St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-15
TRAMPS AND BURGLARS.
Arp Says They Beg by Day and
Steal py Night.
CartersvlIle Alarmed Mt . series OF
kings - Harlow Phtl-
OsOphcr Locks Hts DOOrs-A
Word ON COeducattOn.
"Hark. hark. the dogs do bark;

"Hark, bark, the dogs do bark;
The burglars have come to town."
For Is years this has been an order
lr, peaccable and honest town. Ever
since the saloons were abolished there
has been no disturbance of the public
tranquility. During all that time our
doors have not been locked at night,
nor has our chicken Ioost been robbed
by the fowl invader. The presence o.
our faithful dog may have been our
protection. for there have been some
few chickens stolen in these parts. Our
neighbor, Charley Patterson, suffered
some in that way until he bought the
old gallows on which a man was hung
n few years ago, and built chicken
house of the timber. Since then he can
hardly get darky to put chickens in
it by day. much less to take them out
by night. But our negroes in and
around Gainesville are n clever and
Industrious people. and rs honest rs
rankind are generally. Domestic serv-
2 ITS will take some liberties with lit
lie things that they think we won't
miss. but they have many good traits
that are a set-off, and so we compro-
mise on general principles.
But now the burglars have come to
town and alarmed the whole commu-
nifty. believe they come from up
north where every bad thing comes
from, even to bad weather. The other
tiay tramp came to our house and
asked for something TO eat. lie was
fairly good looking and well dressed.
My wife got him lunch and asked
him where his home was, and where he
was going. lie smiled and said he had
10 home. and was raised in an orphan
asylum up north. and was going to
Atlanta in search of work.
"lIow do you travel" said she. "if
you have no money!?
well, ride on the freights until
they put me off," he said, land then
| wait for another one and ride some
more. l am just taking n little trip
now to see the country"
There were two of these fellows in
town. and they took the rounds asking
for something to eat and always got
it. My opinion is that they are profes
sional thieves. and their purpose in call.
ing at so many houses is TO prospect the
premises. The night after they were
Mt our house burglars entered foul
houses aud stole money. They took
500 from under sleeping mans pill
low and smaller sums from the pockets
of other men. A few nights after the,
entered three houses and took flint
gold watch from under bankers ril
low aud the next night n watch ant
some money at another place. They
take 10 clothing or anything to eat
They are white folks, tell you, and arr
experts in their business.
Well, of course. the whole corn
muni,y is aroused and especially TIA
women. My wife is not n tiInid woman
She is more afraid of snakes than o
men, but she, too, got alarmed ant
made Inc get the hammer and th,
| screwtlriver and some bolts and nail!
aud fix up every door and window
| She held the lamp and watched mt
oil round from room to room. and
mashed n great blood blister on m,
| finger and it hurts yet. When all wa:
done TO her satisfaction. and we go
ready TO retire. she suddenly told MI
not 10 lock the back hall door, fol
| Uncle Sam had to come in there in th'
| morning 10 make fire. Consideraft
woman! She knew that didn't lik'
10 get ont of warm bed to unloci
the door. Reckon she thinks the bur
| glars wouldn't be so impOlitc as II
come in at the back door. But the.
| won't get any watch from under IN,
pillow, for I haven't got any. Fort,
years ago they got mine just that wa.
in cid DIR. Thompson's hotel in At
lanta, and ] have never carried on
since. They got my pocketbook, toe
and a little money and some vaiua
bile papers. They were from up nortl
and were very clever men, considering
for in about a week they sent me al
nv papers back through the mail an,
the letter was lostmarkcd Philadelphia
They will give man back everything
they can't use. Bill Fort told me tha
they were n kind-hearted set of thieve
and he had known them to lean owe
and kiss sleeping man after the.
had robbed him.
No. il is white folks who are stealing
these valuable things. Negroes haven
got above chickens and turkeys YET
heard the other day an old dark
who prayed every night during Christ
mas for the Lord to send turkey I
him. but the turkey didn't come. an
so he changed his prayer and asked tn
Lord to send him to turkey and hi
prayer was answered that very nigh
A negro don't banker after gol
watches. lie wants something 10 ca
But now l want to know what is a
this racket about that they call CT
education. I thought il was just ar
other fad and would soon pass away
but ii seems 10 get bigger and bigge
the more they talk about it. On
would think that there were no femal
colleges in the land and that the boy
we're getting all the education, whe
the truth is there are more educations
facilities for girls in this state than fe
bows. don't kEow what il all means
DO the girls want to mix with the boy
and improve them and be inspired b
them? Then why should not the boy
claim a similar privilege and go to th
female colleges and to the girls indu
trial school at MiIledgeville? live al
going to bunch. let us bunch the who
i, concern and include the agriculture
attachments and lie: the girls do SON
blowing il they want to. But recko
it is just the new woman who is col
tending for the abstract right to go
the university. OF course they won
20. for their fathers won't let the
as long as the female colleges Al
onen at Macon and Athens and l.
Grange and Decatur and Rome Al
other places. There is plenty OF ed
cation for them there without the
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