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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-07-06

quence On Isaac Moses
He had halted under an awning to
get out of the rain, and his back was to
Abraham as the latter sat in the store
door and remarked:
my frendt. let me sell you rubber
oafergoat VERY sheap. / can make
you one at a dollar. II You haf a rub
ber Overgoat you can go along und
uefcr mind der rain"
The man did not turn or answer.
"You vhas VERY foolish" continued
the clothier. '.fer you neffer get another
sooch bargain ash dot How You like
an umbrella for seexty cents, eh? |
haf some shust ash good ash you puy
for two dollar at der stores. II you hat
an umbrella you vhas all right in 'lnr
wet weather. Come in. my frendt. und
select der sort Of handle dot suits you"
The man under the awning was like
. piece Of statuary.
1T vhas . dull day init me. und
like to get rid Of something. Dot goat
OF yours vhas VERY shabby for sooch
shentlemans ash you vhas. 1t vhas
no match for your pants. onyrow. !
hat two hoonered to select from, und II
you like to shtcp in ! make der price
all right. can sell you peter ono
for tree dollars misfit dot some Con-
gresham doan'' take away. Please
walk right in"
But the stranger didn't
Or may be you like to look at >
trunk. My place vhas der original und
only trunk store for der sale OF der pest
trunks at der lowest prices. Eafey-
pOdy should have a trunk. She vhas
handy il you 60 away. und shust ash
handy il you shtay at home. l can sell
a trunk init patent tray und Yale
lock for two dollar. Dot vhas one
half der price sharged on der next
shtreet l can fix you oudt all der
way from feety cents up to seexteen
dollar. 1t vhas no trouble to show
goods. Shtep right in und examine
my line Of trunks"
II the stranger heard a word Of what
was said. no action Of his betrayed the
fact
''vhell. II you doan' like . trunk,
perhaps you look at my spring suits in
tweeds l can fit you oudt in fife min
utes, und gil you great satisfaction.
Dose spring CLOSE vhas no secondhand
peesnessL All vhas misfits from der
VERY pest tailor shops, und ] take 'em
at sooch q low price dot l can fit you
oudt at your own figure Please come
in und make der greatest bargain Of
your life. Dis shtore yhill shapge
hands next week. und der opportunity
vhas forever lost to you"
The stranger still stood like q crow
bar.
my frendt, it vhas q leedle late for
oafergoats, und for dot reason vhas
willing to make great shave. 1t vhill
pay you to buy one now for next win
ter I vhas long on oafergoats und
short on cash. Come in und take ono
at your own price. You can haf brown.
blue, green. black"
Abraham, who vhas you talking
to-" queried the wife, as she came from
the back room.
ITO dis shentlemans oudt here. who
can haf an Oaiergoat for fife dol"
''You vhas an oldt FOOL" she ex.
as she looked out "Dot vhas
old Isaacs. who vhas in der same pees-
ness aroundt der cornerr-N. Y. Sun
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-07-06
OVER THE PRESENTS.

Remarks Overheard After the Departure
Of the Wedding Guests
Aren't those spoons lovely?
Perfectly exquisite!"
..And do see this case Of cups and sau-
cers-real Dresden!'
"How perfectly beautiful! Who gave
them?"
''The DeCourcya"
''They always give such elegant
things Do see these bronzes"
Beautiful. beautiful. What names
ON the card?'
Claude ST. George"
'.How lovely OF him."
WASN'T it. though? And do SEQ this
painting!'
Did you ever see any thing moro
perfectly charming? Who is it frOm7"
1.-The Percys" a.
How rcry nice of them!'
"Oh. oh. oh. oh! Do. do SEQ this
case OF solid silverr'
''O-o-o-o-h!" -.
'.Loreiy!"
Perfectly beautiful"
''And solid, too!''
''Who sent themY'
'The DE Smythea .sf
'.How handsome Of themr' 81
IL Condev who sent the plated setr'
81 can't endure plated thingsr'
':Nor I-but do see this cut glass;"
'.Isnf it lorclyf'
'.Isn't it. thought
s'Indeed it is"
"Exquisite!"
And so on ad infinitum.-Detrot Free
Press
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-07-06
The Dairy Cow.

