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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-03
Written for the FARMER.
TO KATE.

IN REPLY TO HER LEap-YEAR LETTER.
Most Youthful, wise and modest Kate,
Are yon really anxious to win u mate?
| Or is your letter only sent
With mischievous thoughts intent?
Because 1.-THE boys" all wish to know
Which one You'll choose to be your beau
We are all anxious to meet this queen,
So modest and wise, yet only sixteen.
We think you are very, very sage,
10 appear so young upon the stage
Now, dear Kate, if you mean all Won say,
Please give us hint as to where you stay,
And then we'll all, with grand parade,
Give modest Kate a sweet serenade.
And each ore will offer his heart and hand
10 this wise young Queen of Fairyland.
And hope, among all, that you'll discover
One of our boys" to be your lover.
The girls are all in a fume and hutter,
And terrible threats against you utter,
Like pulling your hair" or punching
your nose,"
For trying to captivate one of their beaux.
But fear not their fury and heed not their
noise,
For you've won the hearts of the "hand-
some boys"
And If you will only send me line,
Telling where you are, and that you'll be
mine.
I'll prove most devoted to my darling
young wife,
And make you most happy the rest your
life.
And nowI'll close my letter, most charm
ing, sweet sixteen,
And sign myself your most devoted.
handsome BILLY GREEN.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-03
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
SPEAK WHEN You ARE SPOKEN To.

Farmers should plant fruit trees. saws
writer of the FARMER of June 26 in its
advice to the good people of ST. Tam
many parish. He mentioned a couple of
points which are very important. Trees
should be kept clear of weeds and fer
tilizer of some sort applied; also in the
selection of varieties. / admit that we
have varieties that are not adapted to
the Southern climate, bat we offer no
such varieties for sale. l am "A native of
Louisiana, and have been in the Nursery
business Tor several years, and am ac-
quainted with such varieties as ara adapt
cd to this climate. AS for money thrown
away by purch tsiug trees from Northern
Nurseries. contradict that, as the good
people of this place tell me that this is
the first Northern Nursery ever repre-
sented here. My object is money. that |
admit; so is money your object, and the
object of every business man.
have nothing in that beautiful book
but true representation of fruits and
flowers grown in our Nursery, which we
offer at a reasonable price to all who are
willing to try them.
the trees l sell Will he beneficial to all
who will plant and take care of them,
but il planted and no further attention
paid. then | will say you threw your
money away. Respectfully.
S. 4. LANDRY,
Agent of Southern Illinois Nursery Com
pany, Flora, Ill.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-03
SUCCESSION OF JOHN AND ELIZABETH

SUCCESSION OF JOHN AND ELIZABETH
LoCsToLoT.
The State of Louisiana, Parish of ST.
Tsmmany-Eighteenth Judicial Dis
trict Court.
BY virtue Of an order of sale to me di-
rected from the honorable the Eight
zenith Judicial District Court in and for
the parish of st. Tammany, State of
Louisiana, in the above entitled suit. I
Will proceed to sell at public auction,
II. the residence OF the late John Lousto-
lot, IN the town of Vaudeville, parish
and State aforesaid, between legal sale
hours, on TUESDAY. the 10th day of
Jnly. 1880, the following described prop.
erty, to:wit:
!. LOT OF GROUND in the town of
Vaudeville. in this parish, being lot No.
8 and part of lot No. z, measuring one
hundred and forty-eight feet. English
measure. front on Monroe and Lake
streets, by depth of two thousand one
hundred and seventy-hye feet, between
parallel lines, comprised in the square
bounded by Lake, Monroe, Galvez and
Carondeiet streets.
2. Twelve (l2l head of Cattle, more or
less.
3. One Mare.
4. One double-barrel Shot Gun.
Terms and conditions of sale AS fol-
lows to-wit' The minors interest therein
on credit of five. seven and nine years,
with eight Per cent. interest per annum,
from date of sale until payment. secured
by mortgage retained on property sold
until payment of principal and interest
The interest of the major heirs therein
for cash on the spot.
w. B. COOK, Sheriff.
Covington, La, June l9, 1880.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-03
LOCAL ITEMS.
MEETING OF POLICE JURY.

