The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-12-06

L1cAsIsE, IA NoF e, 1854.


LkeAzFsz, la. N0r r. ssa.
Eaispr Iakc tEhzzsss Ecbo
Z Dear Judging troin che Ety2
of yosF Csameroa correspondents .Ns'
I Conner, and fsYF alton, sgohi
szY That they are one and the sam
pprtT NJ tiie writer las sIFel himael
( away by sariun thai As ~ one els
VII wIiis BE- Val ct eunrae aGEnonl
etlzing that he had Gone al fie EFTiifn,
fram his sccfioB- think NJ Wal
toI has forgotten JUS; whHt NsF
Conner aid IL his letter, 1t was no
mosquitoes that carried OF the aniHine
BAL ants. sSYastof7 szFs that til
lEBosruiioes Of his section do not neel
1niaine, oari80iie s0sg, or any othe
ssimGlaat Can be say MS mach fol
himself NunfirT If ANhltaG sasr't
glad the mosquitoes made BIS litts
foxy pony 70 back TO the house, q
conrse be had To 70 back with bin, i
woulyisuof do 10 ietthe pony 20 alone
3SA0a knowa gopd excuse Us better THAR
none. Wunld ike to know how oval,
tor manages 70 work BY the month
ana draw his pay and then have time
to hunt ] have Eorked by the month
some myself, bat was never so for
tunate as to work for a man who
wond par me for one thing Hlllle !
did something else lBut pshaw,
what am ] saying, gusss he's hired 70
huhi.l Maybe its mixed iHdnstry--
crab fishing, oyster opening. and so
forth. Would Ike 10 know who pays
the wages. Woald take some Of that
in mine, as long As the rice crop is
pretty much failure, and the orange
crop not sufficient to keep Us busg all
the time.
Mr.. Editor, ] think, unless Mr..
e New Conner sFP.r 4' Walton"
changes his style, and writes some
thing more encouraging from Gam-
eron, than he has in hiSePreFious re-
ports, the people Of Cameron viii pay
him moro not u report than ven or
any enc else can afford to pay, while
his reports are calculated to nislead
the distant readers Of your valuable
paper in regard 10 Disadvantages and
Of our sister parish.
Wei, Mr. Editor, for fear that you
and our Cameron friend, Mr. HNew
Conner" EP.'' ovation" may think
that ] have written solely to eritieise
bis reports, ] will turn my attention to
Of more Importance.
Thanks to the Echo for The whole
some influences it Is having in this,
aud dare say, in all parts Of our
parish, as the progressive public spir-
tied sentiments that CLEAN forth from
Its every page, goes home 10 tie
hearts Of our good country people and
siir5 10 thought and action The latent
ralent and dormant energies Of their
souls. Ard this, Mr. Editor, intro
duees rs 10 a subject in which J am,
and have ever been, deeply Interested,
VIZ: education and when J say edu-
cation, do not simply mean the mas
terry Of certain line Of school books,
bat would speak Of il in its broadest
EeRsc. that cf genera information.
Ard il As thc opinion 9f your core
sa0ndent that newspapers to-day are
doing more to educate Lhe masses
than aii other means combined. The
newspaper nlaD always knows a thing
lust two moments and half before
anybody else. 90 that the readers Of
newspapers ARE always abreast Of the
times. Newspapers, Of course, must
eendense everything, time and space
is both too precious, musteOme 10 the
point Saying Tia most in the Gewest
words is like big horse in a little
hide, it always takes well. So q. on,
Mr.. Editor. 10 the noble work in which
yoH are engaged, and 1t is a noble
wafk, that Of being the most effective
agency, in except one, 1.-THE Gospel Of
CArist) IN moulding public sentiment
and encouraging The people 10 lives oi
virtue anG honesty. 4 work, my
friend, fraught with difficulties, bur.
dened with responsibilities, but rich
/ in rewards How happy must q mar
feel when be sees his country pros.
periDg, and especially his own natiYe
parish coming safely TO the front
when be bas labored long and earn
estly TO bring about this happy state
of affairs. Patience is bitter, but
Der fruils are sweet"
With thanks for permission to write
for your valuable paper, / remain,
Yours most respectfully,
A ERIESD 10 CAMER0E.