St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-11-27

long and sound. The Park is sorry look
ing place and today is just as the storm of
September eft it. Uprooted trees, fallen
branches that have since Withered and died,
decaying logs, debris of all kinds, even that
left from the building of the pavilion
months ago, adorn the place. Now can't
something be done, and done soon to clear
up and improve these grounds? Step lively,
gentlemen, we have good thing in this
Park, do push it along; And another thing,
please don't let anybody persuade you that
the youth of Covington need Zoo. !"
What could we do toward Zoo? Get few
detected animals, who in short time even
with the best of foods, would become little
less than charge of the the P C. A. So
ciety, just as in all small towns? The only
excuse for caging animals whose God-given
heritage is freedom is that set forth by the
great gardens of natural history such as
the Bronx Of New York. and the few other
great geological parks of the world, whose
wild animals are kept in comfortable cap
in security-such as they
are granted, but the proposition is too large
for us to handle, even on very small scale;
so again let us plead ''don't."
Well kept grounds, a driveway, few
benches another swing or two. and a drink
ing fountain at the flowing we'll, will rcean
more to the children of Covington and our
people at large than cage full of monkeys
or menagerie of ill-kept and sorry looking
beasts. The eagle may be our official nation
al bird, but the plain old turkey is surely
our domestic One and has come to mean
more to the homes of America than the
feathered emblem of our nations pride. The
fat turkey and the fat pumpkin mean peace
and prosperity and goodwill to all mankind.
They become part of the blessing and
benediction of our Thanksgiving dinner, and
hand in hand with peace and plenty, which
they imply should go charity, not only Of
deed, but of thought and speech. This means
universal love and brotherhood and an effort
to bring ourselves nearer our Maker and his
teachings of duty and love.
Miss Rippidan, of Indianapolis, Ind, is
the charming guest of Mrs. F. A. w.
Davis. CoVington has extended greeting
of sunny, warm days to Miss Rippidan and
they are expressions Of the welcome given
her by Mrs. Davis many friends.
Mrs. EdW. H. Richard had as her guest
Phelka Sirera and Mr.. Geo. Alfred Middle
Mrs. Preston Burns had as her guests
Tuesday Mrs. Mohr and daughter Annie of
New Orleans
R. E. Keaton and W. C. Magee, of Boga-
Iusa, were Covington visitors this week.
Julian Wallace and Miss Marguerite Barnes
were married at st. Joseph's Abbey on
Wednesday, November "a, 1909, at o'clock
D. M, Rev. Father Prior officiating.
Miss Barnes is a ward of Mr. Joseph
Schuyler, proprietor of the Schuyler Dairy,
and has won many friends by her sweet
disposition. Mr.. Wallace is a son Of Mrs
A. L. Wallace, an old resident of this parish,
and is we'll known here.
After the wedding a reception was held
1t the Schuyler residence, at which the
young couple received the congratulations
# their many friends, some coming from
New Orleans to attend the wedding There
vas dancing and refreshments in the even
ing.
Peter Uritage and Miss Martha Lewis,
both formerly Of Burras, but now of Ram
,ay, were married at St. Joseph's Abbey on
Wednesday, November a. 1909.
Mr.. Geo. H. Douglass left for Honduras on
Wednesday, where he will take off sugar
crop.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. T. Reber, who were mar
led at Hattiesburg, Miss, Wednesday, No
1ember II, 1909, were the guests of Mrs.
4. A. Reber, his mother, from Saturday
Until Monday evening.
Mrs. E. H. Linton and Mr.. and Mrs. J.
4angston and daughter Mary Belle, of New
Orleans, were guests of Mrs. Julian Smith
asst Sunday.
Mr.. Jules Beaujeaux, of Vaudeville, was
/ Covington visitor Wednesday.
The many friends of Mr.. K. H. Barrow
will be glad to know that he has been ap-
pointed City Engineer of Altus, Oklahoma.
In Everybody's Magazine for November,
Judge Ben B: Lindsay tells the wonderful
md alas pitiful story of his fight for the
'hild-the erring child of Denver. This
nan, small and frail Of body, but large and
trong of soul, took up single-handed the
light for the betterment of the degenerate
10Y and girl He believed that there was
more good to be attained by preventing
rhine than by curing the criminal-that is
# curing the diseased mind and morals of
ne child, before he becomes hardened into
he criminal adult, Judge Lindsey graph
ally tells Of his experiences, of the revolving
Genes he witnessed among the perverted
'outh Of Denver and the pitiful stories
ropped from the lips of boys and girls !
,rought to his court for evil doing crime
hat was aided and abitted by the keepers
f low dives into which these children had
zen enticed and whom the corrupted police
and shielded from the indignant
rm of the law. Then he tells the story of
us juvenile court, what it accomplishes, and
Ow he fought, bitterly fought, to gain
roper legislative and municipal correction
f the existing evil, and lastly of his triumph,
nd what it has meant to the unfortunate