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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14
MARRIED.

One OF the preitie.t weddings Of
the season took place Tuesday night,
April 10, q the home OF M. and
Nm. J. +. Gaines. The contracting
parties were Mr. james r. Brad.
ley, the efficient Deputy Sheriff, >
son Of NJ. Charles w. Bradley, On
old and prominent citizen Of 81.
Tammany Parish, and Miss Viola
Gaines, daughter Of Mr. }. 4.
Gaines, who has for years been
connected with. the Sheri6's Office,
and . man we'll and fayotably
known throughout the Parish.
The bridesmaids were Aliss Nellie
Bradley, sister Of the groom, Miss
Rosa Beaucondray and Miss Eva
Todd, cousin Of the bride. The
Rroomsmen were Messrs. Charles
+. Strobe. Joseph b. Lancaster
and ]. L. Smith.
The honse. wae handsomely dec
Grated for the occasion. The bril-
dal couple marched into the spa-
cious parlor 10 the tune Of the
wedding march, and there the love-
knot was lndlssolubly tied. The
Rev F. G. Hocutt oficiated. After
the ceremony congratulations were
in order. The bride looked charm
ing il her wedding array. and the
groom looked manly and handsome.
They were the recipients Of
many beautiful presents. A large
number OF friends had gathered 70
honor the occasion from Covlng.-
ton and all parts Of the Parish.
An elegant supper. wac rerve ).
and dancing was indulged in until
the hour arrived for the. bridal
couple to leave for the morning
train 10 New Orleans.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14
EAST LOUISIANA
Railroad.

HEADQUARTERS NOW LOCATED
AT CONVICTION, La.
Offers . safe, quick and convent
ent service to the travelling public.
: A regular Mail, Express and
Passenger Tram will leave Gov
ington daily except Sunday. At 6
4. M. Arrive in New Orleans,
sos A. n.
Leave New Orleans 1 p. n. Ar
rive In Covington, 6:lO r. NJ.
Sundays Excursion Train will
leave New Orleans 1t 7:45 A. NJ.
arrive 1t Covington 1t 10 A. n.
Leave Covlngton, 4:4O r. n.
Arrive ., New Orleans, - r. n.
This Company is also prepared
70 handle Freight Shipments promt-
ly,. .ant. with IS cheap . rate Of
freight - is consistent with an
efficient service.
We shall endeaver to anticipate
your wishes in the matter of
transportation. Should We not do
90, let 10 hear from you.
N. G. PEARSALL.
General Manager.
c. X. NgiLzxGs, Auditor.
EADs PoITEvESr, Treasurer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14
Ice cream soda, on Sundays, u
Frederick Drug store.

Tomorrow will be Raster, and
Ill sorts Of festivities will begin
again. The word ssEaster" il from
the German 'sostern," old Saxony,
''oster" (rising). Easter y there
fore the Christian passover or festi-
val Of the resurrection of Christ.
The time Of celebrating the iesti.
val was > subject which gave rise
70 heated discussions in the pFini-
tive Christian Churches. The ques-
t,on was fully considered and finally
settled 1t the Council Of Nice
in 325 A. ID. for the whole church
By adopting the rule which makes
Easter day the first Sunday after
tie 6st full moon after March n.
Commonly speaking it u the 6rs,
Sunday after the first fall moon
after the sun crosses the line.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14
A RARE TREAT.
Dramatic Recital and
Concert.
DRSRFIr OF TINE
Presbyterian church.

