St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-02-27
Carnival at COYingtOn
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Springtime in Covington was a
beautiful arrangement Of artificial
flowers native of the Ozone section,
and was the work of Mrs. w. L..
Fountain. Sheltered in bowers of
beautiful floral growth, a band of
musicians played sweet music, ming
ling the strains with the perfume of
roses and the rays of sunlight dancing
from flower to flower as the moving
float glided along The musicians
were: Herman Oalman, Sr., of SlidelI,
accordion; Mrs. Louise Fountain,
guitar; j. M. Morgan, Of Madisonville,
bass violin. A rosebush growing in
this springtime garden was pulled up
and presented to the king, which he
cherishes as a memento well worth
preserving.
The st. Tammany Banking Co. and
Savings Bank had a very handsome
float, a miniature of their bank in the
Southern Hotel Building. Behind the
paying teller's window was Mr.. Jas.
Mullaly, distributing souvenirs of the
bank bright copper one cent coins
of the realm, imbedded in celluloid,
forming the back of a small circular
mirror, about two inches in diameter.
Outside the bank were Mr.. Frederick
Roehl and Mr.. Robert ALBERT, cashier
of the bank, dressed in Indian costume,
emblematic of the title, ''St. Tam
many" which is derived from st.
Tamanend, the name of chief of a
tribe of Delaware Indians which were
among the early Indian settlers in
Ia FTt,n roilove, \
the legend 1905-1909 This artistic
decoration work was executed by the
well-known artist, Mr.. Marshal J.
Smith, of New Orleans, Mr.. Frank
Boudousquie assisting in the mechani-
cal work and Mr.. John Halter making
the flowers.
Everybody Works. But Father
was happy Inspiration of the Abita
Carnival Club and carried off the first
nriye for comicality. Father was seen
sitting ct the fireplace smoking his
pipe sc clay, and taking life easy,
while the other members of the fami-
" were washing clothes and hustling
about generally to make both ends
meet. The characters were repre-
Eended by: Mother and Sister Ann,
Jacob Michaelis and Leonard 0alman;
father, William Strain.
Enaiprants from Bogalusa were
character sketches of typical tramps,
Snnnoged to have hailed from Boga-
lusa. where they had probably been
run out of the busy town of changing
nopulation. They were: F. Brakeman,
Nj Simmons, S. Burns, E. Smith,
and Geo. Sears, ".
The ttautomobile with a push" was
: conically rugged conveyance repre-
sant;no an auto with a horse motor
-;goed to the shafts in the back Sc
thai the pulling horse pushed the
auto The naskers in charge were
T,o,,is T.acroix and Bill Strain, of Gov
ington. - ~,
auto with steering gear complete,
h;tchad to q horse, the occupants OF
1.,l,ich made frantic endeavors to steer
clear and avoid collisions. 1t was oc.
cnnied by A. Herbez, E. Pechon anc
B. Comenge.
THE most humorous scene on the
straets was the prize baby in baby
carr;ace-a huge lump of humanity,
Who nj, nlayed with his rattle and Teddy
basr while his nurse used her utter.
,,eost endeavors to push him along IN
l ms; decentralization. The baby was
AIberf Zinzer, the nurse Charley Her
bez. r.: 80 AL:..
- their maids were the center OF
s'ts@ b the throngs that gath.
a s.ot shout the Southern Hotel. The