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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-05-22

Mrs. F. A. Bossier has opened her
house at Abita Springs, and is now
ready for the reception of guests.
Persons seeking delightful, quiet
and healthy summer resort cannot
possibly.fnd q more desirable place
See advertisement, and tell the stage
drivers to take you to Mrs. Bossler's.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-05-22
SCHOOL BOARD.

sis@ih napesp >ssntlsqssa
ssen appointd mem9 u
School Board for this parish:
M. Abney, j. NJ. Nagee, j. f
kmbers, E. r. Randolph, S. B.
R,Ieq W. Brennan and S. Porter.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-05-22
SHOT In THE HAND.

We learn that n difficulty oc-
CURED In Vaudeville last Thursday
between Gustave and Almon Ma
rigny, which resulted in Almon be-
" : shot In the hand by Gustave.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-05-22

The members of the old Police
Jury met at the Courthouse last
Monday, and adjourned sine die.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-05-22
Our Agents.

Manderille-W. G. Davis.
MadisonTille--R. Galatas.
Rayou Iacombe-Chas. Aubry.
RlzI Hyer-G. FL. Cause and
Mrs. L.C. Sadler.
New Orleans-John 4. Peyroux.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-05-22
SMOTHERED.

cLild of Mingo Williams, (col-
aged two months, WAS found
h in bed yesterday morning.
brcrer Dusse held ali inquest on
& b.,dy. the jury finding that the
zisa was accidentally smothered
Turing the night.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-05-22
OMNIBUS LINE.
BY w. III. DAVENPORT.

Leaves Corington for the Old Landing,
connecting with the steamer New Came
lia. Will take passengers to any part of
this or adjoining parishes. Terms mod
crate. fel,S II
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-05-22

The scarcity of reading matter in
this issue is owing to the fact that
we were occupied" by the Police
Jury last Monday and Tuesday.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-05-22
Farm for Sale.

Situated seven and one-half miles from
Covington. 1t contains 162 acres OF
land; seven acres fenced in for cultiva-
ton. One good building on the place.
50x30 feet. 4 healthy place, in good
neIshborhood. Apply at this office.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-05-22
LOCAL ITEMS.

See new advertisement Of farm
for sale.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-05-22
Farm for sale.
169 Acres of Good Land.
WITH Or WITHOUT STOCK.
THIRTY ACRES UNDER FENCE

Call and examine the premises There
are abundant Fruit Trees on the place.
Splendid Residence and good water in,
the yard. Out-houses Of every kind
that are needed in this country, and q
small Sugar Mill. in good order.
The place is ON the Columbia road,
eight miles and IA half from Covington.
Apply to
CHAS. STRATTMAN.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-05-22

PEARL RIVER TO RIGGLETS.
Leaves Pearl River Saturday. at $50
4. u. Arrives at Risolets by 80 p. NJ.
Leaves Rigsiets Saturday, at 2 p. Z.
Arrives at Pearl River by 6P. N.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-05-22

c0yTNGT0E AND SHADY GROVE
Arrives at Cevington from Shady
Grove on Tuesday, at 6 P. II.
Leaves Cevington for Shady Grove
"Wednesday, at A. II.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-05-22

PEARL RIVER TO C0FINGTON
Leaves Pearl River Monday. at 6 A. NJ.
Arrives at Covington on Tuesday, by
9A. NJ
Leaves Coringten on Tuesday. at
a.3a A \. Arrives at Pearl River Wedncs-
day, by "a u.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-06-04
"a Cunning Bird.

Some years ago was overlookin pen
guin 'srookery,' as it is called, at the Falk-
lands, and watching the goings on of the
numerous colony below me. 1t was breed
ing season, and the birds were sitting on
their eggs on the bare earth, crowded to-
gether with hardly walking-room between
them Among the birds stepped a pretty
sheath-bill (Chionis alba with Il quiet,
jaunty stride, picking up what he could,
and apparently perfectly indifferent to the
motions oi the penguins, who drove at him
with their beaks as he passed, but never
struck him. saw him pass and repass
one bird, always just out of reach, till the
bird could stand itno longer, but reached
off her nest about al inch to strike him
he wasstill out Of reach and busy with
something; apparently not noticing the
penguin; she reached further, lie crossed
her again; still out of reach, aid this went
on till he had drawn 1iut about tA9o feet
from the nest; then in one stride he was
beside the egg, had punched hole, and
was slipping the contents besfrc the slow
pen guin could turn and hop back to save
it; he again led her away by the same
nIanoeuver, and increased the hole and got
4 greater part; third time he led her off
and WIS eating the egg, when he was
driven right away by another penguin.
who was wandering at liberty, the mate, ]
suppose, being ON turn on the egg. The
proceeding on the part of the sheath-bill
was pefect trap for the poor, foolish pen
glin.-Nuture.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-06-04
Oliver aBacksom's Warning

