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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-03-25

There are no bad grasses here. !
saw nothing of the kind but weeds.
Land can be obtained here free
of charge. Anyone can take as
many acres as he pleases. for his
nte time aud that of his family.
The town of Catemaco is built on
the border of Il beautiful lake, called
Catemacu. This lake is nine miles
long and six mics wide. In it
,nere are plenty of fish, and on its
nor,iers an abundance of deer, wild
.urkcys lr.irle chickens, etc.
Sugar cane grows here twelve
ears from the stubble. This plant
- neither plowed nor hoed. After
1t is cut down for grinding. the
.tubbles gro" right up again.
have sren six and seven stalks
of com to the hill, three feet apart,
gearing very fine corn. If this corn
wa. attended to as it is in Louisi-
ANA, really believe it would yield
from 10 . 80 bushels To the acre.
/ met u Mexican gentleman at
Tlacotnlpam, Mr. Bernardo Fran
zuu. who Is the owner of 10000
mead of cattle. These cattle range
upon his own land, having river
flont oi seventeen leagues. I learn
that there are many larger stock
hnI,lprS ny Vera Cruz
l saw as fine hogs as ever were
raised anywhere. They would
average from 200 to 800 pounds.
these hogs We're from Is to 18
months old, and had no tusks, or
''luches, rs they call it here.
\ new railroad is being con-
structed from Vera Cruz to the town
of Alvarado. a distance of 65 miles.
the work Is being vigorously push
ed. I. eutA five miles of it is al
,eady flushed. This road is the
pr, perry of IL Mexican steamboat
company. Another road is pro-
jected, To- run from Santecomapam
To San Andres Tuxtll, via Catema-
CO. This road will run through
Tie most fertile section of the coun-
Try Tie population OF San Andres
rux,ln Is l3,uUU. Cateinaco, 45OO.
At San Andres Tuztla there is q
cigar manuiactory, owned by Mr..
Garcia, where | saw about 200 men
ut work. At Catemaco there are
many cigar manufactures also. Mr..
5 Suarez has the largest one.
Two of the canes which ] secd
you Were raised at Catemaco, by
AIr. Isnacio Gonzales, and the
other two were raised by a young
Mexican farmer, whose name have
forgotten, near San Andres Tuxtla,
On tract OF land formerly belong
ms to Mrs. Louis Morgan, of St
rammany Z. rish, La.
Sr. Don Juan Cabada is the Jefe
Polite" of the Canton. and Sr.
Don Manuel Cinta y CarreoL is the
Depn'ado To the State Legislature.
81. Flburcio Santho is the Mayor
OF tue town of Catemaco.
Yours etc,
GUsTAvE DUPARr.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-03-25
Don't Dream.

Sleep, to be most refreshing,
must be dreamless. Use Brown 5
Iron Bitters, and you will enjoy
healthfnl, dreamless slumber. l
strengthens every part OF the body,
and is very soothing in its effect ON
the brain and nervous system. II
is the best medicine in the worlc,
and assists nature in removing all
symptoms of i'll health.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-03-25
Have You Ever
or Sugar

known any person to be seriously
Ill without weak stomach or lnac-
tive liver or kidneys? Aud when
these organs are i'll good condition,
do you not tin,i their possess"r en-
jnylng goId health? Parker's SIM
FER Tonic regulates these import
ant organs, makes the blood Iicir
AMI pure, and strengthens ever,
part of the system. See other column
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-03-25
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.


