New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-19
st. Tammany Parish.
CovINGroN, March Ii, 1874.

| EDITOR REPUBLICANS:
In my last letter from this place l en-
deavored to direct the attention of the capi-
talist to this town and its vicinity, as ia
vorabie locations for the investment OF
money. In this l propose to address my
self to the many thousand unemployed men
in your city, with view to inducing them
to come over here and settle, and thereby
become independent farmers, for am sin
cere in the opinion that this parish offers
superior inducements to any other portion
of the State-I might say of the South.
The great advantage it possesses is that
its lands, while being remuneratingly pro-
ductive, are both cheap and capable of
being improved to every extent. We also
have uninterrupted navigation in our rivers
throughout the year, which gives us trans
pOrtation even more prompt and cheap than
by rail. We have climate at once healthy
and suited to the cultivation of almost
every kind Of product raised in the South.
Cotton, sugar cane, rice, corn, jute, sor-
ghum, potatoes and peanuts all do splen-
didly here, while apples, pears, peaches,
ounces, plums, grapes, pecan nuts and
strawberries are also produced in perfec-
ton. The reader must not suppose that be-
cause the lands are covered with pine for
ests that they are of the kind commonly
known as "pine barrens," which are inca
pable of being properly cultivated. They
are nothing Of the sort, although not at all
him fhCco nf fho Mtuoisoinpi hnftOm
They are kind of marly clay, which, al
though not very fertile naturally. still will
retain and develop all that is put upon
them with never failing certainty.
A poor man can start himself here with
but very small outlay Of ready money, as
settled farms can be bought on small cash
payments, for there are many more acres of
land cleared here than there is population
to cultivate
There are very few people inhabiting the
city who have an idea of how cheap man
can live in the country, where they raise
their own vegetables, chickens and eggs,
and where there are no temptations of any
kind for extravagances. The neighboring
forests often supply him with all the meat
he wants, while the river which washes the
bank IN front of his door yields fish more
than sufficient to enable him to vary his
diet.
With the fine breezes tanning his brow
throughout the seasons which are the most
sickly elsewhere, he never requires the ser
vices of physician, and naturally fatigued
4 IL I. H. %In
ments of Canal street or the theatres, sat
eve when gloomy shades obscure the tran
quill shepard's cot" The poor men of your
city therefore need not wait to make raise
of several hundred dollars, before coming
over here. Let him come at once, and
begin life. There is always money to be
made chopping wood or burning coal. And
he can all the sooner begin raising his pecan
grove and fruit orchard.
If he plants out 200 pecan trees this year
he will have an income of $1,000 per annum
IN 1884, and $4,000 per annum in 1890, and
he need not ever do days work upon
them after planting. Peaches, pears and
grapes all produce splendid crops and re-
quire but little attention. Strawberries
also produce well and are of excellent
flavor. The rivers which run through the
parish afford the cheapest and most prompt
transportation, SO there is a ready sale even
for the sand that is washed up on the
bar at the neighboring bend.
And last. but not least, the people over
here do not depredate upon one another;
every mans property is safe, be it vegetable
or animal, and the stranger is welcomed by
the st. Tammanyites with joy and hospital
ity. This is not an overdrawn picture, but
simple facts.
Who wants to come to st. Tammany?
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