St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-07-08
VAUDEVILLE NOTES.

lM80QeV1ll0 eVlOeQCeU ut9 lOy842y
and patriotism BY . general celsbrA-
ton last Tuesday in honor Of the
nations national day. A large NUM-.
Der OF houses were profu1ely decor
ated with vari colored bunting and
American flags. Day and night ire.
works were galore. There were pic
MICS and house parties and bon 4rea
marked many points 81 the tow
Tonight, at jackson Park, 0ade-
willie Fire Co. No. will g1ye 0eir.
third annual ball. In anficipatioa Of
q large attendance they have nhde
preparations for huge time. Lad
dition to dancing there will be nAny
new and novel stunta. 4Tds Q worthy
cause and should be we'll patronised.
The Hultz Merry Makers have
made good at the Hip. The house
has been crowded nightly. 70 much
so that Lew Rose ID seriously think
ing Of reengaging the company Tor
another week.
Owing to the severe weather. the
New Camelia, which is now tempo
rarily replacing the steamer Nande-
vile, was unable to carry. out the
schedule last Wednesday and Thur
day.
DR.. w. J. Ratigan, of the firm Of
Drs. Kyle, Maclean and Ratigan, ot
New Orleans, was in Vaudeville and
Lewisburg on Wednesday. He Wa
called here by Mr.. Poitevent oz1ive
the mules, horses and cattle Of the
Lumber Co. the preventive Charlton
treatment and also administered i
to other animals. DR.. Ratigan ex-
planned that anthrax or charbon =
due TO q germ that animals feeding
ing ON lowlands eat with forage.
The germ Is very resistant one and
develops protective spore which
lives on some farms for years. Land
that has been plowed under has be-
come infective years after by earth
worms carrying the germs to the sur
face. This has often been demon
strated. There are numbers Of scien-
fists who claim blood-sucking nies
carry the disease from animal to
animal. Buzzards are q well-kn0wn
dissemination and should be destroy
ed. Drugs have no effect on an AMI
NAL sick with the disease. the few
that make recoveries would do 80
without medicine, however, good
tonic to animals has some tendency
to prevent the disease. The most
and economical method is
the preventive method.
DR.. Ratigan said:
There are two methods Of vacci-
nation, the single incubation and
double. The first IL intended when
the disease il already among the
animals. The double or Pasteur IL
the one am using today. The sec
ond injection will be given In ten
to fourteen days. There 10 more to
the incubation than the simple tech
niQue Of slipping 4 hypodermatic
needle under the skin. This IL one
Of the reasons many animals die that
are thought healthy. 1t must DO
known that the animal ID normal BY
Of the mucous MEM
branes, pulse and temperature.
/ was vaccinating q number Of
animals Z hundred miles from New
Orleans recently and = man present
said he had vaccinated his stock fol-
years and lost lots Of them. pick
ed out mule that did not appear
sick but did carry q very high tenn
perature. asked this man how
much vaccine he would give this
mule and he said -four times what
is recommended and 1t would die
any way" Vaccine will kill those
with temperature. The injection
should only be made In those known
to be normal or perfectly healthy and
q trace Of Charlton In the
blood.
Representative Heintx rendered his