St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-06-21

steaiations through the tr~ee-tops, while
thoughts came slowly drifting home
thoughts which had been on furlouSt
10: ages, thoughts which
"Ah! here you are waiting for mo
ma am. Don't rise. ma'am; I nav.
a chair. Looking at the stars, eh.
Are you any thing OF an astrono
mer, ma'am? Astronomy is a yer,
pretty science. I am very partial IL
astronomy; in fact. ! am considered
right much of an astronomer. NV vito
now. she knows nothing about the stars
AS for me, ma'am. I have dipped int
pretty much every thing, / am self
taught entirely, ma'am. / am what i.
called in these parts, ma'am, a self
made man. and I am not ashamed of 1t
What did you say, ma'am? Oh, certain.
Nv. goodnight, ma'am. II does not agree
with me to retire early, ma'am. Brain.
workers, ma'am, are night-workers.
am not an early riser either, ma am.
have told the hotel-proprietor SO. Ny
wife, now. is an early riser. My wife rises
pretty generally about daybrcak; bu,
the morning nap seems to be necessary
for my constitution. My constitution
ma'am-"
Hurry up, ma'am." he called to me
from the breakfast table, as / entered
the door the next morning. 1--WE did
not wait for you, ma'am. Waiting does
not agree with me, ma'am, as I told the
proprietor of the hotel. I rested only
tolerably last night. ma'am; suffered
from an uneasiness of the stomach"
Chicken, ham, eggs, b~uckwheat
cakes"-the waiter recited his litany,
dropping the little dishes on the table
like beads from his fingers.
Il do not ARE for chicken, ma'am.
Some people like chicken; find it nour
ish;ng. My labors seem to require a
stronger food. My wife likes chicken. /
generally make my breakfast, ma'am, of
ham s~moked-dried ham and eggs.
Ham seems to agree with my stomach
better than most any kind of food, and
| always taper of. on cakes and strip.
My wife makes elegant cakes, ma'am.
You seem to have a very strong stom-
ach. like my wife, ma'am. My wife can
eat almost any thing.
well, now that we have finished our
breakfast, what shall we do with our
morning, ma'am? Going to the springs?
I shall Just come along with you,
ma'am. 49,.
Il shall take the sulphur water,
ma'am, to make . beginning, and then
l shall take the iron water. The sui
phur water, As ! calculate, washes the
dyspepsia out Of me, and the iron
builds me up 1t Just depends upon how
l feel, the number of cups l drink dur
ing the day. l consult my stomach en-
tirely. You had better consult your
stomach, ma'am. Going hack to the
hotelf Certainly. I'm agreeable. I'll
just go with you. You are like my
wife, ma'am-always on the 60. I do
not mind telling you. ma'am, that my
wife is not quito up to me; in fact, I am
to have married beneath
myself"
His knees had rounded sockets in his
trousers, which stood out as he walked
along. in an ungainly fashion, but when
he sat down all fitted easily and
smoothly, particularly when he bent
his shoulders . little forward and
ella sped his hands over his crossed leg
that swung its foot like . pendulum to
his words. n
"Some Of my friends 60 as far as I
say that it was q mistake. I could do
much better now, ma'am; that is the
truth. But when 1 married her, ma'am.
l considered it a good thing for me. I
mind telling you. fma'am, bnt at
time she was very poor. She
in the public school until her
ma took sick Of galloping CONSUMPTION,
and when her ma died. I married her.
They used to be quite considerable
folks Her pa was . Baptist minister.
He - killed in the Wal. Sister Annie,
too. my wife's sister, had . situation in
the public school. but when she heard
her ma was dying. she gave it upx and
came home to help in the nursing: But
| have taken Sister AnAie in, too.s6lD.
ter Annie's health isn't very good,
ma'am, but she teaches the peimaries,
and she can help my wife in the house.
| intend to let Sister Annie live right
along with us Sister Annic-Lord!
Sister Annie can iron q shirt just as
good as my wife. Have you observed
my shirts. ma'am? Sister Annie and my
wife launder them all; and between
hem they prepare the meals for
The boarders-we have six. b0arderA
male and female-and they
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