| Show 13011IN IS 1101131114114 Its us 0 Two 110 111101tiosell Th ro CKOVVLIV Acadia Parish Louisiana April loth 1897 To the Editor We have just finlhed canvassing the beau iful parish of Arcadia and thought a few words from here would be ol interest in-terest to the readers ol the News I Inel my companion Elder I B W Hansie ol Sat Like City on the 18th ol November at Clinton East hlliciani alii 1 fro n there we w ent tobid the Sam s good bye LHore our departure for the southwestern part of this state After a good days jjurneywe pissed through Port Hudson which was a place ol bockade during the civil war also Mount Pleasant a beautiful cemetery where many a brave soldier is laid to rest until the day of re urrection The next mirnlrg two M rmon Elders stood on Ihe bank ol the Mis Its ppi liver wondering how to get acioss tire mighty waters when a ferrvmin came by tojk Uj over amt siUly lauded us on the o lur side With thankful hearts w trove e1 up tie line lor K long distance tint bung the only way lor us to LO From the level we followed i a wjgoti road Ihat took us oer 10 the S IR I Rand R-and from there we kept it lor sjme du Urcewien we came lo the Achofahya river There we found a watchman to keep tramps Irom crossing the bridge Ie didnt LeI as though we were tramps si we told the ferryman who we were and hov we traveled he kindly look us sAlter s-Alter a two days Iravel we were de I lighted lo ce t a country that put ui in uor i lr f mind if our mountain home Itmasin I deed 1 a treat alter being in pine wood for a lot g time to gtt where we could see for many mile The next day we dedicated the parish and tire Lood people to the lord In the evening we were entertained bv n friend who had nut tome ol our Ueis in Mississippi lie knew whale we wanted and look ui in and gave us Ihe best he had It began lo ram and we bad to remain began r l d1surs before be-fore we could LO on I We ere Inform cd thYevui could not travel in the winter in this parish but by she help tf the Lord we have done It I and I had plenty to cat and a good pace to 1 sleep 1 altitude This Is a very low parish as to and a few years ago it could hive been bought for about twenty five cents an acre Tens of thousands oi wild horses and cattle once roamed over the prairie of Southwestern Lousiana i but today they are no where to be Iou ad The Creoles as they 1 are commonly called 1 posessed the land reT hey are escend ants Of the Trench who were bankhcJ from Acadia by the English many years ago These people are very kind aiij hosottable but are illiterate and are entirely en-tirely under their priests They have very few scnooln and many do not believe be-lieve few sending heir children to sen set Before the S P R R came here there were a lew German living here Tney Introduced me and many ol them became be-came well to do After the P I R came through the country was boomed and a treat many people Irom all parts ol the Union came here many did well and others lost all they had At the preterit lime thousands acresare planted every year In rice Ole aero vvil produce I from fifteen t eto twenty two sacks each I sack holding abctit two hundred p u ids L23tyear Picividence failed to smile on the rice growers and manycthent l madt I a failure only those who had pumps raised rice and they received an enormous enor-mous price lor it One comnaii of brotl ers were offered 75oou fjr the r rice in the field and by the way they received their Ideas of irrlja Ion fro u I two Mormon Elders who slaved with them one winter while preaching in Michigan They plow the Jake and in J-ake a line atound it Tils hold the waler and thus keeps the gross front taking II and It prows fine The rice sol so UI low tttafr many became did i cuuraged and many today dcnt care much about raising it When rice Is at good price they can make money We have now finished the parish We will bid our friends goodbjeaiid open up another parish Your paper Is a welcome visitor WILLIAM A KERR B W DANSIK |
