St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-12-06

letter from our Parish Commission
er to the Worlds Exposition:
vaudeville, La, Dec. 4, 1854.
All citizens OF our parish are
earnestly urged to aid in getting
up aud sending forward as credita-
BILE and complete a display for the
Worlds Industrial and Cotton Gen.
tennial Exposition as possible.
We need specimens of timber,
lumber, brick, sand, pottery clay.
moss, corn, oats, rice, sugar cane.
hay, needle work, preserves. canned
fruits, fowls, stock, agricultural
products of all kinds, and anything
rare or remarkable, in its natural
state, or made by hand, which will
attract attention to our parish, and
show to the world her resources
and capabilities.
Please send your articles forward
by the 18th inst, and direct all ex-
hibits to Hon. G. J. Barrow, Louis
lana Commissioner, and at the time
of shipping send a memorandum
to the undersigned, to Lock Box
1906, New Orleans. giving full
description, SO he can see that the
article is in place and properly ac-
credited to the parish.
Among the many and wonderful
articles now in the Louisiana space,
no specimen of live-oak or of very
large pine is to he seen, and it is to
be hoped that our parish can sup
ply this deficiency.
The exhibits are being placed in
position rapidly, and the interior OF
the Exposition buildings are being
filed up with stands and booths OF
unique and beautiful designs,
which makes it attractive and bright
beyond conception.
GEO. MooRMAN,
Parish Commissioner.
1t is to be hoped that our citi-
zens will act promptly in this mat
ter. Only Il few days remain III
which entries can he made, but our
proximity to the city. and oul
transportation facilities, by rail
road and by steam and sailing YES,
sells, will enable us in very short
space of time to forward a credita-
bic display. In addition to the ar-
ticles enumerated by the Palisl
Commissioner, we might send
samples of our mineral waters; and
the shipyards at Madisonville
should send models Of the steam
and sailing vessels built by them:
our vineyards should also be repr, :
sented by samples of the various
kinds OF wine made in the parish,
and the silk industry. although
comparatively III its infancy, could
make a very attractive exhibit;
in the matter woman's work, there
is one article alone of which hun
dreds of ladies could forward speci-
mems, and we venture to say II more
delicious article will not be found
in the Exposition buildings-we
refer to the products of the fig
fig preserves and fig jelly; this
would illustrate one of the possible
industries of our parish in which II
fortune awaits the enterprising in
dividual who will embark in the
business on large scale.
Our parish is sparsely settled,
but we can make up in natural re-
sources what we lack in population,
and by making an attractive and
creditable display of the former,
we WILL soon secure the latter.
Our parish can and ought to
make fine display, and even if We
are only half represented, our citi-
zens, when they visit the great Ex-
position. will be proud to acknowl-
edge that they hail from "Old st.
Tammany.'
The State Commissioner will pay
the cost of transportation on all ex-
hibits that are sent to him, 30 all
that is required is little effort, OH
the part of our citizens, in collect.
ing and forwarding display to
which we can point with feelings of
pride. There is no time to be lost,
however, and we hope that active
operations will be commenced i'm
mediately.