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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-06-13

WARMoTH.-The st. Louis Re
publican, recently, in speaking of
carpet-baggers, says:
Warmoth, of Rolla, afterwards
claiming to live in st. Louis, and
now fraudulently elected Cover
nor of Louisiana by the negro
vote, was a Breckenridge seces-
sion Democrat in 1860, in and
about Rolla, Missouri. When fed
eral bayonets became plenty,
Warmoth'sSouthern feelings thin
ned out, but he still claimed to be
a Democrat. Gov. Gamble com
missioned him Lieutenant Colonel
of the 32d Missouri, the Major of
which proclaimed him a coward.
He was dismissed by Gen. Grant
at Vicksburg for lying about him
but, by political working, was
restored to his rank. The very
last election in which he claimed
the right to vote as a Missourian,
he worked against the Radical
party, himself standing at the
polling place opened in his regi-
mental quarters, for taking the
the soldiers vote, and worked al
day for the opposition ticket
which he succeeded in carrying
by one majority. No one missed
him from st. Louis until it was
heard that one Warmonth wa
! elected by the negroes of New
Orleans to represent them in Con
gress, and also that a man namet
| Warmonth was said to be impli
Gated in treasury defalcation
| somewhere South. Upon furthe
' developments it turned out tha
this was Warmoth Of Missouri.
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No Right to Endorse.

L. A man has no right to en-
dorse when the failure of the first
party to meet his obligation will
render the creditors of the endors-
er liable to loss in consequence of
such endorsement.
2. He has no right to endorse
for another man unless he make
provision for meeting such obliga-
ton, independent of and after
providing for all other obligations.
3. He has no right to endorse
unless he fully intends to pay
what he promises to, promptly, in
case the first party fails to do so.
Few endorsers prepare for this.
4. His relations to his family
demand that he shall not obligate
himself to obige another simply,
at the risk Of defrauding or de
priving them of what belongs to
them.
5. He should never endorse or
become responsiblefor any amount
without security is furnished by
the first party. 1t should be made
a business transaction-rareB a
of friendship. 1t is equivalent to
a loan of capital, to the amount
of the obligation, and the same
precautions should be taken to
secure it.
6. A man has no right to ex-
pect another to endorse his note
without recompense, than to ex-
peet an insurance company to in
sure his home or his life gratuit-
ously.
z. 1t is not good business poll
cy, for one to ask another to en-
dorse his note, promising to ac-
commodate him in the same man
ner. The exchange of signatures
may have and usually does have,
a very unequal value. 1t is bet
ter to secure him the amount, and
exactalikesecurity for the amount
of responsibility incurred.
| s. 1t is better to do a business
that will involve no necessity for
asking or granting such fayors, or
making such exchanges. 1t is
always safe and just to do so.-
Prairie Farmer.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-06-13

A marriage notice having
been sent to a paper for pubii-
cation, the name of the bride
being Anna Girdon, the par
ties were Mortified next day to
find it in print ION a gridiron."
The fact might have been sos
but it was too early in the hon
eymoon to be stated with a
prospect of belief,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-06-13

"John Quilp' says: "If j
wanted to make a man utterly
wretched; if I wanted to hurt
his feelings, and break down
his spirits, and ruin his morals,
I would get him to go a-ish-
ing about once a week. / ap-
prove of abolishing penitentia-
ries and jails and making con-
victs fish for the benefit of the
State"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-06-13

"A MORAL AND AN EXAMPLE,
"Listen,p said /, Elisten and at
tend, and you shall have moral
and example. When the wasp
now in the window entered the
room, you few at it with all kinds
of violence. / wonder it did not
sting every one of you. Now, in
future, let a wasp, when it comes
have it's bout and make it's little
noise. Don't stir a muscle-don't
move a lip--be quiet as Venus or
Diana, or anybody of that sort,
until the wasp seems inclined, as
at this moment, to settle, then do
as I do now" WhereupOn, dip
ping the feather end of the pen
Into the cruet of salad oil, / ap.
preached the wasp, and in the
softest and tenderest manner pos
sible, just oiled it upon the body
the black and yellow, like a
green waist coat--when down it
fell, turned upon its back, and
was dead in a minute. "There,
girls said l, ''see what kindness
and a little oil does. Now, here's
my moral and example: When a
husband comes home in i'll humor,
don't cry out and fly at him, but
try a little oil-in fact treat youl
husband like a wasp sa
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-06-13