CONVICTION. La, June 26. 1880.
Notice is hereby given that there
will be a special meeting of the Po-
lice Jury, at the Courthouse, in
Covington. on MONDAY, July j,
1880, at IL O'Clock A. NJ, for the pur-
pose of examining all warrants, GER
tiHcates aud other evidences of in
debtedness against the parish, is
sued prior to January l, 1879. All
the members are requested to be
present. ]. Nj. ALLISON.
President of Police Jury.
W. G.. KEsrZEL. Secretary.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-03
THE FAMOUS
Abit;a Springs.
MRS. +. A. BOSSIER

Has opened her house at the famed Abita
Springs, three miles from Covington,
for the reception of boarders. The table
will be supplied with the best the mar
ket affords. Parties wishing to bring
horses and buggies will find stabling
room.
A pretty cottage, with good well, out
houses. ETC., near the spring, to rent for
the season.
Stages will convey guests from the
boat, at Old Landing, near Covington, to
the springs. Board per day, 81 80; per
month, $50. For further particulars, APP
ply TO j. $. BOSSIER,
me- Covington, La
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-03
Hack Line!
BY ROBERT BADON.

This old and popular carrier, connect.
ing with the Steamer Cdmeiia, at Mande.
vile. Madisonville and Old Landing, is
carrying the q. S. Mail and thereby { "a.
bied to distance all opposition. Every
one is treated courteously. and charges
are uniform, and no delay On account of
old horses and other vexation. Travellers
DESTROYS of speed and safety, will look
out for Mr.. Badon.
CoyIseros, Sept. Is, 1877.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-03

CovINGToN FIRE COMPANY No. l.
The regular monthly meeting will
be held at the Courthouse next
Monday evening, at hslf-past seven
o'clock. A full attendance is re-
quested, as business of Importance
will come before the meeting.
CHAs. KELLER, President.
W. G. KENTzEL, Secretary.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-03
OMNIBUS LINE.
By w. III. DAVENPORT.

Leaves Covington for the Old Landing,
connecting with the steamer New Came
liza. Will take passengers to any part of
this or adjoining parishes. Terms mod
crate. febStf
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-03
Claiborne COffare,
Covingto La.

Board per Month, $50: per Week. 81 so;
per Day, 81 90.
This charming residence. situated on
hill, opposite the town of Covington.
on the banks of the Bogue Falia, besides
being noted for its healthful climate and
beautiful scenery, is also recommended
for its beneticent springs.
Families desiring to secure board, can
do so now, by addressing the undersign-
ed. at Covington, La.
j. JAUFRO1D, NINE. E. JAUFROID.
Proprietor. Manager.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-03
COTTON STATEMENT.

The shipments of cotton from
Covington since the LIST of Septem-
Der amount to 2166 bales.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-03
NOTICE OF CONTEST.
U. IS. LAND OFFICE, New Orleans, La.


y. o. LAND OFFICE, New Orleans, La,
June 5, 1880.
Complaint having been entered at this
office, by John Ii. Davis, against George
A. Faunce and z. W. Faunce, for alan
doning their homestead entries. Nos.
1918 and ASIA. dated July 3, 1876, upon
the east half OF southeast quarter, and
west half of southeast quarter. of section
hye, township eight, south, range twelve
east, in st. Tammany parish. Louisiana,
with view to the cancellation of said
entry, the said parties are hereby sum.
moned to appear at the office of the Clerk
OF the Court for St. Tammany parish, in
tovlngton. on the 10th dav of July. 1851.
ut ii o'clock a. NJ, to respond ana fur
nish testimony concerning said alleged
abandonment.
". NJ. BURWELL, Register.
GEO. BALDY, Receiver.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-03
Notice to License PAYERS.

As no business of any kind can be con-
Quoted without LICENSE, all persons
pursuing trades, occupations, profess
slons. etc.. must come forward and pro-
cure their license forthwith, or they will
be proceeded against under Section II,
Act l19, of 1880, known as the License
Law" W. B. COOK,
Sheriff and Ex-offcio Tax Collector.
Covington. La, June 5. 1880.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-03

ILLUSTRATED BUs1xxss CaRDs,
Twenty-four varieties To the 1000.
Prin ed at the FaRNEr Office.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-03

