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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-05-12
OUR .sFLY-BOWL.
icy our special artist. ]

How anxiously, ioyfullY and
eagerly do we "cleanly, good-na.
tured and heauteous damsels" avail,
to-day's Issue of the FARMER; fol
we understand two or three "bie
guns" will be discharged point
blank upon us: but We have laid
in ample ammunition, and as soon
as we obtain some matches" will,
if injured, send terrible volley
down Columbia avenue. Won't we
be pictured as little beings, and
made small and insignificant, BY
the powerful, squelchirg Gnills in
the prawny, tawny paws OF Got
ten Planter" aud "Blow-Fly?"
Blow, Blow the Flies away,
fyou dare. oh. Cotton Planter;
You may early see the day
When perhaps you'll have to oanter.
As for Blow-Fl,, il he is success
full enough to crawl out of our
"FLy-BowL," and escape the meshes
Of our "web." we viii forever fan
his heated wings with our patent
"fy-fap;". but if he dies, woe be to
us poor. little, forsaken, heart
broken and inconsolable creatures.
CECILIA SPIDER.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-05-12

of diction were preferred TO harsh
ness, abruptn sss, CIR tedious expires
sions. So VIC might cite many other
cases, in which use predominates
over Grammar, but the FARMER de-
mands brevity.
How sad. how sad! "deprecia-
tory" was not also made IN adUerb.
Nimporte. When we write our
dictionary, which shall be non no5is
soian', we will take especial care to
make this word an adue,'b. just for
the accommodation of the "mor-ti-
fed" Principal of the "cel-e-bra-ted
Covingtop High School," In the
Spirited" sentence where this word
was used, we think it is the ''ipsissii-
mum rerbun." and rejoice that we
employed it. If brother "Towns-
man" cannot relish it SO near the
verb, old gentleman, help yourself,
take it with the noun; but in future
don't cackle too loud until you
have "h-e-e-r-e-d" from US. You
seem to have a .furor scri5sudi," "
if We may judge frcm your numer-
ous.articles in the FARMER of last
week; but still, you know, Ger aihao
Mill ft," sci pas a pas ON "a bien
tort" So, in conclusion, we viii
but say that we consider your re-
marks as merely a 'felum inabelle
sine iciu." w. ". D.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-05-12
Written for. the FARMER. I
AN INTERCEPTED ASIDE.

In the spirited reply to Towns
mans" article, there may be noticed
a few phrases, which. whether lap
sgs peaae or nescientia, are, never
theless, rather "depreciatory" to
the reputation of. and "mor-ti-fy-
ing" to the Principal of the cele-
brated Covinston High School. in
which tie study Of Grammar is IN
derstood to be pre-eminent.
TowNsMAN.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-05-12
BUZZINGS FROM BLOW-FLY.

Cov1seros. La, May 5, 1853.
EDITOR ST.. TANMANY farmer:
It is with pleasure that / real
the columns of the FaRMER tLis
week. We first notice the different
languages which Memo Sum
seems to command. We have our
doubts. OF course, for q person Will
such talent could not conceal it
We could MI make quotations if we
had the reference, (our dictionary is
absent, SO "Blow-Fiy" will travel
more swo. We have conrerssd. with
her, and found her very pleasant,
but not SO talented us size repre-
sents.
She uses the phrase "lah-de-dah,
we presume. with emphasis. Moth
ing is impossible that has ever been
done, and on this ground we beg
to differ with her in the statement
tina: sit is impossible for true
woman TO come down to the level OF
the brainless lah-de-dah::' We do
not admit that there are BRAIN
less young men in our town. Where
true love exists, there is NO regard
for wealth or station, or brains
either. If you notice, you will SEQ
that as general thing the girls like
the s'lah-de-dah" young men the
best; and too often are they left to
join the happy "l party" of the old
The fair sex are such accomplish
ed deceiyers, III the matter OF toilet,
as we'll as other things, that it is
difficult indeed for us to know what
we are with, a girl, an old maid, or
merely bundle OF millinery, with
her hair banged in 'front.' after the
manner of her pet spaniel, from
which ugly little animal no doubt
The fashion originated, and which
often reminds US of Darwin's miss
.ng link between nan and monkey.
I will say to
Mss CECILIA Sp1DER," /
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-05-12
testeble dram shop. a tit subject for
the States Prison.
HATTIE AsNFY.
CoyrNa7oN, La, May II, 1883.

