St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-24
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Miss Amsteur-"Are you musical.
Prof. Bisten?" Prof Bisten-"Yess
but II you were going to play auyt tbiDE.
don't mind my feelingxr-Sing Sing
Courier.
1T seems TO me, observed Criticus.
s.that Scribber's book reads rs though
he were addicted to the bottle" Yes"
assented Ws9e. ITO the mucilsge-
bottle. Bazaar.
The Recipe.-'.How did Wocdby
White get his reputation for being
briRht?' "Why, by promptnes& He's
always the first to say chestnut when
somebody essays . clever observation.
Washington Star.
Mrs White-'And do you mean to
say that you and yonr husband al.
ways agree about everything?" Mrs.
Black-"Always; except, Of course
now and then when he's out of humof
or pigheaded, or something Of that
sort. Transcript
Mean, Even Then.-Mr. Flushley-
''Do you know that Jazblin beats his
wife alm9t every night in the week?"
Mrs Flushley-.'No, does he?" o. the
monsterr Mr.. F1ushley-"O, don't
know about that; you see he plays .
much better game than she does
Roxbury (Mass-) Gazette.
-"Proverbs was largely the ruin Of
me-" said Mr.. Everett Wrest- "How?"
asked the sympathetic citizen. Take,
for instance, that one about the race
not bein' to the swift / guess that
there has made me lose more money on
4-to-1 shots than would burn . wet
dog."-Cincinnati Tribune"
-Wife-"Why, Charles. what do
you mean by burning our old love let
ters?r Hnsband-'.I have been read
ing them, my dear, and it occurred to
me that after die some one who
wished to break my will might get
hold of them and use them to prove
was insane Harlem Life.
Uncle George" said the little boy
from the country, ''are these the build
inas they call sky-scrapers?" 'They
are. Tommy" answered the city uncle.
Tommy took . comprehensive look
overhead. THE sky does need scrspin'
here pretty bad, don't it, Uncle
George?" he rejoined. Trib-
une.
This original paragraph from Ed
itor Hams recent New York letter in
going the rounds of the country: II
would not give one good, wholesome,
hearty, rosy-cheeked Georgia girl who
can swing . pot. whistle . tune and
kick dog all 1T the same time for all
of these military mummies between
Battery park and Harlem suburbs-"-
Atlanta Constitution.
FIRST Gentleman (entering the
apartment of second gentleman)-
about . year ago you challenged me
TO fight = duel" Second Gentleman
did, SIR" First Gentle
mainland told you that had just
been married, and did not care to risk
my life 1T any hazard" Second GEN.
(haughtily)-'I remember, SIR"
First Gentleman (bitterly)-'Well, my
have changed; any time you
want to fight let me know. House
hold Words
Helen" said Mr.. Whykins. who
never gets hold of an idea
until it is old. II have . good one for
ron. think you'll appreciate it, only
vou must not let it make you angry"
What II It, Henryr' ''What's the
difference between = woman and an
The difference" she an
,wered serenely, ''is that . man isn't
afraid to take IN umbrella with him
werever he goes, and that he doesn't
try to conceal the fact that it's above
him when . real emergency arrives.
That's the principal difference, Henry"
Star.