The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1873-10-01

from NrTmlIl0U parish, crossed 'No L'No q"
Queue Tortuo bridge, an ronte for Texas,
the day after the hanging took pIac" IN
that parish.
Mr.. David NJ. Lyons is at present tho
only hatcher In AbhcvilIo, and flfnishc$5
good meat at reasonable price,
BcynnN A~bbcviIlc, in what il known as
'Ewing's Lane" the parish has y force Of
hauds nj work, throwing up Il levy. Tho
road at this point runs through a pond,
and at certain seasons of tho year laS
now becomes almost impossible. Mr..
Eugene Dcnrarray is experimenting tho
work, and is making u very good Job OF
it. Tho police Jury deserves great credit
for tho interest they take in parish
affairs. They have, during the past year,
built six or eight new bridges i'll different
p~ortions Of the parish, contracted with
Can't. Fcrray for the building Of u 81 1000
bridge across the bayou Mt Ahbovillc, Cs-
tablished n free ferry at Perry's Bridge.
renovated the parish Jail, and made vari-
ons other improvements. Besides this,
the parish of Yermilion has better roads
than most any other parish ia the State.
The crsps in this parish, as \ rule, are
poor, wish the exception ST cane, which
promises to yiold well. The C0tt0n-the
principle staple of the parish-sutiorod
terribly from the ravagcs of worms, and
may DO considered as almost n perfect
failure. Tho corn crop will fall short.
Rice, in many localities, will amount to
nothing, while in other places it will be
a full crop-owing to the location of the
ground. Sweet potatoes are nothing to
brag on ; enough, pereaps, will he raised
for home consumption. Pindars, where
| cultivated, never fail to make q good
| crop and yield well.
Tho health Of the ]citizons Of Abbeyillo
and tho surrounding country is poor; no
Tho dengue, or break-bone fever pro-
dominates. Nearly every citizon has
been down with it.
Every one complains of tough times in
this parish, rs in our own but IS people
there depend moro upon the sale Of stock
than upon the crops, they of course do
not realize tho scarcity Of money ~ DE-
lthose PARISHES that depend entirely upon
The crops. This is, i'll fact, . stock par
iSh, and if the crops were - complete fail
pre-, still enough money could be raised
10 meet the necessities of life.
81 The M. +, Church has recently pur-
4 chased Il $50 pound bell, which can he
heard a great distance. The citizens are
worry proud of it, and have built n n nice
bclfry on top Of their church, and placed
the bell therein.
We thought of making inquiries about
| the schools, in this parish-both public
| and private-but we neglected to do so.
We are under the impression, however,
that there are only two private schools i'll
the town Of Ab6cville taught by Rev. K
| S. Isbell and Mr.. J. Smith. Both are
| Iiborally patronized. Whether the public
| schools have been opened or not VIC did
not learn. Will some one from that sec
ton furnish us information on this sub
hjeCtf
Monday moning, as We wero leaving
town, we called on the McridionGI, and
had the pleasure of grasping the hands of
some Of it's attaches. We regret that the
Icditor was absent. Things look about as
they did in i 'ys of yore, when We stuck
type for hat institution, and played the
various parts, from editor down to deyll,