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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-11-07

It might not have been 70 serious q
proposition had the fact Of that review
not been pressed upon the Galena sol
dier. But it would never do for Q mas
who had been the commander in CHIEF
Of the United States army and who had
made a triumphal march around the
world to get upon a reviewing stand
clad in a linen duster and q travelling
cap. The general called upon Gen. Sher-
man for advice. and the man who had
marched to the sea readily offered the
use of an extra uniform of his own. II
was tried, but where the ex-president
was broad it was narrow and where he
was short it was very long and ample.
Then Sheridan proffered . uniform,
but Gen. Grant looked gloomily upon the
stout form of the Winchester rider and
said he was afraid tho arrangement
would hardly answer.
Scouts were sent out into the town
to discover some relief for Gen. Grant.
Such work of inquiry must. of course,
be performed with discretion, as the
general, although called the plainest Of
plain heroes, was alive to the dignitie1
of the occasion, and did not want the
secret of his predicament sown broad
cast. However, after several hours oi
search the scouting party returned and
conveyed into his presence IN assort-
lnent of flaming brilliancy in mascu.
line attire which caused his parloa
room to look like q sort of masquerade
costuming bazar. There were police.
mems uniforms and mail carriers cloth.
ing and militia garments and Knighta
of Pythias attire and campaign suits
all gathered from clothing stores far
and wide. At last the general succeed
ed in making up fairly good suit out
of a combination Of military officer'l
garb and q uniformed rank sword and
belt The other clothes were bundled
back to the secondhand clothing EN-.
poriums from whence they had been
brought, the proprietors Of these stores
never knowing for whom or for what
purpose this collection Of uniforms had
been ransacked.
One of the morning papers the next
day said that "Gen. Grant looked every
inch the patriotic soldier. His dignified
bearing was enhanced by his simple
but glorious uniform of glorious
because of its associations. 1t is said
that this is the uniform which the gen.
eral wore in the Wilderness, but when
he was asked about it the hero smiled
and was silent. What magnificent,
what patriotic memories must be con-
nected with that suit of blue! There
are men, patriots, who. If they had
it to give, would gladly yield fortune
for it"
How grievous are circumstances
How cruel it is that opportunity il Sd
seldom recognized and that men crave
to-day what yesterday they might have
had for the asking. Any of those per
sons who would cheerfuily have given
fortune for that uniform, rich with its
associations, might have had it the day
before by calling at . shop in Wauzee
street and turning over to the propri.
etor $4.65 lawful money of the United
States. You see, that was one casd
where the man made the clothes, in
stead of the clothes making the man,
Chicago Record.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-11-07
HERE AND THERE.

There il nothing better than milk
and ground oats to put kinks in . pigs
tail
Ducks should not be encouraged
to lay in the fall, - there is little de-
mand for their eggs except for hatch.
ing. and nobody wants to hatch ducks
in the fall
Sorghum is . great robber Of the
soil. and should never follow grain,
nor should grain follow soFKhum.
Root crops. cow peas. alfalfa o. clover
should follow sorghum
The most thriving farming com.
munitiesiin this or any other counATy
are those where stock raising = regu.
larly followed; and the most dilapi.
dated farming communities arc to b
found where live stock, except for ae.
tual farm service, y entirely neglect
ed.
Nothing will spoil . cow, or cows
quicker than . man with . bad temper
-one that has the smell Of hrimstoae
and the aroma Of chile-con-carns o.
his breath. There II - much room for
improvement in Our dairymen or farm
err, when they keep eowss q IN the
breed Of cows.
The greatestimproveanent that can
be made in chickens - by careful
selection and breeding from those
specimens which possess the qualities
desired. We hold, in the interest Of
utility, that the hest fowls Of al are
thoae which poooeos the hest table and
laying qualities
When cattle are loW. % at present,
| 10 Q good time to run the fpxm or rsneh
| in such . manner that when prices 20
mn sgain you will not wish you hadn't,
etc. .WhGn- men get disgusted, and per.
nit their stock to run down, some.
| times make the air dark-blns when
they Hnd out their error.
-Ons advantage the poultry -hespss
has over the keeper of animals for
profit 10, fowls are omnivorous-eAt
everything. excelling even swine in
this. This fact should teaeh evefycno
that : constant feedingof one grAfh -
ono vegetable or ONE suhstaneo WIZ
not produce the best resulta
"A held b - poor - its noe1
deficient fertilizing principle 4 plhnf,,
like an animal, demands halaneod
ration. In order to secure the -
economic method Of fertilisin9, -
peculiarities Of each Aeld m1st -
carefully studied snd IT, part3c =
deAciency in plant food dstsrmine(
IL man wishes - kesp pieeGns
and confines then u wiro-oososod
yards. they will pay, but 70 leave sloe
Of pigeons Tying over the whole nafeh-
borhood Is curse - svesy farnsr and
poultryman. - they mot only - I'D
that other parsons than the owner q
}he pigeons must pay for. bat thoy
bring and carry disease fkoa oae 1oe1I
70 another.
| The bicycle churn = an6oaG ~
new inventions. 10 eoasista g ozstar
tionarY coneern .made IN ini1oA1ua p
: sure enoagh wheel. With I1Gl1I
handlebars, 60 but II + staA5d ~
and attached 70 it = ehuru. Il
nefasious imposition On the 1arm IN;
and one which he will not tolsro1S16G6
/ = - - - sDoUoo - ~
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-11-07
A Sentative Man.

