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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-08-01
COVINGTON ST. TAMMANY

b induced to make the same exception
In your favor. SIR"
but il for me, why not for his pres
cnt tcnant?" I asked.
''Oh, he would for his present tenant
ne told me; but the party refuses t.
pay the increased rental, I am told
and has found another house."
Some further conversation followed
was shown plan Of the house. and
its various exccllcnces were explained
to me. Twas fully convinced It was N
excellent residence; and after my
weary experience in house hunting
felt quite a glow of satisfaction at the
prospect of release on such compar
ativcly easy termA engaged tho
house at once. ''Have lease prepared
to-day" l said to the agent. ',and to
morrow will call and sign it."
Mrs wilkins was overjoycd when
told. her all about it that day al
dinner. 1t was plain to see that We
had secured . good house for, the com.
ing year.
but, Algy." said my wife, ..you
haven't told me where the house Is
situated"
''Well. that's q good joker said !.
Upon my word. I never thought to
ask! Ill do SO after dinner"
l did The agent said It was in
Sutcha street.
''Is it?" said /. "Wcll. that's pleas
ant. We shan't have to move very
far. then, probably. for I live in
Sutcha street now. and q delightful
street it is! What did you say was the
number?"
Seventeen"
Seventeen" I cried. In astonish,
mcnt
''Ycs, sir"
Between Mikado and Yum Yum
avenues?"
"Yes, SIR"
"West side?"
"Yes. You know the house, per.
haps?"
81 should think I ought to-" was my
response, In hysterical tone. I've
lived in it for the past four years"
Yes, had rented my own house at q
comfortable advance on last years
figure. When told Mrs. wilkins about
it she laughed till she cried.
Invent roaming over the house. cx,
amining its merits critically and scruti,
nizing the rooms with quite . new and
peculiar interest.
''lt's a good house. Pen, 1t any rate.
That we know"
''It is. Algy. I am very well salts,
fed To be sure the kitchen is rather
small, and there is more room upstairs
than we really need, but I don't be-
ievc we could bc better suited on tho
whole"
''And then, Pen. old girl" cried /. in
. tone of cxultation. ''think what IN
escape from the horrors Of moving day!
No exorbitant charges to r2ove-wagon
men, no smashed mirrors and scratched
furniture, no sleeping on the parlor
floor, NO going to . restaurant to dine
en- famille. We can be as happy next
year rs the shepherds of Arcadia Well
have . regular jamboree in the back
yard IL il don't rain. Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-08-01
STRONG YARN.


A Race for Lie Between . womau and
Woolen Sock.
ibid / ever have fearful adven
tura2" repeated Mrs Catharine Cab
bagc, an old lady Of Dedham. Mass.
when . party Of young people wcr'
urging her to tell some of her early cx
pericnces "Yes. fearful enough Il
me. " she added. with smile. "'Twa,
the year after I was married. Dedhan
amt much like what twas then. My
highest neighbor was . mile away. bu,
for all that we was . good deal mors
neighborly than folks be now.
Zone winter afternoon I took my
knittin' work. was knittin' my hus
band some indigo blue socks--an' ran
over 10 q neighbor'A I was knittin
the foot, an stayed pretty late. hop
in to toe it on; but Jest got II to the
narrcrin's an give It mp. an started foz
home.
II carried my yarn ball In . bag tied
to my waist, an the sock tied into my
belt, the needles all in Il Twas q
bright moonlight evcnin'. but I was sl-
ways kind of timid to be out alone after
dark. The road was lonesome. an !
walked pretty lively.
I'D gone about . quarter Of mile, l
guess, when I heard . noise behind
me. I looked back, an there was q
black creature that looked In the twi-
ligat bigger'n . woodchuclk runnin'
close after me. I'd heard stories of
wildcats bein' round, m thought in
q minute twas one after me.
II hurried on. nm / could hear what
seemed to be that miserable beasts
claws a-scratchin' on the snow, an tho
faster I went, the faster he went I
couldn't stand IL, SO broke into . run;
on came that creature at . run. too.
I was terribly frightened. Every time
l looked round the wildcat seemed big.
ger an the scarter grew.
''How ] runi An serateA, click,
scratch. came TINT ugly beast after me!
You'd scarcely believe how the size o
that creature grew. / was certain
twas . panther.
II was out o. breath an wheexin'
when got to the house. Sweat stook
in beads ON my face. 1 had jest
enough to push open the door.
rush in, slam Il together. an then ]
fell full length On the floor.
MY husband was soert enough when
he sec how l WAS 'sWhat's the mat
ter?' he cried out
"'The-pan-panther.' l gasped.
chased -all-thc way homcr and
pretty soon got breath enough TO tell
my dreadful experience.
Husband went to the door an
looked out 4 don't sec anything he
said. Then he began to laugh Here's
your panther says he. an he came in
holdin' out that indigo-blue sock I'd
been knittin' on! Every needle was
out of it, an twas still held By the
ball of yarn in the bag st my belt. IN
Id been a-draggin' II on after me. an
thinkin' twas . wild beast!
Il felt cheap enough over it. But
want that strong yarn to stand all the
runnin' and pullin' il got and not
bseak?'-Youth's Companion
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-08-01

