Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-05-26

This Will make twenty dollar gold pieces
very stylish.
About two.thirds of the farms in the
United States are owned by their occu-
pants.
1t is said that when a man lies, the
devil laughs. How the old fellows
sides must ache.
Good land helps to make good farm
ing no doubt, but good farming 10 tune
makes good land even out of poor, and
always improves it.
Before the wedding day she was dear
and he was her treasure; but after
wards she became dearer and he treas
urer.
A man has invented chair that can
be adjusted to 800 different positions.
1t is designed for boy to sit in when
he is in church.
In favor of farming it may be truly
said that a greater proportion of those
who begin by working on a farm rise
to competence and moderate wealth
than in any other pursuit.
The caulihower is delicious vegeta-
bic and should be grown more gener-
ally. 1t needs a very rich soil the
treatment in the main should resemble
that given the cabbage.
The claim is that "pea straw is more
valuable for fodder than the straw of
any cereal. If well saved it makes
capital fodder for all descriptions Of do
nestle animals"
The legitimate way for farmers to
make money is to sell as much as pos
sible from their farms at the least ex-
pense. There are other ways often
suggested, but they are not to be COM
mended.
When young man in Patagonia
wants wife he rides out and lassoes
one, but in this country when a girl
wants a husband and her fellow doesn't
come to time; the lass-sues him--for
breach of promise.
A young couple were found out at
the front gate, one night recently,
locked in each others arms. They
said the combination was lost, and they
could not get it because the janitor was
asleep.
Glass shingles are now being manu-
featured at Pittsburg, which are said to
be more durable and impervious to rain
than slate or any other material. Pitts.
burg Post.
Mussel shells are manufactured into
buttons at Maryville, Tenn. These
mollusks are taken from the various
streams in the neighboring country,
where they abound in endless quaint
ties.
An Ohio farmer estimates that his
straw is "worth IS per ton for feeding
purposes on the farm. What he uses
for bedding he regards worth Sc a ton
He grows large crops Of wheat, anC
never sells either straw or hay"
81 guess dad wishes he'd die and g
to heaven" said miser's son to hi
maternal parent. "Why so?" sh'
asked, upon recovering from he aston
ishment. "Oh, cause heavens sush |
cheap place to live in"
Spirits of turpentine is now made
says contemporary, from sawdust ant
refuse of the sawmill. Hais extracted
by sweating process, and yields four
teen gallons of spirits, three to fou
gallons resin, and quantity of tar pc
cord.
1t is related that "the best mule
for strawberries is potato vines sprea
thinly as soon as the ground is frozen
They afford sufficient protection durin
the winter, but by early spring are 6
rotted away that they do not interfer
with plant growth. Another impol
, tant consideration is that they contai
no weed Seeds"
; A citizen called, recently, at tt
e water registrars office and introduce
J. himself and business by saying: "Pl
n Misther Jerry MuldoOn. My cellar
i. full of water, and my hins will |
- crowded if it isn't fixed so l wal
you to fix it." Mr.. Muldoon was il
formed that nothing could be done f,
J. him there. Two or three days later |
J. reappeared. 81 come again to s.
s. about that cellar" said he, ats wor