/ O-N5 ~-AsS NsAeNy 10y Aooo.
EDITOR ST.. TAMaANf EARMER:
We feel called upon, in justice to
our classmate, to write few words
in reference to the most untruthful
and detrimental criticism of the
composition on the subject Of .sTem-
peranca," by "Vide," published in
your issue oflast Saturday, and beg
you to reproduce it, for the benefit
of all impartial and unbiased read
ers, that they may see that the fif-
teen-year-old writer has not as
sumed the only definition of ''in-
temperance" to be 'sinebriation."
In her brief. laconic composition,
she probably would not have al
luded to excessive drinking at all.
since we notice it is the last re-
mark she makes. had not the s.sick-
ening effiuyia," and the disagreeably
odorate atmosphere, superinduced
by the passionate desire for rum,
so prevalently observed in this
town, imprinted themselves SO
forcibly and strongly upon her
youthful mind. "What the eve
sees, that it is Of which the tongue
speaks.
We cannot see how .Iide" can
consci9nt,ously and truthfu!!y as
sert, FIVE weeks after tie publication
of her production, that The reason
ing is not compatible with the sub
leet, Iniess he or she thinks TO take
advantage of the forgetfulness OF
your readers. We therefore most
respectfully ask reproduction OF
her composition, if you have pre-
served the manuscript, and by SO
doing you will oblige her
MANY CLASSMATES.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-05-12
:. 8, :. asg-sst EssSe '
Written fer the FARnER- ]
TO- T. z. S.
By. ANXIOUS VETUs-

I will sing of maiden. both CHEEKY ana
chatty,
Roaming needless and headlcng all
over the place,
With feet always rafting, and tongue
always prattling
| And the sulis or the smiles always
covering her face.
She rarely is still. and as rarely gets i'll.
And as full of her pranks as an egg is
of meat;
Now giving her pokes, then cracking
her jokes,
That sometimes are bitter. yet oftener
sweet.
She names all her friends to suit her own
ends,
As ..terrapins," "gophers," or ''coot-
ers" and pigs"
Tho woman in years, she is childish
il tears, 80
And full Of her fancies aad juvenile
jiss.
Her sweet, ringing laugh, soatters sad
ness like chat,
And her smile, like the morning,
brings beauty and light.
As artless as childhood, and as pure a.
the wildwood,
She maae. the dark hours of glooml-
ness bright.
When 'dress'd" she is pretty. and at
times is quite witty;
Ey fits and by starts she is pious and
good. =
She Is gea.le and atfable, and then it il
laughaole.
The quiclnoss she turns to an angrier
Eood.
Now laughing, now romping. with word
foreach waif,
Tie Eight CT the household, the frienl
of each guest,
The widest, tie Gentlest, the rudest, the
truest, i
We are puzzled to call her "a pet" or
"a pest"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-05-12
FROM THE "PUNY" YOUNG
LIEN.
CoT1SeTok, La, May 20. 1883.