Oliver Jackson is an old colored gentle
man who does the business of whiie-Wasll-
ing in the City of Akron, 0. He is al
ways happy and full Of song and story.
He is also a very pious man, and mingles
his religion with every other movement
of his life. Last week Bro. Jackson at
tended i religious meeting in the Sixth
Ward, and after the regular services were
concluded, an invitation was extended to
all to testify i'll behalf of Christianity.
Mr.. Parker, a brick-maker, said that since
his conversion he was as much different
in every conceivable way as there is diff
ference between burned and an unburn-
ed brick, and advised every sinner to be-
come firm and unyielding in the good
cause, and he tried in the fires Of early
Christian work, i'll order to be prepared
for place III that divine structure not
made with hands, eternal III the skies.
Now our old eolored friend looked upon
the testimony Of Mr.. Parker as an adver-
Using medium, and concluded to follow
suit, which he did III the following man
.ner:
stBrudders and sistahs, some poo folks
go to de grabe onprepared and find dere
bed in fab to be roasted and roasted for.
cher and cher, de Good Book tells US dat
Je angels am white As snow, and who car
contradict dat? Echo answers who. who
who! Now, my frien's, its bad to 80 t
Hebben onprepared, its berry bad to go t
hell onprepared, but to 50 to hell Of heb
ben onaelsiteacaslsed am de worst OBJ all. -
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vyHay She Missed TEae Boat.

She was to meet her adored one on the
nine o'clock boat, and 1t wanted fifteen
minutes to the hour. Her hand was on
! door to go out, when it struck her that she
had forgotten to line her eyebrow. Rush
ing to the glass to rectify this, she discov-
cred small red spot commemorative of q
| departed pimble. A dab of lily white set
tied that defect, and she was about to
make u freah start, when a backward
glance assured her that new hat was not
SO becoming as it should be. So she STOP
ped long enough to give it Il punch over
one ear, add "hyke'' in the back. Then
the "Recamier locks" wanted a little ar
ranging, and an inch of blonde must be
pinned across her nose. Then size parted
her lips to see if her filled teeth showed
very plainly, and started Il most seductive
dimple in one Of her cheeks, which Sug-
gested a scrap Of black court-plaater on its
very verge, to call attention to its danger,
like a signboard on a thinly frozen pond.
Then she tipped the glass and stuck in the
to hold it and walked
across the room with her head over her
shoulders to get a back view, gave her
drapery q twitch here and pat there,
tried to see how long a step she could take
without bursting the tapes, gave herself a
little shake like Il sparrow after u shower, |!
changed, her four-buttoned gloves for six,
spriRkled Lubin's latest on her hanciker-
chief, stamped her little French heels to
settle herself. and seizing her parasol in
the most approved style to show the lace
70 advantage, started for the ferry, where
/ smiling official, in fit Of admiration,
offered her his glass with which to watch
5he fast-receding boat, already half across
he bay
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NHar1e1elaesad saapersaasEoRs.

