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The herald., 1898-02-06
MAKE A KENNEL
FOR YOUR DOG.
If You Follow These Di-
reCtionS Il is An
Ed5y Task.
HALF DAYS WORK.
A Few Boards, Some Naif5 and
Paint, The 0nfu hateri-
ais Needed.

Tner@ are undoubtedly any number of
boys who have a dog but no kennel to
keep him in. Almost any kind of ken
mel, people think, Will do for a dog, SO
long as it affords him a place to sleep
in and protection from rain and cold.
If he gets a big dry goods box with a
to go through he is better off than the
average of his race; but a kennel made
especially for his use is much better,
and it can easily be built in half a
day. The drawing shows such an af-
fair, very neat in appearance, which
anybody can construct from a few
boards with tongued and grooved
edges. 49,
The herald., 1898-02-06

owing to it's windings, was admirably
suited to that sport. Consequently the
villagers and the residents of the farm
houses roundabout were confirmed
coasters. BY this 1 do not mean the
boys only, but the girls and the men
and women also, save a very few VINO
were too deficient in appreciation OF in
nocent fun.
I ought also to say, before I begin my
lfttle story, that no one there at that
time had ever heard of coaSting bobs,
and not one called the sport coasting.
A few who read books knew that It
was so termed in other places, but TO
us it was always riding down hill.
EXCITING SPORT.
Most of our coasting was done on
homemade sleds. Some of the boys
made their own, but those who were
financially able had them built by the
village wagonmaker who worked out
the runners and the knees as carefully
as he did the felloes and spokes of the
buggies he built for the village beaux
and the lumber wagons he constructed
for the farmers.
1t was a great occasion to boy of
that village when he was able to give
the wagonmaker an order for a sled,
and many and earnest We're the in
functions always laid upon the artisan
to get the curve of the runners just
right for speed and to make the whole
structure as light as possible without
sacrificing strength. With regard to
this latter the boys of our village were
quite as insistent as the modern bicycle
rider is with regard to the weight of his
wheel; for while the ride down the
snake-lilse, two-mile hill road occupied
only "a few minutes, the haul back
gain was a matter of from three-quar-
The herald., 1898-02-06
ELLEN OSBORN'S FASHION LETTER.

feature in the streetscape was the
emphatic contrast of her shaggy black
with her two touches of burnt orange.
Her drop skirt" showing at the street
crossings, and the long scarf tie at her
throat were of the vivid new color, just
making its spring bow in the shops,
which is perfectly described by its
name burnt orange"
A block farther along a closed car
riage drew up to the curb, and out Of
it stepped a woman, who. throwing
back her wrap to the footman, crossed
the pavement to bric-a-brac shop,
and for minute only was one Of the
sights of the day Her light tan cloth
dress was covered from hem to waist
with Vandyke designs in black satin
stripes, woven into the cloth and rum
ming round the skirt horizontally. Near
the bottom these stripes We're set far
enough apart to be emphasized by mar
row black velvet ruffies placed between
them, in Vandykes also. Higher UP the
stripes crowded each other as closely
in their deep points as proper contrast
with the tan made possible. The blouse
waist fitted with high corselet or
Spanish bodice, Vandyked like the
skirt; the blouse itself was of an Orien-
tai silk in shades of tan, orange and
green. Black satin revers, turned back
from a puffed front of white chiffon.
The sleeves, of the blouse material, had
no epaulettes to cap them. but black
satin ruff1e was set in at the top-a de-
vice adopted by many women who ex-
pect to see plain shoulders almost i'm
mediately, and are having late winter
dresses made with small sleeve orna-
ments that can be ripped out in three
minutes.
A young matron went past with head
held erect and showing the satisfied
look that is, to me, more characteris-
tic than any other one thing of the
well-to-do New York woman who has
reached 25. Her dress was of royal
blue cloth, with a deep flounce at the
bottom, and above that the skirt was
shirred. to the waist line. Bands of
BLACK velvet ribbon set Off the ehirring.
The herald., 1898-02-06
SLIDING DOWN HILL
IN THE GOOD OLD TIMES.
TIMES,