CoT1SeTok, La, May 20. 1883.
EDITOR ST.. TAMMANY FARMER: =
In the new version of the Spider
and the Fly" published in your
late issues, those troublesome in.
sects, in their desire to berate each
other and praise themselves, seem
to have forgotten what every person
OF common sense well Enowsi
namely: Men and women are inn
perfect creatures, aud those persons
contemplating matrimony must
"bear and forbear," otherwise there
| will be war in the house, without
any consolation" !.
We know that there are "B,ow-
Flies" of husbands, who buzz about
IN noisome places, regardless of all
the duties and responsibilities Which
the marriage tie implies, and va
pity any good woman bound t. such
one. No less do we pity the
Emember Of our own sex Who has
been caught in the artful meshes Of
some Spider like woman, and
when too late, finds tfieuratively
| speaking) his body manslel and
his life-blood drawn ont, to satisfy.
her foolish whins. Thea only
imagine /. wife like Miss Memo.
Sum" who, Judging from her quo
tations, eau deliver curtain lee
lures" in several languages. Saints
protect us, Send us to the further
most ends of the earth, or compel.
us, Crusoe-ike. to live OF q lonely
island in mid-ocean, where the
voice of woman is never heard, but
deliver US from such fate as this, !.
Justice oompels us to acknowl-
edge shat the Spider" woman is
the exception and not tie rule, and.
we firmly believe that it is the in.
herent characteristic of the major
lty OF women to find their greatest
happiness by contributing to the.
happiness of their families. In
fact, we cheerfully accord to them
the place of the better half'' Of.
=
With these thoughts in our
minds, when the proper tin.o and
opportunity shall have arrived, We.
will have no fears about taking our
chances in the''lottery of n,atri-
mony, provided We can avoid the
web of the 'Sbider.'
We have not INDUCED in any for
aign quotations, because onr die
ionary has been mislaid.
TEE "PUsY" You've Men,
Of Coyington.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-05-12

Tie New Orleans Piccyune's
artic,s on 1.-THE Act 90 Grab
Exposed by the Senate Commit
tee," has called forth card from
Attorney General Egan, in which
he says: "If. BY his language, the
author means that I joined IN any
scheme to defraud the State. he is
q slanderer ind liar This ap-
pears.to call for an explanation or
.ab-iudp I" -;
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-05-12

The price of cotton is steadily
increasing. As soon as the crop is
all in the hands of the brokera, the
price will probably reach respecta-
BILE figures again, while the cost OF
provisions will be reduced We
fail to see whers this will benefit
the planter, who has already sold
his cotton and gone il debt for his
supplies It looks like O two-sided
:'losing game" with the planter on
both sides.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-05-12
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Council HALL,
~ ~ nnoa

SC1NC1L l.,
CovINaToS. La, May s. 1853. {
The Council met on the above
date.
Present-E. R. Randolph, Mayor;
Jules Pechon, Thos. Davis, II. J.
Smith and P. J. Dulion.
Absent-C. e. Joyner and James
Taylor.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved.
The following bills were then
approved.
Jack Pellaot, to eight months
hall rent, from October /,
1882, to May 81, 1888. SIG 90
Chas. c. Davis, to. removing
:. a dead dog from the street / 90
81. j. Smith, to provisions
furnished H. Badon, IN
February, by order # the
Mayor. ....-.. -. l 60
John Jay, to loco feet of
lumber, 2x12. 80 feet long,
SO; to pieces OF lumber,
2xl2, 80 feet long, Sc 30. 81 80
Ransom Brown, to repairing
three bridges, 81 SO; build
ing two new bridges, So;
filling bridge, 81; total 5 80
John Barker. to forty-three
posts. mt ID cts. each. -. 6 Is
yhas. c. Davis, to services as
Marshal at meetings of tho
Counnili in March and May / 90
" G. Ken.zel, to salary as
Secretary for tue months OF
February. March and April Is 90
The Council then adjourned. 4
T. R. RAsDoLfH, Mayor.
W. q. kE-TzGL, Secretary.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-05-12

The courier from Gretna has
not been to see us for two weeks.
Hope "Ava" hasn't given us the
mitten. Or has she been talking
about US again? If she has, and
we find it out, we II tell all we know
about her achievement in the art OF
concealing ''turtle SOUP"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-05-12
lCcmposition, by student of Coviagtor
High School
TEMPERANCE.

