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over, that the salary estaDlsne0 Dy
the new constitution, four dollars
per day, was not sufficient to ena-
able q man of limited means to
properly represent his constituents,
and maintain the dignity of the
position, either in New Orleans or
Baton Rouge, unless he sought the
position for the purpose of selling
out, and making an article of mer-
chandise out of his constituents.
He stated that he had no political
aspirations whatever. He felt that
he had not the capacity to discharge
the important duties devolving upon
the members of the next Legisla-
ture, neither could he afford to ac-
cept the position. In closing, he
assured the Convention that he
would give his earnest support and
do his utmost to secure the election
of the entire ticket. lApplause.l
There being no further nomina-
tons for Representative, the Con-
vention proceeded to ballot, as fol-
lows:
A. w. Weems. $50. 800. "a
James Duncan. 3
On motion of Mr.. McAIahon, the
election of Mr.. Weems was made
unanimous
On motion of Mr.. Poole, a reso-
luton was then adopted, that the
proceedings of the Convention be
published in the st. Tammany FAR
MER.
On motion of Mr.. Davis, a vote
of thanks was rendered to the
President, for the able manner in
which he had presided over the de-
alterations of the Convention.
Mr.. Poole offered the following:
Resolved, That we indorse the &C.
ton of the Baton Rouge Conven-
ton, and also that of the Amite
City Convention, and pledge the
support of the Democratic party of
this parish for the whole tisket.
Adopted.
The President of the Convention,
Hon. Maxine Cousin. then deliver
ed a short address, substantially as
follows:
He thanked the Convention for
the unity and harmony of its ac-
ton. He said his address would
not be characterized so much by
the qualities of his mind as those
of his heart. He rested lightly on
National politics. The returns from
the State elections were not SO i'm
portant this year as they would be
in 1880. They were now based
more or less on the personal repu-
tation and money influence of the
different candidates. In 1880 it
would be a National question.
He then dwelt on local politics.
The action Of the Baton Rouge and
Amite Conventions had been ap-
proved by this Convention. He
recommended Hon. Jas. n. Thomp-
SON for District Judge, not SO much
on account of personal friendship
as on the true merits he had evinced
as member OF the late Constitu-
tional Convention. He hoped that
Mr.. Weems would replace him with
honor in the next Legislature, and
continue the good work 80 nobly
begun.
Then casting a retrospective
glance at the past, be begged the
people to stand united in the next
election, and not mingle' with the
independents. They must remem-
Der the humiliations with which a
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-11-15


Coroner: second, a Sheriff; third,
Clerk of the Court; fourth, Repre-
sentative. The voting to be done
by ballot. J. o. PooLE,
.---- DAWSON KING,
-'' ~ PAUL Du1LLIoN.
On motion, the report of the
committee on rules was received
and adopted, and the committee
discharged.
On motion, the President ap-
pointed the following named gen.
tlemen as tellers, to receive and
count the votes: Messrs. Charles
Aubry and W. F. Crockett.
FOB CORONER.
Nominations being next in order,
Messrs. F. Dusse and j. NJ. Ali
son were nominated for Coroner.
There being no other nomina-
tions for Coroner, the Convention
proceeded to ballot, with the fol-
lowing result:'N
f. Dusse. 20
j. II. Allison. ............ 5
Mr.. Dusse, having received ma
jority of the votes, was declared, ON
motion, the unanimous choice of
the Convention.
FOR SHERIFF.
Mr.. Badsaux nominated Mr.. w.
B. Cook.
There being no other nomina-
tons for Sheriff. on motion of Mr..
Poole, the rules were suspended,
and Mr.. Cook was elected by ac-
clamation.
FOR CLERK OF COURT.
Mr.. Davis nominated Mr.. w. C.
Morgan.
Mr.. Badeaux nominated Mr.. VIM.
Kennedy. 49,
No other nominations being made,
the Convention proceeded to bal
lot, with the following result:
w. c. Morgan. ........... IL
Vim Kennedy q
Mr.. Morgan, having received a
majority of the votes, was, on mo-
ton, unanimously indorsed as the
choice of the Convention.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
Mr.. Mcmahon nominated Mr.. A.
W. Weems.
Mr.. bullion nominated Mr.. Jas.
Duncan.
Mr.. Badeaux nominated Judge j.
S. Bossier.
Mr.. Strain nomin ated Mr.. J. o.
Poole.
Judge Bossier, after acknowl-
edging the honor conferred upon
him, respectfully begged leave to
decline. He stated that it had been
his intention, some time ago,
to become candidate before the
Convention for Representative, but
that he had subsequently concluded
not to do so. He wanted it dis
tinctly understood, however, that he
withdrew in favor of no one, but
that he would cheerfully give his
support to the regular nominees OF
the Convention. Applause.
Mr.. J. o. Poole also begged leave
to decline. He had faithfully stood
by the Democratic party in st. Tam
many parish during the past eight
years. On more than one occasion
he had risked Lis life for the good
of the cause. But he considered
that on the present occasion, when
n new constitution was to be adopt
ed. and new organic laws framed in
Herewith by the next
Legislature, each and every parish
should elect its most able aud tai
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-11-15
0. P. AEiCXER, ESQ.
FOR SHERIFF

