St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-06-11

PERSONAL AND IaaPGRs0ssAl.
There il . man living In Calhoun,
Ga, seventy years old, who boasts that
he never wore . pair Of boots, bought .
suit of clothes, white shirt o. any store
clothes in his lie. OF wose . collar o.
necktie. --. s
Gertrude Souine, . pretty girl Of
eighteen years who lives in . town in
Aroostook county. Maine, has never
been known TO laugh Or even 70 smile.
While intelligent in other mAtters, she
apparently cannot understand . Joke,
and is unmoved BY the keenest With
ci;ms. fs
The duke Of Connaught il the inst
royal duke to become . director In .
dividend-paying company. II ID the
Church School company Qimited). and
although its business II semi-philau-
thrOpic, it declares dividends, and tho
duke of ConnaughtR election was held
mp by the dean Of St Paal's, who ID
also director, as 3 promise Of larger
dividends and further subscriptions.
AN English newspaper says that .
church bellringer was ringing the bells,
when one of the heavy weights swung
over and he was pulled mp to . oonsid-
cradle height BY the rope. He lost his
grip and fell ON his head on the stone
floor of the belfry. lie arose and walked
home. The man had been IN epileptic,
suffering frequent attacks, but since the
fall in the belfry he has not had any st-
tack Of epilepsy.
Clara Louise Kellogg tells story
in which her mother. heE.elf and the
dowager duchess If Somerset figure.
The singer and her mother were dining
with that august lady. when the duchess
calmly poured her tea into her saucer.
slipped it with great enjoyment and re-
marked: ''Now, ladies, do not think this
is rude, for have just come from the
queen. and I saw her do it. Let ~
emulate the queen. Whereupon they
all drank their tes from their. saucerA
The late Mr.. Srnrgesn visited Nor
wood cemetery ON esne occasion with Mr..
McMaster, who vert to choose . spot
for a family vault. Mr.. Spurgeon sug-
gestcd site. but Nj. McNaseer- objlst-
ed that it was too prominent. ''No."
Mr.. Spurgeon said, tit viii just do for
you" The spot wSs agreed upon. and
then Mr.. Spurgeon. turning to the
superintendent Of the cemetery, said:
'Ncw, have you . decent corner where
You could put Spurxeon some d.y7" A
corner was pointed. out and Mr.. Spur
Unon eaid. ssThat ev;10 An
Cheshire owns the stupidest man in
the kingdom. He = . farm hand, and
was engaged to pls.ugh . ten-acre Aeld.
Wishing him to make . straight furrow,
his employer directed his attention to .
cow grazing right opposite, telling him
to drive directly toward the COW. He
started his horses. snd his employers
was drawn to something else;
but in . short time, On looking round,
he found that the cow had left her
place, while the .sagacious plowman
was following her. drawing . zigzg
furrow al over the deld.-Engiish Farm
and Home.
According to foreign papers, the queen
Of England receives 81, 81, 900 annually
from the British treasury; the empress
Frederick of Germany, her eldest daugh-
ter. ga, 900; the prince Of Wales. seo0,-
oo0: the princess II Wales, sSo.o 600; the
duke Of Edinburgh. sl3s, 900; Princess
Christian, 81, 900; Princess Louise, tho
Of LOrne, $4,000; the
duke of Connaughi, sls5. 900; the duch-
ess Of Albany, 30. 900; the Princess
Henry of Battenburg, go, 900; the chill |
1ren Of the prince Of Wakes. Sle0, 900;
The duchess Of Mecklenberg- -Strelitz, of |
The Cambridge lire, 5000; the duke |
of Cambridge. 90. 900; and the princess
II Teck, Us, 900.