The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-05-04
STATE ITEMS.

ing rain Would 40 an immenee
amount Of good just NOW. Tie crops
are growing veil out need rain.
Town falk: The Alexandria ies
factory il hearty completed and in o
few days the first ice ever manufae-
tdred here will be offered for sale.
Breaux Bridge Union The plant
ers are rejoicing themselves over the
ins weather We are having, the corn
crop, especially, ID growing splen-
didly.
st: A4ttipvills Messenger : Straw
hate Are all the rage nov. New
vegetables srS pentiful on our streets
now every morning and ore cold
cheap. g..
lafayette ADVERTISER Tie seatA,
er the past week has been . little
warmer than 10 usual Ut this season
Of the year; but it WaS beautiful Tor
the growing crops.
Wilson Sta: Reports come ia
from oil parts Of the parish EAST
Feliclhna) that farming is progress,
ing, corn 10 oot1inE dp and land be.
Ing prepared for cotton.
ferrebonns Times The crop
prospect from oil over the parish 10
On excellent one, considering the
late season before our agriculturists
could get down to steady work.
Thibodaux Sentinel: A glorious
rain accompanied by thunder and
lightning, fell 6n last Tuesday even,
ing. 1t made vegetation smile and
grow and was Z genuine blessing.
Marksville Review People from
nearly every section of our parish
7isited our town this week. They
are oil in good spirits and entertaih
the brightest hopes u making .
good crop thia year.
st. Mary Herald: The prospect
Of OUT town is better than, it hes
been for. twenty years past. Frank
lin is enjoying no boom, but its in.
prcvements, both in bnildiug and
beautifying, Is steady and sabstan-
tial.
Opelousa. Courier Crops are not
growing IS they should. tho grass
looks parched, and unbfoken land 10
almost as hard as it ever gets to Be:
Cotton recently planted shows no
sign of terminating; and 1 good,
soakihg rain 10 needed for every
thing.
Bunkis Blade We hear very b.
vorabls reports Of the condition OF
the crops in a1l sections. The ,ea:
Son has been 4 little dry but vs had
. pleasant shower 1 fev day. ago,
which brought tic cottoa to . bsau.
tiful stand. Cora 10 doing veil and
altogether the prospects are better
than they have beet fot some years.
P. C. Bahuer Tie rain Of last
Saturday llghtened the hearts Of our
planters. % we'll % tie roads which
were getting heavy With dust. An
other rain, however. wilt be needed
in another week. Cotton scraping
is going on vigorously al over tho
parish. The dew berry season is
now 1t hand. and tic yield promises
TO be abundant 10 this section.
Shreveport fines Tfher. comes
flattering reports from all directions
OF the condition Of the crops. Ifit
wsre not idle to make crop predic:'
tions thus early one would be tempt
ed to predict that this portion Of
Louisian1 win 10 blessed with q
bountcods harvest; Corr IL gener-
ally pp and doing finely, @hile there
are flattering prospects Of al excel.
lent stand of cotton. a.
St. Msrtin Reveille In our pere-
grinations through the parish this
week We took general view Of the.
crops. There is a good stand Of
corn, the plant although small, looks
healthy. but in some parts Of the
parish it needs some rain. The cot:
ton is just coming up and looks WELL:
There is good stand of cane plant,
and the stubble cane is generally
good, but the cane is small for the.
season. The fell. being al free Of
grass and the lar Z has beer so vel!