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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-05-05
Written for the FARMER.l
RETROSPECTION.
By BEL. HILTON.

I sit by the door in my easy chair,
Often at eventide.
And round me gather, in the twilight!
there.
Sitting by my side,
The dear onss loved, in the long ago.
When life was young and fair,
Ere the fires ofyears, burning low,
Left ashes on my hair.
Often they sing. in voices sweet,
Those songs of by-gone years.
With trembling tones seek to greet.
And smile through falling tears.
I sit beside the cottage door,
Where our goodbye" was said,
And forget the grass of years grown DER
= The grave where he lies dead. = !.
I feel the clasp of his loving hand,
And see his eyes soft light;
Again the breath of tina. far-off land
Floats thro' this Southern night.
On my knee there rests a golden head,
And dimpled hands in mine. :.
All precious memories Of the dead
Those baby fingers Irvine, = -.
see him again, in suit of grey.
A soldier. tall and brave.
Alas ! my boy, my hope and say,
Lies in a nameless grave.
My daughter stands beside my chair;
All! worse than death the pain
Comes with thoughts of that form 50 fair.
Cursed by sins FOUL stain,
Could but hold that head TONIGHT
And feel the pressure sweet
Upon my breast-my child, my Light
A waif upon the street,
God grant some compensation waits
When this sad life is past
Beloved! may we. at Heavens gate.
Lay down the cross at last!
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-05-05
Written for the FARMER.
AN INTERCEPTED ASIDE.

In the spirited reply to Towns
mans" article, there nay be noticed
few phrases, which, whether lap
s"s penae or saescientia, age, never
theiess, rather 'depreciatory" to
the reputation of. and "mor-ti-fy-
ing to the Principal of the cele-
brated Covington High School. in
which tie study Of Grammar is un-
derssooa to be pre-elninent.
TowNsMAN.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-05-05
OBITUARY.

Mr.. DUNCAN MCFARLAND departed this
life CT Saturday. April %. 1883. at his
residence, near Lewisburg. in this par
ish. aged about ~ years.
Tho deceased was native of Ireland.
but came to New Orleans in early life,
where his industry and sobriety soon
gained him property and friends; but
for many'years he has resided in this
Parish.
He was man Of character. probity
and piety-contending for his own, but
always respecting his asiehbors' rights;
man CT pure purpose, industrious and
frugal. and long a pious and faithful
member Of the Presbyterian Church.
He leaves wife and two small chill
dren. ~. x
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-05-05
An accident which came yer

An accident which came very
near resulting fatally occurred al
Lancaster's brickyard, aaar Gov.
ington, last Tuesday evening. The
stacking she'd fell on a number Of
workmen, seriously injuring a son
of AIr. ALI. Leblanc and a colored
women, and slightly uoundiag
several others. Che injured ones
We're attended By DR.. Chambers
and were all doing well st last ac-
counts. :
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-05-05
CoyimSten. May ). 1853.
SHORT STOPS.


New Orleans.
4 tugfull of hail was eathere
last Saturday evening.
The Police Jury viii meet at tn
Courthouse next Monday.
In squolchins . ssBlow-Fiy," til
pen is mightier than the broom
stick.
The first installment Of ron foi
the railroad bridge across Pear
River has arrived OF. Tie spot.
Dir. j. E. Smith, .Ir., who has re-
Gently been merchandising at Free
Run, Miss, returned home last
Sunday.
We are having entirely too much
rain for any use. The clerk of the
weather viii please turn off the
faucet for a few weeks,
Our numerous, yoluminous and
versatile. correspondents are having
things pretty much their own way
this week. The more the merrier.
A party of young ladies and gen
tlemen are going to have {. fish fry
to-day on the Tchefuncta. This is
fine weather for fsLing-and wet
ducks.
"Ihs Burial of Sir John Moore"
was the text of an oratfon delivered
at Bosue Chitto ferry, last Tuesday
evening, to very large and appre-
ciative audience.
'.Matrimony" should be commit
ted, in order to be fully appreciated.
Discussion serves to amuse and in
struct, however, end may lead to
solid results.
/; Rev. n. B. Young viii preach a.
the Methodist Church tomorrow
morning and evening, and at Pages
Sctool-house in the afternoon, ut
3 O'Clock. Public invited.
There was a large fry Of small
fish on the Tchefuncta last Tuesday. |
The "boy" who superintended the |
making Of the coars JouiIo3. proved
,imself an artist in lis line.
The postoiiice at Covington viii
DC made money order Office ON the
st of July. Much credit for this
cry desirable Improvement is due
o the prompt action Of Senator
Jonas.
We learn that several suspicious
boxing strangers have been camp
nS III the Vicinity Of Coyirgton FOR
ONE time. A party vert out to
lterview them yesterday, but we
elieve they couldn't be found.
Mr. Chas. Heint.. WIS made hap
y last "Wednesday night, by the :
rival Of bis youngest daughter.
ne Is one OF the first buds Of May, :.
nd we hope she viii live to bios
'm and bloom for many a day.
'ruo nj ragus ekat ll'ew. :
The funeral sermon of the late :.
rs. L. j. Smith, in the Methodist
hureh. last Sunday morning, was Y
tentiveiy listened to by u very
rye congregation. The services
re conducted by Rev. G. I. Wick .
5, assisted by Rev. y. .. Young. .
any just and worthy tributes We're 5,
ID to The memory OF the deceased. I'll
The steamer Heroine experienced II
y rough weather on tie Lake bi
t Saturday evening. Two sacks "
ice and q trunk were swept over as
ard. The latter belongee. TO lyr
amid Of New Orleans, Wild is
'nding the summer in covifg s:51I
J learn that the trunkscootaid
uantity OF clothing. some sily}
e and other articles and w a
red at $500.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-05-05
To MAMIE.

