The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-06-25

tant information for tho consideration OF
hill farmers: 49,
Tie planters of Southern Georgia and
Florida arc turning their attention to the
cultivation of upland rice. The pine
lands Weld from twenty to fifty bushels
per acre, and last year it sold ut 81 o3 pa
b,shel ut home. A Lake City merchant
has received an order from New York for
III, 900 bushels for which s. cents Is Of
fcrcd. Has it ever occurred to our Louis
lana planters that they can raise Their
own rice! There is no doubt that it Will
grow luxuriaht!y in every parish in the
State, and it is quite as easily cultivated
as corn.
Some cntcrprisins farmer i'll Natch'to-
ches Parish should ut once make al CT |
fort to grow this cereal. Rice is I'LL artl-
Gle of diet which is III constant demand
and readily sells at rcmuncrative prices.
In this Parish, as in many Others, there
are large quantities Of marsh and swamp
lands which arc idle year after year ard
could be turned into splendid rice fields.
In truth it has been clearly demonstrated
that this grain will grow through water
and that too without any labor save that
of sowing, in proof Of which read the fol-
lowing clipped from tho Marksville But
letin:
There, is 4 gentleman living near this
town who had 4 rice pond to plant which
was full of water. To experiment he threw
his rice seed in the pond and strange to
say the rice has come up and the green
leaves arc now above water. 1t has al
ways been contcndcd that the plant could
not 90 through the water. This contra
diets it, and ~ y great amount OF work
and trouble is thereby saved, this item
will be read with interest by our rice
planters ... '.a.- -.
The Amito City Independent Of June 18th,
, publishes the following horrible record Of
} torture and cruelty:
Last Saturday an old negro andhis wife,
living in the swamp near Vaudeville, La,
beat Il little negro boy till he tainted and
. fell, and then hung him with ropes, ny
the heels, over a slow fire to roast to death,
l all for eating piece Of bread when ho
Z was hungry. s"
These two old negroes were called hoo
8 docs. But they arc caught, and Judge
Thompson will have u CHARGE to teach
them u lesson in tho art Of 'who-tlO-ing."
s We hope he will teach them q good one.
# 1t was but recently that tho New Or
!, leans papers contained an account OF the
a brutal murder of a child under almost
IS similar circumstances, simply for eating
it some crackers brought home for family
!. use. Most assnredly such deeds proclaim
o q worse than barbarism among some O.
:, these people, or else a savage spirit o
n cruelty which has no equal in this age O.
civilization and christian enlightenment
t. A late number of the Houma Comrie
l. gives the following account Of tho sur
roundngs of the present Car Of Russia
It notwithstanding tho numerous precau
n. cautions which he has employed to pr'
y vent meeting the fate meted out to hi
- father: ri
'" The emperor Alexander III, likes TIN
s. soft light Of the orthodox candle and b!
H. it's light works late in his Office. A sllOr
to time since at late hour of the night, tn
:, Project of Police rushed hastely and I'm
- tremendously and blew out every candle
nc mean time ordering tho lamps to be Lit
r Tho candles were examined, and six on
AZ of the number surrounding the Empero
! were charged with deadly explosives. Th
=" Project got wind of the scheme somehow
&c But hc himself may he q nihilist, who
to merely willing to give the Car tho benz
hc fit of this wholesome warning without q
lowing the plot ut the time toresult Fl
oh tally to him. No wonder that Alexandt
I'D gives an involuntary duck of the head 9
Of the approach Of every passing musquit'
"a for fear that he might have o new specie
M of infinitismal bomb dangling to his leg
'. Says the Marksville Bulletin:
ISL Whilst the leaders Of the Republica
S. party North arc fighting among Their
1+s selves, like dogs over q bone, the Sout
A'' is busily occupied building herself q
The scramble between the Administrative
al and Conkling is viewed with stolid ind
We ference, and it ISIS pity indeed that Il
md South did not adopt this policy long ag
The OF course we are glad to see the Repu
lican party dismembered and divided, +
non that presages the advent of good, wis
:, economical and honest government TO
my years hence, but in I'LL other respects y
I'd! are Indifferent.
phl All over the South manufactures q
Fit now springing up; confidence has be-
-. thoroughly re-established in busine
at circles commerce has resumed its won't
md activity and the agricultural and indl
du. trial interests are most zealously guarde
~. We can safely say that we arc On the TO
'uy to prosperity and as long as Onr peOl
Dur will make politics secondary matter
hts. long will we prosper. Politics has be
of our ruin, let us then eschew it altogetll
hv There is very large modicum Of tru
,T;s and sound sense in such expressions. I
, of Southern people have really awakened
;no q right conception Of the requirements
not their section. They are fighting q c.
tho test which needs only time to develop il
.nl q most glorious victory. Energy, activi
ex enterprise arc emblazoned on their b.
ners, and they stride forward, beneath
aegis Of peace towards the goal of fut'
greatness, glory and prosperity, such
'; .. ncer crowned the mightiest conque
lone with the laurel wreath of fame.
hem Aye, lot successful politicians snarl
g to qrowl and fight over the spoils Of off
With these chickering's and strife our ID
= has nothing to do. Theirs is . m
'o..0 worthy, more glorious achievement. II
n'.s there are not wanting those who prato
anu the sIost Cause," the tburied issues" Of
''nes war, the "crushed hopes Of the past"
anu ~. the masses are too busily employed v
car cur .,het mma nearly concerns their mate