North. Our article was INTENDED
to apply generally, rather than t,
any particular individual.
Now is the time when the mar
with the bob" successfully beguiles
the willy trout from the clear water,
of the Bogue Falia-that is, pro.
vided he gets up early enough in
the morning, and has '.luck."
Miss Mary Keller's school closed
this week. Master Willie Daven-
port carried off the first prize, >
and appeared to be almost as proud
OF 1T as he will be to-day when he
sees his name in the paper. Excel
siorl
We advise the readers of the
FARMER to plant fruit trees, of varie-
ties that are known and tested. and
obtained from reliable dealers.
Then, with proper care and cultiva
ton, no investment will bling a
surer and better reward.
An lce-cream party, at the resi-
dence OF Airs. Lacroix, was the at
traction last night. As. usual, on
such occasions, there was a numer-
Gus gathering of youth and beauty,
aud with music, dancing, games,
etc, a delightful evening was en-
Joyed by those who were present.
The Police Jury will meet next
Monday, for the purpose of exam
ming all evidences of Indebtedness
against the parish, issued prior to
january l, 1879. Bring up your
scrip, gentlemen, and have it de
clared valid, condemned. prescribed
or cashed-as the case may be.
Our genial cd friend Col. Steve
Mizell, one of the School Trustees
for the Fifth Ward, appeared in
Covington last Monday. He reports
all serene on Bogue Chitto, the |
country gradually filling up with
new settlers" crops looking fine,
cattle fat and sleek, and prosperity |
looming mp on all sides.
Mr.. Landry, in his card in to- |
lays paper, in reply to a para raph
published last week, in regard to
5he kind of fruit trees people should
,!ant, makes couple of very good
points. but we fail to see where they
lppl,. One is that he is native of
aud the other is that he
epresents the first Northern nur-
cry in Covington. We do not see
hat these two facts in any way
how the value of Northern grown
sock.
Last Sunday morning a congro- :
alton of about forty persons greet
d Rev. Charles Stuart, as he er-
cred the chancel of the Episcopal =
'hurch ITO conduct the morning !
ervice. This church has been $
losed, except occasionally. for 5
lany months, and the congrega-
on was delighted to hear from the $
yergyman that it is The intention of l
'ishop Galleher to locate a clergy q
IAN in Covington. There are sew
raj influential families in Coving- \
IN and vicinity who are commune !
,nts of thu Episcopal Church S
here is no vestry, and consequent q
no church organization, but the
dies of the congregation, with =
zeal, have kept the o
lurch in good order, and when
oened last Sunday, its clean con "
ition and newly painted pews rem .
cred it quite attractive. The II
lurch is out of debt, with nice
ectory, and we believe the good
forts of the Bishop will succeed in :
'tablishing a large congregation "
When the forms of our last issue =
ere ON the press, we We're inform
that Rev. Charles Stuart, of New
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-03

The choicest of Wines, Liquors and
Cigars constantly on hand, and the best
and coolest Beer in the city. Customers
carefully attended to. sep27
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-03
Our Agents.

Mandeville-W. G.. Davis.
Madisonville-R. Galatas.
Pearl River-G. I'll. Cause and
Mrs. L. G. Sadler.
Bayou Lacombe-Chas. Aubry.
New Orleans-John A. Peyroux.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-03

State of Louisiana, parish of st. Tam
many-Parish Court.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-03
Important Notice.

All holders of certificates or approved
bills against the Parish of st. Tammany,
issued prior to January /. 1879, and which
are hot prescribed by limitation, are
hereby notified to present the same to
the Police Jury, at its next meeting, in
order that they may be examined and
their Validity certified to, as the law d.
reefs.
By order of the Police jury.
W. q. KENTzEI, Secretary.
Covington, May p, 1880.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-21
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.

The cabinet has concluded to recognize
the present king of the Samoan islands
Ex-Governor Westcott, of Florida, is
dead. He has resided in Montreal since
the breaking out of the Rebellion.
George Rolfe. William Lucas and J, A.
Mcdonald were suffocated in the Bonanza
shaft by the fumes of blast.
The Chinaman Wong Frok, who was to
have been hanged in Portland, Oregon. for
the murder of one his countrymen, com
mitted suicide in his cell by strangulation.
Near Tucson, Arizona, Major Morrill,
had a fight with Victoria's band yesterday.
and among the killed is J. Hansell French
second lieutenant of the Ninth calvary.
The chamber of Spanish deputies has
approved all the articles of the bill for the
abolition of slavery, which will be voted
on definitely to morrow.
Up to date there have been fifty-two
clses of smallpox in the District of COL
umbia, nine of which have proved fatal,
Three Deaths from the same disease have
been reported in Philadelphia.
At meeting of the executive committe g
of the trunk lines, it was regarded inexpe-
dient and inadvisable to make any changes
in the present rates from Chica.yo and
points affected by Chicago.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-21
Platinum for Edison.