| It would be almost impossible 10 relate
half the superstitious traditions firmly be-
lieyed by the inhabitants of Marblehead
then, and for more than century after.
Stories Of phantom ships seen at sea before
the loss Of a vessel; of the appearance on
the water of loved ones who had died at
home; footsteps and voices heard mysteri-
ously in the still hours of the night coming
as warnings from another world. Signs
and omens which foretold the approaching
death of some member of family, or pro-
phecies whispered by the wind that those
away on the deep would find Watery
met on the seas and smugglers who secret
ed their treasures along the shore, formed
the burden of conversation through the
long winter evenings.
OF the many traditions of this nature,
told with simple faith and sincere belief by
our ancestors, few have come down to
their descendants, and Of these the story of
the Screeching Woman is perhaps the
most distinctly remembered. It was said
that during the latter part of the seventeen
tn century Spanish ship laden with rich
merchandise was captured by pirates and
brought into the harbor of Marblehead. |
The crew and every person On board the |
ill-fated ship had been murdered at the
time of the capture, except beautiful t
English lady, who the ruffians brought on
shore near what is now called Oakum Bay,
and there barbarously murdered her. The t
few fishermen who inhabited the place !
were absent, and the women and children
who remained could do nothing to prevent
The crime. The screams of the victim were
oud and dreadful, and her cries of sLord,
save me! Mercy O! Lord Jesus, save me!
we're distinctly heard. The body was
buried where the crime vas perpetrated,
md for over one hundred and fifty years
IN the anniversary Of that dreadful tragedy
he screams Of the poor woman were re-
3eated III a voice SO shrill and supernatural
Is to send an indescribable thrill Of horror
through all who heard them. s /,
There were other beliefs as firmly held,
which, though equally as superstitious,
we're much more agreeable and romantic. !
TIE young women, on the nights when a
lew moon was to appear, would congrc-
rate at one of the houses in the leighbor-
rood, and Putting on ii huge pot of tallow
would drop ''Itob~tiails" into the boiling
at, firmly believing the young man who ,
hould appear while the nails were drop {
ling would be the future husband of the
air damsel who dropped them. At other
lines the young women would 60 to an ;
upper window, and, reaching half way out,
hrow bail of yarn into the street, believ-
ng that the lucky youth who picked it up E
would surely come forward with an offer J
# marriage. From the History and Tradi- i
ions Of .Harblehedd. 4
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-06-04
A Kiss and fts Yesaazt.

Our readers shall have the benefit of
good story that we once heard. Travel
ling into town one night 8. dusk, par.
son X. had occasion to cali stle mansion
of an esteemed parishioner, who had
among other worldly possessions, two Of
three very fine daughters. He had scarce
knocked at the door when it was opened
by one Of these blooming maidens, who
as quick as thought threw her arms around
his neck, and before he had time to say,
80, DON'T pressed her warm delicate lips
to his, and gave him as sweet kiss as
ever heart o. swain deserved. In utter
astonishmcnt, the worthy divine was en-
deavoring to stammer out something,
when The tlamsel exclaimed, 80, mercy
mercy! Mr.. K, is this you? / thought
rs much as could be 1t v,as my brother
Henry ,.
"Pshew!' thought the parson to him.
self, "you didn't think any such a thing
But takir., her hand, he said, in forgiv-
ing tone, stThere Is no harm done. Don't
give yourself any uneasiness; though you
ought to be a little more CAREFUL
After this gentle reproof, he was usher
ed into the parIor by the maiden, who, as
she came to the light, could not conceal
the deep blush that glowed upon her
cheek, while the bouquet that was pinned
upon her bosom shook Ike a flower garden
in an earthquake. And when he rose to
depart, it somehow fell to her lot to wait
upon him to the door; and it may be add
ed, that in the entry they held discourse
together for some minutes, on what sub
ject it is not for lis to say.
As the warm-hearted pastor plodded
homewartls, he argued with himself in
this wise:
Hiss J. knew it was me who knocked
at the door, or how did she recognize me
before spoke? And is it probable that
her brother would knock before entering
She must be desperately in-pshaw! why,
if she loves brother at that rate, how
ifit1st she love her husband; for, by the
great sqiiaali. never felt such Il kiss In
my life.' .oz .,-a..-
Three weeks after the above Incident
Parson X. was married to Miss J.---Iintr's =
~
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-06-04
Excited RHIs Curiosity.

