St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-09-24

SEPIEMB]
OF GENERAL tNTEResT.
Since tAs Uritea States cooseit.
Non was adopted. Massachusetts, n
been the birthplace Of two president,
New Hampshire, one; Vermont ON
New York, two: Pennsylvania. ON
Virginia. seven; Ohio. four; New Je,
sey. one; North Carolina, three; Keu
tucly, one.
Mr.. Austin Coebin desiRns 70 plan
5000 hawthorn trees on his great gam
lark in New Hampshire. The tree
have al been imported from England
and 1000 have 90 far been set ont
They are TO serve n hedge to retail
the bunsloes and other large gam.
within the limits Of the preserve.
The ella monster, Heloderma hor
radum. - the only species Of knowr
poisonous lizard In the world. Il II .
native o9 the Gila river country II
Arizona. and has seldom or never beeu
sesn 1T any great distance from thu
stream The Indians Of Arizona be.
iieve thu spittle, or saliva and even The
breath Of the animal TO Be deadly
poison.
"A curiosity was lately found in .
boetload Of lobsten brought from New
Brunswick waterA The strange crus.
tacesa was Of BLUSH white-oue of The
rare and remarkable albino lobsterx Il
was sent to Washington. where IL Il &c
become . part Of the exhibit of the
United States Ash commission Only
one other white lobster has been taken
h these or any other wsterA
Among the other great tA3nGsin this
country the number Of it high mount
aims II remarkable feature. There are
80 moantains In the United States. each
exceeding lo.ooo feet b height The
greatest number arc found In Colorado
and Utah In Alaska there are i've
which each exceed l5ooo feet and
Mount Elias II. $50 feet high, II the loft
lest peak in the United States TERRITORY.
Ten miners in Pulmas county, Cal,
were descending snoW-covesed mount-
Lin. dinner-pails in hand Suddenly
Ehere was IN avalanche, and the miner,
hot down the mountain with frightful
Velocity. In few moments the snow.
Hide separated. i've Of the men eoin4
lown . slope TOO feet long. and ths
'thers not halting until they had
bounded over . precipice - feet high,
Ind come 70 stop unhurt after travel
NJ fully l,7oo feeA
lin lS32 John Wilson went from Ire.
and TO Missouri and took up his abodo
n big cave in Miller county, about
our miles south Of Jefferson City.
When John Wilson died he was buried |
q . smaller cave close BY. with . ''demi-
ohm Of the best liquor 70 be had" q
is side. This smaller cave, On the Big
Tavern creek, has never been opened,
he local historian says. since John and
10 liquid treasure were sealed up in Il |
Tho hags used By the colonial troops
uring the first two yeazs Of the revo-
ationary war were OF various des:gnA
he New York forces used the orange,
'hite and blue Of their Dutch ances-
'rs; the Connecticut regiments The
hree grapevines; some Of the othcg
lew England troops the ra4tlesnake
~. and yet others. tho pine tree Aae.
modification of which had been used
Bunker Hill. The first Aa8 used in
lval warfare bore black rattleeuake
. . yellow ground. and was thrown 70
'eeze BY Commodore Hopkins early in
20
Ask the average man what he think,
about the average diameter Of the
lnnels, or smokestaelrs. Of the large
tlaatic steamships. and be will most
,obebly say somewhere between four
ID eight feet. the latter figure being
It as the outside limit And he will
about ten feet wide Of tho mark On
cry guess, for stesmship tunnels are !.
e most deceptive things aAoat The
nnels Of the Etruria, which may b
ken - standard for the big liness,
sasure over eighteen feet In diameter.
le Of the leading engineering journals
the country 10 responsible for The :
E.
Some New York dogs 70 out Of
IN for summer Vacations Just as their !.
lsters and uistEssses 20. and not al
Iys with their masters and mistresseA
! enterprising coloeed man has set MP !
ummer resort for dogs in New Jes. :
!, where the board h six dollars aI
nth for big dogs and less for little Z Z
- The keeper of the resort has . !,
nily Of boys whose duty and pleasure 5.
. 70 take the canine boarders swim y
ne every day. Some member Of the =
nily calls for the doGs Whea they are
leave town and returno them TO their
,an homes when the vacation II over.
. big dog Of . famous actreas spends =
summer at the canine resort I.
In Noble county, W. Va, there h . y
homless sea, composed Of salt water !.
oil, from which gas escapes with . !. ~
meadows roar. Twenty yean ago Q =
4 was drilled there 20 IL depth Of u
. feet Some years later water and o
escaped from the hole with great -
ssure. tearing ont the tubinG end -
ting . cavern apparently hundreds -
eet deep and forty feet In diameter. ",
q it ceased 70 Cow . farmer Alled q -
Md built . barn over t. and again . q
days ego . terrific report an
need snothsr explosion Of The well,
ND waserPo1risg out IN sbumdanca de
} single day The hole became fathom- -
and sbout forty 1eet wide. fu
0ely o. 0ree1. a
~ unAaFstsnd you. aid the Law. o.
70 The noa who called 70 eoueult. p
. your COW was thrown from the o.
4 st street crossing by . looooo. a
a the X, r. Z z rod. and MN Co
{ b bring s.it against The company ID
aanagssT 70
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