St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-30


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~ to so years.
"And have al.
SHR ways took no.
~ tice, Rufus"
says she, 'that
along a b u
I~ this season OF
IN MMENMMsSAE the year we
V%MEANMWMSSA most in general
WNkMENSNAM y ly always have
MASSMVsM"~ some sort Of
weather" Well, the longer I live and the
deeper I go into this vale of years and
tears the more palmer can sec wherein
the good old lady was right, touchin
the great question of weather. We
have had some sort of weather-in
fact, we have had all sorts Of weather
here lately-and as usual the fruit crop
got caught out in the cold snap.
They "Helt" the Wrong Man.
Along with that general wave Of
trouble and confusionment in the
Rocky Creek settlement - which 1
couldn't write it all up in my last let
ter julie Nabors he got tied up at the
Crazy Sloan.
RT this time no doubt you will recol-
lect two or three things concernin julie
Nal,ors. He is one of the most unhap-
piest and down trod citizens in the
round created world. He is forever and
eternally at outs with the general gov
ernment on the common grounds that
the "rich git richer" and the poor git
poorer" rs the days are goin by. or
words to that extent. But the mainest
trouble with julie Nabors il that he is
crippled under his hat. Understand
me now, / don't throw no heavy blame
on the man for that. He didn't boss the
job of maxim himself, and the good
Lord don't make no mistakes in His
business. But to the best of my recol-
lection, the whole entire Nab0rs genera
ton never was afflicted with any brains
to speak of. And ~ to Jule-well, he
don't know anything for certain. He
can't even tell what is the matter with
him when he is hungry. He will go to
bed for sick and take medicine and send
for the doctor, when all he needs in the
round world is square meal Of
victuals.
The naked, Nnwashed truth in
regards to the Nabors family is that
they are too monstrous fresh from the
hill country. They first moved their
washin into the Rocky Greek settlement
scme seven or eight years ago. and they
come from somewheres in the neighbor-
hood Of . place they call Possum Trot-
way back there in the hills, where the
women folks are still knittin socks for
the confederate soldiers. whilst the men
ere still votin for old Hickory jackson
for president every four years as reglar
as the time rolls around.
Now along in the Christmas. you un-
derstand, julie Nabors put in his bid
on the contract to carry all the crazy
people OF to the Sloan, and blamed
Il they didn't give him the job. So con-
sequentially when Steve Goodman let
his head gearins jump cog and went
blind stavin crazy it was Jules business
to take him to the place prepared for
crazy people. But in orderment to
soft-soap and hornsnoggle Steve into
luakin the trip, they told him that
julie Nabors had lost his wife and went
plum crazy and that he (Steve Good
MANI would have to take the ravin idi-
OF to the Sloan. Steve lowed he want
no candidate for the job, but he didn't
see how he could go back on his old
friend julie Nabors in times of trouble
and Of sorrow, and on them grounds he
would 60.
So that was the general eircumfer-
ence of the surroundins when they got
en- the cars and went of together. julie
was talkin Steve, and Steve he was takin
julie. And by the twelve epistles. when
they got there the general manager
of the Sloan turned Steve out and
kept julie in. Naturally, of course,
julie Nabors come up missin for several
days, but the people in the settlement
| didn't know what in thunderations
had went with him till he writ letter
home givin out the facts and callin for
help. The county board then had
called meetin and sent the papers on to
the Sloan, tellin the general manager
that he had helt the wrong man.
It was the last of the week before
julie returned back home. Then the
gang put in and give him such a scan.
dlous draggin about his crazy scraPe
till now, bless gracious, he won't even
| travel the big road for fear he will meet
up with somebody that has heard the
| news.
The general manager of the Siloanl
| writ back in . letter that he tried his
level blamdest to find out which one
| Of the men was the most craziest, and
| finally at last on general principles
and from general appearances he had
| to hold the man which give his name a
julie Nabors.
| In the meantime Steve Goodman had
hit the grit and hit it a movin. In givin
his accounts to the county board julie
reported ''all present or accounted fol
but one, and he is out and gone"
Now, il they ever find Steve Goodman
and bring him back to the settlement
which / reckon they willard he 10 still
a fstin candidate for the Crazy Sloan
julie Majors will give up his joo and re-
tire back to the pleasant shades OF pri'
vate life.
Srhen eouo Blue BroeeheA"
Amongst other things that come t.
mass in durin that stormy week was .
ouick and student weildin match down
In the Flat Woods.
Old man Sol Simpkins has now been
married three different times since the
war. and oncst before the old soldiers
stacked arms under the famous apple
tree. His first wife carded the wool
and spun the thread and wove the cloth
md made him the most l0veliest pair Of
blue Jeans breeches you ever saw per.
hans. And from that time till now old
man Sol has stood upand got married
three tunes with them same blue
breaches on. The next day after ths
weddin he always pulls his Earryiu
breeches OF IN puts EN- away In the
old family chest. And there they stay