Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-03-05

| understand and appreciate It's merits,
you should call and see for yourself.
The Doctor will take pleasure in show
ing it to all who feel an interest IN the
march of science.
The Agricultural Department OF the
State University, under the management
of Prof. L. W. Conerly, is becoming
unite an attractive feature of that in
sutton. The old cess pool of mud, wa
ter and decaying vegetation, which
| heretofore, engendered the health of the
residents of the institution. has been
thoroughly drained. Contrary to the
predictions of almost every one, Prof.
Conerly, with that vim and skill, char
acteristic of the man, set to work and
has, at small expense, brought order
out of chaos and rendered productive a
| tract of land hitherto condemned on ac-
count of the large foods of water that
covered it's surface In proof of this, it
is only necessary to state, that after
the rain Saturday and the night fol-
lowing, not a drop Of water remained
standing on the University ground prop
er. A great many seed have been plant
ed and are spriuging up to the satisfac-
| ton of all interested. Hundreds of cab
bage. tomato, and other early plants
are nearly ready for sets, and in few
days more, the entire grounds will pre-
sent beautiful scene of growing vege-
tation. And what is better, the Pro-
lessor informs us, that the students are
watching, with,a great deal of interest,
| the progress of this especial department.
The following is what the Cincinnati
Trade List thinks Ofthose characters who
are all the time complaining of their
country papers, and instead of helping
to support them, send on for a large
paper, and thus help to support
them: "a gentleman writes to us that
his county paper is so poor that he has
stopped it, therefore seuds us 50 for the
Trade List. We repeat that we do not
want subscribers on these terms. A
mans county paper is worth the price
asked for it, if it is not, it is his fault.
If the county paper is properly encour-
aged, it may be relied upon for infor-
nation Of more value to the people in
whose interest it is issued than can be
found in all the city papers in the United
States. No man can do without the
paper that published the official adver-
tisements ofhis county, the court news,
and other Intelligence. If the paper
is poor, the people are more at fault
than the publisher for not giving it a
liberal patronage. However poor the
country paper may be, it always worth
more than it costs to those interested in
the affairs of the county"
Mr.. A. ROsentieid. one of our most
successful dry goods merchants, renews
his advertisement in this issue. BY ref
erence to the proper column You will
see his first announcement. This, as
we have frequently stated, is one of the
most reliable houses in this section of
the country. Its employees and sales
men embrace many clever gentle
men, who are always pleased to meet
their friends and the public generally.
They make no distinction, but give a
polite welcome to all alike. which ac-
counts for the great popularity Of this
dry goods emporium.
We are glad to note the tact that 0uI
| people are fast closing up their ranks as
to matters of public interest. Prejudices
are being wiped out in the promotion OF
this important purpose to a very crafty.
ing extent. No greater evidence of the
Solidity of Il community can be fount
than in the fact of solid supper
given periodicals published within its
limits. When people generally realize
the fact that all work left at home tend.
to buildup and strengthen a communit
tvs business facilities the sooner South
ern towns and villages will grow in pop
ulation and enterprise.
The Franklin Sun says there is
plenty of cotton in the field yet tc
| pio1- in thof poriSb