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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-07-18
CONSUMPTION CURED.

An old physician, retired from
practice, having had placed in his
hands by an East India missionary
the formula Of . simple vegetable
remedy for the speedy and perma-
nent cure Of Consumption, Bron-
ohitis, Catarrh, Asthma and al
throat and Lung Affections, also .
positive and radical cure for
Nervous Debility and all Nervous
Complaints, after having tested its
wonderful curative powers in thou
sands Of cases, has felt it his duty
to make it known to his suffering
fellows. Aotuated by this motive
and q desire 70 relieve human suf.
fering, I will send free of charge,
to all who desire It this recipe, in
German, French or English, with
full directions for preparing and
using. Sent by mail by addressing
with stamp. naming this paper.
w. A. N0YEs, 500 Powers Block.
Rochester, N. Y.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-07-18

The sub-alliance Of St. Helena
parish had . picnic Saturday last
and several speeches we're made by
prominent citizens. Judge w. b.
Kemp denounced the s~ub-treasury
scheme and the third party, and
Col. r. II. Reid, Of Amite, who is
q candidate for District Judge. said
that while he vas opposed to the
adoption of the lottery amendments
he felt that it Was his duty to repu-
diate the revolutionary doctrine Of
DIR. Palmer, and declared that he
would rather see q hundred lott err
les in the State than to see the doc
trine announced by Dr.. Palmer put
into operation and Louisiana delus-
ed with the blood Of her citizens.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-07-18

To encourage their followers and
to Dragon others within the Alliance
to support their pretentious claims,
these office-seeking, would-be Alli-
ance leaders are resorting to the
tricks and devices oftenest used by
crossroads politicians. Among 9TH
er things, it is not at all uncommon
to see them citing their Alliance
brethen to the glorions victories won
by . united Alliance in South Caro-
lima, Tennessee, and Georgia. But
they have not the sincerity of pur-
pose, and the earnest desire for
truth to prevail, to tell their Alliance
brethren that the Sub Treasury
scheme was not an issue in Tennes-
see that in Georgia Governor Cor
don, who is now . member Of the
Alliance, made his successful fight
for the United State SenatOrship
by openly opposing the scheme /;
whilst Governor Tiilman, of South
Carolina, is also opposed to it.
The Alliance has never whipped
. fight in . single State contest
where its leaders made the Sub
Treasury scheme paramount issue
in the canvass. Mark that. Alliance
men II Standard.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-07-18

Last Wednesday was . gala day II
Madisonville, and will long be remem'
bered by those Who participated in the
festivities. It was the launching of 8
new schooner designed for Capt. II.
T. G. Weaver, which reflects much
credit to the little town of jacksonville,
where It was built. 1t is q model OF
neatness in architecture. By 8 O'Clock
people began to assemble in large mum.
bers and were on board the little craft
when it took q lunge forward into the
tranquil waters OF the Tchefuncta.
Mrs. Captain Weaver then stepped for
ward, and with sparkling champagne
favored the decks and christencd her
the s'Josie Weaver" named In her hon.
OF. Several floral offerings were pre-
scented and graced the decks as orna-
ments. The beautiful flag bearing the
name of the schooner was hoisted, then
the tugboat extended her lines of friend
ship and pulled us as far as the lake,
and back again down the river, amid
the shrieking of whistles and shouting
of people ON board aud on shore.
Music was furnished by the celebrated
Pippo Band. and man. danced to its
strains. A refreshing colla-
ton was spread on board and was in
in by all present. A toast was
offered to the genial Captain and was
'sweayered" in . most appropriate
manner. The gallant boat was then tied
fast, and Is the shades of twilight be-
gan to dawn the joyful crowd took their
departure for home, extending to Csp.
tain Weaver their congratulations and
thanks for having spent such . delight
ful time. Success to the 'Josie Wea-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-07-18
JEFFERSON DAVIS RE

Mrs. Jefferson Davis has adj
dressed = letter to the veterans and
the people Of the Southern States,
saying that after much anxions
thought she has finally decided to
give to Richmond, Va, the care Of
her husbands mortal body. The
claims of all States that have asked
for the honor Of having I,is remains
in their holding have deeply touch
ed her heart. She eloquently says.
however, that every hillside about
Richmond would tell of the valor.
Gus resistance which he initiated
and directed, with ceaseless vigil
lance, as chief magistrate, and that
there he received the most gener-
ous and unwavering support in the
darkest hour Of our country's de-
feat.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-07-18