Goodbye, Good-bye,
and may the sweetest dews of Heaven
Upon thy path descend.
May hope aud peace. and perfect iov,
Through all thy life thy steps attend.
Ana "hen Deaths shadow is on thy
brow,
May thy freed spirit soar away
10 that sweet home beyond the sky,
Where all is love and peace and per-
feet joy.
May she be as useful in her new field
OF labor as she has been with us, is tho
prayer of scholars, teachers and Super.
,ntendent. WINK.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1883-05-05
TO MRS. P. BURNS.
From the Bosue Falia Sunday
School. ,.

AS token of our pious re-
CARDS and gratitude to our beloved
teacher and co-worker in our school. |
we dedicate the following: :.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-10-11
Unusual Happenings.

A box turtle was captured in Collins
vile, Conn, recently bearing the marks
on the shell sd. Dyer, 1912" They
were evidently cut there BY the late Dan
iel Dyer forty-one years ago, probably at
his place, one mile from where it was
found.
A Wethersfeld Conn lady getting
dinner was surprised to find cherry
stone in the center of a potato she was
preparing to cook. The stone had ger
minated, and the sprout was nearly one
eighth of an inch long. How did it get
into the heart of the potato9
A Conyels (Ga man tells Of a part
ridge that hatched out three chickens
The eggs were in the birds nest, and as
they hatch in three weeks, the bird eggs
taking four, the chickens came first. The
old bird was taking care Of them, and
made much ado when called upon to give
them up.
Mr.. Noah Paramore, Of Atlanta, has a
maidstone which has been in his family
for over seventy years. 1t is valuable as
a cherished heirloom, and Nh. Paramore
would not part with it for anything.
The stone is oval in shape and about the
size Of a guinea egg. 1t is said to be a
certain cure for snake bites and other
flesh wounds. The stone is made the
more valuable as there are only two or
three others known in the State.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-10-11
Arizona Rain Storms.

While the lack of water in Arizona is
one of the most serious annoyances to
the railroad, writes a correspondent, the
presence of too much water is one of the
railroads gravest dangers. This is easily
explained, paradoxical as it may seem.
The sudden and furious storms which
change dry gulches into torrents and
surge against the railroad dump with
tremendous force present one Of the
most curious and difficult problems in
the maintenance of the railroad. You
look out upon stretch of sand glisten-
ing in the sum- Here and there are
assures and channels baked and dry. 1t
is the picture of dusty, parched waste.
Not a drop of water is to be seen. Sud
denly the sky is covered with black
clouds The rain descends like myriads
of swiftly-advancing lances. The land
scape before and behind is hidden by gray
sheets Of water pouring from the skies.
Against the car windows the raindrops
rush with the violence of bullets. There
is savage intensity in the storm which
is fairly appalling. The train slackens
its speed as though beaten back by the
onslaught of the storm god. Water en-
tiers at the cracks of the doors, and you
look anxiously at the windows, expecting
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-10-11
NUMBER Z.
FUN.

