Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-09-01
Editorial Correspondence.
NEAH RED LAND, Brssi-r parish, La,
Apxust 18th, lceO.


ui6cent fields Of corn and cotton that we
have seen snywhrre away from the Qua
chits river. The productive capacity Of
tbi. fat sandy land il wonderful, and we
are surpri.-d that the advantages ~ this
portion Of the State ARE moi more generally
known. We are told that there are many
hundred acres Of land Of an Egyptian
richness |, ing around the little village
FROM which this letter is dated that are
yet the property Of the Government, aud
that ARE open to presumption and entry.
Surely the p"or, honest, hard-working
man can eaut n"thiug better than TO pIo-
cure from a pntrrnnl government, at a
merely nominal price, = homestead that
will produce n thousand or twelve hun
lrrd pounds II cotton To the acre, aud IN
average yirid Of twenty-five bu-hrl. nf
corn.
The Industrious farmer bRs not mach
spare time for hunting and fishing, yet ~
l feel ii duty 10 make known all the adj.
vantages claimed for this locality II il
right that should say that all kinds Of
game ab0und here. and that Bayou Bod
cran, only few miles away, il said tn h-
n hn- fishing stream. This i. not an earth
ly paradise. Yet it w"Hld Ire difficult I"
con, iuce the gooh people who have LIVED
IN aud around Red Land that there is my
better conntry IN ,&- world.
Now. il your correspondent were an i'm
migration ngrn, hr would prrrrrsr a pro.
found silence shout some features. The
mosquitoes, fnt Instance. These pests arr
produc-d here this year like the corn and
rottLn in the greatest luxnrianCr. The
frrqurnt rains are thu cause Of their being
so numerous. In n fiat country that dn-s
not drain itself easily it is In, natural,
that after frequent aud hrav, rsins, The
water shnnld stand in pools-in which
mosquitoes mr.. bred in million. 1t is lint
inst 10 say that in half dozen Visits
made here IN the last two years this is The
only one IN whirh W. have bad canse To
complain uf the mosquitoes.
The rBlu- this summer have been all
over North West Louisiana frequent aud
heavy, aud attended with more rrriun-
consequence than the breeding If mos
uniiu-s. Herr. as in Claiborne parish. the
cotton has suffered, p-Thaps worse IN the
low rich land Of Bn..irr tlnn on the hills
of Clnihornr. Those fields Of cotton that
are written of as "magnlhrent' in the be-
ginning Of tins letter are bnt too often
suffering from rust. ~ many cases the
holl- that, from too nirrh moisture. have
been dropped from the stalk. The same
causes that did so much damage in Clni-
boruc have prevailed here. only toa great
er extent because ct the character
of the lands aud the luhurilgcr Of the
growth.
Tint there is some degree of cotnpensa.
ton in all things is evidenced IN no more
striking manner than by the fact that the
c"rm crop il good every where. From the
Ouachlta to Red river the fields groam
with an abundance If corn. The farmer
" hn does not make his bread in l--O il eth
ar the victim "f fearful DISASTER or il too
indolrnt aud shililrss 10 live.
fnd my friends rpj"i ing fully the icrt-
ing SEASON uf the Year The fodder has
been rnvrd; COTTON has not opened yet
enough for picking and corn Is not hard
rnnngh for pulling, =" that faFmrfs ARE !"
that portion uf the summer when there Is
uo,htug but odd jobs To require time aud
labor. We therefore hear the horn If the
hunter oil thu hill or Join with onr friends
a. they. without the fear of mosqnitO' =
before their ewes. seek the creeks and bay
ou- to spend day, al perhaps a night, in
fishing.
Your correspondence had made great
preparations for fishing. The publisher
aud proprietor Of the Guardian, whose
word il law on all matters nf \ piscat"iy
nature, hat been consulted as to the
character rf ho"ks, liur-, bait. &c. A tr"t
line had hrcn procured, large hooks, dip
net. bohs, rte. were purchased only I" br
lost nn the rnaa, without hope nf rrcov~ry,
for the luss was not known until our jour.
n.y wa. urrr aud Ne could not eVru guess
wh-rrabuuts ON the tlirtN-six ar eight
miles of road travelled the prrciuu, bundle
had fallen II g,rs without the telling
that we were mad, and no consolation was
found ~ the fac, generally admitted that
tiou has generally worse luck than the
party who las reed r1l, knottrd line,
tacklc generally dilapidatr'l, aud Who oh,
h,tr,,r~' nm la. h.,f