The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-31
Editorial Correspondence
IoUMA. PARISH TERN BoENr. ia !
MAY 23i, lSH.

IIoUMA. PARISH TERRI BoENr. ia !
MAY 23d, 1911
4 refreshing breeze. laden with per-
iumc OF ja-nIinS and maguDIiaF. fans my
muSQlitu.bittrn chruhs iiilS morning, ana
| lerl almost rs happy H. If were aEgllng
beneath some Grand OLD lutl IN r'raDhIln
county. with II spring OF cold water near
by and Il bank Dt mint not very tar IN the
distance. IL j. "A drli2utful morning. ANA
the br,rzc j. ratIcr stiff for the aNolrdu-
pos OF the almost OmljpOlFn; mu>krlrr Of
which ! cam never r"dsc to complain II /
were to liV' IN Louisiana uHtIl Lhc tInc
comes wien must make my lat earthly
Journey in that >ombrc "rhiclr 10 Jourlir
where there are no niuSk"trrS--iiD. NOT
one. This hrrrZr comes from the gut,
and mitIgalrs IN no small degree the in
tense heat OF Il sun whose rays are 700
nearly vertical tor one OF my 0nr>ity.
And observe that quite n'lnl"rnl my
brother mortalS in thiS m"ral part ol God :
vineyard seem to think the aiOrcsal" ray
II li'tlc too nearly vertical tor Themselves.
and calculated to weaken their energy IN
the way OF work. Ia icI. have ever
found that good and had mrn. industrious
and law ones, honorable and ;lisl0nora-
bic. are pretty evenly scattered, the world
over But have com" to the conclusion
that there are some towns not As large AS
Winchester that have rs many. ii not
MORE idlurS-mOre men who 40 not earn
their bread in the sweat OF the face. ana
vet seem to have plenty OF money. Inc
fact is, there is moro money III Louisiana
than one would suppose. in view of the
miserable burlcsque upon government I'M
der which she has Groaned ever since he
war was over. But tins money IS not gen
orally scattered rs are Grccnba rs III Zen
ncSsrc 1t l. in the hands of II few. com
paratively, who own large sugar and RE"
plantations, and live at handsome groves
scattered here and there along the limit
mrrablc bayouS OF this Hat land. In Ten
nesscc any man IN ordinary circumstances
can be the lord ola little farm ard raise
corn, wheat and stock. And he can have
hi, wheat thrcshed or his corn ground by
paving IL small per ccnLaSe IN the way OF
toll. He can be happy. But here. to b" Il
planter means that you must own several
hun ,rrd acre, of cl cared land, with Scv-
cral hundred acres Of swamp woodland.
and have Il sugar huIIoc. and plenty OF
mules, Wagons, powS. and Il nercnaHt IN
New Orleans VINO will alvan, you mon
CIV III 4 per cent interest, ana charge you
2l5 per cent. for buying supplies Tor you,
and the same per cent. Tor selling your
sugar, and - per cent. Tor something else,
forget what. If you manage your plan
tation well, and make Eoou crop OF sugar
Won can afford to pay all these EXPENSES
and come out several Thousand dollars
better OH 1T the end of each year. We
know of several planters who cleared over
S5O.OOJ each last year ON thcirsu@ar crops
mis- j. rs good as being President OF the
Uniled States, and infinitely better If you
ba,, TO ret into the Presidential chair by
such "A bare-iaccd fraud as our Fraudulent
President got the office to which Tilden
was elected. ALI. this Sd@ar-nahinS Is II
s,ceet business. and nearly every one in
Louisiana wants To make sugar. Ihey
tell me that every acre OF s'lSar-cane Is
,rth S5D. And on account OF the severe
cold weather last winter having killed
out" much of the stubblc. there mas been
Quitc Il demand this spring for plant can
and it has commanded good price. and
the prospects are good for large crop. al
bell there is great need OF rain and just
nuv ulautrrs begin to feel dow n-hcartrd
1 have walked through swamp to-day.
and had IL dry walk OF it. where generally
Il is i'm paSsible on account OF mud and WA
ter. II a prayer from my unworthy sell
could bring il real "TGot-sDnher' from the
heavens Tor Louisiana. it would i~ offered
most earnestly Just now. aud woaid ASK
the -amr for the good farmers OF fradklin
county, Tennessee. provided they need 1t.
IN offer it. anyhow. because the Bible
tell. me the prayers Of the rig l'tcouS avail
eth mu.h. So. look out tor rain.
Jonisiinilns are very prDnd OF their
li5itr.-oi her soil and climatc-and are
readv IN "A trjc. To Icnominale her the gar
den SuvL of the wOrlh-tlIe Eden the FL |
jor,Jo, the Bonanza. the anything that
means superiority. But the first Eden
had only one serpent in it that We read Of.
Jouj,iava has more than Il major portion
o, liz. L.r.ccudaiats of the serprnt-tIiat is.
If the srrpent OF Eden was verify snake,
as have seen him represented in ''pir-
lures" WHY. sirs. here are rattle-snakes.
b,,cl snakes. poceasiu snakes. adder
sn.Lps. snakes in ib. yra... and all sorts OF
800. And inrr,. .,r,. III; nor. Ana
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