That the average man is very sensitive
as to his physical infirmities was strik-
ingly illustrated in an Arch street
car the other afternoon. Near the rear
platform sat a well-dressed man, with
one leg stretched out in front OF him.
almost completely blocking the passage.
\ lady boarded the car and in her ef.
forts to reach a seat. stumbled over
the mans leg. He apologized. but did
not change his position. Presently an
other female passenger got on, and she
was forced to stand over the obstacle.
Then the conductor interfered. Ap-
preaching the man he requested him to
draw in his foot, but the request was
promptly refused. ''l'll put you OF the
car If you don't" expostulated the con.
ductor. You won't do anything of the
kind, was the spirited reply. Hot worda
followed, a scuffle ensued, and the OBJ
stinate passenger was finally landed in
the street. 1t was then discovered that
he had an artificial leg, and rather than
acknowledge his affiiction he had run
the chances of a disgraceful scene
Philadelphia Record.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-11-07

Citizen-There goes the most-talked
about man In this town.
Straneer-Who II captain u your
baseball team?
Cftisen-No; he's the only one left
who hasn't got . bicycle. Cleveland
eao6oA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-11-07
A lDps. Qsessios.

"who planned their wedding trip7"
he asked.
''She did," replied his wife.
"Ah!" he CALCULATED. with perfect
love comes perfect trust. How sure
she must be of him!"
"Or else" his wife suggested, ~she
thinks she may want to get rid Of
kim"
And together they read over again
the part Of the groom's letter begin
ning: Thence we got to Oklahoma." !"
Chicago Tribune. -
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-11-07
"usE THE BAYoNET."
Thls Was Washington's Order when I
the Guns Were Wet

AWbD W0D W0D0h0 sOh1 , OsWCb ~ e~Se 49,
the Guns Were Wet
There was a nine miles march
through driving SNOW and :sleet. after
the landing before Trenton could bc
reached, the point of attack, and two
men were frozen to death as they went
Gen. Sullivan sent word that the guns
were wet. "Tell him to use the bayo
net" said Washington, 'for the town
must be taken" And it was taken
in the early morning, at the point of the
bayonet, with loss of but two or three
men. The surprise was complete. Col
llahl, the commander of the place. wei
murtally wounded at the first onset. and
900 Hessians surrendered Mt discretion.
When he had gotten his prisoners safe
ON the south side of the river, Washing
ton once more advanced to occupy the
town. 1t was a perilOus place to BIC, nC
doubt. with the great unbridged stream
behind him; but the enemy's line wa7
everywhere broken; now that it's center
had been taken. had been withdrawn
from the river in haste. abandoning lis
cannon even and its baggage. at Bur
,ingtOn; and Washington calmly dared
to play the game he had planned. II
was not Howe who came to meet him
but the gallant CORVALLIS, no mean ad
versary, bringing 5000 men. Washing
ton let him come all the way to the Del
aware without himself stirring. except
to put a small tributary stream between
his men and the advancing columns; lei
him go to bed saying: "At last we hav,
run down the old fox, and we'll bag him
in. the morning." and then. while 4
small force kept the camp fires burning
and worked audibly at the ramparts ths
cold night through, he put the whole o.
his force upon the road to Princeton ant
New Brunswick. where he knew Germ
wallis stores must he.
As the mornings light broadened into
day (January 3, 1777). he met the Bri:
ish detachment at Princeton in the way
and drove it back in quick Tout. . lreer
ar,lor coming into his blood as he saw
the sharp work done. IAN old-fashionet
Virginia fox hunt gentlemen" he ex
claimed. Had his troops been fresh ent
properly shod to outstrip CORVALLIS a
their heels he would have pressed ON I,
New Brunswick and taken the store,
there; but he had done all that coult
be done with dispatch, and withdfev
straight to the heights Of Siorristown
CORVALLIS could only hasten back Il
New York. BY the end Of the month tn
Americans were everywhere afoot; tn
British held no posts in New Jersey bu
Paulus Hook, Amboy and New Bruins
wick; and Washington had issued
proclamation commanding all who hal
accepted Gen. Howe's offer Of par
don either to withdraw within tn
british lines or take the oath of slle
glance to the United States. Men love.
TO tell afterward how Frederick th
Great had said it was the most brillian
campaign Of the century = Harper
Magazine.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-11-07

