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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-03-22
H~mestead Application.

In accordance with Act No. 81 of the
Legislature Of y . state Of Louisiana Of
1855. I hereby give hnsiOe NJ my inten-
ton IT, homestead the following Stats
land. viz: East half Of the southeast
quarter of section u. AMI ucytheaxt
qaarter OF the northeast quarter of sec.
tion .. township l. south range u east,
Gresn> burg District.
ALIEN. =. BLACKWELL.
COvINGTOS, L., March p, 1890.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-03-22

Prices reduced. Every family aoe can
rave the best Automatic Sewing Ma
chine in the market mt reduced price.
For particulars send for our new Illus
tratcd Circular with samples of stitcl,-
ing. Our Illustrated Cirrul,r shows
very pat Of the Machine perfectly. and
; worth sending fur even il you haze q
d,chinc. rrnsc & Murphy Me-. Co.,
III and 80 We. och 1t " City.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-03-22

The New York Herald says: ''In
our opinion the colored men, it they
obeyed their judgment rather than
their prejudice, would vote the
democratic ticket in all the South
err States. It would secure them
peace and good government, which
is what they need.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-03-22
THE SULLIVAN DECISION.

A dispatch from Jackson, Miss.
March II, says: In the case Of
John L. Sullivan, for prize fighting
in Mississippi, the Supreme Courts
judgment is that the decision is re-
versed and the clse remanded, Sui
livan to be held under his bond to
answer such indictment as may be
found at the next term Of court.
The case Of Bud Renaud, OF New
Orleans, as alder and abettor in the
Sullivan fight, was similarly de-
cided.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-03-22

Miss Hastings, neice Of ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland, on her trip home
to New York, recently passed
through Monroe, La. Hon. +. p.
Stubs and the President Of the
Original Fifteen gave Miss Hast
ings quite an ovation on her arrival
at Monroe. Numerous invitations
were extended her through these
gentlemen, and the rarest flowers Of
the belle Of Ouachita were present
ed to her. She a chaperoned by
. gallant number Of Louisianians,
Col. George Moorman. ex-United
Marshal, Of New Orleans,
Col. J. NJ. Foster and J. Clint
Hamilton, Of Shreveport, J. H. Full
lilovs and Hon. H. C. Stringfellow,
Of Caddo, and Hon. c. c. Daven-
port, Of MorehOuse parish.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-03-22

The preliminary examination Of
G.. w. Adams, accused Of poison
ing John Stafford in Washington
parish, took place 1t the Courthouse
IN Covington, last Saturday, before
Judge Jas. NJ. Thompson. The
accused was represented by Jos. A.
Reed, and District Attorney Bolivar
Edwards appeared for the State.
A large number Of Witnesses we're
examined, Including . number Of
medical experts, and 1t the close the
Judge took the case under advise
meOt.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-03-22
MANDEVILLE ITEMS.
VAUDEVILLE. March 20. 1890.
EDITOR ST. TAMMANY FARMER:

Nx NlbEv l1ssEs N40ICu SOs 1OVOs
EDITOR ST. TAMMANY FARMER:
Our little city has a real sensation in
the advent. through ycnr columns Of a
stranger within our gates. .'Who. .nd
where is he?" il the qnery IN every
tongue. AMI youi correspondent. being
the recipient and ~tnrsnitter Of society
notes and news in general. was supposed
70 know. and consequently he vas del
uged with questions. How should l
knowi Bat. n usnal. willing to please
my numerous Vaudeville friends, l
started out in the Columbus role. and
this. according 70 the best authority at.
tAinable, i what I discovered: He vas
born at the North pole. . great many
years ago. with . natural love for
travol. he early sought the Wild west.
where. with his cowboy experience. he
ala, formed An acquaintance ~ith. and
distrust for. Blizzards. Leaving them
for the Orient he was for ) eGrs attached
10 the Royal Guard of An Eastern Sui.
tan. Later. ON . tour Of investigation
around the world, he touched 1t III
charming shores and vas Immediately
impressed with the rare I~oveliness Of our
environments With rreconceived no.
tions Of men. women. and things gerer-
ally. he finds here. he tells me material
fos . descriptive pen. and has deter
mined TO remain in our midst. Wheth-
er - Stranger" or one Of MS. depends.
Our town il always on . boom. and
the Lake also. IEAs1R,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-03-22

There are several kinds of mi
crobes, but in many respects the
grippe microbe b the most interest
Ing Of the lot. Examined by . pow
erful microscope it resembles in
form the consumption and pneumO-
mia miceobe, but it IS far more &C
tive than these in its movements.
So extremely agile 10 It that it is al
most impossible to follow its mo-
lions even with the most powerful
ma9ni6er. 1t breeds 1t the rate OF
thousands . minute, and Is so infin-
itssinally small that only . faint
outline Of its form can be seen even
with . microscope Of 5000 diam
eter1.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-03-22
PRESS COMMENTS.