0Action q erourd ON which the factory stood
=. factory; p, pump; w, well; b, barnyard;
d o. drainage from barnyard and factory.
with 'filthy water" The factory
where this butter had been made
had been run as q cheese fac
tory for about twenty years, and
latterly q separator had been put in
and cheese and butter both manufac-
tured. A driven well supplied the
water of the factory. This well was
about twenty feet deep, and with an
eye to avoid the drainage of the build
int, was driven ON the upper side. How
futile that scheme was the accompany
ing illustration will show. The barn.
tant to the right did not have . tenden-
cyAtO help tho matter any.
1t is to be regretted that the water
WIS never chemically analysed. but rs
butter making was stopped immediate
y when the product became unstable
and the water was no more used the
state expert who afterward visited the
factory did not see At to take sample
for analysis Tne poisoned condition
Of, the well was generally conceded and
. superficial examination of the water
after il had stood for length Of time
Would convince any one Of its contami-
nation. The water when freshly
pumped WAS cold and sparkling. a.
though slightiy tinged in color. It
gave on NO offensive smell and the
faint foreign o.lor would be easily mis-
a. arn~ Co. HhU .,vos~cco - u>;unv,.1 .wk>
stance. 1t was insthis stage that it was
u5ed for washing the buttermilk from
grauulated butter. and the insidious
bacteria are sown that afterwards
ruined the product Now, we do not
relate this true instance because we
suppose that sl cs1nmericsobtaint their
water supply Of wells. and that the
water used il charged with deleterious
substances, but to show what an insid-
ious evil impure water il, and what
damage it Is capable of doing TO the
art of good tutter-mskinR. The best
water for use in . creamery is that OBJ
tanned from . spring source, and TO
convey II TO the building an iron pipe
Is preferable 10 one of lead. or . wood
en- pump log. II water Is prone TO be
roily or is filed with sediment, you can
readily cleanse II BY putting mp small
filter in the factory. but ordinary fl-
tering will mot eradicate the poison
from constitutionally filthy water. II
your water facilities are poor, as they
are apt 70 be in many sections of the
country, and the water comes to the
factory WARM, you should use ice to
lower its Temperature before employ
ing it TO wash butter. We consider Il
one Of the most mistaken ideas of econ
omy In the world TO have . well under
. cheese factory or . creamery. Even
IL the well II 20 deep as TO preclude the
idea Of subscil teaching, putrid drain
age may find its way through the sur.
face soil 70 the well pipe and follow the
tube 70 the bottom. Or, IL may reach
the water vein which supplies the well
In . comparatively shallow location,
and thus directly transmit the poison
Cor. Ohio FarmcE. t
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-08-01
SOME GOOD ADVICE.

