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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-31
HE FEARED THE WORST.

| His Wife Had Drawn Him for Four
Weeks Fun ut Summer Resort.
/ A little man with a nervous tread,
carrying a small gripsack, hurried
through the entrance to the big hotel
and across the lobby to the desk. where
ne hastily registered.
II want q good room," he said. as he
threw down his pen and looked mp into
the calm face of the clerk. .Wife's
away. Been away four weeks. Can
you give me a room on the second
| aoor?-
The clerk nodded.
.Good"' said the newly arrived guest
Nothing above would suit me. Want
it to be as near as possible to the of
flee. Four weeks ago my wife left me.
Summer resort, you know. Nothing
but pleasant letters from her. Every
thing lovely SO far. During all this
period she hasn't asked me for cent
Think of it. Not cent Can l have
my meals sent to my room?'s
Yes, SIR replied the clerk. with a
suppressed yawn.
That's right said the man on the
outside of the desk. Not a cent he
muttered to himself under his breath,
mot red cent. Doctor in the house?"
''Yes, sir
''How is he-pretty good?'
Zone of the best
Good in an emergency, eh? Good
for certain call? Up on heart dis
ease?"
Certainly. sir
''Splendid. Now, have you a tele-
ohone?"
..Yes, sir. Look here" exclaimed the
clerk: what's wrong. anyway? You
look well enough. What's the matter?
What's all this fuss about?"
Tine little man leaned forward con-
6dcntially.
That's what don't know he said.
"You never can tell. | must he pre-
pared. lie prepared for anything. Yes,
SIR" he nluttered, hoarsely; mo one
Knows I'm not q strong man. can
not tell what it may be. You say you
have telephone?'
That's what / said" answered the
.lerk. What are you"
The little man caught him feverish-
~ by the arm. Listen he broke in,
IS he thrust a small paper out on the
1esk. Here is the telephone number
of my bank. This morning. sir, after
four weeks, four weeks of pleasant,
yossipy. CHEEKY. loving letters. i re-
.eived postal-card from my wife say J
ing that she had drawn ON me, and
when the bell-boys have been ap-
prised. when the doctor has been noti-
G~N =.
nents notice. when all precautions
have been taken, / wish you would
ring them mp and then come upstairs
and tell me what the amount OF shat
draft is-"-Harper's Dazar.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-31
MODEL CITY OF THE WORLD.
GlasEow Owns Ita l;AsWOrks and Stree
Cars-Beneflt to the People.

Giasgow Owns Its GAsworks and Street
Carn-Beneft to the People.
Glasgow is the modern municipality
Of the world. and we may all profit by
its experience and example. The city
council, which is the governing body,
recognizes three duties as being laid
upon il: To fulfill their trusts by
economical administration of the city's
finances; to improve public health.
both physical and moral. and to give
brightness and the possibility of hap
piness to civil life. This high concep-
tion of the duty of corporation has
not been carried out in full, but no
one will deny that very satisfactory
and successful attempt has been made
to live up to the lofty standard which
has been established. The city coun-
Gil undertakes to supply the demand
for water, gas. electric lighting, parks,
public baths, warehouses and street
railways. street cleaning. building. po-
lice protection and various minor serv-
ices.
The water supply is obtained from
Loch Katrine, 35 miles distant, and is
copious and pure. There is no better
water furnished any city in the world.
and we believe that Dublin is the only
city that gets it cheaper. There have
been nearly 81, 500. 600 invested in
waterworks- In 1870 a sinking fund
was established, through the medium
of which nearly G75O,OOO have been
paid off up to the present time, and it
is expected that the sinking fund will
pay off the whole debt by 194l, " hen
the waterworks will be the unbur-
dened property of the corporation. In
the meanwhile the supply of water
has been enormously increased, the
quality improved. and the price re-
duced more that 80 per cent. In ad-
dition to the supply of water for the
usual purposes it is now proposed to
drive machinery by hydraulic pres
sure of 1000 pound to the square inch
throughout the business area Of the
city.
The Glasgow corporation has long
been in the field as manufacturer OF
gas. In 1869 it took possession of the
gas plants. which were owned by two
private companies, and commenced the
production and sale of gas The quail
ity OF gas was improved. while its sale
was reduced. The city furnishes e2-
candle power gas at the rate of 60 cents
per 1.000 cubic feet. The street rail-
ways of Glasgow, up to June 80, 1894,
were operated by private company.
Six years ago the council endeavored |
to Impose certain conditions on this |
company. such IS regulating the fare
and limiting the hours of work for the |
employees The company refused to
male any conccssions, and os result |
Of their uLwlllingness TO act in fair |
and generoHs manner toward the pub. |
lie and the Iaboripe classes tho coan. |
aA aesiasd aoi - reEow their shass
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-31

