St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-07-09
Secretary Minckler To Be
Congratulated on Unique
Profitable Amusement
GRAFTON BY
HON. L. c.. NOISE
Mavor Badon Inlmortalizes
# the Profession of Twirl-
ing the Horsehide.

The strongest, most vital seed Of
natriotism sprouted at the Fair
\ Grounds on the 4th. 1t was the
same kind of seed that was planted
in '7G and that grew gunpowder and
shot and clothing. It was planted
in a soil productive OF good viii,
4 grateful consideration of the work
nf the Fair Association and recognt-
tion of tie impossibil:ty Of running
the thermometer out OF town. Some
Of the promised things that did not
come oil were never expected TO
come off Nobody wanted to see
Mr Patrick and Secretary Mlnckier
make hundred yards in the bro!l-
ing sun. Even the creased pig re-
fused to run, and the Boy Scouts
owe that pig thanks for its sooa
sense. And the ball game-Wasn i
= Whoever before saw such curves as
Mayor Badon pitched? He would
have spoiled Babe Ruth's batting
average. Mayor Bob was too Square
to use a spit ball. The curve start
ed when it left the graceful circle oi
his swinging arm and ended when
it bassed between the legs Of Catcher
y Perreand. Nobody knocked it for Il
{ set Of baggers except such sluggers
as Jasper Nilsson, Bob White, jim
f Burns and Sid Burns. All the
knocking most of them did was be-
cause they could not hit it. The
reason this great pitcher caught the
ball in his hat was that he was
afraid he would squeeze the cover
off. A feature of the work of the
town team was the double play by
Mr.. Schonberg. His only mistake
/. was that he caught the ball with his
Z thumb. He Will have to open the
cash register with his left hand ror
a while.
Bob White pitched for the Asso-
cation of Commerce and Pete Koepp
caught-it. The reason Bob is not
with the State. League is that he is
with the Coyington Grocery & Grain
Company. AS a Fourth of July at
traction Bob killed, himself by play
ing favorites. He put them owe"
the plate for Park, Simmons, Shcf-
field and Boes, all good base rum
ners, too, and he let Marshal Schultz
knock the cover Off. And here Let
me say, offenders against the law
had better not let the Marshal swat
them one, because they'll hava to
stay down. He could knock 'em
down all right but he could never
pick 'em up.
Three innings were played and
the score was A on the 4th. Does
not sound on the level, but it was.
Judge Burns umpired the game.
Everybody was satisfied with his de-
cisions but the man that was out.
Let us whisper-we have heard the
Judge talk and are responsible Tor
the statement that he believes he
could play ball himself.
In the horse race, Sawaya won the
first heat, but his horse won the
second. Then the harness busted
and the race was declared off. In
the other horse race one of the hors-
es won and in the mule race one OF
the mules won. The other horse
and the other mule Just watched the
clouds (of dust) roll by.
d The ladies who assisted in the
restaurant and booths worked hard
and never once looked at the lher-
mometer-and the hungry were fed.
Following were the ladies who
served:
Arrangement Committee-Mrs. }
H. Warner.
Sandwich Committee-Mrs. ]. {.
Burns, Mrs. King, Mrs. ~Chas. Shef,
field, Mrs. J. w. Green.
Coffee-Mrs. F. l.. Gal.gher, Mrs.
w. II. Kentzel, Mrs. Chas. Bradley,
Mrs Lansing, Miss Clara Herbez.
Cake-Mrs. Sam Petzsch, Mrs.
M. Burns, Mrs. F. +. Shaul, Mrs. NJ.
Connors, Mrs Walter Parker.
Ice Cream-Mrs. B. B. Warren.
Mrs. Wallace M. Poole, Mrs. w. j.
. Warren. ".a
Candy, etc.-Mrs. Preston Burns,
Mrs. N. H. FitzSimons, Mrs. R. H.
: Fergeson.
Lemonade-Mrs. E. R. Moses and
Mrs F. N. Boudousquie.
Watermelon-Mrs. w. P. Minch-
ler.
The music and dancing in the even
Hg gave the young 1Olks ample op-
portunity to celebrate, and Secretary
Minckler opened the gates free after
p. m.
The salute was fired by the Boy
Scouts, and it was a proud day Tor
them, as they carried the thing off
with military precis on-and with
grateful thanks from Secretary
Mincklers and President Warner.
Capt Mackie knows. Ask him.
But the real grandeur of the day
was brought out by the oration OF
Mr.. l.. C. Noise. 1t was beautiful
expression of the sentiments thar
make the pulse Of the American
quicken and the cheek blush with
Pride, and Master Kohnke address
ed the crowd with the seif-possessioa
of an experienced veteran, in words
that were warm in the expression OF
thoughts that are dear to US.
In fact, We believe Secretary
Minckler is to be congratulated for
the farsightedness that gave the peo-
pie something unique in 4th Of July