The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-08-24
i VOICE FROM MISSOURI.

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u Time settler sings the Praises >
Of Ouachita and Her People. 10
- ASHLAND, Mo-, Aug. IA. 1883.
h. tor Telegraph: 8
WIN you allow me to thank you for j
10 weekly visits- of your valuable
bkper? devour the local news rs q
sweet moraai and regret that there Is
not more Of IT. Your people are GER
taiuly very derelect in their duty as
well as Interest. They might make
your paper much moro welcome Wis r
itor to every household, as well as
medium through which to cali stten-
ton Of home seekers to your part OF
the State-a section OF which you may
yell be proud. VIII you lsug" at me
sRhen 1 tell you that often luli my
self to sleep, building air castles on the
banks of the beautiful Ouachita?
When L was q young man, my first
efforts IN life were in your section OF
the state. Well do remember when
my feet first pressed the soil of Qua
chita parish just twelve miles below
your beautiful city during the first
days of November, 1s47. Twas there
and then that I saw my first "hg
blossoms Qt this remark should
reach the eyes of one Of your venerable
and honored citizens, let him laugh to
his hearts content, for he remembers
: all about the fig blossoms.)
1 heartily rejoice with you faiiness
of my heart that your beautiful little
! CITY promises in the very near future
to become the inland queen of the
State. and the mart of central Louisi-
ana. Your business meD, many Of
whom I know personally, have the
o uget up and GET" and are getting
T there too.
In reading the travels of your cor.
respondent through Island DeSiard
J, and up the Bartholomew. I see the
9 name of but one of the old citizens O
9 that section mentioned. That of Phil
. lips, son perhaps Of the hOnored anc
q lamented G. w. Phillips. The names
y except this one, are all new to me
o Are the present planters as clever
3 set as their predecessors? 1 hope so
d May the Integrity and hospitality O
rs the planters OF Ouachita and More
II house never grow less. A more hos
TO pitable and wholesouled people neve
sr walked the earth than those OF tn
y. days of the young manhood Of you
70 honored father and your correspon
8, dent. It was their chief delight t
y take worthy young man by the han
Z, aud help him up the rugged hill {
70 life, entertain him at their homes, Civ
NJ him word of cheer, and help him i
a. business. Is 1t so now, Mr.. Editor?
ia hope it is.
30 lam glad to see your people takin
nr such a lively interest in the develop
nj ment of the resources of your part I
the State. The railroad enterpris
~ the agricultural farm, improvement
of your public roads, the efforts fe
n. manufaclures-yes, and your efforts
improve the financial condition b
establishing banks in your city, ION
OF and much needed enterprise as we
as your efforts to improve your educ
nd tional facilities, and enterprise so lor
:, neglected by the people OF the Sout
How many thousands of dollars a
ny sent North by the psople of the Sou
to educate their ahildren that mig
lat have been kept at home! Push ii
,,r matter into the ears of every pare
=, and guardian of your country, urge Il
~" propriety of Educational facilities
home.
inc predict that the State of Louisian
of for the next ten years will devel
o - more rapidly than any State in Il
-, Union. She has the soil, tho timb
"o and the room and inducements
re- home seekers that no other State hi
ln- with a climate unsurpassed by al
The land under tho sun. Oft times VIII
1 am shivering with cold, chunki
the fire and getting around on
JOB South side of the stove, I long for
respite onthe banks of the beautil
uic old Ouachita.
We promise you plenty OF whe
bread for the next twelve months
Vs. our crop have proven very good Il
tic year, yielding in some places 40 bu;
els per acre. Our corn crop must
icy necessity be light, as we had too mu
nat rain in May and June and too lit
,os in July and August. All The p
'es' winter corn was offered at is cents /
bushel without purchaser and NJ
for it is worth so cents. Our oat, timot