The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-08-11

for an address on Caduo
and vicinity, was absent but sent IN {
written address, which Will be printed.
Major r. A. Pomeroy, of Iberia, was
then introduced, and tie showed
pretty picture of the Teche country,
and declared that it was not the sleepy
and idle country which poets and nov.
elis.s have described. He furnished
the convention with some valuable
information covering the resources OF
the lands, and pointed out the fact tina.
two and three crops year are raiseu
on the same piece of land. AS min
ing engineer and geoOslst, he declared
that the soil of Louisiana holds Tor
tunes in the way Of minerals. me
health Of this section canuot be sur
passed, and many Northern persons
suffering from consumption have co'ne
to the Teche country, and, by leading
an outdoor life, wer: r"s'"r'h I"
health. Nowhere has lie YES" - many
hale and hearty old people as III the
Teche country, and many OF them
came from the North years ago, ana
built up homes, families and fortunes.
They found when they came hearty
welcome, and others who wish to settle
there will meet with the same cordial
greeting.
| Judge o. 3. SAnsum was next intro
duced. He has pretty farm in Tang"
ipahoa parish, near mite City. Judge
Sansum prefaced his remarks by pull"
ing a thermometer from mis- pocket and
showing that the temperature Of the
convention hall on this the sth day OF
August, was only 80 degrees.
| ho pf tho close Gf Inc
war Louisiana was an unknown land,
because before the war the people did
not want any immigration because
Immigration would lie opposed to the
institutions which existed at that time.
I When he first came south and re-
turned north his friends wanted TO
know if he was alive, because the inn
preston at that time was that if a
northern man came south he would
either die of tho yellow fever or get
killed. This idea has long since been
exploded, Louisiana wants northern
immigration men with strong hands,
stout hearts and clear brains to make
> their homes here. The speaker then
declared that there was no place In The
country where industry would DC
more quickly rewarded with fortune
That Louisiana wants northern settlers
is made evident by the fact that hel
chief justice, her president OF the Boaro
of Health, her superintendent OF pub
,. lie schools and the mayor Of the city
have extended Il cordial welcome Il
: the delegates. The speaker Their
:, called attention TO the resources o
, Tangipahoa parish and the magnih
cenco of the soil and its health Civ
ing waters and climate. He said tina
cane on the pine lnnds of Tanglpa
y hoa can be raised cheaper thai
in the bottoms, and corn with prope
cultivation can be raised for 10 cent
{ a bursheI. Three years ago there wa
not q truck farm of any consequence il
the parish, and yet last season $l3,O
" worth of strawberries were shippe
- from the depot at Amitc.
The speaker continued by sayin
4 that at least 100 families from tn
). North nave movedinto the parish dur
IL ing the past twelve months.
Capt. p. Butler, of Ricnland, fol
merly OF New York, said that he ha
heard good deal about the kuklu
Khan, which has been and is still bain
preached through the North to the tie
% triment of louisiana, but he has neve
20 seen Kuklux, if he did he did nc
know him. He has lived in Lnuislan
= for thirteen years and he has never bee
stricken with the fever and he stoo
to-day as a living monument to til
!" health of Richland parish. In the pa
ism lands unimprcved can be bougf
~ from % cents to So an acre. III
parish is out of debt and has for:
y !. schools equally divided between tt
y whites and blacks:
j. Col. John W. Austin, of 1bervill
p. formerly of New England. He sal
'e that he came from New Englan
"a thirty-nine years ago because of wea
III lungs and intended to return when I
stored to health, but the association
=, he had formed here were so pleaSa
% that the longer he stayed the mo
Ae difficult it became for him to leav
le and he remained. When he visits h
's' friends and relations in Vermont
~ - tells the farmers how cheaply Ian
~ can be bought on which crops can
&c raised all the year round. He has
-" sured them that northern men are WI
"e treated here and arc welcome TO ma
al their homes within the borders of I
Is State. The speaker then told Of
III fertile soil and the healthy climate
Iberville parish, together with its
io sources in the way of forests OF Walt
vi BILE timber, while the agricultural
81 sources of the parish are not surpass
by any other parish in the State.
~ conclusion he assured the people of
W. North that IberviIle parish will
dos