The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1886-01-30

valuable contributions sent in response
to my call by Mr.. s. L. Carey and
other enterprising citizens of your
parish to the Louisiana exhibit.
have already acknowledged their re-
ceipt through our city papers here,
giving the names of contributors and
articles, as shown by the enclosed ar
ticle taken from the Times Democrat
Of this date, as follows:
LOUISIANA PRODUCTS.
The Louisiana exhibit is greatly in
debted to the following gentlemen for
shipments lately sent in to the Agri-
cultural Department, viz:
Mr. s. L. Carey, Jennings, Calcasieu
parish, jar Of fine scuppernong grapes,
one lot of California yans, one Of
which weighs ten pounds; one lot
yellow yams, splendid specimens,
grown in the prairie lands of Calcasieu
parish and yielding 200 bushels per
acre, and twenty specimens of native
and cultivated forage grasses
Mr.. A. S. Blair, same parish, one
box fine mandarin oranges.
Mr.. ]. w. Bryan, same parish, one
lot large sweet oranges.
Mr.. John Burnett, same parish, fine
specimens of ear corn, Welding
twenty-five or thirty bushels per acre.
Mr. Daniels, same parish, fine speci-
mems of upland and lowlaDd rice.
Mr.. d. P. Davis, same parish, one
jar peanuts and one bale prairie hay,
of fine quality, yielding at least two
tons per acre.
Mr.. A. Hass, same parish, one lot
cotton stalks, over six feet in height,
full of bolls and yielding bale per
acre.
Mr.. Hafer, same parish, fine speei-
mems of second crop Irish potatoes
aud turnips, red-tops, planted after
Aug. is, the former Trombone raised
seed of the spring crop.
Mr.. Ben Nina, same parish, fine
specimens of California queens and
yellow yams.
Mr.. Patterson, same parish, fine
Irish potatoes and white turnips, fall
crop.
Mr.. H. A, knight, same parish;
fine specimens car corn.
Mr.. Heard, same parish; extra fine
turnips,
This splendid exhibit from Calca-
sieu parish bas already attracted the
attention of visitors from the North
and West, who are here prospecting
for new homes in a more eongenial
climate than the one they left; par
ticularly have the prairie hay, grasses
and splendid second crop potatoes
caused them to open their eyes in
wonder and to turn them toward that
genial cline ami productive soil that
can return such yields to labor. Cal
easieu has already felt and will still
continue to feel the benefits resulting
from her contributions to the Louis-
lana exhibit.
The above named gentlemen, or some
of them are, am informed, new blood
in Louisiana's veins, Of which she
stands so sorely in need, and in this
as in other evidences of energy and
enterprise, have set healthy and
worthy example 10 her sluggard sons
of other parishes, so very few of
which have either stick or stone to
represent them in Louisiana's exhibit
Be il said to their shame and dis
grace, out of the 5s parishes OF the
State, dozen names will more than
cover those having as much as po-
tatoe or tHrnip, head of rice, a
cotton boil or sugar cane to eyi'
dence their products, in the Agricul-
tural Department. Your neighbour
the great parish of ST, Landry, with
her broad, productive acres and boast
ed $4,000 Democratic majority" and
begging, as she is through
land agents, for immigration, is repre-
sented at our great American Exposi-
tion by very defective block Of stone
labelled as follows: "I'urchdSed for
$4,000" which was the amount Of
the freight bill that enterprising par
ish made or permitted the Louisiana
Commissioner to pay, IN order 70 have
her resources represented at all--and
yet, she wants her lands settled up
and hopes for immigration | !!
Tho rich alIuYiop, the wealth, re-
sources, energies, and enterprise Of
Rapides parish are all centerod in and
represented by tDO turaipsl and they
were contributed by a eolored man.
81, John Baptiste came forward
nobly aud liberally, with rice, sweet
potatoes, corn, sugar, syrup, etc, but
entirely from c0iored men.
| have had very many inquiries by
visitors from the North and West.
about the soil, climate, inhabitants,
etc, Of Calcasieu, and have encour-
aged all in that direction, and aided
not . few IN getting Communication
tickets 10 Jennings snd Welsh Sta
tons, over l6 in one party went out
to locate, and another gentleman the
agent and precursor Of four well-tosdo
families ia Illinois, with an aggregate
cash capital Of ever $4,000 went ont
with letter 81 introduction from mo
to Mr.. Carey, to locate IN yonr parish.
These are but some Of the early re-
suits Of the energy and enterprise of
The tnew bloodp of Calcasieu.
fist. Landry and other parishes,
boastinQ To be portion Of Goods
Gountryn want Immigration and their
thousands of fertile aeres sessled up
with . thrifty, thorough farming eaes
,nent, they mnst bestir themselves TO
aeenre IN their midst 4 y, Watlsas