The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-15
Minorities.

Salt Lake now contains $4,000 |
Mormons and 5000 Gentiles.
Victor Emmanuel is the best
shot among European sovereigns.
Few Of the Minnesota wheat
growers have sold their grain.
The only sure way ofconstsntiy
increasing the productions of a.
farm, is to manure 1t acith bruins.
The Plattsburs Republican says
Grant has done well, relatively
so far.
A $4,000 monument is to erect
ed over the grave ofSam Houston
in Texas. a74 sfas,
In '3S Chicago shipped a wagon
load of wheat, in 68, 10000, 900
bushels. w rs yfga,sg
A society for the protection of
sea birds has been organized in
England. sf5ia
A Shanghai rooster killed a
small child in Kent aeky the other
day. ...'.-.
Alaska is to have q newspaper
called The Times. 1t is to be in
dependent in politics
In Winena, Minnesota, there
are 400, 900 bushels of wheat in
store. s,,l ~ tf. otE
+ The Mayor of Portland is very
remarkable man. He has asked
to have his salary reduced.
Kansas now leads off in wheat
growing, giving on an average l5&
| bushels, without manure. w a Z
Few farmers can spend a spare
half hour to better advantage than
in setting out shade tree.
The general prospect for the
farming business ia all parts of
the country was never better than
now.
This country consumes 1,000,-
600 acres of forest annually, for
building and manufacturing pur.
poses.
The untimbered plains between
the Mississippi and the Pacific
have an area Of ], 100000 square
miles. DE3EA gIET
i 1t is not liberal manuring alone
that converts the field into the
garden. Frequent stirring is nee
essary. a4set*~,1
Shingles, after soaking in lime
water a while before laying them
! will not only last third longer
but will gather no moss. -,,sa
A lady in Detroit has obtained
a divorce because her husband
used unkind language to her ant
compelled her to black his boots
A young lady in Staunton, Va.
keeps a list OF her male acquain
J tances in a pocket diary, andcalk
: it her him book.
e The thrashing machines used il
! the United States States save 10,
2 600, 600 bushels OF grain annual,
/, more than the fail would save.
. For five years after an orchard
; is planted, the ground should b
! plowed, narrowed and manure'
each year. II ~ tfs
/ The French customs return
9 show that 100000 worth ofveloC
a ipedes have been exported from
q France this year. a 's.. 3.
: A Californian at Oreville has in
g vented steam pillow that pulveI
t ICES at therate Of three acres al
Q hour. aafs tfr rt -.Fa "a
A great many persons wish t
live their lives over again hecaus
: they see where they might hav
! sinned-and didn't.
+ During a recent storm nine hea'
q of cattle belonging, to Captain M
! lam, near Brookhaeen, Mississil
q pi, were killed by lightning. 400
d. Since its organization the TRAY
&c elers' Insurance Company, of Har
= ford, Conn, has paid 1000 j
losses, and issued $50, 100000 pol
IT cies.
q The retiring President of th
: New York State Agricultural s.
g. ciety, in his valedict0ry, earnestl
Is urges the offering ofno more pr
!. miums for great crops of Tobacco
: Inlaying out garden for fru
and vegetables, place everythin
h in drills or rows, SO that they ma
lie be cultivated by horse, andithl
IN save the expense of hand labor.