The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-03-20

GEORGIA BoTs BEFORE YANKEE BUREAU
| A school teacher in the &c Dark Corner of Lin
coin" sends the following to the August
Chronicle
Last Monday genteel looking man cam,
into our settlement, announcing himself a
Captain Inspection, United States commits
sioner of the bureau of education, for this ed
vocational district, which comprised the whole
of Lincoln county. He was directed to my
school house upon his arrival, after he had
repeated the announcement of his character
and functions, I received him with such be-
coming politeness and proper courtesy as
could command, considering it due to his off
cal rank and station.
AS the first arithmetic class had Just been
called up to recite their morning lesson, | ten
dered him the class book (Davis) opened, at
the appointed lesson. This he declined, say.
ing he did not need the book, but would ex-
anime for himself. Curtius Lamar stood at
the head Of the class Now, although Curtus
is good boy and fine scholar, he served two
years in Virginia under Stonewall Jackson. 1t
was not without some trepidaton, therefore,
that I heard Captain Inspection put to him the
following question:
"A regiment is composed as follows: Three
tenths of the men are Germans, two fifths are
Irish one tenth are Canadians, and two hun
dred and forty are Americans What is the
strength of the regiment?
''That depends upon the man who leads
Them" was the reply Take your seat, La
mar, said sternly, although felt much re-
lieved TO find nothing worse in his answer.
Next in order stood Michael O'Reilly. Mike,
the son Of our boot-maker, Patrick O'Reilly-
man highly esteemed in our community-is
smart lad Of fourteen years. ''Let the next
answer" said Capt. Inspection. $780," was
the prompt answer. " How ?" says the cap
tain. 48o was promptly repeated. 81 can't
see it how do you make it 20 q only count
the Irish" was Nike rejoinder. Whereupon,
Capt. Inspection, getting furously mad and
calling me all manner of hard names, stalked
out Of the room saying: "1'll report you you
are an unregenerate, unreconstructed, abomi-
nable rebel; I'll report you to the bureau.
You are teaching these youths treason"
The Munich correspondent of the New York
Times thus touches gently German morality :
must relate conversation overheard a
few days ago in one of the cafes of this city.
Two young men were sitting by table, en-
joying couple of mugs of Brey's best, and
their cigars, when one said to the other: Il
would Ike first rate to see Paris while this
spring." sThere's nothing to prevent it,
said the other about what does it cost
per day on an average" Well, for hun
dred francs a day you can see Paris splendid
IT," land if I take my wife ~ 90, then
fifty francs day will be a great plenty"
Strange to say, most young Germans prefer to
visit Paris without their wives.
The keeper Of a wine shop at Pantin, near
Paris, has just committed suicide with char
coal, from grief at the loss Of a sum Of money
in business. His infantson, who slept in the
same room, was found dead in his arms. The
man had a short time previously proposed to
bis wife to put an end to their lives together,
to which she refused to consent.
FREScHY.-The French artist Cham pays
his respects to American cashiers, in the Uni
verse Iliustre, as follows An applicant pre-
sents himself at basker's-s I have been a
cashier in America . VERY well. You ran
away with the cash box; and consequently
you cannot return there. It is a safeguard.
md I will ON n1ov Won -