was ruleable that the first sled start
ing should be allowed to get we'll round
the first curve before the second fol-
lowed, and the leader was wont to an
noufice his rounding of the curve by a
long, shrill whoop. We used to reach
great spee0 on the comparatively
straight stretches, and I haven't the
slightest doubt that we could have
made the run at a sixty-mile an hour
rate, or two minutes from top to bot
tom. had the course been in a beeline.
As 1T was, six minutes was a slow trip,
and I have known we'll guided sleds to
reach the valley in three minutes and
thirty seconds.
Naturally it took a skilful steersman
to conduct a sled the entire length of
the long hill, and many of the young
sters rode only from the top of the
incline to the village, where there was
a long stretch of nearly level road
which made 1T easy to stop there. In
fact, boys under fourteen were forbid
den by a sort of unwritten law to make
The herald., 1898-02-06

New York, Jan. 2S.-Just enough
snow fell this morning to leave the ave-
nue. Shiny. Cab horses and carriage
horses slipped and slid, displaying wor-
ried and wild-eyed countenances. A lit
tie old Frenchman in a. ragged black
coat tottered about with a barrel-or-
gan, singing the Marseillaise in high
cracked voice, strained with trying to
penetrate the closely curtained and in
hospitable windows. The women who
were abroad had excuse to lift their
skirts boldly, giving full effect to the
'ruffies of bright silk frilling and fiutter-
ing about their ankles.
The sun had come out and it touched
a bank of white hyacinths in a florists
window and an DID, old woman who
was coveting them and an up-to-date
girl who tilted on her toes and tried to
look happy while doing so. The girl
was in black, with two brilliant color
patches like a blackbird with red crest
and wings. The black of her was rough
black, almost shaggy. 1t was tailor
black, perfect in fit and curve Six mar
row ruff1es broke the line of it, ruffles
that every person on the block respect
GQ anu tui bt7d W 6dUc dlleT. IIle ru1-
f1es represented hundreds of dollars.
which accounted for the reverence that
was paid them; dollars enough to ab-
solve the little Frenchman from sing
ing the Marseillaise again until sum-
mer and to keep the old woman in
white hyacinths till she dies, and to do
any number of other things. The ruffies
were made of braid. The braid was
woven in elaborate scroll figures, which
gave a quaint raised design upon its
surface and filled the lower edge of it
lust enough to make a wavy natural
ruffle of it, so that 1T could be set upon
the skirt without gathering. To wear
natural ruffles of this sort is the ambi-
tton of five women out of six at the
present time.
The girl with the tilt and the ruffles
wore Russian blouse jacket and a
big black hat covered with plumes
Aside from the ruffies, what made her
The herald., 1898-02-06

the circulation of pennies in recent
years are the slot-machines and the
bargain stores.
''The craze for Accent and 99-cent
bargains requires a great many PEN
nies in the way of change, and, as ]
have said, it is no unusual thing for
the big department stores to take $1O,-
900 worth at a time. Most of these
come back to us by the way Of the
slot-machines, which have come to be
wonderful in number and variety.
'"There are kinetescope views, phono-
graphs, automatic music boxes, candy
and chewing-gum sellers, weighing ma
chimes, lifting machines, and a hundred
and one others standing at every hand
and coaxing the pennies from their
owners pockets. The result of all this
has been that the Government has hard
work some of the time in maintaining
the supply and can't hardly make pen
nies fast enough to keep UP with the
growth in the demand for them"
Copyright, 1898, by Bachelor Syndicate.
The herald., 1898-02-06
A Museum Of Newspapers.

