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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08
A Mutual Desire.

There was a somewhat mixed crowd at =
masquerade ball given in New York.
Gamwhopper was present, but Mrs. Clam
whopper was not. Approaching yelled
nun he playfully tapped her on the shout
der, and said:
Fair saintess, recognize thee by thy
sylph-lke form"
To his amazement he recognized the
voice OF his cook, Biddy Muldoon.
..Plaze sor, don't tell the ould lady at
home that yez met me here"
That's all o. X, Biddy, and don't you
tell the old lady You met me here. Ta-ta
air sal ntess."-Texas Siftings.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08

Mr.. Brummagen-I can't understand why
all the girls run after that New York dude
His table manners are shocking.
Mrs. gen-Whv, what do YOU
mean. my dear
Mr.. B.-Well, you know | was out to din
ncr with him the other night.
Mrs. B.-Yes, my dear. remember.
Mr.. B.-Well, when We got to the pie,
what do you think
Mrs. B.-Something horrible, dare say.
Mr.. B.-Well. darn me, if he didn't lift it
in with fork
Mrs. B.-No,
Mr.. B.-Fact!-The Rambler
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08
An rnkind Son-in.LRw.

"Help! help, Run for the doctor quick, !"
said servant, rushing out of house in
Dallas, Texas.
What's the matter" asked passing
gentleman.
Mr.. Smith has taken poison. II we
only had something to make him sick at
his stomach" exclaimed the servant,
wringing her hands in despair.
Something to make him sick. Run
over to my house and tell my wife's
mother to come and talk to him. II that
don't make him sick at his stomach,
nothing will, said the gentleman who was
only recently married.-Texas Siftings.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08
An AppreciAtjye Listener.

Rocket-There is absolutely no individ-
uality; we are linked and dashed together
by invisible but indestructible threads.
spun down from the great source. When
any man attempts to eStricate himself
from Others and stand alone, he but more
hopelessly interlaces and snarls the net
work which unites us all.
Stick-You're right. l wish you'd saw
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08
The Brightest One, OF Course.

Johnny had a baby sister who was a
particularly bright child. After a short
time on earth the little one went back to
her home beyond the blue. One night
shortly after her death the children were
looking Mt the stars. when Johnny cried
out:
''Oh see the pretty stars; and one OF them
in baby sister,"
(Which oneo" asked another OF the chill
dren.
THE brightest one, of course" proudly
answered Johnny, settling all further ques-
tions.-Merchan Traveller.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08
Cheap, But Dangeroua.

"Hum," said Mrs. Sombre, looking at n
newspaper illustration of IA crematory, be-
side which stood a coffin; Il thought the
expense OF a coffin was dispensed with
when the body was incinerated?'
''Well, 80 it is" replied her husband;
'.the coffin is not burned; it is returned,
and used to convey the next corpse to the
furnace"
Ugh" shuddered Mrs. S.. ''that settles
it. win never be cremated. Just think
of being put in a coffin in which = person
who has died OF smallpox or some other
contagious disease has lain. Why, might
catch it."-Drake's Ira veIers' Magazine.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08
Making Sure Of 1t.

Attendant Ito employer)-Mistah smf,
sab, is outside, sab.
Employer-You tell Mr.. Smith that left
Tor Buffalo this morning.
Attendant Ito Mr.. Smith, DE gemmen
done LEI 10 Buffalo dis mawnin', sab
Mr.. Smlth-Are you sure? understood
That he had postponed his trip to Buffalo
until next week.
Attendant-Well, I'll ak him agin, sab,
but Use dead sartin dat's what he tole me
N T. Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08
Not ut All Remarkable.

