The Natchitoches enterprise., 1890-05-29
ECHOES FROM MARSION.
NARSTON, La. Nav %, 1890.

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MT. EDITOR:-Sihce several days May
| seems to have come 70 the front with bet
| ter grace. From the first par. of April
to this date the farmers have, in His
sect ion, had many Contradictions to deaf
with. A. the winter had been mild aud
stock Ina had IN Easy me il WIS snplO ed
that " hen April wunld Ice reached that
all wOnld DC well-hOwever, it proved
all to the contrary. From the Prud
| huImme and Lee lane and opposite this
place aIunnd the Plauche bend down Ia
SerdOt Prudhomme's lane the loss OF
horses and cattle was appalling. Strange
| to SAY that The underground telegraph
which takes free all the local happenings
| to the capital, failed to carry the news.
! In spite of the attention bestowed upon
| them, the disease could not be located
aid many died. We were told, but tOU
| late, there were one OF two ATTORNEYS in
your city who had specific remedy for
| the cure of any epidemic IN animals OF
! all kind and'we trnst it will not be long
| before they will place it on the market
| for the benefit of future sufferers.
! Crop prospects OIL CLne river ale get
I ting to be more gratifying. Corn is
| slowly resuming its color and the cotton
leaves glisteH in the sun. While others
| have had cause to abandon their
! best interests on accounts Ofhigh water,
! the Cane river II ,nters stood s feet above
the food aud were it not for the check
in the crops they could stand rain tor
| thirty more days aud then he on dry
| land. Now is the time for the people of the
flooded districts to come aud see for them
selves aud settle among us. With prop
er attention .his garden spot of our paT>
Isl cOuld be made ITO bloom like "a rose. B."
While our Legislators have gone to ut :
tend to their duties in good earnest and
| the all absorbing subject lis the hard
nut to crack" the Louisiana Lottery,
| they must not forget the pranks Burke
| played with our finances and flame u
| law which will prevent another su ;h dis
| honor to our State. A State without u
sound financial system is like a tub
| without u bottom. 1t Is too long time
| to let lie complicated books
keeping system of our days back
in biennial term IN charge Of "Treasu~
| rer and Auditor" without knowing HOW
WE STANDS II is to our greatest interest
to know ut the expiration of every thirty
days how our State account balances. A
report from these officers only every
| two years, is like Angels visits. If We
cannot unite on the thirty days let us at
least know something quarterly. Furth>
ermore our linaDces should be looked up
Ou with such jealous eyes that u stands
ing committee composed of members of
| the Senate aud ] Ouse should be appoints
ed to revise our State bookkeeping sys.
| TEN every thirty days o. every quarter,
1t is only eternal vigilance that will
keep Our finances ct sound basis. Let
there be an appropriation made for the
extra salary of these oficers-pay them
well-and you will see that we will soon
! rid ourselves of the Burke slip-shOd way
of posting boOkS-Ind the new era which
shall follow this system will dOubly pay
the outlay.
Our worthy assessor. H Stafford is
paying. accompanied by Alex Simmons,
his compliments to the Taxpayers of
this ward, gathering the annual assess
ment. Time which turns the mulberry
leaf into silk" has taught Mr.. Stafford
that it.takes tmOre than d novice to. take
the assessment of this parish, ana the
services of Eonr deputy who bore the
! reputation in his day 10 have been first
in the saddle. first in the race, and first
at the heels of the abscOnding prisoner,
| will be second to none in spying out g
location of the paymaslers of the nation
and directing Mr.. Stafford there.
advocate moderation" to come TO the
srgs6r ana IIfTEs persons wrftU'Uwn rssirrus
subject to overflow.
The even hahd of justice cannot sane
ton that the lands in those flooded dis
| tricts should be assessed as high as IN
1889 and yet we cannot obtain a re'nc-
ton. The board of equaliZers should
! take the III utter in hand and the
| nrpSS ia called uDOn by the unfortunate
ones for assistance in their demands.
Will they grant its
As have had the foresight to keep
| 300 bushels of cotton seed more than |
needed 70: replauting. l wish to say ia
the laborers of limited means, color not
excepted, that by calling at your Office
they can obtain the name ola person
who will assist them with II sufficient
quantity to reAeed without money and
without price," u.