St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-02-15

THE NEW HOTEL At CLAI-
-BORNE4CovInGTON.
1t kas been whispered Tor soas
months pest that there were to be
improved accommodations foe visit
ors.to the interesting country co.,
tiguous 10 the terminus OF tho East
Louisisaa Railroad. but only within
. few weeks have the rumors given
place to actiou to On extent to Jus
tify our laying before our readers
some particulars Of the enterprise
on foot 1t tie above-named locality.
To many Of our Creole families the
piney woods along the picturesque
Bogue Fslis have been known for
their healing aromas and dry invig-
Grating dir, - well - for their sim
gular exemption from mosquitoes,
owing to the absence Of swamps and
stagnant water for many miles
around. No step, however, was
taken to utilise these advantages
until chance brought to the spot,
in 1883, IN old resident Of Pau, in
the south Of France, Who was visit
ing New Orleans, In consequence
OF the death OF his fatherinlsw,
one Of the city's most esteemed citi-
sens and President Of one Of it,
leading banks. Struck ut once BY
the remarkably invigorating cir and
by it, results upon many subjects
Of exhaustion and disease, this gem
tleman visited The spot again and
again, only to dnd his first impress
sions confirmed, and be followed up
the investigations made during the
spring Of that year BY . comparison
Of the temperature and weather
throughout the following winter
with those Of Pau, the results Of
which demonstrated the immense
superiority Of Claibosne-C ovington.
Curiously the Diocese Of New Or.
leans found itself in circumstances
last April which compelled It to cell
the buildings and laud known -
the Claiborne Cottage property,
and the gentleman We have referred
to became the purchaser. An out
lay Of . few hundred dollars brought
the Cottage and outbuildings into
habitable condition. and they were
filed to overlooking during The last
summer and autumn. A second
visit, last October. resulted In the
new owner deciding to erect . cot
tage hotel in harmony With the older
structures, and We can now ~
noance that BY the 18th Of April
there win be accommodates 1t
Claiborne Tor . large nunber Of
people. The new hotel win include
. salon 81 teet square, . bureas
and lavatory.-s dining room 81 feet
long, . salon d'ete 81 feet square.
completely sheltered from the sun
and open 1t both sides to the Dir, |
and . range Of - spacious rooms
With fire-places in each, besides .
l0-foot covered gallery surrounding
the entire building.
The history Of Claiborne = not
devoid Of interest. It received ito
name during The regime Of our arst
American Governor, and b the
starting point Of the great Military
road cut by Gen. Jackson, which
still winds northward through the
parklike gisdes beneath the noble
pines. In 1919 or thereabouts
some enterprising men projected .
town on about one-third Of the
tract Of Claiborne, built . court
house and jail, and made . map Of
the plot but, alas! there were more
branches, gullies, wrecks and sandy
bottoms there than In tho Eden
in "MaEtin Chuxzlewit"
the public did not like, the rival
town Of Covington sprang up across
the river, and the paper town Of
Claiborne remained . geographical
expression, without legal existence.
6nd the 'str.ct'' next IN the
possession Of one John Nelder, IN
in the lumber business,
whose chivalry prompted him to
offer his mill house - . refuge to
the heroine Of Cables latest story.
when she ned from the fury Of The
New Orleans mob; and IN 1885,
pacing s0ain. under Sheriff ALL