1t is said that Mr.. Edison's agents have
discovered platinum in paying quantities
at Thompson's Flat, on Feather river, in
Butte county, California. Heretofore, the
great platinum mines in Russia have been
controlled by two large firms, one in Eng
land and the other in France. These firms
have been accustomed to regulate the price
of the material to suit themselves and have
always taken care that the demand should
exceed the supply, in order that the price
might be kept up. The amount of plati-
mum used in Mr.. Edison's first
light cost about fifty cents for
each lamp. In the carbon light
now in use the two fine pieces of wire that
support the horseshoe have together been
estimated to be worth only seven cents.
When Mr.. Edison begins to manufacture
his lamps in large quantities, it is expected
that the increase demand for platinum will
tend to increase the price. Should this
prove to be the case, Mr.. Edison intends
to mine his own platinum at Thompson's
Flat, instead of submitting to the demands
of the foreign platinum monopolists. Mr..
Edison is of the opinion that, in discover
ing the metal in paying quantities in this
country, he has virtually discovered the
value of the only remaining unknown
quantity necessary to an absolute solution
of the electric light problem.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-21
Dissatisfaction in Regard to the Census Nom
nations.

nations.
The dissatisfaction with large number
of the supervisors of the ceusus for many
| of the states is very general amongst sena.
tors and representatives. 1t appears that,
after inviting and obtaining the recommen-
datiOns of senators in the selection of proper
persons as supervisors, Mr.. Hayes subse-
quently with the advice of of the superin-
tendent, and, in some instances, the secre-
tary of the interior, cancelled those and
substituted other persons. In New York,
both Senator Kernan's and COnkling' s
friends were thrown out in this manner.
In Pennsylvania, in the First district,
Gen. Beath having been named by Senators
Cameron and Wallace, was, after being ac-
cepted, thrown out, and DR.. Sherwood,
urged by the Philadelphia delegation, sub
stituted. In the Fifth district, after Mr.
Wallace named Mr.. Dunning, on the
recommendation of Messrs. Buckalew,
Klotz and Randall. General Clark, of
Bloomsbury, Columbia county, was Sc
lected. A similar course was pursued in
the Eighth district. These changes will
not be submitted to by Senators Cameron
and Wallace. The same disregard of the
wishes of the senators was shown in other
states. In Iowa and Tennessee the ap-
pointees are particularly Objectionable.
Judging from comments among senators,
there is no doubt that large number of
these supervisors will be thrown out, and
it is the purpose of the senators not to con-
firm any one who is not satisfactory to
them. From the fact that both the Re-
publicans and Democrats are dissatisfied,
the Objectionable nominations will be dis
posed of very speedily.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-21
STATE ITEMS.

At Port Kennedy the boilers of tn,
Montgomery furnace explodad last even
ing. No one was injured. The loss will
probably be heavy, as the furnace willhav'
to be put out of blast.
Early on Saturday morning the store o
Messrs. Balliett & Swartz, and i. Ballet
was broken into and the safe unlocked
an $500 in cash and s4OO in notes wer,
carried off, An entrance was effected b,
cutting hole two feet by fifteen inches
with brace and bit (stOlen from wagon
makers shop) in the rear of the building
During yesterday the grand jury o
Dauphin county, returned the following
true bills Com'th VS.. Alex. Lensening
Christian Long, VIM. II. Kemble, VIM. H
Rumberger, Jesse X. Crawford, D. C.
Clark, E. J. McCune, Emil j. Petroff and
E. X. ShOemaker-corrupt solicitation
on oath of Representatives Sherwood, Kirk
and Hackctt.
George Cough, a scholar in the Mahanoy
Plane grammar school, was playing with a
dualin cap during school hours the other
day, when the cap exploded with great
force. A panic among the children fol.
lowed, the larger trlmpling over the
smaller ones in the rush for the door.
Coughs hand was mangled badly, three
of the fingers being torn off.
In the summer of 1850, Josiah w. Jones,
aged twenty-four years, left his home on
the Schuylkill road, in North Coventry
Chester county, for the west As no It'd
ings came from him during the thirty
years of his absence his brothers and sis
ters gave him up as lost. On Monday of
this week one of the brothers, David w.
Jones, of North Coventry, received a let,
ter from Josiah, who is now in Eureka,
Nevada.
The Montgomery county Republicans
elected six delegates to represent the county
in the state nominating convention which
will meet in Harrisburg early in February.
Resolutions were adopted instructing the
delegates to favor a representive to the
national convention who is pledged to sup
port the nomination of James G. Blaine for
the presidency. The delegates were also
instructed to vote for J. A. NJ. Passmore
for auditor general.
At the Warwick ron furnace, in Potts
town, yesterday morning, four men, Noah
Rourke, William Williams, Oscar Scho-
field and Davis Kelley, were standing on a
scafold erected about ten feet above the
surface of the ground, and were engaged
in squirting water into the furnace, when
about forty tons of stock fell down from
the top to the bottom of the furnace. A
dense volume of steam, smoke, hot air and
gases rushed at once from the opening, en-
velOping the four men in the vapor, the
heat of which was intense. Kelley Jumped
at once to the ground, but Rourke, Williams
and Schofield remained some time on the
scaffold and were painfully but not fatally
Scalded.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-21
Terrible Condition of the Frankfort, Ky.

