St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-02-04
ICompositionl
4 Visit to the Country.
By PEARL.

lSOMPOSitiOhl
4 Visit to the Country.
By PEARL.
One day in the beautiful month OF
June, when one feels like visiting
the country, which is SO fascinating
at that time, l took a trip on the
New Camelia to visit my cousin,
who spent Carnival with me, and
lives in the quaint old town OF
Coyington, St. Tammany Parish
and is situated on the Rivers Bogue
Falia and Tchefuncta, just above
their junction, about thirty miles
from New Orleans, ard nine miles
from Lake Pontchartrain.
or course | could have made this
trip BY rail, which would nave been
ouicker. but being in no hurry. and
also fond Of scenery. / preferred to
The journey proved to be most
delightful one. After crossing Lake
Pontchartrain, and making our first
stop at the little town OF Vaudeville,
We then turned into the Tchefuncta
River, which flows into the lake just
above Lewisburg, and steamed up
this beautiful stream to the junction
OF tue three rivers, (the rchefuncta,
Boeue Falia and Abita,) thence
into the Bogue Falia. Here the
nest picturesque part OF our triE
began.
The river is very winding and i
bordered on both banks with beadtl'
full forests. The bottom and banks
are OF pure white sand, which !:
plainly visible through the perfectl,
clear water.
The trees meet overhead, thu
fringe tree, wild honey-suckle. vel
low jessamine, and numerous shrubs
forming garlands from tree to tree
but towering above these were TIN
magnolias, laden with their snow,
blossoms, against back grount
of tall pines. and together filling tn
air with q most refreshing ant
healthful aroma.
| Several landings we're made alon!
the river, including that Of the tow
of jacksonville, where ship bmldln!
and lumber yards are the prlncipa
industries, before reaching on
destination .'Old Landing" Gov
ington, which like all other point
along the river. Is q most beautiful
spot. with . solitary cottage in tn
midst OF the woods. Here we wer
met Dy Uncle leak, Cousin Ida an
Cousin Jonathan, with tue tamil
carriage.
/ After riding for nearly an hou
through beautiful forests OF pines
oaks and magnolias. -beeches, CUR
and various other trees, intersecte
BY romantic roads and footpaths
and having stopped severa! time
to refresh ourselves at the littl
springs Of clear water bubbling on
OF the earth, we at last came !
sight ct the old Homestead, famil
arly known as the .'Vineclad CO.
tage."
We were welcomed by Aur
Dorothy, aad lost little time
doing justice to the very invitin
luncheon that 'Old Nanny Jane
had set for US.
For the rest of the afternoon
until nearly dinner, we enjoye
. the hammocks. swinging in I'll
shade on the large old-fashione
balcony. After dinner, 1t being
) beautiful moonlight night. Cousl
} Jonathan proposed q hsy-rlde, whie
we enjoyed very much.
, The next morning we were all U
very early and rode through IL
cotton and cane fields. The cote
was jus: budding and was q vel
, pretty sight. We returned lade
with samples OF both.
Uncle leak has an interest in
|. turpentine still. He spoke gre
deal about the boxing Of the tree
and would not be satisfied until '
promised to go with him to see
E SO at last we had to appoint tim
! When the time arrived we tried
back out. but he insisted SD tn
we had to go. We we're afterwart
} very glad that we went, as it prove
very interesting and instructiv
/ This business is carried on as
sui: OF the great quantity Of PHI
lands throughout the parish, on
very large scale. They first sele
e an orchard Of pines, each OF tue
2 are boxed in three places in Gu
! eleven inches across, about thr
feet in length. This boxing is dol
from October until March: aft
which it is left for the summer SUI
: TO draw out the crude turpentil
, which accumulates at the bottom
= the boxes. It is then placed in ba
rels which are put on OK Wagon
and transported from the Woo
TO the st,Il where il is boiled. II
# spirits Of turpentine passes into
/ conductor composed Of q coil
thick copper piping. through WIN
it runs into barrels. The contin
. ors pouring Of water into the VI
v causes the spirits to separate fro
|. the rosln, which passes into . VS.