The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-11-24
+" HONEST JOHN" TO THE
FRONT.
ONE OF HIS LITTLE JOBS.
He Has the Only Piece Of Land in the
State Suitable for an Agricul.
cultural College.

cultural College.
It is the popularity Of the opossum to feign
death whenever it is closely pursued or in
great danger, and it is often very difficult to
tell whether the cunning fellow is really de-
funct or only pretending to be SO. In the
human family the carpet-bagger is the proto-
type of the opossum, and in "Honest John :"
Lynch we have prize carpet-bagger.
John is a shrewd fellow, Indeed, and his
rough hewn countenance rarely, if ever. gives
any indication Of the emotions which move
pallor to overspread the faces of fellow carpet
baggers scarcely change even for moment
the carmine Of his lips or the bronze of his
cheek He is always Honest John !; he means
we'll, you know, and even if he doesn't he
pretends that he does in a way that would
make an asossum curl his hairless tail for
very envy. John is an honest carpet-bagger,
so are they all, all honest carpet-baggers.
In the proceedings of the Common Council
recently, among the communications received
Mechanical and Agricultural College request
ing an appraisement of the "Lynch property,
which adjoins the Chalmette battle ground
for the purpose Of purchasing the same as a
site for the college. This communication we
are gratifed to see, was referred to the Com
mittee of the Whole, which is hole very diff
cult to get communication out of when once
it gets in.
It is known that Lynch has had the manip-
ulation of the Agricultural College Fund for a
number Of years. and it is also known that he
bought some year or so ago, plantation or
tract Of land adjacent to the Slaughter House,
in which institution, by the way, he managed,
by some honest means, of course, to fix snug
little berth for himself as inspector of bulls
and other cattle at the diminutive salary of
$4,000 per annum, to say nothing Of perqui-
sites.
He was made by our honest usurper a men,
Der of the board of trustees of the new col
lege, and now, ni,ubile dictu, his plantation is
suddenly discovered to be the best suited as
site for the proposed college. We regard that
fact as unquestionable evidence that our
human o'possum is not dead as supposed by
many, but has been only teigning for some
time.
1t may be that there is no other spot in the
State so well adapted for the purpose of an
agricultural college, as this property belong
ing to the $4,000 inspector Of beeves, but We
desire respectfully to suggest that no bargain
be entered into, until the matter shall have
been thoroughly looked into, and the claims
of other parts of the State considered
The Board Of Trustees, as at present com
posed, is not a proper board; being, with one
or two exceptions, made up Of partisans of
Kellogg, put there for partisan purposes, and
having upon it no representative Of the Mis-
sissippi river parishes. We think there can be
no doubt about this land business being job
in the interest of 50 Honest John" and We are
confident that the wool is being pulled over
the eyes Of the really honest and well-meaning
members of the Board. The Council will, of
course take no action in the matter, and the
Legislature, when it convenes will, unques-
tionably, interfere with the little games of
Lynch & Co.
In this State there are 141, 467 engaged in
agriculture, and 25,S07 in manufactures and
mechanical pursuits 40, l4S of the agricul-
turists live outside of New Orleans, and only
II, 4O4 Of those engaged in manufactures and
mechanical pursuits live in New Orleans.
1t would seem, therefore, that eight planters
in the State; from the Gulf to Arkansas have
as much interest in the location Of this Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College as one me-
chanic in New Orleans, and yet the Board
coolly proposes to ignore the rights of the
many in the interests Of the few.