St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-05-03
MISCELLANEOUS.

All Insane woman recently Sict1fn-
tied a San Jose Gal? dry goods deal
er by ordering an extensive wedding
outfit.
Concord, n. H., has contributed
$3.50. 900 in the last six months to the
welfare of those who have mining
stocks to sell. One man lost $40, 900.
Boston Herald.
A fellow in Cleveland. O., has
taught dog to steal newspapers from
the doorsteps of houses, where they
have been left by carriers. and bring
them to him. Chicago Times.
Finding that the Ohio River at
Wellsville. o.. is hundred feet higher
than Lake Erie, it is suggested that all
floods in the Ohio could hereafter be
avoided by huge canal that would
carry the rising floods harmless to the
GerelaaH Leadcr.
In Barnstead, n H.. sparsely set
tied country town, they have just had
a jubilee in honor of the forty-seventh
anniversary of the Barnstead brass
band, which has had continuous or
ganization since 1887, and claims TO be
the oldest brass band in the United
States.
The melancholy discovery is made
that ..gosh" is the worst kind of swear
ing. Eliot in his Indian Bible uses
Josh" (my father) for the Almighty.
and the early missionaries employed
gosh (your father.) 1t is said the
Indians at once adopted the latter word
for the uses of profanity.-Chicago
Herald
Jacob Eyler. of Trotwood. o.. aged
seventy-two years. who is credited with
owning the greatest part of the lively
village in which he lived, committed
suicide recently for fear that he would
have to pay neighbor, a hundred dollars
damages, resulting from an overflow of
water from one OF the bitches on his
farm.-Detrod Post
The Vanderbilt homestead on Sta
ten Island. n. T.. has been used for
several years as beer garden. w. II.
Vanderbilt has inst given notice to the
tenant that the lease will not be re-
newed. 1t is said that on the site will
be built large charitable institution
us 4 memorial TO the late Commodore
Eanderbilt.-N. T. Tribune.
AT a sporting place in Meriden.
Conn, Alfred Elson. a pedestrian.
wayered five dollars that he could run
three and one-half miles in thirty min
utes. giving the man who bet with him
permission to choose the track. Tho
track chosen was about the red-hot
stove in the place. Elson accepted.
The draughts of the stove were opened
and more coal put on. The course re-
quired one hundred and seventy-six
laps to the mile. Elson ran four hun
dred laps and then fell insensible.-
Hartford Post.
why are we running at such
rapid rate?' asked frightened pas
senger of conductor on Missouri
railroad. Are we behind time?"
No" he replied. imperturbably. look
ing at his watch, I'VE are ahead OF
time. | got an order to keep out Of
the way of train following us. but
forgot all about it, and now she is toe
close to give me time to take side |
track. We've got good engine |
though, : he said proudly, as he swayed
forward. Philadelphia cal.
A certain girl has pieced ..craz.
quilt containing 5000 bits of ribbon. |
Ii must have taken at least three |
minutes sewing 10 the piece. That |
would make 27.00O minutes an hour a |
day for a year and nearly three months.
In that time this foolish girl might have
learned a modern language, became an
cook and housekeeper,
studied no end of history and science.
or have done benevolent and educa.
tional work among the ignorant anu
poor that would have lasted to the
ternities.-DetroH Free Press.
At Ell Paso Mexican dollars are
worth eighty-five cents in American
coin. At Paso del Norte, just across
the river. American dollars are worth
eighty-five cents in Mexican coin. One
a car driver started from the
American side with a Mexican dollar.
On his arrival at the Mexican town he
ook drink of whisky. which was fif-
cen cents. and received an American
iollar in exchange for his Mexican.
On his return to the American side he
ook another drink of equally bad
liquor and received a Mexican dollar
or his American, repeating the drinks
It intervals during the day, and at
light he closed up business with the
dexican dollar he started with in the
morning. Chicago Times.