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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-04-19

A MAN TRAP.-"Amanda, wish
you to put the large Bible in
prominent place on. the center-table
and place three or four hymn-books
carelessly around ON the sofas. !
have advertised for young man to
board in a cheerful Christian fam
lily, and l tell you what, if you girls
don't manage, either one of you, to
rake him in, why I'll never try any
thing again, for I'm tired out.
Andrews Bazaar.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-04-19

Garfield aud Hayes. IN 1867, both
declared that they would not vote a
dollar to carry on the Government.
unless President johnson signed
the army appropriation bill, with
the bayonet law tackled on it. The
Republicans announced at that
time that q President who would
veto the legislation of the majority
in Congress, in whatever shape it
might come to him. should be i'm
peached for treason.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-04-19
For the FARMER. ]
THE DEAD HOME.
BIZ II. L. L.

Long ere the fire fend's cruel wrath.
The dear old home was dead
Twas but corpse. from which all light
And JOY and hope had fed.
1t died that dark November day,
When to the grave was borne
Our mother, whom, while life shall last,
We ne'er can cease to mourn.
And yet it was the dearest spot
OF all the world to me,
And in my heart embalmed is,
A precious memory.
There lived an died, honored and loved,
Our father and our mother;
Sisters so fond and fair and pure,
And one dear little brother.
We were a blessed household band,
No sin. nor any sorrow-
No painful want, no anxious care.
Nor thought for the dread morrow.
A lovely, golden cloud floats DER
Yon mountain, bare and gray;
\ moment more-'tis gone! All, thus
Our joys have passed away.
Oh sweet as love, yet sad as death,
Are those departed days.
Sometimes wander dreamily
Thro' all this troubled maze.
I hear my mothers happy laugh.
My head rests ON her knee;
About my father little ones,
Playing in childish glee.
How bright and warm and glad the scene
We were so safe from harm
Encircled by mothers love,
And by fathers arm.
A start the vision vanishes.
Alas they are all gone.
It's dark and chill and drear, and
Am homeless and alone.
A Southern summer sun to-day
Shines there in hooking splendor.
The moons pale. misty rays. to night
Will fall there soft and tender.
Autumn will come in regal robes
And linger for time;
Then wailing winter winds will chant
solemn requiem.
Birds will sing there. and flowers bloom,
In young springs gladstone tread;
Bnt naught can make it live again
The dear old home is dead
San Francisco, august, 1878.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-04-19
OUR WORST ENEMIES.

There is journal published in
Okolona, Mississippi. called the
Southern States, which is gaining for
itself considerable notoriety. at the
expense of the fair fame and popu-
lar sentiment of the Southern peo-
pie. While its editors may have
the best interests of the South as
heart, it is plainly apparent to the
most casual observer, that the utter
ances of the Southern States do no;
reflect public opinion in the least,
while the injury which one issue Of
this paper may do. by creating
wrongful impressions in the minds
of the uniformed, it will require
the united voice the Southern pres
to dispel. If the object of the South
ern States is to gain notoriety, it
has adopted a most unpopular
course, based on a fragrant and
glaring misinterpretation of South
ern sentiment. The Vicksburg
Herald reads these misguided
friends Of the South well-deserved
lecture. It says:
1t is necessary for our citizens to
put down such Inmates, regardless
Of what party they belong to. Ii
they are Democrats, those who
hope and work for our future peace
and welfare can not afford to be.
While we are certain the States rep
resents none but the crazy men VINO
write for it, it is quoted from by
| Northern papers as indicative OF
public sentiment In this State. We
want our people to know that not
withstandlng the fact that it claims
to be a friend, it is really doing us
great injury. If it is our friend,
God denver us from all such.
We quote as follows:
Down with the reconstruction
laws! Let the last one of them be
repealed!
Lincoln and his mob, yclept
the Union army. We're traitors, and
their treason must be made odlous.
mississippi has more power to-
day in the Union than Massachu-
settl Three cheers and u Bengal
tiger!
stand back, there. We Federal
Brigadiers! Stand back, We say!
The old Confederate boys propose
to run this republic from now onl
yankee bluecoats have fallen
way below par in Washington City.
The Confederate Gray Commands u
premium. Glorious! Push Oh the
column!
Congress swarms with Bourbons
of the old family pattern, and they
are making things red-hot for YAM
kee Radicals and Southern Soft
shells!
1T may become the imperative
duty of President Davis to accept
the United States Senatorshlp,
whether he wants it or not. These
Yankees must be taught lesson"
.
! Mississippians, how do you like
the picture? Do you not think it
the duty of every man to stamp
these crazy utterances under foot?
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-04-19

served that this sacA of coffee was
transported in wagon exposed to
the open air for fifteen miles, then
opened and divided, and then placed
in small sacks and again exposed to
the open air for twenty-four hours.
The yellow fever germ still lived,
and us soon as the conditions We're
favorable, acted with great yiru-
lence."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-04-19