TEMPTATIoNs.-When a fOnn-
der has cast his bell, he does
not presently fix it in the stee-
pie, but tries it with his ham
mer, and beats it on every side
to see if there be any flaw in
lit. Christ does not, presently
after he has converted a man,
convey him to heaVena but suf-
fers him first to be beaten upon
by many temptations, and then
exalts him to his crown Ar
rowSmith.
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Lsgc6e1s Id. SN9eGJidge,

A ttorney at Law. Address Shreveport,
N La. VIII practice in The Courts OF
Caddo, Claiborne and Bossier, and in the
United States and Supreme Courts of the
State All cisims for collection in Northern
Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana or Mississippi
promptly attended to-
RRFERENoEs -Wyche & Richardson, Spy.
ker s. Sandidge, Hays g. Adams, h6n. II. M
Spofford, New Orleans DR., VIM. Burt,
Humphreys& & Dashie1I, Harrison g. Crusoe,
Columbus, Miss; Sam. Mosley, Texas
Leading members of the Bar, in Shreveport
and Bellevue, Louisiana. v6nll
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-06-13

A Kentuckian, who had af-
ter aprotracted courtship, made
up his mind to propose to a.
young lady, carried his resolu-
ton into effect. The lady with
some hesitation replied: Il am
partially engaged, but mother
wants to marry" -.s
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-06-13

~ 1t is easy, in the world,
to live after the worlds opirl-
ion; it is easy in solitude TO.
live after our own. But the
great man is he, who, in the
midst of the crowd, keeps with
perfect sweetness the indepen-
dence Of his character.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-06-13

An architect proposes to
build a Bachelors Hail."
which viii differ from most
houses in having no Ewes.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-06-13
Our Louisiana Exchganes.

~ Our people unfortunately
have hithto seemed to have but
little inclination FOR concerted
action, particularly in agricultural
matters. Enough energy is dis
played by them, but it is directed
into so many channels and ex-
hibited in such opposite currents,
that but little is accomplished,
where much might have been
done. We hear much of Yankee
energy and enterprise, but the
true secret Of difference between
their success and ours lies not so
much in effort or skill, as in con-
centration of power and purpose.
We believe that the caterpillars
will destroy the crop of cotton in
July unless something is done by
concert of actiou to check their
propagation. We believe further
that if we can safely pass the
third stage or development of the
worm, that we will escape entirely.
We therefore appeal to the
planters Of this Parish to call a
meeting at an early day to devise
some general plan of action; and,
when adopted, to unite all their
energies upon it, reguardless of
private opinion, and give it the
test OF a fair trial. Where every
man is equally interested, surely
there should be no division of
strength or labor.
Our correspondent suggests the
planting of indigo or other crops
with the cotton. Our experience
has shown that cotton planted
near any shade escapes the raw
ages of the caterpillars. We there
fore suggest the planting of corn
in every fourth or fifth row of
cotton throughout the field, as an
auxiliary to any general plan of
procedure which may be adopted.
Il Natchitoches Times, 9th ult.
"a The Republican says that a
Mr.. Tinney who was described by
the New Orleans Bulletin as be-
ing "trooly loial,' has brought
suit against the proprietors of that
paper for $4,000 damages.
~ A private letter from At
takapaS informs us that the chOl-
era is still making havoc among
the freedmen Of st. Martin, but
the local papers say nothing about
it NatchitOches Times.
! MISSED HIM.-Marie, the sher.
|iff elected for Terebonne, says he
was shot at last Wednesday even
ing, as he was riding along the
public road about 4 miles above
Houma, near the line, between
the Beattie and the Lirette plan
tations, by. some person secreted
behind an old building near the
road. However much as we dis.
like to spoil good sensation, it
becomes GUS duty to say that ii
has leaked out that the Sheriff
elect had, previously, made an
arrangement with oneofhis chums
to fire off gun at the appointed
time and place, when, as agreed.
he the said Marie, would put spurs
to his horse and ride like mad up
the road and give out that he hat
been shot at Houma Guard.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-06-13

w Speaking generally, no
man appears great to his con-
temporaries, for the same rea-
son that no man is great to his
servants-both know too much
of him.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-06-13

W "No, father isn't a drOne,
either,'' said a bright lad; ''he's
a philanthropist, and collects
money for the heather in AT
rica, to pay for our house and
things"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-06-13
CoLEVILLE, La,
May Is. 1868.

