St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-09-18
MISCELLANEOUS.

tor every six inhabitants of the United
States.
A horse shot a vaquero neal
Nogales. Cal. one day recently. The
animal was rubbing a flea off his hide
against tree when the gun slung t.
the saddle went off with fatal results
A New York policeman found q
man beating his wife with club. and
put bullet through him. Such treat.
ment as this tends to discourage
the wife-beating business. Pittsburgh
Chronicle Telegraph.
There's no use in talking of wheat
corners or land corners or oil corners
at this season of the year. What every.
body wants is a cool corner.-I hiiadci
phtd North american.
| "A Minneapolis man says that in
China rcd is thought to be very luck y
color. and that is the reason why Chi.
nese laundrymcn i'm this country use SC
much red paint and Sd many red cur.
tains.
-Sparrows have taken possession Of
the tall pillars that support the ele.
waited railways in New York. and there
amidst the din of travel, thousands OF
little sparrows are yearly Matched out.
N. Y Sun.
Last year 5000. 900 stamped n.
| velopes were soil by the Government.
They We're worth S5,773.oO0. En-.
| ve.opes which in 1869 cost $3.50 per
1.0DO. and the extra le,ter-size that then
| cost $500 are now sold for So. o.
Vashin gton Post.
A negro in the Wateree section OF
South Carolina declares that the mos
| GuitOes are SO Numerous and venomous
that it is impossible to work his fields,
aud he has abandoned one part of his
farm. Two horses. he aifirms, have
| succumbcl to the pests.
Being apprehrnsive of burgl;ks,
Jones bought Il lively lul!doy TO watch
his premises. The family all went out
the bulldog watched SD well that none
of them could enter the house. 1t took
a pound of fresh meat to pave a way to
the door-N. Y. Telegram.
All the wood yards i'm Montana on
the Missouri are now controlled by In
dams. and the price of wool has been
fix d nj three dollars per cord for cot
tonwood and four dollars for ash, and
cash must be paid. ANY Captain who
attempts to get wood for less than these
figures, or who stan Is the abOriginees
off. is reported. Chicago Herald.
An honest ran her was in Phoebe
the other day. He offered to swap his
eighteen-yearold boy, who smoked
cigarettes, to any person for dog,
and finding no takers ut that, even up,
he offered five dollars to boot, but
even then couldn' make a trade.-CM.
caJo Herald.
A singular and beautiful relic of the
flood last summer is the crop of daisies
that it sDwel through the bottom lands
of Kansas. Some sections are dotted
thic ky with these flowers. and as they
W, re never known to grow before it
seems certain that the seeds were
brought down by the flood. Chicago
Mail
Mrs. Robert Graham, of Fleming
County. while riding on horseback,
was stricken with paralysis and rem
dercd insen>ible. She did not fall
from her horse. which wandered about
at will for some time before the I'M
fortunate lady was found. Taken to
her home, she died in few hours
Lexington fhyJ Gazette.
Two children of farmer Agnew. OF
Tara, Can. boy Of ten and girl
of four. while playing i'm the barn,
found Il gun which their father kept
loaded for rats. Stan off there a
piece. said the boy. IAN let me see if
l can't shoot YOU" The little girl
obeved chcerfully. and the young Ca
muck filled her face and shoulder with
fine shot
The crew Of the smack White
Cloud. of New London, had a fight
with a big sword fish tn. other day.
After thu fish was struck it turned on
the boat i'm which were its pursuers,
pierre ID it again and again with its
sword. and finally STAYED
it to pieces. Meanwhile the smack
drew up, and the big fellow was finally
and killed.
In localities in Florida where the
orange trees were badly injured, and |
where it was feared there would be !
no fruit this season. scattering bios
SONS have fructitied, and here and
there frui: is appearing. which indicates
that the next crop will be sure if the |
winter be favorable. A care
full estimate puts this years yield at |
6OO,0O0 boxes for market
Lightning struck house in Vol |
Conn, the other night. and
after ripping up things generally. the
divided into two. One went to
a house near hy, killing goat on the
way: struck a z ri. burned her stock
ng and shoe of. and blistered and
partially paralyzed her leg. The other
went off at right angles from
;he first. damaging pig pen and
down a horse in an adjacent
,arn.-Htrttord Coura,a.
Peter Elwangcr. market man at
SOwlcs market. Louisville, is the pos
cs>Or of a silver dollar coined in 1904.
VII CHI he refused to sell for $500. The
DIN came into his possession through
IN aged relative in Indiana, who has
'wned it for over fifty years. There
re but seven pieces of this date in ex-
and they are valued AZ $1,000
ach by con collectors. Henry Stoch-
loff offers to buy the coin for $500.
"A young man known as John p.
.ipe. of Palat ne. Montgomery County,
!. Y. has proved his claim to the prop
rty of DIR. Petr Eisenhard, who died