A museum of journals ait Aix-1a-
Chapelle, Germany, founded in 1886 by
NJ. Oscar F'orkenbeck, is said to con-
tain 100000 newspapers in all Ian
guages. The founder devoted his whole
fortune for forty years to the acquisi-
tion of rare and curious specimens, and
to subscriptions to Journals in all parts
of the world. He received and read
every day considerable number of the
papers i'm thirty different languages.
Having started the museum with 10000
full collections he addressed a circular
letter to the press of the globe asking
cooperation in his enterprise. and a
large number. of Journals responded ia
vO1-ably ->-.---J t----. ------>-.'
The herald., 1898-02-06

/, ters Of an hour to am hour, and "a heavy
sled detracted enormously from the
pleasure of the sport
After the wagonmaker had finished
the woodwork. the blacksmith was
sought for the iron. He, too, was inn
plored to save weight in bracing the
knees, but when tt came to the shoes
he was instructed simply to make sure
that the sled was so shod that it would
distance every other.
The boys in that village and their
fathers were divided into two camps
with reference to sled shoes. One camp
believed in shoes of cast-iron, while
the other was welded to shoes of steel;
and many and heated were the discus
sions that took place in the village
stores and ON the school ground regard
ing the relative merits of the two met
ais. There was probably no one in the
whole village who did not hold pro-
nounced views in this matter, though
there were some who said that steel
shoes were best in rather moderate
The herald., 1898-02-06

IHEN was a boy lived in a
small village built on the side OF
L. a great hill. Stretching across the
vi slope. beginning at it's brow and
ending ct the valley below, with a
course shaped much like a gigan-
tic letter s. was "a country road. The
village was located at the second re-
verse curve.
This track was about two miles in
length. The hill ascended in straight
line from the foot thereof to the top,
but that was too steep for safe coast
ing; the incline OF the road, however
The herald., 1898-02-06

| take it had made in the season. The
older womans dress was of smooth
dark blue cloth, with nine rows of mar
row green ribbon about the skirt; each
| band finished its circle under a little
The herald., 1898-02-06
lone MILLION
| EVERY DAY.
Pennies That Go Into the
Mint In EXCHANGE For
LARGER Coin.
AT TINES NONE COME

The little penny Is the most agile
coin that bears the face of the
goddess of liberty. If all the pen
Il lLRg fhlt In x,it. Lot Ion
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-08
LeWisburg.
Jan. :, 1898.

O0us AcSos
Editor st. Tammany FARMER:
"Be happy, friends, and make good
cheer,
For Christmas comes but once !
year."
Christmas week Of eighteen hun
dred and ninety seven has just
passed with more than usual fes-
tivities. The week was ushered in
by a gay gathering Xmas eve, to
welcome that old, yet ever new
guest, Santa Claus; Old Kris
Kringle, the children's friend. Mr..
Dave Smith. with his usual hospi-
tally, made all welcome, and the
guests departed just in time to al
low the old Saint to make his
rounds. The Lewisburg young
people are noted for their love of
fun and frolic, aud the entire week
was given up to enjoyment, the
happy crowd, going from house to
house and Gripping it on the light
fantastic toe'' until the wee hours
of morning. After having been
cordially entertained by Mr..
Robert Smith, Mr.. David, Mr..
Arts, and Mr.. Carmichael, the
merry makers met at Mr.. Joseph
Smiths to dance the old year out
and the new year in. The music
was furnished by Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Smith, Mr.. Arts, and Miss
Bertha Dicks. There could be no
greater compliment to the musicians
than the fact that the music was so
inspiring that it was impossible to
keep still. The old imagined that
they were young again and the
yoaa5 scanned TO forget that they
had danced all the week One of
the most enjoyable features of the
holidays was party given by Mrs.
George Smith, to the little ones.
4 dance given by Mir. Dicks ended
the round of festivities until an
other year. Nothing was lacking
to make the week perfect success,
even the weathercqck sending ideal
holiday weather. "omnes res tinem
habent", and so must pleasure
seeking; but as we all take up
once more the burden of life, we
feel all the better for q week Of fun
and only hope that the Xmas holt
days of eighteen hundred and
ninety eight may be as enjoyable,
and may the coming year have
rich gifts in store for all.
IL
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-08