At call meeting of the Demo
cratic colored citizens of this Par
ish, for the purpose of organizing
a club to promote the interest Of
the Democratic Party, the follow
ing resolutions were adopted:
1st. That this club shall be
known as the Democratic Club
No. and thatwe haveOrganized
for the purpose of promoting the
interest of the Democratic party,
and to secure to all persons the
right Of personal---very.; the right
to acquire andenjoy property, and
all other rights guaranteed by the
Constitution and bylaws Of the
United States.
I'd. That the officers of this
club shall be composed of a Pres
ident, Viee-President, Secretary
and Treasurer.
The following named persons
were nominated and elected off
GERS of the Club:
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-06-13

Never condemn a friend uIl-
heard, or without letting him
know his accuser and his
crime.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-06-13
Il. B. Watkins,

A ttorney and Counselor at Law, Min
II den, La. Will practice in the
10th and 18th District Courts. Prompt
attention given to all legal business en-
trustedsto bis care. n23
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-06-13
nd Jones. j. p. Ha,
Jones s. Harris,

A ttorneys and Counselors at Law,
IN Shreveport, La. Will practice
in the parishes of Caddo, DeSoto and
Bossier, and viii attend to cases in the
District, Supreme and Federal Courts.
Office on Market street, near the
Bank. vi n3l
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-06-13

1feSldenU-LaWr Miller,
Vice " Zed Collier.
4" +" Chas. Farley,
" " jackson Perry,
" Warren Price,
" Jos. Robinson,
/" Miller Scruggs,
" +" Adam SAXON,
Secretary-Henry r. Green,
Treasurer-Thomas Thicker.
Members.-Guy Nelson, Ned
Miller, VIM Hill, Ben Taylor, W
Green, Wash Wobbin, Reuben
Pickett, Moses Anderson, Joseph
Kennedy, Eli Baldwin, Aleck
Coleman, Gabriel Alexander, Ned
Hampton, Sam Carter, M Whit
man, John Coach, Chas Stephens,
Albert Cage, Ambrose Robinson,
Willis Wilson, Lloyd Payne, Geo
Chambers, Thos Gill, Ell Brooks,
Duke Geyer, John Denmon, VIM
Abner, Isaac Hunter, Julius Pratt,
VIM Lane, Geo Taylor, Austin
Hudson, Simon Payne, Geo Ford
Ben Holiday, Wallace Wise, Jen-
kinsOn Patterson, Andy McPher-
son.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-12-02

There could be no mistake about the severity
Of Che cold. There was not only frost, but a
freeze. We actually saw ice made on the
surface of water standing by the house.
Thinking Of the subject, it occ 4rred to us
hat the frozen articles had thawed under
cover, with a partial exclusion of the light.
A heavy damp cloud hung over the surface Of
the earth like a thick blanket, and shut of
the rays of the sun, and continued till some
time in the afternoon. The morning was
cold and chilly, and the thawing took place
gradually and under just that combination of
circumstances hat would be most likely to
prevent injury from the frost. If the sun
had shone ont bright and clear the next morn
ing, the bean and tomato leaves would have
turned black, the corn leaves white, and the
injury would have been much greater than it
proved. a change of wind that condensed
the vapor ard suspended it near the surface
of the earth, saved the plants.
Light, especially when impaired Ivy the di-
rect rays OF the sun, is an agent Of great
power, and although We have lived in it all
our days and bathed in an ocean of light,
how little do we know Of its properties and
powers. 1t is the great organizer by which
nature builds up all her living organizations,
and it is also a ~disorganizer, by which organ
isms are reduced to their elements, to be
again used as materials for building up other
organisms. 1t is one of the forces of nature,
and the more we understand the laws by
which it is governed. TIE better shall we be
able TO subject it to our service.-N. E.
Farmer
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-12-02

