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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-03
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
OF TOWN OF ABITA.
The Proclamation of the Governor Received
Declaring Abita to be Town, and Names
of Joseph Rausch and C. S. Strain An
nounced as Members of Council.

Sanders, governor of the state of
Louisiana, acting under and by vir-
tue of the authority vested in me by
law, and more particularly by the
provisions of Act No. 1876 of 1898,
and laws amendatory thereof, do is
sue this, my proclamation declaring
the said town of Abita Springs to be
town under the provisions of Act
No. 1876 of 1898, and do hereby clas-
sify the said town of Abita Springs
as a town under the provisions of
said Act No. 1876 of 1898, with the
power to enjoy and exercise all the
powers and rights and privileges con-
ferred upon it, and upon towns, by
and under the provisions of said Act
No. 1876 of 1898, and amendments
thereto, or may hereafter be confer
red by law.
Witness my signature and impress
sion of the great seal of the State of
Louisiana, at the Capitol, in the city
of Baton Rouge, this 18th day of
August, 1910.
(Signed) J. Y. SANDERS.
(SeaD
By the Governor.
(olgneQJ JO1N Il. MlCHEL,
Secretary of State.
The governor of the State of LOU
isiana having appointed J. Rausch
and G. S. Strain two additional alder
men of the town of Abita Springs,
and the said J. Rausch and G. s..
Strain presenting their commission
and presenting their oath of Office to
the Mayor and Board of Aldermen,
were declared members of the Board
of Aldermen of the Town of Abita
Springs and as sucn are entitled to
all the rights ano privileges of said
respective Office.
1t was moved and seconded to ad-
1ourn till next regular meeting.
ALEX MUTTI, Mayor.
A. o. PONS, Clerk.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-03
TEACHERS MEETING.

The first teachers meeting of St
Tammany parish will be held in tn,
courthouse in Covington, September
10, 1910. All teachers are required
to be present and secure for them
selves registers, report cards, report
blanks and the books for the readinf
course. Remember this is very
important meeting.
PROGRAM.
1. Singing.
2. Opening remarks by the Super.
intendent.
8. School law-Judge Thos. M
Burns.
4. (a) Relation of assistant teach
ers to prin ipal. (b) Relation of
AL teachers to superintendent
H. P. Mccullough.
5. High school course of study
C. E. Hooper.
6. The first day of school-Prof.
r. L. Founders.
z. Elementary graded schools
Prof. C. w. Wright.
8. Elementary rural schools
Prof. I. o. Siler.
9. lSanitation-Dr. Harvey Dillon.
10. Suggestions of the Superin-
tendent.
H. B. MESSICK,
SuDerinfend
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-03

to promote the interest of the farm.
er, and that his bank stood ready
to lend such encouragement as it
was possible for a bank to do. That
those who stood in need Of money
to conduct their farming operations
would be assisted to the fullest extent
that the bank could 60 without vio-
lating its obligations, and that any
farmers, within these conditions,
would be given all the assistance they
| needed.
Mr.. Clay Riggs was to have
| spoken, but was called to Vaudeville
by important business and could not
remain 'longer.
The permanent organization Of the
St. Tammany Parish Truck Growers
Association will take place at Abita
Saturday, September 10. The asso-
citation will be chartered and the
charter drawn up by Harvey E. Ellis,
of the law firm of Ellis & White. The
association will be capitalized at
$4,000 divided into shares at IS
each, to be going concern as soon
as $4,000 is subscribed. This sum is
now fully guaranteed. Mr.. Harvey
E. Ellis has assisted in placing quite
a number of shares and Capt. G. e.
Millar has retained a sufficient num-
ber of shares to guarantee control
of the association by the farmers.
Appended is list of those who are
known to have subscribed to stock,
and there are other whose names We
have not yet received:
F. Dutsch, J. Scheck, H. A. Dutsch,
C. F. Dutsch, C. W. Dutsch, ]. H.
Dutsch, C. R. Schultz, A. Cook, G.
e. Millar, A. Kustenmacher, A.
Heath, H. Galloway, A. Lenel, w. D.
Hill, H. L. Revere, E. D. Wilbur, R.
Williams, L. o. Martin, j. H. Mason.
D. H. Mason, J. P. Huddleston, W.
H. Jenkins, E. V. Martin, James L.
Phillips, Jos. Dirman1, E. G. Davis,
Harvey E. Ellis, DR.. G. r. Tolson,
F. L. Coyle, Paul Mendow, A. p.
Dessomes, ]. c. Lemons, Judge T.
NJ Burns, Howard Burns, j. s. Jones,
E. J. Domergue, Clay Riggs, J. A.
Wallace.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-03

