The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-02-19

The method Of employing labor 10
the cotton growing belt II just nov
attracting much attention, and be.
Ing widely discussed. The tensu,
system Il losing caste, and . change
TOT the better will undoubtedly be
'naugurated BY hiring hands, on q
cash bases. Here e something im.
I'ostsnt "a this subject. taken from
the Shreveport Standard:
AT . meeting OF tho Niaais.inn,
Valley Cotton Plsnter's Associetlon
ut vtcksburK. last Tuesday the ohare
AND tenant systems OF planting Wers
deoounccd - ruiuous 70 the land.
Owoee: The tenant dOea not attempt
To enrich the land. On the ohsre
system tho planter has 20 iur0ioh
the substance for Q year, and both
planter and croppef have 20 NV
ruinous rates Of interest. The aseo.
c':l.0n recommend that plsntees hire
Q Iev hands. on Q cash basis. aud
gradually work out OF the share snd
tenant systems.
a resent number Of the vlcksburg
Herald has this 70 ssy:
A charming young lady ct present
whiting friends IL this CITY vesrs
eee n2ir over her ear, the osme I'd
does Mo. President Hayes, and has
20 benRo over her noble brow. m
the sensible young men ~ she
looks mighty sweet.
Whereupon our conitere tho More.
ho"se Clarion eomments % follovs
Yes, and we'll bet . red cider apple
that che can get Q sweet" Cresk M
W0'le the girls With changed" hoir
90 yswning over tho trouble and
annoyance Of ''doinR Il uD.' .STis
true. and tie . pity 7tiS True" thai
tele country 70 sadIy 10 need OF more
girls Who wear their hair over their
ears" end who have no bangs over
their noble broWs.':: Al such ors
mighty SWEET.
NJ. Clarion. weagree With you e.
actly. Bsngs are perfectly hateful
destroying tho contour OF many Z
lovely face. and making Ito sweet
beauty perfectly hideous. 'Bsnes''
and "bsndoline," nature never
meant It. and beauty unadorned d
beauty adorned tho most" Il too
true. .: we'll - too seldom apparent
nowadays.
From tho New Orleans CITY Ten,
10 CLEAN tho following Particular Of
. now railroad enterprise, which
proves that Loulsianians are beina
aroused at Last to great need Of n,
pid transit:
A new railroad company has been
organized. C0lnprised s1bstantisilv
81 Louisiana and Mississippi men. ~
Videlis, La, recently, Snd 4 ofiice y.
60 by Judge Hiram B. Steele. o.
IenseS parish, % president, and
zen. Will I. Martin % Vico preoide0f
Yne proposed road will 70 wet
rom VidaIis and will pass throuoh
the most productive cotton londs ol
the South et Trinity, L.: croeaes
BACK river Of the junction OF Ouo.
Cn!te, Venooo. and Lltllo rivers,
Win Q trade OF S20. 600 600 net ennum
the people OF these tlne valleys ~
practically without OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
With the outside world TOT SsversI
months OF the year, owing 10 m
GRADUAL closing Of Red river st n
mouth.
. On etriking tho hills Of Northveai
Louisiana. . timber region OF larQe
extent, With water power eull cient
70 cut tho trees into timber. q reech-
Cd. This claes OF timber. tleeS fun.
ming from eighty 10 ono hundred
leet Without . limb. % IN great de-
mana ior csr'stlls and other purp0.
see. sn4 1t can DO got to market q
Etlcee competing lavorsbly With
Northern plneriee. On striking Red
river Ut Alexandra . valley Of nm.
surpassed fertility and Droductive.
ness, With trade valued ef m. 0OO ;.
wv, = reached. At thie city Q con
nection With tho New Orleans Ps
cine 70 made. also uorRan's road,
now under contract, from New or
leans to Arksnsss.
The weather being tho sbsorbIpa
topic Of tho day. II 70 some consols.
tion to know that ct some time smona
some people IL tho way back, Ions
ago. somebody suffered - much q
10 have IN this land OF ''sun and
flowers" 70 godsl What . misno'
mer! Says the Standard:
The present winter may have been
until quite recently, tho Coldeet nm.
10 the memory OF tho oldest inho.
Dltsnc 10 these perts, but that d Be-
cause tho oldest inhabitant can nol
carry bio recollections hack 20 l761
Intense cold cot In 40 early % thC
18Th OF November, !7ss, aud CONT
nued until tho following lerch
0eysrre. In bio history Of LouiDisne
ssys:
o. tho l9th Of February, 1854. The
whole bed Of tho river 10 front O.
New Orleens wae edllp. With irss'
meots OF Ice, the sils Of most 81
which Was from II TO 80 feet, With {
t0lcsneee Of 2toS. T1ts mass Of ice
Va 20 compact that It formed Q field
Of AOo yerds In width, % that oil com
@unicstion wae interrupted fvr az
xtesissippj.
According 70 tho eame authority
from which tho above extract o 9iv.
% the 18th and 18th Of January, i76s
vere the two coolest days known "a
Louisiana. In front OF Nov Ofleens
the riveI wss frozen on both sidv1
out to thirty or forty feet from ita
bands.
The country Vsitor, % ably con.
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