St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-06-03
Delegation Headed by Town
Marshal Smith Received
by Captain Young.
DIR. MAYLIE MAKES
PRESENTATION TALK
Feeling Reply by Captain
Young, With Assistance
of Mr.. Neuhauser.


To the accompaniment of boom.
ing cannon, shrteking whistles and
patriotic music last Wednesday after.
noon, from the main ttag-pole OF the
boat, the beautiful house flag pre-
sented to the Steamer Vaudeville by
citizens Of Vaudeville sl0wl! unfold
ed itself until firmly caugh. in the
mbraces of the welcoming lake
breezes it Strengthened out and wav-
ed as if answering the noisy saluta-
tions showered upon it.
As the Steamer Vaudeville made
fast to the wharf on her return trip
to New Orleans at 4:45 p. m, an
immense delegation Of ltandevillians
headed by,Town Marshal Smith and
the committee boarded the boat. cap
tured Capt. Young and his gallant
crew, marched them to the quarter
deck and then DR.. A. G. Maybe, as
spokesman for the delegation, pre-
sented the flag through Capt. Young
to the boat with few appropriate
remarks and expressions OF senti-
ment and appreciation of naming the
boat after our cozy little town on
the lake. The Captain received the
flag and in an attempt to reply be-
gan by saying: my friends
then he begged and could navigate
no further. His heart seemed to fill
hts bosom, his eyes glistened and the
tears slowly trickled down his face
and looking at Mr. M. r. Neuhauser
appealed for assistance, whereupon
Mack" in true Blackstonian style,
uncorked a stream of fowery Ian
guage eminent,y befitting the occa-
sion and pledging the Captain and
his men to tenderly care and, If re-
quired, fight for that flag.
Then the skipper woke up. chang
ing his quid and giving his breeches
an extra hitch, he invited everybody
leans. then selecting one of the gen.
tier sex, and there were many. he led
OFF in horn-pipe, after which the
sterner sex answering an s. O. S.
sign, followed the Captain to the
restaurant 10 eat-not much. Suf-
fice il :, stat. that th.. ao:ses emanat-
ing from that quarter were correct
tho miniature imitation Of those pro-
duced by the cannon but q moment
before. What with music, dancing,
refreshments and the crew from the
master to the porter working over
time as hosts, in which capacity they
proved themselves adopts. 'tis need
less to state that the trip was most
Landing at Vaudeville at 8 p. m.
the crowd gathered on the wharf
and with cannon and huzzahs bid
godspeed to the boat, the crew and
the flag.
The ensign is 20 feet long, 3 feet
wide at the pole, tapering to feet.
and Of swallow-tail cut. The center
is white with the nam" Vaudeville"
in two-foot blue letters, the border
is blue, and at the pole end are two
two-foot red stars, thus presenting
the national colors.
The pier head was profusely dec
grated with tri-color bunting, Am
erican flags, palmetto and pines.
The committee in charge of the
were Messrs. A. Hart
man, chairman; Jasper Lemieux, c..
B. Wills, James Berber and DIR. A. 6
Maybe.
The entertainment given last Sat
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man at the head Of the State Board
Of Health,
Be 1t resolved, That it is the sense
Of this Association that we request
the Governor to retain the said DR..
Oscar Downing as president of the
Sfofo Rno rd ri Health and