Richland beacon., 1873-08-30
FROM ALABAMA.
THE NERAL CRY OF BARD rIAEsi

a ~ rr 'spor dent signi 6 himself "Sojour-
ne, ," wrru. from Selma, Ala ,Aug 9th, gives
the following gloomy account of he crop pros
Pec's, etc, in that State. He says;
r. .-h surrounded by rich, populous
district. Selma is Just now about the duiiest
place thn traveller rearhcS in 4 weeks travel
1ne people 20 about with bottles of green
worms Cryin. hard times, we are runed-ev-
cry season from bad 10 worse, with mountains
of mortgages on many farms. The ,ior"s are
very poorly supplied with :oois, and the con-
fl'lon Of the crops aud the prospect ahead
doe, hot warIant any purchases until the SEA
son is farther advanced. "lf | buy" saws the
merchant, the larmer cannot be denied and
with Li, farm already morf2a.cd, anl the
worms making sad havoc with the crop.
which Is late on account of TIE June rains,
what show will have for getting my mon.
ey '-ab>oiutely none, sir--reaiy not the
ghost Of a chance This is forcible and CO.
gent reasoning and should 20 home TO every
tanner IN The county and impress upon him
the Importance Of keeping his corn bins and
larder IN Alabama instead of st. Louis and
other cities Of the great West. And the hint
will apply with equal force TO Mississippi,
where farmer Brown is as ,orcy pressed as
farmer Smith in Alabama.
THE COTTON PROSPECT.
a along the line of the Alabama Central
railroad the cotton prospect is gloomy indeed.
The monster has entered very yoraciously
upon his desolating march. and cotton leaves
are rarely seen on the fields tiaversed by the
iron rail All through Marengo county around
a
Rome and Dalton road, the cairrpllars have
spread their blight, leaving in some places
barely enough cotton tor seed. In Perry coun.
~ find very fair average crop, but else
whore that | have been, the farmer prospec,
. Is decidedly unplea SAINT TO contemplate. Ia
deed, all Indications are that the Alabama riv.
er steamers will not pile up cotton this winter
as the giants did Ossa upon Pelion when they
wished to scale the heavens with more faci
iy. 1t can be taken away with ont any hercu.
| lean eiiOrts.
| PARIS GREEN.
! Nowhere else III the South has this rnis-
onous article been more freely used than in
/ the portion Of Alabama | have visited One
gentleman tells me he sprnkled and busted
ms crop three times, at an expense of two
thousand dollars. az d as no crop after all.
he ram washed Oft the remedy as fast as II,
was put on. and the interchangeable caterpillar
went steadily on with the work of destruction,
dying often IN his labors, but always running
the staple before he fell Many of tho plan
tsrs have lost confidence in the remedy, and
will take the chant es without any more ex-
! perIments. Ii will check the insects IN their
march. but does not destroy them, and to be
AT all effective must be constantly applied in
| wet weather. | have met one farmer who
says lie has been battling, quiet successfully,
with the cotton destroyer by knocking him
from the coiton-sak. He furnishes his hands
with sticks and they go over the field every
two or three days striking each stalk two or
three sharp raps, which brings nearly every
worm To tie grouLd If done in the heat
OF the day the worms are soon killed by the
| parched earth This is a simple, cheap and
easy remedy and worth trying.
PARIS GREEN PRECAUTIONS
! Those who use Paris green and arsenic
should handle very carefully. Its use is at
tended with considerable risk, and often fol-
lowed by serious consequences. Malignant
sores are no' un!rsquently produced by scratch
ing the skin itching or irritated from handling
the article. Ii is a more dangerous and dead
ly poison than arsenic, and those who sell
should caution the purchaser to use the great
est care IN using the preparation, protecting
the hands and face much as possible, and
never using for any other purpose the vessels
| in which the green is mixed.
PROPERTY DECLINING.
City property here is steadily on the de-
Cline while taxes are constantly going up.
lhe Board of Equalization have been i'm ses-
sion some time and the result of their labors
has 10 Gel many to sigh for Texas. You can
purchase property at almost any price for cash
as few see their way clear through the bur
d.nsome tax fastened upon the people chiefly
rough the instrumen,ality of the Stanton
Barney Breed railroad ring.
a live daily paper is very much needed
here, aud good man TO embark in such an
enterprise would be well sustained.