The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-09-23
4 Board by the Wholesale.

Yesterday afternoon shortly after the
arrival of the train, man entered a
hotel in this city and asked the clerk,
who stood busying himself with a patent
blotter,. the terms upon which he could
engage board lf}i'1is, isssii
81 :. Owing to the location of your room
sir. Big demand for our rooms. Feed
| wello" ''st 1iff'8tS!s ssN'
3x" Idon't careso much about the eatin'
part - replied the man. "rm forty
odd year old, and have been eatin' about
all my life. It's griffin to be an old
thing to me. Well, say, give me re-
spectacle room@how much'n YOU
chargea''Te4 Il .esf sitH z eEf .l..g .
dust yourself, sir?''
/ Well, in manner" taF sS4S f.eit'
Fla'' Twenty-Five dollars per month, IN
case you are alone.'
''You see, It's this way: Ny wife viii
be with me, but as times are pretty
tight, concluded to arrange it this
way: I'll take breakfast, my wife win
take dinner, and we II throw up-wet
or dry for supper. BY that means we
can both get board for one price. I
reckon rma little the best manager
you eyer seed.
:. Fifty dollars for the two" aaailaai
81 don't understand that sort. of
'rithmetic., Both together we'd only
eat the meals allowed for one person.
1t don't hurt q bed any. more for two to
sleep on it than for one. I've got bed
out in the country that was presented
to myFwife when we got married and
Ill be dinged if it amt Just about as
good as new. It's one of those odd;
fashioned beds, with high yaller posts
with knobs on the tops as BIG as Young
pumpkins. I'll furnish the room with
this bed and one chair. My wife can
set on the floor. / have lived in the
country all my life and havin' made
little money last year, / concluded to
come to town and splurge d little.
Thar's a woman down in the country
that has all the time. been ,buckin,. agin
my wife, and to get away with her we
have concluded to board at a hotels''8gEs
y. -. { FIFTY dollars per month is our low-
" How much by the yearf I'm goin's
into this business right ,, 's,i..,s .,..s-a
~ 6 Six hundred dollars ~ .~
s.f Z This is wholesale business with
me. How much for ten years?''', sor
= : z Six thousand dollars.' - So
8 E That's gettin' down to it. How
much for twenty yearsa'' 'eyea So 44s,.
~ " Twelve thousand do1lars.''
fs g Albright. Mark ME down for
snack right now and check il off for
twenty years" ss1ss
!. See That cardp'' said the clerk,
pointing to the hotel maxim of persons
without baggage are required to pay in
advance. 5A 3 g19gE &TGgETss sgtyE. ~ 1
-. 0, I've got the baggage, and the
man lifted up a carpet-bag. '~
.f g That won't gotta assI aslfsDtl
ar" Won't you take this as security?'',
\ g No. get out of here. = 4's's '3n1
But / want to board here twenty |
years.'' ,ssa... .5..,.z4z
II" Go on your way" 't'''@ !" -
E t'Pll leave your snide hotel, sir, but |
first let me show you.'' He lifted up
she carpet7bag, opened itand displayed |
S50, 600 in Government bonds.
g You can stay, sir.'' 'sstassa1 sassssFq
g No, / believe, not. It takes too
much money to put up at this hotel. 7
Guess IN go around and put up at a
ff,Y. .,ass,a. t,..so. s,,zss.
Ever since Cain gave Abel clip with
. club people have lost money by not
observing the laws. Of politeness.-Little
Rock (Ark. J Gazette. T
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