St. Landry democrat., 1882-04-29
Communicated
TIGER BEND, La,
April 22d, 1889.


Editor DEMOCRAT
How glad we are to receive mail.
For some time the cars have not run
and the consequence was no mail, but
to-day the Chicot mail brought to Eo-
la several packages of papers and let
tiers for this post-office. Among the
papers received to-day are the st. Lam
dry Democrat, Washington Argus,
Kansas City Times and New Orleans
Picayune. | tell you this mail makes
us feel more at home.
The past week has been mixed about
half and half. We mean half OF rain
and half of sunshine. Can't take ours
any other way. Corn is growing rapid
ly and looks healthy an vigorous. |
believe the planters in this vicinity are
determined to grow corn it nothing else.
Some of the enterprising citizens OF this
neighborhood have excellent gardens.
New grown English peas and snap
beans, lettuce and mustard salads are
among the good dishes set before US by
the farmers. All crops are doing rea-
sonably we'll, oats look promising, some
grass plots have fine appearance. The
health of our community was never
better. In all candor we have and live
in healthy section Of country, though
we can't claim altogether as much Tor
Avoyelles and Rapides parishes Lspeak-
along Bayou Beuf) as the Opel0usas
Courier does in praise of old St. Landry.
The Courier is right. If the land on Ba
you Beuf in Avoyelles and Rapides
parishes was too poor to sprout gourd
seed, we would swear that our planters
grew pumpkins as big as a sugar hogs
head, an thar is no Barney about that
ather. Stick till it Misther. Courier,
thin prairies are as foine lands. as ye
would mate with in whole days walk.
A few days past Mr.. Jno. P. Smelling,
superintendent Of the Irion plantation,
while looking over some firearms
picked up an old pistol thinking that it
was not loaded. He pulled the trigger
and off the thing went lodging a bullet
in his left hand making an ugly and
painful wound. DR.. G. D. Owens
dressed the wounded hand. Strange,
the pistol had been loaded fifteen
years.
We have been informed that a
shooting atfray took place some days
past at the midway store on the line
of the N. 0. Pacific railroad in this
parish. One Dick Griffin shot and
killed Fred. Fogleman. Both are ne
groes. The killing grew out OF
quarrel over a game OF dice. We
learn that Griffin was arrested and is
now in Jail at Marksville. The above
is just as it was given to me by va
riOus parties.
The Tiger Bend has some fifty bales !
Of cotton to ship yet, which will make |
the rise of six hundred very large |
bales, average five hundred pounds |
each, all last years. crop.
How Tiger Bend came by its name.
1t is said that a barge long years past |
sunk in Bayou BGuf opposite to where |
now stands the Tiger Bend store.
This barge was known by the Zero !
cious name it bore "The Tiger" but |
struck snag in the bend of the bayou
and went down. The place has been
known since as Tiger Bend.
Now is good time to set out cab
page. Plant some every two months.
We saw cabbage to-day that was set
,ut late last fall. They were grown on
he star plantation. l can tell you l
never saw finer heads or more firm
,row in the Western States. A good
,arden is worth much to every one
,e he planter or mechanic or OF other
rade or profession, and Louisiana un-
loubtedly possesses many advantages
'ver the more Northern States. Curl
Innate is mild, summers not scorch-
ng hot, nights during the summer
eason cool and pleasant, generally
eayy dues, all tend to make the veg
table garden a business both pleasant
nd profitable. Yours,