Writing from Tennessee . corre-
spondent asks: What do you call a
good dairy COW? We presume our cor
respondent means to ask how to select
q good dairy COW. Any body knows
what good dairy cow is when he sees
and tests her products. Still there is
something more to q COW than simply
yielding an abundance Of milk or even
an abundance OF rich milk. She ought
to be able to produce . good cali.
under proper conditions. A COW. too.
ought to be just as good beef-pro-
ducer as it is possible for her to be.
without interfering with her milk-giv-
ing qualities. Much is said about the
general-purpose COW. but while We be-
lieve that the dairy COW should be
selected first and foremost for her
abilities in the direction OF giving
milk and producing butter. the
beef side Of the cow is worth
looking after, for some good
COWS are much better beef-pro-
ducers than other cows Of equal dairy
merits. Perhaps the chief thing about
the beef side in the dairy is quality.
Quantity can not be got beyond a GER
tain limit, we do not believe, without
injury to the milk production Prof.
Robertson gives these characteristics
a. the proper ones to find in q good
COW: Broad. hig1 forehead; large.
prominent bright and lively eyes;
long, clean-cut face; small. lively ears;
dewy, lustrous nose with broad muzzle
and oblong nostrils; long. fine neck;
deep chest. full behind the Gelbows;
unctuous, mellow. movable skin with
fine. soft. messy hair; round barrel
with fine muscles under the belly; nat
ribs, wide apart; stright-hack with
joints loose and open; broad loin; wide
pelvis, slightly arched; tail shanks
and bones all of fine structure; udder
large. long and deep. elastic in quality
and not neshy; teats wide apart; thin
hips; milk veins prominent and tortu-
GUS; thin, spare habit Of body and gen.
Tie. quiet disposition.
This correspondent also asks US II
every Jersey or Holsteiu-Friesian 10
good COW. By no means. The idea
that such is the case has done great
harm. That ia one reason that some
people are always ready to jump
on the pedigree business. They buy
worthless or inferior pedigree COW and
then they conclude that the registry is
= colossal fraud. II . COW does not
possess individual merit never buy
her. whatever her pedigree NAV be.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-07-06

But such COW in consequence OF hea
breeding may produce good calves
A good COW must possess excellent
respiration, good action and conse-
quent vigorous circulation; good di
gestion and good assimilation. Now a
cow may be well bred and yet may be
lacking in the necessary qualities az
the result Of bad management Henc.
the necessity Of giving attention to the
individual merits National Stock.
man.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-07-06
THE ORIGINAL "PIN."

The Word Derived Probably from the
Scotch and Formerly sPrin."
''Pin" is regarded by good authori-
ties rs the modern form of the o.d Eng
lish ..preon" or .'prin." from which the
"r'' has in course of time been lost; il
this be SO. it is the same rs the Scotch
word ..prin." ''prein." or ''preen." a
pin made of wire. Hence also the
Scotch word 'prin-cod' (pin-cush-
ion). or. as Shakespeare writes it, "a
cod-piece to stick pins on" There are
other examples OF the dropping out Of
'r'' from old English words. which
serve TO establish this derivation Of the
word. as. for instance, the old English
word grin" a snare, has become gin.
In some old writers We find the word
spelt "pynne." There would seem to
have been in feudal times uses for pins.
which ceased with the customs Of those
days
Chronicles OF the festivities of those
olden times tell US that the tankards
used at feast were divided into eight
equal parts. and each part was marked
of BY q silver pin. Tho cups held two
quarts, consequently the quantity con-
tanned from pin to pin was half a pint
BY the rules of good-fellowship drink
er was to stop his quaffing only at
pin. II he drank but hairs breadth
bevond he was bound to drink to the
n~xt pin; it was. OF course, very difficult
to stop exactly at the pin. and the vain
efforts Of the drinkcr gave rise to un-
bounded mirth at his expense. the not
uncommon solution Of the difficulty be-
ing the draining Of the tankard to its
very dregs Longfellow refers to this
in The Golden Legend" when he says:
No songs. no laugh. no loviai din,
OF drinking wassail to the pin.
London Queen.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-07-06
HOW THEY ALL WRITE.
The Way the Leading Novels, Sketches aod
Poems 0f the Day Are Born.