When Temperance is imprinted
and migrated az our motto, upon
our every act and deed, we find
ourselves surrounded by h pure re-
freshing atmosphere. Our thoughts
are serious, our acts polite, the
world beneficial, and, in short, we,
.unrestrained, soar aioft, to pene-
trate and mediate upon the I'M
fashionable depths Of Heaven. If
we would love our homes, and value
the virtue and integrity of our peo-
pie, we must, by all means. assume
Temperance as our watchword.
But how often, when we come in
contact with men of low and erovel-
ing dispositions, do we suffer our
own minds to become deteriorated
by the sickening etfiuyia arising
from their sphere, until, at last, it
brushes all the finer feelings of our
nature. But. nonsense; have we
not all minds Of our own, and do
we not know "'tis one thing to be
tempted, and another thing to
fali?" IN youth, we must be care
fui to conduct ourselves in habits
OF temperance ana piety, before we
are eneumbered with cares, dis
tressed by atiiiction, or engaged in
the business pursuits OF life. The |
neglect OF proper cultivation IS the
source OF much evil. Men are not
born drunkards, but Ivy evil asso-
Citations dnd surroundings are made
SO. They begin by taking q glass
now and ben, claiming it as q
privilege toJstep into the har-room
of respectf ble hotel; but soon we
see them tsnturing to the more
public placf. inappropriately term
ID . s the eo5 are they md At last
;snnts.4ce thHs We see tLG
4 / 1.-The lowest -
ks5ss
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-05-12

Eliza Pinkston, the cclored cele-
brity, known as the Louisiana
Witness" died recently in the coun-
ty Jail, at Canton, Miss, where she
was serving out a term for petty
larceny.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-05-12
ATTENTION.
The members of the
POLICE 80 RY

are hereby notified that a meeting
will be held at the Courthouse on
Monday, the 4th day of June, 1888
A fall after dance IS requested
b. order Of the President.
=. ~. G.. kENTzEL, Sec'y.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-05-12

Persons recovering from wasting
diseases. such as malaria, levers,
etc. viii be greatly benefited BIZ
HE pa of Browns Iron Bitters, q
ruetonic.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-05-12

In countries where malaria IS
prevalent, or where tue climate is
subject to sudden changes-should
be found in every house Browns
Iron Bitsera.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-05-12

Brandy improves by keeping it.
odoes the man who owns it.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-05-12
o1O

do not be go eager to drown q fell
low. because he happens to speak
the truth. I merely asked for the
qualities that a boy should possess,
and do not care to be drowned in
a "fy-bowl." So you can Ego Vest
with your "fy-bowl." and take your
patent tanner" with you. We
have to accept your word for your
cleanliness, but your beauty we will
judge for ourselves; the ABOVE like
ness. which is said to be true 10
life, conyinces us that Gnp-@.e~-kt
quite up to the standard barr
the "wavy oszrTs.
! I am aorry tina. "iIiss Fly" failed
TOD hspond, and I will await, good,
~ kedly. to read any farther COM
80 that the ladies may make. :.
istNt s--ssSs-... 1f4r sxSr Er
The Labor enquirer., 1883-08-11
The Ely Outrage.

The following account of the cowardly
conduct of the Vermont state militia is
from a special correspondent of the
New York Sun. We clip it from the
San Francisco Truth:
Serve each man twenty rounds of
ball cartridges" was the order of Colo
mel Greenleaf to the quartermaster of
his little army of Vermont militia when
they left the train twelve miles from
Ely, at o'clock this morning. For the
first time in nearly fifty years the COVER
nor of Vermont had dared to call upon
the militia to kill labor protest. Five
companies of the National Guard re-
sponded promptly to the telegraphic
summons to report at the capitol for a
campaign against the striking miners in
Ely. Aspecial train brought the troops
accompanied by Governor Bristow, last
night to the nearest railway point. The
little village of Ely has for three or four
The Labor enquirer., 1883-08-11
FAIR AND UNFAIR.
A Full List Of Shops in the City IN
der the Trades Assembly, and
Their Status.

