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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-02-21
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
P OIL G E u R Y
st. Tammany Parish.
CONVICTION, La, Feb. Is, 1880.

CovINGroN, La, Feb. 16, 1880.
The Police Jury Of the Parish Of
st. Tammany met on the above
date at the Courthouse.
Present-Wm. Badon, President;
Pat Welch, Jas. w. Smith, George
kepp, n. Fendleson, j. NJ. Abney,
j. l.. Dicks.
Absent-A. Cousin, ]. Y. Crow.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read.
The estimate of the probable ex-
penses of the parish for the year
1880 was found to be incomplete,
no provision having been made for
public schools and criminal ex-
penses; and on motion, the follow
ing items were added: For Public
Schools, $1,000; for Criminal Ex-
penses, 500.
The appropriation for the pay of
Grand and Petit Juries was amend
ell by adding the words, "this
money to be used for no other pur-
pose.
The minutes, as amended, were
then adopted:
The following is the estimate Of
EXPENSES FOR 1850,
as amended:
Grand and Petit Juries this
money to be used for no
other purpose. $1,000
Witnesses in Criminal cases 800
Clerk of Court, in Criminal
cases. -. .............. $50
Sheriff, in Criminal cases. -. $50
Clerk of Police Jury. ....... 100
Printing 100
Tax Collector .............. 200
Coroner and Jury. ....... $50
Repairs to Courthouse. 80. 100
Repairs to Jail. ........... 200
Public schools ........... 1000
Criminal expenses. ...... 700
Contingent fund. =. ........ 500
Total. ...... $3.50
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-02-21
RETURNING !:

Leaves Old Landing on MONDAYS,
WEDNESDAYS and FRIDAYS at A. NJ,
and Vaudeville OF $3.50 A. II.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-02-21
CHARLES HEINTZ,
FAMILY GROCERIES

Which will be sold at low figures.
ny Country produce taken in ex.
change for goods, at market price.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1880-10-16
Perpetual Motions

IN these days of mechanical wonders
it may be useful to note what the noted
scientist, "Grove," said on this subject.
The term perpetual motion is used to
convey the notion of q motive machine,
the initial force of which is restored by
the motion produced by itself, clock,
so to speak, which winds itself UP by its
own wheels and pendulum, a pump
which keeps itself going by the weight
of the water which it has raised. An
other notion, arising from confusion
between static and dynamic forces, is
that the motion may be obtained with
ont transferring force, as by a permanent
magnet. All sound philosophers are Of
opinion that such effects are impossible;
the work done by q given force, even
assuming there are no such things as
friction, aerial resistance, etc., could
never be more than equal to the initial
force. The theoretical limit is equili-
brium. The weight raised'at one end OF
a lever can never, without the fresh ap-
plication of extraneous force, raise the
opposite weight which has produced its
elevation. A force can only produce
motion when the resistance to it is less
powerful than itself; if equal, it is equi-
librium; thus, if motion be produced,
the resistance, being less than the initial
or producing force, cannot reproduce
this; for then the weaker would conquer
the stronger force.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1880-10-16
Why We Brag.

This is a time when, as Americans,
we feel like doing ~e little boasting.
One hundred and four years ago, when
we declared ourselves to be free and
Independent people, our population was
less than 8, ,O00,0 To-day it is AZ 0O0,-
900. Boston was then an insignificant
village, so far as population was con-
cerned, and New England had but n
few scattering schools and two colleges.
The entire country had but thirty-seven
newspapers, and the best of them were
not equal to the worst weeklies printed
to-day in the mushroom towns OF the
Rocky mountain region. In l7s9 we
had but seventy-tive postoflices, and the
mails were carried on horseback over
1000 miles of road, at an expense of
$32, 900 per year. To-day we have 80, 600
postoffices-and new ones are being
established daily-and the mails are
carried over 265 OO0 miles of post roads.
at an annual expense of 500 00O,OO
We have nearly u quarter OF million
miles of telegraph wire. We have H.
G39 schoolhouses, 63,062 churches, 792
daily newspapers, and over 5000 peri.
odicals of all kinds. Our farms are
valued at not less than 50 262 So3 Sol,
our farming implements NJ 1886 S7S i2S,
and our live stock at $l,525, ,27G, ,i57.
Our farm products in a single year have
brought us S2,ii7 ,539 G5S, and in the
same time we have paid, in farm wages,
S3l0, ,296,285. Our crops are bountilul,
yes, enormous, and our exports Lave
reached nearly S475, 600, 900 in a twelve
month. Our manufactures are pros
porous. In cotton goods we challenge
the world. In one year our $50 mills
turned out cloth enough to encircle the
earth twenty times, if made in one
piece, with still enough left to make
every human being suit of clothes, and
to furnish each with pieces for patch
ing.--BoSt0n Posi-.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1880-10-16
UhOOsing Poultry.

