St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-12-20

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". q. KExrzsl. Secretary.
FROM SLIDELL.
SIDRII, Dec. II, 1850.
ED'roa ST. TAnuAsy FAxue.:
Father Lsvaquery win cay mid.
night mass on Christmas eve q,
Boofouca. His next mass viii b II
ShdelI, ct z 4. H., and the third
mass will b said It Bayou L.
combs.
The many friends Of Mr.. Fritz
SaImen will Be glad 70 hear that be
% recovering from bic recent illuess.
At times poor Fritz wa very Low
during that sickness, and grave
fears were entertained about his
recovery. Indeed be would be q
great loss to Slidell, for he b the
business man Of the firm Of Salmeu
Bros.
We had . shooting ARRAY here on
Sunday evening, between two ne
groes. One Of them was whipping
his step-son, and the other tried to
save him. but the step-iather did
not want any interference in his
business. % be ran and got . shot
gun and emptied the contents Of it
in him. He l. not dead, and very
likely he will pull through. The
two men we're brothers.
In your last issue ! read IN arti-
Gle headed "Irish Lace-makine,"
credited to IN English magazine.
Please allow me- tO make . few re-
marks, % that your readers will
know the other side Of the question
Of Irish Lace-making." I do NOT
agree with al that English writer
says. Well agree With him in that
part where he says, at was prac-
ticed in England, whence it passed
over In . modified degree to Ire
land" 1t shows how reluctant they
were to let it 60 over there, il it
ever went there at al. He wants
to impress on our minds that the
English ladies are very anxious
that lace-mak,ng in Ireland should
be . success, and yet he tells 10
that the French and American Ia
dies are the chief buyers. why
don't the English ladies patronize
It, il they want it to be . success.
and help the Irish poor, - the
writer would fain make 10 believe -:
All! We know the willy Saxon he
fore this. and bic Lies We dom, care
10 swallow. He says the Irish lace
tails because the Irish can't pro-
luce grand designs: OF At least he |
nays they are Of = low standard.
Come again. Mr.. Englishman. Why |
he Irish could give you points on |
ace and crochet that would % pug
10 your Saxon brain that you could |
rot tell where it commenced or end.
ID. He cannot tell 40. like an hon.
vt man, that when fashion changes.
he lace collar and cuff are laid
side Tor the strip Of linen collar,
lhd the plain linen wristbands. and
10 the trade fails; but, true 10 his
saxon instinct, be lays the blame on
he Irish. He says, "but The ar
istic taste displayed 10 the patterns
re q . low standard" conse-
iuently Il fails. Iremember when
cry small, In that green Ireland, in
be Presentation Convent, in Dro-
,heda, learning . kind Of lace which
ook the prize wherever It went. It
re- not known in England. The
'ollars. when finished. were worth
I've shillings to the maker, and the
leeves worth ten shillings . pair.
\ hen We consider their washing,
'ressing. and shipment to London,
'ou must know they came pretty
Ugh when In the market. They
'ere only sold in London and
'aris. The merchant who sold them
~ . Mr.. Cobniet, and he had
ouses In both cities above men
'oned. Our Archbishop, who fil-
d the chair Of St. Patrick. 1.-THE
enowred DR.. Dixon,) carried
ome Of this lace to Plus TX. and
hat beloved Ponti6 was % pleased
hat he sent "a back q little gold
ledal for each Of %.
Enclosed I send You . rough pat
I'm OF the above mentioned lace,
ut this piece 10 not quite finished.
should have knots worked with
otton bali thread On each Leaf. 20
,at Il would appear - IL . showerI
! hail stones fell on Il, and the
rapes, with the knottins on them,
Ould make Il pun out in the CEN
.. The thread We used was No.
}. OF . silky kind. which Wa made !
Paris aad furnished BY the msr.
lant. The collar I send YOU isI
ade with our common No. sol
read, therefore & bee not the {
Ky appearance e should have,
a al khA n~-> I'll