The Way the Leading Novels. skseehss aa4
Poems o9 the Day Are Born.
The Photographic World has been
collecting news of how some Of the best
known journalists. novelists. poets and
sketch-writers do their work. whether
by debating to typcwriters or to STEM
ographers, or by writing with pen or
pencil in the old-fashioned way. As
tho news is all first hand from the
writer's themselves, it Is rs trustworthy
- Il h interesting.
Charles A. Dana says: 1T does not
happen oftener than once . week that ]
write any thing with my own hand. }"
He dictates every thing to a stem
ographer. White!aw Reid habitually
does the same thing. except when he
thinks special care is required.
Oliver Optic has used q typewriter
fourteen years. and has not written a
book or story in that time by any other
means. Amelie Rives. q beginner.
says: II always use pen and ink in
writing. and never dictate" Bill Nyo
travels so that he can not use n type
writer or stenographer constantly.
Some day. he says, he will dictate
till he gets black in the face.
A correspondent in Philadelphia.
signing himself A. W. Tourgee. says
he writes with a pencil or pen. MIR.
Richard Watson Glider, editor of the
Century Magazine, says he writes his
own compositions himself. but feels dis
appointed il Ms. sent to him is not
typewriter. Captain Charles King.
the novelist. says lit is hard to teach
an old dog new tricks" he writes with
. pen. George w. Cable writes his
novels in long hand. George Kenman.
the Russian explorer. writes his stories
in lead penciA then dictates them to q
typewriter.
Charles Carleton Coffin finds he can
not compose as well on a typewriter as
with a pen. John Boyle O'Reilly writes
with his own hand. Robert j. Burdetts
writes at length detailing the usual ex-
periences OF one who first attempts die
tation- He says now that he never
bought more ease and comfort than
whsn lie bought q typewriter. George
William Curtis writes with a pen or q
pencil. Robert Grant who wrote the
Confessions Of Frivolous Girl" says
he still uses the pen.
w. q. Stoddard uses the pen. Murat
Halstead resorts to photography and
typewritiag. F. r. Stockton dictates
to . long hand writer. Ella Wheeler
Wilcox composes ''pen in hand"
James Parton writes in the Old-fash-
ioned way. Marion Harland dictates to
her daughter. W. H. Riding is PEN
pusher. and so is Edward Eggleston.
George Alfred Townsend dictates to
stenographers Edward Atkinson. the
statistician. dictates to a stenographer.
Thomas Bailey A!drich writes in the
old-fashioned way, with pen and ink.
Margaret Deland, author OF John
Ward. Preacher" uses her pen alto
gether. but after her copy is ready
for the printer she has it typewriter.
George Bancroft, the historian. die
tates all his work to stenOgrapher.
MIR. w. ID. Howells. the novelist, writes
as follows: II have u weak wrist. and
use typewriter whenever have a
passage distinctly in mind or q bit Of
plain sailing before me. The difficult
places l feel my way through with q
pen."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-07-06
"A Crawfordsville. n. neoro h.1

"A Charlottesville. Ga, negro had q
favorite cat that had been given nim.
and the feline would not stay with its
dusky master. The gentleman of color
inquired around for remedy by which
he could attach his cat TO its new homo;
and finally this remedy was given him:
Measure the length Of the at'stail with
. common broom straw. smut the straw
with soes from thu fspily. .chinaey. apl
place this-the charmer-under the
doorsteps. This was strictly followed
and the cat has not left the place sinea
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-07-06
THE AMERICAN DRUMMER.

An Eloquent Newspaper Tribute to That
rsinee Of Intinerants.
The merchant has his store, the man
ufacturer his shop and the professional
man his office; when the work Of the
day is done. they 60 to their homes,
where blue devils are exercised by the
joys of the fireside. and there is a relax
alton Of business cares in the pleasure
Of society. But the drummer has the
wide, wide world for his field OF action.
and his energy and nerve for his stock
in trade. His days are spent in labor
and his nights in toll. He travels while
other men sleep; recOllections of home
must be crushed out Of him and the ten
derest part of his nature must be sub
dued. For who could sell goods when,
in fond memory. re heard the voices Of
his children mingled with the strife OF
trade? lie must keep his heart locked
tightly while he handles the keys OF
commerce. And yet, he has pleasures,
too. When for time his work is over,
who 20 well understands the secret OF
''taking mine case in mine inn" He is
- much ut home in q caboose OF
freight train as in n palace car. When
hc enters train, his familiarity with
his surroundings. is so apparent that he
might easily be mistaken for the pres
ident Of the road His practical eye at
q glance selects a cosy seat. and he ID
ensconced therein and taking his daily
lesson in human nature from his travel
ing companions before they have begun
TO be settle. The bell rings. the thros-
tie valve is opened. and the train moves
into the country. Now. who can know
the joy he feels as he glories in the
view Of the landscape. while the hills
and valleys, the streams and rivers and
the woodlands and meadows in pano-
ramic beauty glide away behind him.
Then here's to the drummer, that
prince OF itinerants Speak q kind
word for him when you can. and when
his last trip is over may he enjoy, in his
old age. the peace and quiet Of domestic
life which was denied him in his earlier
manhood. Shoe and Leather Record.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-07-06