WEDNESDAY evening, April IL, 1t
the Courthouse. at 3 O'Clock.
The ladies' Of the Aid Society are
pleased 70 announce the appearance. On
the above date, OF the distinguished
Reciter. Mn. Bessie Miller Otoa. whose
name u household word throughout
America, where she has delighted
large eudIences in her matchless ren-
ditions Of comedy and tragedy. Her
testimonials are from the highest
sources, and we are glad that our peo-
pie are to hear her. She Is . southern
woman Of purest Virginia ancestry,
ard we bespesk for her : cordial reccp-
tion on next Wednesday. Mrs. Oton II
the guest OF Mrs. Il. John Ellis.
Admission, IS cents.
Donations will be thankfully re-
ceived.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14
[Ofncial.1

Act M. A. 4. n. No. -By NJ. Care.
JaIINT EESOLUTiON.
Proro.in~ a ameeAmeoe 70 the Con.
ssituiion of ire state Of l.oaisisaa
relative 20 yati1y1ne ana casryini
into eacc. 4 special Tx levied il
the CITY 81 New Orleans f,r seStein
publ:c improvements. and 10 sab.
iish therein public syseems OF sen ef.
are and water. the issaanee u hoads
therefor Ard the providing ways
and meapa 10 pay the principal and
interest Of aaii bonds.
Hecsion /. n Il reeslye.l b. the
General Asee nblv Of tie State Of
'r0uisjana. Tyo-ahirds of Al the n,ens-
her cleo "a % each Hours e..nc .psing:
That the following amendment {, the
Consultation OF the State b. submitted
10 ~ electors AZ she stats ~ tie next
eepceal election fus representatives II
the l.. xislatnre, 10 be holden IN the
Tacs.lay sexs following the third
MONDAY in ApYil A. .. l9sn.. 10 Wit:
Article T.. .The SPECIAL eax II pub
he improvements voted by the property
taxnavers OF the. CITY % New Orleans
On June & 1854. and le.isd by the
CITY Council. by Ordinance No. 1851
sniroyed Jsne 81 1859. il hsrrhy
rsaiAed. and IL yalidlsy shall never BE-
nuee,ione1. re soeeial 4 aAople,l
by the Le~islatrpe - the Special Nessicn
hell m lEOuM X la9l eonas1.n tin~
- xeven..e Ana wase, Daard AZ ire
s:itv ~ NV O,iae.s. autho,i1tnr M
Ci.r NJ Na- n,le.re n ;ssws ho.,Is AMI
NJ ~" ~ sn ,e.e . ,Se..o mi NJ s.r "s%.,
pa,pcs~s o. the areciaI TAI aloreeai.l. il
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14
Clerks and Commission
crs or Election.

The Board OF Supervisors Of Election
net IN CovingtOn, on Thureday. March
Is, 1900, and appointed the following
Commissioners and Clerks Of Electioa.
to serve at the General State Election,
70 be held o. Tuesday, April II, 1900,
In accordance with Act .5c Of the Acts
or the General Assembly Of 1888. for
the purpose Of voting for State, Dis
tTict, Parish and Ward Officers, and for
taking the sense Of the voters ON GER
tain amendments 70 the constitution:
First ward.
W. H. Bohninx, Chas. Olsen, A ntlrew
HeiseE, commissioners. Anthony Keep,
clerk.
Second Ward.
J. C. Burns, Tom O'keefe. Andrew
Pierre, commissioners. J. n. Yates,
clerk.
Third Ward. :.
Emile Norman, Louis J. Heintx, II.
Il. Theriot. commissioners. Louis Me-
DIAL, CLERK.
Fourth Ward.
r. C. Smith, Jas. Hand, ". w. John.
son, commissioners. II. A. verret,
clerk.
Fifth Ward.
hos. Cooper, Emile Talley, Alex Bash,
commissioner. 4. b. Thomas, clerk.
Sixth Ward.
Walter Parker, Dave Richardson, Louis
Tally, commissioners. Geo. J. Wilson,
Clerk.
seventh Ward.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14

Commencing Wednesday, April
IS. the East Louisiana Railroad
vhl inangnrate the Wednesday e.
curs,ons 10 Cosington, Abita
Spsings, Pearl River, Slidell and
oil intermediate stations, in atldl-
tion to the Sunday excarsions,
which are run the year round.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14
o. S. Ten! ONCE. New Osl-an.. Ia.