About the only troubles that come
single are fussy old maids.--M Mod~n Arg0.
Our babies-With all their faults we
love them still, not noisy.-Rsaasstsr
Post
A London editor says Yankee girls
look man right in the face. Poor mani
They were looking to sec If there were
any indications Of ice cream.
"Will there be war ?" asks tinid
editor. The chances are that if he refuses
to give bis wife the price Of new fall
bonnet war is inevitable. -Nurist0pp
Herald.
A writer asks: "What is more ter.
rible than the uncertainty Of woman's
love 2" The uncertainty whether her
fathers stump-tailed bull pup will be
hanging around the steps when you 60
out.-Bvlngt0n Free Press.
Woman Cooking over blankets in 8
store): "Well, I didn't mean to buy;
I'm just looking for a friend" Clerk
politely): "Don't think you'll find your
friend among the blankets; we've looked
them all through. p Louisville Post.
You ought to be in our room now
said Amy; "we have teacher that
rules the roost." "Well," replied the
high-school girl, "rd be ashamed Of
myself you should say, governs the
horizontal perch on which the fowl
reposes, not rules the roost. 'n-Dervicf.
"pm afraid that she won't come,
said an insignifcant-looking little man
who was awaiting the arrival Of his wife
with party of friends at the railroad
station. But she did come, and it was
quite evident that the little man was
more afraid than if his robust wife had
not come.
An exchange says that before o young
man can court Mexican girl lie has to
tell her parents on the doorstep Of the
house what his prospects in life are. In
this country no such preliminaries are
necessary The whole matter can be
satisfactorily arranged at the gate with
the Saturday Night
More than s72, GOO was found lately IN
the room Of a man in Paris who had for
twenty-five years lived miserly, and who
died in charity hospital. If this poor
man had lived a couple Of weeks longer
he probably could have accumulated
enough to warrant him in employing
Paris physician.--stqtesman.
"When does the honeymoon end, 8Ir.
Johnsonln asked a sentimental young
lady of friend with whom she was dis
cussing the subject of married life. II
don't know, returned the practical Mr.
johnson, Hbut I've heard you could CON
slider it over when a husbands panta-
looms go more than two days without
full compliment Of suspender buttons. n-
Brooklyn Eagle.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-10-11
He cauohl somsiblnu.

"Been fshin', Johnny N asked man
Of boy he met in the road. Bet yer
l have" "Catch anything r. "Bet
yer did, What 2 Catch sucker
six feet long" @No.n Bet Yer I
did, "Where Z" "Down The creek.
How did you catch it ~ "It was one
O. them six-foot city fellers with gold
mounted tishpole. I sold him four garter
snakes for eels, and he gave me fifty
cents for EN- If yer don't call that
catching a sucker. yer can't talk English,
that's all. p
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-10-11
POPULAR SCIENCE.

Copper loses strength rapidly with
heat; from zero to 212 degrees it loses
about five per cent, while at 500 degrees
it loses twenty-five per cent.
A new vegetable parasite, haplococcus
reticulatus, has been discovered in pork
by DR.. Zopf. It was found in from thirty
to forty per cent. Of the entire number
Of animals examined.
N. Pivion, favoring cremation, says
that those poisons which can be detected
in decaying body can, with few excep-
tions, be found in the ashes which re-
main in the crematory.
The antiquity Of magnifying glasses is
indicated by the following passage from
the writings of Confucius, the great
Chinese philosopher, who died 47s years
B. G. As we use glass to examine
the forms Of things, 50 must we study
antiquity to understand the present"
DR.. ]. Murray Gibbes, of Newzealand,
declares that Eucalyptus globules, the
blue gum tree, contains properties
which are perfectly antagonistic to the
germs of diphtheria, and that he has
used the plant in his practice with such
remarkable success that he feels justified
in pronouncing it cure for that disease.
His treatment includes the keeping of
the patient away from the slightest
draught of cold air, in warm room in
which the atmosphere is impregnated
with steam from boiling infusion of
the blue gum leaves.
Professor Lockyer, the English astron-
omer, thinks it very probable that human
life on the planet Mars is very much like
that on the earth. The light must be
less brilliant, but the organs Of sight may
be SO much more susceptible as to make
the vision quite as good. The heat Is
probably not SO great, but it il by no
means less in proportion to the lessened
power of the suns rays. This observer
agrees with others in affirming that sew
eral remarkable seas, some Of them con
nected by straits with still larger seas, and
some not so connected-ar now defnable
in the southern hemisphere, in which, as
is the case with the earth, the water area
seems to be much greater than in the
northern hemisphere.
A Norwegian photographer, Pro
fessor Schubeler, called attention short
time ago to the remarkable fact that
most plants in high latitudes produce
much larger and heavier seeds than in
warmer regions near the equator-an
effect which he ascribes to prolonged in
fuence of sunlight during the long sum-
mer days of the high latitudes. In some
cases the difference of seed development
is most astonishing. Dwarf beans taken
from Christiana to Drontheim-le than
four degrees further north-gained more
than sixty per cent in weight; and thyme
from Lyons when planted at Drontheim
showed gain of seventy-one per cent.
The grain Of northern fields is heavier
than when grown in more southern locali-
ties; and seed from Norway when planted
at Breslau decreased greatly in the first
year. The leaves also Of most plants are
larger and more deeply colored in high
latitudes, as was first noticed by Grise-
back and Martins. The same is true of
flowers, and many which are white in
southern climates become violet in the
far north.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-10-11
An Unfortunate YOUNG Man.