CovINGToS. La, March % 1852. !
The Council met on the above
date.
Present-E. R. Randolph, Mayor;
H. W. S. Lund, P. j. Duiiun,
Chas. Heintz, II. J. Srnth, james
Taylor and Il. Badon.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved.
On motion Of Mr.. Heintz, the
corporation licenses were made the.
same as last year, with the excep-
tirn of the liquor license. which was
reduced from $50 to $40.
The Secretary was then instruct
ed to make out the liquor licenses
immediately, for the whole year, in
stead of issuing semi-aDnual licenses
as heretofore.
The following bills were then pre-
sented:
p. j. Dulion, to 1000 feet of lum-
Der, $12; hauling tue same from the
mill to CovinSton, 81; total, SIC.
Approved.
Sam Porter, to hauling posts and
lumber TO iuclose the infected dis
trct, 50 cents. Approved.
w. Wilson. to building fence
around tie infected district, 81 IL.
Approved.
DIR. j. F. Chambers, to holding
post mortem examination on the
body of Charles Sharp. February 4,
1882. $50. Rejected.
DIR. E. r. kandolpL, to holding
post mCrtem examination on the
body of Charles Sharp, February 4,
1882, $50. Rejected.
VIM. Kennedy, Justice of the
Peace and Acting Coroner, to hold
ing inquest on the body of Charles
Sharp, Feb. 4. 1882, $40; and five
jurors, 81 each, $40; total. $40. Re
jected.
Henry Jones, to making coffin for
Charles Sharp, Feb. 4, 1852, 81 so.
Rejected.
Mr. Heintz offered the following:
Resoluec, That it shall not be law
full fer either the Mayor, President
or Secretary of the Council. to
draw, cause to drawn, or 81 gu, any
warran. or warrants OH the Treas.
urer, for any olnm whatsoev I'M
less the same have first been duly
by the Chairman Of til,
Finance Committee, and PASSED
upon 10y the Council; and that ali
| resolutions i'll conflict herewith be
repealed. Adopted.
The Council ther adjourned.
E. Il. RANDOLPH, Mayor.
W. G.. KENTzEL, Secretary.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-03-25
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE.

Sealed Proposals will be received until
April |, 1882, for the building of sixty.
five panels of fencing. more or less, the
posts to be ten feet apart, notched, and
a bottom plank by IL. PickeS Of
sawed lumber, by 3. The work to be
solid and mechanically executed.
j. E. SMITH.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-03-25

Mr.. Gustave Dupart called to see
us last Wednesday. and presented
as with some relics of his recent
trip to Mexico. He gives a glow
ing account of the country, AID was
highly pleased with the treatment
he received there. He will again
visit Mexico in few weeks, and
will probably locate there perma-
nently in the fall.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-03-25
Clubbing Arrangement.

We will send the New Orleans WEEK
LY TINES DEMOCRAT st. Tammany
FARMER, a beautifully illustrated
Almanac, and Handbook of Gen era
Information, to any address one year for
50 Is. free of postage. Subscriptions
must be paid incdriablu in Advance
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-03-25
w. G.. KENTzEL, Secretary.

The Mysteries of Mormouism,'
just published by Richard X. Fox.
of tue Police Gazette" Publishing
House, New York, is startling and
graphic expose. by the ex-wife of a
leading disnitary of the Mormon
church, of tue secret practices and
hidden crimes of that creed. The
book embodies q complete history
of Mormouism and it's founders. to-
gether with fearless exposure OF
the mummeries aud crafty devices
oy which converts a,e n,ude and
proselytes confirmed by LATTER.
Saintdom. Unlike all other, work :
Oh the subject, it handles the evil
with skill and an absence of exag-
.eration, which carries couvict,o,,
| wltnit. The realism vi the "aiys.
teries Of Mormonlsm" would a,
credit to lola; OF Its accusscy nc
one who peruses 1t can ENTERTAIN a
doubt. The book is coplous'y sao
handsomely illustrated, and AID
Il Saer is one of the most timel
4 and sluable works which have re
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-03-25
The Mails.
co WING TON To
NEW ORLEANS
Permit No Substitution

Insist upon obtaining Flore ston
Cologne. 1t Is pre-eminently su-
perlor III pernanence and rich deli
c"cy If fragrance.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-03-25
MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.

We publish Marriage and Death No
tees in the FARMER free Of charge They
must be written plainly, and sent in
by six O'Clock Friday evening. Con.
gratulatory remarks and obituaries will
be charged for at our regular advertising
rqfaC
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-03-25

Masonic -Covington Lodge, No.
1SS. F. and A. NJ, meet at their
Hall. over ". c. Warren's store, the
second Satur lay in every month, at
three O'Clock p. N.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-03-25

per ton.
With these facts to ponder over
we leave the reader to answer for
himself which it shall be-Cotton,
or Sugar?
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-03-25
CONVICTION. La:
SATURDAY, MARCH Is. 1882.
District Court next Monday.