better teeth and
q aheapthe mOest
fun. / can re.
collect the time
" ay b a c k
there in the gol.
den days Of my
b o Y b o o d =
which it ralev
seems to me like
that was only
esterd . v
when / could
pitch out on .
hot summer day
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-31

ter. but to take possession Of the
street railway property itself and
operate it. 1t put ON 500 new cars,
5000 horses and 200 new men. The
city introduced q 1-cent fare, hitherto
unknown, and made cents the maxi
| mum fare. The experiment Of opera
ting street railways by the city has
proved . success The city has made
money and at the same time has inn
proved the plant and reduced the fares.
1t now carries 900. coo a week for l-cent
fares, COG, 600 for a-cent fares. 95, 600 for
scent fares and 10000 for 4-cent fares.
The next step will be to abolish all
fares above cents.
The distinguishing feature of Glas-
COWS financial management is the
sinking fund. 1t is now applied to
every municipal enterprise of the city.
On examining it's accounts one finds
that all serious debts are on the way
to be liqnidated by the automatic OPP
Grafton of this device. The present
financial condition of Glasgow seems
extremely satisfactory. The liabilities
are 5000, 900. and the assets f1O. 500,-
WV, Will ClclF Dutd0cc OIL 4-,JVO.UUU
on the right side of the account.
The ability. the honesty and the
economy which have been brought to
bear in the administration of the pub
lie affairs of Glasgow have been Sc
cured by the elimination Of politics.
The council is composed of solid busi-
ness men. Politics is practically un-
known in the meetings of the council.
nor is eloquent speech in great demand
there. The success of Glasgow in
municipal government has been
achieved by the rigid exclusion of pol
itics from the city Offices and by in
trusting the administration of the city
to trained, capable and honest busi-
ness men. There is no city in the
world SO well governed as Glasgow,
and none whose affairs are conducted
SO thoroughly in keeping with the
principle that the public officials of the
city are to be regarded as the directors
of great cooperative undertaking in
which every citizen is a shareholder
and the dividends of which are paya-
BILE in the better health, increased |
recreation and happiness of |
the whole population. Land |
and Title Register. |
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-31

The house had been picked up by a
tremendous cyclone and hurled and
whirled and crashed through tree tops
and over fields, until at last it fell in
an old buffalo wallow and was riven to
kindlinR wood There was . slight
eommotion among the debris, and ut
last the Kansas man crawled out,
stunned and bleeding. He looked about
with dazed air At the new surround
ings. two counties away from home.
bnt. suddenly Frightening up, he cried:
mir. President and Gentlemen Of the
Conventions: ! withdraw my name. -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-31

Tor = man to have. have heard people
talk about losih their appstites.. and
from what you say. and from the gene.
raj appeafments, 1t looks to me like
somebody must Of lost two or three
appetites down there on the creek, and
you come along and found 'efn. 1t may
bo mought not be 50 bad II You would
but only stick TO plain satin, but you
are too old in the harness now to stand
s:ch terrible mixtry Ind 10 many
fancy trimmins- You think more Of
your bread basket. Rufus, and then
turn around and treat it worse than
any man that ever lived in the whole
discovered world perhaps
"There is one thing in particular that
! would love to put vol in mind Of.
Rufus, and soon as ever you git up and
about you can take ont your little note
book and set it down. Nature don't do
no slip-shod business on . credit. She
never did and she never will, and when
somever you 20 and break into her
laws pay day is comm aud you must
settle for your fun in spot cash"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-31
4 Plain Family Talk.

