St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-03-21
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

In one single day last summer inS
Americans visited Burns birthplace.
The pilgrims during the year numbered
u, 900 to the cottage and $4,000 to the
monument.
Mrs. Stanley expected to find only
shanty cities outside of New York, but
Is quite charmed with what she has seen
of the interior. She says: Nothing
can be exaggerated about America 1
have already learned to 80 much admire
America and the Americans"
-Bismarck's inseparable companions
are two large Danish hounds. At dinner
they eat beside their master. and he oc-
casionally feeds them with his own
hands. After dinnerthe Prince smokes
three pipefuls of tobacco. that being the
amount allowed him by the doctors.
General Ben Butler, though nearly
seventy-five years old, is one Of tho
hardest-worlking lawyers in Boston. He
comes down from Lowell every morn
ing and goes back at night after day
of toll, and he does not hesitate to burn
the midnight oil when occasion requires.
&C. b. Emery, living fifty miles
southwest Of Caldwell, Tex, recently
found gun-barrel bearing the inscrip-
ton: Presented to Mike Jones by Kit
Carson, lS49." The bones of two men
were in the vicinity and also the bones
of three horses. The barrel is four feet
six inches long. The woodwork had
rotted away, but all the iron parts were
there.
Mrs. Campbell Praed, the author
ess, is always striking figure in Lon
don society. She has rather long and
delicate face, an olive complexion and .
slight figure. She il frequently seen in
public with Mrs. Arthur Standard, who
is known to the literary world as ''John
Strange Winter" and who Is said to be
hard at work on half . dozen new
novels.
The Sha Of Persia Is . fair draughts.
man, and is particularly fond of draw:
ing portraits. A fairly slxilful photog-
rapher, he has . passion for photog-
raphy, and, whenever he is In the
town, in the country or in the mount
aims, he has always 1t his side . chief
court photographer. who must be ready
with his camera at the shortest notice,
in order TO pcrpetuate slandscape. q
group or any thing that may have taken
his masters fancy.
An amusing story is afloat In Hart
ford about Samuel L. Clemens and Rev.
Joseph H. Twitchell. 1t seems, accord
ing to the Post, that the gentlemen,
who are enthusiastic bicycle riders, were
pedaling -along side BY side one day,
when the author of ''RouGhing IT, sud-
denly took header" Mr.. Twitchell
slowed up and was about to dismount
to aid his friend, when Mr.. Clemefs
said: Don't stop, Joe; 60 right along.
I think I'll stop here while to swear"
"A well-known book collector Of this
city catered the shop Of q ''rare-edition
recently, and after looking
about him for few moments, hit upon
. volume he had long been in search Of.
''How much do you want for this?" he
asked. '.Well, I can't sell Il YET" re
turned the broker. 81 must send il to
Mr.. - manning q wealthy book fam
cier, also OF this city) first. He has the
refusal of all my stock" I'm glad
you told me, said the collector. II
shall never try to rival him again. I
don't believe in an aristocracy Of buy
ers, and I do not intend TO patronixe
those who encourage one" And SO the
bookseller lost good customer.-N. Y.
Sun