~ Man Who Knew what He was Talk.
Ing Aboat.
There was . young man in seat BY
himself who betrayed such impatience
every time the train stopped that tho
old man in front of him finally turned
and inquired:
Anything special on yer mind 70
make We act SO narvous? Heard any bad
news?
mo. SIR"
"Didn't know but somebody wa.
dead"
mo. sir. I'm to be married 1t i've
+. o'clock this afternoon in Buffalo"
''Shoo! You don't say so!''
| "Yes, SIR"
| "And it makes ye narvousT
''Somcwhat, I suppose"
't;ood-looking gal?"
"Yes."
"LOts o. money!"
'.No."
'Then it's . case o. lovew
"Yes, sir-pure and simple, as am
proud to say"
''In other words, you hain't got
nuthin', she hain't got nuthin' and you
don't either Of you expect nuthin' from
nobody"
That's it."
"Waal, young man, that's the way
with lots o folks, and It can't bc
helped. Started in that way myself.
1t hain't none o. my bixness, Of course,
and probably this thing has gone too
far to let you back out, hat let me give
We some advice. I've tried both sorts.
fust married . gal for love, and lived
fur five years on johnny cake and bar
ley coffe. She died. and I married .
widow for forty acres Of land. six cows,
three hosses. and fifty-four sheep, and
I'm highway commissioner, postmaster
1t our corners, school trustee and
referee Of all jumpin' matches in tho
county. II il hain't too late when 70
git TO Buffalo just move that the meet
ing do now adjourn. and then peel yer
eyes tur . widder with . farm. Love
hain't nuthin' but . sort Of mist, any
how. and il passes OF sooner or lister,
bat when ye kin go out and lay yer
hand on land worth eighty dollars IN
acre, and hear the hosses. COWS and
sheep cavortin' DER the downy lea, you
know you've got sunthin' solid back Of
ye in case yer bones ache with ager."-
N. Y. Sum
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-08-01
A MARKED MAN.


Hls New Clothes Aade Him Feel Little
Coaspieaoss.
He was seen to emerge from . ready
made clothing store. As he hit the
pavement he suddenly became con-
scious that everybody was looking at
him. Most people feel that way when
they put on . new suit of clothes
There were wrinkles In the coat across
the shoulders, and the pants were
creased as though they had been on tho
shelf for ages, It is probable that no
one would have noticed this, for such
sights are . common occurrence on the
streets Of . great city. Still the boys
saw something to hoot at, and hoot they
did as he walked along.
"Where did you get them7" some one
yelled.
''See the hand-me-downa" said an
other.
"He has got . twenty-five dollar suit
marked down 70 ten dollars See?"
said third. >
Still the object Of all his hurrah
ambled along, seemingly unaware that
the commotion on the street was about
him. Hut at last some more sympathis-
ing citizen tapped him on the arm and
aaid:
''You are . marked man; better take
Oh the tags"
This worried him and he took OF his
coat first and removed the card from
his coat collar. and looking about for
further trouble. found the same little
cards upon his vest in 'front.' and his
pants behind. At last he got them al
on and nothing was left but the creases,
but they still showed that he had Just
made his escape from the clutches Of
the hand-me-down clothier.-Arkansaw
Traveler.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-08-01

Any Blaeksni.h Co laake o. APo0 -
Oh RlDe.
Tho cut shows . handy grating
knife. II ID not patented Any black
smith can make one from IN old fla
II ID 10K inches long, including handle.
which Is 4 inches; the blade il ~
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-08-01

She Read the Paper&-A certain lit
tie girl, who IL just learning TO resd
short words. takes great interest in tie
big letters she sees in the pewspapsrs.
The other evening. after she had kept
her mamma basy reading the sdvertiee.
ments in the newspapers 70 her. s6e
knelt down to say her prayesA ''Dear
Lord" she ksped. '.ms1s ms pare" I"
then ohe heaitated, aDd went O. with
added terypE. . momsnt latse '.Date
mo abseiutsly .psrsr lss--hskise pow
dAt."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-08-01
HANDY GRATING Hxssx.

inches long andsl1S inches wide; ths
square point il ~ inehes long. The
point il driven into the q1Ddle Of the
stem 10 keep open the elefts for insert
ing the graftA A wooden mallet shoald
be used.-J. n. Mohs. in Farm and Fire
side
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-08-01

o. al the eeouomic questions affect
ing the welfare Of our citizens. there il
pone Of greatsr impostance than The
eoustructioo and mainteuanee Of good
Foads. over which they may pass to and
10 IN their commercial and social relar
<oas with each other. The world, .
says South. ''is maintained By inter
eougse. and Of an iGventibs,& the ~
phabss snd ptllhilH .ftess &ioSS exs
septed uIoee mNeatiotS which abrides
distance hare done most tor The civil.
ssttea es our speeiea
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-08-01

