St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-02-16
or GENERAL INTEREST.

OF GENERAL INTEREST.
English people it is said are just
to know the delights Of
sweet corn for table usa
An Indiana woman who had
beautiful head of hair sold it and with
tho proceeds at once invested in a
complete set of switches" and ''front
pieces
Tho banana peel has at length
found rival. A Portland. Ore, man
slipped on a wet leaf and broke his
shin-bone. A curious feature Of the
accident is that he walked around for
two days before he knew he was hurt
Smoking undoubtedly causes bald
ness. says a medical authority. by sat
urating the tissues OF the body with
nicotine. which disturbs the hcalthful
function of the body and tissues and
affects the nutrition OF the hair bulbs.
There are 1913 mountain peaks in
the United States more than lo.OC
feet in height. The highest mountain
east of the Mississippi is Mount Bal
sam Cone. in the Black Mountains OF
North Carolina, which is 6.61l feet
high.
If the ordinance is strictly en-
forced. dogs life must be particular
" hard in Waterville. Me. 1t provides
that mo dog shall bark. bite. howl.
or in any other manner disturb the
quiet of any person." on pain Of death
or punishment.
"A cobbler at Petersburg. Va. whit
ties out his own shOe-pegs, make his
own last. melts his own wax. pulls his
bristles out of his own hogs. and
makes a uniform charge OF twenty
five cents for job, no matter whether
it is q new sole or only patch.
An Athens GA farmer. who had
been troubled by the loss of eatables
from his dining table, discovered the
thief the other day in the shape of ar
opossum. which sat cOntentediy
munching piece Of meat when he en-
tered the kitchen to make fire.
"A resident of Sioux City. Ia. who
for thirty years or more grudgingly
paid taxes on twenty very poor Jersey
acres, sold them recently for above
thirty-seven thousand dollars, in con
sequence of the discovery thereon Of ;
bed of fine clay for tile. brick and pot
| terry making.
Washington has remarkably fin'
street pavements, but the sidewalk.
are in wrctched condition-bricl
here and stone tagging there. with a!
occasional wood tagging. Indeed
they are so bad that many pcdes
trians take the middle of the streets
On Sundays the sidewalks are almos
deserted and the church-goers in thei
most fashionable attire take to the mid
die of the street.
The editor Of the Bristol. Tenn.
Courier lately received the following
unique note. postmarked Vancc's Tank
Tenn: '.Dear Sir: In Pcrousan you
daily Courier find a proposition from
some Bachelor in Lynchburg offcrin
A Diamond Ring as A present for an,
Lady that was fifteen years that ha
never wore Bustle or Bangs l am i
my eighteenth year and haven't wor
| either claim the ring Please inforr
the Enquirer as to my whereabout."
A newspaper recently announce
the death of two men-neighbOrs an
friends-at Windham Centre, Mass.
whose homes were on the same street
opposite each other. Without prcviou
illness both died suddenly on the sam
day. A physician. while attending on
| was summoned to the other. Post
mortem examination revealed the fac
that one died Of rupture OF the righ
auricle OF the heart and the other G
rupture Of the left ventricle OF tn
heart
"A Rondout, n. Y, fox caused
big Eastern ice firm cOnsiderabl
trouble last winter. The manager {
the company had had some difficult
in procuring experienced men to Gu
ice for his company. He therefor
put on a gang Of 1900 green hand.
One afternoon toward the last OF tn
season. and at time when every me-
ment counted. a fox ran across the lex
Instantly his entire force ran after tn
fox, while the distracted manage
yelled after them in vain. Twent
minutes afterward they returned an
found him figuring out how much h
had lost by their absence He ha
figured out that the fox had cost hil
$50, and he promptly deducted it ou