St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-02-25
ST. TAMMANY PARISH.
From the N. o. Picayune. Feb. la

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From the N. o. Picayxne. Feb. IL.
While other Southern States ar,
de'ving in the earth. seeking col
iron. aud other minerals, aud wheu
traces Of such are found organ
izing booms on . large scale aDt
demanding exorbitant prices To-
land. LouiSisna. the garden Stat
Of the Union. has, also after making
vain search for minerals, settles
down to . determined: effort TO cul.
tivate the lands within her borders
and the result has bsen astouish'
ing thus far. So little 10 know,
abroad Of tie
VAST AaRlCUL1UaAL asDoUsCHD
Of this State. that By jar ths greats
portion Of tho soil has never beer
turned nor yielded . crop save The
which was sowsd BY naturs vhes
the waters recedsd and LETT the dry
land.
Among the portions Of this Stat.
which enjoy the salubrity Of eli
mate. . fertile coil and numeroul
other advantages. u st. Tammsny
parish. Bounded on the north b.
Washington and on the west b
Tsngipshos particles. east BY Pear
River and south BY Lake Pontehar
train. St. Tammany. though in day
gone BY we'll populated and enjoy
ing great advantages. bat little 1t
tsntion was devoted 70 planting
anything except cotton. The only
portions OF this parish known we're
those in which were located thu
towns of Cevington, Vaudeville
Aladisonville and LewisburH, and
these were merely looked upon ..
pleasant places in which
no PASS THE sUlNeR
Covington did formerly lay claim
to be something more substantial
than . mere Summer resort. = the
handsome and extensive, though
now old-fashioned mansions, which
st,ll Stand monumsnls Of prosper
ity, attest Once upon = time there
was . bank thsCe-an imposing aud
large brick sdiAos, which would
serve. to this day. to shame many
s<lifices iu larger cities devoted &
the same purpose. There are RI.
mors Of days when O0vington han.
died more cotton than New Or.
leans. When business dropped, q
did the bank. and when the town
reverted back to . summer resort,
the bank was closed and . hotsl VA
opened
Outside Of the four towns above
mentioned st. Tammany was . vii
dsrness. AID not % many months
ago
1I4 Last WOLF Vas KILLED
where nov the hustle OF civilization
10 awakening the echoes in ths
dense pine Wooda
A change has come over Coving.
tom great change indeed-and
all this has bean brought about By
the agency OF two publio-spirited,
enterprisine gentlemen Of Hancock
Nisa. (the HessEa Polite
vent + Favre.) and thus i came
about:
The 6rm own and operate the
most extensive ssw mills and lum-
Der yards in the South, - Pearling.
ton, Mias. Tbs beautiful river,
which earned it, name through On
error on the part Of the old French
set:lers, who mistook the oysters
found 1t its mouth for the Pearl
oyster Of tbs Indian ooesn and
named It Pearl river, was mot a.
ways available for the purpose Of
rafting logs. At some seasons Of
the year the water was too low, and
again in the course Of time the tim
Der was cut from the vicinity Of the
banks Of the river, and long haula
by oxen became necessary. In or.
der 10 reach the monarchs Of the
forests which stood inland. the firm
to build . logging rail-
road, and about six years ago. or
perhaps more, commenced laying
track on the west side Of Pearl
river, and gradually extended il in
land into st. Tammany parish. The
direction Of the road va
due west; and when, . short time
afterwards, the Northeastern rail-
way vas completed, the cleared
lands were settled upon and little
towns were laid out on the line Of
The new railroad. Slidell, from .
little side track. grew into . town,
and tho creosote works OF tho North
eastern company were located then
On bayou Bonfouca The town
grew apace. and this made the fifth
Town in st Tammany parish. In
the meantime the
CURATIVE PR0PkRTIEs or THE wArx1s
II the Abita Springs became better
and the general healthful-
ness Of the locality attracted con-
.iderable attention. Hundreds Of
nvalids would have availed them
,elves Of the health-giving proper
les Of Abita. and C0vington also,
,ut there was one serious draw
,ack-insuficiency and unreliable
ty Of communication with New Or
esns and the outside world. Steam
,oats piled in the Tchefoncta river
. far as Old Landing. but from
here . stage ride Of several miles
sas necessary to reach Covington or
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