DIED.-In Covington, La, Monday,
July Is, 1891, at 5 O'Clock A. NJ, HAT
rIEBEL CHRISTIAN ABSEY, wife Of
Eugene +. Smith, aged 81 years,
months and Is days.
Our community was painfully sur.
prised last Monday morning to hear oil
the death of Mrs. Smith. She had been
i'll for some time, and had returned
from the city only q week before her
death, where she had been under the
care OF her physician, and It was
thought that she had greatly improved
and would soon regain her health.
The deceased was . daughter of Mr..
j. NJ. Abney, and was married, on the
goth of December, 1883, to Mr.. Eugene
r. Smith. An infant son remains to
bless their union. She was well-known
AMI popular in COvingtOn, for her gen.
tie ways and kindly disposition. She
q member of the Methodist Church,
an ardent Christian, and died happy
in the faith Her funeral was largely
attended, and the servic, :, by Rev. J. C.
Campbell, was touching and impressive.
Her death Is sincerely mOurned by the
entire community, whose sympathies
are extended to the sorrowing husband
and relatives in their sad afiliction.
Taken away while yet IN the pride and
vigor Of youthful womanhOod, of
s'Hattie" it may be truly said:
"Too young to go,
All, no, ali, no!
Full many q flower, I ween,
So yOang as this,
Through fate's strange kiss
Has found herself q queen.
"NO more . slave,
Grief and the grave
But haunt the ways she trod;
Past pain or sin
She now reigns in
The royal house of God"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-07-18

We hear that IN Anti-Lottery
League is to be o.anized at 8laure-
pas. One party told NJ that the
people. of the North were collecting
money and sending it to the Ants
for the purpose Of defeating the
Lottery revenue amendment, and
warming with his subject be said,
THE Anita will spend ten dollars
10 the Iottery's one!'-- Maurspas
Gazette.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-07-18
Police Jury.

The members Of tho Police JurI
are hereby notified that 3 meet~
ing will be held at the Courthouse,
in CovingtOn, La, on
WEDNESDAY, JULY p, 1891,
TO review the assessment roll, and
Tor the transaction Of any other
business that may come before the
meeting.
All members are requested to at.
tend.
W. G.. HCrcHisox. President.
W. u. kENrzEL, Secretary.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-07-18

Hon. Aleck Finley, in City Item,
says: The Roche well water, from
the property of the St. Tammany
Sanitarium Company, at Covington,
has lost none Of its efficacy ; but it
has not come into general use, be-
cause the owners n all busy men
who have no time to look after this
minor interest. There is no site
anywhere equal to theirs for . ho-
tel and sanitarium.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-07-18
ENTERPRISES
THAT HAVE FAILED.

Our Alliance frierds started Ou'
by establishing Alliance stores and
building Alliance warehouses all ove1
the country. They were going to
get their supplies much cheaper
than they could get them from the
regular merchants, and sell their
cotton for q much better price to the
manufacturers. What is the result :
The Alliance stores have nearly all
busted, and those who furnished the
money to start them with have lost
it. The warehouses have nearly all
been abandoned, and those who
furnis he'd the money to build them
have lost it. They built factories to
manufacture cotton and pine-straw
bagging, but they failed in that.
They started Alliance papers all over
the country, but nine out Of ten Of
them have failed. Why did they
enter into all these enterprises? snd
why all these failures? They invest
ed their hard-earned money in Al
lance stores and warehouses because
dsmagUgues made them believe that
our local merchants we're swindling
them out Of everything they made.
by selling goods at enormous prices
and refusing to give them enough for
their cotton. They were male to
believe they could sell goods at ten
per cent. profit and make money.
They tried it and they were soon
convinced Of their error. and now we
have but few Alliance stores in the
country. They were made tn he
lieve that II they stored their cotton
in their warehouses until they got a
big lot on hand. foreign buyers
would come and buy it at = big adj
vance on what the merchants offered
them. In this they we're also disap-
pointed, and the warehouses they
built are now useless. About the
they got their cotton and pine
straw bagging factories in operation
they found they could not compete
with the jute bagging factories and
they have been abandoned. Where
they failed to get an established
newspaper to espouse their cause for
the promise Of patronage, they
bought material and started papers
of their own. and hired cheap " to
run them, and in nine cases out Of
ten they failed.
All these enterprises have failed
because men have been placed at the
head Of them who have neither ex-
.perienee nor brains. and who were
with the idea that all men
outside the Alliance were dishonest.
The shoemaker should stick to his
trsde." -Brandon( Miss. Repubi-
ian.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-07-18
HISTORY KNOCKS OUT
PROPHECY.