Twenty years hence no hunter wilt
be able to discover wild elephant on
any portion Of this globc. The big
beast must 20.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-07-06

Maria. do you remember that fne
dinner you got up all by yourself on
the day l asked you to be mine?.'
,''Yes. indeed, George
Every thing was splendid"
II am sure it was" @As
"Ah. l wish your mother was living
with US now. Maria,-Puck.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-07-06

"A very pretty story is related OF
the Crown Princess Of Denmarx.
Prince Waldemar and Princess Mario
are good skaters. and one afternoon
when. after long run across the ice,
they sat down 70 rest they noticed .
little boy who was vainly trying to'put
his skates on. On seeing the. royal
couple he took of his hat and said:
'Oh. dear Princess Marie. can you not
help me to put my skates on" 1lre
royal lady smiled. knelt down on tho
ice and firmly fastened the straps
around the boys ankles
Nevada County picayune., 1889-04-17
A Hollow Mockery.

MT. E. F.. White, of Prescott, Ark. recently promoted to the office of h. dian Inspector and confirmed by the Senate, upon an admirable record of three years service as an agent of the Indian Bureau, has been re- moved by the President for merely partisan reasons. And yet, there ap- pears in the Presidents inaugural address the following captivating as surance:
 "ln appointments to every grade and department fitness and not party service should be the essential and discriminating test, and fidelity and efficiency is the only sure tenue of office. Only the interest of the puh- lie service should suggest removal from office.
 There is not more efficient man m the Indian service than Inspector White; and his removal, coupled with others ofa similar nature, makes the above quotation appear a hollow mockery.-[ Arkansas Gazette.
Nevada County picayune., 1889-04-17
The New Wine Law.
An act to regulate the sale of wine
 in the State of Arkansas: Be it enacted by the General Assem-

An act to regulate the sale of wine
 in the State of Arkansas: Be it enacted by the General Assem-
 bly of the State of Arkansas;
 Sec. 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person to sell wine at any place in the State except as author ized in this act.
 Sec. ,. Any person who grows or raises grapes or berries may make wIne thereof and sell the same upon the premises where such grapes or berries are grown, and the wine made in quantities of not less than one quart; provided, this shall not au- thorizc the sale of wine in any distrlct or locality where it's sale is prohibited under special act of the General Assembly.
 Sec. ,. Nothing in this act shall prevent regularly licensed liquor dealers from selling wine at the same places they are authorized to sell liquors.
 Sec. 1. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of the act, shall be deemed guilty of mis- dcmcanor, and upon convection shall be fined in any sum not less than two hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars.
 Sec. j. This act shall take effect from and after it's passage.
 Approved April 3, 1889.
Nevada County picayune., 1889-04-17
COCK-A-DOO-DLE-DOO!

Our Democratic bantam is on hls mettlc, and is bound to crow a little, over the election of Hughes, Hem mingwav and Sandels. Here is the official vote of the State: Hughes, 5l, zoo; Hemmingway, 52,43l; san dels, 52, ,925 ;-Mitchel, Al ,6l5; Hill, 0,962; Gregg, 4l,509. Average Democratic majority, ,093.
 Not over half as many votes boiled as in September last, so it is a grand and glorious Democratic victory.
 It seems Norwood, Ansley X Go. failed utterly to turn the Democratic Wheelers into the Republican Camp.
 And it was free election and a fair count. Now let Ansley and his Republican friends howl about the Upland and Swamp Democracy.
 Democracy "got there Eli '. Crow, bantam, crow
Nevada County picayune., 1889-04-17
Oklahoma.

The long promised land of the
 homesteaders will be open for settle
 ment at l2 o'clock, April 22, 1889.
 in accordance with the Presidents $
 proclamation, Many will desire to
 push westward to this new Canaan.
 and inquiry will naturally arise as to the shortest and best method of
 reaching their destination. The
 Iron Mountain Route, of all lines in
 Arkansas, seems best adapted to
 this purpose. The lines from the
 north, south and west converge at
 Little Rock and Fort Smith and
 Kansas and Arkansas Valley Divis- ions, with through trains to Wagoner, Indian Territory, bringing their out fits to this point, which is only journey of from two to three days at the fartheSt, to that part of the Indian Territory now thrown open as public domain by the Presidents proclamation. Ample facilities are offered via. this line for settlers, tradesmen, merchants and all who will find the means of making a live lihood in new land with their fami- lies and household effects. II. C. Townsend, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, St. Louis, or any of the representatives of the Company will furnish advertising matter de- scriptive of the lands of Oklahoma, a 1 correct may, time tables, etc. on lpplication or by writing. ]
Nevada County picayune., 1889-04-17