a young slim starting in society and
anxious to become a fade was invited
few evenings since to escort a young lady
to a party in Harlem. 1t took him 50
long to dress that lie was late In keeping
his appointment, and on arriving at the
young lady's house was told that she had
gone with her brother, and he was to fol-
low. Somewhat disconnected, be obeyed
orders. Ushered into the parlor be found
he was unacquainted with any one present
and a lanciers having just been finished
al the seats were occupied. He saw his
girl sitting on the end of the sofa BY the
window. He went to her and after greet
ing him she offered him the only vacant
seat left-a baby's small rocking-chair.
1t was directly in front Of the window,
which extended to the floor. When the
young lady Of the house came along hi
girl went to introduce him. He ar0se Ia
make his best bow, but to bis consterna-
ton found that the -rslal1~ ere with him.
1t was grht fit. He made lii bow
but unfortunately each rung : vi the chai
penetrated pane Of glass. he turned
around quickly and the chair, still stick
ing, disclosed to the party t6cNcause Of
the difficulty He fed hastily, t66>ap-
pendage remaining until it loosened and
fell when knocked against the parlor
door, The laughter with which The acci-
dent was greeted yet rings in tie young
mans ears and he VOWS that Harlem viii
never see him again. His girl is down
on baby-chairs for she has not seem him
since.---Ne1 York Journal.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-10-11

A Tooth as Big as a Horses Head.
The tooth Of mastodon, which was
found twenty miles above the mouth Of
Cannon Ball creek On sandbar, is "a
exhibition in Bismarck Although il
has crumbled somewhat through the raw
ages Of time it still weighs about fifteen
pounds and is one Of the molar taaths
Judging from this mammoth tooth the
animal was Of a herbiyerous nature and
must have been at least forty feeA Long
and twenty teet high and its weight
must have been enormous. This siHRle
tooth is almost as large as ho1ss's head
Chicago Times.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-10-11
The Lie .. a New York policeman.


