St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-16
"You did. This very ball is to make

"You did. This very ball is to make
one of a set for an Episcopal clergyman.
For many years he has been sufferer
from dyspepsia and insomnia. and on
the advice of his physician he Logan
was the exercise thus secured that he
went to his bed the first night after
playing and slept for seven hours-a
blessing he had not enjoyed for over q
year. His dyspepsia has now disap-
peared, and his first care is his bowling
alley, after which comes his parish
work. This is SO, because the first is ne
cessary TO success in the latter
'.What is the cost OF fitting up good
allev?r
That is something that those desir-
ing alleys control themselves We
never build the alley, we only turn
the pins and balls. An alley is like a
dwelling. You can spend much or lit
tie on its erection. The pins and balls
are like the furniture of dwelling, but
admit OF less expenditure in the matter
of ornamentation. We aim to make a
lasting and perfect Y true sphere, that
is all, for which we charge according
to number, size, weight and stock. ~
"How does it happen that the game
has at last sprung into favor?''
.'Well, think we owe the Germans
the most praise therefor, as they have
always been inyeterate bowlers. They
have kept the game before the public
They have demonstrated its superiori-
ty over other indoor athletic sports, and
they have known it to be simple,
harmless and invigorating exercise. I
am no doctor, but they tell me bowling
and horseback riding are the only two
sports wherein all the four hundred
muscles of the body are brought into
full play. The public bowling-alleys
are not only increasing. but many
private houses are being fitted up with
long galleries in the basement. Bill
lizards and pool-tables are frequently
supplemented with the ball and pm.
Ladies have been interested in the
game ever since croquet first came into
notice, and now that bowling is becom-
ing popular. you may expect to see or
established composed not
only of male players, but females as
WELL"
Further inquiry elected the fact that
bowling alleys can ne put up at cost
from one hundred and fifty dol
lars to many thousands. A curious fact
that will 60 far toward showing the
Eold that bowling has taken upon the
public is this: 1t is said that certain
on Fifth avenue decided
long ago to put in his mansion a COM
plete and well-arranged bowling alley.
His desire, however, was at variance
with what the builder deemed practi-
cal. He wanted the run and siding
made of marble, and really desired to
know if the balls could not be made of
the same substance. A compromise
was made, it is believed, op a flooring
Of concrete or asphaltum and balls of
ebony. Another instance of the popu-
arity of the game of tenpins is had in
the recent adoption of the swinging
tenpins" to parlor use. Only one ball
IS used. This is fastened to the end of
: long rope, the other end of which is
To hook in the ceiling over
mead. The length of the rope must con-
orm to perfect grazing of the pin
BOARD. which is inclined upwards from
he player at an angle of forty-five de-
rrees. on which the pins are arranged.
strange as it may appear, an amount of
science equal to that necessary in the
game is required to play this
,arlOr or pocket edition, as it is called.
The ball swings to and fro like a
coming back to the player
Immediately after every "bowl. IN.
I. Nail and E1press.