In choosing poultry never buy bird
that cannot be cleansed without wash
ing. 1t ought to be so cleanly picked
and drawn that towel would be suffi-
cient. Buy u chicken that has white
flesh and pale yellow fat. In buying
tame ducks young ones are the best, and
if you take hold of the under part of the
bill and can either bend or break it the
duck is young. The breast being hard
and thick denotes that it is fresh and
sweet. No duck, either wild or tame, is
good unless fat. Tame ducks are served
with apple or cranberry sauce, with cur
rant jelly, or oranges, and frequently
with olives stewed in the gravy about
five minutes before the bird is served.
Wbea geese are young and IL gooa con-
dition their legs are soft, yellow and
rather downy; if the legs are stiff and
dry they are bad and tainted. Some
kinds of tame birds require to be kept
a little, others ought TO be eaten as soon
as possible; thus pigeons are best when
quite fresh and lose all taste and flavor
If they are kept; but turkeys require to
be hung up for several DAYS before they
are tender. This condition again will
vary with the age Of the bird, the state
Of the weather, etc. But If turkey be
hung by four Of It's largest tail feathers,
as soon as il falls upon the towel pre-
pared 10 receive it. il is in prime condi-
lion, and will then deteriorate. In other
poultry an excellent plan to know when
they are just at their tenderest is to Judge
by the case with which tho feathers
come out. Therefore when you clean
and hang bird leave a few feathers,
and when these can be readily pulled out
the bird is as tender as it will ever be-
HaTyer's Bdzgr.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1880-10-16
re- ALLEGANY COUNTY, SATURDAY., OCTOBER 6 $780,
Fashion Notes.

Polka-dotted stockings are among the
new styles.
Short dresses are to be the rule for at
least another six months.
Jerseys will be much worn in New
York with street suits.
Red Surah silk is still the favorite
material for Illuminating dark or sober
tinted costumes.
A silk waistband with buckle of sill.
yer, mother-of-pearl or FURNISHED steel
or with a strap, is the fashion.
Foulard handkerchiefs are trimmed
with poin. de Raguse and Languedoc
laces, and made into bows, jabots and
fichus.
Polonaises, pointed basques, skirted
basques, round waists and coat basques,
with very long tails, will all be very
fashionable this winter.
The plain skirt with full, unlooped
back drapery, which is American in
origin, is reported rs gaining in favor
on the other side of the Atlantic.
Elaborate coiffures are still very
fashionable, though the close classic
style of hairdressing, which admits OF
but little decoration, is growing in
favor.
Princess sack dresses sfor little
people are made with loose fronts COW
cred with tucks and insertion, while the
backs are half fitted to the figure and
finished with n Spanish hounce also
trimmed on the edge.
English ladies of fashion all follow the
fashion set by the Princes OF Wales.
They encircle their throats with lace,
which they fasten at the side with q
slender brooch (sometimes lizard in
diamonds) and flower. Black blonde
is always worn by them with white
dresses.
Some of the new colors are: 0phelia,
dark heiotrope; tete de faisan, pheas.
ant red; lapis, false blue; rouge de
Venise. tawny red, and a great number
of metallic shades of green, blue and
olive; while forevening wear are shades
of glaucus, bright marsh-grass green
and heliotrope shades.
Dresses for the evening have often the
habit jacket OR prineesse cuirasse bodice
of foulard or satin meryeilleue of iif
ferent color. One Of the newest is the
habit incroyable, open square at the
neck with collar OF batiste with frilled
cdging of satin, square basque Mt the
waist and two rows of buttons. with
fichu of plated crepe lisse or muslin.
A very stylish street costume is made
of plain black satin, with the skirt
formed entirely of kits. The close-iit-
ting bodice is trimmed with jet and is
fastened to the skirt just below the hips.
Over the seam which joins the waist to
the skirt is wide sash of the satin,
which is knotted loosely at the left side.
The cuffs to the coat sleeve are very
deep and the collar is of the "Roi dc
Rome" shane.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1880-10-16
WHOLE NUMBER, 473.
How Clay Pipes are Made.

