St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-05-16

yawning bitches, dug for delaying water MANS
Can't something be done by way OF assisting
the moon in her altruistic work?
DR.. and Mrs. Geo. w. Burwell, OF the Ma
poleon Avenue Presbyterian Church OF New Or-
leans, are being entertained by Mr. ana MIS-
Charles Weis, of Virginia street.
Mr.. Hypolite Laroussini and family have come
to Covington for the summer months, ana are
occupying their lovely home in independence
street.
Mr.. Trepagnier and sister, Miss Merguerlte'
were Sunday guests of Dr. and Mrs. B. B.
Warren.
Miss Ida Mason, of New Orleans is guest
of Mrs. S. V. Kentzel, in Boston street.
Mrs E. E. Lyon was a visitor tosNeW Orleans
for several days during the past week
The ladies of the Friday Afternoon Euchfe
Club were entertained by Mrs. Logan Belknap
on Wednesday last The fortunate prlze-Wln-
ners were Mrs. T. L. Belknap first, Miss L. Ma
gee second, and Mrs. Alfred Smith consolation.
Miss Anaise Boudousquie will entertain the CLUB
at the next meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs Achille Landry and family nave
returned to Covington for the summer, and are
installed in their handsome home IN Louisiana.
street.
The entertainment of Friday, given and SO
ably conducted by Mrs j. J. Lafaye and Mrs.
| J. Stern, for the benefit of the Anite sufferers,
proved to be a great success. The program was
very good one, and the whole affair was much
enjoyed by the large number of people who
attended.
In an able and interesting article IN Every
body's Magazine for May, Mr.. Emerson Hough
has put forth some vital questions, good argu-
ments and dire threats on the subject of trees
The Slaughter of Trees" These are his open
ing lines, conjuring up picture, condition
almost as dreadful as does Byron's Darkness, =
but far more practical and apt to prove true:
In fifty years we shall have whole States as
bare as China The Appalachians will be strip
ped to bedrock. The Rockies will send down
i vast floods, which cannot be controlled. The
Canadian forests north of the great lakes will be
, swept away Our Middle West will be bare.
The Yazoo Delta will be swept apart because
no levee will be able to stand the floods of those
days. We shall be living in crowded concrete
!, houses, and at double the rent we now pay.
We shall make vehicles of steel, use no wood on
our farms We shall pay ten cents for news
paper, fifty cents for a magazine, as much for a
leadpencil. Cotton will be immensely higher.
Beef will be the privilege of the few. Clothing
: will cost twice what it costs to-day. Like Chi
namen our children will rake the soil for fuel or
forage or food. We shall shiver in a cold or
: burn in heat never before felt in this temper
} ate zone, meant by God as comfortable grow
5 ing place for splendid human beings unless we
r wake up.
Wake up to the folly-aye, worse-of ruth
lessly cutting down trees and destroying our
forests wake up to the conviction and deter
: mination of renewing as we destroy; of com
Iro1 10 o1oo
6 is our only salvation
Mr.. and Mrs. N. Bauer have come to Coving.
| ton to spend the hot season. They are guests
: at the Oaks.
Mr. and Mrs Ulysses Dugas have been the
1guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Dugas, in Vir.
lginia street.
t The Five Hundred Club met at the Oaks or
Tuesday afternoon and was entertained by Miss
! Stella Allain Mrs H. H. Smith won the
: pretty prize.
A popular belief exists to the effect that run.
away horses will never trample a child, thai
some snake bites are harmless, and that Gov
ington cows will not hook All this may bf
perfectly true; but it seems little less than hyng
In the face of Providence to put any of the three
9 to test, for fear that when it is too late the
: aforesaid belief may prove a fallacy; to-wit
The four-year-old child of Mr. Henry Rocken
V schulz narrowly escaped being run down by
t rampant drove of horses and mules on Sunday
afternoon. The little one was on the Sidewalk
: at the corner of Boston and Massachusett,
streets when the incident occurred, and it was
v only the presence of mind and promptness Q.
r Mr.. Rockenshuh that saved the little child from
probable death. Suppose the child had beer
V alone as so many of our children are, going anc
r coming from school What, then It seems
too bad to pin our faith to a supposition, and K
0 trust our safety to mere chance!
The Embroidery Club has changed its da,
: from Wednesday to Friday. Mrs. 4. ]. Nelsor
0 will entertain the ladies at the next meeting.
4 Among the new residents of our town are Mr.
and Mr.. James w. Magee, who, with theil
family are located on America and Economy
streets.
. Special Union services of all the Protestant
t churches in Covington are now in progress. IN
$ der the direction of the four pastors, aided b1
Rev. II. W. BurWell, of New Orleans. The
r meetings are held each afternoon and night il
1 the Baptist church; and all who attend are as
e sured OF spiritual and intellectual treat from
1.-THE learned Tod