St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-07-20

| We arc often able because We think
We are able. HaweA
-.'Sbe understands man perfectly"
'Shc ought to after tending . soda
fountain three seasons" - Detroit
| Tribune.
-Oakley-"So you like yacht with
. center-board?' Soakley-''I like one
| better with . well-stocked sideboar1
-Philadelphia Chronicle.
Man may be happy II he viii.
Know then. each mortal is IN actual
Jove; can brew what weather he shall
most approve, of wind, or calm. or foul.
or fair.-John Wolcott-
| The Character of It.-Manager-
'sWhat IL the character of tho play you
have written?' Playwright = Very
bad. Imade it to meet the taste Of the
times. Free Press
How charming Is divine philoso-
ply! Not harsh and Grabbed, Is dull
fouls suppose, but musical ~ il Appol-
los lutte. And . perpetual feast OF
nectared sweets, where no crude SUR
felt reigns.-Milton-
what quiet little body she is!'
said the visitor. "Yes," answered the
proud father. gazing foadly 1T his little
girl busy with her mimic housekeep-
ing. "l don't think she will ever be
the man her mother ik."-Cincinnati
Tribune.
-Smallwort-''Oldm man Grips, tho
chattel-mortgage man. got . needle in
his hand this morning and the doctors
had to cut it out" Ford-'Nothing
strange in that They would have
had to do the same thing had it been =
nickel. l."-Indianapolis Journal.
Depth. said the am-
bitious student, II am determined to
gain recognition from the world as .
deep thinker. Could you give me any
advice on how to proceed?" None"
replied the old gentleman. thoughtful
ly; s'unless you write in . sub-cellar."
Washington Star.
-Gertie (who has behaved very rude
ly to her mamma; to her rsunt)-"Aunty
Clara, pray don't 60 away yetw Aunt
(iattered)- ~ had no idea You were so
fond of me. Gertie-" Gertie-"Oh!
Aunty Clara, it isn't that, but mamma
said was to be whipped when you had
gone.
-He-"I don't see. Ethel, why it is
that people think Demosthenes such
great orator; I'm sure that there are
plenty Just as good nowadays" She
s.But, my dear, just consider 1T what
disadvantage the poor man was, hav-
ing to speak in Greek. Arbor
Wrinkle.
Makes Il Credible.-Diablo-''I am
inclined to believe that yarn about
Jonah and the whale and not look mp
on it rs . fish story" Theolo-'I am
glad to hear it. win you tell me
why?'' Diablo-"Because Jonah does
not claim that he caught the whale.
he says the whale caught him.
Brooklyn Life.
"A Natural Conclusion.-A small
Boston girl. who was IN unnoticed
listener the other day, suddenly piped
mp with: ''Say, mamma. il everybody
wicked?' why, no. my child. of
course not" answered mamma why
do you ask such question a that?''
because you haven't said . nice thing
about anyone to-day" The rest was
silence.-Boston Herald.
After the Defslcati0n. Presi-
dent-"No, really, l can not say that
there is anyone against whom we can
bring . charge. But there is Adder
ton, come to think of it; we have n.
ways been more or less suspicious of
him" Police OMcer-"But / don't
know a care to see Adderton. Isn't
there somebody about the place in
whom you have always had the most
implicit confidence and whom you
have always trusted?' ''Yes? Well.
that's the man I want to see."-Boston
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