Of Governor Nichols to accept the
generous donation Of the Louisiana
Lottery Company Of 500. 900 to
protect the levees against the floods
which threaten to destroy them was
y great disappointment to those
whose property is menaced by the
flood. These donations should be
accepted ut once and the money
utilized.at the earliest possible time.
Already two levees have broken
and many others are weak and UNI
certain. and unless strengthened,
repaired OF heightened, we may ex-
pect other crevasses. This money.
promptly distributed and utilized.
may save Louisiana from disasters
like those of 1874 and 1882. which
DESTROYED tens Of millions of dollars
of property and compelled cs to
appeal to the country for relief for
our suffering and destitute.
Picayune: This act of the Lot
terry Company is warranted by the
emergency which makes extra de-
mands for the public protection
upon public and private persons
and corporate authorities. II il shall
result in saving the poor people Of
the l0w-lying sections of the city
from the miseries and misfortunes
that q flood would surely bring up
OH them, it would do q good and
gracious work.
City Item: When an official
considers it a part Of his duty to
snatch the plank away from q
drowning man, it is fortunate for
those in peril that his official pow
ers are limited.
States: In this, their hour Of
sore trial, how gladstone the news
must have proven that one hundred
thousand dollars had been placed
at their immediate disposal to en-
able them to hold up the weaken
ing ~levees, which alone stand be-
tween them and complete desola-
ton! The States joins in the cho-
rus Of thanks that are being uttered
all over alluvial Louisiana for the
Lottery Company's timely and mu-
nificent relief fund.
City Item: Rev. ID. Carradinc
may find a forcible answer to his
appeal to ''test the loyalty and lib
erality of the citizens" in the report
Of the efforts Of leading citizens to
raise . fund for the purpose Of safe
guarding our homes from disease
by removing filth accumulations
from the highways and byways.
After weeks Of urgent appeal and
much canvassing and solicitation,
the pitiful sam of $500 has been
secured as against $4,000, the
sum for which the respon-
sible supervisory committee will un-
dertake the important task. Here
is al opening for real good work by
the ministers.
Louisiana Review, n. o.: The
Of Governor Nichols has been
quite generally condemned, and it
has met with the disapproval Of the
city press. He has certainly allow
ed his hostility to the Lottery to
his Judgment, for, in q great
emergency like this, the first duty Of
lhe executive officer is, unquestion-
ably, to assist the people in every
possible way /: the Lottery's donation
was q public tender Of assistance to
the people, whose all is at stake in
the defense Of the ~leyees, and what
ever may have been the motive that
l.. or effect it might have
upon the question of thu extension
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-03-22
Bayou Cook Oysters
Henry Lochte 4 60. VI. Desoegesy 4
Krumpe.
Civil District Court. Esate Of Louisiana,
Parish Of Orleans.

By vivtae of a writ nj heri facias
bearing date March IN. 1890. and to mo
directed. from the Civil District Cont
III she Parish Of Orleans. number on
docket 20. l79-
will proceed to sell at public auo-
ton. ON SATURDAY. the 9Th day Of
April. 4. d. lS:0. between legal
a~le hours. the following described prop
erty. t0-wit:
The contents Of the store Of Bercegeay
4 KPumpe. xitnatsd in the town Of Gov.
ingtOn. IT. Tsmmany parish. La. cor.
sIsling Of. Dry Goods. Notions. Hats,
shoes. Hardware. Groceries, Canned
Goods. Esc.
S<ized in the nbsve entitled suit
Terms Of sale. cash.
W. Il. Cook, Sheriff.
CbriAgson. In. March u. :AI,.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-03-22

DIED.-In Covington, La, on
Thursday, March 20, 1890, at 2 4.
T., Maria Lloyd, in the 46th year
Of her age. The deceased had been
III Tor . long time, and bore her
suRerings with Christian resigna-
tim
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-03-22