Pretty Housemaid-An' % you were
at the O'Flaherty wedding9
Coachman-I wor.
Pretty HousemaidHAn' who was The
best man? go
Coachman--yt wor Dennis O'Ton1es
/ seen him wallop three Of the biggest
chaps in the room afore the plisintrieg
wee ovss.-aGslbesx1e Tiness
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-11-07

Jugg-I have come to ask you. sir. to
refuse to permit your daughter to mar
~ me.
Alto refuse. Why, you
"Yessir. il you win only be 20 kind. ]
know can get her consent at once.
indianapolis Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-11-07
FOR SUMMER COMFORT.
Pillows and Rugs for Various Oasdoe

fillOWs ana Rags Tor various Outdoor
Uses. -
Plenty of pillows and cushions seem
almost indispensable if one wishes to
be comfortable in summer.
1t is not advisable to use the elaborate
pillows from the house on the piazza or
in the hammock; it is far better to make
cheap covers that may be washed.
Turkey red twill is admirable for this
purpose. Work the pillows with designs
Of daisies ARD feel sure you will like
the result. Use ulster etching flax for
the work. Ono lady has several pill
lows Of this material. and they are
each worked with flag, no two being
alike.
II did not select the flags of the coun.
tries I preferred, but those considered
most artistic" she said.
A very appropriate accompaniment
for the pillows is a grass rug. This is
to be made from denim or serge, and is
to be large and long enough so that one
may lie on it comfortably on the grass
They nre useful to-take when picnick-
ing, making safe seat on the ground
for both children and adults.
For use with one OF the red pillows, j
very pretty contrast would be one oi
sage-green denim, having large scrolls
outlined on it with either dark red ulster
linen floss or white fossette. Thes.
rugs should be lined, an0ld blanket OF
shawl being well adapted for this pur
Crae Ct rnuia RenuhliC
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-11-07
THE "TRAUMEREl.'' ''
A Extravaeaat Word o1 PrklsS foe 8cho-


mann's Composition.
If there is any one thing that han
lifted the taste of the American public
to its present standard it IL 'Trau-
merei." Astounding statement! Yet
true. In the first place, the public ear
had hardly been attuned to the great
things, for it had never heard them.
The popular music was frothy, and il
might even be said that, with the ex-
ception of New York and Boston, tho
American cities were without music.
Then, the grand orchestra was un-
known, and when Mr.. Thomas. with his
~ men from Central park garden. went
On tour through the provinces, the band
was hailed everywhere with delight
And its programmes never held any.
thing 70 popular as Schumann's "Trau.
merei."
Old readers, and some less old, need
not to be told how the orchestra used
to play this piece. 1t was set to strings
entirely, with possibly some use of the
wind in the little romance that was in
terpolated effectively between the first
playing Of the theme and the coda, and
the end. hushing down in the softest
diminuendo, to q faint dream of note,
was a revelation of the value of strings.
The laborious brass band, the cracking
piano, the fiddle as solo instrument
these were familiar, but here was some.
thing new. Never before had Ameri-
cans heard the string orchestra en-
ployed alone. Never had they known
what crescendo and diminuendo might
be. The truth Of tonality, the vocal
smoothness, the perfect mechanical
control of the instruments, the unison
in lingering and bowling, even. were
things that they talked about long after
the concert, and when . return engage
ment was announced there were always
letters to the conductor or the man.
ayers asking that the "Traumerei" b
played.
OF course, since then we have 9earned
that the same technic can be applied to
other things, and that other orchestras
have strings as well as that Of Mr..
Thomas. We have learned, moreover,
that the range Of q composer like Schu-
mann was not expressed in this ono
dainty little piece, any more than the
genius of poet is illustrated complete
ly in q sonnet or quatrain. The lit
erature of music has widened to US
greatly in the Is years since Mr.. Thom-
as began to play the "Traumerei" along
with voght's might Song" Haydn's
serenade and the "Amaryllis" of Louis
XIII. :. But because we appreciate
Beethoven and have become nation Of
greedy Wagnerians, are we to scorn
the steps by which we roeef-Brooklyn
Ea0le
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-11-07