o. S. Lend Office. New Orleans. Ia. |,
Feb. "A, 1910.
Noiio. il Iescby given that the fol-
lowi. g.nam. d settler has Jed no.ics ~
his intensioa 70 make Snail proof in aaI-
pnvt II lis claim. and that sai.a proof
sill lie made before Register anil ;se-
ceiver ae New Orleans La. an Monday.
April Q. 1901. viz.
JAMES r. FIELDS
VITO made hOns .atead entry No. u. Ga.
Tor the east half Of the northeast quarter
of section -, township >. south range
u eaat, st. Helena Meridian.
He nanes Ne following witnesses to
prove his continaeas PesiAcnce npon
and cnltiyasioM 0laail land. viz:
Fred Howard, Elijah Cooper, +. +.
Knox and Peter Foster, Ill Of St. Tam
many Perish, In
n,r3-Gs. WALTER l. CozKs. Register.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14

Mics Nina Mathew, OF New Or
leans, ID on ! two weeks visit to
Capt. and ln. Weaver, after
which she will leave for Phils-
delphia, where her brother will
Join her previous 10 = four months
tour through the Northern and
Eastern States.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14

!: The Abita SPRING. Hotel, which
vsa destroyed By Ore . short time
since, il now being rebuilt. The
main building 10 to b heated By
steam snd made thoroughly com.
for.able for winter - we'll - sum-
nef visitors, and hereafter will be
hept open al the year 'roand.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14

The Daily Item the odIcial organ
Of the Republican fusionists, has
been using red ind during the cam
Ps.Ss. After next Taesdsy il will
change it, color to the deepest
blue.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14

Easter Sunday, holy mss viii Be
eelsbsated q 81 Peters church, In
Covisgsos, at . .. -, and u Abita
cpFisgs q 10 .. u.
a BeaeAictine Father will celebrate
HOLY mass In NadisoavilIe 1t 3 Z. M
and II Holy Angels chapel. near Bedi.
CO River. q 10 .. N.
Molly Saturday II day q abstinence.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14

MARRIED-At Pea1l River,
II, February 10, 1900, by Rev. J.
N. williams, Mr.. w. r.. Sullivan,
of New Orleans, to Misc Alice
Porter, eldest daughter of Ars. NJ.
Porter.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14

STRAwsRRRY FRsrrvAL.-Tbere
viii be > strawberry festival IN the
Church yard, for the benest Of the
Methodist Church, Thursday, April
18th, from . r. n. to II r. n.
Admission free.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14

Stamp the rooster On election
day, and drive another nail IN the
colin Of Hannaisn, Republ,csn,sm,
Inpsfiallsm, and Ill the other isms
Of evil portent.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14

Ice cream soda, on Sundays, u
Frederick's Drug Store.
FOR SALE-Secondhand Bug
gies and Carriages, cheap for cash.
Apply to RoURIOS 4 STROBLE.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14
Strawberries are backward in
coming forward.
The Covington Telephone Sys-
tem = now in good working order.
There will be . constable's sale in
Vaudeville to-day in the ease Of
Isidore Levy W. Anthony Frosch.
See advertisement.

The most polite msn known to
history 70 distinguished citizen Of
New York ~ho wont talk through
the telephone IN his shirt sleeves.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14

When you 60 to New Orleans,
stop Ut PENIS Hotel, corner of st.
Charles and Poydras streets. All
front rooms, newly furnished
throughout. Charges reasonable,
BY the day or week.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14

DlED-At his residence, nesE
Abit. Spr,ngs, Saturday, April I,
1900. 1t $3.50 p, m. Joseph Bower,
: native Of Baden. He leaves Z
widow and three children 10 mourn
his loss.
New Orleans pspers please copv,l
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14

The poetofnce department will
soon send out small books, each
containing twelve two.cent stamps
with sheets Of glazed paper between
them to prevent the stamps from
sticking. rhia useful little con-
trasance will cost twenty-five oeats,
tAe extra one cont being for the
book, and BY proper care will last
for months.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14

