The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-07-28
From Austin. Texas.
AUSTIN. TEXAS, July 10. SO.


OF yonr paper you sent me l am 9
practlcing physician, with some means,
passed the turn of life, and am looking
for a milder winter climate than this.
Your geographical location has attrac
ted my attention. and now yOur paper
induces me TO write YOU for fertilizer 10
formation, trusting ! may not be deem
ed as preSuming too much.
!. Is there much dry prairie in your
parish adapted to culture and stock
ruisIng?
Z. What can grazing lands in that
part of your parish be bought at, for
say, one half cash, balance in one and
two years
3 Are these lands rich enough to
yield good corn, cane, fruits and yege-
tables
4. Are yonr lands in winter wet and
muddy. making tie roads Doggy and
unfit for easy travel
5. Does the orange grow aod bear
well, living lopg2
E. At what price could a comforta-
bic home in your town, with several
acres of land attached, with fruit trees
already bearing, be had for ?
7. Is the general health Of your
town good. and is your locality subject
to yellow fever
8. Could body of good lands near
the Texas and Pacific railroad. be ex-
changed for lands i'll your parish?
Your answers TO these questions will
be gratefully received and highly APP
precluted. Very respectfully,
c. n WoRTHINGTON. NJ D.
We make pub&c our correspondents
letter of inquiry, together with the an
swers to his questions, in order that
our numerous readers abroad may have
tue benefit of the same, a number Of
whom are cOntemL latiDg locating in
this section. On previous occasions
similar questions to the above, aud
many more, have been deliberately an
swcred in these columns, but our sup
lly Of cXtru copies Of such editions las
been exhausted. Oar space to-day is
limited, and our correspondent must
be content with blief answers to his
utcrrogatoFies. We take them as they
are numbered
/. About one-haf Of the entire par
ish is prairie, aud a gOodIy portion Of
1t If high aud dry. The whole Of this
prairie land, exclusive Of what is known
us sea marsh, is adapted to growing
corn, rice, cane, potatoes, etc, white it .
affords excellent gazing for stock.
2. Grazing lands can he purchased .
at from 50 cents to 81 80 per acre. As |
to the terms mentioned, ouc-Luif cash.
balance in one and two years, we eau
not say positively such coulu be Sc
cured, but believe tl.ey could. ;
3. Some portions Of these grazing
lands would produce tolrl..DIy well.
while AIRY every acre Of them, with
.Le aid Of fertilizers, could he made to
Yield almost any Of the cereals or veg
stables common in this latitude.
4. Tie soil is rather Of the sandy
variety, aud while We usually have con-
siderable rain during the winter seusou,
he roads are seldom if ever impusauble
high water in some OF the minor creeks
md bnyouS sometimes retard travel for
few hours, Or day, Perhaps The
principal streams are either bridged OF
ave ferries at public crossings. .
3. Lake Charles, prior to the ad
eut Of the orange bug. u small scale
insect some SIX OF seven years ago, wuS
lmost perfect orange grove. Before
his bug Disappeared the trees through
tut this entire section were almost s
destroyed. Now, however, renewed
forts ale being made 10 restore the
rec, with universal success. For the
ast two seasons the bug has done no /
,Mma9e, and the belief is growing that
lie places which knew them once will
now them no more forever. Some
ears ago, when this country was not
lOre than half as rich as now, in any
hing save orange trees, Mr.. V. TuucLy,
'ho owns some six acres, near the pub
C square, on which he had beautiful :
rowth of trees, refused SIS, 900 for
le same. Mr.. Touchy stills owns the
lace, and ia working like Trojan to l
asLore it to its wCuted beauty aud t
ulue, with dtttering prospects Of sue c
ass. During the reign Of the orange a
ug, we knew trees which had attained t
u age Of forty-fve years to succumb "
, their r,.vUges.
T. We know OF but one place an, h
Heiiug the description given, now f
tfered for sale This fronts west, on :,
lie lake, and contains some two acres.
he house is large and attractive one, a
flushed, we might say
most new, and can he had for $2500 S
z. The general health of the town. =,
I'd indeed, Of the entire parish, is all "
at could be desired, comparing favor v
by with any locality in the South.
ellow fever was never known here il
1t once, in 1870, and then in mild =,
rm, few deaths occ mring. Even in -
lis instance doctors disagreed as to
neither the disease was genuine yell p
" fever. n
3. Our corre$p oudent's last question "
rather indefinite, SO much so that we ="
unot undertake to answer it. As to
neither such an exchange Of lands 81
,uld be made or not, would be entirely
wing to circumstances. eI
- Our young friends c. NJ. Richard,
@. Fouchy, J. A. Landry and f.
lark, spent the time from Saturday NJ