St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-02-13


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sometimes hnd great gobs Of common
sense where you aint lookin for goods
and chattels Of that description. You
can't sometimes always take the meas
ure Of . man BY his general personal sp-
pearments.
Aftse ssAe nalaese TAing.s
You can see from the newspapers that
our last county fair WAS q rOarin big
success. Everybody was there for miles
and miles around. The gate money
piled up scandlous fast. and conse-
quentially the fair il now out Of debt
ahead of the hounds, with NO fences to
climb.
In these days Of hard and hard times
you mought maybe wonder how that
come to pass.
Well, the fair come out way behind
the music last year, and IL took our level
blamdest to raise the necessary managers
to give another performance. But in
the main time old man BunkWeather-
ford had been elected to place ON the
board. And when they met to count
noses and hgurate on the question
whether to take out and quit or pro-
ceed with the performance. and man
Bunk riz mp. he did. and took the floor.
"The mainest thing which We wsnt.
fellow citizens. is the crowd and the
money which the crowd would conse-
quentially bring in," says he. I'VE
don't need no marvelsome big show. but
We must have horse races-good horse
races and plenty Of horse races high
steppers and record breakers.
"Iknow human nature a she II In this
country" old man Bunk went ON. ''and
everybody loves to see . tip-top good
horse race. Give us plenty OF fast
horses. and races steady and constant
every day, and we are bound to draw the
people, and when the crowd comes II
win bring the money.
"Understand me now, am for the
county fair. and you can put me in the
fight-boots, blanket, saddle and bride.
We can't give up the sideshows. but yet
still st the same time the mainest thing
10 the crowd and the money. In or
derment to let all farmers in we must
have . few big punl<ins and hampeE
basket Of corn-red and yaller corn,
with the ahucks turned backwards "a
Il will look pritty. On them general
grounds the farmers can come to the
county fair and bring their folks. pay
the gate money and-see the races.
"Then we must have at least one
large and lovely quilt and . whoae
passle Of fancy homemade garments
% the ladies can turn out in great
drovee to take IN the :air and-see tho
races.
Moreover, fellow citizens, ruthel
think Il mought be best to scrap up Z
few fine chickens and fantail pigeons
and pigs and animals and tAings tC
please the children, you understand, %
the old folks cen turn out anonymous.
" and bring al the children to view The
sights andEsee the races. Il never
would do to give mp the show for good
and al, but the mainest thing 4 the
crowd and tho money-end the Taces.'
Well, the board hed Ill to win and
noGhin-to loee. 90 with . risin vote they
rassed tho movement made by the
leve1-headed gentleman from the Fat
Woods. They went in for horse races
and let the fair mostly take care Of It.
self. They had the fastest horses and
the most races in Ill the recorded his
tory Of the county. There WAS little
something scattered around In al the
various and sunaFy departmenGs-jest
enough 70 caN Il = fair. % everybody
could come end bring al their kinnery
for the honor and glory Of The grandest
and most loveliest country On the broad
bosom Of the earth. and to ZEE the rsces
At ths people, At the people. at the Peo
plei
From tho way things turned out the
fair was give mp to be . tremendous BIZ
success. And to everybody on IN
grand stand Il = ~ plain - . painted
hmoe rack IN ten acres Of burnt wood
that old man Bunk WetherSoed's sc
ont wife's husband totes . head - BIZ
40 . hamper basket and - level .
squash.
ne sYalles 0oG CnaosA~
Iwas right smart tckeled the othel
day in regards to . red-bot political ar
ei6catiou which was goin on over at tn
Cruss Roads between Blew 6croggin,
and Lge Runneas.
1 In the main time. you must recoi
lec4, LiGe he had took and jumped th
fssee IN tho general fall election IN,
wouldn't vote for Tie reglar democsati
Congressman. Where's. Blew was ssy
n evssytAing he could think of. exeep
lis Sunday school Lesson. 70 Igs -
eivin him tie all-overest dEaegin 20
eva bard tell q. psrAa4a
sLieo Runnals," Gays 11ev. man.
and many's ths time hass Aeasd yoi
stand on The housetopa. q it were. m
pssacA forth the doctsinss q sll-woc
democrsey. Many and Mays u
tine have heard you swear by The Hs
IN and the dead that you would vote 70
q yaller dog II the democratic part
put him on The ticket Now. whsts
yer rot 70 sayr
Nl6o doubts kut Vhn4 yoQ 6eyo AooH