Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1877-09-05
ICONMUNICArED.
Emigration.

DEAR GUARDIAN: - am gan IOn navo
raised your infantile voice in favor of eIsi-
grafton. Reconstruction" constitutional
conventions. hard money, grcenbacks, and
"whatuot7 are little worth to country 81
much in need of good, orderly and enter
prising people As North Louisiana. There
are a. many inducements Offered by this
section of country TO men who are in want
of homes as by any other place in all the
broad West.
| This is not too strong. On White River,
Arkansas, Red and Ouachita Rivers. Louis
/ lana, Trinity and -Brazos, Texas; together
with those broad praries tout west" from
| tirO 10 fOH' times as much can be made on
an acre of ground, rhen seasons are suitable,
- can hc made here Oh the hill lands of
! North louisiana"
| But health, schools and churches are
! things too important Ia be- overlooked when
/ homes are being sought for. Beside, IA man
can I'LL three acres of the light lands of
! thSconuiry with less labor than is ncces-
sary TO prepare and cultivate one acre Of
: the heavy lands OF the sections above
alluded to. Aud when aludc 10 Claiborne
parish us prr-clnincitly inviting, | think
do no injustice to other parishes in til,
same range Of country.
A. To the rroIuc,ivcncss. Of our Lands,
feel safe IN saying, that sine thu -Arttlr-
ncnt of this country, there have not t,,a
iro F'"T' IN which every laboring man, at
! trntiNc to his farming interests, has not
been able To provide for himself and
/ family, ~ the iIu,t Of hl, toll. an ample
supply of food. Any mau Who VIII work
can and will make Il living out of our soil
his average crop will be in excess of his
demands.
IoucLlug Ia" srhool> What other por-
tions OF the parish arr Just now doiu.
am not advised, but within a radius of ten
m!lr, from the Court House there are. in.
Guiding The two school, in Homer fr.
! .f,'si cias, sciool, No country with a like
/ population. can make i better show.
~ 10 iii" chuchc-, your directory speak,
for itself.
| | presume there arr no VII KEEP. stats.
tic from which t"dciivc certain knowledge
OF the sanitary condition Of the hill cnun-
try, but II l. safe to say thar 40 count,
las les >ickn. than this. Those summer
lnd tail type gi ,,ckucSs. - dreadful IN all
( rlch land Countries, are almost unknown
here. One Of the most popular physicians
81 H." country tells 'uc that hc la, never
known more Than one or two CASES of Ma
lanai notwithstanding iryor-in This
country. and that the few billions ailmrnt,
are generally of mild form. and cured in Il
lew days. Pneumonia and typhoid fever,
the pests OF the high open prairie aud low
damp settlements, arr seldom seen in these
high w"odod hills during winter and
spring. The truth i, there are no prevail
my types of sickness III these hills.
All this is hut the text of what might. in
truth, br said of tins country. The thiuy
We want. It seems To- me, Is an organized
system "i representing our section of the
STATE abroad. The country is settled M
10y families from "A number of states, and
from different portions OF States. thrnugh
whom easy and inexpensive communities
tion may hc had with thousand, of people
7 IN the older States. who are honest. indus
tll"u> agriculture 'i>t.,
III" organization Of an Emigration A..
s"clatI"n, and the appointment of judi
ciouN, Jealous corresponding secretary.
would enable tn" properly holder, of Ciai-
b"nr, AT u thrilling annual expense IN fees
/ to the a>>ucatiuu-tu more than duuLl,
tn value of their property by tie increased
/ demand, and rr"pnrtionally decrease their
revenue, 10y the influx of mousye,. values
10 share III the rate of taxation. Who will
move OH III this mattcr'
Yours, &C., Lrp MrpIppoy.
~" press and printing material lately
list IN publishing I'm. 'Inmcr U,,l l,,y.