FOR SHERIFF.
announce myself rs an INDEPENDENT
CANDIDATE for the office of
Sheriff Of the Parish OF st. Tammany,
and most respectfully solicit the support
of all voters. Election, first Tuesday in
December, 1873
JAMES L. PHILLIPS.
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THE ST. TAMMANY FARMER.

Democratic Ticket. e..
Election, Tuesday, December I'd, 1876
STATE TICKET.
FOR THE CONSTITUTION.
FOR ORDINANCE RELATIVE
TO STATE DEBT.
For Governor,
LOUIS ALFRED Witt,
Of Orleans.
For Lieutenant Governor,
SAMUEL D. McENERY,
Of Ouachita.
lr For Attorney General,
I'LL J. C. EGAN,
OF Claiborne.
For Secretary of State,
WILL A. STRONG,
OF Winn.
For Auditor of Public Accounts,
@ ALLEN JUMEL,
rs OF Iberyille.
For Superintendent of Public Edu.
.HGss5I cation, s. fgI y
EDWIN II. FAY,
OF East Feliciana.
DIsrRIcr TICKET.
For State Senator, Seventeenth
Senatorial District,
JOHN SETTOON,
Of Livingston.
For District Judge, Eighteenth
Judicial District,
- j.. NJ. THOMPSON,
OF st. Tammany.
For District Attorney,
s. D. ELLIS,
OF Tangipahoa.
----
PARISH TICKET.
For Representative.
A. w. WEEMS.
For Clerk of Court,
WIN. c.. MORGAN.
For Sheriff,
= ". B. COOK.
For Coroner,
F. DUSSE.
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Announcements.
FOR DISTRICT JUDGE

FOR DISTRICT JUDGE
We are authorized to announce the
name of
0. P. AEacxER. Esq.
as q candidate for the office of District
Judge, at the election to be held on the
first Tuesday in December, 1879.
Sharp County record., 1879-11-06
The Boy.

In some families where the daughter
is attended with every care and solci-
tude, the boy is often turned off to seek
his own companions and his own amuSe-
ments, to run all mannerOf hair breadth
escapes, moral no less than physical; to
ride on wild engines, to Chamber among
the shipping at the wharves, to dodge
loose horses and mad dogs. To be sure,
he learns reliance upon himself and his
resources by this means, while his sister
sits tamely and securely at home, afraid
of her own shadow. While he is div
ING off the end of the wharf, struggling
with cramp in the surf, padding his
own canoe amidst rocks or rapids,
breaking through air-holes in the skating
pond, running with the fire-engines, ac-
cumulating strength and knowledge of
the worlds ways, she, perhaps, is learn
inc crochet or lace stitch, or to daub with
water-colors. Left to his own devices
thus, his Judgment is cultivated daily in
his game of stick-knife, in his trade of
old nails for new coppers with the junk
man, in his wrestling match with uneX-
pected dangers, and his intercourse with
the bully of his neighborhood. In short,
the boy is only half appreciated, not
withstanding the lack of masculine ele-
ment in the community. A hungry boy
does not awaken the sympathies as
readily as hungry girl. One
feels that an orphan boy can
shift for himself, but a girl must be pro-
vlded with proper guidance. We have
small concern for the blisters on his
hands, for his bare bruised feet, the
shabbiness of his clothes. 1t is matter
of course that he should rough it; it is
the process that fits him for the rub and
tumble in the great world, and no one
wastes sigh over the affair. But if
there is an errand to run, kitten to dis
pose of, caterpillar's nest in the fruit
tree to destroy, horse to catch, or any
disagreeable thing to do, the boy is
called into requisitiOn. In the mean
time, while his discomforts are cOnsid-
cred of no consequence, or at least such
as every boy must expect to 90 through
on the way to becoming man, as pass
port to that dignity, he grows to disre-
gard them himself, and to reckon it of
little account whether his clothes are
wet or his ears tingle with frost, as that
rude specimen of his kind bore witness
who, being asked if his feet were cold,
answered: 81 dunno; feel of 'em." No
doubt this lack of cosseting and cOnsid-
Grafton hardens him, so that he may
endure the shocks of misfortune with
greater equanimity on reaching man
hood, and think of other things than his
own sensations.-Huper'S BaEar.
Sharp County record., 1879-11-06
Etiquette of Letter Writing.

