St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-07-12

WeAA 0u0 UOug0t CO0Sl00foOl0 lana.
"An Of . sudden, without giving ant
notice. PipkiM shet up his saloon and
went to work 10 build cider mill, II
want no one-horse MILL neither. II
wur big AFFAIR, with cooper shop and
every thing ccmpsete. At the Same time
Pipkln built himself large, two.stori
house, and set 10 work With hull lot o.
help (all. strangets) to farm his land. He
he'd the biggest farm id Wood Codnty-
nigh On 70 t,9oo scfes, though f,adfu'h
hall OF It 8ef kuedA. ~ ~. - Z
"Inside Of two years pipkiR yer dohSf
the biggest older and .Sine6.f. sdslness
ip Nortkwsshcrn Ohio; only. whas Pug
zled the heighbors wus whore on. earth
ha0ot all his apple s-Sor Wood County
san I -a4,ch ef = apple section them
aayA However. hohpdy cared much about
Pipkinss pRairs. The women gossiped
eonsfder'ble, bus The men folks let Him
Alchc. Fpkin warl't inclined " be
noxays neightoflyss he never gave any
one ruund them parts . job. and he done
all his trading way of. All his help
was strange, and even the teamsters he
hired he fetched from Toledo. Once
old Uncle Jen Smiley, as wer kinder
old and inquisitive like, did undertake
to ask Pipkin where he got his apples,
but he didn't get NO satisfaction for his
Pains. We iii took the hint ard didn't
bother Pipkin, and 1t got to be that no
b6dy % much - passed the timo o day
to the surly codger.
"But apples or no sprles, friends or'no
friendA Pip1ln run that there cider mill
o. his'n full blast. and jist eveflsstineiy
kept three and four heafas a-hauline
cider and vinegar in barrels to tho rail-
roads Ho shipped the stun all over
to Cleveland and PittsSurth add Toledo
and DetvHia, and even Is far ~ New
York City.
''Well, sir, BY the end 81 .Es fourth
year Sam NpS.i must have made pile
Of wealth, and 1t wer about thet there
time that my old uncle SETH Sander.
son, died. UHcie Seth had lived for
years In Sandusky, but owned land In
Wood County, which he, being sortee
wouldu't self for no price.
There ~Ss nigh on to two hundred
Acres. and Uncle Seth willedit to me.
This lot, mostly In timber. was west Ue
Pipkins fine. and, being I sort Of mar
row etrih ran out clear to big Wood
County swamp nigh on 70 two mi,eA
"First thing I tNeS: P;pkin came to
ne and Wanted to know my price for
Uncle Seth's strip But Is / hadn't
thought It over put him Oh for week,
Ind the next day, with Levi Ransom,
ct oct 10 kinder inspect my new be- |
onginga We got poking around in tho |
'ile. and purity soon Levi he run his |
hickory stick In some eery soft earth.
md then struck something feai hard; |
md curious like Then we both OF us |
craped and scratched, and at last We
managed to clean on two or three feet
ength Of iron pipe-small pipe, such -
ity folks use for gas pipc. -
"swal, I'm durnedr says Levi and
ays I: Well. I'm darned'
"Wc speckerlated and guessed till We
'as tired. and at last says Levi: 4 bavc
s says he; I'll run homo for . drill' /
Levi being . blscksmffk). and hc went.
10 wer back in an hour. and In few
he had little holc drilled.
hon mp spurts steady stream. tallcr'n
nan, OF pure. strike-yer-dixxy ekiaky'
es, sir, whisky, aud no foolin'!
"Well. sir. You might have knocked
% and Levi over with straw. and ~
"a to both Of rs sample the liquor Jest
brace up our nerves But We didn't
, Oh half-cock. by NO means Levi
ugRed the pipe with small stick Of
pod, covered mp the hole and We
arted OF for Toledo. When we came
'ck We brought with n the supervisor
ID two OF three deputy United States
asshals. ~ Ii
':Next morning. bright and carly. we
Acked that pipe line. cir, right through ,
acle Seth's strip way into the swamp .
d brought up st big pretty we'll ,
lit shanty. The marshals captured
. place and two men. and discovered
. Of the finest whisky stills you .
az heered tell oni Then ~ 1ellowea !.
et pipe back agaiA for moron ave 4
leA and No landed right into Pipkins7
~ mill ~ = ~ -
.sWell sif, Il wer consider, r,ble' OF =
. On us Wood Comfy slezpyhcads to |, :
ln8 thet tier teller Pipkip had fooled
fos yestH nov. wsss&'t its"i "
C0oeg IA, hals- = - = @t..~.
'vla6eoe1. ia. ha hac.f - q,
'Weal Pipkin didn't get ahead Of tie =
'nDe men 70 any largo extent and 2
put In about ten years ct Columbus
s,ssir. theqe pipe lines ase mighty G
ndy things. but yoa see tho Standsr5 T.
= tho drst - lay one In thiA section =
Hero comes your train."-W. II s =
kinsoA u Detroit Bteo PreeA :.