Pale intellectually = Between Z
course actuated by the highest devotion
to the principles Of truth and another
:hat seems to promote the immediate
applause of my fellow-mea, which
would you counsel?
Rubicund Common Sense-The one
which would put most money in you
sock, my boy.-Buftalo Express.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-11-07
Hereditary 0snius.

OSseee1
How rarely is literary genius-or. in
deed, a very high order of literary tai.
ent-reprodnced in the second genera
ton! 1t is rare, indeed, for memorials
of father and son to find themselves
face to face in Westminster Abbey, as
since last week do the memorials of
Thomas and Matthew Arnold. And in
this place Thomas Arnold owes his
place rather to the character and per
sonal influence and the gratitude of the
Ruybein race he reared than to any
thing in him that could be called lit,
erary genius. Thinking over the great
names Of English literature. the only
cases that occur to one are the Cole
ridges, the Disraelis and the Lyttons,
and some would add the Mills; and
with the possible exception Of Samuel
Taylor and Hartley Coleridge, there
cannot in these cases be much talk Of
genius transmitted. In France there
are the cases Of the two Crebillons and
OF Dumas pere and Dumas fils; and. il
Edmund de Goncourt's critical insight
is TO be depended on. we shall have tn
add a Daudet pere and Dandet fls. Fe-
lix Mendelssohn's father used to conn
plain that he never in the worlds re-
gard had an Independent existence.
The first half Of his life he was merely
the son OF Moses Mendelssohn, the phil
osopher, and the second half merely
the father of Felix Nendelssohn. the
eomposer.-4St. James Gazette.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-11-07
BOOK FARMING.


The Ife)a0Ieo Against eelooti1a1 -
= Misplaced.
There il . good deal Of ptu1nono
among the agricultural classso oGDinUo
what il termed book farmin0. H
il all wrong-it is true that 80 -
write we'll and talk huently boh
agricultural topics. and yet arc . fail
ure practically-book men are not al
ways practical; their foudness for
reading often consumes too much of
their time to attend to the details and
make success, yet their s1ggestions.
their advice is good.
We have made II rule TO learn
from every and all sources, and have
often obtained good, practical ideas
from very humble individuals, from
which have been greatly benefited.
We should not forget nor ''despise the
day of small things." .a
In my article ON gardening recon-
xlended white ON Gardening for the
South"-it ID m invaluable work, Gov
ers the whole ground, and not only
teaches how to raise vegetables, when
to plant and how to plant and culti-
vate. but it will teach you how to graft
and bud and cultivate IN orchard. The
true fact il, no man can be IN intelli-
gent farmer who does not read, it is
just ~ important for him to read mp,
to study his profession as it il for the
lawyer. doctor or any other profess
sional man.
i do not wish to b misunderstood;
there are some men who succeed we'll
farming, make good crops and save
money, become wealthy, who repudi-
ate books and papers and any out
side influence. These are excep-
tions. they are men Of strong minds,
good common sense, and concentrate
all their talent in one direction. They
will tell you that the blister or long
horn breed Of cattle or razor-baek hog
IL the best, and will prove It by occa-
sionally raising large bullock or hog
after feeding four q Ave yearA There
Is ONE other class who ridicule Ill inn
proved methods, all blooded stock,
everything that has the appearance of
progress, and yet shrewdly manage to
get hold of and profit by their neigh
bor's ssgacity and researches, Inn
provements and superior intelligence,
as well u their expenditure Of money
for which they paw very little.-Jared
r. jackson, in Farm and Ranch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-11-07
WHAT ANIMALS shy At.
oms Of the illusions from which TAsy
SQ0eH.