Worse than that, sir-whcn 20,
have an institution that goes openly
before the Legislature aud seeks t.
bride it, that in less than ten year:
after its re-charter will carry in it!
pocket every governor in the State
remove every honest judge from
the bench, and put their men in thu
places to do their bidding. What
then will Louisiana he worth?-Dr,
Palmer at the Grand Operation
Past experience being the best
standard by which to judge Of fu'
ture events, let us see how many
governors the Lottery Company has
controlled during the twenty-five
years of its existance.
Warmoth vas governor when the
measure passed, and il the lottery
had him ''in its pocket then he
seems to have COTTON out, for he is
to-day the recognized head of the
Harrison administration forces in
this State and is riding the anti
hobby.horse with "a much vigOr as
any one-excepting, always, DIR.
Palmer himself. Opposition to the
proposed revenue amendment was
the chief plank IN the platform on
which the Collector was recently
defeated for Congress and he GER
tainly received no help in that fight
from the friends Of the lottery rev.
enue measure.
Kellogg was the next Governor,
and the Lottery could not have had
him very deep sin its pocket" for
when the great struggle came be-
tween the Republican organization
that had been bolstered up by Fed
eral bayOnets and the government
elected by the people and headed
by Nichols, both money and what
influence the Lottery Company pos
scssed were thrown on the side Of
the people Of the State, and the
Nichols government, largely
through its contribution, was finally
firmly installed.
The lamented Wilt followed Mich
oils, and in all the vituperation that
has been hurled by the anti press
and orators at their opponents they
have never said aught that in any
way connected that popular Execu-
tive with the lottery.
The next great fight for party
supremacy was between factions
headed, respectively, by Nc
Emery and Nichols, and when the
decision was so uncertain that the
result tremhled in the balance, the
Lottery again assisted in turning
the tide in favor OF Nichols.
1t will thus be seen that Gov.
Nichols and his following have
been the beneiiciaries on the only
two occasions when the Lottery
has taken a hand in GU
contests. and DR.. Palmer
will hardly charge that these shin
ing ''moralists" are carried sin the
pocket Of that company.
Therefore Is the lottery has con-
no Executive in the past
twenty-five years, by what process
Of reasoning does DR.. Palmer ar
rive at the conclusion that in ten
years another lottery company will
control lot only all the Governors
Dot the judges as we'll?
The facts of the past would not
'eem to bear out the Doctors dire
'Ul fancies of the future.-City |
ten.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-07-18

Col. George Norman has been
appointed Adjutant General of the
United Confederate Veterans, with
headquarters at New Orleans, BY
order Of ]. b. Gordon, General
Commanding. No more worthy.
popular and competant man could
have been found for the position,
and We extend our congratulations
to Gen. Norman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-07-18

CoKcIHf AND FesfrvAL-Next Wed
nssday evening. the s2d inst. there vii
Be . grand concert and festival in tn,
pavilion. ss Abita Springs. commencing
ct 8 o'clock. Full moon and 6ne illu
minationa An excellent programme
has been prepared for the concert
lGra. Mott Of New Orleans. . talented
vocalist Who 10 nov staying at Clai'
borne Cottages. has volunteered her Ger.
vices. and Miss Roubion, Nm. Oelesby
and others will give instrumental selec.
lions on the piano; there will also be
Ante, mandolin, violin. oornet and other
music. Tables will be in charge of the
guests Of the different hotels. Great
preparations are being made. and an en-
joyabls time b anticipated. The pro-
ossds viii b devoted to painting and
ftsscoing the neat little Catholic church
ct Abita. The greater the success Of the
festival. the richer will b the decors-
lions 70 Be given TO the house Of the
Lord. No tickets will be iesusd. bat .
meat badge will be distributed. to be
worn ct the sntertainment
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-07-18

The Texas Farmers Alliance il
divided into two hostile camps
one led by the Macune faction,
which is accused Ut using the Or
ganization to promote It's political
FORTUNES, and the other by the con-
sentative element, for whom the
Democratic party is good enough.
and who do not wish to have the
Alliance used a. 4 political
machine. Last November Gov.
Hogg, Of Texas, was elected ON the
Alliance ticket, but his course in
Office has been such that the re-
cent meeting at Waco, led by Ma
ouns, denounced him As . traitor.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-07-18
THE GROWTH OF H
SOUTH.