The Constitutional Convention
is a much more important matter
than a meeting of the Legislature,
for the members will be called up
on to frame laws under which we
will be governed for perhaps q
generation or more. 1t is there.
fore important that all who feel al
interest in good government and
the future welfare Of the State
should SO to the polls next Tues
day and cast their ballots for thu
nominees of the Democratic party
the champions Of the people, ant
the advocates of law and order
progress, education and whit,
supremacy.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-08
REGISTERED VOTERS

The following is list Of regis
tered voters for st, Tammany
Parish:
First Ward-White So, colored
81.
Second Ward-White ~, colored
IL.
Third Ward-White l22, calored
II.
Fourth Ward-White %: color
Ell SO.
Fifth Ward-White IL, colored
5.
Seventh Ward White Is, color
ed Ia.
Eighth Ward--White 10, color
ed IL.
Ninth Ward-White a, colored
Z.
Total number registered, White
1853, colored l27. Grand total 595,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-08

Mr.. Thos. NJ. Burns, the regular
Democratic candidate for the Con-
vention, is circulating among his
friends, and making new ones..every
day. Being native of this PAL
ish, and the nominee of the party,
all Democrats will flock to his
standard, and it goes without say
ing that he will safely land with
flying colors next Tuesday, by q
large majority.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-08
Thomas nj. Burns In
dOrSed.

C5rington, ia. Ian. 5, 1873.
AT meeting of the regular Re
publican Party of St. Tammany
Parish, held here this day, the can
didacy of the Hon. Thomas Nj.
Burns was unanimously adopted,
and all loyal Republicans through
out the parish are requested to
give hun their undivided support.
JOE MATTHEW'S,
President Of Parish Committee
A. Z. FONTINI,
Recording Secretary.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-08

Mrs. w. II. Lee sent us the larg-
est turnip Of the season last Thurs
day. 1t measured % inches in cir.
lumference and weighed Q pounds.
She also has radlshes II inches
long by II inches in circumference.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-08

Mr.. Thos. O'Gouaor, Jr., il
making an active canvas for dele
gate to the Conventions. If elected,
he will labor for the bes. interests
ct the parish and State His mot.
to is good roads and more public
schools.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-08

Fort he Lel,de's Co. celebrated
harness oil and harness dressing. 60
to Cheap Charlie. the Covington
agent.
When you 60 to New Orleans,
stop at PENIS Hotel, corner of St.
Charles and Poydras streets. All
front rooms, newly furnished
throughout. Charges reasonable,
by the day or week.
Call and see the new line oil
Fall and Winter Hats, at Cheap
Charities.
Mr.. Theodore Zinser il agent
for the Washington Laundry. Al
orders left.at the barber shop, oppo
site the Depot, viii be prompt!
attended to.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-08

Over 10000 bales of cotton
were shipped from Covington dur
ing 1897, by rail and river.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-08

District Court, jury term, will
convene in Amite City next Mon
day, Jan. 10.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-08

When you cast your vote, on
Tuesday, Jan. II, don't forget to
vote for the Convention.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-08

The Covington Musical and
Dramatic Club will meet in the
Town Hall next Tuesday night.
All members are requested to be
present.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-08

p. j. DULION
Marshal mi Ink C"il..ctnr.
On motion, duly seconded, the above
report was received.
There being no further business, the
Council then adjourned till the fir 1t
Tuesday in February, 1898.
HARDY II. SMITH,
Mayor pro TEN.
W. G. KENrZEI. Secre airy.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-08
FOR Rent.

