St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-08-11
WIT AND WISDOM.

II love indeed. to suher, but l. can
not tell whether am worthy to suffer.
st. lgnatius.
Nc Atkins VERY tiresome)-Want to
hear something funny? Old Crusticus
No; I've heard it before.-Harlem
Life.
-Elsie-Oh. uncle, am so fond Of
you. Uncle-And why? Elsie-We al.
ways have jam when you take lunch
with us--Fliegendc Blatter.
PA, are you still growing?" mo,
Frank; what makes you think SOP
''Because the top of your head is COM
ing through your hair."-Tit-Bits.
If for some of us. and sometimes all
of MS, action can not mean doing. then
remember bearing too is action-often-
est its hardest part.-Willism Claiming
Gannett.
boy. what is a peninsula?'' "A
point of land extending into the
water Good! What's . strait?''
face. king, queen, jack and ten-spot."
st. Louis Post.
To be happy at home is the ulti.
mate result of all ambition, the end to
which every enterprise and labor tends
and of which every desire prompts the
prosecution.-Dr. johnson.
History presents the pleasantest
features Of poetry and fiction-the
majesty of the epic. the moving acct
dents of the drama. and the surprises
and moral of the romance.-Willmot-
characteristics rs pretty as q
picture" said the young man. Yes.
replied the young woman, with a
glance at her rivals complexion,
''hand-painted, too" = Washington
Star.
is your life insured. sir?" asked
the agent. YES" replied the book
keeper. I'm what company" THE
home company. My wife has promised
me never to do the cooking. '-Harper's
Bazaar.
Let yoh aims be high" said I'm
Gle Eben. .'but doan' forgit dat dar am
mob practical returns FUN good job
oh whitewashin' dan dey is FUN bad
Job oh landscape psintin'. Washing.
ton Star.
You don't mean to say the cashier
has gomez" YES" replied the bank
official. Dear me! He had such a
pleasing appearance" Yes. and such
a displeasing disappearance-"-Wash.
ington Star.
-Clerk-You say you don't like them
bronze lions, and yet they are very life
like. Summer Resort Landlord-Thats
just the trouble. Why. those fellows
would have thousand mosquitoes
around them in one night--HarleM
Life. , -y-.-.- 90
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Cook
If yer please mum, the butcher says
shall get five per cent. on all the or
ders give i'm. What does that mean;
Mistress-It means, Mary. that we
shall have = new butcher.-Bostor
Budget.
When Snidewen got religion ant
got mp in meeting to say that he hat
made mp his mind TO cast his burden
on the Lord. Mrs. s. was heard to re
mark, Il don't know rs care. 20 loni
rs am eased of at least . portion OF i
in the future 'Tisn't to be expected
AlRtla4iel would sver bsaxAfs burde'
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"A young minister had gone to tn
home of his boyhood to preach, and, o
course, the villaSers were full OF curl
6ity. TO hear him At the close Of tn
service 6ne.of the 0eacons engaged tn
young preachers wife in conversation
ut WAS . strange coincidence. said he
''that your husbands text was the on
from which his father preached his las
sermon in his pulpit" Indeed sai'
the lady: ''well, that was strange.
hope" she continued, 1T wasn't tn
same sermon" ''Oh, no." said the dea
con. in ) deprecatory manner: hi
father was . dreadful smart man.
Envrorth Herald.