Statistics are said to be dull and
stupid. That may be true ~ q
general thing, but when you take
an inventory Of your property and
find that you Z worth just three
times rs much as you we're ten
years ago then figures become more
thrilling than Oratory.
The South will back us up in
these statements. When it pulled
itself together after the war it
found that it had nothing but bank
ruptoy and pluck as capital in
trade. Its motto was, 1.-The past
Is nowhere; the future is every
where, land it drew it's belt one hole
tighter aud started in the race.
The statistics which represent its
progress are as exhilarating and
cheering "a old wine. Its coal out
put 20 years sgo was about two mill
lion tons : now it is nearly eighteen
million tons. In 1880 it thought it
was rushing along at q breakneck
speed because it had erected mills
on its streams and manufactured
one hundred and eighty thousand
bales of the cotton it had raised,
hut 1890, only ten years later, it
manufactured five hundred thou
sands bales and made contracts for
more mills.
Before the war the sleepy negro
lay in the sun on top of iron mines
whose value was only suspected.
Agriculture absorbed the peoples
attention and they let the negro
sleep on. Now the mines are work
ed, the bonanza has been uncover
ed, dreams of wealth have become
en- inspiration ; the roar Of the forge,
the hum Of machinery are heard
everywhere, and old Pennsylvania
is beginning to tremble in her boots
"a she surveys her vigorous and
rival.
The South has rolled up its sleeves
and proposes to be rich again
than ever 1t has all the
natural resources which attract cap
ital and enterprise. Young men
from the North on the lookout for
\ career are making investments
helping to develop the coun-
try, and they always receive . warm
The tides Of popula-
ton, kept apart SO long, are ming.
ling their waters, and unless the pol
|iticians raise . row there won't be
any North or any South twenty
years from now, and in their stead
We shall have q united, conteDted
md prosperous country.
Therefore. hang the politicians
md let the good work 60 on.-N.
Z. Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-07-18
THE FARMERS COMPLAINT.

The Baton Rouge Advocate says
that . farmer in Catahoula shipped
thirty bales Of cotton to marke: this
week. He had established . sub
treasury warehouse system of his
own, and had held his cotton fol-
higher prices, but now he cannot
see whore the benefit comes in, Is
the prices that he looked for never
came. A few days ago the States was
informed by the largest planter in
North Louisiana that he also held
back several hundred bales oi
last years cotton, hoping the price
would go up, but realizing that the
decline "a steady he ordered his
cotton to be sold for six cents.
He said that the low price of cot
ton was attributable to the increas-
ed acreage and yield Of the last
crop, and that the effort which had
been put forth to reduce the acre
age this year and thus increase the
price of the coming crop had failed,
and the result would be another
tremendous crop and low prices.
The experience Of these two plant
ers shows quite plainly that there is
no benefit to he derived by the farm
ers from the sub-treasury warehouse
system. which has already been de-
clared by the best thinking m,n in
the country to he utterly impracti-
cable, and the result ia there IL to-
day i'm session at Fort Worth, Tex.
q convention Of members of the
Farmers Alliance for the purpose Of
opposing the sub-treasury fad, and
to demand relief by the enactment
Of wise legislation.
The farmers of the country are
also labOring under the erroneous
impression that there il a great
scarcity of money because their mer-
chants charge them a high rate of
interest, but they do not seem to
consider why It is that they are
compelled 10 pay the usurious inter-
est on the sums advanced to them.
The facts briefly are these: The
merchant knows how much it cost
to raise q bale Of cotton, and that
if he advances ON a crop estimated
at say five hundred bales, that not
more than one half OF the money
will be expended in raising the cot
ton, because the farmer. under the
present high protective tariff, is
taxed so heavily for the agriculture
al implements, clothing. lumber,
nails, cooking utensils, etc., that
. large portion of the money which
the merchants let him have goes In
purchase Of necessary supplies
and the payment Of the tariff tax
hat is placed on them by the Nc
bill.
The merchant is also aware of
he fact that the farmer has to gam
Die against nature and take his
chances of losing his crop by a
lood, drouth or astorm. consequent
y the merchant charges a high rate
# interest on his advances, So that
I one farmer fails in raising a crop.
lis loss will be cornterbalanced ny
he success of a farmer in q neigh
parish or section. These
ire the main reasons why the farm.
rs have to pay a high interest on
he mOneythey borrow. and the ques-
ion Of the scarcity off does not enter
nto the matter at all, because as we
ave already said the lack of money
4 which the farmers complain is
merely imaginary.-Daily States.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-07-18

