St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-09-07

Ut the Seashoro District, and sever
al others.
VAUDEVILLE ITEMS.
VAUDEVILLE. Sept. S. 1889.
EDrrcR 81. TAMxAxY FAaxxa:
For the past week the great event
vas tho oocaltation of Jupiter by
the moon. on tho Sd inst. The
population Of our town were on tho
lookout At 8 o'clock :. y. Jupiter
did make . dive behind tho quarter
moon. but alas the King Of Thun-
der. being dissatisfied BY the action
OF his son. threw . dark cloud over
the moon. and for several hours
kept her perfectly sclipsed, so that
We human creatures left them to
their dark plots" and retired 10
our night resorta
Although the summer season 10
drawing to close, our stores are
daily getting new suppliea The
new store. A. Band. proprietor, re-
ceived full supply Of goods on
Tuesday. by the New Camelia, and
those genial clerks Of bic are on the
lookout to accommodate all. rich
and poor. white aud black, and We
are informed that hereafter the
store will be known - the "PiR
and Whistle" II will certainly be
root hog or de-" but what about
that whistle , Az soon - heard
they will be sure 10 have ct least
200 ours wstching for . mess.
We are sorry to see that the |
FARNER had . little controversy
with the Signal Officer at New Or
leans. We are of the opinion that
you should be allowed . station ct |
Covington. but do not put Mande-
ville's observer down. for whsa nc
one wanted il Mr. Alex. Band.
without any remuneration what.
ever. took the Office, and for the
past i've years has been attending |
to it. to the great detrimsut Of his
other occupations.
The following parties are reeis-
tered at Colonies: Msssrs. H.
Skerl. WIN. Rsll aud Jas. Wright
1t is our painful duty to ohroni-
Gle the death Of one of our most e.
{ semed citizens. Mr.. Joseph Sole.
A" no died last Saturday morning 1t
two O'Clock. Of .poplsxy. A few
minutes before his uu,imsly death
be had eaten y hearty meal. and in.
forued his wife that he was going
to zee what his sou aud aid were
doing in the bakery. anl ~ hs re-
turned aud stepped into the hall n
heavy fall was heard. and when his
son rushed into the house he found
his father lying down on tue
fO0r . corpse. Mr. Sole was ma
tive Of Gallan. Hautes Pyrsuees,
Francs. aged AZ years. In 1866 he
N arr,ed Miss Josephine Mmc. of
our town. aud two years after es-
txblis0sd the Vaudeville bakery,
where he built very coli0rtAbIs
home Tor has family, which cons,sts
81 has widow aud ak children, Que
son and i've daughters. The fu-
asfsl took place ON sunday morn
ug ut eight o'clock. from the Cath
'lio church. Father +. Aveiihsl
pronounced tue usual rites, and a.
Tor blessing the corpse, made one
II the most touching and symps-
thetic Olations ever delivered in
our Catholic sanctuary. The COR
1cge to the grave was most impos-
nX. f0r two squares 0f carriagss|
md parties on foot followed the
:earss. 10 his widow aud children
w extend our most heartfelt con.
dole nos in their hour Of bsrssvs-
neut.
Although Septembef il acknowl
'dgsd t0 w the coolest and mOst
agreeable moath for picnics. hunt.
ny and 6shiug. our visitors are a.
'eady bundiing up for start to the
crescent City; but neverthsles>,
he excursions Of the steamer Nov
jamslis. Wednesdays and Sun
lsys. are veil patronized. This IL
undoubtedly due to tho elegant &C.
:0mm0dations Of that steamer, aud
o the refined attentions bestowed
'pou che sxcursi0nists BY that &C.
"old tar" Capt. Hanover, ~
listed BY his polite officers. and
he unsurpassed fare served by the
luRnier Broa
Last year the members of Bat
tsry A. Washington Artillery. gave
picnic at Crescent Hall. They
we're ~ much pleased that they
sill repeat It this season, and TO-
morrow { friday twenty Eve of it,
Members will come over on tbei /.
ew Csmelia and sojouru here till
loudsy.
On the 22d inst the Howard Al
ociation have made arrangements !
Or l26 converts" ut the Crescent
isll. ~ celebrate their anniversary.
brase band will bs in attendance.
nd that wideawake paul" of the
Ex, next door. will have every 9
hink in tiptop order. and gasr.n- I
~ that the ''tumblsrs" will not }
reak ''tEsir heads" - b will