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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-04-24
HOW TO TELL BAD MONEY

Mr.. John s. Dye has promulgated
the following simple method of de.
tecting bad bank notes. 1t is de.
rived from the Secret Service Rec
ords at Washington, and is there
fore officially correct:
The Government prints four bills
at a time, attached together in one
sheet, each bill containing one of
the four letters, "a. B. G. D." The
couuterfeiter prints but one-makes
but a single plate-thus counter
feiting but one of the four letters.
Then the Redemption Agency re-
tires the genuine bills of the letter
counterfeited. Hence all any bust
ness man need know is the letter
counterfeited on any bank; he then
refuses all bills having on them that
letter, and takes with IMMUNITY all
bills having on them any one of the
other three letters, and when it is
understood that the same plate is
used over and over again within its
State, the matter is all the simpler,
rs the counterfeits become known
~ States, and there are only nine
States having counterfeits.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-04-24
LETTER FROM WEST PEARL.
WEST PEARL RIVER, La,
April 16, 1880.
EDIToR ST.. TAMMASY FARMER:

April 16, 1880. J
EDIToR ST.. TAMMASY FARMER:
"Thrice welcome are pleasures
unexpected" This triple welcome
was due the FARMER as it made its
appearance last week in its new
dress and enlarged columns. Al
though the promise had been made
some time, the pleasure and well
come was all the same.
Every home in our evergreen
parish should extend their welcome
and give their patronage to our own
paper, no matter how many others
they take, and then it would soon
be able to compare favorably with
any in our fair sunny land.
In your first enlarged number
you ask: "How do you like our ap-
pearance?" Is your question ans
wered?
This week you say: "Don't lend
this paper" But our guide book
the Holy Bible, says we unjust do
good and lend, hoping for nothing
again, and our reward shall be
great" So we will have to lend our
the FARMER, and that may
induce them to subscribe for it.
We will hope SO. Can editors live
On hope, when nothing else is a-ail-
lble?
Our charming Ridge, in its emer-
I'D robe, is to-day a thing of beauty. |
But alas ! the new telegraph line,
hat was to have been, is not vet
orthcoming. Some day, in the
lear future, our delightful climate
nd bountiful natural resources NAV
'e appreciated, and then the world
will hear from us.
Some gentlemen from Alabama
ave started the turpentine bust
less in the upper neighborhood,
nd ut Herwig's Bluff Mr.. III. w.
robinson is going to let the people
Understand that he "knows some
hing about farming" His sugar
ane will be a marvel of success in
hat line, if present appearances
ugur anything reliable to Judge
rom.
The bluff is delightfully."- situated
n a bend of Pearl River and COM
lands beautiful view, and would !
e an eligible site for town. Mr..
Johnson has already quite a nice ;
ore, and spending a day "going $
} the store" is an event the ladies ,
nd children enjoy hugely. +
So we will enjoy what we have :
Id hope for brighter days, as well /
you. Mr.. Editor, and say, with q
le poet:
Auspicious Hope, in thy sweet garden h
grow
reaths for each toll, charm for every :,
woe" u
T, ~ G n
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-04-24

The cheapest railroad to operate
in the country is the Sandy River
Road, in Maine, of two feet gauge.
The road, which is eighteen miles
long, employs seventeen men, and
the total cost of running the trains
is said to be not over twenty dol
lars per day.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-04-24

recordeu.I
BY MRS. L. CRARY sADLER.
I saw q little bark ahoat
Upon q placid stream.
1t moved as if by fairy wand,
Or like pleasant dream.
! saw a Captain by the helm.
So brave he looked and true,
thought no harm could e'er befall
That littlebark or crew.
But there I'm wrong-there was no
crew,
Just Captain and Mute;
And as the t,co did drift along,
They were made one by fate.
Nay, not by fate. but God, and now
They'll make the voyage of life.
May winds be fair and Heaven bless
The captain and his ,rite.
Vest Pearl Ricer, La, Apra17, 1880.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-04-24

The New York Democratic Convention
met in Syracuse last Tuesday. The dele.
gates to Cincinnati are uninstructed, ex.
cept to vote for the maintenance of the
two-thirds rule. and to vote as q unit as
the majority may decide. Resolutions
were adopted denouncing the frauds of
1876. and are thought strongly to favor
Mr.. Tilden.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-04-24

We welcome to our exchange list the
Southern Lire STOCK; Journal, published at
Starkville, Miss. 1t is an excellent Jour-
nal, and We recommend it to our farmers
and stockraisers. Price 81 per year.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-04-24

The House committee on Agriculture
has adopted a resolution recommending
an appropriation of S25, 900 to enable the
chronological commission to complete
its investigation of the Rocky Mountain
locust and the cotton worm, and other
insects injurious to the cotton plant.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-04-24

