The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1882-04-15

planter--a successful one, hereto
fore-and consequently does not
harbor the roseate illusion that pay
ing crops can be made on overflow
ed lands. His dissent from the Illus
sion is very positively expressed ina
communication to The TINES DEMO,
GRAFT, and the proposition is sustain,
ed by so many sound and sensible
arguments as to be we'll nigh unan
swerable. In this opinion so far as
it refers to the present season at
least, Judge Gordill is corroborated
by Mr.. Atlas Brown, one Of the
largest and most prosperous plant.
ers in Tensas. Although me wa.
ter is receding fully a lonth earlier
than is usual il, the case of general
overf1ows, taere has been such a
widespread devastation Of fences,
such terrible, losses of live stock,
such washing away Of fields and fill
lag up ofdItches that we must share
Judge Cordills view ofthe case al
most without reservation.
People who talk so glibly about
making crops aitera sweeping in
undatiOn like the present, appear to
proceed upon the pleasant and airy
assumption that the planter has
only to order out his teams, in the
usual Monday morning style, ami go
to work as easily as ifnothing had
happened. They forget the loss or
emaciation Of the mules, disap,
pearance of plows and other imPle-
ments, the obliteration of bitches
and fences, the destruction of gear
the thousand and one annoyances
anddrawbacks, not to say calami.
ties, which follow the gloomy hiatus
Of the flood. it never seems to oc.
cur to them that an overflow repre-.
SCENTS anything more serious than q
mere interruption of operations
| The grim fact that it mean wreck
and restitution does not enter int
their happy go-lucky philosophy
l But even this does not cover their
: miscalculation. They overlook {
hostile element as formidable a.
the sad confusion and ruin lett b.
the receding waters. They fail Il
take into account the cut-worn
. which appear in countless million.
i about a month after the overflow
d These worms attack all forms o
vegetation, especially cotton ant
corn, and eat down the crop to thc
D very ground. 1t is possible, though
highly improbable that the planter
in The al(uvial lands may be spare(
this additional affection after sucl
: unusual & crushing misfortanes a
? they have already suffered, but tn,
experience OF those who dwell il
j the neglected lowlands of Tensa
and JOS Bayou, and who are an
nually inundated, is that the worm
are an inevitable concomitant o
the overflow and must be included
4 in all calculations of the chances.
1t is much better 20 look the sit
uation squarely in tho face. N
good a come of sanguihe expeC
Etatlons which have no basis of fac
or probability. The great Vale
of the Mississippi has been floode,
| from Cairo to the Gulf and eve
!. though the waters should disappea
by the goth Of the present month
' amost unlikely consummation-
5 there will still remain serious if no
insurmountable obstacles to tn
. production of a remunerative crou
! We shall be able to speak positivel
in October, bu: what we say abov
is the reasonable and probable fore
east in the lights now before us
y New Orleans Times. Democrat
They can. appreciate healtI