President Grevy being asked re-
Gently to write something for a
lady's album, indited the following:
Life is like a game of chess; each
one holds his rank according to his
quality, but when the game is over,
kings, queens. knights and all are
thrown into one common box"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-04-19

To destroy bugs on squash and
cucumber vines, dissolve a table,
sat,onful or two Of saltpetre in a
bucket of water; put pint OF this
around each hill. The bugs burrow
in the earth at night, and fail to rise
in the morning. It is good to kill
the grub worm in peach trees
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-04-19

An ex-convict, colored, who, dur
mo his confinement of eleven years,
Las mastered seven languages, be-
sdes theology and the natural SCI
ences, has been employed as q mis-
siunary for Liberia.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-04-19

DR.. Leidy, of Philadelphia, has
discovered peculiar but well-de-
tined tape-worm in cucumbers,
which he exhibited at the Academy
ID Science in that city.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-04-19

A man living in Battle Creek,
Michigan, by smoking twenty or
thirty cigars a day. has become a
victim of delirinm tremens
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-04-19

Does Capt. Boyton. the swimmer,
wear liver pad9 Whether he does
or not, it seems that wherever he
goes he is determined to liver pad
lie his own canoe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-04-19

Last Tuesday Senator Thurman
was elected President of the Senate
,,,1 ten. This is the first time a
DEMOCRAT has filed this honorable
position since the breaking out OF
thss"late unpleasantness."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-04-19

Parish Court for the parish of St Tam
many-State of Louisiana-No. Id.
Whereas. j. NJ. Favaron has petitioned
the Court to have Vim. q. Morgan, Clerk
OF Court, appointed administrator Of the
succession OF Charles Mohe e
Notice is hereby given to all whom it
may concern. to show cause. within ten
uays from the first publication hereof.
why the prayer of petitioner should not
be granted.
by order of the court.
VA. C. MORGAN.
Clerk.
Couington, La, april 10. 1879.
SUCCESSION OF MRS. IMARILD1
BERNARD, WIFE OF W. II. TUOuER.
Parish Court for the Parish of st. Tam
many-State of Louisiana-No. III.
Whereas, WHY &. Toomer has petit
toned the Court for letters of admins
tration on the estate of tine late Mrs, Ma
rllda Bernard, wife OF w. II. Ioomer.
deceased
Notice is hereby given to all whom it
may concern To show cause, within ten
days from the present notification, why
the prayer of the petitioner should not
bt granted.
By order of the court.
WM. G. MORGAN.
Clerk.
Covington. La. April 10. 1879.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-04-19

The Constitutional Convention
will assemble in New Orleans next
Monday, April 21. It will consist
of o. Democrats, 33 Republicans,
and Z Fusionists and Nationals.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-04-19

Sew up the holes in your vest
pocket-those pesky gold dollars
viii crawl through an aperture that
a greenback would plug up tight
enough to hold water.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-04-19

New York Star: The Democratic
majority in the United States Sen
ate still chances significantly at KEEL
logg from the off corner of its left
eve.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-04-19

The hogs of this country are
double the value of the sheep
and half the value of the cattle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-04-19
Farm for Sale.
169 Acres of Good Land.
WITH OR WITHOUT STOCK.
THIRTY ACRES UNDER FENCE

Call ami examine the premises. There
are abundant Fruit Trees on the place.
Splendid Residence AMI good water il
the yard. Out-nouses of every kind
that are needed in this country, and q
small Sugar Mill, i'll good order.
The place is ON the Columbia road,
eight miles sud "a half from Covington.
Apply to
CHAS. STRATTMAN.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-04-19
Wanted to Purchase.
Stock Sheep.

Any person having Stock Sheep far
sale will find CASH purchaser II APP
plying at the store Of Mr.. J. Cahier, Cow
ington. La. ap12 If
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-04-19

To save posts from decay, dip the
ends to be set in the ground into
petroleum or paint, or char them.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-04-19

The burning of sixty-seven houses
has been ordered in the Russian
plague district.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-04-19
CONVICTION. La:
SATURDAY., April IS, 1879.

