St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-08-01
Eighth Ward Comment
Pearl River. La, July 80, 1908.
Special Correspondence.

Make summer yet, the while we play.
Nature provided a happy me-
dunn for this summer, with
moderate days, pleasant nights,
frequent showers and few mos
quitoes.
Back to the land" was the
cry when business depression
made work slack, and the con-
sequence is more farming and
more corn and sweet potato
patches this time. The surest
cure for hard times.
Little sweet peppers down the row,
Green and red and yellow they grow,
Gather 'em now, while Grandma's nigh,
If no one else. then she will buy.
Some changes in land owner
ship have occurred. Capt. James
Houze has sold his home place
to a newcomer from the North,
while Mr.. George Holly disposed
of forty acres of land on the
Ridge to Capt. Obey Mexican.
Besides a bountiful crop of
corn and sweet potatoes, Mr..
Antoine Provost, a prominent
Eighth-warder, has produced
an unusual crop of fine pump
kins. Near the branch, first
house across the bridge; pull the
gate-latch and just say: pie. "
Mr.. and Mrs. John McManus,
of Audubon and Slidell, La,
visited friends in this vicinity
last Sunday afternoon. They
were accompanied by Mr.. John
Peterson.
Rev. J. A. Williams and Mrs.
Williams were welcomed home
last month from a years stay
at Durango, Mex, where Mr..
Williams had charge Of a Meth
odist mission school.
Mrs. Williams, who was Miss
Provost, left here a bride, and
the rarifed air of Mexico being
inimical to her health she re-
turned to recuperate. Mr.. and
Mrs. Williams have been warmly
greeted by relatives and friends
who wish them we'll wherever
their lot may be cast.
Mr.. Ed. Cause, of Slidell, is
helping to set up a cross-cut
saving machine on the Ridge
for Columbus Porter. The ma
chine is intended to be operated
by a gasoline engine, and will
cut up timber quickly into
lengths suitable for cord wood.
A newspaper article relates
that a button factory in Indiana
is turning out about a million
buttons a month. That's a sur
prising quantity, but it does not
seem to hinder a button or two
from being missing now and
then. Did you ever notice that?
Summer gardens are about
ended and August will witness
the beginning of fall planting.
Vegetables sold fairly we'll and
brought in some cash to help
the farmers.
Early okra and tomatoes pro-
duced we'll and were in demand.
Butterbea1ls are in fine condi-
ton and will bear till frost. The
watermelon season began and
ended earlier than is usual.
Prices were good at first, but
soon declined sharply.
For the first time in years the
Leconte pear trees bore a large
crop, but there was no sale for
the fruit in the home market.
To help the country out, my boys,
| to help the country out,
| May Bryan win,
| Through thick and thin,
j And put the trusts to rout; -
Shame on the goat
Who will not vote
| To help the country out, my boys
to help the country out.
Mr.. John P. DoWney visited
the city recently.
A New Orleans real estate
man, Mr.. Mason, has made a
home for himself and family on
the Slidell and Village road, near
here. Now it looks like a New
Orleans real estate man ought
to be a good judge, doesn's it
Let us contemplate the cat
fish. The catfish belongs to
Louisiana in general and St.
Tammany in partiular. He is a
toothsome article and also a
horn of plenty. The catfish
was passed on to us by the red
man along with the beautiful
streams that meander so mellif-
luously to the sea.
From time immemorial he has
been sought for by men. By
the Indian in his drifting canoe,
by the white man who hikes
him down by the quiet banks
of the river and cunningly fixes
his lines to overhanging bushes
while yonder catbird twangs
his little cat-arhh, and by the
darkey who knots the fsh-line
to his big toe and lies down tc
slumber.
Whether appearing on the
table as courtbuillon or just
nicely fried, the catfish fur
nishes q feast that all can ap-