Mr.. Joyner presented us will
some very fine celery ana onions
this week, which he raised in his
garden in Covington. Thanks.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-03-25
LETTER FROM MEXICO.
San ANDRES TUxrLA, STATE OF VERA
Cruz, MEXICO, March 3. 1882.
Editor st. Tammany FARMER;

Cruz, MEXICO, March D, 1907.
Editor st. Tammany FARMER;
Since my last letter have visit
ed Santecomapam. Catemaco ANA
San Andres Tuxtla. Santecoma-
pam is situated ION the side IF IL
,,eautiful lake, ten miles from the
Cult and forty miles below Aivaradu
Bay. The soil there IS exceedingly
fertile. Corn, coffee, sugar c;.nc,
vanilla, cocoa and rice grow well.
Two crops of coin are easily raised
ut tins place, 10y working 1t. | saw
seven stalks OF corn to the hill, four
feet apart, and each stalk was as
large as the best corn III st. Tam
many. My pen Is net struna
enough to picture the wonderful
lertihty of the soil. | saw cora.
Just popping out OF the ground,
while others We're tasseling and
others being gathered. Bananas,
piueapples, lemons, oranges, and
an iuhnlty vi other fruits are
plentiful. saw wild cnnes III th :
mountains measuring five inches in
diameter, and fifty to fifty five feet
high. Sugar cane is being gronrsi
now, amt the next crop is from one
10 five feet high. Cotton grows
we'll here, and is now Ii. bloom. Ii
~ planted III October and | licked il
March and April. Com is planted
III June or July, according 10 til,
weather, aud the second crop is
planted i'll Dec. mber. A third
crop is also made. Some ialmer>
are planting corn nov.
Cntemaco is twenty-one miles
from the Gulf, and 1900 fest above
lae water Lvel. This little town
has 1000 inhabitants, and is one oi
the healtliies. piac,s III tue State.
Hers no one is annoyed with either
iii, s or musquit rs. There is no
one To be seen. Tobacco is largely
San Anlres Tuxtla is the seat o,
of tue Canton of the
TuXtlas. Distance from Cuteiuacu,
nine mIles. Between San Andres
IuXtla aud Cutemaco one sees po:h-
ing but tobacco plantations. And
corn Is planted between the tobacco.
rows, three weeks before cuttin.
Tie tobacco. As soon AS the to-
.acco is off, the corn grows right
up, without hoeinS or ploaing. II
IL surprising To See curu raised In
this Inanuer.
At Catemaco there are larg,
manufactures of tobacco, carried
81 by Mr.. Sundaiio Sua. ez and
others.
At San Andres Tuxtla there are
still larger manufactures of cigars.
L SAW, III the factory ut Mir. Gairia,
over one hundred men at work. 4,
times there are two hundred
There lie IL number uf CONNER
clal houses, carrled on by Cubans.
Spaniards, MeXicans and Amerl-
c.,ns. A large amount of business
Is done he,e. l saw the books ui
Mr.. Gustave Gonzales, Creole
American ot New Orleans, which
snow Sl2l,UUO worth of tobacco
bought last Year, ut San Andres
luXtla, and couslSned to Messrs.
Tlnchant Bros, Belsique. France.
Mr.. Damon Gouzales has u large
tobacco farm near Sim Andres Tux
tia. He VIII Clear S3UUU OH his
crop tins year. nix Francisco +.
Carrere, alr. Rouss. II French
man, and o:her q anen, have
large fafns also. y k.ar.-a~ui
aSu'trdlente are mas
At cassrgatL.i
Antlqax
Messrs.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-03-25

All persons having claims against the
above estate, and all persons indebted
thereto, will please present such claims
or make such payments to the nnder-
signed administrators, within thirty days
fIcm the tirs: publication hereof, at the
town of MandevilIe, La.
EDWARD P. WEBB. Administrators.
MdRle, La, March "a, 1852.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-03-25
SUCCESSION OF SAMUEL S. WEBB.

Eighteenth Judicial District Court for
the parish of ST. Iammany-Stats Of
Louisiana-No. lac.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-03-25

There 9 only a few days left il
which to pay parish licenses with
additional costs and penalties.
y 9 rsTea number of warrants for
1857 = 'vable for licenses, which
We W.. | Sc o. ut the rate oi
9 : -ceuts on g. dollar.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-01-13
Female Physicians in New York.

