St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-03-23
p,Tn AND POINT.

-Teachcr-"Now. boys, II one Of yoo
were to find something petri6ed what
age would You attribute to it," Smart
Boy-"Stone sge"-Harper's Youu9
People.
Col Spouter claims that the woul-
en- supported him during his campaign,
II the men didn't" ''Yes; his wife took
In washing and his mother plain sew
ing.".Buffalo Courier.
-'Cholly didn't have much luck with
that Boston girl" mo; she frose him
with her glanceA" ''Then he's In .
bad way?" mo; he was thawed out
by an old fiame."-N. Y. Sun.
How could you endure talking %
long with that ugly old woman with
that frightful costume without laugh
ing in her face?' ''Oh. that's easy. She
is my wife. Batter.
Have You any idea what the rela-
tions arc between Miss Wello6 and
young Slimpurse." 'sEr yes; . father
and . mother. Both her parents axo
opposed to him. Courier.
Had Been Abroad-..And isn't LA1o
Como besutiful?' Lake Conao? Oh,
yes; 1 remember it distinctly now-be-
cause my husband complained 20 much
that the train was 20 slow in passing"
Vogue.
Some women can't believe . word
their husbands say" she remarked
''Well," ccnfided the other, II am not
quite SO badly OF n that Ny husband
talks in his sleep oecasioually.-
Washington Star. ~
The Priest-''This man il 20 tipsy
he can hardly stand. can't marry you
to him unless he's in his normal state"
The Bride-"Faith, thin yell have 70
hurry, for it's soberin' mp he il this
Life.
-Fenderson-''Evidently my friends
think I'm smart, whatever you may
say. / know that whenever say .
bright thing they remember it for
months" Fogg-"I should think they
might Boston Transcript.
There's no doubt" said Mr..
Dolan. ''about there bein' wan great
advantage in bein' born in this coun-
try" 'An' phwat's thot?" inquired
Mrs. Dolan. 1T saves yez the proiee
av q steamship ticket over."-Wash-
ington Star.
-Dillaway-'Talk about your aris-
tocratic descent! Why. my father Of
ten had ten thousand men directly un-
der him." Caraway-"Ah! A gener>
al?" Dillaway-''Well. not exactly."
Caraway-'A wholesale CONTRACTOR
Dillawav-"No; an aeronaut"-Tit-
Bits.
LAY OF your overcoat or you
won't feel it when you go out. said the
landlord of Texas hotel to . newly
arrived guest That's what am
afraid OF" replied stranger; the last
time was here laid on my overcoat
and didn't feel it when came out.
and l haven't fel. it since."-Texas
Siftings-
Your account Of the concert last
night" said the musician, omitted all
mention Of the very thing I wanted to
see printed. The violin played, as
was careful to tell your reporter, was
genuine Stradivarius, and one of the
best ever made" That's all right"
said the editor. 'When Mr.. Stradi-
varius gets his fiddles advertised in this
paper. it will cost him half . crown .
line. Good morning, sir!"-Tit-BitA.
Never" she said, haughtily.
''never darken my doors again" He
stood before her humbly and would
have spoken. but she silenced him with
. wave Of her bejeweled hand, and
went on: II told you in the first place
that I wanted them doors painted .
robin's-egg blue. and here you've went
and grained them. / know what I
want aud I'm going to have it" Wearf
ly he got out his putty knife and sand
paper and began to rectify his error
Buffalo Commercial