St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-08-13
HUMOROUS.

cuy tuC VIC kOs VOs AAsOsAsssAy
psalmody." Mrs Smythe-''Our what?'
Smythe-''Our long meter from the @.
company. Y. Herald.
WHATS your SON Josiar doin'?
said . neighbor to Farmer Begosh
WALL" was the reply, ''he thinks hei
diggin' halt, but he's maxim garden. -
Warrington Star.
There is such . thing rs carrying
a joke too far remarked Funnicus, af
ter he had visited dozen newspaper
Offices, at all Of which his joke had beer
declined.-Yonkers Statesman.
-Fastlcigh-''So old Soak has joinet
the city improvement society?" Sharp
leigh-"Why not? Hasn't he stayed ~
At night to decorate this town for thu
last ten years?"-N. Y. Tribune.
THE trouble with Tomry is that
he is shallow" "Tompy? Nonsense
II you had ever tried to ill Tompy with
champagne you'd have changed your
mind about that-"-N. Y. Truth.
-Hicks-"See those two ladies ovel
there. They seem to be enjoying them
selves hugely" Wicks"Yes; I won
der which of their dear friends they
are picking to pieces. Tran
script.
in the Furniture Store.-Lady-
"What has become of those handsome
sidcboards you had when we called
last?" Salesman (bashful, yet graft.
fied)-'Tve shaved them of again,
miss."-Pick-Me-Up
-Round to Rise--''If I were only a,
ambitious as this Internal necktie, >
sighed Nudge, rs he pulled down that
ornament for the fifth time in an hour,
I'D be worth million dollars this very
minute. "-Indianapolis Journal
He Knew It.-"Your arm is mis-
placed, SIR" said Amy, rcbukingly. To
young Hunker, who had encircled her
waist. EYES," replied the unabashed
young man; 1T would not have been
placed there II you had not been .
miss. Detroit Free Press.
-Employer-'Glad to see you are
able to be here to-day. Tomkins-" Tom
kins (sheepishly)-"Ycs, SIR" EN-
ployer"I was afraid from the way
YOU looked at the ball game when your
favorite nine were defeated that you
wouldn't be able to get here. Y.
Herald.
Every Second Counts. - RIVER
"You have . three-minute horse a.
ready. don't see what You want Of
one that can make il in $40" Banks
(of the suburbs)-"You don't! Why,
great Scott! Even with my three-min-
ute horse / miss . train four or i've
times . week!"-Chicago Tribune.
Why He Didn't Like England
Rigby-"what are You going to do this
summer: going across the pond?''
Diaby-"Y-a-as, I think I'll knock
around the continent bit, ye know. !"
Rigby-"And You won't stop in En-
gland?" Digby-"Naw. ! think not "
,Rigby-"why not?" Digbv-"weally.
deah-boy, was ovsh there lawst yeah.
dont-ye-know and me Amewican accent
wss % noticeable that there was WEAKLY
no pleasure in ife."-Columbus Post
Then and Now.-Jones lin the hon
eymocn)-"I can not imagine. wiley.
what il the matter with my razor. It
has IN edge ON Il like saw" 4rA
Jones (timidly)-'Uh, darling, can you
forgive me: cut OF some hooks and
eyes from IN old waist with that razor,
but Il wasn't real sharp then" Jones
(quietly)-D-dearest, you must be
careful. You might happen to cut of
one OF your pretty little fingers" Ten
years later.-Jcnes (crossly)-''Some
Internal idiot has been tampering with
nv razor Mrs Jones Qcily)-''It must
have been yourself then, as no one ever
touches il but you. "-Detroit Free Press