The manufacture of the common clay
pipe is an industry OF which few of our
readers have any adequate conception
There is nothing about the homely
Irish meerschaum which would sug
gest the idea of invention or manufac.
ture. True, we see more or less of these
pipes every day, perhaps, and yet we
seldom, if ever, think how they are
made. All the clay pipes used in this
country were formerly imported from
Germany, but they are now made in the
United States in large numbers. A Clin.
ton IN. V Courier correspondent has
been visiting Il clay pipe mandatory at
Durhamville, N. Y, and gives an &C.
count of the pipes, and how they are
made. He says:
The foreman took us down cellar and
showed us n pile of the crude clay, which
comes from New Jersey. 1t had the
appearance of water lime, although
more lumpy." The crude clay is first
placed in q large mill and ground, by
horse power, like paint. It is then put
in large tubs to soak until it is wanted
by the workmen. When thus prepared
1t has the appearance of putty, though
darker in color and tirmer in texture.
We then passed to the molding room,
where there were nine young men al
work, seated at tables. where they
rolled the clay dexterously on he table
with their hands until it assumed
the shape of n long roll with large
"nub" on one end. The men then run
a wire through the stern part and place
the clay, with the wire left in the stem,
into creased mold, the inside of which
is the shape of the pipe to be made.
These molds are sometimes ornamented,
when fancy pipes are wanted. The
molds are now quickly passed into
kind of press, which is supplied with
small, round iron, which punches out
the clay and makes the "bowl" of the
pipe. The pipes in this shape are very
brittle, and are laid aside for day or
so to harden or season. The hands in
this factory all work by the "piece,"
ana get eighteen cents rer gross for
straight stem pipes and twenty cents
for crooked. Each man will make
1900 pipes per day, giving the factory
product OF $4,000 per day. When the
pipes are sufficiently seasoned, they are
taken IT, another room, where there are
nine girls at work, who scrape the ridges
on the stem where the mold shuts to-
gether. This is called finishing" The
girls get five cents per gross, and make
good wages at that. The pipes, after
another short seasoning, are packed
carefully in round iire-pots, or sag
gers" about the size of cheese box,
and holding two and half gross each,
and are then ready for the kiln. The
kiln holds l3l of these saggers, and is
lighted only once u week, burning twelve
hours at time. After coming from the
kiln, they are then packed in square
boxes and shipped by wholesale only
to all parts of tie country. This firm
makes some different styles of clay
pipes, including a few varieties OF red
clay.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1880-10-16
A Medical Testimonial.

A man in Rhode Island was cured of
bad case of rheumatism by being
struck by lightning. He was not killed
either. We may now expect to see a
testimonial something like this:
"Mr. Jove-Dear Sir: 1t is with a
grateful heart that l can recommend
your Thunder Bolts for the cure OF
rheumatism in its worst stages. For
seventeen years l was a sufferer; ! lost
the use of my lower limbs, and spent
five hundred and forty-two dollar, in
medical attendance. Life became a
burden, and I prayed for death, when
one of your bolts came along, and wen.
right to the spot. / was knocked in
sensible, but soon recovered, and now
] am well enough to run for political
office. Your bolts contain no mercury,
and don't have to be well shaken before
taken. For sale by all druggists. y
NoYTis!oWn Herald.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1880-10-16
Daath BIZ n LiaiIess Lie.

Three years ago this spring the usual
quiet of the village OF Granville
Mass, was thrown into amazement by
the advent of Miss Parker, an occa-
sional resident therein, who had wooed
and won the heart and hand of Mr..
John Field, the head waiter at Hotel
Ottawa, 2. Q Miss Parker, who was
then. and is now possessed of about
S5O,O0 met Mr.. Field in his business
capacity at the Ottawa. was attracted
to him, and after few days tarry, see
ing him daily and inquiring about him,
love conquered all scruples. She sent
tor him, placed her heart and his sup
port for life in his hand. The offer was
accepted, love was reciprocal. matri-
monial life ensued, and flowed on easily
and merrily. Their happiness seemed
complete, and years of glowing ease and
jovial glee in its full enjoyment ap-
peared in store for them. He was genial,
social, pleasant, appreciative, and en-
joyed his new-found life with con-
stantly-increasing zest, in all which she
gave her warm sympathetic encourage
ment, being free and full in the expendi-
ture of her money; and thus each were
lovingly fond of the society of each
other. At the time of marriage he was
apparently in the vigor of health, forty
five years of age; she few years his
senior. This change from an active
business life to life free from all care
and anxiety, wore upon him unheeded; !;
in appearance he grew old very fast,
but lost nothing in his vigor of spirits.
Disease gradually came, and after a
short sickness, few months ago, death
called him.-BoStoR T3aveler.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1880-10-16
The Stone Lamb.

