St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-11-12

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who. dying while his son w&s young.
left him 70 Be beought ep b his nothsr.
who solA appass apon the streets Of
Waterford Mr. Sextoa. il self-edu-
Gated man.
--Savssss In variDus parts a the
woeid plaiA the inner Abers of tree lark
for tishisg tines, and the lndl ,ns On the
PaeiAc eDo1 AZ North America No for
the same purpose seaweed-'s sort Of
kelp-which is plenty strong enough 70
hold fast . finny captive of one hundred
and Sfty pounds weight - -
"A vslise was received at 4e United
Sta1es expsess olEice st JackyosA Mis-.
dAowine from the hundreds Of stsnpa
and tags on it that it had been in most
Of the express Offices In this country.
1t was stuffed full of hundreds Of odd
and queer articles. including = human
skull and the left foot Of . female grave.
yard nbbit
"A Capt Blondcll st Oxford Ala.
offered twenty-five dollars 70 any one
who would Eet into boat aSd allow Il
to be blown up with dynaniss. % that
Bloudell might show his iife-ssviag
methods. A young man natAed Neely
accepted the oder, and was blown
abeat forty feet into the ar unhurt,
but on his return 10 the waters surface
he alighted on the fragmepts Of the
wreck and received fracturea leg and
other injurieA !st
The sole street frontage % hoase
in Wooster street, above E!ceckcr in
New York, IL . strip two ss0ries hikh
over = narrow alley. There il Dogrouhd
floor to this front, and the uHper stories
have . nOn for only hx1l bedroom
each. The front is wedgcd tesween an
other dwelling on the south and . busi-
ness building ON the north. xnd the en-
trance TO the house is BY wry OF the
alley. In the rear the hoase spreads
out considerably.
Castle island in Boston karbor. On
which Fort Independencc stands, and
which has just been thrown open TO the
public rs park. has been foptified since
1854, being the oldest military, post held
regularly for purposes Of de se,,se in che
United States. Fort Insie pendence
stands on the site of Castle William,
which was destroyed by the. British on
the evacuation Of Boston. The Usited
States eUvernment, Of coutsc, retsim,
the title Of the property anS .naihtains
sapesvisien over It. :
An equipage that wosslc have At
tractcd attention even in ola Acadia =
that driven by Uncle Dennetg, Of Cape
Elizabeth, Me. II consists ;61 . two-
year-old bull. harnessed by means Of .
crooked yoke to . light csyt; (which Is
also boat. by means Of r~i3s of rope
attached to ring in the bulls nose and
rove through rings ON his horns, he =
driven rs easily ~ most horseA The
bull swims river like = dog, and the
wster-tight cart-body eaHily. suppqrts
the driver and load. - y
"A family in Staten IslaEd{has dog
that seems to show . distinct reason
ing faculty. The dog ha1 long been
accustomed to take q morning walk
with q member Of the family. but was
not permitted to accompany his friend
to church. The animal soop seemed 70
understand that one day N seven he
must remain at home and the Con-
clusion WAS that he could count On
Sunday morning. however, che dog sur.
priscd every one BY joining the family
ON the way TO church Tho conclusion
was that he had forgotten until it was
called to mind that the chuyca bell had
not rung that morning. Ihc dog evil
IDENTIFY associated the sound Of the bell
with the fact that he was not 70 &C
company his companions ~ usual
The pneumatic sulky Eas come 70
stay ON the race track RoJert Bonner
says 50, and he is presumed to be able
speak authoritatively On the subject
He Is also Of the opinioa thxt it 10 going
to revolutionize trotting rscords. - It
enables . horse to travel irUm two 20
three seconds faster In the mile. The
striking thing about the now sullsy h
the low wheels In the old-style
vehicle the driver sat between them
Now he sits above them, The wheels
average thirty inches in height, about
the same rs safety bicyclcseen on the
roads and tracks A sulIrv with the
pneumatic tire attachment gets down
in weight to about forty Pounds, while
the decrease in draught n shout 50 per
cent II II Mr.. B0nner's idea that .
record Of EOS is entirely possible with
this new racing machine.
"A most notable November In our
history was that one in 1s6s, the Asst
day Of which was observed throughout
the thirteen colonies - . period Of
mourning on account Of the Aoing into
effect of the hated stamp aSt II In
creased the burden Of taxation upon
those who had no voice IN their own
government. and sroused thtSm 70 such
. sense Of injustice that ten yeszs later
they rebelled, and the war oft the revo-
luton was begun On the ist day Of
November. therefore, the church bells
were solemnly tolled, hags hoated e
half-mast and business was everywhere
suspended. All over the land such men
- Samuel Adams. Patrick Henry. James
Otis and John Adams addressed petri-
otic speeches to throngs Of their coun-
trymen. and fired their hearts with
thoughts Of . glorioas independenee.
The little town Of Delraar, Del ,
gets It's name from . eombination Of
the Arst syllables In the nanaes of Dela-
ware and Maryland. The village stsnda
close to the southern boundary Of Delar
ware. and b the last static j on the
Delaware railroad before the territory
Of Maryland b reached AAothar VI
lage In Delaware on the edgeof Mary
land b called Marydel, this time two
syllables Of Maryland and 30 a Dsla-
ware going TO make up the name. An
ambitious hotel keeper in e.e Of tn
Delaware Villages calls hiA Aouso the
Delmarira. in honor Of the tAres ststea
that make mp the psninsnlS betwesa
fhA DelaNnrA and ChAnaHen1pa A>x.