ssDeadwood, said the stranger, putting
down his half-eaten slice of lemon pie, and
taking q long pull at the milk; II went
there when the Rrstrlisf was made for the
hills. Rather a rough lot, the first crowd,
you bet, more wholesome now. When
got there | was dead hroke-didn't have
dollar, didn't have revolver, which
man'll often need out there worse'n meal
of yittles. was probably the only man In
the hills who didn't carry u firearn, and
was some lonesome, tell you, The only
weapon had---I'm blacksmiEh---was q
rasp, 4 heavy file, yon know, bout eigl,-
teen inches long, which | CARRIED down
my back, the handle in easy reach just be-
low my coat collar, Understand? Like
the Arkans:lw man carries his bowie knife.
I'm not exactelya Il temperance man.
just don't drink, and don't meddle with
any ether mans drinking--that's all. One
day hadn't been in Deadwooil MORN d
week. was sittin' in s'Ioon-only place
a man kin set to see any society---when>a
feller come i'll, Il liar hustler, with fis
can full and quart over. Held re-
Folver ron each side his belt, and looked vi
cious. Nothin' mean about him, thought
Askt me to drink. Not any, thank you,'
seq I. Not drink with me. Mee Bill
Feathergill! When I ash tenderfoot to
drink, expect him to pranee right up,
and no monkeyin' You l1-e-a-r me'
'Well, when his hand went down for
his revolver, L whipped out my old file,
quick fire 'ud scorch a feather, and swip-
ed him one right acrost the face. When
he fell thought I'd killed him, and the
s'loon film up with bummers, I sorter
skinned out, not KNOWN what might hap
pen. Purity soon q chap i'll q red shirt
came up to me. Sez he, sYour the man
as ke-arved Bill Feathergill? Cos, ef SO
be you are, ef yon don't want every n1an
n the hills to climb you, don't you try to-
lide yourself--the boys is askin' for you
1ow.' .r=.
''lt struck me that my friend had the
dee, so #altzed back, and went up and
lown before that s'loon for about three
hours. I'D found that Bill wasn't dead.
IN was bad medicine but it wouldn' do
o let down. Purity SOON seen man a.,
leadin' for me. His face had beeIi patch
d up till it looked like the closing-out dis
,lay of a retail dry good store. There
vas so little countenance exposed that
ouldn't guess what he was a-ailnir' at, SO
brought my hand back of my collar and
,rabbed my file.
g Hold on, there, hold on, seq he; 'ginl-
ne y'r hand L, IN friendly; I've got moth
n agin you, not thing; but you'll par
lon my cnriousity-what sort OF id
Weapon was that, stranger?'"
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-06-04
Married Vet NO Wife.

An extraordinary tale Of religious hard
ship comes from the canton of Lucerne.
Thirty years ago popular Roman Catho-
lie priest in one of the parishes OF that
canton, after finishing sermon on a GER
tain day, laid aside his stole, and said to
his people with strong feeling that he
should never stand in that place again,
since he intended to cast off the yoke of
celibacy and marry a wife, and this would
involve the resignation Of his Office. AL
though he would gladly remain Catho-
lie, it would be necessary for him to become
4 Protestant ifhe took wife. He married
accordingly, and was received into the
Protestant Church, and from that day un-
till very recently continued to live in the
same parish.
A few weeks ago the wife died. Dur
ing her illness Catholic priest was ad-
mitted to her bedside, and succeeded, the
story runs, in restoring her to the fold of
the Church Of Rome. Her friends pre-
vailed upon the husband to permit her to
be buried as Roman Catholic, and beth
he and his only child, a young man, fol-
lowed the remains to the grave. Great
was their grief when they saw upon the
register, which in Swiss parishes is ex-
posed i'll public places, that her name had
been entered as that of an unmarried wo-
man. When the widower complained, he
was told by the priest who received her
recantation, that she had confessed to him
that in all her married life she had looked
upon her marriage as unlawful.
WEST Po1NT.-West Point, says the "
Y. Tribune, is good military school, and
! that is all. It does not give a better edl1.
cation than other American establist
ments; it does not give nearly SO goof
education as the best or o.. colleges. i
teaches mathematics thor +, and gun
merry, tactics and otIle. Branches of the
purely military art. 1t teaches riding and
gymnastics, as do many civilian establish
ments. In the ancient languages, litera.
ture, and general scholarship, and even ii
the sciences, it cannot compare with or
dinary New England colleges, and proba,
bly,, as a special school, there is no reason
why it should compare with them.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-06-04
Roasted to Death by tEae saan.

DR.. ;5ehweinsnrth, in lecture which he
recently delivered ut the Berlin Geo
graphical Society on tile subject Of his
latest explorations in Central africa, gave
his hearers !. thrilling account of the mode
in which capital punishment is inflicted
upon criminals Of the -Al-Qnadjis, small
tributary offshoot of the great and power
full Djour people. The maleractor con-
denned to die is bound to a post firmly
driven into the ground in some open space
where no trees afford shade, and is there
slowly roasted to death--not by fuel, but
BY the natural heat Of the suns rays, as
they reach our earth in it's equatorial re-
gions 10 protract his sufferings, and to
avert l1is too speedy end by sunstroke, the
ingenious Al-Quadjis cover their erring
compatriot's head with fresh green leaves
which effectually shield his brain from
Phoeb,.s' darts. No such protection is,
however, accorded to his body, which
gradually dries up, shrinks together, and
ultimately becomes carbonized
One chance of salvation is open to the
roasting man, while as yet he is not conn
pletely ..done to DEATH Ifs cloud pass
between the sun and his place of torment.
he is at once cast loose from his post and
becomes the object of popular reverence,
IS mighty magician in whose behalf the
supernatural powers have deigned direct
II to intervene. But clouds seldom inter-
fere with the administration of Justice on
the days chosen for public executions by
the Al-Quadjis authorities; at least, that
appears to be DR.. schweinfurth's expert
ence of African weather as far az it bears
upon the judicial roasting Of malefactors
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-06-04
Getting Married.

