The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-01
OVER THE COUNTRY.
A COsumn Devoted to the interests Oh
Agriculture, Industrial Pr0sress'
immigration and General
Information.
NY MARSHALL WYNN,
10 whom Nh communications for this dspa rtment
shot1id BIO Addressed ~ the office Oh the M
DEMOCRAT. No. Ito aravior street.

NY MARSHALL WYNN,

IL o,r concluding remarks on Catahoula parish
No inadvertently omitted y description 81 inc
above springs which we situated some twenty
miles above tho white sulphur II .., .ho nor,n
two nilee OF columbia, ON tho Ouachita River,
hs good wagon road, over which there Ia y semi"
weekly mail. There springs have been more
thoroughly repaired since the war than me Whi,e
Esslphur and th.y % em to have been better ad-
veriised too, NJ they arc better known ana more
resorted to. The wat. RS are highly recommended
for oil disorders f the kidneys, indigo ston. liver
complaint and other diseases.
The two principal springs, which arc improved
and mostly used break out from the side OK q ! w
rayine. the bet or one within Two hundred yards
81 The Castor Bayou, the other one about seven'y
Yards further up the rayine and four hundred
yards from tho hotl, store ana postoihce.
curiosity OF the locality, valuable, by-the-by, IN
AMup SPRING,
which In very highly recommended for rheuma.
tism The mud may be advantageously applied
locally 10 the affected parts but the better way OF
using IL III by y regular mud bath. which 10 taken
by filing III ordinary bath-tub with mud ~ you
would with water for q warm bath; plunge in and
and wash Off with clean sulphur water.
The watering season generally commences IN
May or June, and continues until October or
November When We were ,s a. Inc spa,ass Ml,
hotel. where they furnish good board and COM
fortabe rooms, with bathing, fishing and hunt
ing fAciliiioe, nl reasonable rates. Ihe bayou IL
well stock d with trout, perch. cat and some
other varieties OF fish. The game IL mostly small,
hut there are u few deer aud turkeys III the
neighborhood.
There il d pleasant Methodist camp ground
within three hundred yards OF the Springs, with
i large pavilion, where the yearly camp meetings.
are held, IN July or AUGUST, and where, We De.
heve, the Alexandria Conference holds LIZ annual
meetings.
On recent tour We travelled north Or north
westerly through the upper part OF oatahoula
and the lower ur southern partof Caldwell, until
W. reached tho Columbia and Vernon read, aev-
ell miles west OF the former place; our course
was then nearly due west, through the western
part OF Caldwell into the eastern borders OF jack
son parish, thence TO Vernon, tho pkrish site. 3
very small village, which presents rather dilap-
idated appearance.
Jackson seems TO be one Of our poorest par
iehes, yet II offers some Inducements to immi-
grants, az we propose to show ut some future
erly and northeasterly direction, through Lincoln
parish, into Union, and then to
FARnfERvILLE,
the parish pito CT Union, which was 30
named afeer the father OF tho late Lieut.. Gov
WI. w. Farmer, one OF Lousianas Helf-made
men. Farmerville 10 an incorporated town,
with some nine or ten stores, several shops
boarding -huutus, livery btabies, etc. Mere
signs OF enterprise are to DO seen here than
in any town we have visited since leaving the
city. Unon is one of OUR best hill parishes; the
sion and agricultural progress, and will hold an
immigration meeting ct this place on the hrst
Monday in April. After tho meeting we will have
some information to give In reference to the in-
ducoments which the parish offers. From here
we no to Vienna, and thence --.