Dame Natures verdant powers
+5edecks the earth with flowers.
In the spring.
and in these April showers
That new umbrella of ours,
Is just the thing.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-04-19
Advertisements.
New Advertisements.
MARTINDALE HOTEL
COvingtOn, La.
F.B. MARTINDALE, PROPRIETOR.

~Board bv Day, Week or Month.
Terms moderate.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-04-19

SUCCESSION OF CHARLES M0LLE
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-04-19

legal Advertisments-One Dollar per
SQUARE for the first insertion, and Fifty
Cents for each subsequent insertion.
Personal cards, when aimis sable. ten
cents per line. payable in advance.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-04-19

Rates Of Advertising.
Ten ltaes Of this lBrevier) type, or its equir-
Ge.a in larger type, constitutes
square,
oSr SQUARE, FIRST INSERTION, ONE DOLLAR.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-04-19

Parish Court for the parish of St Tam
many-State of Louisiana-No. l2J.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-04-19

AIississippians, how do you like
the picture? Do you not think it
the duty of every man to stamp
these crazy utterances under foot I?
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-04-19

Cne SQUARE 5 3.OOS s. 90 $l4. 90 $40 90
80 So uarvs $40 IL. OO q. 00l 80. 90
Tree sIuarrsi 8. Is. 0O % DOL a. 10
= ~. column 500 1s. DOL 81. DOL 50 %
Z 4 column IL. % 81. O0 SO 90 "a. 90
M4ole col'mnl % OUi 50 90 Is. 0ull0O 90
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-09-09
Who WOuEasn't be an Editor:
Dewitt Observer.

One OF the beauties and charms of an edi-
tors life is his deadh-ading in on all occa-
sions. No one who has neye. tasted of the
sweets of that bliss can begin To take in It's
glory and its happiness. lie doe, 500 dol
lars worth OF advertising for :. railroad, gers II
pass tor year. and rides SO worth: and
then he is locked upon u, Il dead head, or Il
half blown dead beai. He ..putls" 4 theatre
"r concert troUp" $40 worth and then gets one
dollar in 'c"mr'imelarics.' and is thus
passed in ''free. II The hail is crnA ted he
is hr-rns.ed tsc loom ne oc.up!es-for II his
'niup!in"n'arir> w"r" paying tickets the
troup would be so much i'll pocket. He blows
and puiss Il church festival free to any desired
extent, ana does he poster printin. at half
rates. ani rarely gets u ';l;l.lk vou" fol it, 1t
goes III rs part ot lis uuiy 4, an editor. He
does mor" work G:alliiluu>iy for the town
ami rommu:iity l!4al aiI tir rest CT the pop,l-
la'nn PIT together, and gets cursed for i: ali,
il MANY INSTANCES. Where i i!an who annalcs
dollar for the fourth Of July, base bali club
nf church. is gratefully r'memh~re,:. oh. il
is sweet thing /" br IN editor. He passes
'.!.,.' you kntiW.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-09-09
MOTHERS WORK.
BY MARGARET e. sANGsrER.

Dear patient woman, DER children bending
To leave Il goodnight kiss on rosy lips.
Or list the simple prayers to God asce ding
Ere slumbcr veil them il its soft eclipse,
wonder do you dream that serapis love you,
And sometimes smooth the pathway for your
feet; -
Thatoft their silvery piniOns tioao above you.
When life Is tangled and its cross roads meet;
So wan and tired, the whole day SO busy,
To laugh or weep, at times. you hardly know.
SO many tritleS make The poor brain dizzy,
SO many lands call you to and fro
Small garments stitching weaving fairy stories,
And bi.iding wo,iIdS, ard beariug & little cares,
Your hours pass, uaheedetl all the glores
OF that great world beyond your nursery
stairs,
One schoolmate's pen has written words of
beauty.
Herpoens sing themselves into ,le heart;
Another's brush has magic: you nAte duty:
No time to spare for poetry or arc,
But only time for trailling little fingers,
And teaching youthful spirits to be true:
You know twith what famine woman fingers,
With art alone r., I'LL Her arsatelfi+4sss
And yet, I think you'd rather keapthe babies,
Albeit their heads grow ht avy on your arm,
Than have the poets fair, ci chanted may bes,
The artists visions. rich with dazzling charm
Sweet are the troubles OF the happy hours,
For even in WEAKNESS your soul Is blest,
And rich contcntmcnt I'll your being dnWerS
That yours is not Il hushcd and empty nest.
--ChriSttd, LniO,,.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-09-09
FOREIGN.