FoR SALE.-Barred Plymouth
Rock Eggs, It 90 cents per setting Of
thirteen. Apply to G. B. 4arangr.
Abita Springs, Ii.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14

WANTED-A furnished house,
with good stable, for four months.
State rooms, price and locality.
Apply 1t this Office.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14

The ladisonville Drug Store has
. hne assortment OF Easter Egg
Dyes.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14

The charming daughter aud con
Of Mr.. G. b. Rogers have returned
home from Gillsbury Collegiate
Institute, for . stay OF . few
months,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14

MARRIED. - In Cosington,
La, Thursday, April 5, 1900, b.
L. Il. Doyle, J. r., VIM. Bennett
and Sarah Lewis, Of Pearl River.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14

~ In connection with the general
mercantile business Of this house, the
proprietor has established . neat BAR
ROOM, where he will keep the finest Of
Wines, Liquors, Lager Beer, Cigars,
etc. constantly '0n hand, and 1t prices
ID suit the times.
t:es fpse0n. In.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14

FOR RENT.-A house one
block from the Depot. Apply
10 June lscFoix.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14

4 new cottage, three lloeks from the
Depot, containisg sevea rooms, Wide
hall, front and hack galleries, wool
ehed, etc. Lots 60 by l60 feet. Amply
at this ONCE, or 10
!. " n. RRRDRRTCK.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14
Pile(alQ Park

HOT H..
Located on one Of the Highest md
most Picturesque Spots On the Tchefunc
q Rtyer, about one mile above AadI-
sonville. Newly Erected, Finished and
we'll Furnished Cottages. Fin. Arte-
sian Well Water. Beautiful Grounds
and Surroundings. Boating. Fishing
aud Bathing. Vehicles and Horses for
hire.
The Steam Boat New Camelsa land
wednesdays and Sundays ut the place.
Daily Communication by 'arriayc from
Vaudeville, Six Miles Distant.
Rates per Dav:ll -; per Week: 80;
yer Moath: AS.
Address. r. II. SAMORY
Proprietor.
ripeiapd Park, Chlnchaba r. 0.
IS. lsmm any Parish, L..
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14
CHARLES HEINTZ.
(Assak.)
Merchant.

Receives ssatinual supplies Of we'll
selected Dry Goods ana Choice Family
Groceries. which will be sold ~ low ~.
nHse.
- Country produce taken IN. ex-
change for goods, at market price
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14

Ice cold soda water as v. H.
Fredsrick's Drug Store.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14
STRAYED.

4 derk chestnut mare. Has white
spot on forehead, ahd white hind feet.
Has sAoea on front feet. Reasonable
reward will Be paid for her return to
this once:
EUR KENT.-rhe Episcopal
Patronage, in Covington, Ia.
Amply 10 Mrs. e. l.. Smith. :
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14
MCHARD MURRAY,

who made eonestesa entry No. II. IlO
for thu eeAt h IL Of the nOTshea.t quarter
u section Z, and the moth. half Of. the
northwest quarter II section :, tovs-
sl.ir.6, south Ians., IL ssse. -. u Ina
H-aRi.l,a...
~ nan.~a the f,l'nwinx witns>aes ,.
t.sOve II j. c.snsinrons 1esi.is nee nl."s.
and ul.isaflnn or sid lsE,i wa
Freddie GnftcLalk l.hn t;oit.,ialk,
Edwari I:aisOr. ahi :eui.en llenn.t'e,
all 1t Mad lA.s vile. -.
mrlOLa. WALrss l.. CnHEx. Iiekiss~v.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14
.Isidore Levy vs. Anthony Frosc..'

