The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-05-09

o;vaa snre promise 81 rich profile
at no distant day IS the cultefs q
oranges. Every yard ana gfoes
4 supplied With this beautiful and
valuable tree, snd many persons
are planting larzs orchards, with
the confident expectation Of Being
amply rewarded. This delicious
frnit attaifa to great perfection I
around the lake. There aFe
trees III tho residence 81 Mt
Joseph Bilbo, just above the vil- |
LACE, whose stems have q diameter |
81 fifteen inches. and which have |
been known to bear as many as
10000 oranges. The produce Of
4 few such trees, il we'll attended |
to, would easily support q moder-
ate familvi ID comfort. These trees
we're planted III The year 1882, and
Fat 40 Years old, are exceedingly
vigorous and fruitful. Ten acres
Of snch trees, or even five, would
be an everlasting fortune, Or, ut
| least, much better paying instl-
| tuition than any other now open To
persons of moderate lnoars. ~
| it appears to yonr correspondent,
Who ID not considered visionary,
unless indeed his judgment has Of
late become little disordered BIZ
4 the constant study az ways and
means to meet the necessities ot
i tie times. outside The precarlous
business ia which he ii engaged,
/ with other imprcunious friends in
st. Landry. Perhaps, too, the
fact that oranges can be success
fully grown with little labor is the
most attractive feature about the
business. 1t ii surprising that all
the lazY men iii the State don't go
| to Calcasicn and vet themselves
up in the orange business. Our
friends out there need not DO
alarmed at this suggestion, how
ever, al no Que but a bold aud en-
prising man Tor d candidatel would
brave the dangers By 4 'od aud
Geld which encompass the route
that leads, from here 40 least, 70
that distant and attractive section.
But Calcasieu. AZ we found, is
not without many eutorpri>ing and
Wide-aWake citizrns, who know the
capacities 81 the country, and who
will develop In due time the natu-
raj resources abundantly at hand.
The revival Of the railroad work,
which may be- surely expected
sooner or later, will give . great
impulse to the town of Lake
Charles aud it's surroundings, and
the good citizens Of that place
may indulge = Well-groundcd ex'
pectation Of seeing their village
at no very distant day grow into
a prosperous inland city, to which
people Of all sections ot tho State
and South will be attracted by tht
hoalthfnlness Of tho clluats and
tho unequalled beauty Of its stu
! alton.
! There is 81 course 1T pressni
! much complaint Of stringent times
but 4 visitor comes in Contact viii
: no evidence Of il. The people arr
, polite and hospitable to strangers
and If u visitor gets away fron
: Lake Charles without being placed
! undcI many ob.iguii nA hy th
!, courtesy ii our old friend Isaa
i Walton, or hecn dined ard cham
! pagned BY h,In Dillon, tho prime
! Of coffee-house keepers, or abnnd
I antly treated to fruits, cigars an,
Mexican honey by oUr frien,
Thnd., all fresh by Gle last sTriya
!, Of the Lottie Mayo from Tu1
: pan, Mexico; or If lie leaves with
] out hearty invitation aud war;
! welcome to Goosport, tho home I
! that grand old fellow, Capt. DAM,
J Coos, Why then ho would not moe
j with half the good luck that Def,
Z your correspondent and his friend
/. during their brief soioGrn anon
j the Caleasieuans,
II ------a------
U Whether the Governor can pa
~ don a laaraon haforo trial mr. 0o1