St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-04-29
PERSONAL AND lMpeasoMAL

Mr. Edmunds, of Vermont, Is said
70 have been almost the only exception
TO the rule that the supreme court prac-
ticc Of . lawyer soon dwindles after he
becomes . United States senator. Sem
ators Teller, Carpenter. Morgan and
others found that their clients dropped
OF one by one after senate cares began
| to press Senators Mitchell and Dolph.
however, still have good many csseA
"A New York artist has spent two
summers among the Great Smoky
mountains of Tennessee, because, he
SAYS. he gets the same kind Of subjects
there that the French painters find
around Barbizon-the same rudencss Of
implements, the same simplicity Of
habitations; even the same blue cloth
ing. II don't sec why Sd many Of our
fellows 60 to France" said he, ''f0r we
have everything that We can want in
this country"
"A manager in New YOrk-not tho
man one would have expected TO say it.
either-declares that farce comedies
are working general injury to theat-
ricsl interests: ITO the legitimate thea
tiers. because they arc taking people
away from them; to the public. because
they are lowering the standards of
taste; to the variety shows because
they are being constantly recruited
from them, and to the actors, as . class,
because they induce . man to give up
honest work and play 1T the gallery"
"A Brooklyn lady who Is spending
the winter in Paris with her two young
daughters. while her husbands bust.
ness compels him to stay at home, be-
ing anxious to have her husband Join
his family. said TO her eldest daughter
one day in presence Of her youngest, .
six-year-old: II wish your papa could
be appointed rs minister to some court
in Europe" whereupon the young
but discriminating miss quickly re-
spOnded: ''Why. mamma, you must be
crazy, papa couldn't preach good ser.
mon"
One of the most heroic of NeyS
York's workers is Marvin Clark, tho
blind newspaper man. well known by
his specials for the daily papers and
other work. 1t is now nearly five years
since he lost his sight. after . Journal
istic career that had extended over .
period of thirty years As soon - it
was decided that he WAS hopelessly
blind he taught himself the use of thu
typewriter. and by having the papers
read to him daily, manages to keep his
place rs worker In his profession. He
Is steadily cheerful and accomplishing,
and does excellent work.
AT q banquet of the Veteran Ma
sonic association in Washington tho
,thcr night Senator Dolph, of Oregon,
sketched the Introduction
II masonry into Oregon. away back
N the '40s," said the senator, Capt
John Kellogg crossed she ~plains' fsosn
carrying with him the char.
er Of the first lodge Of Oregon. y
.oOls him many months TO get to the
tate. and he had to undergo many
but he clun9 to the .chsrter.
md. although nearly all hiA goods wet6
ost and many times he was in danger
# losing his life, when he arrived at
)rcgon City the little scroll Wa with
lin" i..-a,, II.
--Sometimes when . man tries: to be
'oOd he never gets credit for IL One
itizen of New York bought tickets for
big ball few nights ago. and when
he people in the Office heard of il they
witted him and said: you'll b
round here tomorrow with your head
one mp In . wet towel, and won't BE-
oOd for anything all day." Said he:
l resolved TO give them . surprise I
'ent to the ball and didn't drink
rop of anything but water, went home
5 straight rs = string. and in the morn
g woke up with the nastiest kind of
bilious headache. But Of course they
ouldn't allow that il was anything
ut champagne. So far - peoples
BOD opinion is concerned. it doesn't
~ very well to be good. docs it7'