The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1891-03-28
A Few Days in the Land of Roses.

We left Des Moines on the evening of the
Nth OF Jan, over the Wabash to Kansas
City, and from there We rode 30 hours
over the Great Santa Fe Route, landing
us at Houston about mldright. The next
forenoon we boarded the Southern Pacific
and land I'd at Lake Charles about II a. M
| We walked up town about mile, inquir-
| ing for THE AMERICAN office, and 1t las.
| found this newspaper plant, which is used
in booming the South Remaining there
| few minutes finding out Eli we could about
| the south, We went to secure a place
| to lodge and eat. We "took in the city,
| which haseabous 1000 inhabitants, then
went TO Welsh and north of that place about
80 miles where Messrs. Newhouse, Tice,
Sutherland, and Mills ar. located. The gen
tlemen treated us most kindly, showingus
the advantages of the South over
the North. These . ad saatages are
1st The climate cannot be best.
en- in the world The sources
of this most excellent climate are, the
coolest weather is slight frost and the
warmest weather is very seldom above 100
degrees, thus making on an average a
very even temperature. We will here
answer the question asked US a hundred
times, "Do they have the fever and ague"
In answer 10 this will say that we investi
gated this as far as we could and the an
swer they gave US was, chat if " take
care Of ourselves as you people in the North
do, we never have this trouble ,,lat the
North say we have all the time" Another
source of health is, that they drink cistern
water, which is the purest water. We
never drank plrer and better water than
while at Lake Charles. Another great
Souyc, ard pre3p1nI re c. I -re ic fb.
breeze from the gulf, laden with qualities
that re ain and strengthen life.
We have sig hlly touched upon the sources
that produce good health.
End. The productions and their prices
are as follows: Rice, the main product,
is king of southern La. at the present
time. 1t yields from six to fifteen sack
per acre Thus the rice raiser realizes |
from $25 10 500 from each acre and the
expense of raising rice. is but trltle more |
than raising wheat Not much cane |
is raised in that strict because tn y have
no rehneries at resent but Lake Charl IS
will soon be blessed with refinery and |
one can realize rs much from cane as from
rice.
Cotton is a staple produce also there,
but not much is cultivated, b cause more
can be realized from rice.
Sweet potatoes that grow to weigh 10
pounds, are a great product. The settlers feed
many Of the above 10 their stock, and thu
are the corn that fatt,n swine
Corn is not success unless you fertile
then you can rs se good corn, but not the
corn thai Iowa raises.
Inc fruits a'e quite many. The prin.
cipal ones are. peaches, fac ones. I hey
told us that Ole could have good p ach
orchard III two years. Figs are staple
fruit in that section, plentiful as here, of
course you must plant the trees and cult
vat5 them. Oranges are a success in that
locality, but do better about 90 miles south
of Lake Charles and Welsh We sawa
number Of trees at Lake Charles, that
were yellow with the much crav.d fruit
Biackberries are in untold quantities, grow
ing wild. The dewberry is proiic also.
Sd Garden vegetables are as numerous as
in the North. We saw beautiful gardens
growing there in the winter time. Ia
summer they are most excellent.
4tn. Lumber the most beautiful we ever
saw. The hard pine tree grows 80 and -
feet, straight as Can be, without a limb
The best lumber can be bought for s.
s12
9Th. Many sheep are raised there Wool
brings --..--l- 49, AZ Aara aud Won can
buy the best mutton sheep for ST. so
The Southern cattle are many and become .
rolling Fat In the summer, but when til.
Irost comes they become as Jobs turkey"
Northern cAttle, full grown are almost
SURE to die there, blu. you may take, calrAs
md colts from horv % ehere and they are I
success. Mr.. N-ts Tice has two Jersey
;slves that he took from Dallas Go. and q
hey look ine Mr.. Newhouse also has |
o,ne young stock that are doing well. 4
VIII stop for fear you are worried with
his. Any further questions about the ,
,uth you may droo in the news box t
Viii give column of locals on the South =
.ext week -Jha Watts and G. W. Smith, r
u Derter (L0aoa) @ientaneI