The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-09-04

+ After supper, and about haR ansllo,r
before e.s,lndoWn,s sscertainsvillagersb begin
to gather on the tavern steps. The
wagon-maker,s the blacksfnith, the sign
painter, the horseslocter and others can.
generally be found in the crowd, chairs
tilted back and pipes and cigars alight,
but the convention does not proceea to
business until a certain arrival. This
d" certain arrivaln is fat, stout man
with fatherly countenanee,s and his
clothes average little better than the
Others Every evening in summer he is
| to be found on the steps, and every even
ing in winter he has chair by the big
stove inside He is the man who has
/ Travelled. He was the first Justice of the
Peace in the county He gave tile first
dollar. towards the first meetiilg-house
thereabouts. ss s.....,s s.. "a. ~
"Why, sir,- explains the hostler in a
careful whispers '' that 'ere man kin
/ draw out plans for buildin'. barns jist as
fast as he kin handle a lump Of chalk,
and he isn't any more afraid of railroad
presidents than | am of horses. If
knode what he knows I wouldn't hang
around this tavern for less'n $12 per
month! y s..ss a, .sa;......rs -. ~
AS soon as the fat man gets settled
back in his chair there is a general
hitehing around SO asgto face him, and
to be ready to agree with his Statements.
If he says it looks like rain every head
mods an affirmative; if he predicts short
crops every man on the stops Is ready to
back him. ksstG
"Why, sir, = whispers the hostler
again, "that ere man can quote more
Bible than all the preachers Lever heard
We hahn It got 4 man here that would
dare tackle him nohow on sacred para.
graplls.e Andshe's travelled rle;srAe Mis-,
so,ui one, way and q as far as capad'' " the
other
# The fat man no u gets ss:araned Aalp tt
( his work sittle,vw Referring to the Hast
Fourth Of july grafton ne tenier1y se
leets asaozeh or fifteen bad mistake.
made by the orator as points to prov,
} that oratory is not u trade. -
oh! If could only spit out thelo
tory he can =, sighs the hostler as hi
eyes lose sight Of the big man for a mo
: ment. 20 Whg ,sir, if l could stand I'm
der shedzssad ellabout 1776 the w;g
} he can, / wo,,ltln t take a. back seat fo
even the man who shoots off the fire
Y worksrh Asas = F@ sf4 @#
Il The fat mail here ineittent;dlv refer
to the proposed Christopher Columbus
[ I monument in America, and rather car
I. ries the idea that the town would be ex
pected to subscribe literally. ,Es
"Ah! that's another Of his euriou
a traits whispered the hostler, rs h
feels for his empty wallet. That 'er
e man wouldn' & low one of us osabscrib
: one single dollar for that 'ere nonu
ment No, sir He means to pay fo
n the hull burned thing cut Of his pocket
That's the kind Of picket-fencel he is
> sir, and why in thunder this sereEcoun
: try don't git right down on her niarro'
Il bones and beg Of him to ran her for:
t couple of terms is more'n / Kin Sc
through. l don't say nothihs fur my
self, cause expect to alters be n hos
It tier, but ! tell ye it's awful tuff to see
man like him dumped downinto 4 tow
:, like this, where even The man who has
I mortgage ON the aclnlrch dom pl,rten
!, to know why it is that 2 hand ofgh
d knocks all the pianers IN town for mus
. that anelts the sOsal Detroit Free Pres
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