St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-10-02

Tell him that an still IN the bullless
Of health and hope this will find him en-
joyin the same rich blessin. am too
internal poor to give mp the fight. and
raley amt got the time to take sick
and 60 to bed. I can still git tired and.
hungry, and then eat and sic like
= yearlin boy. and there aim. mo tellin
for certain when 1t will come my tins
to go and meet him face to face.
'.And, Travis. l reckon Luke would
love to know somethin positive about
the crops buck here in the old settle
ment. and you can tell him they IRE
most hellatious sorry. Tell him we
haven't had runnin rain at our house
since the first Of May. and the dry
drouth is still on. We wont make more
than half = crop Of corn, and cotton
amt much better. went around by
Luke's old place the other day, and tie
crops about there looked more like
iuination than anything I have saw
since 1866. II he amt heard II from
somebody else you can tell him tina.
Bud Newton has got his old place rent
ed this year and will do mighty well il
he makes the rent. On them rich ham,
mock lands down in the forks of the
creek, where Luke use to make his bale
to the acre, Buds cotton is big sorry
this year-no weed to start with and
no seasons sufficient to make it put on
the fruit.
~ Foo mi
I amt farmin any this year. put in
Last spring to farm little, but when !
found out II was all vanity and vexation
took out and quit. Here of late have
been sknockin around considerable
huntin and fishin of and on. and visitin
the poor. Everybody in this country is
visitin the poor this summer-that 10,
proyidin they do any visitin at all"
For the Sake ~ Peace.
"You will recollcct. Travis. that three
things come to pass in this country
which pcstered Luke clean down to his
lyin day." Lige Runnels went on to say.
"He courted the Wilder Bledsoe and
she kicked him to marry herself off with
Dot Lambert. He snapped his big iron
gray mule to Handy Stribblin for a
mule that showed up with the CHAMBERS
and died inside of week after he made
the trade. And one even over at the
Cross Roads he lost his nerve and laid
down three queens. whilst John An
drew Milligan .raked in the pot with u
pair of trays. You never saw a MAJ
that was more quicker and ready to for
give and forget the past than Luke
Wesley. but them three things stuck ia
his craw and troubled him powerful IA
long rs he remained over here and tar
ried around in the flesh.
$50 for the sake of plnperfect pecre,
Travis-in orherment to give rest unto
the weary-you can tell Luke that all
things come out right in the washin il
man can only wait and see. Doc LAM
bert come home most feloniously drunk
one night along in the Christmas last
winter, aud from that he didn't do a
blasted thing but eail in and give the
wilder a genteel thrashin jest on gen.
eral principles. Consequentially the
wilder she took out papers of compell-
inent and sent her dearly beloved hus
band to Jail on the grounds of cruelty to
animals, OF words to that extent. After
that they made a clean bust of it. and
took out quit claim deeds for a general
enforcement. 1t 10 now the Widder
Bledsoe oncst more. She holds to her
farm down in the Flat Woods. whilst
Dec Lambert is lonely wanderer on
he. face of the earth. As to that hors,
trade, you can tell him the big iron gray
run away last summer and throwed
Handy outen his wagon and broke three
OF his ribs. Handy was then laid up for
re pairs three weeks and in the main
time the horse went stone blind. fell in
that big gully down back of the LOT,
broke his own neck and died sad and
orful death.
".And now in regards to John Andrew
Milligan and the bluff game he played
tell Luke that in remembrance of old
times and old friendship have already
paid that score my own individually
self. Me and John Andrew took in the
state fair together last fall, and by
some hook or mere crook I picked the
winner every clatter-in pursuance OF
which John Andrew went in flush and
come out busted, whilst loaned him
money enough to return back home on
Since then John Andrew has swore of
and now says he wouldn't bet two bits
that his name is Milligan.
All Around the Scttleme
FINALLY at last. Travis, in my own
ramblin way will put you in mind o!
some general settlement news which
will be welcome to Luke. You know ne
never was no great hand for mixin and
meddlin with other people. hut yet no
mortal man was ever more anxious likS
ard greedy for the news than him.
"Hit use to worry Luke to see the
way Bob Linton and Miss Callie Mayo
had been courtin and carryin on for
years and years and years, but didn't
take and marry. Understand Luke
didn't make out like it was any of his
business in particular, but he didn't
think It was right for them to fool the
long-sufferin public forever. You can
tel! him they are still takin on as con-
slant and fervent as ever. but with no
prospects of q weddin match and the
necessary good eatin. Bob is now
CROWN gray in streaks and patches,
whilst Miss Callie has shielded her front
teeth, but the lallagaggin goes on about