St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-07-12


our earliest recollection will ever
remain a memory of the wonderful
glare and light from firecrackers
Roman candles and skyrockets. II
is day made memorable by the
birth of a nation, when, thrusting
aside a vassalage and tn yoke OF
foreign control, the United States
emerged upon the highway of life.
No mortal eyes on that glorious
day, however bright in patriotic nope
Of his country's future greatness
could have peered with prophetic
vision upon the wonderful and glori-
Gus America of today.
We have just celebrated a Fourth
of July almost as memorable and
almost as dear to US, because il
comes in a year that has given birth
to a new world of freedom.
Past belief, beyond the human ken
of clear understanding we are now
upon the footstool of a mighty crea-
ton, a nation whose transcendent
glories eclipse the wonders of any
age.
On the Fourth of July, 1875, with
the insecure and toddling step of an
infant amid the family of nations, the
United States of America sought for
place in the sunlight of created
governments.
Long it stood alone, uncared for,
as yet too weak, too young, to real
i7e its own temerity.
The passing years brought to the
United States of America maturer
years, strengthening the healthy In
FAINT nation into the robust youth of
the year 1861.
Then came the Civil War, the most
unfortunate cataclysm - mistaken
thought-and plunged the country
into a period of death and devastat-
ing wretchedness.
In vain the government writhed
with mighty efforts to free it's limbs
from entanglements, to brush aside
the horrid vision of obscure forms
and faces, it's sons and children con-
tending in the darkness of war and
misery.
The sunlight Of 1865 dawned with
brightness on many field of death
and horror, it's rays bringing forth
the warmth of returning glory to
the hearts and thoughts of the Ameri-
can people.
With bounding, onward steps the
United States of America grew to
manhood of wondrous strength and
power, proud, ambitious, World-wise,
yet good, kind and honorable, it be-
came a pillar of strength, the peer
of any nation on the face of the
earth.
In the year 1898 the proud, effete,
cruel and dominating Spanish gov
ernment, with the venom of a SER
pent's tongue, lashed its ugly tail
and stung to death the helpless ones
on Cuba's isle.
The United States, mighty angel
Of mercy, avenged this cruel deed,
and, with weeping eyes, raised from
the bloody earth Cuba's PROSTATE
form.
Today we are again victorious after
having plunged into veritable hell
Of death and slaughter.
The United States, impelled by a
full and conscientious belief in its
duty to God and humanity, crushed
those hideous forms that were a
menace to the true light and glories
If all nations.
It's appointed mission will not have
1een fulfilled until its humanitarian
have been established and
oerpetuated and made the heritage
If all the peoples Of the earth. We
ire the one and greatest champion of
he honor, lives and liberties Of all
good people on earth.
just as predicted, and notwith-
standing the fire that completely de-
stroyed the ice plant at 2 a. m, and
some of the good eats stored therein,
he American eagle with colo-s fly
ng, witnessed the grandest and most
elaborate Fourth of July celebration
,ver seen in MadisonVille. People
rom sister towns and parishes were
coming and going all day and it is
estimated over 1900
Visitors participated in the festivI-
les. 1t was not an ''eatless" Fourth |
IS reported in one of the New Orleans |
papers, even if some of the good |
hings were destroyed by fire, but it |
vas a never ending eating Fourth,
which the visitors will always joy
,uoIv roool The automobile Darade ]