Dir. p. Lattner, of Dubuque Co., Iowa
writes 10 the american Bee Journal as fol
lows
/ have seen q great many plans in the Be-
/ Journal for wintering bees, but | prefer the
one | adopted last winter to any that has beer
suggested Out Of seventy-six hives wintered
(among them some pretty weak colonies) ]
did rot lose one. Whereas, winter before
last, out Of sixty-eight hives wintered on their
summer stands, | lost thirty-eight, and the
remaining thirty were weak. | came to the
conclusion that what is good to keep ice in
summer is good to keep bees in winter and
I went to work and built an ice house, Ii feet
By 20, and ! feet high. used six-inch stud
ding siding On the outside, and linsd with
inch boards inside put a tight floor over
head, and then filled all around with sawdust.
| also put SIX inches of sawdust above, on the
floor. | had in each corner a four-inch open
ing, or chimney, through the door, but not
through the roof and a double door in front
which kept the room perfectly dark. We
had pretty cold weather last winter, vet water
would not freeze in that room. Towards
spring, it was getting rather warm inside,
and | noticed that some colonies were becOm-
ing uneasy. | then left the doors open after
dark, and shut them again before daylight
which operation made all quiet.
Il CdI IA d uutlITCu COlOlit5 III SLdt
room, and it did not cost over forty dollars to
build it.
My bees commenced swarming the first
week in June, though one swarm issued on
the 2Sth of Way. l only let them swarm
once. Six or seven days after swarming |
would cut out all the queen cells, and insert
one Italian in place of black ones. | have
now one hundred and thirty-fve colonies 3;
and, l think, when | put them in winter
quarters, | shall have ltalianized every one of
them.
[ use the Langstroth hive, and prefer it to
any other form. Any one must acknowledge
that the frames are easier handled than IN
any other hiye-besides the grand place for
surplus honey, which no other hive can equal.
As for wintering bees out of doors, | do
not believe in it any more. We must pro-
vide shelter for all our stock in the winter !:
why can we not afford to 90 the same for our
bees?
Nv bees are doing well, and some Of the
first swarms have filed six boxes Of honey.
those with flames on the top are doing still
better. | believe bees will store double the
quantity Of honey in frames, as compared
with boxes.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-12-02
Channel Island Cattle.

We append q report of 4 large sale of
Channel island cattle. It will prove of in
terest 10 our breeders here, and will give
them an inkliDg Of the estimation in waich
this valuable race is held there, where it has
been longest in cCni petition with other races.
The demand for this breed for dairy pur-
poses. is rapidly on the increase where it be-
comes known. Practical men begin to find
out that these diminutive Jersey and Guern-
sey COWS give a concentrated milk. one gallon
of which will make az much and finer butter
than two gallons from most Of the heavy
Durhams, and that, too, they will do on pas
lures where the larger cattle would starvc.
We have seen these Island cattle on their
native pastures we have seen quite as good
here at MIR. McIIenry's in Maryland. and at
the Clinton Stud Farm. on Staten Island
but we have seen better than any on the
coast Of Brittany, in France, ell the way
from Morlaix to Grandville, and the butter
made from them is infinitely the best made
in France. We remember always calling
for Brittany butter in Paris, because that
from other provinces Is never sailed. and the
Brittany butter always is. We sec no rea-
son why our importers should confinc them
selves 10 the Islands Of Attorney, jersey,
ard Guernsey, when they can procure at
cheaper rates. larger animals Of the same
race, IN the Departments Of the Manche,
C1ses1u Nord, and Calyados. It is to be
hoped some of our enterprising breeders will
explore this IS get untr0dden ground. Mr.
Ficklin, Of Virginia Sir. Walters, Of Bal
timore; and many others have learned to
appreciate the Percheron horse. Let some
Of cur dairymen do the same with the Brit
tany cows.
4 herd Of Channel Island dorsey and
Attorney cattle, nearly 100 in number. be-
longing to Philip Dauncey, ESQ.,. near Win
slow, England, and considered the finest in
Great Britain, was sold ct public sale, Oct.
9th. The fame of the herd brought a large
assemblage of purchasers, and the prices
realized were consequently high. The low
est priced cow brought Is - guineas, and
the highest priced 100 guIneas. The latter
was purchased by Mr. Garne, and among the
other purchasers were Lord Chesman, Sir II.
Vernev, Duke of Grafton, Duke Of Bedford
Colonel Spicer, Mr. W. \. Gilbey, etc. The
average Of the COWS, So in number, $50 Is.
Seven in-calf heifers brought from 35 to 90
guiaeas. the average being G55 10. Five
h%eifers, out with young bull, brought prices
ranging from % to 30 g~uineas, or an aver
age Of E44 3. The calves were sold in pairs,
and brought from % to 81 guineas per pair,
and the bulls, FIVE in num5er, brought from
90 to 90 guineas each. The total proceed,
of the sale amounted to f3 ,9l2.-IHf, Field
4 Farm.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-12-02