The following Ia intended to be complete
list of the fair and unfair establishments in
Denver in the different trades connected with
the Trades Assembly. 1t will be altered from
time to timo as the shops change their com,
ple1lon. Anyone noticing errors in the lists
will confer favor by calling at this office
and giving in the correction.
PRINTERS.
UNION.
Rocky Mountain News, Larimer
Denver Tribune, Sixteenth.
Denver Republican, Sixteenth.
Inter Ocean, Lariner.
Labor Enquirer Larimer.
Pomeroy's Democrat, Larimer.
Colorado Farmer, Curtis.
Rocky Mountain Herald, Fifteenth.
Celt, Lsrimer.
Colorado Journal, (German), Holiday,
Colorado Law Journal, Tabor block.
Colorado Law Reporter, Curtis and 18th.
King B others, Lsrimer.
Montague, Champa.
Whipple & Pierson, Fifteenth.
Collier & Clesveland, Holiday.
George O. Scott, Lsrimer.
c.. j Kelley Holiday.
Fisher & Collins, Arapahoe.
B. F. Zsliuger, Lsrimer.
Carter & App, Larimer.
Frederick & Son, 24O IL Fifteenth.
Frank J. Hard Sixteenth.
Times, Lawrence.
Dove & Temple, Curtis.
Colorado Courier, (German), Fifteenth.
Wood boyle, West Lsrimer.
John Frederic, Fifteenth.
Journal of Commerce, Arspahoe.
Hotel Reporter, Arapahoe.
Queen Bee, bet, iarimer and Lawrence.
Colorado Posten, (Scandina7isn), Arapahoe.
TAILORS.
UNION.
Skinner Bros & Wright, 18th and Lawrence.
J. Sinclair, Larimer.
Charles Howard, Lawrence.
II. Ornsuer, Sixteenth.
George W. Putnam, Larimer.
J. O'Connor, Arapahoe.
A NJ. Williams & Co., 248 Fifteenth.
Appel & Co., Larimer aud 10Th.
81. Bell, Curtis.
L. Harrison, Seventeenth.
SCABS'
Frank & Putnam, Curtis.
W. Burgmsnu, Fifteenth.
John Bray, Lawrence.
STONECUrTERS.
UNION.
Robert Greenlee.
William Harvey.
Brunton & Co.
Ed. Barker.
sCABs.
J. D. McGilvray & Co.,
Thos. Hayes & Co.
E. Ackroyd.
Smith & Brindle.
J, Singer.
MOLDERS.
ALI lpsy the scale and union men are
There are no "scab" shops in the
city, By order
DENVER TRADES ASSEMBLY.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-08-11

sion of the company's property. At
this stage the governor of the state ap-
pears upon the scene, backed by the
militia, and overaWes the desperate men;
arrests and incarcerates number, and
turns the balance loose into the world to
live as best they may. If they get
twenty-five cents on the dollar of the
wages already earned they will do well.
As for future opportunities to earn pay
there is little prospect.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-08-11

The New Jersey nationalists adopted
platform Thursday. It is opposed to
all monopolies, fayors the owning of
railroad and telegraph lines by the gov
ernment, pronounces for woman suffrage,
and asks that the government prohibit
the manufacture of intoxicating liquors.
"a resolution of sympathy with the tele-
graph strikers was passed. -.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-08-11

@ Late reports from Texas state that
seventy operators on the Gould line of
roads in that state left their keys on
Thursday, and that many more would do
likewise on Friday. The report is con-
tradicted by the company officials, who
say that only nine men have struck.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-08-11

ALL the latest styles in mems and
boys stiff, soft and straw hats can be
found at T. S. Clayton's, $40 and 37O3
Lawrence street.
National Republican., 1883-09-03
AIExANDRIA AFFAIRS.

