The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1886-06-12
Wayside Notes.
Special Correspondence to the Lake Charles
Echo.

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notony Of the scene. Nothing aboy
or aropnd save mines. wose mournfr
hmm as the evening breezes slowl
ruffled their countless leaflets, canse
a sweet sad feeling TO steal over th
lonely wanderer. and makes him ar
nronriate 10 h;s own use the sweet ser
timent Of another. AZ love not ma
the Iess but nature more.n
Trayersino a scope Of country som
ten miles Across which lies betweel
Oaklin Snrino ON the Darbonne. an,
that portion Of Ten Mile, which lie
on The route 70 Suoartown. The frs
settlement wa found was that Of Mi
Henrv Tuyner al which nlaco W,
atonned ana refresbad onrseives will
a drink Of the coolest water we ba,
seen sipce leaving OakIin Spripps. 4
little farther on y1e came 70 tbo nom,
Of M ACR Turncr WHO was busiI,
engaoed in sbasrin~ sheen After
abort stop At this nIaeo we went owe
10 see nj Stenhen Tnrner tbe fathcr
Of tbe last two gentIemen and fount
the old gentleman suffering from
cancer on tbc side Of his neck wbicl
has cansod him great main for tbe las
soyon or e;obt montbs Mr. II h
ninotv years ana s;y months Ala AM
shonId the cancer not cnt short IN
time will nrobabIv see his centennial
NiobtfatI fonnd ms At Rev, Isaac
HamiIton's who was lust as busy al
ever driving things ahead We stonned
with him for the night and had thC
nIeasure Of his comnanv 10 Suoartown
newt day
Sugsrtown ia tbe center Of the aori.
cultuTaI district az CaIcasieu parish
and Is a trade center Of no inconsider.
obIa ;mnor,ance There are abont
1900 bales Of cotton shipped from tbis
section and the merchants of Sugar
town Mr / w Moore I'M Dear &
Co and q w Richardson a Go,
shin Something like two-tbirds of thi.
amount The shipment Of wool from
tbis place will probably reach the
nresent season il 900 ponpds "A large
quantity of country produce is bought
and sold by the business men of Su.
oartown sucb az hides. corn and rice
beside the cotton and wool and will
perhaps Justify us in saving that the
trade of Susartown amounts annually
to sometbing like 500 600.
The gentlemen engaged in business
in this little town are on the most
amicable terms and are entirely free
from those little petty iealousies which
are 80 often the bane of business life
n places Of limited resources The
trade of Sugartown is of a very pleas.
ant nature as il is supported by the
farmers. that class Of individuals who
are the bone and sinew, the subtantial
part of any community. Messrs. G.
w. Richardson a. Co have a steam
ein. erist mill. rice mill and saw mill,
with an engine of SO horse power
The Gin patronage iustifies running
two stands both Of the Pratt make,
with roller feed and self-adiustine
breast The canaeitv of the saw mil
d about 5000 feet ner dav however
tbe saw is not rur except at certain
season as the demand for lumber in
tbat soct;on will Mi ;nstify 4 constant
catt;ng
j M Dear AZ Co have aIso a steam
,,;n arist ana saw min with 4 Ia
5orse hover engine. which did 4 oood
b,s;nass dp,;ng last g;nnin0 season
that he;ne tha Srst ana for item
~ axdoIIon. schooi & 4 snccassful
o,,a.s,;an nnaor ,ho monaoement ~
p.oe NJ II shsddncL Tbere ara Al
's,sa.n. ~ = $3.50 =, D N - noro nnn;ls y
raoDIar ot,endance and tbe prosneets
~ H. sshool M br;oI,ten;ng Prof
chaSSoea III S 800 an;ass r,t enlv tbe ont;ro
ana &c. sys x S;s na,rons M - os fsr as we
sossIsu eo,IS .aa.n - m bn, ] e ]snsto;ning n we'll
oo'.aad eoa - .an,,, .s;nn M q ] srst cIsss ed,,.
ea.as cdnaral nno;Is f,ona d;s,ance
aro rs hoarS;na 4 p thd pe;ghhorbood and
saI;no al adya,,,aae ~ tE;s onnortunitv
y at,end I goad sehool
Dr NJ n Sinoleton formerly of the
Arm ~ Moore X singIetop. ls located
i Sngartow NJ. and en;oys ouite an ex-
teps;ye nract;ee and We do not think
Il worth anv other mans while to in
yade b;s teTr,torv u the people have
;,anI;cit confaence n liz skill as q
81 bpsic;aa MA bis integrity as a gen
ls5na,
That uost o9.hlo oeotleuan Mr. j.
NJ Mnara s 9', .ons | - ami ;n XIX bngov
/, = u 49, ssa9nsd ne a aro.nd some nassiog
q - enS sg%S roata MI res;depees n NH
n IIan,', ~ Ia ~ snd M Ia les Who i've