The Opelousas courier., 1882-08-05
Silk Culture.
OFFICE OF THE SOUTHERN AGENT OF
THE MISSISSIPPI SILK COMPANY,
Mobile, Ala, July %, 1882.

OFFICE OF THE SOUTHERN AGENT OF
THE MISSISSIPPI SILK COMPANY
Mobile, Ala, July %, 1882.
Editors COURIER, Opeleusas, La.
Dear Sirs ITO the undersigned has
been more particularly committed the
development of Silk Culture in the
Southern States of the Mississippi Silk
Company, a chartered organization with
headquarters at Aberdeen, Miss.
The astonishing progress of Silk
Manufacturing 10 this country within
the last few years ; the amply-demon-
strated adaptation of the climate OF the
Southern States to sericulture !; the
cheap lands of the South most espe-
cially the grand opening given by silk
culture to the unemployed ladies of the
South ; the commentator of this in
dustry by unbiased, studious, compe-
tent, experimentalists and investiga-
tors the GROWING proof of it's practi-
cability and proftableness, in the fact
that one of the most eminent silk houses
in Europe will soon have u business con
n%ection with the Company in question,
all point to silk culture as a lucrative
pursuit and most eligi bic for southern
ladies /; at once easy, fascinating and
readily learned.
The ~renumerative aspect and the
new field it opens to the Intelligent and
unemployed among southern ladies,
commend the enterprise, most especial
ly to the good will Of the public and
some of the advanced thinkers aud
most public spirited men and women
at the South, from philanthropic mo-
tives alone are devoting their efforts to
induce southern ladies to engage in the
business; and their efforts are meeting
with most gratifying success several
prominent organizations of ladies hav.
ing been already formed in various
southern cities.
The Undersigned desires to visit as
many of the leading cities and towns
of the South as possible, between the
Fall and Spring. To do SO, it "a rea-
Oily be seer that no visit must be made
at random, or in the dark but that he
must visit only those places where con
siderable interest in the matter is al
ready felt, or may be aroused by his
visit.
Being unacquainted with anyone in
in your city with whom to correspond.
he asks from your courtesy the favor
of a publication of this letter, in the
hope hat it may lead to a correspon-
dence with one or several influential
persons in your city, SO that tie way
may be opened for a visit and q lee
ture on silk culture, and to lay the basis
for an organization to develop silk cui-
ture in your community. If there
should be sufficient interest felt to
effect an organization, a cocoonery can
be established, and the basis laid for a
development that may lead to very
substantial results. Not only will the
community be educated on silk culture:
but a ~filature or reeling establishment
may be built to purchase the cocoons,
aud ever a silk mandatory may result.
Hoping the warm interest the press
takes, generally, in development, and
particularly in this industry, so pecu
liarly adapted to the South, may in
duce yon to regard the request as not
too exacting,
| am very Respectfully Yours.
NJ. b. HILLYARD.
p. S.-Parties desiring to cooperate
in an organization for their communi
t;oo s1,onld a1droSe n,a nflU af