One day whilst was laid up for re-
pairs-flat Of my back and as helpless
and harmless as baby-Mother lit in,
she did. and give me . plain family
talk She had been monstrous good
and kind in fixin up the salts and snake
root and other compliments to pull me
through and save roy life, and I couldn't
nnd it in my heart to sass her back.
And what was more, | jest naturally
lowed it mought be blame good time
Of year for me to say nothin.
"If anything reckon it hurts me .
little the worst, Rufus, for you to come
home and 70 to bed and curl up and git
sick" says she in openin up the con-
fabulation. but you can't blame
nobody with the wherefore and whence
ness OF all this trouble and confusion
ment but your own fat fool SELF It's
exactly what / lowed when you driv OF
down the road with viii Tom Pickens
and little Bunk Ycatherford. To see
YOU runnin around over the whole entire
country. maxim stump speeches and
writin for the newspapers. anybody
would think that you ought to have
sense like quality folks. but sometimes
it does look to me like you have got the
most slimmest and pecurious way OF
shown it Of any man have ever yet
saw.
"When l ses you all doubled up there
with one of them sneakin pains 1t hurts
me: Rufus, but wouldn't be = good,
true wife il didnt tell you the naked,
unwashed truth in regards to yourself.
/ have already before now told you and
told you-more times than have got
fingers and toes-that your young mag
nolious days are over with and past
You may feel young and try to look
Young and make out like you are
young, but you amt. And for some
years have took particular notice that
every time you take one Of them colty
spells and 70 gallopin OF and carryin
on like . youngster. then you como
home and 20 to bed. II it aint ono
thing it is somethin else-the mully
0rubs, or the rheumatic, or the summer
1t won't do, Rufus, it
won't begin to sorter half way do for . |!
man that has lived - much - you
have.
.Why in the name Of creation don't /
you keep company along with your own
that You was born and bred !
and brunR up with? Az for that. l
reckon VIII Tom Pickens and little
Bunk Wcatherford amt got no more
baby teeth to shed. but still at the same
lime they haven't lived more than half
y lonR-and not one-third as much-as
ron have. Il makes me plum weak and
weary. Rufus, to hear you talkin and Roin
N about tho sights I've boys" have
'een. and the fun ms boys have had.
And the other day when saw you
'ailin OF down the big road with the
other boys, Is you were wont to say.
showed good and well that tho next
hing in order was for me to 70 and git
ne salts and snake root ready.
! racson no doubts . strong aud
healthy appetite i . mighty eced thirR 7
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-31
a Fishln And A FoollA.

but il 10 way yonder different with
your humble servant now. I still feel
as young and fresh and healthy and
and hongry and happy Is . yearlin
boy, you understand. but can't SO as
fast nor come - quick. nor travel as
many gaits, nor cover AZ much ground
in one day as use to could.
May be you mought wonder how in
the thunderations come to find it out
80 suddent like. and in orderment to bs
plum natural and honest am bound to
own up and tell you that / have been
fool enough here lately to try it on.
Bright and early one mornin last
week Will Tom Pickens and little Bunk
Weatherford come by my house in
wagon and give it out to me that they
was goin of down on Big Wolf Creek
on fshin frolic, and nothin would do
but I must pack up and 60 with them.
! was dead crazy to 60 from the jump.
you understand. but for the sake Of
peace 1t home and general appearments
/ pulled on the bit considerable and
finally at last told tho boys bcin a. it
was them reckon 1 would have to 20.
So we lit out. we did, and on the way
down to the creek we made a run on
Deacon Jo:ner's orchard, and by this
time you understand, that one-horse
wagon was loaded to the guards with
fishin poles and kitchen physic, and
fruit and nicknacks and-Other farm
prnducements
The weather it was particlar hot. but
" made the trip in the cool of the
mornin, ard durin the day down there
on the creek We had more fun-of one
sort and another-than you could shake
a stick at. We didn't do any fishin to
hurt. you understand, but there was 4
fryin pan along with us and by dinner
time We had caught fsh enough to
make the gravy smell monstrous good
And in the main time had managed to
work up tremendous big appetite.
felt. right then, like l mouRht eat =
stewed roastin ear patch and = baked
mule for dinner.
After dinner We went on fishin and
foolin till way long in the shank OF the
evenin. and then took the back trail
md lit out for home. We had the |
greatest plenty Of fun and some luck.
which l think the bulliest luck Of all |
was that we didn't see no snakes that |
ilay, you understand. But when I got |
home that night l went to bed, and 1 |
stayed right there. of and on, for three
lays and nights hand runnin.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-31
Pie and the Yank>>a