A German clergyman tells story in
a very interesting book of his about
things which have really happened to
him, or which he has met with on his
travels. In 1865 he stood, with n little
band of travellers, before beautiful
chapel of Werden an der Ruhr, in Ger
many, waiting for the key to be brought
that the door might be unlocked for
them to enter. While they waited they
saw something on the ledge of the roof,
which they found to be carved stone
lamb, and began to wonder what ii
meant up there. So they asked an old
woman who was hobbling along n little
way off if she could tell them about it,
and she replied "Yes;" and related why
it had been placed in that strange
place.
Many, many years ago." she said,
''where that lamb now stands, a man
was busy repairing the roof of the
chapel, who had TO sit in basket
fastened by a rope as he worked. Well,
he was working in this manner one day
when suddenly the rope which held the
basket gave way and he fell down. down
from the great height TO the ground be-
low. Of course every one who saw the
dreadful accident expected that the
man would be killed; especially as the
ground just there was covered with
sharp stones and rocks which the work
men were using for building. But, to
their great establishment, he rose from
the ground and stood up quite unin-
jured! And this was how it happened:
A poor lamb had wandered quite up to
the side of the chapel in search of the
sweet young grass which sprung up
among the stones, and the man had
fallen exactly on the soft body of this
lamb-it had saved his life; for he had
escaped with the mere fright and with
not so much as finger broken. But
the poor lamb was killed by his heavy
fall upon it. So, out of pure gratitude,
the man had the stone lamb carved and
set up for q lasting memento of his es-
cape from SO fearful death, and of
what he owed to the poor lamb"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1880-10-16
Ingenious Sparrows.

A man in Indiana recently had q
chance to observe the ingenuity OF SPAR
rows which were seeking drink of
clear water. The clear water was too
far away from the swampy margin OF
the bank of stream to allow them TO
reach it readily, but weeds grew thickly
along the edge. Four sparrows settled
on one of these weeds, one above the
other, and their weight bent it over
halfway to the water. A fifth lighted
further up and bent it further down.
Then sixth settled near the end and
the whole stalk came down level with
the surface, and they drank their fill
without any difficulty or having to
wade through the muddy margin Of the
pond.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1880-10-16
The Converted PugiI1st.

The Rev. William Thompson, who
died in England short time ago, spent
nearly quarter of century in the
prize ring, under the name of "Ben-
digo." having fought twenty four times
before he was forty. When he was
converted he had three belts, including
one for the championship. He had
served twenty-eight terms in jail for
drunkenness and disorderly conduct.
Bendigo's own account of his con-
version is very curious. While in
prison he attended the regular religious
services every Sunday, and first had his
attention attracted by the minister's
account "of the set.to between David
and Goliah." lie became so absorbed
in hearing how david the little 'un
floored the giant and killed him." that
he forgot where he was, and shouted
out bravo I'm glad the little 'un
won." When he got to his cell he began
to think seriously about what he had
heard, and could not avoid the conclu-
sion that " somebody must have helped
David to lick the giant. At this point
in the narrative, Bendigo" continues:
swell, it was as singular as though
it was done on purpose. The very next
Sunday the parson preached another
sermon, which seemed hitting at NE
harder than the one the week be-
fore. 1t was all about the three men
Shadrach, Mesach and Bendigo, who
were cast into the fiery furnace, and
who were saved by the Lord from being
burnt. Oh, yes, I've heard about that
since; it wasn't exactly Bendigo who
was the third man, but the name
sounded like it to me, and l took it as
such, though | didn't say anything to
anybody. If one Bendigo can be saved,
why not another?' said to myself, and
thought about it great deal. Sunday
after Sunday looked out for something
about me in the sermon, and there it
always was. After the one about the fiery
furnace came one about the twelve
fishermen. Now, I'm fisherman my
self. Bless you! should rather think
l was, one of tine best in England.
Well, after that came another sermon
about the 700 left-handed men in the
Book of Judges; and am a left-handed
man. Of course I am. 1t was that
what beat the knowing ones | have
had to stand up against. Well. it
was this always going on that made
me make up my mind to turn as soon as
ever got out" "Bendigo," or Will
liam Thompson, as he was thenceforth
called, made good his purpose to lead a
better life. He began to fit himself for
new work by learning his A B Cs, for
his early education had been so neglected
that he could not even read. He an.
nounced, and carried out, his willing
ness to spend the rest of his days ON the
platform, persuading men to embrace
religion. When he began his mlnistra-
tions, about six years ago, he attracted
great attention, but the novelty soon
wore off, and he was permitted to con-
tinue his labors in quiet and efficient
way. His meetings at the start were
largely attended, especially by persons
of his own class, who listened with rapt
attention to his story of his conversion
and his evidently sincere exhortations.
The meetings were held at Claimants
Mission hall, the Seven Dia.s, and at
other places in notorious neighborhoods
in London.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1880-10-16