1t that it was thought by the husband
that Rias had communication with
Mrs. Virgets. How true that is was
not learned. for John Virgets did not
want to talk along that line
That there was meetin,s is evil
dent in the fact that Mrs. John Vir-
gets was beaten. A charge of as
sault and battery was made apainst
Rias by the woman day or two
ago. From what Chief of Detectives
Reynolds learned late last night,
after hard questioning of John Vir-
gets. the row between the men was
due to Rias persisting in annoying
Mrs. Virgets. He seemed anxious to
have her go with him, and Mrs. Vir-
gets was not desirous of having any
further dealings with the man.
Paul Virgets, who was so badly
wounded, was partner of the un-
fortunate Costello who was killed in
the French Market at his eating
stand by negro some years ago.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-03

Abita Springs, La, Aug. %, 1910.
Special meeting OF the Board of
Aldermen of the Village of Abita
Springs was held for the purpose OF
receiving, advertising and recording
the Governors proclamation.
Present-A. Multi, mayor; ]. Clair
Also Attorney ]. B. Lancaster.
A quorum being present the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen proceeded to
business, the following proclamation
being received from the Governor,
classifying Springs as at town, was
read and ordered recorded in the
Ordinance Book and advertised by
posting three copies in three conspic-
ious places within the corporate
limits and publishing same in the ST.
Tammany Farmer, the official organ
of the town.
PROCLAMATION.
State of Louisiana,
Executive Department
Whereas, census was taken by
the municipal authorities of Abita
Springs, municipal corporation in
oe' 1 oA1LAaAy parish, AOulSidud, OpeT-
ating under Act No. 1876 of 1898, en-
titled, "An act for the creation and
government of municipal corpora
tions throughout the State, and de-
fining their powers and duties" ap-
proved July 13, 1898, said census
being sworn to by the persons en-
ployed by the said town to take
same; and,
Whereas, the said census shows
that the town of Abita Springs has a
population of eleven hundred and
seventeen inhabitants thereby en-
titling said municipal corporation to
be classified as a town under the
provisions of the said Act 1876 of
1898, and laws amendatory thereof,
Now therefore, I, Jared Young
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-03

1t you are contemplating taking
life insurance, it will be to your in
terest to see the new policy of the
Mutual Life Insurance Co., of New
York, whose net reserve of $519,-
376,083.O0 is held for policy hold
ers. Ask for premium rates, divi-
dends, and cash settlements.
NILSSON & FREDERICK.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-03

Mrs. Jacob Wilmert, Lincoln, ILL.,,
found her way back to health. She
writes: II suffered with kidney
trouble and backache and my appe-
tite was very poor at times. A few
weeks ago l got Foley Kidney Pills
and gave them a fair trial. They
gave me great relief, 80 continued
till now 1 am in perfect health. )"
Sold by TheoT Strain & Son.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-03

Goes out to whatever helps give
them ease, comfort and strength.
Foley Kidney Pills cure kidney and
bladder diseases promptly, and give
comfort and relief to elderly people.
Sold by Theo. Strain & Son.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-03
TO HOUSE AND SAVE SWEET
POTATOES.