Mr.. Emanuel Blessey, Engineer Of the
State House, in New Orleans, fell from
the roof of that building to one of the
galleries. distance of about forty feet,
last Tuesday, and received injuries from
which he died in short time.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-04-24

All of our exchanges will please accept
few thanks for their complimentary
and highly fiatterins remarks upon our
enlarged and improved condition.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-04-24
ON TO MERIDIAN.
New ORLEANS, April %, 1880.
EDITOR ST. TAMMANY FARMER:

NEW ORLEANS, April ~, 1880.
EDITOR ST.. TAMMANY FARMER:
One cannot but note the publ
spirit manifested il your columns
especially with regard to any move
ment looking to the improvement
of your section.
l refer particularly to the articl,
in your last issue, headed "On t.
Meridian" This New Orleans anG
Northeastern Railroad, if com
Ipleted, would do more to develops
the unquestionable resources of st
Tammany than all the steamboats,
and water craft afoat. Quick tran
sit is what is badly needed, and the
route as surveyed for this line is one
that can be cheaply constructed,
and if the parties who are interest
ing themselves have sufficient capt.
tai, the route they contemplate can
be made the favorite of all the con-
nections between North and South
1t is to be hoped, however, they
will not commit that very great
mistake which nearly all Southern
railway contractors are guilty Of
half finish their work. and intend to
return and complete it afterwards.
One difficulty will have to be
overcome by this new company in
the route they propose-that vicious
little creek, the Bogue Chitto.
Every time there is q great fall of
rain this creek overfows the
he of thu great jackson Rail-
road for miles, and that road Is now
suffering from a violent attack of
"Bogue Chitto," which carried out
about three miles of track.
The parties who talked SO savage
y about building a road from Man
deville to Covington, have subsidized
70 their very small natural dimen-
'ions, like compressed wind. When
'he FARMER ventilated the proposed |
scheme, and showed the practical
side of it, nothing more was heard
rom the ferocious proposers.
Let us hope the present scheme
las more backbone to it than the
'ther. Your correspondent pro-
ooses to look further into the mat
Ell, and will write to Mr.. Hardy
or particulars.
From what I hear, Covington
will be "filled up with summer
'oarders this season, and the old
Seminary, just across tue
5osue falla, SO familiar to all your
eaders for its beauty and lovely
prings, and which has recently
een renovated, is soon to be open
d by Madame D. Jaufroid, under
he name of claiborne Cottage,
his lady's position in society here
I'LL insure her a welcome in Cow
lgton, and the friends who pro-
ose to stop at her cottage will at
'act none but the most attractive.
Iron has tumbled away down into I
,e depths. Cast scrap, that two
'onths ago brought $50, now t
rings only $16 per ton; and :
rought scrap, that brought s4s, r
DIV brings $40 per ton, though the o
callers look for an early revival in +,
rices.
The city is remarkably quiet a
nee the Grant boom" except that s.
cody and Sankey have passed Il
rough en route to Texas, and left G,
the minds of all who heard them h
e feeling that they are either very fe
cellent Christians or very sancti- T
onious rascals. Who can tell I;
out these things? A. L. r. r,
n,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-04-24

The Amite City Independent agrees with
Us in the matter of retaining Hon. E. W.
Robertson in Congress, as the Repre-
sentative from this district.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-04-24

Pain in the ear is often instantly
relieved by saturating q piece of
cotton with warm glycerine and
laudanum, and inserting it in the
ear.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-04-24

The best and most thoughtful
newspapers now allow contributors
to the waste-basket to write on both
sides of the sheet-Ahanta Consti-
tuition.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-04-24

Middling cotton WIS quoted in New
Orleans last Wednesday at l2c., against
11lc. on Tuesday.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-04-24

The Georgia Republican convention
assembled last Wednesday. The dele
gates to Chicago will vote for Blaine.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-04-24
COVINGTON. La:
Saturday. April "a. 1880.

Gold has been discovered at Fort
Worth, Texas.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-04-24
LINES.

addressed to Mr.. and Mrs. Crary, on
the occasion of the happy event above
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-04-24
MARRIED

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Napoleon
Avenue Presbyterian Church, in New
Orleans, on Wednesday, March 81, 1880,
by the Rev. B. D. Mallard, MARcELLUs
Howard CRARY, of West Pearl River, La,
to Miss PHEBE ELLA TALLIEU, Of New
Orleans.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-07-09
Worth DYING For.