As a rule, every letter, unless insult
ing in its character, requires an answer.
To neglect to answer letter, when
written to, is as uncivil as to neglect to
reply when spoken to.
In the reply acknowledge first the
receipt of the letter, mentioning its date,
and afterwards consider all the points
requiring attention.
If the letter is to be brief, commence
sufficiently far from the top of the page
to give nearly equal amount of blank
paper at the bottom of the sheet when
the letter is ended.
Should the matter in the letter contin-
ne beyond the first page, it is well to
commence q little above the middle OF
the sheet, extending as far as necessary
on the other pages.
It is thought impolite to use a half
sheet of paper in formal letters. As a
matter of economy and convenience for
business purposes, however, it is custom
ary to have the card Of the business man
printed at the top of the sheet, and
single leaf is used.
In writing a letter, the answer to
which is of more benefit to yourself than
the person to whom you write, inclose
a postage stamp for the reply.
Letters should be as free from era
sures, interlineations, blots and post
scripts as possible. 1t is decidedly bet
ter to copy the letter than to have these
appear
A letter of introduction or recon-
mendatiOn, should never be sealed, as
the bearer to whom it is given ought to
know the contents.-HilE'S Manual Of
Social and Business Forms.
Sharp County record., 1879-11-06

Louisiana have organized a movement
for the endowment Of the University at
Sewanee, Tenn.
Miss Fannie Chester, daughter of
Rev. DR.. Chester, pastor OF the Metro
pOlitan Presbyterian Church, Washing
ton, has been elected to the chair of En-
glish Literature, in BinghamtOn (N. W
Ladies College.
A large ice-cream garden on Fulton
Street, Brooklyn, has been converted
into place for evangeliStic services for
40 evenings. Every evening a Sermonis
preached, limited to 20 minutes.
The LutheranS estimate that they
will gain in Nebraska this year no less
than $4,000 COMMITMENTS by Scandina-
Wan immigration into that State. The
immigration into Minnesota is also very
large. In one month LILO Scandina-
vians passed through St. Paul for the
"regionS beyond
The National Journal Of Education
says that because the older colleges Of
New England refuse to admit young
women, large numbers who can not af-
ford to wait on the pleasure of these
learned corporations are studying in
Vassar, Smith, Wellesley and the supe
riOr academies of New England; but
not until these older colleges have fairly
made the offer of equal education, and
it has been deliberately rejected byyoung
women, can it be said that the question
is more than opened.
There is only one country in the
world in which there are no illiterate
people; it is the Sandwich Islands. The
population of the islands is $4,000.
They have II high educational institu-
tions, 169 middle public schools, and 43
private schools The public instruction
isunder the supervision of a committee
appointed by the King, and composed
of five members, who serve without re-
muneration; the committee appoint
general Inspector and a number Of sub
inspectors. The Government takes care
that every person shall be able at least
to read and write, and pursues energet-
ically all parents who neglect to send
their children to school.
The St. Louis Baptist Association,
by vote of p to II, has expelled the
Second Church and its pastor, Rev. DR..
Boyd, for heresy. The Second Church
is the strongest of the denomination in
st. Louis. Last winterit lost its church
by fire, and by invitation occupied the
Jewish synagogue. DR.. Boyd on one
occasion, while celebrating the Lords
Supper in the synagogue, invited Rev.
DR.. Elliott, a Unitarian minister, to sit
with a close-communion congregation.
This was one act of heresy, as charged.
Another was committed when Mr.
Boyd's congregation had union service
with the Jews, and sang hymn, as al
legged, with references to Christ careful
ly expurgated. The other specifications
were similar to these.
Sharp County record., 1879-11-06
OId.FashiOned Barbarism.