| have planned a number of houses
for keeping sweet potatoes in the
South which have been eminently
successful. One man in South Caro-
lima told me late in August that he
was feeding last years potatoes to
his pigs to get them out of the way
before the new crop came in. These
houses are built with double walls
enclosing dead air space. Some
fill the walls with sawdust, but this
is not necessary if the walls are
sheathed inside and out and weather.
boarded outside. The houses are
made 10 feet wide and as lono as
needed for the crop grown. Slated
| shelves are placed On each side and
a ventilator in the top that can be
| opened or closed. The house should
| cockloft under the roof that will be
useful or can be stuffed with straw
to still further exclude cold.
Some means for heating should be
used, for the important point is to
dry the potatoes off rapidly after
storing. A stove at the north end
and pipe overhead through the
house will answer. One grower in
Georgia has a square house and
piles his potatoes in the middle and
has shelf at each corner on which
he puts kerosene heating stoves to
heat the house.
The potatoes should be dug as
soon as the frost nips the vines, and
potatoes grown from cuttings in sum-
mer will keep better than those
grown from spring plants. Handle
the potatoes carefully and when all
are in, open the ventilator and start
fire and raise the temperature up
to 80 derees till the potatgoes are
dried off from the sweat they always
go through after storing. Then shut
up, and no more fire will be needed
If the house is tight and dark, except !
to see that the temperature runs
about As as near as possible. If you
let it run above SO too long, the pota-
toes may start to sprout. The dry
ing off in the first place is the i'm
portant point, and If a warm spell |
comes, open the ventilator at night |
and cool the house and close in day |
time.
5000 bushels and keep without any
difficulty. They have regular brick
furnace and flue to use any time,
If needed, but there is rarely need
for fire after the first curing If the
house is frost-proof. Never put a
window in unless you make the shut
ter double and frost-proof and only
use it when there is danger that the
house may get too warm.-W. F.
Massey, in the Progressive Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-03
ORDINANCE.

ORDINANCE.
Whereas, this body has been in
formed that one, o. D. Crawford, has
closed or caused to be closed public
road known as the River Road" at
point on the West side of the Town
OF Crawford, in the Fifth Ward OF
st. Tammany Parish, La,
Therefore, be it resolved that S. l..
Jenkins, Constable in and for the
Fifth Ward of St. Tammany Parish,
La, be and he is hereby authorized,
empowered and instructed to open
and remove all distractions to said
road, and to restore it to it's fromer
conditions, the expenses of same to
be paid by the person or persons who
may have closed or obstructed the
same.
J. ]. CUSACHS, President pro tenn.
E. D. KENTZEL, Secretary.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-03
DID NOT HAVE HIS WIFE.

The habees corpus proceedings OF
Louis Naves against his brothe-in-
law, DR.. E. P. de Ballard, was tried
before Judge Burns in the District
Court August 27 and the case dis
missed at the plaintiffs cost. 1t was
shown that while his sister had been
provided with funds by the Doctor
that she might reach her mother in
Venezuela, he did not. now have her
secreted, as charged. 1t was stated
that Mrs. Naves feared that her life
was in danger and wished to be with
her mother. Therefore the Doctor
had provided her with means. She
had been with him in Sidell from
August l to Au ust 5, and after
wards remained in New Orleans until
the 18th.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-03

Can be depended upon" is an ex.
preston We all like to hear, and
when it is used in connection with
Chambelain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy it it means that
1t never fails to cure diarrhoea. dys-
entery or bowel complaints. It is
pleasant to take and equally valuable
for children or adults. Sold by all
druggists.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-03

Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
0iarrhoea Remedy Is today the best
knewn medicine in use for the re-
lief and cure of bowel complaints.
1t cures gripping, diarrhoea, dysentary
and should be taken at the first un-
natural looseness of the bowels. 1t
is equally valuable for children and
adults. 1t always cures. Sold by
all druggists.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-03

All the schools, both white and
colored, will begin Sept. mber 5.
H. B. MESSICK,
Superintendent.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-09
The First Balloons,

The chemical philosophers have dis covered a body (which have forgot ten, but will inquire) which dissolved by an acid emits vapor lighter than the atmospherical air. This vapor Is caught, among other means, by tying bladder compressed upon the bottle in which the dissolution Is performed. The vapor, rising. swclls the bladder and fills it. The bladder is then tied and removed and another applied till as much of this light air is collected as is wanted Then a large spherical case is made, and very large 1t must be, of the lightest matter that can be found, secured by some method like that of oiling silk against all passage of air. Into this are emptfed all the bladders of light air, and if there is light air enough it mounts into the clouds upon the same principle as bottle filled with water will sink in water, but bottle filed with ether will float. It rises till 1t comes to air of equal tenuity with it's own if wind or water does not spoil it on the way. Such, madam, is an air balloon--From Dr. Johnson's Letter, Sept. 2, 1783, to Mrs. Thrale.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-09
UNION HOTEL KEEPER
 APPEALS FROM FINE
 FOR SUNDAY SELLING

