St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-11-25
CONVICTION. NOV. 25, 1882.
HUMOROUS.

OF course we miss the flowers, and the
blossoms on the trees,
And the humble of the humming birds
and buZZin' OF the bees;
But the airs SO appetizin'. and the land
>scape. through the haze
Ut q crisp and sunny morning of the
early autumn days.
Is picture that no painter has the col.
Grin 10 mock
When the frost is on the punkin and the
folders in tie shock.
The man who was under 6 cloud
has got over it.
Jones is avaricious. He wants to
find q girl who is maid Of money.
A tattling woman liz neighbor-
hood is own sister of the boy who
brings the itch to school.
The Song of Solomon: $50
hellep me gracious, dot coat fits
you yust like de baper en- de wallis.
1t is estimated that the tootbpick-
toed boots have added 100000
CONS to the corn crop of the coun-
try.
It is with some mothers, in tie
treatment of their children, as with
fireworks. First the rock it and
then the stick.
"You are an idiot" angrily OK
claimed domineering wife. $50
all my friends said when I married
you," replied the husband. And
she became more Infatuated than
ever.
did you see the moon over your
right shoulder. my DEAR" said she
TO him as they roamed down the
walk. "N-o-o, no. exactly; but /
Just saw the old man over my left
shoulder, and I'll bid you good
night"
They were at dinner party, and
he remarked that he supposed she
was fond of ethnology. She said
she was, but she was not very well,
and the doctor had told her not to
eat anything for dessert but
oranges.
A stranger called at forty-eight
different houses in Cleveland, and
asked: "Is The boss homer" There
was no man home in any one in
stance, and vet forty-seven of the
women promptly replied, Eyes,
sir, what do you want?"
Queer epitaphs are numerous,
but one of the queerest is this,
taken from q stone at Childwell,
Elglspd:
Here lies me and my three daughters,
Brought here by using Seidlitz waters
If We had stuck to Epson salts
We wouldn't have been in these here
vaults.
"Have you no love for the beauti-
ful, then?" queried she, in winsome
tones. "N-o-o, but l think would
have if only dared" Have cour-
age, Young man." ooh! I wasn't
thinking of you. at ell. /" But she
hustled out of the room, hating her
self for having sprung the trap too
soop.
WELL" remarked a young N. D.
just from college, Il suppose the
next thing win be to hunt a good
location, and then wait for some
thing to do, like Patience Cd a
Monument YES" said by
stander, 'sand it won't be long after
you begin before the monuments
will be on 5he patients.
A boy paid his FIST visit to school
che other day as a scholar, in New
Haven, and when he came home
his mother inquired of him: "Well.
Henry, how do you like going to
SCHOOL," ''Bully!" he replied, in an
excited voice, 81 saw four boys
licked, one girl get her ear pulled
and great big scholar burn his
elbow on the stove. I don't want
to miss day if can help i'll"
"Why. how odd you look with
your hair parted in the middle!'
exclaimed Mrs. Brown. Il used to
part mine on the side," sid Mrs
Jones. Then the conversation be:
came general. Each lady had te
tell how, she parted her hair-al
but Edith's mother. She sai6
nothing. Suddenly little Edith's
voice was heard. my mamma
parts her hair in her lap"
A man on q Vermont train wa:
heard to groan so frightfully tha
xL.,-n,.rs took nifty on him