St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-04-17
MISCELLANEOUS,

, blind. because the players were once
blinded with their hoods.
An impecuniouS New Yorker be.
longing to one of the first families. who
has been a hanger-on at the houses of
wealthy relatives for ten or dozen
years. has suddenly become rich by in
venting rat-trap.-N. y. Sun.
In the newly discovered Granite
creek mines in British Columbia, all
the necessaries Of life are being sold at
extraordinarily high prices. Coal oil.
for instance. is worth seventeen dollars
Il case and other things in proportion.
In Waycross. Ga, Il negro was ar
rested for stealing two pounds of cod
fish. Within thirty minutes after the
fish We're stolen the negro was sem
fenced in the county court 10 twelve
months on the Chicago
Times
1t is stated i'm Science that DR..
Rcchstein asserts that the house spar
row could be taught to speak. and men,
tions clergyman of Paris who had
two of these birds that could repeat the
fourth. fifth. sixth and seventh COM
mandmcnt>.
AT linkvillc. Ore. fourteen
year-oll boy stole Il quantity of barbed
wire from 4 warehouse and loaded u
boat with it SO heavily that it sank.
When found the boy WAS sitting on Il
rock wondering what To do neNt.-San
f'raariSco -fHn.
A Norwich man, excavating for a
cellar, found Il small black-walnut cof
fin. which he opened. Within was the
body of black-and-tan terrier. we'll
preserved. The dog wore shroud of
white latin trimmed with lace. and
around its neck was handsome collar
of buff leather and gold.-HartOrd
CvaruH.
Jerry Thomas, the inventor OF
fem AMI jerry" on one occasion
narrowly escaped death at the hands of
an infuriated congregation in Mexico.
He rode into church during the serv-
ice and began To light 4 cigar at one of
the altar taperS. when the natives at
tackled him for his >acrilegious conduct.
and he WAS only saved from death'by the
intercc>>ion of the British Consul. to
whom he fled for proicction.-Ch Chicago
Mad
Two rival but friendly loveS>
courted the belle of the hamlet of Ulster
Park. near E>opus. \. Y. and she
smiled with equal favor upon each.
The rivals agreed TO decide the matter
in Il game of iominoe>. and after some
delay the girl consented; and ut the
conclusion. taking pity on the loser.
gave him her rings instead of her hand
and he will be best man ut the wedding
The prospective bride kept the tally of
the game.-N. ]. SIM.
1t is customary with the yaJueros.
on arriving in Phoebe. Cal. to roll up
their overallS III the bottom, So As to let
the public know that they also wear
cloth pants. The other day an Indian
having good pair Of pants given him.
pulled them on over his overalls. and.
not wishing the public t" look upon
him rs SO mi>erably poor that he could
not sport overalls. he rolled the legs of
his pants up to the knees and s;rutted
about as boldly As a vaquero.
A wholesale house in Chicago
started salesman out on the road,
giving him SIoo for travelling expenses.
A week passed and nothing was heard
from MIR. Traveller Still another week
passed and still no word from Mr..
as follows: MIR. Travelcr--Nothing
from you since YOU left. Are YOU still
with us9' To which Mr.. Traveller re-
piled: 'Yours this date received. Have
made draft on you for $500. Am still
with you. '-Ninneapols TritHns.
DIR. Menicre announcest to Us As on,
-esult of his studies point of distinc-
ton between the SEXES which has not.
we believe. been heretofore generally
recognized-viz.: that the .'human or
ganism is essentially alkaline but
that ..woman is less alkaline than
man." This alleged hypo-alkalinity or
extra aci,lity Of the gentlcr sex has been
perhaps noted already by philosophers
and students of the domestic relations.
but It's existence has not been before
placed upon sound scientific and So
matte baSis.-.M.,ficni Record.
My dear" said the wife of {.
country minister-w with her help.
experiences fair success in making
botH meet Oh an III
four hundred and fifty dollars. irregu-
larry paid. with a parsonage which
might rent for possibly one-tenth of
that muney-'.my dear. did il eve: oc-
cur to you what YOU would do vs. il
if YOU had the late Mr.. Nanderbilt's in
Gomez No. was the instant realy.
.but | will confess that have once or
twice wondered what he would hsve
done if he had had mine. ''-Boson
.Iournai
Another story of feeling in an an.
putated limb comes from Byron. n.
Y. Four weeks ago DIR. TOWNSEND
amputated Mrs. William Goodliff's leg
just below the knee. The leg WIS
buried. and the patient was gettiG,
well all right except that she constant
" complained that a corn on her ,le-
parted foot panied her excessively.
After three weeks of this kind of suffer-
ing her husband dug up the buried
member and found that bandage re-
manned bound tightly around the toes.
on one of which was the corn. He re-
moved the handage. buried the member
in an easy and comfortable position.
and since then Mrs. Goodliff has had
no trouble with that foot or corn.-
BnF"io Express.
ANCIENT WATER WORKS.
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