St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-11-21
or GENERAL INTeREsr.

&C. IL Bullock. Of North6eld, MINI,
obtaiDsd ]. 100 bushels Of potsSbGs from
one aere Of land. This l. said to b BY
far the largest yield ever known, 800
busheh being usually considered big
crop That the 1.1s0 bushels were all
raised on one aero Of ground Is sworn
to By . number Of Trustworthy people
Of the vicinity. 2 f-.r-
The poultry products Of the United
States had . farm value Of 1t least
SSoA ooe. 900 last year, according 70 Sec
rotary Ruslx. whi,s 1t the same time NO
fewer than ID. 900. 900 dozen eggs were
imported. at first cost Of Is cents per
dozen. or nearly g, 500. 000 The aver
age annual importation during the past
four years has been a.el6 So
-'Owuie," the travelling dog of the
postal service. has been making . tour
OF Maine. When he arrived in Bangor
he went Immediately TO meat market
and got his breakfast aud then viewed
the town. He was shut up in the bsse-
ment of the post Office for safe keeping,
but escaped, found his way to the
Maine Central station and boarded the
night train for Boston
-Dcnnysville. Me-, has among its
historical relics house that once shell
tered Benedict Arnold, in which is . Sc
cret panel leading to hole in the wall
where the people Of Eastport secreted
their valusbles during the British occu-
patton of 1914 There are also two
swords which were used during the
revolution BY Gen. Benjamin Lincoln.
the original owner Of the town, one of
them having been presented to him b.
Gen. Washington.
I'm the matter of mere distance GOV.
cred the records of the worlds famous
travellers do not mako much Of show
beside those of some railroad men. An
old railroad man named Layton. now .
sleeping car superintendent at Indian
apolis, has kept . record Of his journey.
ings since 1865, and the total is 2, 1885,
246 miles. Conductor s. G. Boone, late
of the Reading. has covered 2s47. 900
mica and another Reading conductor
has ridden something over 1857. 100 |
miles.
,-Veighing machines and scales Of |
some kiAA we're in use II 1850 b. C., for
1t is said that Abraham 1t that time
weighed out" four hundred shekels Of |
silver. current money with the. mer.
chant to Ephron the Hittite. as pay.
ment for piece Of land, including the 1
cave sid all The Standing timber "in |
the field and in the fence" This Is
said TO be the earliest transfer of land |
Of which any record survives aud that
the payment was made in the presence
Of witnesses
mo more waiting for benches to dry
after rainstoruA 20 that our SUNDAY.
goto-meeting clothes" ssmay not be
spoiled An English inventor has pat
rnted lawn bench and loot board, BE-
ing - srfauged that b. lowering the
back on the seat the foot board is 1T
The same time raised and brought up
against the front Of the seat The re-
suit IS that all parts Of the scat against
which . persons clothing is likely to
zone In contact are kept dry and clean
the summer
The first mention Of postal service
IS that Of the General Court Of Massa-
:husetts in 1859: 1T is ordered that
notice be given that Richard Fairbanks
his house in Boston is the place ap-
,ointed for all letters which ara brought
rom beyond the seas, or are to be sent
hither. to be left with him. and he is
o take care that they arc to be de-
ivered or sent according to the dircc-
ion And he Is allowed for every let
er penny, aud must answer all mis-
'arriages through his own neglect in
his kind" L.-+--