St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-08-23
THE ANTS.

meeting 1t the Courthouse las
"Wednesday. There were abou
fifty persons present, at least hal
Of them being Lottery men or non.
committal. the rest being Ants
non residents, boys and one color
ed man. There were no ladie,
1t the meeting. The very few
Ants who were present came from
au parts Of the parish, which AZ
forded . pretty fair estimate o.
their numerical strength in this
neck Of thewoods. Col. J. C. Wick
Life, who arrived from the city on
the excursion train, addressed the
meeting. His speech was q rehash
Of the same old Anti Lottery slush
that was first published by Rev.
DR.. Carradine, then copied into the
message Of Gov. Nichols, and af-
forwards worn threadbare by the
New Delta and other subsidized
Anti Lottery papers. He spoke of
the evils Of buying Lottery tickets
Il you don'thappen to win anything,
and referred to the old story Of the
man out West who was reported 20
have won . big prize, but couldn't
be found; (that man was probably
IN Anti, or some self-elected saint,
who took the Lottery's money and
didn't want his friends and neigh
boris to know that he patronized
the ''sinful'' institution, or perhaps
he owed big bill to his merchant
and was afraid he would dun him. J
Winners in the Lottery, for private
reasons, have been known to give
in fictitious names, and even decline
togive any name at all, but they
don't forget to take the money.
The trick is an old one, but the
speaker made the most of It, which
appeared to tickle the Anti portion |
Of the audience. He referred to the
levecs, and said that Louisiana was |
Is well able as the other States to |
build and maintain her levees. But
he forgot to mention that the levees
u Louisiana must withstand the
train Of the rushing waters Of the
wenty States to the North Of her.
de never alluded to the report Of
be State Engineer, who says that
will require $75, 900 to repair the
svees Of the Fifth Levee District
lone, and that It win require at (
Mt 8, 000, 900 to construct levees
{ the proper height from the Ar. (
ansas line to the Gulf. This was =
great oversight on his part. He l
the Lottery to the keno '
ame, but failed to state that while B
70 latter Il run by professional q
Amblers, the former is = chartered d
sdtuton Of the State, and that '
70 wen-hown and trusted gen 9
'men, Gems. Beauregard and .
My, stand as watchful sentinels. .
tween the ticket holders and the d
'ttery Company, to see that the u
awnings are honestly and fairly o
nducted. He referred to . man B
New Orleans who bought Lot Il
y tickets with the money with q
'ich he should have paid bis house v
At. In our opinion that man q
yer intended to pay his house "
1t anyway; every landlord knows in
It there d . class Of people in the
= who rent houses and stay in =
m tin they are put out, and never >.
? the rent, but spend their money !,
something else. The same thing ],
uld be done II there were no =
ttery Company. The speaker -
ated several other anecdotes, in -
ded to point . moral, and ear ,r
tly enjoined his hearers to or. i:
lize and 60 to work to defeat the -
ttery amendment. Like al Of the -
d speakers, he urged the refusal =,
he 81, ESQ. 600 . year from the -
tsry Company, but he had =;
hing to offer in place Of It. Oc- -,
lonally during the speaking -.
70 was . sound - Of the acct ~.
tai falling Of . foot TO the floor, -
Oh We construed - being . fee -,
attempt at applause. II 20 It -.
Of very mild form and not !.
hing.
II. Wickline spoke for about IN ~
I and . half, and when he closed -
thought somebody would follow o.-
who had something to say, but -.
his We were disappointed, and
audience then dispersed as I
:ly ~ it had assembled. cat