The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-27

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ter. He don't forget his, friends. |
Whoever has done him a favor,
or shown him a kindness, he
remembers, and remembers to
reward. Witness his attach
ment to A. I. Stewart, of New
York, who headed the list to
purchase him a mansion in
Washington, and make. him
comfortable by a present of
United States bonds; to Borie,
who headed tile list to purchase
him a dwelling in Philadelphia;
to Col. A. r. Easton, an old
friend, who helped him years
ago, in st. Louis, to get the
office Of county surveyor, whom
he now appoints Assessor; to
Gen. A. r. Smith, Of St. Louis,
an old friend, whom he now
makes Deputy Postmaster, to
Gen. Sherman, whom he makes
General-in-chief of the Armies;
Gen. Sheridan, whom he makes
Lieut.-General, and towel,
to whoever he has known to be
his friend. We are, therefore,
on the lookout for his old part
ner, Boggs-H. Boggs, Of the
firm Of Boggs s. Grant. as per
the following advertisement OF
ten years ago:
II. BoGGs. I. S. GRANT.
BOGGS s. GRANT.
Qencral Agents for Selling, Bartering
N Real or Personal Property Notes,
Bonds and other Securities, Borrowing or
Loaning of Money on Real Estate or other
Securities; Collecting OF Rents; Renting Of
Houses CollectiuS of Notes, Bills, Accounts
or other demands. Office b Pine street, SC.
Louis.
But, possibly, as Grant was
a poor hand at business as
his old pater-tamjjjGs says, his
partner, Boggs, may have
cheated him. We rather think
his father did say that Boggs
cheated Ulysses. That will be
hard on Boggs; for, as Grant
remembers a friend, he does
not forget an enemy. He en-
ters upon the Presidency with
friends to reward and enemies
to punish; and he don't seem to
care a continental who knows
it. So Boggs,, if you did cheat
Ulysses, we advise you to keep
/ in q dark corner. Obscurity
is the place Of safety, especially
! if you are in one OF the unre-
constructed provinces, and es-
pecially if you are one of the
unrec0nstructed "cusses" who
have not been purified by pass
ing through the Congressional
fiery furnace Cincinnati En-
quirer.
The Griffin (Ga) Star has a
homely, but expressive way of
giving vent to its opinions on
this subject when it says those
newspaper men who take adj
vertisements at any price they
can get have made up their
minds to live and die beggars.
They go cumming around from
'pillar to post" are the Obse-
quious servants of easy cross
roads politicians, who will toss
them an occasional penny.
! They ride the hotels and bore
the merchants; in fact, are but
! one remove from common pau
/ pers, and will eventually end
] in the almshouse. The idea OF
! persuading them to establish
paying rates is almost, if not
altogether, ridiculous. A bot
tie Of "Jersey Lightning" or a
pocketful of three cent cigars
will buy a column Of nausea
ting fattery; but they make no
money, and do not fool people
-tof sense. The way to get good
| prices for advertisingis to make
paper'the people love to read.
: Good advertisers will soon find
it out, send their fayors to it,
asking no questions, and pay
ing the prices asked. Our rule
is to get all the subscribers we
can, and let the advertising
; business take care of itself.
Speaker Blaine, like his prede
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