I am no teller of stories, says Hazlitt
yet there is one belonging to Bur
leigh House of which I happened to
know some of the particulars. The late
Earl of Exeter was divorced from his
wife, a woman of fashion and of some-
what more gayety of manners than "lords
who love their ladies' like. He determ-
ined to seek second in an humble
sphere of life, and that it should be one
who, having no knowledge of his rank,
should love him for himself alone. For
this purpose he went and settled incog-
nito, under the name Of Mr.. Jones, at
Honet, an obscure village in Shropshire.
He made overtures to one or two damsels
in the neighborhood, but they were too
knowing to be taken in by him. His
manners were not boorish; his mode of
life was retired; it was odd how he got
his livelihood; and at last he began to
be thought highwayman. In this d.
lemma he turned to Miss Higgins, the
eldest daughter of q small farmer at
whose house he lodged. Miss Higgins:
it would seem. had not been used to
romp with the village clowns; there was
something in the manner of their quiet
but eccentric guest which she liked.
Having inspired her with kind of re-
gard which ne wished for, he made hon
orable proposals to her, and at the end
of some months they were married,
without his letting her know who he was.
They set off in q postchaise from her
fathers house and travelled across the
country. In this manner they arrived
at Stamford, and passed through the
town without stopping, until they came
tn the entrance to Rurlei1h Park. which
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-07-09
Wit and Humor.

Mis-Calculation How shall my hat be
trimmed2 81
A mules hind leg has only one season.
It is always q beautiful spring.
What would be great invention: A
bushel peach basket that would hold
four pecks.
What was the most honest bet that
ever was made? The alphabet. Its
maker was evidently man Of letters, too.
A fortune hunter went counting the
daughter of rich whiskey distiller, and
he sang: II see her still in my dreams"
A little stealing is a dangerous part,
but stealing largely is noble art, tits
mean to rob henroost of a hen, but
stealing thousands makes us gentlemen.
"Bilw said one apprentice to another,
my boss is q better man to work for
than your'n. My boss amt always round
his shop, interfering with his own
business" ..--.,ts ,.D5,.~-. i
"Vat a monster language" said. a
Frenchman; ''here read in re news
,papere zat a man commit a murder. was
Committed for trial, and zen committed
himself to a reportair. No wonder every
zing in America is done by committee"
The man who has never seen two
women in Shaker bonnets trying to kiss
each other has never experienced the
| reiuvenating power of laugh that
could throw him down and kick him in
! the ribs. tS.s3 .s sz -
School mistress Gust beginning q nice
improving lesson upon minerals to the
Juniors Now, what are the principal
things we get out Of the earth :? Youth
full angler, aged four, tconfid =
| asWorms r . S. s :3.s..S} 8
a dear old lady presented her son, on
his departure for sea, with 9 Bible. On
opening it during q gale it fell from his
hands, and out dropped fine-tooth
comb and the admonitory bookmark,
Search daily .5.s
Vhar WAS de sun dis mornin,? z
asks the Rev. Mr.. Jasper. hy, dat
iide so'e my house ltVhar is 1t now
lWhy dis aid ob my llc;.se. narfuY se
sln mus II got rosin, an e couldn't
do dat Standing attn heTefnr dc SIM
lnoye, nh.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-07-09
THE OLD PIANO.

sWell, take It for what It Is worth,
It cot me five hundred and more;
You'll hardly believe 1t, twas then
The abandonment one In the store"
There's nothing own In the world
That I am so certain to mias:>
I've parted with two legged friends
With far less regret than with this
What joys It recalls OF the past, j l.
What moments ofraptufeus ease:
When delicate hands that I loved
Swept over Its ivory keys;
When tremulos tender and sweet,
Rose, quivered and died on the air
And life was q story In song,
Untouched by the shadow ofca1e.
What visions Of suppers 1t brings;
More jolly, fancy, than wise,
When radiant bachelor swells
SwRrmed In for q merry surprise.
Then chorus and song, TIL at last
Wine clouded the talents Of each,
And musical lunacy came
10 finish 1t all with screech.
What dreams Of the dances now fed
When brighter to us than the stars.
We waltzed with the daintiest girls.
Whv did not "ohject to cigars"
Rare plans for the future we laid
We thought not of sOrr0w or loss.
But whirled in swift circles of bliss
TO the magical measures OfStrausa
You've answered to many touch,
And sounded full many tune;
December hath brought you its wreaths
And summer sent roses of June.
You've witnessed the rise and the fall
Old friend. I've the deepest for youi
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-07-09
GrumbIing.