Mrs. Dusenberry-Here's that old story
about swans singing just before they die
I thought it was an exploded fancy
Mr.. Dusenberry-So it is my dear. But
even il they did sing just before they died.
there wouldn't be any thing remarkable in
it.
tOh, there wouldn't"
..No. But it would be remarkable If they
sang just after they had died. "-PhIsdeL
phis Can,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08
A Lesson I'm Astronomy.

why do you do as if YOU were scared,
johnny"
Because | am scared"
"Of whom are you scared"
Il am scared of you"
Scared of me. Take that, you little
~help, and that and that. You must not
be scared of me. Whack. whack. You
muAt learn to love me- Whack. whackn'
And then the genial teacher took Johnny
by the ear, and caused him to revolve
around his person, pretty much as the
earth revolves around the sun.-Texas
.Siftings
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08

are the words used by a lady, who was q
one time given up by the most eminent
mere skeleton, pale and haggaId, not able
to leave her bed, from all those distressing
diseases peculiar to suffering females, such
as displacement, eucorrh9a, inflamma-
ton, etc, etc. She began taking DIR. Pierce's
"Favorite Prescription" and also using the
local treatments recommended by him and
Is now. she says, "as good as new" Price
reduced to one dollar. By druggists.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08
There Vas a Queer scene

There was a queer scene on the
prairie at Fort Custer, Montana, the
other night when the quarters of Troop
NJ, First Cavalry, went up in flames and
some fifty-eight cavalry horses were
burned to death. one of them, though
IN fire. galloping q long way over The
snow before he fell.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08

follow him. He led heraway up to the top
floor and opened door.
This is it, madam"
This, You must be mistaken. This
can't be the room. I understood it was
one OF the cheapest in the hotel. This is
gorgeous"
1T is the cheapest. madam. We have
no rooms in this hotel under eight dollars
day
That will do. Thank you"
And she went downstairs and tore to
shreds letter dated two years before, and
when he came home she told him he could
burn up his opera tickets.-San Francisco
Chronicle
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08
The Lesson of Experience.

Bachelor-What in the world are Won
hunting around on the carpet like that for?
Benedict want q pin
Bachelor-Want pin, Why don't you
look on the pin-cushion. them
Bsoedick docking up in surprise from hia
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08

CONGRESSMAN BAGLEY, Of Michigan, says
Red Star Cough Cure is simple and efficar
cious.
Ex-Mayor Baxter, Of Louisville, KY,
says st. Jacobs Oil is q specific for every
pain.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08

In another column Of this issue VIII b
found an entirely new and novel specimen
of attractive advertising. 1t is one of the
any one will be well repaid for examining
the supposed display letters in the adver.
tisement Of Prickly Ash Bitters
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08

The Turks believe that a lightning stroke
will cause leprosy. What would they
think il they were struck by book agentl
-Nerman Independent
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08

search)- here, old man, when you've
been married as long as l have you II know
where to look for pin when you want one.
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08

A MEDICAL journal speaks of the danger
Of sleeping in damp beds. That's so. We
have always contended that the bed of the
river was an unhealthy place to sleep in,
and are glad to know that the faculty an
realizing it.-Loreil Citizen.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08

A RECENT Western blizzard blew OFF q
mules tail. 1t didn't dare to tackle his
heels.-Detroit Free Press
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08

Why is an avaricious man like one with q
short memory! He is always forgetting.
So is the wise parent forever getting Fay
lor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and
Mullen, the Group preventive, and cough
and consumption cure. Ask your druggist
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08

"OHIo eggs beat the world" boasts q
braggart Buckeye journal Welt The
world beats Ohio eggs. Thus, even in mat.
tiers of poultry, are all things made even.
Puck
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08

GEN. JOHN A. LOGAN will begin q series
OF articles on "Reminiscences of the War"
In the National Tribune Of Washington, ID.
C., in the issue of April2 Subscribe at once
to secure the first number. $I.0U per year.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08

One is a tick of the watch, and the others
q witch on a tack. There's q conundrum
here somewhere, but we've lost the combi-
nation.-N Y Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08
Throw Away Trusses

when our new method is guaranteed to
permanently cure the worst cases of rupt-
IRE, without the use of the knife. Send 10
cents in stamps for pamphlet and refer
ences. Worlds Dispensary Medical Asso-
citation, 663 Main Street, Buffalo, n. Y.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08