President Harrison, who was elected ny the negro vote, as we clearly proved in these columns a few weeks ago, had not been in the White House two weeks before he turned off all colored servants un- tremendously, and put in their places white persons. And now he has sent out the announcement that no negro in the South will be ap- pointed to office when respectable native white man can be found to take the place. It is clear that all the Republicans care for the negro is to gain his vote.
Nevada County picayune., 1889-04-17

We stated in these columns a week or two ago that another murder had occurred at Plummervillc, an impor- tant witness in the Clayton assassina- ton. The information to the above effect was gleaned from the Little Rock dailies. 1t turned out quite differently from what they reported. A negro Democrat was killed by a white man, Tn self-defence, no poli- tics in it at all. The Morrilton Headlight says:
 "The Gazette requested one of our citizens to furnish the facts in the Richmond-Smith tragedy. They were sent that paper but not pub lished. Natural inference-facts are not what was wanted"
 Whats the matter with our Little Rock contemporaries:
Nevada County picayune., 1889-04-17
AN OLD TIME PARTISAN.

It is easy to recall to mind his familiar figure as he sits, during winter evenings, in his favorite corner.
 In his easy chair, with pipe in hand and his silver-rlmmed 'specs pushed back until they find soft resting place on his beloved snow white head, with eyes sparkling and his face beaming with pleasure as he calls back old memories of days long gone by, he is likely to talk some thing after this fashion:
 its long time since was boy. An, but that was many years ago. Sixty long years have gone and the good Lord knows they were short enough. l was then as spruce and pert as any chap thereabouts.
 sOh, but we boys were boys Things have changed T heap since those days. Boys then didn't take much stock in stylish clothes and they didn't carry canes as they do now. Clothes and canes didn't cut much caper then, but it was good hard sense and work.
 "The boy who could do the biggest days work-could cut the most wood split the most rails, plough the most corn, was the most enyied. for he was sure to have the sweetest and best lookin' gal at the 'singin' school or apple peelin'.'
 II tell you those were good old times.
 Il didn't think anything of going thirty mile or more to see your grand mother, and we didn't have very good roads either, but generally had to follow some old Indian trail.
 "Talkin' about sickness then, there was no sickness like now. If we had q cold, q pain, or anything there was the best medicine in the world found in any log cabin home you came across. Why, remember that my old grandmother, God bless her soul, she's been dead fifty years or more, could make the best home made medicine for miles around. Her 'sarsaparilly' couldn't be beat. Come to think, 1 just read in the paper about somebody who is making this same old log cabin medicine, under the name of Warmers Log Cabin Sarsaparilla.
 1t does seem splendid to think that you can buy those good old home cures at the druggists nowa- days.
 "Mebbe you think people were not healthy in those days, but l tell you that it was mighty seldom anybody was sick long when they had such good old grandmother medicine so handy.
 People used to be stronger, heal thier, and they lived longer, when was boy
Nevada County picayune., 1889-04-17
Sherift's Sale.

NOTICE is hereby given that by virtue of an execution issued by the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Nevada County, on the 25th day of March, 1889, that I have levied on aud will offer for sac at public outcry. UPON TIE 30u DAY OF APRIL, 1889. at the front door ofthc Court house in Nevada County. Arkunsas, the following land to-wit Lot SC in block Three in Reppy's Addition, and lots l) and II iu block Three in the Railroad Survey, and the <. half of lot One, and the w. half of lot Two in block Two, in Warcn's Addition; all in the town of Prescott, Nevada County
 Said sale will be upon credit of three months. and the purchaser will be required to give q bond, with approved security, for inc purchase money. Said property was levied upon by virtue of au execution in favor of Snaor S Holmes vs Nat Martin
 Witness my hand this 9th day of April 1889. ED. Hoop ,Sheriti.
Nevada County picayune., 1889-04-17

The Washington Press has been lauding and making much of Judge C. F.. Mitchell of late, which seems to us untimely and inconsistent, since that paper has been kicking because the papers at the Capital did the same by Jno. NJ, Clayton, de- ceased. Democratic papers can find better subjects to discuss than poli- ticiaus of Judge Mitchels stripe.