The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-04-04
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deep red blush Of the deadly buckeye.
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onder and admiration and our
1ears il stirred within Us till We bow
Il the shrine of nature and natures
God.
Bat We digress. A. is generally
he case, especially with the ladies of
lake Charies, they were equal to the
and provided al abundance
IF just such things ar are calculated
q Gil TO the brirn our cup Of unalioyed
pleasure. We have heard Of tables
groaning beneath the weight Of good
.hings, and if ever tables groaned
,urs had occasion 10 manifest by
,ome token the unmercifuI hand laid
70 heavily upon them on this occasion.
The excursion was under the per
,onal supervision Of Mr.. Watkins,
EhO spared DO pans 70 make the trip
,ne Of real joy. He Was careful TO
explain TO all those who wished in
formation the plans Of his gigantic
enterprise, and the casual observer
may readily see that bis heart is in
The work and we feel assured he will
Bucceed and on the SUCCESS Of this
enterprise depends, to great ex-
lent, the early development and fu-
lure prosperity Of this section of
We were also accompanied by Prof.
Thomson who is, as bis work ind
Gates, civil engineer Of superior
abilities, and we would be incomplete
in this connection should we fail TO
mention the iBdefatigabIe Lamoute,
Dir. Watkins foreman, whose very
presence 10 a guarantee that every
thing will go on just right.
We reached our destination ut 4
O'Clock p. M, and took a careful sur.
yey Of The work which has been done,
and it is our opinion that only those
who have visited the works, or arc
accustomed 10 such operations, car
fully appreciate the magnitude Of thi'
undertaking. Among other things
are the steam plows at work, max
ing surface drains 10 facilitate and
hasten the drainage Of these lands
Although Mr.. w. has not started biz
plows proper, yet, - far - be La
gone, fully demonstrates the fact tha
marah land can be ploaghed with steam
ploWs, opersted BY engines which or
fosted 10 the canals. The first fels
which Mr.. w. proposes 10 make read
for sowing is 10 the extreme ncrtI
side Of what will be the rice farm