The report of the Kentucky prison sani-
tary commissioner says the prison is in a
deplorable condition from numerous
causes, principally bad drainage and sew
erage. There are eight convicts confined
who cannot live longer than few months.
There are at least fifty others, some of
whom are confined to their beds. who in
all probability cannot live longer than the
latter part of spring. There are about
two hundred others who are in a-state OF
debility and weakness practically uniting
them for duty or work. The balance OF
the convicts do not present healthy ap-
pearance and seem affected by the injur-
ious influences which have Frustrated the
Others
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-21
A David Come to Judgment.

Lawyers who heard the colloquy be-
tween Judge Patterson and the editors
of the INTELLIGENCER, in court this
morning, and even laymen who read
what we have tried to make a strictly
accurate account of it, cannot fail to be
struck with the remarkable pertinacity
of the judge in attempting to get them
to give an answer to his prepared ques-
ton: & Then you adopt these senti-
mentS - Though the interrogated
did not fall into the trap, it was set and
reset.
Asthose unfamiliar with the law govern
ing the case may not understand the sig
niiicance of the question, we quote the
law. In so doing we beg not to be
understood as intending thereby to pre-
judge or influence a pending question,
but to inform the public, whose right to
judge their servants is at issue of the full
scope of that liberty. The constitution
of 1873, in its bill of rights, which Judge
Patterson helped to frame, says:
SECT. Z. The printing press shall be free
to every person who may undertake to ex
anime the proceedings of the Legislature,
or any branch Of government, and no law
shall ever be made to restrain the right
thereof. The free communication of
thoughts and opinions is one Of the inval-
liable rights of man, and euery c,tizen may
freely speak, write, and print on any sub
ject, being responsible for the abuse of that
liberty. No conviction shall be had in any
prosecution for the publication of papers
relating to the official conduct of officers
or men in public capacity, or to any other
matter proper for public investigation or
information, where the fact that such pub
lication was not maliciously or negligently
made shall be established to the satisfaction
of the jury; and in all indictments for libel
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-21

|
The law of finding is this: The finder
has clear title against all the world but
the owner. The proprietor of a railroad
car or shop has no right to demand the
property which may be found on his
premises. Such proprietor may make
regulations in regard to lost property
which will bind their employees, but they
cannot bind the public. The law of find
ing was declared by the Kings Bench one
hundred years ago in a case in which the
facts were these : A person found a wallet
containing sum Of money on a shop
floor. He handed the wallet and contents
to the shOpkeeper to be returned to the
owner. After three years, during which
time the owner did not call for the proper
ty, the finder demanded the wallet and
money from the shopkeeper. The latter
refused to deliver them up on the ground
that they were found on his premises. The
finder then sued the shOpkeeper, and it
was held as above stated, that against all
the world but the owner the title of the
finder is perfect. And the finder has been
held to stand in the place of the owner, so
that he was permitted to prevail in action
against a person who found an article
which the plaintiff had originally found
but subsequently lost. The police have
no special rights in regard to articles lost
unless those rights are are conferred by
statute. Receivers of articles found are
trustees for the finder. They have no
power in the absence of a special statute
to keep the article against the finder any
more than the finder has to retain the
article against the owner.