The Opelousas courier., 1883-01-27
81. LANDRY Parish, Louisiana.
Her Resources and Capabilities, Soil
Climate and Products Oppor
Mnitfes NoW Offered
the Immigrant.
THE CITY OF oPELousAs.
The Commercial Metropolis Of South
tfestern Louisiana.
Cincinnati Farming World.

GiHeianati Farming World
.St. Landry ia one of the finest and
lnost productive areas within the Dor
ders OF Louisiana. This parish is noted
for it's excellent cotton, and the mex
haustible fertility of its soil. 1t is also
one Of the NEST healthy locations in
she United States, owing to the abb
sence of stagnant bodies OF water, and
also because it is o prairie country,
with nothing to impede a free circnla-
zion of the breezes that blow continual
iy from the Gulf. That fine body of
land lying between the Arkansas State
line and the Gulf, which by competent
authority has been pronounced the gar
den Of the world, casting into %obscurity
the far. famed Nile, Ganges and Rhine
Valleys, reaches in st. Landry, the
very acme of perfection. II is a land
apOn which nature has lavished her
most bonnteous ~fay0rs, and no region
iii America offers the number Of attrae-
ti0ns and variety of to the
immigrant to-day, no matter what form
of agriculture he desires to engage in.
Et. Landry embraces an area of l,405,-
600 acres, more than three-quartersa of
which 10 adapted either TO agricalture
oE stock raising. It's present popula
tion id about 10000. It can with ease
support 100000 souls, and the induce
ments now held out to men of all ma
tionalities and honest occupations can
not fail to attract the attention of the
thousands who annually move into the
grent Southwest for the purpose of
bet.ering their condition 10 life. But
II il comparatively an unknown Il
try, As but little information concerning
IL has Y found it's way into the i'm
migration centets of the world. The
bitterness evolved by the late war
has also served to nujustiy give this,
in connection with tho entire South,
III unenviabie reputation foI insecurity
f0 life and property. and other parts of
the great West and Northwest were
net slow to decry this III contradistinc-
tion To that alleged utopia styled the
4 Golden Northwest JIG ii only me-
eessary to state that this section of
Louisiana possesses oh the advantages
Of the Northwest, antl has in addition
every advantage over chat country in
the way OF (Il richness of soil and VA
riety oil productions; (2) i climate tile
most agreeable aild;conducive til lanRe-
witty imaginable ~ asarness III mar.
kets, and splendid transportation ia
cilities either by rail or water; al
c~heapness of lands. abundance of Coy
eFnmeut, State and ~lnieatr lands being
open tal settlement Wililoalfc deadly
I. blizzard ii devastating the Golden
Northwest, aid taen and animals per
isising daiiy, this region ii enjoying its
MOST PLEASANT season, and the favored
iBsnlitaats ale lnxHriating OH fresh
vegetables aud ftnirs. and flowers, per-
elinial s~estlmir aud soft, ialmy hreszes.
n moi ilse v%iettite as enchanting III one
side aS lWalihle i'm The otlierl
An ssRaitls ths population of st.
LanlrN il better, kinder oil o hos
pitatslt people il would BIZ hard To find
an.ywhrt.s II ltoIsEt Mlm believe III pro-
gfrss ata civilization. Schools, church
W and faliways, h Jaw abiding aud
g.sup4pnS i~n.utls. WHO IRE DESTROYS TO
slusW liisir prosperity with the people
of 0tlnr STATES anil countries. No at.
teufipst is paid to d new comerss poll.
flrS ~ long as Ii. gers there for the
l~saiaso~e If hstnniitag Il citizen II is
nstsN tls eat pttlagger and political
ndsgsalit mIio Il iatt.ti l,y the Sontil
rap people. The Republican ii maale
rs MsiesNh. is il.e Democrat, the right
Issl.l III fellowship being extended to
alI nt.ks Aud now will 30 closer
into details concerning this region, and
klst tttsael max lest assured that the
Kfsfisfirs given IRE correct, because
4~aiiessal Else tsstal assessed valuation
81 NAT psDMFty. personal md real il,
Kss parish. Ii SIS SO ,O6a, which ii per
am lillh Of its true value. 1t
has h0 indebtedness, bonded Or iloat-
Ing md assessments nfe promptly
a every gest. The late 0f taxation
being limited by constitutional
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