St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-05-07
or GENERAL INTEREST.

OF GENERAL INTEREST.
"A resident Of Thomastown has .
dinner table that has been In tie
family 1so years and upon which his
great-4randmother's wedding dinner
was sst-Savannah NewA
Harrisburg. Conn. has . grove Of
trees from which musical sounds como
during . wind. In September. during
what IL known - the equinoctial
storm. this strange grove b heard
Then, above the bowling Of the wind.
the roar rises and Il Il like the moan
ing of ten thousand leviathans In ths
agonies Of death .sn-
"A dispatch states that silversmith
IN Monterey. Mex. Is enjoyed on .
work in silver which when completed
will b an exact Reproduction OF the
agricultural building. now being built
ON the exposition grounds. Chicago IL
will be eight feet wide. will contain .
quantity OF silver valued ~ bulli,n st
$40. 600. ani when finished win b
valued at 81. 900
b "A peculiar and extraordinary phe-
nomenon was worked on the snow.
covered campus Of New York theo.
logical seminary recently. One morn
ing passers-by were sstonished 70 see
the immaculate field Of over i've aeres
covered with white eruptions varying
in size from . marble 10 . pumpkin
Investigation show ed that the snow
balls had been formed By the high
wind Of the previous night
The stand taken By women against
the slaughter OF birds Il making itself
felt in . practical way. The Birds
Protection society Of England has just
published its iirst annual report In
it the statement II made that profess
sional wild-fowler declared he had not
shot . single Kittiwake gull or sea
swallow this year. because there was
no demand for them, though the year
before he had filled an order for eight
thousand Of them to one dealer alone.
Two strange nsh were taken in .
trswl net of the coast OF Maine recent
". One. the lampris. Is the only specis
men Of the kind ever taken In eastern
wsterA In shape II Is like very large
sunfish, and it, weight was sbout so
pounds It back was Of . beautiful
sky blue, the sides were snowy white.
and the flns scarlet The other 1sh.
the ecolar Of the Cansry Islands. =
common In warm latitudes. but has
never before beea taken % far north
as In this case. Roth were taken at .
depth Of 1000 feet
Vermont has become famous for
her spruce gnm, the gathering and SELL
ing of which have grown 70 b moro
than An infant industry. The chsmpi-
on gum picker Of the state b said to b
Alinxah Bishop. Of Woodford Bishop
is q Yankee notion peddler In summer
time, but when the cold weather sets
In he starts out with bag and pole and
roams the mountain forest In search Of
gum. When the deep snow comes he
goes about on snowshoes. The product
Of his lonely hunting trips he disposes
OF for cash 1t Bennington, sad makes
. good living thereby.
About two hundred and City years
ago Jonathan Meizs fell in love with
. beautiful young Qnakeress. He WAS
repeatedly refused. but he persevered
In his suit. riding seventy miles every
Saturday aeross . country infested
with hostile Indians In order to pass
the Sunday near the lady at meet
ing" On the last visit - he slowly
mounted his horse n ride away, the
sight Of his detected face touched the
young lady. and. lifting her hand, she
beckoned to him. crying: '.Rstnrn.
Jonathan." The phrase was adopted
as Christian name In the family that
sprang from the subsequent union. and
. man named Return Jonathan Aeigs'
has just died In Warrington
"A motor Is running at the patent
Office in wsshington which seems 70
fulfill the conditions OF perpetual mo-
tion. Perpetual motion b said 20 exist
in machine that ''when once started
viii continue to run until worn out
This machine operates By the power
given out in different expansion Of
metals under varying conditions aud
10 SO small and carefully eonstructed
that II there was absolutely no change
in the Temperature Of the room Il
would run when onee started thirty.
eight days before stopping. II - were
possible to put it IN some place for this
length of time. st the center Of the
earth, where tho temperature would
be constant Il would stop % Il does
not fulfn the condition Of perpetual
motion; but that cannot b done where
the machine now h. % Il hes run for .
great many years without stoppin&
and probably will continue 70 run u7-
Ill Il wears out-Ths Industrial World
AT seven o'clock Of the evening Of
January .. Charles Winnigsr. who b
employed In . furniture faetosy 1t
Louisville. Ky. was single man and
had no idea Of getting married. Two
hours later he was . husband and was
ON his way home with his wife He
had finished his work In the factory
rather early in the afternooa. and,
after eating supper. concluded 70 take
. trip up town He stopped q the
house Of m aequaintancs. where he
met Mary Wriuka Il was . ease Of
love 1t frat sight, and Winnigss lost
no time In proposing. The woman was
equally well pleased with her strange
admirer. and che readily gave her con-
sent No time was lost in making ar.
rangsmentA A carriage was called
and the couple drove over 70 JeBerson-
vile, Ind. where Esquire Keigwin per.
formed tho ceremony. Two friends
accom- panied them. and upoa their re.
turn the certificate was exhibited 70
the people In The neighboehood The
was ono oe the quickest On
record.
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Among the most Extraordinary pieces
Of symbolism known % hsve been used
by the early Asiatie WAS . 1gure Of .