Edward Farrell, proprietor of the Union Hotel, appealed from a fine of $40 and costs imposed by Judge Wilder in the city court today for violation of the excise laws Farrell s place was raided by Sergeant Began, Liquor Agent Wagner and Patrolman John Ryan at 10 yesterday morning.
 While Ryan and Wagner were in the dining room, to the rear of the bar room, the bartender came run ming down stairs and told them to clear out, that Began was upstairs. Then he recognized the policemen. They found empty bottles and glass es. All denied they had been drink ing at ali.
 Four frequenters were fined $1 and costs each. They were Henry Mitchell, Henry Tucker and Charles Yehline, who claimed to live at the hotel, and Arthur White, negro. His sweet heart is the cook.
 What were you doing there % asked Liquor Prosecutor Greenstein
 Well, where the honeysuckle is, there the bee is apt to be- replied the good natured colored fellow.
 A fifth frequenter gave the fictitious name of. John Mack and forfeited bonds of $25.
 Charles Scheline, a shoemaker liv- ing in Howard avenue, was fined $1O and costs, about $25, in all, for sell ing whiskey from a bottle to two oystermen. Patrolmen Cody and Glennon apprehended the trio near the dock at the foot of Wall street yesterday morning. The shoemaker went to jail. He said he had bought the booze earlier in the day at Riley's place at Lafayette street and Rail- road avenue. This statement is be- ing, investigated.
 Police Commissioner Kershaw caus- nd ha -n hn T7,io two men entering by the side entrance.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-09
She t..,, tho charos.


 At the mems service in a Yorkshire parish the vicar tried to convey the lesson that the truest heroes and hero ines are those who do noble deeds in the secret corner of the home, where none can see or applaud.
 Few of yeu seem to think" he con- cluded, that your wives staying at home uncomplainingly to mind the children and prepare the meals arc heroines, and yet their touching devo- ton to duty proves them to be SO" It certainly hadn't struck one old farmer in this way before, and as soon as he got home he promptly told his wife that the vicar had called her heroine.
 Whatever does that meanY asked the good lady.
 "Oh, it means woman who stays in t house instead of goin' art to show hersen,' explained the farmer vaguely. '3Then I'm not a heroine, an I'll thang t vicar to mind what he's say in'," snapped the wife. T go to his church es mnsh as t other women do, an he must be blind if he can't see me. Why, I'd five different colors in t bonnet I wore last SundayI'-Lon- don Spectator
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-09
ITALIAN DEMOCRATS
 EFFECT PERMANENT
 STATE ORGANIZATION.

Permanent officers were chosen and much enthusiasm was manifested at the meeting yesterday of the Italian Democratic Alliance of Connecticut held in Meriden. Mayor Thomas Reil- ly of Meriden welcomed the delegates about 50 in all representing cities throughout the state.
 The election of officers resulted as follows: President Andrew Meela, New Haven; first vice president Leonard N Mainieri, Bridgeport; second vice president A. Caiazo, MiddletoWn; trea- surer John DeRosa, Meriden; secre- tary M Romano, Bridgeport.
 Peter Matarese of Meriden, who has been one of the leading spirits of the organization of the alliance, presided as chairman and introduced Mayor Reilly with appropriate words. The Meriden mayors speech was pregnant with promise for sweeping Democra- tic victory at the next state election. He was loudly applauded and several times aroused such enthusiasm that he was cheered.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-09
EIGHT ENUMERATORS
 STILL ON CENSUS

Despite the attempt of the census bureau to have the enumeration in this city completed on May 1 there are 8 of 56 enumerators still at work. Snecia1 Agent N H. Jones has hur- ried the work along as fast as he could. The chief fault seems to De in the manner in which the city was district ed by the special agent who came from Washington. Some districts were mostly vacant lots and contained only a few hundred people while oth- CTS were denseIy settled. The work was started with 55 districts, but it was found necessary to get 56th district in East Bridgeport.
 finder the rules of the census the outcome of the canvass cannot be an- nounced in this city but must come from the Director of the Census at Wa Sh in ct on
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-09
WOMAN BEATEN LEFT IN WOODS
 OUT ALL NIGHT
Police Take Charge of, Victim of
 outrageous Attack.
MIND IS NOT YET CLEAR
Unable to Tell Just What Hap. pened to Her-Under Treat
 ment at LakevieW Home