Isidose Levy vs.. Anthony Froscl.
Fourth Justice Cont, in and Tor the
casish At ". CAMmany. state Of
BY vsvsas Of an order. 81 >a.e feo,a
the honorable the aE,sesaii court AMI -
me directed, bearing date Feb =.
l:ND-
: III ps1c- = i to sell n public a'.c:ior.
q the frs"t .loos of.he E0nsth JUSTICES
court hon.e, IN the io1n Of -AAndevills.
u, IN SATURDAY. spvil II. 1870. coan-
mencinx ~ u H.. the follow Ing de-
Grille I ps.,pesty t"-~ft-
tine lot " ysOa,d. M. II, in aJu re
20. I, ami fourth e.. Of squase So. 81.
Sssaa.ct in the t,~n Il Msn.:cvilis,
lAsish .f,.t IaRlU .ss.. IL.
j ssesx~l in tlas alovr entitled smit.
r-sras u eAse caai.. With the tsaeAt ~
a,.i raiaer.snt.
r. q. SMITH,
Cossls' J., u uvsh WarJ,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14
CHARACTERS.

Barren de ,Beaupre, q Returned
Emigrant Noblenan.) y.
S. l.. Smith.
Pierre Marceaa. ian officer in the
Imperial Army,)
I J. b. Lane wter.
Anatol Latour, Il Young Lawyer,)
Julian Smith.
Phillipeap, "a Wealthy Farmer,
Cousin to Pierre Marcean,)
A. z. Strain.
Servant. Deed Smith.
josephine, the Baron's Niece,) =.
Miss Emma Wbelpley.
Eiise, the Baron's Werd,l
Miss Josie Whelpley.
Madam Phillipeau.. !.
- Miss Ruby Warren.
Act. l.-Scene: A Chateau in
Brittany, 1905.
Act Il.-Scene: In the Chatean
de Beaupre, 1908:
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14

Ice cold soda water ~ v. II.
Frederick Drug Store.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14
Pearl River
HOTEL.

AUG. PLlNCHE, PROPRIETOR
Large and we'll furnished rooms
Table supplied with the hest the mar
ket affords. BOARD by the day, week or
month. Meals served ut all hours.
MRS Arc blanche, Manager.
Pearl River Station, La.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14

q. 3. Land Otaee, New Orleans, il..l
March 5, 1850.
Notice 10 hereby Aivsn that the foil.y
ipR. IMAM d settler has Alsd notice u his
intension 20 MAKE Anal proof il snip port
Of his claim. and that aaid pro"f ~ill b
made before II. b. Warren. clerk Of AAe
court, n Cosington, L.. on Asn.say,
Anil eE ION viz.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14
MADISONVILLE
STORE.
RP ECTACLES. .

~ PreecsiptiOns accurately
compounded.
n. b. Guarantee my Dfuse to
be the best, and Fresh.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14

THE. POPULAR
Simon's Hotel.
.ABlTA SPRINGS, LA.
Hiss been rem0dcle6, new adj
ditions mad. and modern imprO. e
nen.s.
1IOt and. Cold
sulphur hat las.
ARTISAN WELLS cs the Grounds.
OrrOslrE DErOr, POsTOFfIcE AND
AsIrA SPRINGS,
~ Special accommodations for
winter guests.
Under the direction Of
MRS. +. JOHNSON, Proprietress.
Formerly Mrs. J. Simon W.ngon.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-04-14

T0f1Qm0fy, 6C0.
Daily Papers, Magazines, Novels End
Postage Stampe. :.
- Physicians' prescriptions care
fully compounded, and orders answered.
With care and dispatch.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-07-19

If the farmer wants to have laying
fowls this fall he must have pullets
now and feed them so they will mature
in a few months. 1t is not difficult
to get eggs in the fall provided the
bullets be mature enough to lay them.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-07-19
BIG TREES ARE IN DANGER.
Giant Wonders of California May Be
Cut Down.

