St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-02-02


There 10 . fellow, occasionally
met. who possessed the rarsst qus..-
tiles Of talent and judgment. He
10 able 70 sueesssfully cope With
any Of The problems Of The day
social. political and business quss.
tons are al easily solved by him.
What ere astousdine pnxzlss 10
many are simple - cbildis play
after hs tarns on the light Of bis
fertile brain. Very true be has not
made much keadway in the world.
but then b hes not bad . fair
chanco.
He 10 not without friends and
admirsrs. hut bic partner. the kick
Or. 10 bic boon companion. and
really draws on him Tor new material
10 replsnisb bic stock in trade.
He l. usually veil informed - 10
what i going on. Il hoas and
abroad. in . general way. but hs
never both4ss himssli about details:
that's for smaller minds.
Art aad scisocs are subjects we'll
understood BY him. and sometimes
10 will give enlightenment ON tech.
aical s"bjseta bat bic forte Lies in
disclosing the weak points in the
affairs Of his nsighbors. parish Of.
ficials and the farmers.
He makes . very fair ueighbor
himself. for be never docs any more
serious harm than talking and bor-
rowing. He 10 not an officer. hut
no could have been il the ring
bad not bsen agains. him.
He 10 not . farmer. hut he says
that il he was he would do things
dihsreut from the way they are
i"oe in this country.
He s.ys that il he was running =
newspaper he sonld show the pso-
,,ls whats what. He would level
the pride aud arrogance OF come
folks who think they are hiding
their cloven feet and fooling the
world He would keep an eve ope"
to discover tue crookslnsss in the
land. aud he xoal.l swoop down
like nm ssgls. every time the devil
raisesl his head from behind the
log.
H. thinks the mercLauts ask too
much pru6t ON their goods; il he
WIS nsrch sndising be would ssll
npon . email margin and bs par
ticular ~ 10 whom be gives credit.
aud he knows he could get rich in
. few years.
The m"nsyed men Of the country
are tho narrow minded; be knows
IT hundreds Ct invest meuts that h~
could make aud double his money
every t;ns. hut the m"nsysd men
don't take hold ~ they should.
The doctors' charges are exorl,i-
tant; now IL he was . doctor he
wouldn't charge half that they do.
aud then 10 would get III the
practice that he conld attend to.
and you see he'd make money.
Nov il hs was . lawyer he never
would take = case unless bis client
vas in the right. and he 10 willing.
right now. to bet that he woul.l
never loose snit.
Al that the officers are after ia
their pay; IL he vas in Office he
would show the people how they
have beep humbugged by . lot Of
blockh~sd politicians. He can show
: hume red errors they have made
10 the last six monthsL
A for other people knowing ho~
to train children why the parents
in this country don't understand
the 6rst principles in child train
ing: he never would let . boy oil
hia do 40 10 sses lots Of them do
ing every day.
These are only . few Of the vain
able saggestions that hs maksa
during the day, aud IL you'll listen
10 will tell yoa = ersst many other
things tbst you never thought ol
before.
Put down that ruckl Don't
throw. you'd b sure to bit him.
Hes hsrmless.-Ef.
GLUE FROM DUCK EGGS.
The rapid decrease in the mum.