Isn't it ridiculous, girls, that you
should become so apprehensive of your
years after passing the age of %? Why
this fear Of 80? Why, at 80 a wom-
an should be in her budding maturity
and development At 80, if she have
any character at all, it has been round
ed out by experience, observation, COM
parisOn and reflection. At 80 she has
looked on many sides of the world, and
her Judgment is matured. At 80 she is
no longer the "chit of a GIRL" but the
companion of man. At 80 her ply
sicai attractiveness should have attained
a permanent ripeness which should show
little sign Of change till 45. This rele-
eating the most brilliant period of q
woman's life to mere girlhood, to the
era of comparative immaturity and in
experience of IS and 20, is a mistake
and bit of old-fashioned barbarism.
1t is based and maintained on an under
lying sentiment of mere animalism.-
NeaO York Graphic.
Sharp County record., 1879-11-06
"LOye Laughs at LOcksmiths."

A recent letter from Geneva Lake,
Wis, to the Chicago Tribune, is as fol-
lows:
No small degree of excitement was
created here yesterday by the announce
ment that Mr.. Charles S. French, a well
known attorney, associated with the
Hon. j. A. Smith, and aged about %,
had been united in marriage to Miss Ida
Newberry, daughter of Capt Oscar New
berry and granddaughter of Lucius New
berry, of the Newberry line of steamers,
scions of the well-known Newberry fam
ily of Chicago The marriage had Oc-
CURED during the winter, and for the
past nine months the youthful husband
and wife were not living together, and
had not acknowledge their relation to
the world, nor to their family friends.
1t seems that the secret first leaked out
on Sunday through the medium of fair
cousin, and when Miss Ida was ques-
toned she admitted the fact
of the wedding, and departed
from her home to live with her husband
at the residence of his mother, about
three miles from the village, where she
is now domicied. All the parties to the
transaction are very reticent concerning
the details of the wedding, but frankly
acknowledge that the ceremony took
place. 1t is learned that Mr..
French had been an accepted
suitor of the young lady for several
years, but during last fall ceased his
calls at her house, in Difference to the
feelings Of her family, who opposed the
match. At that time it was supposed
that any matrimonial engagement which
may have been made had subsequently
been broken off, as the parties only met
occasionally in society. The lovers,
however, were fondly devoted to each
other, and the parental objections only
served to feed the flame of affection, and
it was finally kindled to such a degree
that Mr.. French and Miss Newberry
quietly concluded arrangements, and
were united in marriage on the 9TH of
January last by the Rev. d. l.. HolbroOk,
of the Presbyterian Church, the only
witnesses being Mrs. Holbrook and Mr..
Ed Back. The contracting parties then
separated, and have since lived apart,
the secret being securely kept. The
fair bride, however, woman-like, could
not withstand the mental strain of such
a weighty matter unaided, and a day or
two since confided the secret to her inti-
mate friend, Miss Rockwell. The Sc
quel is known. The family relatives of
thp newly discovered bride of nine
months are naturally startled at the sud-
den disclosures, and the grandfather,
who has been quite unwell for several
days, is confined to his bed, and grieves
considerably over the affair.
The bride is a petite blond, with ex-
ceedingly sweet features and attractive
person, and is member of the Episco-
pal Church. The husband, who thus
boldly has laughed at the locksmith, is a
rising young attorney of general popu-
larity at the Bar and in society.
Sharp County record., 1879-11-06
The Elephants Trunk.