Go to Noy's Restaurant, oppo-
site the railroad depot, for delicious
Bayou Cook oysters, on the half
shell, or served in any style. This
new restaurant il supplied with the
best Of edibles to be had in the
New Orleans market. Meals served
1t Ill hours, ut moderate prices.
We call attention to the advertise
ment, In another column.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-03-22

In pursuance Of the action Of the
Legislature Of Mississippi, Gov.
Stone has issued his proclamation
for the election Of delegates to the
Constitutional Convention, the cleo
ton to be held July 20.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-03-22

Tho New Orleans Pieayuns has -.
dnced the yearly Subscription price of
it, Weekly from D. 50 to 81 . year. Il 10
. splendid l6-pago paper fl!.d with the
b"st reading matter. Sample copy ssnt
ltcc 70 any address
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-03-22

A happy occasion last Wednes-
day evening was the marriage Of
Mr.. William C. Griffin and Miss
Mary L. Lenel. daughter Of the late
Mr.. Frank Lenel and sister Of Mrs.
L. D. Davis.
The ceremony was performed in
IN imposing manner by Rev. F.
A(athies, pastor Of German Settle
ment Church, ut the residence Of
Mrs. Griffin, only relatives Of the
contracting parties being present.
The young couple have many
warm friends who wish them . sue
cessful and happy life.
We have to acknowlede the re-
ceipt OF . piece Of the wedding cake
and tender our hearty oongratula-
tons.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-03-22

GotDxx YEARs.-Golden years
are passing BY, and each Of them
shopld be filed with noble deeds
and acts. Recommend REED's
Chill CURE to some sick friend,
and You will have one good act
placed to your credit. For sale ut
flojutx' Drug Store,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-03-22

Il It . put up job? DR.. Icons
Ministries win make you laugh till
your back aches, and then the doc
tor can give you . plaster that viii
cure Il. HOw's that?
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-03-22

The Grand Lodge Of louisiana,
Knights II Honor, held its annual
session in New Orleans last week,
with Representatives from forty-three
lodges present. The business re-
ports showed that ten lodges had
been instituted during 1889, and
there were $780,. 68 in the treasury.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-03-22
RGGir WRONG

RIGHT AND WRONG.
Never a wrong bnt hs~ = right,
Never = day but has a night;
Never o chill, hut there's y tonic.
And the bottle has lsgxp's CHM. Guns
ION il.
For sale ut Heinf's Drug Store.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-03-22

In a~ccorjanc. with Act M. 81 Of the
Of the state Of Louisiana Of
lSBs. / hereby give notice Of my inten.
lion 70 hoMesss ii the following state
land. viz. The north half of che south.
wext quarter Of section IL. township
/. s"mth range 10 east. GresnsLur1
CLaIBnkNE STAFFORD.
C~Ovington. La, March "a, lo00.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-03-22

Ex-Navor Val Guillotte, Of New
Orleans, and Capt. Gus. Aucoin,
ssEived Thursday evening, on .
pleasant visit to their many friends
1efe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-03-22

Capt. John Poitevent, President
of the East Louisiana Railroad, is
. guest at the Commercial House,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-03-22

District Court, jury term, for
Warrington parish, win open At
FranklintOn next Monday.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-03-22

Aessrs. Depre and Thompson, Of
Vaudeville, paid . flying visit to Cow
ington yesterday. We return thanks
to the first named gentleman for .
1ne bunch OF crOakers.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-03-22

The framework Of the Town Hall
b up, and some idea can be formed
Of the handsome and roomy build
Ing it win be when completed.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-03-22

Our friend Preston Burns IL down
with Tie grippe. Hope be viii soon
Be Ill right again.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-03-22

We regret to learn that our aged
friend Mr.. ]. u. Allison il lying
dangsrously i'll It his residence seven
miles from COvington.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-03-22

The work Of repairing the Court
house was commenced this week.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-03-22

The spring time has come, gen.
tie Annie. 1t commenced last
Thursday morning, 1t 5 O'Clock.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-03-22

Our parish b rapidly filling up
with m industrious class Of settlers.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-03-22

Fig trees are putting forth new
leaves, and blackberries are bloom
inG aGain.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-03-22

Riee planting = the order Of the
day.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-03-22

