St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-12-27
MlSCELLANE

The United States. it is estimated,
snndS out of the country annually over
Sloo,0Oo,O00 for sugar grown in foreign
countries. principally in Cuba.
A man in West Newton. a suburb
of Pittsburgh, makes living bv ped
ding hot water. He has one hundred
customers. whom he supplies from a
tank on his wagon Ut>turgh Post.
A tailor was suing county officer
for The amount of an unpaid bill in a
st Paul court the other dav He looked
over the jury and remarked: Your
Honor may dismiss the jury: every man
there owes me for a suit of clothes.
The large figured Wallpapers are
the proper style al present, and the day
does not seem far distant when we
shall gaze upon the vineyards. dairy
maids, and the castle. of the Rhine that
awoke the Art devotion of our grand
fathers ChjcGgo Times.
1t is probable that the bicycle and
tricycle. will become in the future as
much of a staple article of manufacture
IS the common road wagon of to-day.
In England Sl5,000.00O are now in
vested in their production. employment
being given to 10000 perSons.-Cur-
rent.
The London Standards dispatch
from Paris says: The Italian opera
season opened here last night. The
American colony, which is decidedly
taking the lead here, was present ou
grand comptet. Our fair American
cousins mquestionably outstrip their
sisters of the ''Old World in good looks
and gorgeous array"
The wages of a gang of Italian
laborers near Saratoga We're recently
cut down ten cents dav. Instead of
striking they cut an inch off their
shovel blades at night. The boss asked
what it meant. and one of the m-n re-
piled: Not so much pay. not 81 much
dirt lift; all right. job last the more
long; Italian no fool: he no strike =
Troy Times.
"A remarkable eNamnlc Of TIE facil-
ity with which leaf murc> read the mo-
ton of the lips MAS girer by Young
lady of seventeen Vino was entirely
deaf. Her teacher stood between the
gasll@ht and the wall. thus outlining
her profile distinctly. His pupil stood
behind him and read from the shadow
on the wall the words that he uttered.
n J. San.
One of the differences between En-
Glish and American use of language is
illustrated in The word vine In En-
gland there is only a grapevine, every
thing else being a creeper except the
wood and hopvine. Squash and pumpkin
vines are exclusively American. and the
immortal sweet potato vine" is III.
resting place of the gras>hoppcr oai,
where the American turkey .oa-.e. I,
comes running up behind
In some Texas towns m alarm of |
fire is given by the ctizra> in the |
vicinity shooting of treir pistols. which |
leads the Beaumont Enteyprise to re-
mark: "When a fire alarm is sounded. |
will our frlloV-citizens try to remember |
and fire their pistol bullets into the |
ground. 1t was positively dangerous
Monday night. and the wonder is that |
70 one was shot. We know OF one house |
irom the walls of which two bullets
were picked out next morning"
The driver of car No. 1877 on tae
Madison Avenue line will probably step
for ladies on any crossing after this. IL
was At Fourteenth Street that busoal
young woman, wearing country slippers
and 4 bombaZine dress. hailed the car
She stood on the near side of the street.
ard waved an Avenue A parasol. The
driver motionei her to the other cross
ing. but she was not that kind of girl,
with two quick bounds she planted her.
self i'll the middle Of the track, caught
the horses bits, forced them back on
their launches and, as the car stopped.
siepnea quietly in the front door, re-
marking coolly, Guess you'll stop yer
machine next time fur lady, He
guessed he would.-N Y Star.