How many men, aye and women, love
to grumble! It is food and drink for
them, and as natural as breath. Moth
ing ever goes right. It is too hot or too
cold, too wet or too dry, too sunny or
too dark, too early OF too late, and so on
through the entire category Of magma
ry evils, as if there was not sufficient Of
the reality. They never enter the house
without finding something has gone
wrong. Dinner is spoiled in the cook
ing; is not what was wanted; is cold {;
has some fault. The children are rails
ing hob;' the poor wife is blamed, and
everything is kept red hot So, too, in
business. Every thing is wrong there;
things are out Of place; other men will
not do exactly as he thinks right; the
mails are not on time; the government
isn't run according to his peculiar ideas,
and the country going to the dogs!
Heaven help all who come in contact
with the chronic grumbler; especially
those who are under his rule. They
stand about the same chance for peace
and comfort as man in hornets nest
-or a strange dog in country town.
It's all growl and snarl. Never content
ed himself, he never permits anybody
else to be so. He grumbles at getting
up, and grumbles at going to bed; grum-
bles when he gets his dues because he
does not receive more, and grumbles when
forced to pay his debts because they are
so much; grumbles when asked to do
favor, and at the very man who does
him one; grumbles at the rising and the
setting of the sun, and as a witty son Of
ireland once remarked, "would grumble
r. ho uvao ooirrp IN hQ hnn0N
A grumbler is to society what a.nettle is
to the vegetable kingdom, singing every
one thai comes in contact with it; is the
proverbial dog in the mangel: He
ought to live in world managed accord
ing to his own ideas of the eternal fit
ness of things, though even then he
would not be Satisfied. The very angels
would fail to please him. and if he car.
acteristics of this life, Heaven will have
to be reorganized and radical change
made in its government; for the songs
won't be in the right key; the golden
harps out of tune, and the plumage Of
the sweet singers will have to be dressed
and curled in some other fashion.
Grumbling is a useless, senseless, in
sulting, abominable fashion; is very
like snake biting everything it touches;
is the most unhappy frame Of mind that
can be imagined; and what curiosity q
world managed by grumblels would be.
For the sake of household peace and
comfort and love; for the sake Of wives
and children; for the sake of all hui
manity, avoid grumbling as you would
bless and be blessed as you would have
your days pass pleasantly; as you would
have your death cause tears. and not a
ense of relief and sigls Of rejoicing. =
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-07-09
Farm N1.es.

zsE
Beans for sheek ..nd oats for calves
Oatsfor all kinds Of stock. ss ). =,
K Starve the cow and she will starve you.
Feed literally for liberal returns. r }.
The first eggs laid are the best for
Matching. They give chicks with great
est yigor. $500. .,.. -. 49,!
Children should 20 to school more days
in the year, and less hours in day, es-
pecially in the country. -
The most successful farmer is not the
one that gets the most money, but the
one that gets the most good from every
thing.
Cellars should be cleaned early in
spring Of all decaying vegetables and un-
clearly things. If neglected 1t pollutes
the house, taints the atmosphere and en-
genders disease.
The only management besides warmth
and high feeding, by which q perpetual
winter, is by having pullets and hens of
different ages, which, moulting at differ
ent periods, do not cease laying at the
same time.
Cheese and butter are bringing, rela-
lively, higher prices than ever before
The exports of cheese last year to Great
Britain amounted to Ill, 1000 pounds,
worth over ST., 100000, q large increase
over the previous year. Butter was ex>
ported to the amount of 100000,
pounds.
The great difference in the amount of
cream contained in the first and last
milk taken from the COW, appears to be
satisfactorily explained on the SUPPOSE
ton that the fatty matter Of the milk
obeys the same laws of gravity in the
udder Of the cow that it does when set
aside in an open vessel.
Buttermilk cheeses are made by simply
straining the buttermilk through cloth,
and then either gently heating the but
termill, which causes the c,1rd to sepa-
rate, or, as is sometimes done, by the adj
dition Of rennet. This kind of cheese is
not unworthy of attention, as it is often
richer than that made from milk once
'jaimmed.
A milk-room must be kept dry or mill
dew will appear on the cream and thour-
oughly spoil it for butter making. A lit
tie mildew on board will faint milk
quite as badly, hence the necessity for a
frequent use: of hot suds and soap on
shelves, etc. Nothing should be kept in
the milk-room in the shape Of vegeta-
Dles and meat.
Experiments have shown that the best
way to feed carrots to horses is in con-
junction with oats. Alone, carrots are
not as good as oats alone, but in con-
junction they are better than each fed
separately. you are in the habit Of
feeding four quarts Of oats to a mess,
give two of oats and two of sliced car
rots, and the result will be more satisfac-
tory than if each were fed separately.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-07-09

DR.. F. B. Halliday heard from on the wes'-
ern oast Of South America. H. sends Mr. g.
Blsckford formula for a garglc for diseases
Of the throat. Us.d in connection with DR..
T.. B. Halliday's Blood Purifier, it is warranted
to cure the very worst case of swollen, ulcerat.
I'd sore throat or mouth. One or two appli-
cations will satisfy anyone that it is the finest
preparation ever introduced to the American
people. For scrof1Ious or syphilitic diseases
world. In order to show Them up as no hum bug
or quack medicine, will seud a trial bottle Of
each If these medicines, free of charge, TO any
part Of the United States, to anyone afflicted
with chronic sore throat or mouth, by the
parties sent 10 simply paying the express
charges. Address s. Blackboard. l46 West
Third street, st. Paul, Mimi.