Vaudeville. La. March ~. 1850.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-03-22
TWO OFFICIALS.
lCity Eem.l

lcity I:em.l
The letters below from the chief
executive officers Of the State and
city sharply outline and painfully
contrast the fitness of men for dis
charging high and responsible du-
ties. One either bound by strong
prejudice within = limited range Of
sympathy, or ready to jeopardise
the public veal in order to score q
political point; the other placing
as the first consideration the safety
Of the people and the protection OF
their property.
Yesterday the Item published the
generous and most opportune ten
der by the Louisiana Lottery Com
pany Of New Orleans of large sums
to assist in avcrting q dire and inn
minent peril from the State and
city. to which the corporation thus
acknowledges its obligations and
its loyalty.
Governor Nichols CURLY refuses
this helping hand so kindly extend
ed, preferring q reason for his
grave assumption Of authority that
casts q serious reflection upon the
stamina Of the people, while it at
the same time has caused his friends
(Which is already apparently to feel
much modification at his lack of
patriotic breadth and sound discre-
ton. He writes:
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. !
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
New Orleans, March Is, 1890.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-01-15
The Science ofPop-Corn.

In what condition is the starchy in
terror of the grain before it explodes?
The common experience of the kitchen
and laundry will help US here. In
making up the mixture for stiffening
clothes, the laundress puts starch into
water and boils it, and we all know
that in this process the starch loses its
powdery character and becomes blend
ed with the water into a pasty, trans
lucent mass. The effect upon the in
dividual starch-granule is a softening
and considerable increase of its bulk
and, finally, its rupture and diffusion
through the water While we can not
see the inside of the grain at the critical
moment when it has all but burst, we
may, in view of what we now know,
probably surmise the truth. 1t is not
very likely that, as the grain gets
hotter and hotter, the moisture present
in the cells, or in the starch-granules
themselves, softens them first, and then
when the heat becomes too great to per-
NIT its remaining in the fluid state, it
suddenly turns to steam, and the now
plastic starch expands in every
direction, forming the little vesicles
shown in the figure losing at the same
time, of course, the moisture and thus
becoming firm and brittle again? This
is the conclusion to which have been
brought, and think of the wonderful
physics of popped corn with great salts
faction whenever I shake my pepper
over the glowing coafs.-St. Nicholas.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-01-15

He drew a long breath, and centrating
all his strength into his legs, pulled
vigorously.
There was a whir of wheels, sudden
thud, scream of terror, the rope
about his neck parted, the heavy wheel
of the goods train just grazed his cheek,
and he rolled down the embankment as
the train Numbered past.
He was saved, and struggling to his
feet, he tore the gag from his mouth
and shouted to a guard, who was
swinging his lamp on top of one of the
cars
"Stop! for Heavens sake, stopI
Danger!''
The guard heard the latter word,
swung his lantern as signal to the
driver to stop, and sprang to the brakes.
In moment the tram came to a
standstill, and the guard leaped from
the train and ran towards the lately
perilled man.
"What is it?" he demanded. ''Why,
that pile-driver's running-Ah-h!"
He had swung his lantern forward un-
til the rays fell upon the big hammer
that was rising and falling swiftly.
AS he uttered the exclamation he
staggered back and pointed to the
battered, inanimate mass of humanity
upon which the great hammer was fall
ing.
Guiot and his rascally accomplice
had met with more horrible death
than they had planned for Derry.
1t was the lever of the pile-driver up
on which the rope about the latter's
ankles had caught, and when he pulled
to release himself, the lever was thrown
back and the pile-driver was set in
motion.
Before the men beneath the hammer
could utter more than one Mortified cry
| they were crushed beneath the ponder
| Gus piece of metal.
Although sickened by the awful sight
Lionel managed to stop the machine
! and tell of his adventure. Then he
was overcome and fell to the ground
| fainting.
The men carried him to the hotel,
and there it was found that his hair and
moustache had suddenly become white.
A brain fever followed, during which
| Aimee L'Etoile was the poor fellows
nurse, for her father, the manager of
the Wilson's Road was passenger up
on the train that Guiot had so coolly
planned to send down to destruction,
and gratitude over her parents escape
made the girl wondrous tender to the
man who had nearly lost his life that
her fathers might be spared
Of course the Wilson's people made
all the capital possible out of the
dastardly plot of the Parray employees,
and the suit in court was decided in
their favor.
'If it had not been for you, Mr..
Derry" " said M. L'Etoile, things would
have had much different and more
horrible ending. I can never repay the
debt of gratitude that I owe you, but
the company won't forget you"
1t did not, for Lionel Derry is now
the Wilson's general superintendent,
and NJ. L'Etoile gave up his daughter
gladly when the new official asked for
her hand in marriage.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-01-15
The Little Gnome.