School at the st. Johns academy, in this
city, will commence Sept 10, and up to date
seventy scholars have entered, representing
ten states and territories, and applications for
catalogues, &C., from seven other states havo
been made. Mai. III. w. Newby will COM
mand the cadets, and the assistant teachers
will be Mr.. w. l.. Riordan and Mr.. William
w. Thornton, jr., of Martinsburg, Va, and
Mrs, Sophia X. Trip, late of Easton, Md,
will be matron.
There was boat race here on Saturday be-
tween b. +. Betts and Patrick Hays, and
William Gradey and John Masters for $50
aside, the distance being four miles and a
turn, but owing to a misunderstanding and
the turning of the wrong buoy it was de-
clared of.
A colored man came here Saturday night
from Lynchburg and on asking a couple of
other colored men where he could get lodg-
ing was taken by them to house said to be q
hotel. He went to sleep in the same room
with the two other men, and when he woke
he found that the men had left, first ripping
open his satchel, taking his clothing and 500,
all the money he had.
A game of base ball will be played here to-
day at 4:30 between the Bashfuls, of Washing
ton, and the Alexandria club.
The public schools of this city open here
to-day. During last week l $40 permits have
been issued and no moro permitsSsE;thbe is
sued until September 10,
The schooner Wm. p. Hood, of Somerset,
Mass, has entered this port from Providence,
to load coal at the American Coal Company's
yard for New Bedford.
During the month of August 2O6, 631 bushels
of wheat were sold hero on Change.
The mayor has suspended one of the police.
men for fifteen days for accepting fee from
n citizen for the discharge of an official duty.
| There are number of cases Of scarlet fever
in the third ward,
National Republican., 1883-09-03
EAsT wAsmINGroN.

very enthusiastic temperance meeting
was held Saturday evening at the Seamen's
Retreat, corner of Eighth and l. streets south
east largo number OF persons attended
Messrs. Havill and Boyd led the singing, and
Miss Libby Moaatt presided at the organ.
Mcssrs. Thomas y. Marche, Richard G. En-
mons, William Boyd, aud H. .. Emmons adj
dressed tho meeting.
A crowd of young hoodums oongregate ut
the East Capitol street entrance of tho capitol
grounds almost every evening, and make u
great noise, to the disgust of passers by.
A very eloquent sermon was preached at
tho North Capitol NJ. Il. church yesterday
morning by the pastor, Rev. J. G. Hagey, to q
largo congregation. The subject was, "Thou
art Potorp In the evening was the reception
on probation and, the reception of probation
ers, following which an interesting revival
meeting was held.
The service at the New Jerusalem temple,
North Capitol street. between G and d south
east, was we'll attended. Rev. Jabez Fox,
pastor, delivered q very interesting sermon,
the subject of which was, How Can We Pre-
pare the Way for Fuller Descent Of the New
Jerusalem"
Chaplain Kramer held a very interesting
gospel meeting in the library room of the
navy yard yesterday morning at 10:30 O'Clock,
which was principally attended by soldiers
and sailors.
There is some talk of getting up an out
rigger race over the Eastern Branch course
shortly.
The hydrant on l street between Seventh
and Eighth is leaking.
Tho now Brent school building, corner
Third and d streets southeast, is under roof
The building will probably be ready for occu-
pancy in short time.
Mr.. +. w. Brown, printer, and resident
of East Washington, died at the residence of
his brother in law, w. S. Sigourney, in West
Washington, Friday night. His funeral will
take place from the residence Of his father,
corner of Ninth and L streets southeast this
afternoon at o'clock.
Very few arrests have been made by the
police of East Washington in the past few
weeks. Tho station house cells have been
empty most Of tho time. This is an indica-
tion that East Washington is law abiding
section.