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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-03-12

the number, having dreamed. she
said, that that number would draw
one of the grand prizes. The num-
b-r was 1S47. She asked Dan If
ne wonld sell il for her. He took
it. anil sold it, and ON the follow
ing day, when the woman called
again. he handed her the ten dol
lars in full, drducting no commits
sion for himself She thanked
him heartily and went her way.
The man to whom our clerk had
sold the ticket was bar tender at
II saloon ON the levee, and he, II day
or two later, being in need of ten
dollars, offered it for sale to dry
goods clerk, who was in the habit
Of dropping in, assuring him that
it WAS snre to 'lraw prize. A
poor widow had been warned Ivy .
dream of the lucky number. and
had bought the ticket. but had been
unable To keep it. The clerk. how
ever, though he had ten dollars
with him, would not purchase it.
An hour or two later smother dry
goods clerk came in. and he boue ht
the ticket.
In due course If time the budget
from Havana arrived. bringing the
result of the drawing. and ticket
No. lS47 bad drawn twenty thou
sand .iollar~, And now came the
granf result to those who had to
10 with the ticket.
The poor widow who had origin.
ally pnrchase,l it of the company,
believed that she had been punish
ed for betraying the unseen spirit
that came in her dream, and in the
,leptb "f her GRIFFIN distress for
her luss-she took fatal dose Of
poison.
The bartender on the levee, who
had owned it. and sold 1t, fretted
himself into II fever, and from the
fever and over-drinking, died with
in two weeks.
The unfortunate dry goods clerk
to whom the ticket had been offer
ed, and who had refused to pur-
chase, felt that be had lost twenty
Thousand dollars, and, in sorrow
and chagrin. he sought to bury his
rsmef: brance in drink, and when
las. seen he WAS an ouicast and
beggar, without home or friends.
And lastly. the other dry goods
clerk, who had purchased the lucky
ticket, and who drew the fortune
that it brought him. lost his beadi
he threw up his clerkship. launched
out into course of conviviality
and drbauchery. and was fast sink
Ing Into the slongh of despond when
our friend gave up his clerkship in
the Lottery office aud left the Cres-
cent City.
SO much for one lottery ticket.
And the story is not an exaggera-
ton. 1t IS logical sequence
cause and effect not at all to be
wondered at.-N Y Ledger.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-03-12

ise me that when i have told you
INV story you wont leave me-that
you will still be kind to me, and not
turn from me. Promise"
II PROMISE" sail Helen.
"Y0u are George Chester6eld's s
wife ? / know it. You need no,
answer. Yol remember ten years
ago receiving some letters written
to Olivia ?"
Remember! The wife's cheek
paled. She remembered it always
"Go on" she said hoarsely. bit
terly, her whole we upon her as it
bad never been before. Go on. :"
Il am Olivia. said the woman.
II sent those letters myself. did
it to make you wretchet, to revenge
myself. He WAS young when he mri
,ue. l, II married woman. though
not older than he-I lured him ON;
[ delighted III his hopeless love
in those letters-in his protesta-
tions. / joyed III the receipt of
that one written on his weddin:
Dight. Pure women can not under
stand how wicked women rejoice i'll
crushing hearts they do not car.
ior; III running young men lives for
"a petty triumph. Lady, do moi
turn from me; I've not done yet
Had you not enough 2" gusped
the wre,ched wife. Could you
not bear to keep it from me? You
ruined my young life. You killed
ne; yes, you killed me, as far u
ueart Went.
"Ah" cried the woman; sit was
not when ue wrote luv. to me that
/ betrayed him. Revenge prompt
Ell me. six mouths after his mar
ringe received thls. Read this
aud see.
Helen seized tho faded. dingy
envelope that the woman drew from
uer bosoin, and hurried with it to
tie light. Sine tore it open ami
looked upon the lines within. This
was shat she read, dated SIX months
alter he: marriage:
OL1vn-Ny Friend: I told You
[ Mould never write To YOU again,
'iud l wrote like fool. [ told you
that / married woman that I did
not love aud L should love you fct
ever. Being 50 TRUE friend as l
oelieve You are ~ me. vCu will re.
JoIce tU know that was quite mis-
taken. l have forgotten the uuhapp,
.uve of my YOUTH. u, YOU often basie
,ue, an.. man never luvei wife s,'
foudIy AS love my daring Helen.
She ls the l.fe of my hie, The soul
Of my soui, and cannot leave you
uuder the false impression I have
given yon. Love came after mar
fiage, 1t is true, to me. but its germ
MAS i'll my heart. You will bs glad
to know Of this, and wish me, as
| wish you, every happiness.
GEORGE CHESTERFIELD.
She read it tnrousiI-sie read
it twice. this poor wife TO whom
balm La,i come after 50 many years
-an,i sank down upon her knees,
forselfui of ail else, and thanked
God for it. Wnen she turned once
more towards the bed she saw that
III that moment the death-angel had
come, and that the unhappy Onvia
had passed into eteruny. When
George Ch. sterfeld met bis wife
that night he hardly knew her.
der girlhOod seemed to have re-
turned; her smile charmed him as
of yore; her eyes were bright, her
lips FED again.
"Huw happy she looks |" lie said.
Aud she answered.:
Il AIN happy" Nothing more
then, but one day she told hiiu ail.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-03-12
FEET OF SIZE.

