St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-01-04
VOLUME XIV.

With this issue the FARMER COM
mences Volume XIV. 1t has been
eleven years and six weeks since
the present editor made his bow to
the people of Covington and St.
Tammany parish, not without some
misgivings Of success, on account
Of our inexperience, but with de-
termination to win If industry and
perseverance on our part should
meet with the approval Of an intel
ligent and appreciative public. In
this we were not disappointed. 1t
has been with pleasure that we have
noted the steady growth Of our
town during those years, and the
gradual filling up of our parish with
a sturdy class of industrious immi-
grants. New farms and homesteads
have loomed up in all directions,
and many cross-road settlements
have developed into good sized
country towns. The sounds Of the
lumberman's axe and the popping
Of the teamsters' whips are rapidly
disappearing, and are quickly fol-
lowed by the shrill whistle Of the
steam sugar mill and cotton gin.
Our towns have shown q decided
improvement, but none more SO
than Covington. The first land
mark to give way to the march of
progress was the old Courthouse,
which was replaced by handsome
edifice which is an ornament to our
town and parish, (but Its badly
off its base and out Of plumb at
present writing,) and new store
buildings and fine residences, too
numerous to mention here, are seen
in all parts of town. With the adj
vent of the railroad and telegraph,
. new impetus was given to the
onward movement, and with the
additional advantage of rapid tram
sit and telegraphic communication
with the city, the merits Of Coving-
ton as q most desirable summer and
winter resort have become more
widely known and appreciated, as
evidenced by the new hotels that
have been built in Covington and
vicinity during the past few years,
others now in course of erection,
and the large additions made to the
old ones. The FARMER has not
been unmindful Of its duty in the
new order of things, and has en-
deavOred, to the best of its humble
ability, to keep up with the pro-
cession." As . starter, more than
eleven years ago, we opened up the
office in our kitchen. Some time
afterwards it was promoted to the
dignity Of place in the front room
of our unpretentious home. A
couple of years more passed by,
when we purchased q ''corner lot"
and built small office on it. In
the course of time our town had SO
perceptibly improved that we felt
it to be our duty, If we wanted to
keep in line, to double the size of
our office. In the meantime We
kept enlarging the size of the paper
until now it is twice the size it was
in 1873, and we have also added .
fine job Office to the establishment,
and last month We came out in .
handsome dress Of new type. It
will thus be seen that while our town
has been and is still steadily grow
ing in size and importance, the
FARMER has kept pace with the
Improvements and maintained its
social standing" We enter upon
the new year and open our new
volume with the brightest hopes for
the future. May its pages continue
to note q steady improvement all
along the line, and its closing chap
tiers record an abundant harvest,
and an era of health, wealth and
prosperity for all-and "may we all
be here to see it,