IT is seldom that a man is sufficiently
color blind not to be able to tell green
back when he sees it-Pnck
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08
"It Knocks the Spots"

and everything in the nature of eruptions,
blotches, pimples, ulcers, scrofulous humors,
aud incipient consumption, which is moth
ing more nor less than scrofula of the lungs,
completely out of the system. 1t stimulates
and invigorates the liver, tones up the stom-
ach, regulates the bowels, purifies the blood,
and builds up the weak places of the body.
1t is a purely vegetable compound. and will
do more than is claimed for it. We refer
to DR.. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08

THE sum of 81, $50 was recently paid for
Faust, a pointer dog, in st. Louis. All,
we'll, this is a Faust age.-Burlington Fres
Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08

WHY is dirty man like fiannels Be-
cause he shrinks from washing.-Chicdgo
LEDGER
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08

PIKE TooTHACHE DROPS cure in minute, ~
Glcnn's Sulphur Soap heals and beauties. sc
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns Bunions
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08

The Saturday Gossip calls pretty and at
tractive maid-servant "A Door Belle" She
must be quite nobby.-Cafifornia Maverick
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08

THERE is an art in putting on gloves says
fashion paper. 1t is easy enough after
you get your hand in.-Detroit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08

WE may be sure that our consciences are
rebellious when they are mute in us
(mutinous).
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08

THE selfish man has most presence Of
mind. He never forgets himself-N. O.
PicaEune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08

THE child who wants to swallow sleeve
buttons should be given q couple of cuffs
N. o. Picdyune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08

Why are printers the most merciful OF
mens Because they never kill things until
they are dead.-y Y Tribune
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08

A TONGUE that never talks scandal-The
tongue of shoe.-B0ston Courier.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08

SoPHRoNIA asks: Did people in the
olden times know any thing of sleighingl
Yes, the ancient warriors used to 90 slay.
ing in their chariots Courier.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08

IF afflicted with Sore Eyes use DIR. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. PC.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08

A BLIND man is very sympathetic. Ho
will never see any body suffer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08

As toilet luxury, Halls Hair Remover
never fails to give satisfaction.
Sufferers from Bronchitis will find speedy
relief by taking Ayers Cherry Pectoral.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08

IT is not considered necessary in society
to return q bill collectors calls.-BostoR
Courier
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08

How OFTEN you see q country tavern
with the sign hanging outside on the inn
Side.-N. T. Ledger.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08

"rM well backed with silver" As tn
looking glass Satisfaction 4Hdrerick.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08

BRONCHITIS is cured by frequent small
doses OF Piso's Cure for Consumption
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08

EVERY woman thinks her own baby the
handsomest, thus verifying the old proverb
that beauty ia gin daan
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08

THE American joke has been formally
introduced into Japan.-4rkansar Travelsr.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08
An Avaricious Man.

AHcKoRY club is very good lumber to
floor a man with.-lNerchdnt Trdreler.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08
".

that to Maria. and tell her that's why l
didn't get home until four O'Clock this
morning-Tm Bits
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-08

THE swimmer will never be q pauper.
He is always self-sustaining.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-28

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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-28
SAN FRANCISCO AND VICINITY.

The Hawaiian Government has paid Claus
Spreckels S200,0C0 borrowed money The
latter still holds 100000 in Hawaiian
bonds.
Chief Justice Morrison tripped and fell
in his apartments on Sunday. receiving a
severe cut above the left eye He will be
out in day or two
Gus Brown and Tom Avery had hard.
glove fight at West Berkeley on Sunday
Both were so nearly done up in the fourth
round that the fight was declared draw
District Assembly, Knights of Labor, has
adopted resolution recommending the
GoTernor-elect to appoint P. H. Desmond
State Printer Mr.. Desmond is President
Of the local Typographical Union.
Philip Holland, the driver of The car
which ran over and killed man on Fol-
som street on Saturday, has surrendered
himself on a charge of manslaughter. He
was released on his own reeognizance.
Little Annie Rudske, aged wears, who
was entced into Mowry's Hall, about s
O'Clock e1 Saturday night, and assaulted by
an unknown man. is now at her home, 30
Rose avenue, considerably Frustrated by
the struggle, but by no means seriously in
jured.
3On the Nail dock. on Sunday, number
OF visitors inspected q new steam launch
which had arrived from New York by the
steamer San Bias. The launch is the first
of the kind ever brofght to this coast, and
a public trial is TO be given in 3 few days.
Gas generated from naptha is the motive
power.
A. ]. Sbrader e;ed at his residence, 5
South Park, Sundsy morning He was
born near Louisville Ky. He served in
Colonel E. D. Bakers regiment in the Me-
lean war, and came to California from I'll
inois in 1919. After mi2ing four years in
Butte he went into the cattas business here.
For nine consecutive years ne represented
the Ninth Ward in the Boakd of Supe :
visors.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-28

