St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-12-16
THE MAILS.

"t'i as IL wen can he, away ron
the large cities. Nearly all of on
exchanges are complaining of the
slow and careless manner in whiei
the mails are delivered. Our owr
parish, which may serve as an ex.
ample, is not an exception to the
general rule.
For instance, the mail from Gov
ington to Violin Postoffice leaves
here every Friday, by 8 A. NJ, and
arrives at Violin the same day, by
3 P. NJ. If n letter or newspaper ar
rives Mt Covington on Saturday
highland all the city weeklies
come that uight-they do not leave
here until the following Friday,
making the paper a week old when
it arrives at its destination-and it
is the same way with the FARMER,
which is published every Saturday.
Violin Postoffice. twenty miles dis
tant, is about six hours ride from
Covington, and yet the people there
must be satisfied with letters and
papers one week old, or do without,
is many of them are now doing,
on account of the present arrange
mentor rather mismanagement
Covin9ton, the county site, ought
to be the center of mail distribu-
ton throughout the parish, and the
mails should leave ct the earliest
possible moment.
III mail for Violin left every Mon
day morning, as it ought to, the
citizens there would receive their
letters and papers from Covington
and New Orleans in two days in
stead of Ska very important con-
slider alton to them.
But another, and still more de-
plora5le case, is the route from
Covington to Halloo Postoffice.
The mail leaves here for Halloo on
Monday morning. via Vaudeville,
Bayou Lacombe, Bonfouca and
Pearl River, while the mail from
Pearl River TO Halloo also leaves
the former place Pearl River) on
Monday morning, for Halloo, be-
fore the mail from Covington ar
rives at that Office, and consequent.
" it must lie over until the follow
ing Monday, making the mail from
here to Halloo !,Oo ,ceek.s old when it
reaches its destination-a distance
Of some 43 miles, or about II hours
ride. The distance, from this place
o Halloo, by way of Violin, is
.bout q miles, or eight hours ride. |
The mail used TO go from here d.
'ect to Pearl River. by way of Vio-
in and Halloo, and that is the way
{ ought to be now. And it should |
cave here every Monday morning
md return Tuesday evening. in
ime to connect with the mail to
be city Wednesday morning.
When it takes the mail two
weeks to reach a Point only eight
lours distant, we think it is time
or the citizens to enter q protest,
nd they can count us and our city
contemporaries with them. We
ave already lost a number of sub
cribers on account of the unrea-
enable delay in the delivery of the
nails, and the time has arrived
'hen patience has ceased to be a
irtue. In the interest of our Pearl
liver patrons we insist on ''new
eal." The changes desired should
g made as soon as possible. The
lail for all lortions of the parish
ught to leave Covipgton every
Ionday morning. That for Hallou
nd Pearl River should 60. direct
y way of Violin, as it did under
le old arrangement This result
IN easily be obtained through q
etit'on to the Postmaster General,
} the Department--which is sup
orted entirely by the patronage of
lie press and people--is intended
Id supposed to be conducted in