There are ten properly matriculated
lady physicians here, who make, on an
average, an income of $1,000 year.
One of the best, however, is DR.. jacob,
who is in professional as well as matri-
monial partnership with her husband,
and has home that almost deserves to
be called mansion in the richness of its
furnishing and appointments. She is a
Putnam, and direct descendant of the
stanch old Israel, of revolutionary fame.
Mrs. jacob is not what is called a
'.woman's rights woman" but she thinks
many of their cherished doctrines would
come to pass if they would first bend
their energies on point to which they
give comparatively little attention, that
of gaining the same educational advan-
tages for women as are provided for
men.
OF course there are countless other
women physicians in New York, but /
have limited myself to those of the regu-
lar school, and those whose education, ex-
perience and talents have been recOg-
nized by the most eminent physicians Of
the opposite sex.
One wonders why women have not
evinced a more decided liking for the
profession of dentistry, which offers fewer
obstacles in the way of preparation and
popular prejudice than that of medicine.
The leading dentist of Russia is an
American woman, living in St. Peters
burg, and she has the honor of perform.
ing on the mouths of the royal family.
There are so few women doctors in
this country that it is difficult to find out
anything about them. Those in this city
are mostly married women who help
their husbands, and there is one fair
quack who advertises diamond fill
ings." Chicago Lnter-ocean.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-01-13
Moving an Elephant.

On Thanksgiving day the managers
of the Playground menagerie transferred
an elephant from his old shed to the
commodious mansion that was recently
built for its accommodation at a cost Of
$1,000. 1t requires both tact and ex-
perience to move an elephant with any
degree of satisfaction, and those not ac-
quainted with the peculiarities of the
animal would make a bungling job of
it were they to undertake the task. An
elephant has one peculiarly which all old
trainers understand perfectly, and that
is he will invariably attempt to leave q
shed, stable, tent or house from the same
opening or door through which he en-
tered. Rather than leave from any other
opening than that through which they
have entered, although given am oppor-
tunity to obtain egress through other
passages, elephants have been known in
many instances to break their cages,
and tear down doors, and even their own
sheds. The Fair Association managers
removed the bars at the rear of their ele-
plants house led him into the place
through the opening thus created rather
than take him through the front door.
After doing this they replaced the bars
and watched the animal to see what
course he would pursue under the ag-
gravating circumstances. He surveyed
the situation, and then wrapped his trnnk
about each bar alternately and made
desperate attempt to remove them. After
satisfying himself that this plan was not
likely to succeed, he knelt down and
placed his head under the bottom bar of
the house, which was located about three
feet from the ground. and endeavored to
break it in twain. He failed in this at
tempt also, and finally gave up and be-
came resigned to his fate. The mana
gers then left him to entertain himself
with his own reflections, but unanimously
agreed, after they had reached a point
beyond the hearing of the sagacious
beast, that safety demanded that two
more bars should be placed between the
bottom bar and the ground.-Al6any
en- ~ Argus.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-01-13
Thousand. Dollar Shawls.

Few of the real Indian shawls are
called for. One of the larger houses
sells not more than q dozen such shawls
in a year, and these are the cheaper
ones; that is, the shawls of which the
prices are under 81, 900. One good rea-
son is that the wearer of q real Indian
shawl does not get the credit of it. So
few are worn, and so many initiate so
well, the real Indian is not recognized.
1t is said that in the manufacture of In
dian shawls not the slightest improve
ment has been made since Napoleon in
troduced them into Europe by sending
one to Josephine. The wool of the shawl
is obtained from the inner hair of the
Thibet goat. 1t is cleansed in rice water
to add strength. and spun by women.
Each loom produces about five shawls in
year. Victoria wrings tribute out Of
these poverty -stricken weavers in a Ger.
tain number of shawls yearly.
1t is said that native Indian shawly
have been imported to repair shawls and
change centers to suit the wearers. The
shawls are made in pieces and put to-
gether so deity that the seams cannot
be found, except by an expert. In tho
aggregate a great many Indian shawls
are imported, but are sold chiefly in the
large cities, where they are kept in stock.
and the purchaser in smaller city will
go there to buy them, in order to select
from number. Generally the demand
has been active this year and a great
many have been sold Providence Jour
nal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-01-13
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