Take them up ten,lerly.
Lift them with care
Fashioned so sleniarly.
A beautiful pair.
Look at those number "twelYes,
A sight of themselves!
Made from two OK hides
The truth shall I tell?
Made for a young bride,
For Terre Haute belle
Touch them not scornfnlly,
Think of her mournfuiiy.
Who has to wear them,
To naught on land or sea,
Under the canopy,
Can we compare them.
How were her fathers feet?
How were her mothers?
How were her sisters feet?
How were her brothers?
What had the maiden done,
That she should merit it!
Was it a judgment?
Or did she inherit it?
Alas, for the rarity
Of Christian charity
Scarcer than pearls;
Oh, it was pititul.
10 see a whole city, full
Of bis-fOotei girls.
All, those huge bridal shoes.
Look ut their soles!
Laces like clothes lines.
Pass through the holes.
Take them up gently.
Lift them with care
Fashioned SO ien.ierly,
A beautiful pair!
Ifsuch were her slippers.
What were her stosas?
Fabrics of leather.
Like two Snratogas,
Drores of horned cattle,
While passing around.
Lock at her brosans,
And paw up the grouut
Believing all the while,
knowing full we'll,
The leather required
Fora rerre daute belle.
:
She has goo'i understanding.
That's morally certain;
Her footing Is proper.
SO lets drop the curtain,
AMI pledge III bumper.
With proper solemnity,
A health to the fair brides
Psuai extremity.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-03-12
January Sd. 1881,
And closes July 4th. 1881

And closes July 4th. 1881.
FULL INSTRUCTION BY AN ABLE
add experienced Faculty, in the usual
collegiate studies. Cadets will have
choice of fonr courses-Classical, Scien-
tific, Agricultural and Mechanical. No
tuition fee is charged. There is an an
nfisl fee Of I've dollars. Total charges
for Board. etc.. in the University, nine
teen dollars per month.
Cadets. upon entering the University,
before being assigned to quarters or
classes. and, every three months there.
after. shan present to the President the
Treasurer's receipt for three months
tees in advance. Cadets shall be re-
ouired to purchase their own text books,
and must provide themselves with uni
form snd underclothing.
kcr further information, address
WIN. PRESTON JOHNSTON.
4yesidsnk BstoD Rougs. La
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-03-12
LOUISIANA ;.
State University
(.
AGRICULTURAL AND xECHAN.
lCAL COLLEGE

Tts next session of this institution
begins
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-11-10
salaries vs.. Fees.