Southcrner-I understand that vou
New Englanders have pie for brealx-
fast every morning.
New Englander-Its an infamor.
lie. We have it for dinner and .urr.-
and that's all.-Roxburg Gazette.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-31
Il Alnt Sweet New,

Now in regards to Mother. ehe NJ.
right that day. She most in general,
is right. 1t comes plum natural Will
her to be right. and perfectly all right
But then as to newell, as yet an
only fair to middlin, you understand. j
am right smart like Joe Nick Stringei
was that time when he got into 4 suga,
barrel. When Joe Nick was nothin bu'
a yearlin boy he had . tremendous big
sweet tooth for sugar. In regard te
sugar he was about like = fool drinkir
good whisky-hs didn't know whom K
take out and quit.
Whereas and consequentially ones,
upon = time old man Stringer took Jo<
Nick to town. and took him to grocery
store and showed him to the store
keeper.
There is boy that has never got
enough sugar since he was borned into
the world" says the old man. land !
want him to git one good bait before be
dies. Turn him loose in = sugar barrel
and lot him eat till he gifts enough, then
weigh up what is left and charge the
package to me-
So the storekeeper he took Joe Nick
into the back room. knocked the head
out Of q sugar barrel and told him To
wade in. Late along in the shank OF
the evenin the storekeeper went into
the back room after somethin. and
there was Joe Nick, you understand,
still paclsin away the sugar.
"Well. my little man." says the store.
keeper. "aint you got enough sugar
yet?'
mo sir" says Joe Nick. II couldn's
say for certain that have 60. enough.
but by the Hokus-pokus have done got
down to where it amt sweet"
Now I don't make out like / have got
enough Of fishin and foolin around
down on Big Wolf Creek, you under
stand, but by gracious at any rates
have done got to the pass where il sint
sweet no more.
Which was Which and Who was Who
About the most strangest th;o4 in
this wide and wicked world to me is to
find SO many natural born fools amongst
smart men. Now in regards to sense,
Elder Newton and Bob Nettles stand
way up yonder in the settlement, bu,
they got into terrible big disputation
one day last week as to which side OF .
railroad train-the inside or the outside
lis the highest when she runs around
a curve. don't know which was which
nor who was who, but anyhow BoI
stuck to it that one side was the highest,
whilst Elder Newton maintains that
the other side was the highest So
there they had it-up and down and
over and under-till finally 1t las: they
worked up little side bet of three dol
lars and six bits as to which was which
and who was who.
Last Saturday they saddled up their
horses and lit ont and rode fifteen miles
up the country to find the railroad and
Iee \ train 60 round the curve in order
ment to settle the bet. They found the
railroad and q curve and then Numbered
down there and waited for = train to
run. That is all know cxceptin that
Bob he win the bet and the Eide. says
here amt no kick comm his way.
But me and Andy Lucas. are now
thinkin right serious about takin out
papers OF compliment to send Bob and
he Elder off to the crazy Sloan.
RrFUs SANDEEA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-31

Peter the Great was an unspeakable
boor. When at table, il I dish al
pleased him. he threw it on the ficor
or sometimes at the head Of one Of shs
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-31

and 20 down on the creek . fishin and
swimmin and foolin around. and have
the regular fisherman's luck. and eat
dinner enough for three different peo-
pie. and fling in 81 apples and 81 peaches
and my hat full of plums for good
measure, and never miss 4 meal Of
7ictuais or lose lick Of sleep.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-31
SFlSHIN AND FOOLIN."
Tho Sage Of Rocky Crock Goes
Lame at Last
4 Day With Ths Boys On The Cresk-Isi6
Cp For Rspeirs-A Plaid Family
Ialk-"It Alnt E@est No Msre".
Gools Amongst Smart NeA
Copyright 1851

Naturally, Of course, L man has got
more sense than boy would have. but
. boy II more than probable To hava
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-06-21
Publication Notice.


