be
told to the goods people of our quiet little
burg without cost or inqufFing.
= :. .GcEeaNmunity sustained a sad loss this
>ssast week, in the death Of Mrs. Minerva
Desobry, wife of our old and respected
Fellow citizen, Louis Desobry, Esq.
Airs. Desobry had attained tho advanced
uge OF seventy six years, beyond which,
we know, in the natural order of things,
, few are the years of life allotted to any,
yet>we must regret the loss of the truly
good and benev olent. No matter at what
age they leave US their loss creates void
which seems never to fill. Such, truly, is
the case in this instance. Those who knew
this venerable old lady will ever regret the
"sosnd of voice that. is still" while
many of the poor and needy will miss the
ministrations of n j." vanished hand" with
out having known, before, whence came the
assistance so often and SO generously
given. Peace to her ashes. PELICAN.
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