The Ohio newspapers are discussing
the subject Of abandoning the old fee
system Of paying public officers, and
providing for their compensation by
fixed salaries. The Ohio State Jour-
nal in leading article on tho subject,
says:
"Among the forms required in the
local civil service in Ohio is law
prescribing fixed salaries for all coun-
~ officers, including Probate Judges.
Persons having business in court and
with county officers, should OF course,
be required to pay reasonable fee
for the service rendered but that fee
should be in the nature OF tax fer
the public benefit, and should be COW
cred into the treasury as fast as col
lected."
This proposition would doubtless
meet with public approval and that Of
all honest public officials. Let all lit
igants or other parties pay the county
for the services rendered by the coun-
ty's officers or courts, and let the coun-
ty, by due provision Of State law, pay
it's officers and their clerks duly Era-
ded salaries, corresponding to the
character of the duties and services
required Of them.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-11-10

The trial of Guiteau for the assas.
sinatIon of President Garfield is fixed
for the 14th met, and it is asserted NO
further time will be granted the de,
fense. A Washington special of the
9th inst. says:
"Judge Porter, of New York, has
been active in selecting experts, as
this subject will constitute the most
important feature of the trial. How.
ever, it is probable that the question
of Jurisdiction will be brought MP.
and that of malpractice may be con-
sidered. Guiteau's attorney has Sc
lected witnesses who, he save, will
testify to the insanity Of the accused.
Some remarkable facts will be
elected, and altogether the trial, ire.
spectiye of its importance to the coun-
try, will be one of the most interest.
ing ever known in modern iurispru-
dence. Guiteau is anxious TO have
the revised edition of his book pub
ished, and complains because Mr..
Scoville does not aid him in the mat
ter. Guiteau is also very much in
terested i'm his correspondence with a
lady in Indiana. He has invited her
to yislt Washington SO as to attend
his trial, which he says will end i'm hi
complete vindication. He says this
will be due to the Load. He consid-
ers himself engaged to this lady, and
to-day sent her three Of his photo.
graphs. The volume Of testimony in
the case will be such as to make the
trial lengthy. By far the creates;
amount of testimony will have to be
first considered by the Judge, whe
will have to decide upon its relevan.
cy."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-11-10

The Star Route thieves only got
away with about 100000. Nobody
pretends to deny that it was a bold.
audacious robbery, for which Repub-
lican officials high in authority are
responsible, and large per centage of
the pIunder was used by the party
leaders fer political purposes. The
papers of that party have of late been
claiming it as one of the high virtues
of their party that it would purify
itself by bringing its rascals t. justice.
But McVeagh is trying to escape all
responsibility for the failure to punish
the thieves, and the prospects are that
the prosecution will prove even a
greater farce than that of the whisky
thieves under Grant. Still, the Radi-
cal leaders and papers will keep right
on claiming for their party all the pi-
ETY., purity and patriotism Of the land.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-11-10
knights of the Pen, Pencil and
Paste Pct.

-
Paste Pct.
Mr.. Isaac F. Mack, President of the
Ohio Editorial Association, has issued
the following notice to its members !:
The next annual meeting of the As.
seciatien will be held at youngstown, Y
Tuesday and Wednesday, November
29th and 3Oth, 1881. There will be an
informal meeting of the members
present On Tuesday evening at sevsn
O'Clock. On Wednesday morning at
nine o'clock the Association will meet
for business purposes, and remain in
session until twelve o'clock. The af.
ternoon and evening of Wednesday
will be devoted TO Youngstown, ~
the local committee may arr lange. Mr..
| 0. P. Shaffer, of the Youngstown
News, to whom the Association is in.
debted for the invitation to meet al
youngstown, will select his local as.
sistants and make the necessary ar
raugements for the entertainment OF
| the members. The program for the
meeting will be prepared by Mr.. Shat
| fer and his assistants.
| On Thursday morning the members
of the Association will become the
| guests of the New York, Pennsylya
MIA s. .Ohio Railroad Company and
the New York, Lake Erie y Western
Railroad Company, for trip to New
| York. The train will leave Youngs
town on Thursday morning, Decsm
Der Ist, early, and at an hour yet to bs
designated, arriving at New York or
| Friday morning, December I'd. The
tickets will be made good for twenty
days, thus enabling the members te
visit New York before the holidays
and when that city is in her best con
dition. Special details as to hote
rates and other expenses will be fur
nished at Youngstown.
| Every member who intends to &C
cept the invitation of the above nam
ed railroad companies to visit New
York, should notify me by letter Ol
otherwise on or before the I'D day o.
this month, November.
Exchanges will please give this no
tice early circulation.
| I. F. MACK,
President of the Association.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-11-10
Tuesdays Elections.