N the district court for the county of Sherman
IN the state of Kansas. The Railway Build
ing and Loan association, plaintiff, We. Jacob
BOS, Mary BOS, Leonard FleCllenStein and Mary
Eleckenstein, defendants To Jacob BOs Mary
BOS, Leonard tIeCkeuSteln, Mary EleCkensteiu
will take notice that the said Railway Building
and Loan association, plaintiff, did On the LIST
day of May 1885, file its petition i'm said district
court, within and for the county of Sherman i'm
the state OF Kansas, against the said Jacob BOs,
Mary BOS, Leonard Fieckenstein, Mary Fleck-
ensteinr defendants, and that you and each of you
must answer said petition filed as aforesaid on or
before the 18th day of June. 1885 OF said petition
Will be taken as true, and judgment rendered
IN said action against said defendants, Jacob
BOS, Mary BOS, for the sum of two hundred thirty
five and seYeBty-nine one hundredths dollars,
with interest thereon at the rate of 2i1O0 per
cent per annum from the DIST day of March,
1898, and for the further sum of $50 S9-l00 with
interest thereon at the rate of 10 per cent per
annum from the 9th day of April. 1895, and for
costs or suit and further judgement against
said defendants Jacob BOs, Mary BOs, Leonard
EleCkenstein Mary Fleckenstein, for the fore
closure of a certain mortgage upon the follow
ing described real estate, tO-Wit; Lots numbered
fifteen (15) and sixteen f6) in block number
hfty-four go in the original town of GOOGland
Kansas, ar per recorded plat thereof lying and
situated in the county of Sherman III tie state
Of Kansas, and adjuGging that said plaintiff
have the first lien on said premises, to the
amount for which judgment viii be taken
as aforesaid and ordering said premises
to be sold with appraisement, and the
proceeds applied to the payment of the
amount due plaintiff and costs of suit, and for
ever barring and foFeclOsing said defendants
and each of them, of and from all right, title,
estate, interest, property and equity of redemp-
ton, IN or to said premises, or any part thereof
And that receiver be appointed to take posses
sion, control and charge of said premises and
collect the rents and profits thereof during the
tendency of this action. HOYT ANDREWS.
Attest; Attorney for Plaintiff
L. II. HAEEY, Clerk.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-06-21
Publication Notice.
First nubIisbed Wav2

First published May 3,
/ y the district court within and for the county
= of Sherman IN the state of Kansas: ]. NJ.
Kennedy. plaintiff, vs.. Leftrick Moore defend
ant. To Lettrick Moore, defendant, you will
take notice that the said J. NJ. Kennedy, plain
tiff did, on the LIST day of May. 1885, file his De-
titlon IN said district court, within and for the
county OF Sherman in the state of Kansas.
against you the said Leftrick Moore, defendant
and th2t you must answer said petition filed as
aforesaid on or before the 18th day of June 1895,
OF said petition will be taken as true, and
Judgment rendered in said action against said
defendant, Leftrick Moore, for the sum Of seven
ty-three and twenty One-hundredths dollars with
interest thereon at the rate of 10 per cent Der
mum from the 18th day Of August, 1893, and for
the further sum of $40 with interest thereon at
the rate OF III per cent per snnum from the Sd
day of May, 1884; and for the further sum of $40
with interest thereon at the rate of 10 per cent
per annum from the Sd day of May, 1894, and for
costs of suit; and further Judgment against
said defendant, LeftTick Moore, for the fore
closure OF certain mortgage upon the following
described real estate, tOwit: The northwest
quarter (NWl4l of section twenty l20l in town.
ship ten 10) south of range fOrty-One (41} west,
lying and situated IN the county of Sherman, in
the state Of Kansas and adiUdging that the
said plaintiff have the first lien on said premi.
Ses, to the amount for which judgment will be
taken as aforesaid, and ordering said premises
to be sold with appraisement, and the proceeds
applied to tine sayment of the amount due plain
TIN and costs OF suit, and forever barring and
foreclOslng said defendants, and each of them.
of and from all right, title, estate, interest pro-
perty and equity of redemption, in OF to said
premises, or any part thereof,
Attest: J. N. KENNEDY, Plaintiff.
l.. ii. HANEY, By HOYT ANDREWS,
Clerk. His Attorney.