On Saturday, July 95th, the Most Rev
Archbisop of New Orleans. Francis Jams
Gems, viii come to Covington on . pas
toral visit, accompanied BY two other
reverend gentlemen. On Sunday, the
ssth, be viii say holy massi in St. Peters
Catholic Church, It s O'Clock. After
the regular Sunday service, ct 8 O'Clock
A. H., the Archbishop will confer the
sacrament Of confirmation to some
thirty persons of Covingt0n and Abita
Springs. On Monday morning, after
the Archbishop has said holy mass, at
m hour announced on Sunday In church,
he viii 20 to jacksonville, and there
dive confirmation to some seventy per-
sons. He intends on Monday after
noon to inspect the now chapel In
course Of erection near Bedico river.
On Tuesday morning the train win
take our prominent visitor hack to the
city.
A. the persons to be confirmed have
to previously receive the sacrament Of
penance and holy eucharist, they are
requested to do 90 In Covington, on
Sunday, during the hours Of 6 and 9
a. H., and In Nsdisoaville o. Monday,
from stos 4. L., and approach the holy
table Ct 9 O'Clock mass.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-07-18

The ice factory at Abita Springs com.
menced work this week. We acknow-
ledge the receipt of . lne block yester-
day, and It viii compare with any man.
ufactured ice We have yet seen, being
perfectly clear and solid. We wish
much success TO this new and deserving
enterprise.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-07-18

The first bale of new cotton was
received in New Orleans on the
9th inst, from Duval county, Tex
~. 1t classed good middling, and
was sold at IL cents. This is 20
days earlier than the first bale last
year.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-07-18
LAND Oyv1cE. NV ORLEANS, Il. /,
July "a, 1891.

SuIy ID. 1891.
Notice IL hereby given that the fol-.
losing named n-ttler has fled 4 O(ice az
his intention to make final proof in anu,
port Of his olaim,. and that saiJ prone
wiii 10 made before The jndge. or in NJ
xbaencs the clerk Of the district cuurt.
At C~OviDgton. La. on Monday. Aucuss
"a. 1891. viz.
CHRISTIAN T. SCHMOLTZ.
Who made Homestead Entry No. 95Os.
'or the nosths~ss quarter OF tLe south.
east quarter. west half of southeast omar.
Ter and sosthssst quarter Of the scuth.
vest quarter Of section 50. township 6.
south raDes - east. st. Helena reri.
dian ~
Hs nance u. following v,tnesses "a
prove bis oontinuous residsues upoo
md c~alsivation of said hnd. via;
Dan Davis. VIM. Gri@n. Herman M.
eLaelis and J. u. Ialaa, all Of 8. Je0.
many parrish. L..
CnARlEsC c. PAIysxv,
Vi'-et Register.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-07-18

List OF Letters
Remaining in the C~ovingtOn, La Post.
ONCE Friday. July II. 1891:
Comba L b Rev Ogilvie f11renee
Hart II Pierce B q
Joseph E w Shaw Frank
Kramer Swan 1hos n
laurence Philip
Persons calling for the same will
please say advertised.
A fee of one sent additional postage 10
required ON all advertised letters.
CHAs. HEIxrz. p. n.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-07-18

DIED.-Near covington, La, July Is,
: 1891, Bertha Potharst, ased 81 wears.
widow Of the late Herman Exterstein.
herremains were taken to the city for
interment.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-07-18

The tariff on cotton ties is 20
cents per bundle. The South pro-
duces the cotton and of course the
South pays the tariff.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-07-18

Mr.. John Lankston has established q
neat barber shop in connection with
his store and bar ut Abita Springs,
where the public can get . good shave
or hair cut in the highest style Of the
tonSorial art.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-07-18

CRepublished BY request.1
DIED.-At Spring Hin Cottage, St
Tammany parish, In, June ., 1891,
Thomas H. Gill. aged IS years.
CTimes-Democrat and Liverpool eng.
land) papers please copy.1
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-07-18

Q SALE-A ine young Jersey mill
COW and cali. Perfectly gentle. Ap.
ply ct this ONCE.