St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-10-29


no unpleasant comparisons.
A Brooklyn Young man calls his
sweetheart Silence. because, when
he wants to kiss her, "she gives con-
sent" .-'...
A Syracuse maiden has promised
to marry five different men. The
papers refer to her as "a promising
society belle"
Exhausted and enfeebled consH-
tutions suffering from dyspepsia,
Nervousness and general weakness
cured by Browns Iron Bitters.
An Indian Idol was recently found
IN Kansas. Il was made of earthen-
ware, was brown i'll color, and has a
handle, and holds two quarts
Boston Post.
A truthful editor: Says an ex-
change: So much space is to-day
given to editorial matter that a large
amount of interesting reading is
crowded ont" The editor is frank,
at all events, and should be honored
accordingly.
Women are such inconsistent
creatures! We heard a young lady
remark-rather indignantly, it must
be confeSsed-that she hated "that
Biggs, he is such soft cake!" Wei,
III less than three months she took
the cake.
Apoor excuse is better than none.
We hear of man who justifes his
meanness toward his wife by assert
ing that he and she are one, and
therefore by refusing to furnish her
with money he practices the heroic
virtue Of self-denial.
They had been engaged to be
married fifteen years, and still he
had not mustered resolution enough
to ask her to name the happy day.
One evening he called in particu-
larry spoony frame of mind and
asked her to sing him something
that. would move him. She sat
down at the piano and sang, Oar
ling, | am Growing Old"
An inquisitive old gent poked his
head in printing office door and
asked: "Who is dead?" The man
at the wheel answered: Nobody
that l have heard OF" The OLD
gent asked: "What is this Grape
on the door for?" The boss went
out and found that the devil had
hung the job office towel on the
door knob while he chased lame
pigeon up an alley.
Practical arithmetic: "You can't
add different things together" said
an AUSTIN school teacher. ."If YOU
add a sheep and COW together it
does not make two sleep or two
cows A little boy, the son of an
Austin avenue milkman, held up
his hand and said That may do
with sheep and cows, but if you add
aquart Of milk and a quart Of water,
it makes two quarts of milk. I've
seen it tried. "-Ieras Sytings.
In Monmouth County, State of
New Jersey, jury some time ago
gave poor man a verdict for $500
for the betraya al Of his daughter by
rich man. The Supreme Court
of the State set aside the verdict on
the ground that it was excessive,
naming s500as sufficient compensa-
ton. On the second trial. recently,
the jury made the sum $4,000. a
New jersey jury can generally be
depended Oh to do what is right.
Wine growing is being success
fully pursued in Virginia, and is
rapidly assuming larger dimensions.
1t was first introduced by Germans.
but others are now taking a baud
in it. One firm. with thirty-seven
acres of land, has produced $500
gallons of. wine in a season. 1t is
reported that the yield of two coun-
ties this year will be $4,000 gallons.
There.is ready market for all'that
can be produced.
The trade in pine straw and
leaves, which was started in Viii
mineton, N. c., about two years
ago. has increased SO rapidly that
he demand can not be supplied.
The leaves are much used in the
North for stuffing mattresses and
other purposes. A Southern paper
says there is a much richer bonanza
in pine straw and leaves than in