St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-06-30
ON THE BOGUE CHITTO.

we Aci0 SO'iuStOA ~ Vuy llSuU,
on Sunday. the oath inst, in CON-
pany with Mr.. G. L. Smith, to at.
tend the funeral services of the late
VIM. A. PIrvis, on the Bogue Chit
to. This was our first visit to that
part of the parish, and we were
very favorably impressed with the
appearance of the country. For
the first eight miles the country is
pretty we'll settled. The crops were
much farther advanced than we ex-
pected to find them. The com,
cane and rice crops appear to be
doing remarkably well. We noticed
a number Of small cotton. patches.
in which the plant was in full
bloom. Along the line of the road,
the prevailing crop was corn,
which means plenty of "hog and
hominy" next winter. The condi-
ton Of the roads, after leaving
Coyington. varied, being good, bad
and indifereut-mostly Indifferent.
This is attributable, however, in
great degree, to the continual wet
weather, which has rendered it I'M
possible to work the roads. Be
yond "money hill' there are several
fallen trees across the road, which
should be removed as soon as pos
sible. We arrived at the residence
Of cur young friend .Ir. Erbin
Cooper, about half-past s O'Clock,
and soon the members of the Ma
sonic fraternity began to arrive. At
IL O'Clock they donned their neat
regalia and proceeded to the ceme-
terry, where the beautiful Masonic
burial rites were performed, the
address at the grave being imples-
sively delivered by Capt. W. w.
Risher, of Covington. There was
no pause in tie ceremony, although
for few moments the rain came
down in torrents. After the Ma
sonic service, Rev. G. T. Vickers
delivered an eloquent eulogy on the
life of the deceased. The entire
country, for miles around. was rep
resented, and we Judge about three
hundred persons were present. At
the close of the service, those per-
sons living in the vicinity invited
the assemblase to partake of their
hospitality. In company with a
number of others, we proceeded to
the residence of Mr.. Erbin Cooper,
where a bounteous feast awaited us.
The large table, under spreading
oaks, was filled to repletion with
tempting viands, and spoke volumes
in favor of our young host and his
accomplished wife. 1t is unneces-
sary to state that justice was done
to the substantials, as well as the
delicacies. About three o'clock we
started for home. Our party, on
the return trip. consisted of Mr.. J.
E. Smith and Capt W. W. FISHER
il one buggy, followed by Mr.. w.
c. Warren and Miss Adeline Aeintz
in another, then Mr.. Chas. Heintz
and the editor, while Mr.. J. M. Abb
ney and daughter closed the pre-
cession. The ride for the first two
hours was anything but pleasant,
us the roads were very bad, and tue
binding rain served to dampen the
ardor of our inner spirit, which was
the only kind we had with us.
About half-past five it stopped rain
ing. and we amused ourselves bv
counting the mile-posts, knowing
that each one lessened the distance
between us and (home.) Notwith-
standing the "ducking" we got, we
are glad we made the trip. It is
our impression that the Bogue
Chitto country will some day be
made to ''bloom and blossom as the
rose" The few farms we saw gave
ample evidence that the soil is pro-
and the people are indus