St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-08-15
SUPT. ELMER E. LYON
WRITES OF HIS
TRIP EAST.
A SIX MILE TRIP THROUGH MAN.
MOTH CAVE $50 FEET
UNDERGROUND.
Says Louisiana Beats New Hampshire
In Growing Corn, Hut
Not In Hay.

Wentworth, n. H., Aug Z, 1914.
Editor st. Tammany Farmer:
If | am not careful it will be time
for me to start southwark and / will
not have written you as promised,
before leaving Covington.
We used up nine days coming from
Louisiana here and thus did away
with the long, tiresome railway jour
ney. In this way, too, We saw more
of the country.
wish l could give you asdescrip-
tion of the Mammoth Cave, or per-
haps l should say the part that we
saw, because we only walked six
miles underground. It was wonder
full to think of being $50 feet below
the surface and then take boat ride
there. 1t was in this subterranean
river that we saw the eyeless !craw-
fish. They were perfectly white, be-
cause of the fact that they never see
any light to make them cOlored.
This cave has more to- show the
traveller now than in years past, be-
cause of the fact that more of the
caverns are being explored every
year. = Now instead of the long and
short route formerly shown we are
given our choice of four. The one
we took was No. l, and took us four
hours to cover.
they would show us. At the White
House we were told that had we
only card from our Congressman
we could have seen nearly the whole
house, including the state dining
room, etc. Had we known this be-
fore leaving New Orleans we should
have told our genial friend, Lewis L.
Morgan, to come across. We saw
him on the streets just before leav-
ing. OF course no trip to the capi-
tai of our country is complete with
out trip to Mount Vernon, and we
took this in. | shall not try to men
tion all we saw on our trip, but just
mention that the old ship Iron
sides,'' the church where Paul Re-
wire had the lantern hung and Fan
mol Hall were among the list.
Since reaching here. week spent
in a little cottage by a cool lake with
all the boating and fishing you want.
also several days in Northern Yer
mont, where visited my old birth
pldCS, are OHIy AO" AeAueuee1A
events.
wish / could tell the farmers of
st. Tammany of the green fields, of
the stacks and loads of hay, now be-
ing harvested. do not hesitate to
say that Louisiana can beat New
Hampshire on corn, but not in hay,
and shall long for the time when
the acres and acres of uncultivated
Louisiana fields will be covered with
good hay fields. People here report
good season and better than an
average hay crop.
If we want to speak about good
roads, We can surely find them here,
because the occasional sandy spots
have been all made good by the
towns and state working together.
We shall both long remember the de-
lightful automobile rides our friends
have been showering4 us with.
We have been constantly remind
ing the people up here that we did
not come north to enter the social
functions during my vacation, but,
that has not saved us. l must con-
fess to you, but don't tell any one
that the limit came in Boston from
an old college friend, in the shape
of a Tango Tea Now, as / said,
don't you tell that school board, as
my friend Liddle or Uncle Pete
might think me getting g;ddy N my
old age.
We now expect to start for Louisi-
ana about the Goth of this month.
and will stop at Boston and Niagra
Falls, besides a side trip to Durham,
N. H.. where I will visit New Hamp-
shire College, where once received
my f'sheep skim but hope to be in