A large house in New Covington, con-
tainins six large rooms, wide hall. front
and back galleries, large stable. etc.
iFpIy to MIS-. k. EXTERSrEIN.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-08
Successor Of DIR. George Tebault.
Sixteenth: Judicial District Court OF
Louisiana. in and for the Parish o.
st. Ta:amany.

Bv virtue Of an order of sale from the
honorable the aforesaid court, and to
me directed, bearing date Nov %, 1897
will proceed to sell at public auction
at the door of the Courthouse, in the
town of covington, ST. Tammany
parish, La, on SATURDAY, Jan.
Is, 1893. between legal sale hours, the
following described property, to-wit:
l. Two certain lots Of ground, with
all the buildings and improven ents
thereon. said lots being numbered six
and seven. Of square No. 2. in the town
OF Madisonsille. Louisiana Said lots
have each FROM Of sixty feet on Main
street, by depth Of ore hundred and
twenty ieet between parallel lines.
2. One acre of land, situated in tie
Parish Of It. Tar,many, Louisiana,
near tie Town of jacksonville, On the
road from Madisouvilis to Ponchatonla,
bounded on the north and east by lands
OF s. j. Steke. west by lands of S, p.
Baham, south by lands of Warmth
Rodriguez and said road. Said land
has frontage Of ons-half an acre on its
southern boundry Ii &c, and runs back be
tween parallel lines to depth of two
acres.
Terms of saie--cash, with the be fefit
Of app.niseEieEt.
.nHS ]. Strobe. Sheriff.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-08

Sc list Of public road overseers,
u another column.

The new year came in cold and
clear, with white frost and plenty
of ice.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-08

The FARMER Jared we'll on
New lelr's Day, and we ac-
knowlcad the receipt of the fol-
lowing:
A genrlus supply Of pork saa-
sage, ho,zbead cheese and blood
puddlng,Iith the compliments OF
Mr.. and IS. E Domergue, of the
popular Gnmercial Hotel.
Mr.. !:P: schreih:esrrs Of s:st.
Raal." SET US bottle Of fine old
whiskeY, lheled s'Spring. 1892
Mr.. Al Leblanc favored us
with findot of water cress.
Mr.. 3. Lat, Of the Cosmopolitan
Barroom, snt us a bottle of fine
old Hollaner rye
Mr.. A. | Lacroix, proprietor OF
Sunney's Soon, sent Us a bottle q
Ane old Ereh bordeaux, and :,
bottle Of via.
We sinceay thank our friend.
for keepings in mind during thu
holidays, noso much for the gifts
which hower were duly appre
ciated, but ,r the good feeling
and kind conderation thereby ex
pressed. Mathey all enjoy healtl
and prosperit throughout the new
year.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-08

Good board, and large, AIRY
rooms, at Mill Haven Farm.
WIDOW JOS. HRRxAxrSz.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-08
COUNCIL PRO CEEDINGS
CouxcrI Hall.