GENEVA, Sept. 2.-Garihaldi has arrived
on the Island Of Caprera where lie intends to
spend the remainder of his life.
MONTREAL, Sept. 2.-Thc creditors of the
Mechanics Bank, at meeting held in Then
tizton, resolved to throw the bank into insol
vencv and have the officers criminally prose-
cuted.
BERLIN, Sept 2.--Thc Emperor will start
early tomorrow direct for the Russian from
tier. The Gar will meet him at Bok:ra.
A nephew of the Gar is expected to visit
Bokara.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. "a Victoria dis
patch says Imperial Commissioners are in the
Province examining the different harbors
for a practicable railway terminus. It is said
they have condemned the present site of the
dock-yard at Esquimault as being un:enable
in case of war;
LONDON. Sept. 1.-The Fustian weavers at
Oldham, numbering three thousand, resumed
work to day at reduction. Spinners likely to
follow.
BERLIN, Sept. lit is rumored Emperor
will start for koenigshcry Tomorrow to
| witness military manouvels, and will have in
terview with Eemperor of Russia.
| LONDON, Sept. 1.-Farners who sailed in
the steamer Ohio, Saturday, We're bound for
western states. The Ohio also took eighteen
Dufnam ana NORTHUMBERLAND miners fOl
Pittsburg and Lancaster, Ohio.
| CIvITA, VICHIA, Sept. 1.-Garibaldi has
started for Coprice. He continues to be
troubled with arthretic pains.
| PARIS, Sept. 1.-Austrian Arch Duchess
Maria, has left on her return to Vienna.
PANAMA, Sept. 1.-The Government has
ordered that bills of health shall only he
given vessels by Spanish officers. Counsuls
must limit their intervention to certifying
signatures, and in declaring Their opinion
about sanitary condition Of the port. This
order is directed against the United States Law
of June I'd, 1870.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 1.-The reported
death of General Laszoreif is officially con
G,med. Cause, dysentery.
ALEXANDRIA, Sept. 1.-The American
Counsui has officially notified the Egyptia
Government that the United States tieinan
to be represented upon commission on liq,ida
ton of the Egyptian deht.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-09-09

cult Court. Defendants wished to quash itdict-
ment bu. motious over ruled. The state and
the defense then announced themselves ready
for trial, and special venires Of seventy-iive
jurors were drawn in each case. The first
case to be tried is that of Henry G. Yulty,
for murder of Miss Cornelia Chisholm,
which is set for Friday. Other cases are held
for next week. General WOodford will
remain here until close of trial, hut will take
no part in the proceedings. He came as
escort for Mrs. Chisholm.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, Sept. 2.-Governor
Blackburn was intucted into office to-day
at Frankford. There was a very large crowd
rasent, and the ceremo' les were very i'm
pressive. Ex Governor MrCiary made long
speech, followed by Blackburn and others.
Blackburn intimated the beliefth within the
next generation the population of the United
States might be 2O0,00O,00O, and a great era
of prosperity set in. He reprehended the cow
ardly practice Of carrying arms, and hoped
law against it would be rigidly enforced.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-09-09
Caesars Military Training.