BOARDS AND NAILS FOR FoDDER.-Farmers
are sometimes annoyed by their cattle gnaw-
ing boards, bones, &c. We do not propose
TO grind up i. boards and nails for fodder "
and give it to animals with such a perverted
taste. We were thinking merely of how
much fodder might be saved in many barns
by a dose Of boards and nails administered,
not to the critic, but TO the barn in which
COWS and other animals are kept. Not long
since, while looking over the premises of a
neat and thoughtful farmer, and admiring
his warm stable, pig-pen, and shed for ma
nure. he remarked :? that little funny article
in your paper, about boards saving hay,
written by somebody Rufus Nutting Esq. j
in Randolph, Vt, was worth a years sub
ued . that So few farmers in this cold country
provide Il warm place for their stock"
Those who read Mr.. Ms article will remem-
Ter that he estimated that in many cases
two dollars worth OF boards and nails might
save in expense Of fodder, and By the increase
of the milk Of say five cows, fifty dollars in
one hundred winter days. After the ends
and back side of the stable are made sufi-
GENTLY tight, he recommended that.a few
boards be hinged on in front, SO that in
severe weather the stable may be entirely
enclosed, or left open when the weather is
milder.
For closing c~revices in underpinning, &c.
the Prairie. Farmer recommends a mortar OF
lime and sand or ashes, using hog bristles
instead of plastcring hair, to give it greater
tenacity, and fill this into the cracks with a
trOwel. But in this as in other things.
where there is a will there is a way, and
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-12-02

HORSE MANGEa.-It is said that On excel
lent horse Manager may be constructed OF the
following plan:
GA box or large tube. two and a half feet
by W feet, and as high as the floor of the
hay NOW, is Set up between two stalls in a
small manger. The bottom of this box is
two inches larger each way than the top,
SO as to prevent the hay from ever becoming
wedged in or stuck. A semi-circular open
ing, one foot in the highest place, is cut
into the bottom Of the box inside the man.
ger. Inside the manger and on the opposite
end is placed the box to feed grain; if cut
feed is used, the whole manger can be taken
if necessary. The manger should not exceed
one foot in height and two feet wide. Hor-
ses have no difficulty in drawing out the hay
from the bottom of this box or tube, and at
the same time will not waste a particle, as
it is always a little easier to eat the scattered
hay which falls than to draw out fresh hay.
The hay is kept clean and sweet until eaten
by the horses"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-12-02

Master and Servant.
BIZ ROBERT r

L-
! was standing idle in the market-place
When He came,
] had but to look upon His glorious face
For His name.
l did not ask, Who art Thou? For I well knew
No other
Ever had such a Royal grace, eyes so true.
My Brother.
He laid His handSIpon my shoulder gently
With a sigh,
wi lit thou not help me? have so much to do;
Let me die"
] fell down in mine anguish, kissing His feet,
Full of shame;
He, STOPPING, raised me up, and whispered sweet
My new name
My servant, fear thou mott" We went togethe
O'er the moor;
felt not driving sleet or bitter weather,
Very poor,
Yet very rich, for He unlocked iron time
with His key.
We heard the far-ofr city's golden bells chime,
"No more seal"
wilt thou be Ny servant eyernore 2"
"Evermore!'
" Shall 1 find thee idle 'Iaid the markets roar"
Nevermoref
o my master neTernorei No. neTermorci7