The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1889-09-14

WIN Tue IN llNtNQhon 81 hNlltfiDG
their condition and beng better
pleased with their surroundings :
soon find they have made MIS-
take. Contuntmpnt Is SAID 10
eor slituto half the battle III hfc.
YoerpcopIe have no cause what
ever to be anything else bat
proud of thow "old poor pine
-.hiiis,M as they are called. rhc
lands may be poor, III, il one has
Ia comfortable home with lhrI
blessings of pure air, wood and
water, aud health ihcre, he is|
making great mistake to aaeri-
fee It with the expectation al
deing Is ttel in Il fich bottom land
country. The piue wood. lands
OF Miss ssippi are capableni being
, brouahtu up to = high state Of cul-
uyation and made 10 produce all
that can he realized OUT Of the
richest bottom lands OF Louisiana.
ASA proof Of what can be done
lii ihe upland' and pine hills, !
hay = only to cute you to an in
stance in Caddo parish, IL this
o'ate, where The lands are natural.
" no bctterssi if MS good, as IN
South Mississippi Year bcIo,c
la. Il gentleman there, Oh u tes
OF &c acre, produced, it my
me,nory serl es me right, o1c
hundtcd aud fifteen bushels Of
corn; and, last year, tho same
nan ON tue same acre produced
tbc enorm Us quantity of on
unl. ed AID itty-iive (l55) bush,
els Of corn, beating tho world 5
record. Thee are many readers
who Will not believe tbs, but if
they have any confidence ~
human testimony, they can get
ample proof Of the tact from
reliable gentlemen in Shreveport
can procure the name Of the
man, his fertiIizng formula and
his mode of culture. We have
yet to hear from hls success the
present year.
The spirit of ilscontent and dis
courageneut winch has prevailed
Z, among many Of tie people in
your section of the State, is truly
unfortunate. Go where yuu
may, there are difficulties to en-
counter The bottom lands Of
the Mississippi river and rs
! numerous tributaries are natutal-
!, ly very productive, but they are
J. doublY expensive. They are
! ovcYrun with cocoa and Other
! troublesome grasses, whish make
d them difficult to cultivate, reqnir.
d ing heavy and costly teams unc
/, implements. Then they must b,
d thoroughly drained by ditching.
i la the older settlements timber Il
Is an object and iirewool for Tho
h winter must be got out CT the low
y, we. swamps ut Il &C tam time
IF when they will bear up the team
l. ana wagons. The well waiei
IL and bayou water Is unit FOL
At drinking purposes. AMI cistcrI
'c water mast be provided or rnucl
" sickness IS apt to follow. know
is a great many people IN the hot
Of toms Of LouIslna who cam,
. from Misslss ppi and the paIlshc
al Of Louisiana east Of the ..yer
le who have been renting and strug
le Cling for years TO live and b-ttel
IS their condition, aud the verde
G. Of all with whon | haye con
le yersed IS, that they wish The,
y were back IN the highlands an,
" pine woods.
y know youl older erizens ari
r apt 0 remain on lhcm old home
2, sieads. You have ample t,rri
y tory, plenty Of room, sp endn
IS resources Then lei tic iyica
u TO the young married utco be e
N stick to their farms, the home
= they haze already SECURE !, an I.
le the younger msn Of the count ]
s, to select Il ni.cc OF lasd, enter
n lcca6e or bnY 1t. settle 81 it, buiig
y 1t up and bauiify IT.; pick out
'd vile from the galaxy II health
at blooming, beautiful, i.tcliigen
y girls, fof which the pine bill
u have always been nDtcd; stay a
Y. home, settle down to work an.
Is attention to al the little things be
= longing to farm: l,t whisky
~ alone, resolve 10 at there IN IN
10 rnjoymsn, OF tae fruits Of ihei
labor and ihc Iose aid affections
D Of their famtlies, and, my wore
q for it, God Will bes, them.
" II matters not where you are
70 the better country, the eldorade
- always supposed to be some
y where else rray. up and dow
s- the Mississippi river and on th.
u railroads tiiat traverse the rcI
~ bDfiom l.nsf4 Of I.oiliriaua am