St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-02-04
PERSONAL AND ,MPERsoMAl.


"A New York oyster.house keeper
has discovered In . little neck clam I
pearl, for which he has already been
offered . good price.
"A Moselem PA farmer grew, IL II
said, IN Irish potato. the stalk Of which
was 5 feet z inches In hight and bore
at its roots . bushel Of potatoes
There q . female leper In Philadel.
phia Her identity h kept . secret, but
she Is said to be Of good family. The
seclusiou which che must enter win b
for all her life
I'm her maideuhood MrA Cleveland'a
witand beauty were mot unimportant, to-
even before she entered Wells college
at . church fair In Buffalo she received
the prise for being the prettiest and
wittiest girl ct the fair.
An English health officer recently
received the following note from one OF
the residents Of his district: Dear sir,
l beg to tell you that my child aged
eight months Is suffering of measles q
required by act Of parliament"
"A London lady Is in search Of IN
owner for . silver thimble which she
declares she found imbedded in the
center Of ham which she was slicing.
She would also like to have some ex-
PLANTATION Of how the thimble got there.
Charles Brigham. Of the Boston
post Office, ID one Of the oldest men in
the postal service in the United StateA
He was appointed by Nathaniel Green
in 1887, and has served continually
there ever since. . period Of fifty-four
years
The due de Morny. distinguished
as IN amateur photographer. has given
to the French war Office . process by
which paper of any kind or thickness
can receive . Photographic print
Eighty Impressions can be made In .
minute 1t triding expense. Soldiers
certificates Of service and character will
bear the owners portrait
when I first went into the show
business, said . wealthy retired circus
man, lone of my chief attractions wa
q pair Of giraffes. GirafRes were nov
city in those days. and these proved to
be . great card; but before had them
o month they were both taken with
sore threats Do you realize what It
means for giraffe to have . sore throat?
It pretty nearly banhrupted me to pro
vide for their cure"
John Horne Tooke had . strong re
pugnauce TO matrimony. He once i'd
viscd q friend who was about to marry
to obtain from reliable sources every
possible detail Of his intended wife'a
antecedents. then the only allowable
course was to provide himself with q
fleet horse, to be seady saddled and
bridled on the wedding day, and to ride
away from the church as swiftly -
possible before the ceremony took
place.
"A head-master of Harrow had . way
essentially his own Of getting rid ri
little boys whom he invited TO break
fast You know, little boys have . Pc
culiar habit Of becoming inconvenient-
" glued to . chair. The hospitable
head" would quietly 20 up to the
youngster-who was perhaps In the
middle Of another mufRn-and say very
gently and with psternal kindness;
'.And must You really go?" The little
boy invariably went
I'm q recent reminiscent paper Mrs
Duncan Stewart writes Of Disraeli:
after Lady Beaconsfeld died. we
drifted apart, he and ], aud though ]
saw him sometimes II was never in the
old intimate way. The last time We
nett was at Lady Stanhope's-I had
q good talk with him, though. It wa
not until we were parting that I said:
4 hope you are quite well?' and shall
never forget the hollow voice in which
he answered: Nobody il quite we'll