Young horses can be led up to q sack
lying on the ground and induced to pass
it by letting them smell it and find out
that it really is a sack, and not the Pro
team thing, whatever it may be, which
illusion conjures up for them. Once
the writer saw a very quick and pretty
instance of experiment by touch made
by frightened pony. 1t was being
driven as leader in a pony tandem, and
stopped short in front of where the
rails of a steam tramway crossed the
road. 1t first smelled the near rail, and
then quickly gave it two taps with its
hoof. After this it was satisfied, and
crossed the line. On the other hand, 2
donkey always tried to jump the shad.
ows of tree trunks ON the road, though
a similar experiment of touch would
have shown that these were as unreal
as the tram rail was substantial. Last.
ly, no horse which has once knocked
its head against the top of a stable door.
way seems quite able to get rid Of the
illusion that there sits up in the top Of
all doorways an invisible something
which will hit him again next time he
goes through. Hence the troublesome,
and sometimes incurable. habit Of
horses ..jibbing" when taken out Of the
stable.
This is an obvious instance of the dis
advantage at which most animals stand
in regard to means of physical expert
ments. The horse, for instance. needs
only feel the Intel to find out that it il
fixed and does not move, and is not alive
and waiting to hit him. But except his
lips. which are sensitive, he has no
member with which he can make this
experiment. Except the elephant and
the monkey, most Of the "higher" ami.
mails suffer from this lack Of the means
Of experiment. The wonder is, not that
they suffer from illusions, but that they
make so few mistakes.-Spectat0f
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-11-07

one Of the points Qf which he may b.
gin to initiate the business methods
that prevail in other callingA Weed
out the star bosrdess. They can not
be sold profitably, Of course, as COM
pared with what they cost, but they
can be sold, thereby stopping further
loss ON them. The old cow that has
already eaten her head OF should 20.
for she will only consume the balance
Of the carcass II she is kept Tho
worthless sheep should be culled from
the flock. for where Il the use Of re-
tanning It? Gull closely and keep the
good ones. and then resolve to grow
no more Of the serubby kind. Those
that should Be weeded out are just
like tho weeds In the field; they give
no returns, they live at the expense Of
the crop. and make IL Improbable as
. whole. and they should b weeded
out ~ unsparingly ~ the eocklebur or
thistle.-Western Live Stock Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-11-07

II you would know what keeps II
oak alive. look for its smallest root:
Rams Horn.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-11-07

-Asbestos towles are among the curl
osities of the day. When soiled it IN only
necessary to throw them into redhOt
flre, and after few minutes draw thes'
eue frooh and eleans
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-11-07

That man or woman never lived
who wea not . coward. - Atehisea
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-11-07
NV 0ho Took Hin

II understand that she can't resist q
bargain"
That's right. She'll buy the most
useless things, IL they seem to be bar
gains. Why. her titled husband was
bargain"
"ReanyT'
"Yes, indeed. II I'm not mistaken
he was sold under the hammer for his
debts and she bid him in."-Washing-
toa.6tar.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-11-07

Jimson--1vhy does Billbrown move
about in that stealthy, noiseless fash
ion? One would imagine that he was a
footpad or house-breaker, or something
of that sort.
Compensated, he isn't; the only
crime BillbrOwn has committed is one
against the Malthusian tenet. You see,
there 10 . three-months-old baby in his
family. which wakes up easily. and his
wife has so thoroughly trained him in
that sleuth style Of walking that he
can't shake OF the habit even when he
Rets down town.-Bufialo Express.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-11-07
Acted Ike II

"Whcn I married you," he said. Il
thought you were m angel"
She looked at him coldly.
Il inferred N much," abe said.
There was something in her tone that
told him there was trouble in store for
him.
~Freaa the very first, she went on,
YOU seemed to think could get along
without Observation-Disclosures Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-11-07

ITO l. found in had company Il
Feften eqAivalent 70 being lost.--1exas