The popular opinion is that the
elephant can use its trunk for any pur-
pose, from picking up needle to drag
ging cannon from bog. According
to Mr.. Sanderson, who has charge of
one of the Government catching estab-
lishments in India, this opinion is found
ed entirely on imagination. "An ele-
phant,n he says, "might manage the
former feat, though l doubt it; the
latter he would not attempt" The
chief use of the trunk, a delicate and
sensitive organ, is to procure food and
water for the animal, and to convey them
to its mouth. 1t also warns them Of
danger by the sense of smell and touch.
The elephant never uses his trunk for
rough work, and rarely for striking a
man or other elephants. When the
elephant is engaged in such work as
dragging timber, it takes the threefeet
rope attached to the log between its
teeth. Then, raising one end clear ofthe
ground, it half-dragS and half-carries
the log away. A light log is held in the
mouth, as dog does a stick, and the
trunk is used to help balance it. Male
elephants carry the log on their tuskS if
it is not too heavy. If a heavy piece Ct
work is to be done, the elephant does ii
by pushing with his head or feet, or by
drawing in harness. To start a heavy
load, the elephant throws himself into
the harness-colar far beyond his center
Sharp County record., 1879-11-06
Science and Industry.

1t is claimed that there are 80 pro-
educing mines in Leadville.
Owing to the rot which has attack
ed the potato crop throughout France,
it is estimated that the deficiency in the
same will amount to 100000 sacks.
"A member of leading cigar firm
in Jacksonville says that it is susceptible
OF proof that middle Florida can raise
as good tobacco for cigars as Cuba, but
the farmers do not understand cur
ing it.
# -Natchez, Miss, has built cotton
factory, every dollar of the stock in
which is owned by her own citizens, and
which is yielding the very handsome re-
ttlm Of nearly 20 per cent. on the in
yeStment.
A commission lately appointed by the
sPrussian Government to investigate the
pest class of inks, reports that the most
sdurable are made from gallnuts and a
salt of iron, these being the components
''of the old-fashioned inks.
The Lewiston (Me.) cotton mills
are running 100000 spindles, employ
5000 hands, consume 25,000,000 pounds
Tot cotton and produce 55,00O,0 900 yards
ot cloth annually, and circulated last
year S3,OOO,O00 in town. Corporation
stocks show an aggregate rise in one
year of 81, 100000.
The probable surplus of wheat in
the United States for Europe, according
20 Mr.. E. H. Walker, Statistician of the
New York Produce Exchange, will be
a6o,OOO,OOO bushels, the surplus of Can
ada 100000 bushels, and the surplus
cf Chill about 100000 bushels, max
ang l15,OOO,O00 bushels from America,
AnStead of the 1872, 100000 bushels esti-
mated in London.
A peculiar process has been in
vented in Germany by which labels are
printed on bottles by a simple opera
ton' neither paper nor mucilage being
required. The process is an actual
Prmting on the bottles themselves, and
.ne labels can be scraped off with a
'nlllie, ,l, though they are not affected by
wafer The process is said to be inexpen-
'slVe' and certainly must he convenient.
Sharp County record., 1879-11-06
Odds and Ends.

One thousand dollars in gold weighs
four pounds. That is why so many
newspaper men are round shouldered.
There is a Spanish proverb which
saws: "When you choose wife, shut
your eyes and commend your soul to
God"
l never had man cum to me for
advice, but before he got thru he had
more advice to offer than to ask for
Josh Billings.
The Yonkers Ga.ette has long az
ticle on " The Fuel of the Future 1t
deals only with wood and coal, Ignoring
birthstone entirely.
A Detroit restaurant keeper hangs
out sign of "free chops" and when
the tramps come around he shows them
an AK and a wOOd-pile.
Many young mans fate has been
adversely settled by his persisting in
walking his sweetheart down shady
side streets when she expected to be
taken to an ice-cream saloon.
We are in receipt Of some spirited
verses from an unknown poet in which
vociferous is made to rhyme with rhi-
noceros. It's this sort Of treatment that
makes the rhinoceros stick to the circus
and resist all efforts looking to his ref
ormation.-AlJany Journal.
els there an opening for an intel
lectual writer?" asked a seedy, red
nosed individual Of an editor. Yes,
my friend,n replied the man of quills,
ga considerate carpenter, foreseeing
your visit, left an opening for you; turn
the knob to the right"
1t was before the trenches at Peters
burg and remarkably hot, when you
consider we were in December. Our
regiment was charging up side-hill,
raked fore and aft with batteries and
sharpshooters. One fellow near me
dropped on his hands and knees, and
crawled on in that position towards the
enemy, when the Colonel caught him in
the rear with the flat of his saber: "Get
up, you darned fool! DOyou think you
are cavalry?n