St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-11-17
PiTh AND POINT.

HAS your father been vaoei.
mated yet?' She-''No; he is going to
be Tomorrow He-Ten him to have
it done on the foot IN. Y. Sun.
AT the Butcher's.-"Why did you
put up that large mirror near the door,
ITO prevent servant girls from watch
ing the scales."-Fliegende Blatter.
-Wilton-..So Penner's latest novel
failed to catch the public as he expect
ed it would. Any particular reason?"
Walton-.'Er-itws was = detective story"
Boston Courier.
-Lawyer-''Did he call You liar in
called me weather report" Lawyer
That is sufficient; You are sure to get
damages.
How did you come to break With
Miss Sweetlips? You always said she
was good as gold" Yes; but got &C
auainted with girl who had the gold"
Boston Transcript
Summit Gayley seems
thoroughly imbued with the idea that
youth will tell" Bottome-"Yes; you
see, she has three or four small broth
ers-"-Bunalo Courier.
Mr.. Manhattan-"Do you wear
ear-muffs in Boston when it il very
cold?" Mr.. Bunker Hill-''Certainly
we do" Mr.. Manhattan-'Then the
streets can not be SO very narrow after
all. l."-Siftings.
-Physician-"You must avoid all
excitement, avoid beer or wine entire
ly, and drink only water" But, doc
tor, the idea of drinking water excites
me more than anything else. File
gende Batter.
--Call-"What 10 the matter with
Fido that you are watching him 20
closely?" Charlie-ssCause mamma
said your hat was enough to make
dog laugh, and wanted to see him do
it.r-Inter-Ocean.
First Cannibal-"A French mer-
chantman has come in sight" Second
Cannibal-"I trust there are some Par
isians ON board. They pride them
selves on their good taste, don't you
know."-Detroit Tribune.
-Jimmy-'sWhat is this moral cour.
age that the Sunday-school teacher
was tellin' us about?" Tommy-"As
near as kin guess it, it's the kind Of
courage that kids has that's afraid to
6ght-Indianapolis Journal.
you don't know how much your
book has helped me, Mr.. Scribbs-" Mr..
Scribbs-"You hatter me-" 81 mean
every word Of it. Whenever am rest
less 90 get your book and inside of
fifteen minutes I'll be. asleep"
Patient (complaininglye'1 can't
make out word of this prescription,
doctor" Physician (grimly)-"Never
mind. You'll find my handwriting per-
fectly legible. I'll warrant you, when l
| send in my bill. Journal.
On the Road Manager (reading}-
1.-THE egg product Of the United States
amounts to eight hundred and fifty
million dozens" Old Actor reflective
lyes1've thought sometimes it was
more than that."-Detroit Free Press
| -"You don't seem to get along very
we'll with yer old friend?' "Naw. He
got ter thinkin' he knowed too much.
When told i'm he orter put his mind
in gymnasium an give is voice Va
cation, he got mad. d."-Washington
Star.
Eligible millionaire ~ wonder
why girl always shuts her eyes when
era fellow kisses her." Fair Arisr
tocrat-'I never noticed anything Of
the sort, but suppose it depends upon
the kind of face the fellow has-"-Pick-
MeiUp.
| -Rambler-s'That Bartlett girl
thinks . great deal Of me. When
told her 1 was going around the world,
she asked me to be sure and write her
from every place visited" Wilter-
''Yes; she is collecting postage stampG"
m Y. Sun. -
| -Wll-"Why do you always carry
those corks with you when you 90 TO
:all on your fianceer Jsek-"Well.
you see, she lives in . hat, and I use
them for stopping up the speaking
tubes when 1 am bidding her goodnight
| In the vestibule IN Y. Herald