St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-05-21

'''''' defy the conven-
tons, and get relief the best way he
can" $50 ~~n %=g ~=4
81 can understand just how it has
worried you" said the hotelkeeper.
1.-THE fact that you couldn't reach
around and claw the itching place
with your fingers kept the matter
fresh in your memory and got on your
nerves. The pursuit Of the unattain-
able always Is more interesting to us
than the easier work close to hand.
You had your whole person to scratch,
and might have bought currycomb
for a quarter, and had a good time, but
you couldn't be happy until you had
reached the one inaccessible spot.
"a while ago I imagined I had
heart disease, and went and saw the
doctor. He knows L have money in
the bank, and am considered good pay,
so he confirmed my worst fears, and
made up his mind to have me for his
star patient, until one OF us petered
out He threw an awful scare into me,
so that I went home sweating Ice cold
circus lemonade.
"He gave me some medicines and a
lot of Instructions. Among them was
one to the effect that when went to
bed I'should always sleep on my right
side He cautioned me over and over
again against laying on my left side,
and left the impression that If dis
,beyed him, I'd wake up some morn
ing to find myself candidate for a
floral horseshoe. tE = @
"That matter looked easy at the
time, and I assured the doctor I'd fol-
low his bylaws to the letter. When
[ went to bed that night, stretched
put on my right side, and in ten min
utes I was just suffering to roll over.
don't believe ever had such a
1ankering for anything. It seemed to
me the height Of human happiness
would lie In sleeping on ones left side.
followed instructions for two nights,
ind then i decided that life wasn't
worth such sacrifices, and rolled over
and slept on my left side, and nothing
happened. Il was feeling better than
usual next morning when ] got up.
"Of course this experience lessened
my confidence in the doctors -h1struc-
lions, and I concluded that If was
going to sidestep the instructions !
might as we'll sidestep the medicines,
too, for they tasted like low life in a
Chinese alley, and I threw the whole
lot out of the window Thus the saw
bones lost his most promising patient
because he handed out a rule that
| wasn't strictly necessary.
| "Speaking of the unattainable, do
YOU know what's the matter with Silas
Furbelow? He has everything a man
could ask, a stranger in the town
would say. He has a beautiful home
] and a wife who would be considered q
success anywhere, and he has festoons
of money where it will do the most
good :st
1 'Yet he has a secret sorrow. ]
think he's the most melancholy man ]
ever saw, and his trouble Is that he
can't raise a good stand Of whiskers
Nowadays, when whiskers are consid:
cred an infrnity, it seems strange
that any man should grieve over such
matter. -ss..-
sHe sends all over the United
States for hair growers, and half the
time his face is blistered or swollen
and still the whiskers won't grow on
him. If some miracle happened, and
he woke up some morning to find his
countenance all covered with whiskers
he'd probably have them shaved of
within a week; but because they won't
grow, he won't be happy till he getl
them.' ..".#. a...s-.> a..
On motion duly second the follow
ing ordinance was unanimousl,
adopted: ,.5,,= a...
! Section 1. Be it ordained by thu
Town Council of the Town of Mande
Vile, in legal session convened, Tha
|W. E. Van Zandt, W. A. Griffin, Jas
Band. Edmund Baudot, Steve Joza
w. R. Smith, II H. Levy, Ernes
Prieto, C. A. David, A. Depre, u. >
Mulligan, shall constitute the Supef
vising Goard, who shall have poWe
and authority, after tax mentioned !
the foregoing ordinance is voted. =
provide the specifications OF such I'm
, provements, to call for bids, to lie
, 1.-The contract or contracts for the wor
, designated therein, and supervise IN
reconstruction of the same. v ~
Section Q. Be it further ordained
Ietc.. That the said Supervisors sha
| b ethe agents of the Town Council i
, In matters pertaining to the COT
truction of. the improvements pr<
Iyided in. the foregoing ordlnanc'
lsaid Supervisors shall elect chair
| man and secretary from their oW
+ number, who shall serve Wltho1
= NAV: said Supervisors shall approx
= ali estimates for work before the
G are paid by the governing body.
1 W. e. VAN ZTNDT,
! 4s E@a Ea t& Mayor.
!, A. P. HOPKINS, VI .As Efs f
~ Secretary. @ 81 ~.
PROCLAMATION. g