"A good husband. like . good ba Sc
burner, never goes out nights.-Tolsdo
american.
The greater hurry you're in, the
more liable your shoe-strings are to come
untied.-Puck.
-Iflife were but game of cards what
an advantage the lumber man would
have! He would always have the deal,
you see.-Newton Republican.
Provisions are so dear this year that
Goldfish balls have been discontinued at
boarding houses of the highest tone,
which is rough on the Goldfish aristocracy.
-Andre,0s' Queen.
"A new work on etiquette says:
Soup must be eaten with spoon"
Persons who are in the habit of eating
soup with fork or q carving-knife will
be slow to adopt these new-fangled ideas.
-Norristos0n Herald.
docs It pay to steal?" inquiries tina
Philadelphia Times. It does, esteemed
contemporary, it does. 1t doesn't always
pay the thief, but just think of the large
number of criminal lawyers to whom Is
furnishes a fat Observation-Disclosures
Chronicle Herald.
-"How to lift . Thousand Pounds"
is the heading of a newspaper article. II
the writer will tell us how to lift q note
for thousand dollars, when the lifter's
assets are six dollars and a lay-down col
lar, his answer will probably touch .
more responsive chord in the bosom of
MEN illiamsport Breakt fast Table.
Has the Printer tobacco? He has
But he will not Tell you So. He carries
it in the Leg of his Boot and when he
wants Chew he Sneaks down in the
Back Alley where Nobody can See him.
When he Splits tobacco, it sounds like
Duck diving in the Water. The Printer
is Queer man. He is a Tickle person.
Sometimes he Has ten thousand Ems on
the String, but they are always his Dupes.
If you are a Printer, Do not Be Black
smith or you will get Fired.-Denuer
Tribune Primer.
Young woman: How you'd you like
to live in Thibet where the ladies paint
their faces a sort of maroon color in order
to hide their beauty? Would MT like it.
Thought 50. Then why do you hide the
complexion that you have by rouge and
lily white, and enamel and all that sort
of nonsense. 1t doesn't improve your
looks a bit, and it rubs off on to the
shoulders of Herbert every time he calls
to see you: It's regular "give away
on you and him, too. n-NeU Hauen Req.
isker
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-01-13
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

When Moody and Sankey get through
with Scotland and England they viii 60
70 Paris.
Chicago has fifteen synagogues,
with an average attendance Of over l, 800
members each.
St Louis is to have . new theol0g.
ical seminary, which is to be organized
by the German Evangelical Church. The
building viii cost $50, 600.
The Greek Testament in the ancient
tongue is now, by order Of the Greek
Government. read in its LOO schools
which have $4,000 pupils.
Edward Smith, q manufacturer Of
Enfield, Mass, has given money to found
. college for colored people in Little
Rock, Ark. 1t is to be called Edward
Smith College.
The remark by venerable member
of the Trenton, N. j., School Trustee
Board, that married ladies as rule were
the best teachers, was the means of pre-
venting the adoption of motion requir-
ing the resignation of all married lady
teachers.
Three Roman missionaries of Ou-
rondi have been massacred in their houses
near Tanganyika- Three others escaped.
The last letters of the missionaries tell
of the perils which they run on the part
of the blacks FROM the calumnies of the
Arab merchants in regard to those who
endeavor to abolish the treaty.
The iberality of the Union Baptist
Church in Baltimore is remarkable,
especially on account of the fact that the
church is composed of colored people.
most of whom are in humble circum-
stances. The contributions for year
are $4,000, and five Of the young men of
the church are preparing for the ministry.
Miss H. Carter, q teacher among the
Chinese in Boston, writes: It is not I'm
usual 70 find man who learns the alpha
bet and few words in q single lesson.
One pupil, of more than twenty-five
years, learned to read 50 rapidly at his
weekly lessons that he could study intel
lgently the Sunday-schoOl Bible lesson
in Isaiah w. at the end of five months,
The Rev. DR.. Speer, who many
years ago was q missionary in China, is
laboring among the Chinese in Chicago.
Possessing the happy faculty of being
able to preach to these people in their
own language, he holds q meeting with
them every Sunday in Farwell Hall.
He has secured their respect and conf
dence, and seems to be doing them much
good. b