The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1859-07-22

colt and borrowed twenty-five dollars
and pair Of breeches from him, and
took the first boat for Mobile, and I
be darned if I'd stop this side of Texas
if ! could help it. When we got down
to selmy, it was night and / went
ashore while they was takin' in cotton
Just as the boat was a startin' fellow
steps up and sez he, sinister wish'd
you'd give me half dollar for two
quarters | give him the halt, took
the two quarters, and the boat started.
l looked at the quarters as soon as !
got into the cabin Of the boat, and
Jake, be confoua'd if they wasn't
both five dollar gold pieces. l didn't
say word to nobody, but I reckon /
struck line for my state room about
as fast as anything you ever seen, for
fear some one would come and claim
the money. Next morning I went to
the bar and took a drink. BY the by,
Jake, they keep mighty nice Ticker on
the boat. I drunk the whisky and
slapped down one of my gold pieces,
and told him I had no smaller change.
The feller looked at the money sharp
and looked at me sharper, and bimeby
he says, sorter savageous like, "look
here, stranger, where did you getthatF 2
Well, l was afraid to tel! him how
got it, and says I boldly, /" I got it in
Montgomery.
@Well, its counterfeit says he, it
amt worth a cent
I run my hand in my pocket and
took out the other gold piece, and
showed it to him, and / wish I may be
darned, Jake, if they wasn't both
counterfeit.
It was no use talkin / kpowed l
WAS innocent, but then there was two
connterfeits, and they sRore l was try
ing to pass spurious money. They-run
to my state room to search my bag
gages they just swore I wasn't all
right, for they said man as is all
right and squar' don't generally travel
all all the way from Pike county to
Texas without some baggage. The
barkeeper aud the mate, and the cap
tain and the cook, all rared and charg-
ed and got the passengers together,
and they held a eonfab and finally
agreed to be easy on me. They would
not take me to Mobile aud put me in
Jail, but they just run the boat agin the
bank, put out plank, and told me to
make telegraph time in gettin' of:
Jake, I knowaed l was innocent, and
qold 'em SO, but it was no use. / reck
on | got off that boat quicker'n l got
on it.
The place whar they put me out was
a reglar cane brake, and the mud was
about two feet deep. l got out after a
while, and. walked two miles before |
| got to any house, and when the derned
niggers seed me they sikt the dogs OF
me, and tired as | was, there wasn'
| one of 'em could ketch me. Well,
wandered about from place to place
till at last ] got down here TO Mobile
| had little money left me from paYin
my passage at Montgomery, and go
me some common clothes. Waithin
round here TO see if Icould find any
BODY that knowed ma and helped m,
on to Texas, the guard took me up a
a suspicious character, found the sam
gold pieces in my pocket when the,
searched me, and kept me in the guard
house till they could find out somethin
about me, and I'd been there yit if
teda't thought of you, and told 'er
II pou knowed me. You're a truml
3 Jake, and I reckon I'll take your at
viee-go back home and tell The oil
man straight truth about the matte
We heard Jake" tell him to ca
at his store the next morning and e.
S some money, after which we left, coag
itating upon the glorious uncertainty
appearances, the fckleness of fortun
and the high price Of shad.
i SIZE OF THE BRAlN.-Mr. Fowler sal
that very accurate conclusions can
T drawn as TO the intelligence of an a
: imal from the size OF the brain al
9 swelled heads who have hitherto boa:
ed ofthe size of their hats have no e
d emtion from the rule. The average d
It, macs brain is as to 81, the fox as
II to 205, the horse as to 400, the ell
y phant as | to 500, and the rhinosoer
- as 10 1000. A canary's brain is as
- 70 IA, that Of an eagle as l to i60 th
~ ofa goose as to $50. The brain
OF the tortois Is as / to 2240, that OF /
l sea toFtois as 1 to 56SS, while the spa
n. of the brain OF crocodile is so small Il
lg 1t will scarcely admit a mans thur
to into it. SECS
81 ~ A wag, on seeing an old COB
na trying to swallow cotton string VI