OuG OOWhs
The big trees of California, giant
wonders of the forests of the Sierras,
living survivors of a prehistoric age,
are-like the famed Palisades of the
Hudson-in danger of destruction. The
quarrymen claim the majestic cliffs of
the Hudson; the lumbermen of the
West are laying hands on the mighty
trees Of California. Unless the federal
government adds the famous big tree
groves of Calaveras county to the pub
lie domain, preserving them as it has
Yellowstone Park and other wonder
spots of nature in this land of ours, a
thousand odd forest giants-some
thousands of years old, ancient before
the new world was dreamed of-will
fall before the vandal lumbermen.
Within a few days the option held on
the Calaveras groves by a Wisconsin
lumberman will have expired, and Cal
~ifornians fear that he will carry out
his plan of denuding the virgin forests
of the giants unless congress author
ICES the secretary of the interior to
bond these groves for a public park.
The joint resolution in congress was
introduced by Representative Marion
De Vries Of the second California dis
trict. He has written a plea for the
preservation of these ancient forests.
Guide books place the age of large big
trees between 1900 and 1000 years.
These figures are probably very near
the truth. for authentic and conserva-
tive ring countings indicate 1925 to
1880 years as the age of trees but Is
feet in diameter" says Mr.. Clifford
Pinchot of the forestry division of the
department of agriculture. "It seems
hardly necessary to dwell upon the
beauty and wonder of the groves
which it is proposed to destroy. The
big trees are not less remarkable fol
their beauty than for their size. The
North Calaveras grove, which has beer
protected long enough to show what
the big tree groves may become under
reasonable care. is n of the mos
beautiful bits of forest l have ever
seen. In contrast, the devastation lef
after numbering such a forest is drear!
beyond words"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-07-19
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
How Successful Farmers Operate This
Department of the Farm-A Few
Hints as to the Care of Live stock
and Poultry.
The Comlcal Side of Ducks.

A word about ducks, which l have
found the most comical and amusing
live stock l ever had, besides very USE
full, writes B. s. Dowse in Farm-Poul-
try. They don't want anything new
in the way Of feed; seem to prefer the
same old mash and grain. | can't get
them to touch cut bone unless | mix
it in their mash. l threw one a little
piece Of cooked liver the other day.
She fooled with 1t awhile and then
dragged it gingerly to the water pail
and soused it in. Funny how when
they are eating and go to a k a drink
to wash it down, they always go heao
down till they get to the oail. They
like acorns, rotten wood, n eat lots
of pieces of ice. / have a house for
them with an open shed on n end,
and they don't like any change about
that any better than a change OF diet.
They enter the house by way OF the
shed. One day l put UP a six inch
board in the center of the shed, and at
night they wouldn't go into the house
until l drove them in-all on account
of that narrow board. They never use
the large door to go N or out, as they
learned to go the other way.
l had to laugh at them last winter
when they started out to walk over the
snow after one of the big storms.
Some one had waded through it, 'eav-
ing big holes. The head one tunbled
into n of these holes, and scrambled
out, and every one of the others fol-
lowed after and did the same thing.
They go down in the meadow to the
water. One day some one left a wheel
barrow near their path down, and
when they saw it they turned back,
though they had the whole earth to
get by it on either side. I never no.
ticed them swim in the snow till late
ly. I went to feed them and n sal
in the snow and padded down the hill
just as if in the water. Their feet arr
all that troubles them in the winter
that seems to be where they feel tn
cold; but going into the ice cold waite.
of a spring doesn't seem to bottle
their feet any. They like to be warm
for all their thick coat. 1 notice Of
cold windy days they stay in tn
sunny open shed most of the
> A dr. 1T doesn't seem to hurt Their
as it would hens. 1 have left thei
! slide door open all winter, except o.
. a few of the coolest nights. Their leg
i EFem to be the tenderest part of then
: u in driving you hurry them and &c
them excited they lose the use of the
K legs.
1 use a water pail for their drink
g ing water, and now I'M careful to hav
e the bail down by the side of the pal
The other day I left the bail standin
e up, abent over a little to one side, an
soon had a duck hanging by it's foo
caught between the pail and the bal
g 1 thought the leg was broken, but
r. finally got well.