"When I first went on the force, Y said a
New York policeman toareporter, "Iwas
a young fellow and was put on a beat on
the east side, taking in the wharves and
lower part of Cherry and Water streets.
In those days that was rough beat, and
I would have thrown up my position a
dozen times the first six months, only I
thought they'd think I did it from funk.
So kept on and after time things got
better and I had less trouble. When I
say trouble mean man gets to know
how to handle himself when he gets in
tight place after he's been in the business
year or two. And then about making
arrests. Why, when I first went on Ihad
an arrest nearly every night and was in
hot water all the time, but I finally
made the rough cases on my beat know
! want afraid of 'em and wouldn't have
no nonsense, and things got quieter.
"The worst time an officer has is after
he's broken up crowd and stopped a
fight, say, to get his man in You make
your arrest, and then for few minutes
sometimes it's pretty lively, for in gen
eral they try to get your man away, and
if there's enough of 'em and they mean
business, they'll do it, too, for a police
man is only man, and if dozen real
rough customers go for him, unless he
gets aid, why he gets licked every time
But the only time | really felt like throw
ing up my hand and trying something
where there wasn't quite SO much fight
ing in it, was about four years ago down
in Fortieth street, below Tenth avenue.
It was about 2 o'clock in the morning
and 1 was walking along wishing it was
six. I was mighty tired and feeling gen
orally out of sorts, when saw two men
fighting about two blocks away It
didn't take me long to get there, and it
didn't take me long to stop 'em, for the
big one had all he wanted and in some
way managed to slip through my fingers
and was off at full gallop, leaving
me alone with the little fellow, who
didn't try to get away but grabbed for
my club. He nearly got it, and I
have the scar on my wrist yet which the
leather thong made that fastened it to
my wrist, when he wrenched and twisted
my club before got him in hand. Well,
Pm big man and he was little one,
but the next five minutes was the tough
est work I've ever had, and if I hadn't
had my club I'd have been nowhere. I
found when I got him to the station that
he had on one Of those heavy Scotch
caps, and that accounts for the way he
took my taps, for had to hit him harder
and harder, and the more hit the more
fight he showed but finally he weakened,
and we were a bad-looking couple when
we got round to the station.
"Arresting women is the most disagree
able work we have, for sometimes they
fight like wildcats, and tear your clothes
and give more real trouble than any two
men. Some people think we could get
along without our clubs, but that's all
nonsense. An officer must have some
sort of weapon, and if brute gets on
the force and clubs right and left, that's
no argument against respectable, decent
man having some means Of defense when
he gets into the tight places all of us do
who have hard districts"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-10-11
WOODBURY., NJ. THURSDAY, OCTOBER H. 1883
BEFORE THE LEAVES FALL
I wonder II oak and maple,
Willow and elm and all,

----~-
I wonder II oak and maple,
Willow and elm and ALL
Are stirred at heart by the coming
OF the day their leaves must falll
Do they think Of the yellow whirlwind,
Or know of the crimson spray
That shall be when chill November
Bears all the leaves awaya
Perhaps beside the water
The willow bends, serene
And when her young leaves glistened
In mist of golden green;
But the brave old oak is flushing
To a wine-red dark and deep,
And maple and elm are blushing
The blush of child asleep.
II die, We must,n the leaflets
Seem one by one to say,
"We will wear the color Of gladness
Until we pass away,
No eye shall see us falter;
And before we lay it down
Well wear, in the sight of all the earth,
The years most kingly CROWN
So trees of the stately forest,
And trees by the trodden way
You are kindling into glory
This soft autumnal day;
And we who gaze remember
That more than all they lost,
To hearts and trees together
May come through the ripening frost.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-10-11

For the next three months a reduction of
TEN PER CENT. will be made from our
present very low prices. Parties wishing
good work will find it TO their advantage to
cali and see what can be bought for very
small amount of money. My OBJ ;ect in max
ing the above reduction is to clean up a large
stock on hand, which do not want to carry
over the winter. Thanking the people of
Woodbury. and surrounding country for their
liberal patronage, / hope, by Fair and Square
Dealing, to merit continuance of the same.
DAN'L R. HAWTHORN,
Cooper Street. Woodbury.. N. J.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-10-11
+ TMMAEUEL PFEIFFER,

INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE BROKER,
WOODBURY.. N j.
City and Country Property bought, sold and
exchanged.
April s. 1889.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-10-11

A THE OLD STAND.
At the old Barber Shop, three doors below
Sewton's Hotel, you con have your work done in
irst class style.
HAIR CUTTING A SPECIALITY:
Also, fine brands OF Tobacco and segars always
On hand.
JOSEPH r. sITLEY.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-07-07

WHEN the old man came in Friday morn
ing the religious editor said: ST, under
stand you played three-card monte with .
Cincinnati faker down at the freight depot
yssterdayp "WeIi, no, sab. He jess
buck'd 'gin me wunce am den 'pear'd ter
hab or 'gagement sumwhar ilsew Did you
beat him !" "Oh, no, sahl l nebber beats
nobody. But he flung he little Jim Crow
kyards roun' dar an low nobody kin
pick up de rooster kyard-an' tuck him!"
" For how much? Mcughty leetle, fur
he oney had fo' dollars" Did you win
i'll" " Well. / wuzn't Tong wild Marse Ellick
in de Mexikan wah jess ter fife san'-fies!
An oney laks err dollar dis mawnin' er
bein' able ter settle dat fibe dollar street
taY-an' ef dere's emmy gemman roun' hyar
wants ter mingle three kyards fer err dollar
-I'se hyarw Nobody responded, and we
doubt whether the street tax has yet been
paid.-Gcorgia Major.