St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-04-08
NOTES FROM OUR TIGER BEND
CORRESPONDENT.
TIGER BEND, La, April Sd, 1882

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TIGER BEND, La, April Sd, 1882.
Editor DEMOCRAT
Last week gave us some nice days
which We're hailed with joy by the far
ners OF this vicinity. Cotton planting
mas commenced in good earnest. Young
corn that's up looks well and is growing
rapidly. Every body talks about the
floods: Judge Barbin called at the
Bend last week and was the guest of
Col. A. NJ. Haas. We asked the judge
10 give us an item for the Democrat,
which he readily consented to do. He
reported water to no end on Red River,
atad said he left home in d buggy, but
travelled most of the way to Tiger Bend
on water. Judge Barbin was out pros
pectlng for high land. He gave it as
his opinion that the new station on the
N. y. Pacific known now as the Irion.
place, would in the near future be the
leading point commercially and other
wise OF this parish. The judge is a close
observer and speaks of moving out and
locating permanently at Bunkiis City
on the N. O. Pacific railroad.
Reports reach us that the backwaters
are beginning to cover the Barbeeck
plantation in places. This water is
backed out by the Crocodile and BGuf
Bayous.
Capt. Leathers' letter aud talk on the
overflow and the jetties don't seem to
meet with all the approval that he ex-
pected. Capt. Eads and General Gil
more are oil and experienced engineers
known to science. Their is rather too
much venom displayed by Capt. Leath
ers toward the jetties, and on the other
hand he softly and nicely leads you to
believe that the Cowdon canal project
IS the only salvation for the conutry.
POLITICAL SERMONS.
The New York papers are full Of say
lngs about a late sermon preached by
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. It appears
that Mr.. Beecher is down on the Chi
nese bill. The Rev. gentleman has fall
len madly in love with the celestials all
of a sudden, and leaves us to infer that
he has changed his mind from the point
he once held in regard to slavery that
now it is necessary to have slaves, and
the cinnamon are best flied for that i'm
portant position in this, country. Let
every. workingman remember that it
was that same Rev. HI. w. Beecher, that
preached from his pulpit a few years
past, that "Bread and water for break
fast, and water and bread for dinner
hhu OAOou ftAA WdtCI 1UI SuppC1 was
good enough for the workingman." He
and his followers belong to the Imperial
Party in the United States, it we may
judge by their actions and speech.
NOTES FROM THE WEST.
/ am in receipt of letter from Hi
nois, dated March 2Sth, 1882. The wri-
ter says owing to tlleshort crops Of corn
and wheat in many parts OF that state
Vnc CT how IL,
exent. He thinks though, with care.
they can weather through till the pres
ent growing crop is harvested. Wheat
never looked better or more promising.
The peach trees had commenced to
bloom and forest trees to swell their
buds. The same letter further reports
shat they have had worlds of rain, but
fortunately where he lived it was high
and dry. We are pleased to learn that
crop prospects are cheering in.the west.
1t speaks for easier times in the south,
for from the west comes our bread and
meats.
THE N. o. PACIFIC r. T..
Work on this road has in manner
suspended, except putting in few side
tracks. High water the cause. Only
about fifteen miles remain to complete
the link. AS soon as the water subsidies
work will be pushed forward to compile
tion, and trains will go through to
Shreveport.
The NJ. L. and T. R. r. is under wa
ter for the distance of five or six miles
this side of Washington, We have had
no regular trains since last Tuesday a
week past. Fortunately the railroad
company had engines on this side of the
overf1owed track, caboose was con-
r-nr n fn an1 %f,o- st,t
transferred to Boreta by skiff from
Washington and then put on the newly
modelled mail coach and distributed |
fhranoh to Alexandria We get onr