The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-05-22
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
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! l of-10 h IS a. k-9.-- Whitehall Times.
& eos 2-SyrGc1se Times.
WHEN do you intend to 60 back,
Mike P" asked one exile OF another. II
|, live till ! doye,, and God knows
whether I will or not, I intend to visit
ould Ireland once more before l lave
this country" ,.,s.,m ria,fa .,s.f,,s
!. A WRITER in the London Garden
drove eff ants that he saw by micro
sc ope, eating the flowers Of pot roses
just coming into bloom, by sprinkling
7 the plants with water ojust tainted with
ikeroseneo3 s,glsa 9mosi 81 IaEabas
ENVY the man that kan tolk 365 days
in the year On one subjeckt. and think
he ia, original and interesting all the
time; but don't want to- be . son.in.
law ov one ov these kind 'ov people,
Josh Billings. .is bHG ,s9zB3 gaq ol
/ AMONG the names of the many base
ballists who have secured fame and
money byttheir achievements within the
diamond arena, we have never yet seen
the name of the Prodigal Son. yet the
fact stares posterity in the faoe thati he
was the first man to make . home run.
-Waterloo Observer.
LARGE quantitie, Of ssparsiiip-fed
pork 2 are made bY the thrifty farmers
of the Channel Islands, and a CORE
spondent Of the Toronto Globe -tsspeak-
ling from a whole seasons experience "
states that though less firm than that
fattened on barley, the neat ia in-
initely ,sweeter and more delicate in
flavor" He also recommends this use-
full root for cattle and human Kind.
h A GENTLEMAN presents himself at the
Police Headquarters to leave q descrip-
! ton of his daughter, who had been miss
ing for two or three days and was
thought to have got, her hence with all-
advised CELEBRITY and the coachman
" De- cribe her minutely, IL you please,
says the clerk. Well," says the par.
ent, ss she's pretty tall and light-com-
/ plected, and siabout threelor fourye@rs
younger than you'd take her to be,''',,
!" Why, papa" said Steubenville
I girl to her father, as he 'sanntered into
j the lparlor away along in the night,
when she and her Adolphus were con-
iiversing upon the ethics Of the dust and
kindred topics, 1" Why's papa what gre
you looking for?" "Oh, nothing; 1
Just thought l a get up ana see The sun
rise. y The clock struck,i and the SON
rose, and vanished, and the. old man
went back to. bed 10 lssD iNHfs =
REV A. b. KENDIG,3 pastor Of the
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church in
4 Worcester, Mass. made d prayer before
4 his farewell sermon last week il which,
after having prayed for every member
Of the church. the choir, ofganfst, sex
! ton and ushers, he finally, prayed for
the . one who, although hidden from
sight, yet contributes 50 much to the
4 musical part of iourIworshipsH ending,
80, Lord, 7 mean the boy whe blows
the organ"
li9 AN onion is little shing, lu1 9sodW
! Yet wonderfully strong;
/ a@g It's smell will not forsake us u szH1
Il AT home or in q thronR.
i . He who eats IL riotforgetten oa oslo
It In either spring Or fall, ,
iit$ y The strongest soldier and greateet 81
i Scent'nel of them all!
l0iHJIllia CljABfE2 a1--Nep York Bspssw.
A. .,ff al 90 APRIL vEsPERs. 4 -s.9 s,f
The turtles drum in the pulseless bay.
i The crtekets creak in the pEickiIl hedge,
The bullfrogs boom in the pudding sedge
And the who9PSs Exay vh''ps i's ysspsr f'Yoi
In the'twilisht soft and gray. 3deae YYf
iii Mis hand hand ii III heri ref n and md her'n Il iiis
She blusnes deep--he Ia talking BIZ
They hug and pop as they distress roa'st5
IT'S late Il when theyS tS gst back home. ssi1
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3 Down " here the sweet nastnftiuln blows,
A box -toed parent lies in wait
For the he maiden Ill IN and mall her mat mate sSosi5
Il ct crfckets creak ana bulifroge hD0Ss5Iq
Il The whoopoe wall in the distant dell
! Their tusleful throbs wfll n8'ef <iis9fass
The planted pain p! and H, the rooted rooted glooni7
OF the lovers dismal doom.
ifdk bbb ,ssti -Sss Louis 1SRes- -Jo1s66ef.
th \ In China during the summer< moqths
all kinds of vegetable refuse Arc mixed
with turf, straw, grass, pe4t NtdllS and
EARTH collected into, heaps. and when
, quite dry set on FIRE. After several dayi
!. 81 slow 'combustion The Saeiipmass il
, converted into, q kind al, black earth.
: This compost is only employed Tor the
I manuring Of seed When sssd s1Ens ar
Friyes. one man makes b0ias ip, sths
/ ground, another follows with .seet
I which he plAces ifi2tkey h0l6sJ while I
q third addsthis black earth. The. young
b seed planted in this manner grows will
E such extraord dinary vigor thAS it's there
t by enabled push its rpotlets through
the hard, solid soil and TO collect it
e mineral constituents. FsA sss9 itfss
d faa ONE day when George Mashingtos
9 was small boy-this was shortly. afte
d his famous encounter with . cherry tire
81 -he rushed into the hBuss, hiS eye
e suffused with hot tears and his cheek
9 mantled in the roseate hne OF consciou
Il shame, crying out hystsricaily,i ssOh
!, pa, my dear pa have cut--another-
" cherry y-tree!" His fathers brow dsrl
O. enede as he asked, stsrnly, A. Whsre
e .itp Showit me immediately. Z, Georg
II started out, followed BY the Old gentle
u man. To the garden he little 1sllo'
+ led the .wsy, then. down one psth an
N up. another, until almost out 81 breatl
r, and entirely out OF temper AfsdEasl