St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-12-01
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

lien francis Nash, OF the revOIUs
tionary army, gave . name to Nash
vile, Tenn. It was first called NASH
borough which was objected to on 90
count of being hard to spell. Nashton
was suggested, but Nashville was finally
accepted in 1854.
Two Birmingham negroes have
carried a silver quarter under their
tongues for thirty-six years. They
were first placed there by the men for
fear their masters would find and take
the money from them, and subsequent
" kept there because of superstitious
belief.
Nearer, My God, to Thee" was
the work of Sarah Flower Adams. and
first appeared in a volume of hymns
and anthems published in 1S4O by Rev.
W. J. Fox. Several churches have OBJ
jected to the theology of the hymn, and
have endeavored to improve it, but no
substitute was ever received with favor
by the public.
Robert E. Stone, Of Lexington,
KY. has just erected over the grave of
his dog monument that cost him six
hundred and fifty dollars. The stone
is a pointed shaft Of scashore granite
deliberately and fancifully carved. It
has a deeply chiseled inscription: Don,
for sixteen years our silent brother and
friend. His faithful dog shall bear him
company"
A famous London will bequeathed
"all my black and white horses" to q
certain dcvisec. After the lawyers had
wrangled to determine whether all the
black horses and al the white ones
were meant, or only the piebald, or
black and white ones, a witness testi-
fed that all the horses of the dead man
were mares, and confusion was worse
COMPOUNDED.
The first forgery, of Bank OF En-
gland note was executed by a man who
was anxious to make a good impression
on mis- sweetheart. He forged twenty
of the notes and placed them in her
hands as proof Of his wealth. No at
tempt was made to pass them, but the
forgery was discovered and he was
hanged. His name was Vaughn, and his
execution took place in 1853.
load of iron beams could make" said a
citizen, until l heard one go through
a residence street. where it was not
complicated with other noises. All the
loads I had ever heard before had
heard in busy thoroughfares where,
though the noise they made had been
heard above every other, it had been
softened somewhat by the general up
roar. Here it was heard all by itself:
and, too, it was after six o'clock in the
evening when even the comparatively
slight traffic of the street had ceased
and it was perfectly quiet Forty
boiler factories couldn't have held a
candle to it. It actually made people
laugh, it was such laundering big
noise"
An unusual result of the seasons
drought was noticed in Stockbridge.
Mass Some workmen heard . robin
uttering loud cries, and saw the bird
darling from branch to branch Of ,
tree, in great excitement Close ex-
animation showed q red squirrel sitting
on . branch close to the trunk, holding
a young robin in its paws. The pen
threw stones at him to make him drop
the bird, but he moved around the tree,
still holding it. Finally he let it drop
to the ground, and darted away. On
picking the bird up. it was found to be
quite dead, and almost drained OF
blood. the fierce little rodent having
satisfied his thirst at the cost of the
birds life. Squirrels are known to eat
birds eggs: hut the long drough: Il
held responsible for this crime.