1t is q very remarkable fact that one of the
four pre-c,ninent generals of all time should
have nearly reached middle aye before he
ever commanded all army, or even witnessed
a regular battle.
Alexander, Hannibal, and Napoleon were
students of war from childhood, and We're
prominent actors and leaders in it while still
mere youths. But julius Cesar, their equal
and sole equal in military ability and fame,
saw only some trtiing colnbats in his early
days, and then waited tor his thirty y-nintlI year
before he headed leSions in Spain, and for his
forty-third year before he commenced his
astonishing career in Gall. 10 many ko-
hans Of that day it must lave been II great
surprise to learn that this lated scholar in 4
most difficult art had gained decisive victories
oyer the dashins Lustania.s and the stubborn
uclvetians.
1t is still marvel. Very few cases at all
like it are recorded in history. Cromwell,
indeed, was torty-three years old when he
became u soldier; and Marlborough was fifty
two when lie first commanded IL large army.
But Cromwell was three years in growing up
to leadership, and never once had to wrestle
with 4 really able captain; while Marlbor-
ough was aided in his opening campaigns by
the abundant experience and brilliant talents
of Prince Eugene. Here, moreover, our list
OF parallels Win Cesar III tnlS particular ttltsL
end. All other eminent generals have seen
much military service in early life, and the
majority of the most eminent have come
early 10 command.
Yet here Is Il novice in wal fare, well ON
toward unpliable and cautious middle age,
who exhibits every military quality. How
could it be so? OF course Ike had drawn
some sOldierly education, both moral and i'll
iellrctual from the circumstances Of his time
and race. The human breed of which lie
sprang " IS emincntly martial in history and
! character. Nearly every young Roman felt
bound To he mere or les, soldier, and nearly
| every young gent nf Rome sought to
fit himself tor an officer. Cesar, like LII, ui-
lus, had no doubt studied the campaigns OF
great commanders, aud had also. 10 doubt.
learned something from his intimacy with
military leaders. Eut for all hat, when he
| entered uI,o:, IN, life aS il general he was lit
tie more than Il civilian. Pillow at Fort
Doneison and Batler Al, Fort Fisher had seen
at least us much of war us lle greatest ot
Romans when he set forth 10 arrest the Hell
vetic avalanche. How is i, tina; he was in
stanty :,bic to show himself nlIsltier chiet
than the wurli had >rcl slllcV: ;hr days of
hannibal. on than tn" world was destined to
see um;il ll,c days q! \apoi""n: Tine only
po.sibi" reply is thai every now and then
nature make, Il inili who is marvel asnl cal.
Il" any lth;iis,. .-Scp'c"t", .hIf'niic
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-09-09
SEPTEMBER.

BY II. II.
The golden-roi is yellow;
The corn is turning brown;
The trees infapp1A orchards
With frutt are bending down.
The gentian's blilest fringes iA3''
- - Are G rt+l !!.@s III III TIC stir =.
In dusty pods the inilkweed
RI Its hidden silk has spun. S4
The scdges fiaunt their harvest
an every meadow nook;
And asters by the brook side
Make asterS in the brook.
From dewy lane at morning
The grapes sweet OiOrS rise: .
AT noon the roads all tlutter
With yellow butterflies.
BY all these lovely tokens
September days are here,
With summers hest OF eather.
And autumn's best of cheer.
But none of allthis beauty
Which floods the earth and air,
Is unto me the secret
Which makes September fair.
IT is a thing which remember:
To name 1t thrills me yet!
Ono day of one September
1never can forget.
& 7rB -SeDtem6er ,Scribner
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-09-09

BEl~ ~>El.>. Au. :W.--im in,hprnsl'm
ii,iyt sa>>: The United Sta'rS ''u!isili has
ret..S,d to allow thr vessels which sailed tlom
Flashing viii, com, ,'aly of frchch t'',tl"-
lies and l.oyaEi>ls for the Island If i'nla. :"
hui,: IL" tln"Hcan tli".
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-09-09

The woman who doesn't srrTtM whom a
';andl" bug crawls down her back il who
:;:er in life cam spank baby till 1t thinks the
sav "fjud-ment has arrived, then 80 smiling
20 the parlor and receive her irirn.is with an
easy grace that is as soothin. II dos" pf
morphine.
The daily gazette., 1879-06-03
A Valuable HsdIeal Plant.

The West Chester Republican says:-
ave have been informed by reliable au-
thOrity that the plant known as the Hy-
drostis Canadihsis ID being sought after
by some Of our most eminent physicians
Of the present day. Orders from physi-
clans in Boston by our townsman Titus
Bennett, who thus far has succeeded in
obtaining but two pounds, for which he
received the fair price one dollar and
half. Darlingt0n's Floracstrica states
that this valuable plant was found by
Hon. Washington Townsend in Chester
Valley a. late as 1888. OF late years 1t
has been found near Hillsdale, in Mr..
George Little's woods, on the Brandy
wine, and on the farm Of James Painter,
ESQ. The plant grows in deep marshy
ground, and generally in thickly wooded
places; its leaf is large and resembles
that Of the wild ginger. The root is
fibrous and similar to the thread-like
root Of the little snake root. DR.. Brin-
ton, ST., who has used this plant ex.en-
sively in his practice, says 1t Is one Of
the best remedies, when properly pre-
pared, that he has ever tried for the gOut.
This plant IL now in bloom. 1t bears a
small white flower and the gathering OF
it may afford . pleasant ~ well As profit
able pastime for some Of our enthusiastic
young naturalists while they are search
Ing for the indigenous plants of Chester
county"