St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-05-03
COWS IN VENICE.

They Are Almost the Only Animals In
That Quaint Old City.
The cows Of Venice pass their lives in
lark stables and are almost the only
animals in the town. 1t is true that
both dogs and cats are to be found il
you know where to look for them. These
latter are sometimes to be seen peering
through the gratings Of the damp, eel.
lar-like grOund-fiOor rooms in the mar
row lanes, where they look rs il they
are suffering Imprisonment under tho
InquisitiOn. so detected an air have
they.
The cat is much in favor with the
lower classes here for more purposes
than one, as we learned from Venetian
friend. He said that in the winter he
finds it difficult to keep cat about his
place, for it is sure to be stolen by his
poorer neighbors to exc out their stock
Of food.
''And no WONDER" he added: '.for
can assure you that il kept in snow for
two or three days after being killed, cat
makes q very palatable dish"
The dogs are almost exclusively to be
found on the great lateen-sailed boats
snos OAAAA6 SOA 6VSo va WO<SA AtOkxA t0G nlRS
of CadOre and charcoal from Istria and
Dalmatia- These dogs are taken on
shore so rarely that should one be sean
running through the streets of Venice.
1t would be apt to be thought mad, and
treated accordjngly.-N. Y. journal.
A Osce DespissA Vegetable. III,
Some paper, speaking Of the tomato
crop, says that 72. OO0, 900 cans ''were put
up this year past" and refers to the old
Glove apple" and held about as fair
match for ''ground cherries" as food.for
man or beast. Mr.. b. r. Sulgrove, the
oldest newspaper man in the city, says
he remembers seeing, when q boy, in
1885 or thereabouts, several stocks or
bushes Of ''love apples growing on the
north side Of Market street. nearDela-
ware, in the garden Of John wilkins or
'.Archie" Lingenfelter.. They were not
called tomatoes" and nobody thought
of eating them more than '.jinson
burs." They were not commonly grown,
even for garden ornament, and it was
half score Of years later before they
came into even occasional table use.
But he remembers that some Of the doc
tors of that day commended them as
healthful thing to eat, and the new
name tomato became familiar Fifty
years oe moro ago this was the fame
and food value Of the tomato. now more
often and generally used, and in more
forms than any other garden product
whatever.-Indianapolis. News rs-s
Old Newspapers 1t A.esioa. -.
An auction sale Of old and rare copies
Of newspapers, was recently held in
Philadelphia The following are some
Of the prices realised: A copy Of tho
Berryville (va.) ConservatoE. contain
ing General JOhnston's ofacial report Of
the battle Of Bull Run, brought only 70
cents, while the Winchester Gazette of
January Is, 1900 fetched IS cents.
Copies Of the Philadelphia Evening
Post Of 1776 were sold for 30 and IS
cents each. Tho Philadelphia Gazetts,
1744. Of which BENJAMIN franklin was
publisher and editor, brought 81 q, and
one copy Of the forerunner Of the Penn.
sylvsnia Ga1etts, Of which Samuel Kei-
mer Was publisher and editor, March II,
172s, brought s1O.5O. At the same time
the New England Weekly Journal, Of
April "a, 17ss. brought only se. 'Thif-
teen dollars was considered very cheap
for copy Of the Charleston Mercury OF
December 20, 1850, containing the South
Carolina ordnance Of secession.-NA