Elections took place in large num-
ber of States on Tuesday, but at this
writing it is tso early to determine
definitely the result. The dispatche
Of Wednesday morning indicate that
the Republicans have carried Massa-
chusetts, Pennsylvania, Minnesota
Nebraska, aud the Legislatures OF
New Jersey and Connecticut.
Maryland and Mississippi are con-
ceded to have gone Democratic, and
the State ticket Of New York il
thought to be Democratic, but thu
Legislature is claimed by the Repub
licans.
Wisconsin is claimed by beth par
! ties.
The Repudiators, by the aid Of thei
Republican alice, claim to have car
ried Virginia.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-11-10


1T is grim and ghastly comment
upon the honest symPathy Of the
Southern people over tho graYa o.
PresidentGarfield,a and the hypQa
phrases Of tho Republican ne v
upon that fine manifestation Nm
cere commiseration over national
calamity, that almost the fret act Of
the sectional partisans in the Senate
of the United States was TO exclude
from the Presidency Of that body so
conservative q man as Senator Bayard
of Delaware, and TO put in his place
the ponderous pretsnder, David Da-
Wis of Illinois. There is very little
consequence in the Office itself, but il
ever there was time when real in
! ternational comfy WAS useful and
| graceful, the present was the occasion.
Be IL observed, that the vote elocting
David Davis was . purely Northern
vote, with the single exception Of the
Virgins Repudiator, Malone; nor
did these poer partisans have the emp
ty excuse that in preferring Davis they
were electing one Of their own men |;
| for he voted for Hancock last year and
against Garfield, and in his reasons
fer that act he arraigned the Republt-
cans with far more emphasis than Mr..
Bayard, when he supported the DEM
ocratic candidate for President, and
spoke of General Hancock with equal
enthusiasm. In fact, David Davis
cared 50 little for Garfield and Arthur
"a to declare that it would be impos-
sible to obtain good government with
ont first destroying the Republican
party; and this was bis verdict little
less than q year ago. The worst part
Of this whole transaction is that the
only excuse given for the defeat OF
Mr.. Bayard was the fear that the bul.
let Of the assassin might remove Ar.
thur,as Guiteau had removed Garfield
. in order to place the Government in
the hands Of q Democratic President
and yet if David Davis is true to his
own record, the shameless partisans
in the Senate have made nothing by
their wretched bargain. The whole
proceeding is 90 base, and is such 9
miserable comment upon the hypocri
, sy of international reconciliation aftel
, all the sincere grief of the American
people, as to prove the deep degrade
ton of the present political organiza
, tion called the Republican party. II
, the very nature Of things, the example
. must breed its own overthrow, anC
: the worst of it is that it has made tb'
> Senate of the United States bea
! garden. Whenever the majority chan
, ges from one to the other side, the or
? ganizstlon is to be huckstered off lik'
, an auction, and every few years ther'
is to be q shameless struggle for tn
. petty places in q body Always helt
| partially sacred up to this time b!
fair and honorable men. But whel
Af he init tot
. controlled by a Repudiator, what els
can van oynact p,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-11-10