tween two Sacramento trotters-A. G. Try
on's Clara G. and Thomas Norton's st.
James. The former won the first, second
and fourth heats, and probably would have
won in straight heats but for one of the
traces coming off in the third, necessitating
gentle work to prevent an accident. Best
time 2:56, in the third heat There was
buggy horse race between Rixie, Veto,
Doiiie B., Snip and Snap, the former win
ming in straight heats-best time, 3:034-
the others being placed as named. The
concluding race was also between horses of
that class, Hoppin, Gypsy. Enh and Tule
snipe contcssang. Hoppin and Gypsy each
took two heats, and then it dawned upon
the judges that there was a colored person
in the fuel pile, and they declared the race
off
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-28

DoDGE,9
cyACRAMsNTO GLOVE FACTORY, NO. 1919
- Ninth street, between and K. Hsnd-sewed,
Smoked Buck, Waterproof Buck and Black
Buck Speciality up
W. E. TERRY, President. E. ]. Holt Manager
ESTABLISHED 1858.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-28

CACRAMENTo. DECEMBER 9, 1886. THIS
- eertiies that have resigned the agency of
the lEtna Insurance Company, of Hartford.
co. are appointed agents of said Company to
succeed me, and I hereby recommend them to
my former patrons and solicit for them n re-
newal of your 1Esna policies as soon as they ex-
pire. The purchasers of the other portion of
my Agency are in no way iutereStedin the bust
ness of the .Etna. Thanking you for past fa
wors, am yours respectfully,
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-28

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT oFTHE COUNTY
i of Sacramento, State of California In
the matter of II. w. LOWELL, an insOlvent
debtor. H. w. LOWELL having filed in this
Court his petition, schedule and inventory in
insolvency. by which it appears that he is an
insolTent debtor, the said Fl. w. LOWELL is
hereby declared to be insolvent The Sheriff
of the county of Sacramento is hereby directed
to take possession OF all the estate real and
personal, of the said II. W. LOWELL, debtor.
except such as may be by law exempt from exc
eution, and OF all his deeds, vouchers books OF
account and papers, and 10 keep the same safely
until the appointment of an assignee of his es-
tate. All persons are forbidden TO pay any debts
to the said irsolvent, or to deliver any property
belonging to him, or to any person, firm or cor
poration or association for his use. The said
debtor is hereby forbidden to transfer or deliver
any property until the further order of this
Court, except as herein ordered. It is further
and appear before a Judge of the Superior
Court of the County of Sacramento, in open
Court at the Courtroom of Department No.
One of said Court, on the FOURTEENTH
day of JANUARY. 1887, at 10 o'clock A. NJ. of
that day, to prove their debts, choose one ormore
assignees of the estate OF said debtor. 1t Is
further ordered that the order be published
in the SACRAMENTO DAILY REcoRD-U UNION, a
newspaper of general circulation published
in the county of Sacramento, often as the
said paper is published before the said day
set for the meeting of creditors And ii is further
ordered that in the meantime all proceedings
against the said insolvent be stayed.
Dated December 13, 1886.
W. C. VAN FLEET,
d14-td Judge OF the Superior Court.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-28
ANNOUNCEMENT.

HAVING RESIGNED MY GENERAL IN
1 Il suranee Agency take great pleasure in
Introducing as my successors, Messrs. SHER-
MAN Il PARKER. These gentlemen were
formerly connected with prominent insurance
companies of San Francisco. aud are perfectly
responsible business men, and justly deserve the
patronage of the insuring public Thanking
you for past fayorS. solicit renewal of same
for them. Respectfully. CHARLES l. SMITH
Sacramento November Is 1856.