C0UNcIL HALL, 4
Covix0Tox, La, Jan. 4, 1898. {
The Council met in regular ses.
sion on the above date.
Preaent-Hardy H. Smith, II. I. G.
Weaver, J. r. Cahier, n. c. Day, s. ID.
Anderson, Emile Frederick.
Abeent-Ge0. e. Williams. Mayor.
Tie minutes Of the last meeting
were read and approved.
The following
LICENSE ORDINANCE
was then read aud adopted.
l. Be 1t enacted by the Town Coun.
Gil of the town Of Covington, La. Tha,
. license for the year 1898 is hereby
levied upon all corporations, firms,
persons or individuals pursuing any
trade. occupation. business or calling
in this town, which Is subject to q
State license.
.. Be 1t further enacted, etc., That
the amount of said license to be the
same as Is now collected by the State,
for the same kind of trade, occupation
business or calling.
Be it further enacted, That the
Marshal be instructed to proceed to
collect the licenses due the town 70,
the year 1898, according to law.
1t was moved, and duly seconded
That the Town Marshal be instruct.
ed to notify all persons not to fence
up any public street or alley within
the corporate limits OF the town ol
Covington. Carried.
The Marshal reported that he had
made the assessment roll for the
year 1897, the total amount being
$l56.124
Messrs. Darlington, Strain, Stro-
ble and Smith, of The Covingtuu
Dramatic Club, appeared before
the Council and requested the use
Of the Town Hall for their regular
meetiDgs. and agreed to give sn en-
tcrtainlnent At least once year tor
the benefit VI the Town Hall.
On motion, duly seconded, their
rec uest was granted.
The following hills were then read
and approved:
Work for the month of of Dec, 1897,
Richard Armstead, 8 days, 50 90
Alex Showers, . days, So 90
Lidge April, So days, So so
Robert Andrew, SO DAYS, % so
VIM. Sails, 81. days, S. so
Paul J. Duli0n 8 days overseer. at
IS cents, Sc 75
Paul J Dulion, days hire of mule,
cart aud driver at s. 90, $40 90
Paul J. Dulion. 3 days serving notices
relative to cleaning closets at S. 90
. day, So 90
Paul j. Dulion to making assessment
rolls, $40 90
Paul J. Dulion, Marshal, ATTENDANCE
on Council, 6 months, So %
Total, SIC 40
Amount ofc,llections for III. moE I'll Of
December, 1897:
Corporation faxes. $26 l6
Railroad FAX. .......... 81 70
Graveyard lot. ........, s 90
Licenses 1897 $1,000. Is 10
Fines =. -. u so
Hall Rent u. 10 90
NNn, ~
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-08

Our Bayou Lacombe and Man
deville items are unavOidably
crowded out till next week.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-08
DtEA.-Monds Jan. 3, 1898,

DiHh.-Monds Jan. 3, 1898,
at $3.50 p. NJ, at E residence of
Thos. O'Connor, ], Ella Barnes,
wife of Richard !. Norman, in
the seth year Of heage. A native
of New Orleans.
The deceased wawell known to
many of our reader and was high
" esteemed for hetSindly dispo-
sition and fine s'i,l qualities.
! he funeral took lace Tuesday
afternoon, Rsv. 10 Koegerl oai-
ciating, and WAS tasty attended.
She leaves a serving husband
and three daugh:crMho have the
sympathy Of the entc aommunit,
Z their al bereav&ent.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-08

On New Yes night progress
slve euchre pay was given at the
residence of NJ and Mrs. O. v.
isichard. whicwas greatly enjoy
Ei;;hhteen:ounlas were pres
r..t. Miss Rui Hosmer, of Sum.
a.it Miss, WON'T first lady's prize,
observation-disclosures, and Miss
Rebecca Weav won the second
prize, bottle,f cologne. Mr.
Chas. Strobe v. the first gentle
mems prize, a sizing set, and Mr.
6. p. Gagnet won the second
prize, a mustacl cup and saucer,
The BOBBY prize~ere captured by
Miss Josie Widely, q Chiaess
doll, and Mr.. Vile Kennedy, :
baby rattle. Th.game Was fol
lowed by singing,ecitations, etc.
and choice Refreshments were serv
ed, and the event Is most happ!
one, which all prent can testify
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-08

Attention IL called to the advertise
inent Of Legal Blanks which appears
elsewhere in this paper. Remember
we furnish these Blanks ct catalogue
Iices.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-08

The Town Council met last
Tuesday night. The proceedings
will be found in another column.
The Police Jury and School
Baord met at the Courthouse this
week. We will publish the pro-
ceedings of the School Board mex,
Saturday.
Interesting services were held
in the Presbyterian Church last
Sunday morning and evening, by
Reys. Foreman and Williams and
= zsF !. GpxarE, Of New Orleans.
! e.nber Of members signed tho
foll, and - che febi lazy uaeelins
the church will doubtless be fully
organized.