People rambling through Beachs woods in the North End yesterday af- ternoon came across the half nude, prostrate body of a woman who was all but unconscious from the effects of terrible beating. Through tele- phone message from the home of John H. Stowe, BIO Madison avenue the and Herb helped the woman into the auto patrol. At police headquarters she was turned over to the care of Matron Hill who provided her with dry clothing and stimulants.
 She said she was Fannie Bishop, aged 32, a domestic employed in Fair field. When she became more talk ative it was apparent that she was mentally unbalanced, but whether she is demented or simply delirious follow ing the experience that led to her dis covery in the woods is not yet known. She is now under treatment at Lake view Home.
 When Supt. Birmingham was ap- prised of her condition he turned the woman over to Supt. Brennan of the Charities department. Her statement while at times apparently conflicting, is to the effect that she walked up to the North End on Saturday evening. She cannot recall readily just what took place. but she remembers that several men appeared to be following her.
 She says when she reached the vicin- ity of the woods they set upon her, dragged her through the fields and woods into a lonely section. and when she tried to escape they beat her bru-. tally. Then they committed further outrages upon her, and left her in a semi-conscious state. She spent the night in the woods and had not sum- moned enough strength to walk out before she was found there yesterday afternoon. drenched by the fog and rain.
 The woman said she was a native of Roxbury, Conn, but that she left there when a small child. She has lived in Long Hill. Derby and Seymour at various times but of late she has been working in Fairfield. When questioned as to just where in Fair field she was employed, her mind ap- peared to be blank. She spoke. too, Of expecting to be married this week to Tom Casey, farmer.
 The woman will be further question ed when she has had an opportunity to further collect helself at L4akeview Home.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-09
eeethoven,s aMoonIiaht Sonata

The story runs that Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata"-always 50 called, though he so rarely gave descriptive name to any of his works-was com posed on an occasion when he had been playing to some stranger folk by chance. Walking with friend, he overheard in a humble house some one playing with much feeling a bit of one of his sonataS. He paused to
 listen. In q mament the music ceased, and girl spoke longingly of her wish to hear some really good concert The voice was so appealing that the com poser stepped without hesitation to the door and knocked. Admitted to the wondering host, he said, T will play for you" and played wonder fully till the lamr burned out. Then with the moonlight filling the room he began to improvise-the mysterious delicate breathings of the beginning of that wonderful sonata, then the tricksy elf-like second part, and the glory of the close.-Christian Science Monitor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-09
END OF SCHOOL
 FRATERNlTIES
 THOUGHT NEAR
Board of Education Tonight Will Receive Teachers Petition
 For More Pay.

The board of education will have in- teresting business before it, tonight. Some of the members believe that hn- al action will be taken with respect to the school fraternities, although petition will be received asking for delay The petition has been clrcu. lated among the alumnae members Of the societies, who are said to desire an opportunity to present facts in ia vor of permitting the organizations to exist in the schools. will adopt a resolution withdrawing it's sanction from the societies and re- fusing the right to graduate to those who remain members.
 If is also expected that a petition will be received from the teachers ask ing for a general salary increase. A petition has been in circulation among the teachers for sometime. This re- quest is based upon the increase in the cost of living.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-09
l6nd WordA


 While our language does not contain such long words as are found in some other tongues nor so many words of unusual length, still we have several that are awkwardly long for conversa- tional purposes. We have ''philopro- genitiveness," with twenty letters; '1n- terconvertibi1ities, with twenty-one: 'intercomm ln liabilities, with twenty two; ''disproportionablen with twenty-three, and ''transsubstantiation alists'' and ''contradistinguishab each containing twenty-four letters. An effective little word is ''synacategore- matic," as it manages to compress eight syllables into seventeen letters.
 The longest monosylIables contain nine letters, and there are four ex- amples: ''splotched,' "squelched," strengths and stretched. New York Tribune
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-09
PrinEers' Marks.

The interrogation mark or point @ was originally "a" and an "o,'' the latter placed under the former. They were simply the first and last letters of the Latin word "questio.' y So, too, with the sign of exclamation or interjection o. In it's original pu- rity it was combination of ''l'' and s'o," the latter underneath, as in the question mark The two stood for To- the Latin exclamation of joy. The paragraph mark is Greek ''p,' the initial of the word paragraph. The early printers employed dagger to show that word or sentence was ob- jectionable and should be cut out.