The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1860-04-27
HUMoRoUs GLEANINGs.

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H We have known cats that wera
sans reproache,' but never one that
was sans pprr.'
You're . good book-keeper,"
as the Librarian said to the man who
wouldn't return loaned book.
GT She that marries man because
he is a good match" must not be sur.
prised II he turns out good "Luci6et.h
E "Do you believe, sir. that the
dead ever walk after death 2" No
doubt Of it, madam ! have. heard the
Dead March in sanl.n AzcHT
n THERE'S a man in Cincinnati in
possession Of powerful memory. He
is employed by the Humane Society to
remember the poor.
rs DR.. Paley could imagine moth
ing more insipid than a man and wife
living together more than thirty years
without single conjugat quarrel.
~ Pigg'es wouldlike to know what
kind Of broom the young woman IN
the last novel used wheh she "swept
back the raven raven ringlets from her
classic BROW 'is
AZ 1T is so healhysin New Mexico
that it is said no American ever dies
except when killed IN arrow. We sus-i
pect that the rows don't give the climate
a chance.
~ Many persons have particular
ambition to seem exactly what they are
not. There was rich man once who,
boughta a splendid library, and signed
the contract with his mark
/ ~ The Reading Chronicle speaks
of an old lady 1oa years ofage, who
mends all the clothes Of her son and
family. Prentice supposes that she
thinks its never too late to mend. 5s@
i ~ There are people in this world
as much given to SANDER as a hen is to
cackling. The following for example
Perfumerv is an article that indolent
young ladies make use Of to supply the.
place of clean water and soap.
H A successful competitor at a
: skate race, few days since, returned
thanksin the following apt and express
i've terms: aGentlsman, have won
this cup by the use Of my legs; ! trust
Tmay never loose the use Of my legs
, by the use of the cup" aa@t
~ Aunty was trying to persuade
= little Eddy to retire at sundown, using
Q as an argument that the little chickens
8 went~to roost at that time. ayes, said
Eddy, shut the old hen always goes
with them" Aunty tried no more ar
guments with him.
~ A man much addicted to drink
ing, being extremely i'll with fever, q
2 consultation was held in bis bed-chain.
9 Der, by three physicians, how TO cure the
/ fever and abate the thirst. Gentlemen.
e said he, 4 will take half the trouble
. off your hands; veucan curethe fever,
: and | will abate the thirst myself.' 81
IF A German priest was walking
in possession at the head of his parish
d toners over cultivated fields, in order to
a, procure a blessing upon the crops !;
: when he came to one Of uhprofnising
" appearance, he would pass on, saying
er Here prayers and singing win avail
,h nothing this must have work"
Ie T A lazy W ung fellow. being ask
n ed what made him lie in bed so long
BY replied, i am busy in hearing coun
oe. sci every morning Industry advises
be me 70 get mp; sloth to lie still, and sc
~ they give me twenty reasons pro an'
his con. Its my part to hear them, am
nix and by the time the cause is over, din
to ner is ready m l EaH.s
TO- S9- A young lady being addreass
H. by a gentleman much older than her
he sell, observed to him that the only OF
jection she had to union with -hir
ept was the probability Of his dying befor
bis her and leaving her to the sorrows /
=. widowhood. To which he made III