Once there lived a little gnome,
Who had made his little home
Right down in the middle of the earth, earth,
earth.
He was full of fun and frolic,
But his wife was melancholic,
And he never could divert her into mirth,
mirth, mirth
He had tried her with a monkey.
And parrot and a donkey,
And pig that squealed whene'er he pulled its
But though he laughed himself
Still his wifey's melancholy did not fail, fail,
fail.
'sI will HE me-" said the gnome,
"From my worthy earthly home,
/ will go among the dwellings of the men, men,
men.
Something funny there ;, must be, that will
will find it, and will bring it here again,
gain, gain.
So he travelled here and there,
And he saw the Blinking Bear,
And the Pattypol whose eyes are in his tail,
And he saw the Linking Gloon,
Who was playing the bassoon,
And the Octopus a-waltzing with the whale,
whale, whale.
He saw the Chingo Chee
And lovely sight was he,
With ringlet, and a ribbon on his nose, nose,
And the Baggle, and the Wogg,
And the Cantilunar Dog,
Who was throwing cotton flannel at his foes,
foes, foes.
And these the little gnome
Transported to his home,
And set them down before his weeping, wife
wife, wife;
But she only cried and cried
And she sobbywobbed and sighed,
Till she really was in danger of her life, life
life.
Then the gnome was in despair,
And he tore his purple hair,
And he set him down in sorrow on a stone
stone, stone.
II too" he said, will cry,
Till tumble down and die,
For I've had enough of laughing all alone
lone, lone
His tears they flowed away
Like a rivulet at play,
With a bubble, gubble, DER the ground
ground, ground.
But when this his wifey saw,
She loudly cried, 'Hawl haw!
Here, at last, is something funny you have
found, found, found"
She laughed, ''Ho! hoI he! her.
And she chuckled loud with glee
And she wiped away her little husbands tears
tears, tears.
And since then. through wind and weather.
They have said He! hel'' together,
For several hundred thousand merry years
years, years.
Laura E. Richards, in st. Nicholas
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-01-15
An American Boomerang Expert.

"He's coming" called Lorenzo to
me, leaping from Flojo and running
forward with two clubs grasped in his
left hand, and one brandished aloft in
the right. The third man to the left
doubled himself like jack-knife with
an effort that sent his club ssh-shsh-
ing through the air; but the long
cared fugitive had seen him, and
foundered twenty feet aside in the
nick of time. Old Lorenzo's arm had
been '.feinting" back and forth as he
ran; and now, on sudden, the curved
missile sprang out through the air, rose,
settled again, and went skimming
along within yard of the ground-a
real ''daisy-cutter," as ball-player
would have called it. The distance was
full fifty yards, and the rabbit was 60
ing faster than any dog on earth, save
the feetest greyhound, could run. 1t
would have been an extraordinary shot
with a rifle. l was opening my mouth
to say, TOO far, compadrer'-but be-
fore the three words could tumble from
my tongue, there was a little thud, a
shril squeal from out a furry of dust,
and seventy-year old Lorenzo was
bounding forward like a boy, only to
return, a moment later, with a big
jack, which he proudly lashed behind
his saddle. The club had hit the rab-
bit in the side.-iSt. Nicholas.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-01-15

Which, with former stock enables you to select from
400 pieces, in buying from
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-01-15
''GentS."

As to the word 'sgents," that is a
good word inasmuch as it describes a
class that no other word describes.
There are persons who are not quite
gentlemen and yet who are not alto
gether Doors; who dress as gentlemen
dress, though they are not of gentle
breeding, and yet who do not belong
to the hearty, natural, genuine, and
unpretentious sons of horny-handed
toll. They have money, and they are
loud, presuming and offensive to gentle
souls, and they claim to be gentlemen.
In respect of some things they show in
dications of gentlemanliness in respect
of others they are vulgar. The term
''gents," falling short of the term
gentlemen" is a very good term to
apply to them. .''-MilsCautee Sentinel.