St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-07-19
MISCELLANEOUS.

AS jay Gould income is estimated
to be 80 . minute. a statistician saws
that he lost Sl35 by the change from
solar to standard time.
"A society has been formed in Hart
ford, Conn, toprovide harmless amuse-
ments for young men. 1t is known Is
the Union Recreative Company, and
has capital of $4,000 in twenty-five
dollar shares. II will charge for lunches,
tobacco and billiards, but will have no
Intoxicating liquors or gambling.
The organ of the bachelors is wor-
rled to find out why woman will spend
six weeks putting scallops on her dress
that nobody but herself will ever get a
glimpse of, and then run about the
neighbo hood in an old dirty wrapper
without any belt, and every other but
ton burst off.-Fremont (Net.J Herald.
During her latest visit to America.
Patti pieced ''crazy quilt. six feet
square, composed entirely of bits of
plush and velvet, of which no two
were alike in color, and not one larger
than one of her hands. She took it
home with her, Ito line it with swans
down. and then give it to be ratified of
Al Il swell charlty falr.
The Washington Capital SAYS that
Mr.. ChatTee, father-in-law of .Ulysse:
Grant, Jr., could have saved 800,
of the S500,0o0 in the bank of Grant &
Ward. but the recovery of this sum
would have pressed close on the good
name of his son-in-law, so he refused
and lost all of it: but he is still q man
of wealth and will not suffer.
But do know that when q rich
Teddy is caught a-pilterin', they say:
Poor soul. She's a kayleptomaniac";
while if poor devil of a pickpocket is
caught workin' the shop-liftin' racket,
they says: .'Lock him up, the thiefr'
Now, if anybody ever bad the kaylepto-
mayney. it surely was me. for l don't
remember when | didn't steal. or didn't
want to- Reformed Thief, in San
francisco Chronicle.
Not long ago big whale got
stranded on one of the Shetland
Islands. A venturesome small bow
thought he was dead. and sat down on
his snout The whale showed that he
objected to this liberty by giving a
snort-which sent the small boy flying
into the water fifty feet away. When
he swan ashore he knew more about
whales than he ever did before.
Cousin Alice They tell me, Tom,
that you can be heard mile of when
on duty. How is it you can't speak
above a whisper when you talk to me ?
Captain Tom (much smitten but rather
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS see, / haven't
any authority over you; buff you'd
give me the prospect of having it some
day | think you'd find L can make
plenty of row. Would you believe it ?
She did.-London Judy.
The Susquehanna River and Ches-
apeake Bay are said to be literally
swarming with small herring. and the
hauling seines are taking them in any
quantity desired. The supply is far in
excess of the demand for this kind of
herring, and the fishermen are glad to
dispose of them at any price. Hun
dreds OF barrels of fish have been al
lowed to escape from the seines, and
many thousands of them have been
hauled away by the farmers in Hartford
and Cecil counties to be used as CON-
post. A great many have been sailed
and smoked and the supply of cured
herring will be large. But few shad,
however. are being caught. The gill
boats are doing so little that only few
of them fish at all, and they get eight
or ten shad or two hundred or three
hundred herring right.-Hiladclphia
Press.