| Frequently thought. III fact stW had
paWtially #esoIved that ! would nevah
bothah myself about getting marWied. 1o
i considerable extent # i ggWeat baW e
have to fasten one self 10 female eve E=-
nat III 81 #, unless
ss5saHe
1asas aslssIs
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-06-04

LECTuR1SG AND BuG GAzrNG.-A pleas
ant incident is told of Charles Kingsley'e
American trip, which illustrates his keen
interest III natural science: While deIiv-
ering q lecture at Colorado Springs, q bug
of some specie new to him alighted on his
manuscript, and at once attracted his at
teDtion. Without halting in his reading
he was seen to be studying its peeuliaritiesy
and when, after Il moment, it opened It's
wings as If to fly away, he deftly caught it
in his hand and continued his examina-
ton, until his curiosity was satisfied, and it
was allowed to buzz away on its own busi-
ness. But all the while he had been going
ON with his lecture and holding the rapt
attention of his audience.
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They Want ted Repairs.

Of NJ. D'Ennery, the author of "The
Two Orphans an amusing story is told.
One day two visitors were announced, and
on being introduced proved tc be two
strangers dressed in black. Sir said
one Of them, after having bowed low,
II have come accompanied by my brother
in-law-'' (here D'Ennery returned their
salute with superb dignity that would
have done credit to any one Of his melo-
dramatic heroes;1 II have come" con-
tinued the stranger, TO demand Of yoll---
a reparation T. "A reparation'' echoed
D'Ennery, Have you weighed all the
Importance of that word, gentlemen p
ssWe have II have never in my life
done any thing to warrant such request.
I can accord no reparation. = But iii this
case it is necessary urged one visitor
absolutely indispensable, Z m11rmured
the other. Enough exclaimed the
great lramatist; s.never viii you obts;r
reparation ut my hands," and he stalked
out Of the room with the majestic bearing! |!
| d Berryer. The error was soon explain
/ ed D'Ennery, wholly absorbed IN theF
ood-and-th thunder intrigue Of some new new
s#NSaSsSs
EsaAs
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why he Broke his Engagement.

Gambetta is bachelor; but he has not
lived SO long without having at least COM
templated marriage. The story of his en-
gagement to an heiress in western France,
and its sudden breaking off, give us a
fresh glimpse Of his character. From the
time of his leaving his humble home at
Cahors, till his rise to the highest rank OF
public personages, Gambetta lived with a
faithful, loving, devoted aunt, who had
followed him to Paris, and who made,
everywhere he went a pleasant home for
him. She was at once his maid-of-all-
work and his congenial companion; and
he was as deeply attached to her as she
to him. His engagement to handsome
and accomplished girl, with dot of seven
millions, was shock to the good aunt;
but she yielded gracefully to the inevita-
BILE. When the arrangements for the
marriage were being discussed, however.
the young lady took it into her head to
make it a condition Of their union that the
aunt should be excluded from the new
establishment. She was scarcely elegant
enough to adorn gilded salons. Gambetta
explained how much his aunt had beer
to him; and rich beauty was only the
more obdurate. Gambetta took up his
hat; with a profound bow, "Adieun p
said he, 'swe We're not made to understand
each other" And the marriage was put
off forever.-G0od Company.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-06-04
Poetry.
FAMINE.
BY c. A. MANN.

NOrE.--Thc following was composed upon read
ing the distress prevailing in the mining and mill
Not having been published before and applying
equally well to the distress in Ireland during the
past winter, it would seem to the author that its
publication would be-if rather late-still apPro-
priHte. .@.
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On The Outside.-Prof. Geiger sat in an
easy-chair on deck, looking very pale.
The compassionate captain asked hoyv he
felt. Miserable, misersbleI I'm sick,
captain, n,-I'm sick. have paid tribute to
Neptune till / have lost everything"
Z : IT." said the captain, II see you still
have your boots lett" eyes said the
professor, family, "but they were on the
outside.',