The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1869-06-16

1t is not always mark of frankness to
possess IN open counteoance. An Alliga-
tor IL q dreadful creature, and yet he pre-
eents an open continuance when ho is in the
very act Of taking you in.
The Fenian Brotherhood is said TO be
getting SO siroug in Cork that that city will
soon DO withdrawn from British control.
The only difficulty in the way is the want
Of q cork screw.
Some people," said red-ri<sed ndivid-
| ual, haranguing three or four bystanders,
'waste their money in charity. others squau-
der theirs in supporting wives and families;
but as for me, save mine to buy spirits"
Truthfulness-that is the fact of speaking
tho truth Intentionally. and even to the n-
Jury of self-is less branch than u blossom
| Of mans moral strength of character. Weak
Iings must lie. hate much a. they may.
Two men were convcrsing about the i'll
humor of their wives. '.Ah." said one with
a sorrowful expression. ''mine is tartar
"Well," responded the other. ..nine is
worse than that-mine is the cream of
tartar
A Western Democratic paper thinks thai
Gen. Grant would have more stable Cabi-
net if he had put Dexter in. The joke
betrays stability as well as dexteri'y; but it
also indicates the author to b. horsestyle
to the President.-[ Buffalo Commercial.
A sentimental editor says: 1T is comfort
ing to know that one eye watches fondly for
| our coming, and looks brighter WHEN wo
come." A contemporary is grieved to learn
| that his ''brother Of the quill has II wife with
one eye."
Traveler.-''Ain't you ashamed to beg
q stout fellow like you! l should think you
might work." Picturesque beggar (drawing
himself up.) ''Senor, / asked you for alms.
not for advice
Even French women are disagreeahIe to
one another sometimes. The other dav two
dearest friends were in conversation.
''My DEAR said the eldest, ..do you know
that your husband told me last night that
my checks were like roses p Yes, love-
know he did. He spoke of it afterwards,
| and said it was pity they were yellow
! roses. -a r
my son." said the veteran at the foot of
tho stairs, "ariso and see the newly risen
luminary of day, and hear the birds singing
their matin songs of praise to their Creator:
come while the dew is on the grass, aud
come. i say, or will be up there with d
switch and give you tho cussedest licking
you ever had
Imaginashun, tcw much INDUCED in, soon
il tortured into reality; this liz one way that
good hoss thiefs are made; man leans over
. fenco all day and imagins the hoss in the
lot belongs tew bim, and sure enuff. the first
dark night. the hoss does Josh Billings.
An incompletely reconstructed South
eruer moved to Vermont lately, and soon
afterward his family was increased by the
addition of a ''nativc Vermon:er.'' His
oldest son, boy Of four years. was at first
delighted with his little brother. but after
few weeks began to tire of his crying. and
got little jealous from fancied neglect.
One day he climbed up in his fathers lap
and asked him. Papa. which do you ike
best me. or baby - Tho father thinking
TO please the little prattler, answered thnt he
liked him best. After a serious thought the
shrew youth said. ''Pa. know why you like
mo best" 'Why - asked the father. Its
because I'm Southern man. and baby is u
d-d Yankee" replied the little hopeful.
A daily paper Fin New York gives the
following advice to newspaper writers;
When writing an article for the press,
whssher pros. or ver.e, just siy
And let them be crisp and dry.
And when II is finished. as you suppose
Just looE over it again, and then
A LONE NIeGER.-During the war a
"cosstraband' came to the Federal lines in
North Carolina and was marched up to the
officer of the day to give an account of him
self. whereupon the following colloqy
cnsued: ~ t
Whats your name %
My names Sam.'' ..-..
''Sam what !''
mo. sab. not Sam Watt. TN list SAM"
whats your other name!'
IL hasn't got no other name, sab. rss
Sam dat's alI.''
w hats your masters name !''
.l'so got no massa now; mas<a runued
away-yah! yah Use a free nigger now"
snow what's your fathers and mothers
nan,e." a.
Use got none. sah-neber had none. Use
jist Sam-ain't nobody else.''
Haven't you any brothers anil sisters! p
"NO, sab: neber had none. No bruddrr,
no sister. no fader. no mudder, no maSsa,
nothin' but Sam. When you see Sam you
see all dere is of us.
He never said q word,
But with look Of deepest melancholy,
He sat like patience on an ottoman.
Waiting foI his wife to put her bonnet on
In the language of flowers. if you wish
for "heart-easc," never look to ..mary-
gold" 49,"
Once year the Japanese of Nangasaki cell
ebrate the Feast Of Lanterns The whole
~ikvp kvvvv, I'M mi
water, upon which they all, even to the hum
hleAt. cast contributions These consist nf