The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-06-28
CLAIBORNE PARISH.
splendid Crops aud Good weather I'm
NOrth L0uis'ana-The improvements
In Homer and other Parts Of Clai-
borne Parish.

speHuJN SFDVs ssbDu tfNtUFF ~
Nor'h L"uis'ana-The improvements
borne Parish.
Especial Correspondence Of the Democrat
HOMER, La, June %, 1877.
Editor Democrat Perhaps few lines
from this spot, in the woods. may be
vouchsafed @ place In your columns.
Were you ever in place where all
then come to, or imagine yourself, 1in
the land OF Claiborne. Claiborne smiles
all over, for she sees and feels that the
good times" so long promised has
come at last. Providence or Prof, Tice
has verify blessed our land this year.
Plenty Of snow In the winter to properly
disintegrate the soil and incorporate all
the productive elements; good Febru-
airy and March to prepare the land and
put down the seed; o dry May to work
and put all crops in splendid order, and
good rain, warm rains, now to make
everything grow and jump with life.
| Indeed, we have never seen @ richer
promise, particularly In corn. We
heard on old farmer, the other day. say
he had heard Of Arkansas farmers COW
erfng in their fields. He thought it was
only II big brag, but really now he be-
gan to sort o. think he would have to
go to getting boards fer his fields. for
he could not see how else he should
store away his corn. Oats, wheat, rye
and barley are also splendid. saw in
the postoffice yesterday o bunch of
oats grown by d. GLADDEN. that was six
feet long. He has several acres OF it.
| Cotton also promises we'll. Peaches,
apples, melons, in fact all good things
calculated to gladden. the heart and
make people content, are In plenty
| throughout our parish.
Yes, all orr people are so happy, both
white and black. And why not? We
have our State free; we have our Gov
| ernor we have agreeable surprises by
our President. who solemnly says he Is
teous crop, health, peace and hope-all
coming In one year. Enough, certainly,
| to give new life to our people, new hopes,
new love Of country-our great country
that now la and the wonder that la yet
to be. The old starry flag Ia again
spoken OF as In the days gone by. The
Fourth OF July Is remembered with
pleasure; the old men want once more
to see an old-fashioned, genuine cele-
bration, and the young men to see what
sort of thing Fourth Of July can be.
and violence are heard OF no more,
crime has shut up like knife, petty
thieving has about played out, the
courts are now opening and adjourning
bodies, lawyers meekly wend their way
to church; In fact, everybody feels good,
80 hopeful and thoughtful that we hear
as we 90 up and down the land more
songs and less curses.
Homer Is playing ph9nix on lively
scale. Several wooden buildings are now
complete and occupied. several more
are under contract and building also
three fine brick buildings. A fine Metho-
dist church Is under way, replacing the
old one that was crushed down by the
business in Homer will be rejuvenated
and born again.
This has been lively week with us,
being commencement week at Homer
College, and Homer Masonic Female
Institute.
DR.. Gorden, president of Homer
College, saysit shall be first class, or he
will die in the effort to make 1T such. And
to give you an idea Of some of the ma
terial he has to work with, let me state
that there are in attendance several
young men-poor; the bones Of their
fathers and elder brothers lay where
marched and fought the army OF the
Tennessee. These boys have to go to
OuO lCIuo, CuOy lnFO 0tbJ GU ouCl ldlVu-
fully up to this year, worked day and
night, saved a few dollars, and now are
investing those dollars in brain material.
These young men have gone in to win,
and they will do it too.
Rev. J. T. Parker, Methodist minister
at this place, delivered the commence
ment sermon. By all who have heard
it it is pronounced an able effort. Mr..
Parker is an able and eloquent speaker,
and a fearless one. He hesitates not to
utter his dissent to or concurrence in
any idea or opinion, church or secular,
that presents ITSELF
The exercises at the Female Institute
were interesting and satisfactory. Gen.
Young delivered fine address to the
school. Mr.. Sigh, the President, will
add much to the college buildings dur
ing vacation. Rumor has it that he will
have next session a lady in charge,
whose experience as an instructress and
requirements as a scholar cannot be
surpassed at any school in the South.
Who she is we have not yet learned.
But il this is the case this institution
will then stand second to none in the
State. UNCLE PAD.