St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-08-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST AT JAHNCKE
SHIPYARDS In MADISONVILLE
By D. H. Vinet.

water. So 1 went well supported
by crutch.
When l stepped off the train at
Abita Springs fellow asked me if |
wanted an quito. / said no, / want
the water wagon. Everybody rides
the water wagon there, in fact, it
was so crowded one day that / got
off to give lady my seat.
Abita is place destined to be-
come one of the greatest watering
places in the United States. They
have variety of over two hundred
kinds OF springs, consisting of almost
every kind known, from ice cold to
3-4 per cent. They have one
spring known as the fountain of
youth. One glass Of the water will
change an old man of seventy to a
young man of twenty; two glasses
changes aim to boy, three glasses
into baby, four glasses into a
monkey from which We came. Then
they have what is called the ink
spring, the most wonderful spring
of the lot. 1t makes no difference
what your ailment may be, If you
drink from the ink spring it is bound
to make you write.
The way they happened to dis
cover the great virtue of those
springs, a good many years ago, 8
party of explorers were going thru
that section, and one of them was
stricken. His friends carried him
until they came to the springs and
they gave him a bath. He got up
and went on with his party a well
man.
When got to the hotel the land
health, are you not? / said, why do
you ask? He said, see you have
the grippe. l said, no, it's a suit
case. He said, where are you from?
said, Madisonville. He locked the
safe.
Before l went to Abita Springs l
never knew but one man that liked
water-le was the milk man. They
have all kinds of water there. They
have one well called the iron well.
1t is so strong with iron that a fel-
low came down and drank 80 much
of it he died They sent for his
wife. When she came down and
looked at the remains she went over
and made arrangements with the
junk man to sell the body. They
say it's pig iron-that's why the
Jews wont drink it. The visitors
all drink the water and take baths,
but the people that live there they
drink the water but never bathe. A
man there had his bath tub stolen
from him. lie didn't miss it for q
month. took my first bath while
there. The water abs very pleasant
taste. All you have to do is to drink
1.-THE rest Is E. q.
Some of the old settlers that
struck that part of the country In
the early days tell some great
stories abouf hunting. i got to
talking to one OF the old fellows.
Yes, he had landed there over seven
ty years ago. Said the game was so
plentiful in them days that they
didn't have to shoot 1t. They
wouldn't waste the powder. When
they wanted to kill a deer they just
took club and went into the back
yard and knocked it in the head.
He said whenever the dog freed
bear or lion they would just climb
the tres, take their knife and stab
it. Said the cattle were so thick
that whenever they stampeded they
shook the whole earth. 1t sounded
like thunder. Said it was only just
of late years they had been able to
keep any cattle, the deer run them
all off. l said. how about the mos
quitoes? Did you have any Of them
in the early days? He said, yes, We
had lots Of them. He asid one time
a company CT soldiers on their way
to Cuba, during the Spanish War,
camped there over night. Said the
bothered them so much
one of the soldiers said he liked the
place so well he would like to come
there and live. then die and go where
the ice trust does no business, and
have a h of good time.
The old mans wife was with him.
| said to her, wasn't you afraid OF
the will animals in the early days?
She said, yes, l was afraid at first.
but one day the old man came home
all scratched up, clothes torn of, but
he had two full grown lions, alive.
bound and tied, on the horses back.
She said after that she was never
afraid. / said, l suppose the game
has all been killed off. He had kill
ed more in the last two weeks than
any five men. I said, old man, do
you know who am? He said, no
sir, | don't. / said, well I'm the
game warden for the State Of Lou
isiana. He said, do you know who
l am? l said, no, don't. He said,
well, I'm The biggest liar in the
State Of Louisiana.
hal a dream last night. l
dreamt I went to Heaven. st. Peter
met me at the Golden Gate and took
me in. He said, now / am going to
show you the Great Throne. After
we had walked around quite bit |
said, st. Peter, where is the throne?
He said, we will come to that in
minute. We went along down the
line a little / said, st. Peter, how
many more minutes will it be before
we come to the throne? st. Peter
said, a plinute up here Is the same
as a thousand years on earth. He
said cent up here is just the same
as a million dollars on earth. We
walked little further. / said, st.
Peter, lend me cent. He said,
in a minute.
Once took a ride on the L. G. n.