St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-07-02

Till big trade is won
Or election Is don
These toss dollar bills on the pleat
The women love church, as We know.
But men to please wives only kgow.
Or cloe from their awe
or mothcrs-in-lawe-
We wish this sad fact wasn't ksoV.
-HsC. Dodge, in Detroit Free PresA
THE GOLDEN NUGGET.
A Miners Marrow Escape hOm q
TcrTible Fotc.
At ono of the hotels in this CITY Il .
man who has been hunter, trapper,
miner and what not. always on the out
skirts Of civilization, and has no doubt
passed through more startling scenes
than almost any man In the country.
He still lives in = quiet nook among the
mountainss 00ty Vnny miles from
mind that he will wander no more.
His shyncss and modcsty make it difi-
cult to win any of his stories from him,
but It chanced that the other evening
several of his old friends who knew
him back in Virginia before he became
a wandercr met him here and spent tho
evening with him. He unbent to
them, and the reporter, CHANGING TO be
present. caught this story among
others:
''Oh, yes. I've lived mostly 10 myself.
You know. Dick. I used to be fond
enough of company; but hadn't been
out on the border long before was
more solitary than ever. Something
happened the first year that cured me
Of whatever longing might have had
for companionship. and IL you don't
mind I'll tell you about IL. l have
never told it to, anybody else. People
who tell Queer stories about their own
experiences arc rarely credited. and
this is queer story. I was out among
the mines, but all Of ~ were having
desperate bad luck. II Just seemed that
everything was dead against the Rang
of rs that went out there. Right where
other men had taken out any quantity
of pay dirt our men couldn't find
enough, week after week, TO pay ex-
penseA
Zone day . couple Of shrewd Ysnkees
came in there and prospected around .
little, and offered to buy . couple Of
claims. They were snapped up too
quick BY tsso of our fellows, who were
glad of money to get back home with;
bot the strangers hadn't dug down six
inches before they began 70 turn out
gold, and TIL give you my word they
took two good-sized fortunes out of
those two holes Meanwhile our bad
luck went straight ahead. The rich
find of the two strangers had put the
others into better spirits, but It took
the heart right out of mo. determined
not to strike another lick there. When
the men saw that I was determined to
90 further mp into the mountains, they
traded me . pack-mule for my claim,
and loaded mp and started OF. had
gone about three miles, think, when !
was ovcrtalen BY Jasper Mills, . young
man belonging TO the gang. He had
another pack-mulc. and was in every
way n well fixed - myself. Well.
Dcsne,' he shouted, chcerily. when he
came within hailing distance, 4 just
I'd 60 With you. That camps
il ever . camp was. Seems
to mo well Have better luck mp the
gulch.' ff.Ef 81
81 couldn't tell, just at the Arst min
ute, whether I was glad or sorry. I
never had been quite certain whether
liked Jasper or hated him. But he was
|. oood-natured kind Of . fellow, and
after little ! decided that l was glad
he had come. So we logged along very
uocially until we reached point away
up among. the mountains where The In
dieations were promising. and there NC
decided 10 make . trial 1t was
4 least 0fty niles from the camp We
had left, should think. and wilder
no mortal ever saw. ] believe
With ail my, heart that We were the drst
~h;te men that had ever seen that
,ountry. We found . kind Of shelf On
the mountaih side, though, and made .
rude hut Of poles and 1eaves. using our
..ct for a rood. and having finished that
.,e rent to work, determined never to
i've mp until ,ws had explored al that
,ountTy.
..Weil. from the hrst ] had good luck.
! never saw things tnrn out better.
cv.rv day. my little sack OF dust got
,r,ler and rounder. And. strange to
~ go r;oht While I WAS having such sue
- Jasper was finding almost moth
no He seemed TO work hard. too
,ey.r could understand It. He began
: crow nseay sad silent; though he
,.ed not havs dpne it. told hin over
.nd over again that il was share and
:h.re alike between rs. bat he indAe
,ao.ly refused any part OF my earn
ngs. ....-~... :. .
;ae hin, Just above the little NOISY
Ia. ao,,rt.in torrcnt, when ! uttered cry
. low and fell on my knees. dieg,ng
hc treasure out with my hands- neo
.o,,,e ~. mon a, pocket and there were
hrec cood-sizcd nuggets, beside: sne
.n.nt;tv Of shining dust it contained;
\. held up the puggcts Jasper turned
INV. scowling 0ercely.
|. :well. what Of itT he cried. There's
). r.sd Of growing over II. Is thereY
"The bitterness ef bio manner msos !