-Teecher-"Tomlny Simpson, have
you any good excuse for being late?'
Tommy (bcaming) -"Ycs. uaa'sm.
Teacher-'Hhat u ~" Tommy
Waoaesr-HApeg's 0asar.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-08-01

Tho moment We begin 70 explain
away ths miraculous and supernatural
ws saropde1 TIE Bibl& Take. the
SApesuatural eae q the Di6se oAd NJ
mako e . Volloetiou q tableA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-08-01


Twin lambs often require other milk
In addition to what they receive from
their mother 70 keep them in thrifty
condition, says the Rural World. New
cows milk fed out Of bottle with .
rubber nipple attached 70 the nozzle is
one Of the best ways Of feeding milk 70
. young lamb Skim milk may be fed
in the absence Of new milk with very
sstisfacsosy resaltA We have one
lamb at present that has received moth
ing but skim milk from the day he was
born until DOW (nearly three weelEs).
and he looks q healthy - any Of TIE
others. in proportion TO his age. In
artificial feeding the milk should be
heated 70 about ninety degrees BY
placing the hottie in hot wster. Care
needs to be taken and not scald the
milk - Il may have IN injurious effect
On the system
Omaha daily bee., 1891-02-08
IRRIGATION IN NEBRASKA.
II Interests All Glasses Of Citizens in Every
Section Of the State.
POSSIBILITIES or THE ARID REGION.
Western Nebraska Compared with
Western Iowa-Scttlement of Ne
braska in the Last Ten Years
aud In the Next Ten.
ARTICLE vi.

Irrigation Is the problem OF Nebraska's
development. II is not alone the problem OF
few starving homes leaders on the frontier.
1t should have the attention and support OF
every man and interest having anything at
stake in the future Of this state
In the last six months Nebraska has been
the victim of a national advertisement Of the
wrong kind 1t is now the interest Of every
body having his homo or capital here TO wipe
out the memory of last summers catastrophe
with some grand achievement. The eastern
public draws no nice distinctions between
this and that section of Nebraska. 1t knows
that a committee has been sent to Washing
ton to ask the national government for
Sl,000,0OO for destitute settlers in this
state There is not railroad. banker, mer
chant or real estate speculator who is not al
most as much interested in the present effort
TO prevent "a recurrence Of the drouth as the
settlers in the semiarid region themseve
Thus irrigation becomes q subject Of vital
interest to the state. If 1t is so regarded it
will be success, as it already is in every
state which has adopted it as a necessary
means to successful agriculture.
There is another aspect in which irrigation
Is interesting to the state as whole. This
Is the fact that it will some day be generally
adopted between the Missouri river aud the
Tooth meridian, as well as to the west of that
mystic line that is now supposed to
mark the limits of the semi.arid
region. This, Of course, is not a
generally accepted theory, but 1t will be
within the next ten years. When the arid
region becomes fat and sleek with prosperity,
when the demand for breadstuffs begins to
crowd close upon the supply, when the east
ern farmer finds the products of his labor
unable to compete as to quality and quantity
with the irrigated products Of western Ne
braska, of Wyoming, Colorado and Idaho,
then we shall see the bitches creeping slowly
Omaha daily bee., 1891-02-08
DIR. Birney cures catarrh, Bee bldg.
She Weeps Glass Tears

The physicians and oculists of this city are
greatly puzzled over the case of Jennie SUIT
ton, says Findlay, o., dispatch. From the
right eye of the girl fiftyfour pieces of broken
glass was taken by DIR. II. G. Tritch. These
pieces of glass have been coming from the
eye of this girl for the last MONTH and only
day before yesterday DIR. Tritch removed
every evidence of glass in the eye and an
nOunced that all were taken out.
She came back and had tifty-fou more
pieces removed and yet no one knows how
they came into the eye. The girl is q
domestic in the family of ex-County Sur
yeyor Stringfellow, whose wife has been
taking these particles OF glass from the girls
eye for month past, but becoming alarmed
at their temperance almost as soon as re-
moved, had Dr. Tritch undertake TO cure the
young woman of her peculiar afiiiction. The
case puzzles the doctor quite as much as it
does the girl and her EMPLOYERS, as she met
with no accident by which the glass could
get into the eye; and the fact that the parti-
ces give her little or no pain is equally as in
explicable. 1t is estimated that over one
hundred pieces OF glass have been taken from
the eye since the case first attracted atten-
tion. The only theory thus far advanced TO
explain the matter is that the girl has some
sort OF chemical nature and that the crys-
tails are formed by her tears.
Omaha daily bee., 1891-02-08