in the night time with 80 or 40 fandan-
gOs in full blast right under your nose.
/ hope you are all we'll at homo.
have been feeling first rate since I
have been down here, and do now, but
have the comforting assurance from
Mr.. Patterson, the engineer of this sub
division, that I will soon have the
fever, simply because told him had
little chill. The Calentura, as they
call it, everyone has to have who comes
down here.
Pase Del Rio, La Armeria, as it is
generally called, is only 81 miles from
the Pacific ocean, and every afternoon
we 60 down and take q salt water bath,
and tell you bathing in the ocean is
very fine.
There are at present 13 men in Mr..
Patterson's corps, Mexicans and z
Americans. Mr.. Patterson does not
go out much, so you see it gives to your
humble servant, whose present titles
are H. Jennings, 1st Asst Subdivision
Engineer, in charge of 400 men on
the grade of Div. No. 2, the pleasure
of doing all the work. 1 am getting
500 in American money or $115 in
Mexican, but am going up the country
as transit-man in q few days, at S125.
My promised $1,5OO year comes
sooner than expected, but of course
do not feel bad about it.
In writing down here. if between
the 3Oth of one month and the 10th OF
the next, send via San Francisco; il
between the 10th and 25th of the month
send by way of New York.
The hunting down here is very fine
, You can go out from here any morning
and shoot 20 or 80 squirrels, and also s
deer or two. I have shot four deer
J three sharks and seven crocodiles. 1:
, not that pretty good for 81 weeks.
The scenery down here is simply
} grand, but the heat is good dea
, worse than the eternal Spring I ex
, pected to find the thermometer stand
at ITO in the shade, and you can imag
+ Inc our poor bodies catching it in tn
sun. We go to work as a. M, an,
work until Z, when we go in, as it get
too hot out on the line. I then go ou
, to look at bridge 10 miles up the lin
q which 1 have charge of, and take
f rest in " my office" OF course it i
:. only little shed, with table and
f few chairs there, nevertheless it i
mine. Didn't I crow when Mr.. Flag,
+ sent down word to give Mr.. Jenning
8 charge ofall masonry on the division.
i have completed three abutments AM
t six piers, and have 140O men workin
o on them and so Interpreters. MI
e Flagg is working over 10000 men, a
o six shillings a day. I pay my inter
u prefers $3.50 per day, and they are al
a trying to learn the language.
v But as it is getting quite dark I mus
close. Very respectfully,
III. JENNINGS.
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Quick Work.

CAtlanta Constitution, Oct %
Yesterday the Wilhamsntic compa-
ny did some work against time in
which the old father was vanQuished.
One OF the features of the days do
ings was to be the making of two suits
of clothes from the seed cotton. Bright
and early q number Of people went
out to the grounds to see the process.
A little after sunrise few individusls
ON hand for the occaslon. stepped into
one of the patches on the grounds and
almost in twinkling the cotton was
picked aud ginned. At twenty min
utes to it started on Its way. Enter
ing first tho Kitson picker at Z O'Clock,
it went to the Foss & Pevey cards !;
thence to the railway head, built by
the Lowell machine company. Then
it rapidly found its way to the speeder
built by the City machine company,
of Providence. From there il went
to the Fails & jerks frame, and was
soon what tho observer Was ready to
pronounce threxd. This was taken to
q Crcmpton leom and the process of
weaving commenced. The crowd that
had watched the course of the cotton
as it passed from stage to stage, grew
until the aisles were blocked mp. Ev-
cry body wanted to see the werk 20.
ing on. As soon ~ the cloth emerged
frem the loom it was taken to the dye
house Of N. Spencer Thomas, and dy.
ed. As soon ~ it was dried it was
taken to the Wheeler & Wilson exhib-
it, where the suits were cut out-One
for Governor ColQuitt and one for
Governor Bigelow. The silk which
had been furnished by Cheney Broth
ers, and which was Of American man.
ufacture, was ready. The making of
the suits was commenced. The cut.
ting was done by Atlanta's favorite
tailor, Mr.. Crosse, whose taste and
tbility guaranteed perfection in his
department Of the work. The button.
holes were made at the rate of two q
minute by FL. L.Phelps,of New York,
on the National machine company's
button.hol machine. As the day
closed the suits came completed from
the bsnds of the tailers, and in the
evening the Governors wore hand
some black suits, made from cotton
that at sunrise dangled, dew.gemmed,
frsm the etaiks. So much for fast
machinery.