see Miss Marlborough The maiden
did not reply, but, leaving me where l
was, retired TO the remote back settle.
ments. Thence I heard the following
dialogue:
"Missus ~
"Well, what is IL ?"
"Somebody wants you"
"Who is it ?"
"A fat old man, with bag
could have shaken the girl into
jelly.
There was further talk in a smothered
whisper, and then the girl returned,
and. motioning me with her finger,
said:
"Come in here" and showed me into
the parlor.
The old parlor, lust rs l had left 1t,
neat and trim, the old harpsichord. the
old punch -bowl; but some new things
a canary in a cage at the window,
black long-legged cat ensconced upon 0
chair.
The next minute lady entered.
Could it beP No. impossible-this pale.
faced, sober-visaged lady, with stifl
curls, and no more figure than clock
case-could this be my Jemimaf
Where was the old luster of the eyes
where the old bloom upon the cheeks
where the lips that were ruddier than
the cherryp She lifted up both hands
when she saw me.
"Alfred"
"Jemimam
We shook hands; after a moments
hesitation we went furthermore in ac-
cordance with old times.
My heart sank within me, however,
as / sat down opposite to her, and
thought of what she was. She looked
at me very steadily, and ] thought l de-
tected disappoin ment in her glance.
"We are both changed, Jemima."
"You are very much altered" she
asid.
"You are different" I responded.
"Do you think sop"
"Think SOP Why, Jemima, there can't
be two opinions about it."
"It is not generally observed; but
you"
"Well my dearp"
"You have grown ridiculously stout,
and you are bald-headed."
"You are not stout, my dear; but
your hair is not quite what it was"
"People say they see no change in me
that preserve my childish appear
once wonderfully.
"Humph!"
Our interview was not altogether
agreeable. When we parted we con-
scented ourselves with shaking hands.
That afternoon l wrote to her, sug-
gesting that we did not renew our old
engagement.
That afternoon she wrote note, sug.
gesting the very same idea to me. Our
cross letters crossed.
We were to be friends, nothing more.
But that could not last. / was the
first to give in. called upon her, and
said good deal, and she cried, and then
we said why notP and then she put her
head upon my breast and spoiled my
shirt front as she had done before.
"You are not so very fat" she said,
laughing.
"You are not so very lean," said,
laughing also.
You can wear scalph," said she.
you can dye" responded.
So we both laughed again, and itsswas
all settled. We were settled, and here
we are out of the fog, and very much at
your service-the happiest couple in our
town.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1880-10-16
Diary of a Dollaro
[ was once 81.

Twas once ST..
Subscribed by private charity for the
Home of the Hungry, Friendless and
Needy.
But in trying to get to the poor have
grown very poor myself
Thus, expense being collected. $50. 10
For salary minister in charge of
Home of the Hungry l pay...... 30
For rent of Home of the Hungry
pay........ -........,......... III
For salary of secretary pay........ .05
For prospectus and yearly report of
the Home of the Hungry pay.... .Ol
For getting up the yearly dinner,
celebrating the Home of the
Hungry, l y................... .05
For current expenses of running the
nome pay. .O5
For bakers and butchers bill en-
ployees of the Home of the
Hungry / pay.................... .05
For extra polish on knocker on big
front door pay ay.................. .05
For insurance and taxes on the
Home of the Hungry l pay.... .05
Total. CONGRATULATIONS. ia
Balance due in treasury Home OF the
Hungry, Friendl.SJ and Needy. .25
Which may go to relieve the hungry,
friendless and needy if not otherwise
called for.-Nea0 York. Graphic.