II didn't rain this year II certainly would
next year. The result has been that In the
last decade the region west OF the Tooth meri-
dian has increased $50 per cent In population,
and that we have found out at last that irri-
CATION Is absolutely necessary TO the retention
OF these settlers and the further development
of the state
In the presence Of widespread distress we
come at last to the work Of organizing n
movement which was in the beginning the
only means Of making this region productive.
II has rich soil, a delightful climate and
charmingly picturesque Landscape but all
this counts for nothing without water 1t Is
interesting and important TO consider the
possibilities Of this section when the missing
link shall be supplied.
H.-wEsTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA.
II certainly requires little hardihood to say
that the twenty-five counties in western Ne
braska, II they can be made productive by
irrigation, will be in time as populous and
rich as twenty-five counties IN western Iowa.
Western Iowa Is a rich country, but it would
bear no comparison either in the value OF its
lands or the amount and quality Of its pro-
ducts to the irrigated farms and ranches of
Colorado New Mexico, Utah, Idaho and
California. 1t does not possess the wonder
ful climate and unclouded skies which make
western Nebraska delightful. All it has it
has earned from good SOIL enriched by a
fairly even rainfall and constant cultivation,
and with good means of transportation. And
yet it may serve to illustrate the possible
future of western Nebraska.
In making up the following table to midi
cate the population of twenty-five counties
in the extreme western portion of Iowa,
those containing large cities, such as Wood
bury and Pottawattamie counties, are
omitted. Nothing which has been accom-
plished in tho following counties of Iowa is
impossible in western Nebraska If our people
cease to pray for rain and begin to dig
bitches:
Omaha daily bee., 1891-02-08

Here it is determined from their showing
that during a period of thirty-seven years,
gencies which could possibly effect our NOR
tality. the rate has not mater rally increased
notwthStandi ng that companies ii ke the Con-
nectCut Mutual, which has practically stood
still, during the past ten years at least not
having secured enough new bus mess to keep
its m0rtaily ratio on level. are Included. but
them all, with Its forty-fye years of expert
ence, and mortality ratio OF only Sl32i per
SlOOOof Insurance in force, ana again at the
New York Life with lis forty-twO years OF eX-
periencc and only sll.I6 per slO0O, and the
Equitable OF New York with twenty -eIght
years and but sll46 per sLoOD :,
ompanies Is there single natural premium
company operating on n tabular rate basis
which could not have paid the mortality ratio
OF any one OF the above FAMED old line COM
panies through all their experience, at the
present natural premium rates. and have had
left sufficient surplus or reserve for all prac-
teal needsf But the old line reserves are
necessary, they say, because they are used to
pay accruing losses Well, let us see about
that. The Lqnitable OF New York commenced
business in lsi9, Its last report was made In
1889, just thirty years after How about Its
history Since II began business IL has writ
ten and placed upon its books I543,Ss6. I3l OF
business, Of which IL had December 81, 1889,
little more than one-thlrd or S3l, ,OJO,O0), still
In force, having lost by death. lapses, etc, al
most q billion ofdoilars of business In amount
at risk. but how was It's reserve affected by
this lapse forfeituref How much OF IL was act
ually used to pay, surrender yeiues' death
little more than s5,OO.0OD OF business In
force In 1>6O, we not Ice a gradual increase in
the amount at risk until In 1913 IL reached
Sls4, 90 700 then 10 began 20 grow less until in
1873 IL had fallen to s57,0O,OOO but note the
accumulate beginning In 1880 with capital
Of tlOlOOJ We find IL has Increased Us assets
until In ls1J IL possessed s2,3ls, 2N Now, rs the
amount OF Insurance ut risk decrea ased d urlng
the next five years, and as the accommodations
under the level premium system was COM