The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-06-23
IIrNTERs REST,
June 10Th, 1911. !

Editor indicator:
Nothing of importa' &C has tran>pired
hrrabnntS, of any magnitude since my
last, although q few circumstances have
occurred which l propose to dot down
for the readers of the NlSDlcAT"R.
4 few days since, there died. just be-
low this place, one Of the oldest native
Inhabitants Of the parish. 5 he hat
reached the Unusual age OF one hundred
and iilteen. and forty years OF that time
was hlnd and for many years past has
not left hrr bed. IIrrna!nr was tdrialttt.
an old wol,lau belonging to tn" ancient
free rolorrh population of the state, and
was the mojhct Of several children,
Manuel Dufot, living at this place, be-
inc the Senior | believe, of the four or
five now living.
This is not the only case Of extreme
longevity on Cane River, which speaks
loudly for the SOLIDARITY Of the location
There are two Congo's or Guinea ne
urocs near here, who must Dr., from their
general appearance, and from the account
| they give of themselves, one hundred
and twenty-five years old. ! could mnl
tiply instances of ccntenarians Ill this
part of the parish, and suppose the
same thing obtains in other portions. Let
these facts be known, and Red River, at
a distance. will no longer be called the
"yrave-yar,l of the South" but immiyra
ton will flock in from every direction &c
fill up our waste places, made SO by the
unfortunate war, aud kept so, IN great
degree, by Radical rule, and the fear OF
inSaIubrity venture to assert and
will be sustained in the assertion by
every Physician on Red River, that from
the first of March until the first or even
the fifteenth of July, that this is the
healthiest country upon earth. 1t Is
very true, that it sometimes happens
that "Wintcr fingers in the lap offspring,
causing little disayrceabencss, hu
disease does not follow as a sequence. i
is equally true, that the months of All
gust and September are not c"nslderet
healthy months or arc they so consid
cred anywhere South of the Bed ; of lati
tude.
Now, that our government is out of the
grasp and control of thieves and Villains
like the Blunts, Wc|,ers, ct od im"r grn"
and the Railroad will certainly be built
at least, as far as the DeSoto parish line
it is not fit time to invite the world L
our balmy cline to visit it's lands, it
people, and breath IN atmosphere ladr'
for more than half the year, with tn
oler of a thousand flowers. We dom,
want immigrants to believe what the,
term the pen painting, we give of on
climate, its productions and people, W
invite them to come and see for them
selves, We ask no more, and expect u
less.
Let us then invite immigration to on
sunny homes, and fill up the waste pIa
ces, if not for ourselves, at least for OF"
children. 1t will moro than douhly re
pay us. 1t is due to ourselves and
our postcrity. This done, and soon ever
hilltop and bottom, will be lighted II
with teaming life our once EorSeou
and productive valley, will smile wit
reawakcned frstivity, and our desolat
homes and solitudcs will be peopled wit
; armies of laborers, whose glad songs wi
bear to Heaven in mighty and majest'
anthem not only the glorious vlctorle
of peace, but bowed, bruised and br'
kctl-hcartcd people redeemed, rcgeneri
ted and disenthralled.'
AL REVOIR.