St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-06-23
FULL OF FUN.

Some scamp recently decorated.
in the night the great door Of Sing
Sing. IN ~ prison with the legends
Hair cut while you watt"
Tho man who first discovered tina,
the world goes round and round, "
was probably coming home At three
o'clock in the morning.-Droks's 8
Magazine. = t'-. f
-..Sh-h-h. child! Young people
should be silent when oldcr people arc
talking" "1hen when shall young
people talk. mammal Old people are
never silent "-zexas 6jtlisgs.
Customer ..waiten bring me
some rice pudding" Waitcr-.i can, |,
just recommend tho rice pudding to.
day." why. what's the
matter with it?'' Waiter-.:Nuthin'
'cept there amt none" .......
Book Agent. ..llow do you do,
madam. Will your dog biteP" Madam
-"Waal. I reckon he will" Book
Agcnt-'.Would you have the good.
ness 10 speak TO him9' Madam-'Cer.
tainlv. Sick 'im Tge; sick 'imy'-
Harper's Bazar
How much did you say
Mr. Ncwsold was down for?' The
Minister. '.Fivc h hundred dollars, sir. 2"
Cresus-'.Put mo down for six hun.
dred dollars. then. In a matter o,
Christian charity ! can't stand on 9
level with an upstsrt like him. ~
Puck
Omaha Man (reading)-..F Female
carpenters have appeared In London. "
Wife Shouldn't wosASs. A woman
can be . carpenter NOW a. we'll as Q
man." "Why SOP" Il saw by the pa.
per the other day that an Englishman
had invented a machine for driving
nails. "-Omaha World
Extract from IN unpublished
novel: 'As Augustus left the door old
Mr.. Brown came out and threw ON old
shoe after him. for good luck. as Au-
gustus surmisetl. There was mum.
Der nine foot in the shoe. however. and
Augustus felt his speed greatly ac-
celebrated. journal Of Education
Customer (on Chatham stree)-
-Four dollars secms'a high price for
that suit, Mr. Isaac stein" Mr. Isaac.
stein lin low. thrilling whisper) =
MY frcnt dot vas a six-dollar suit,
made for Mr. Russell Sage NIT Wall
street. 1t fitted dot shentlemans too
qu-vick across der pack. You dake
him for four tollar It'd BITS.
Il hear they are going to have q
donkey party at BIS" said Par.
sonville man to his ueighbor. SO
understand. was the reply; 'are you
going2" ''Of course am" said the
Parsonvillc man; 'rhey couldn't have
the party without mer' And he
couldn't quite make out what the other
fellow was laughing a.-Sk AlLans
Messenger.
What are those potatoes worth?''
he inquired of the grocer -Four dol
lars a bushel." '.Holy smoke! Four
dollars! Guess We won't eat any
more potatoes You wanted them
to eat. did you? I can let you have
them for fifty rents q peek. then.
thought you wanted them for seed. ~
Detroit Free Press.
They were talking about that
fearful cyclone in the West Il have
a mortal dread OF cyclones "Were
you ever in one?' somebody asked.
NO. but ! lost my dear aunt in one. ~
'.That is very sad" You bet it was
Tough. She hadn'. made her will, and
instead of me- another relative got
tho property. I've never had any use
for cyclones since. "-zeras Sl1inga
-"P.. who was it turned the gar
den hose ON Reginald when he was
serenading me?' 1T was !. daugh.
ter" ..And why. pray?' because
Shakespeare advises il. He says ii
music's the food Of love. play on. and
assuming R.ginald's brand Of music tc
be the food Of love. ] played on
played on him with the hose and .
dilution of insect powder. y Tonkers
Gazette.