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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-06-10
"a Lump in His Throat"

Had he said he was hundred years
old you would have believed him. He
was so old and thin and trembling that
| 1t was painful to note his progress. In
one hand he carried his staff, and in the
| other little clay flower pot with a
small rose in it. His limbs finally gave
out and he sat down on the curb stone
to rest. A pedestrian who had known
the good old blackman for years passed
that way and said:
"Well, Uncle Billy, aren't You lost?'
"Deed l hain't, sab, but dis ole frame
o mine tires out purity quick nowadays
lie had heap O. walkin' to-day an lie
gwine back home wild a lump in nv
troat."
Whats the matter, uncle?"
f"Did you know dat my ole woman
was dead? Yes, sab, she died las fall,
jist befo' de snow came. She was
tooken off purity quick, wild some sort O.
fever. 1t wasn't much of fun'ral. I
had to go up to de grave yard in de
vagonwid de coffin, an, den stood by
while dey buried de body in de poo
field. Tell you, sab, dat was a sad day
fur me. It's put the aige on me power
full fast"
Yes, you have grown old very fast.
What's your trouble to-day?'
''Deed, sab, you-you see dis little
flower? l bought dat to put on her
grave up dar. 'Scuse my voice, sab,
but lie got de heart-ache, an I can't
keep de tears backr e~t ~
And you've been up there?' "Deed
l hev. When we buried de body I
looked at de trees an grave-stuns an
paths aroun' dar, an fought l could
walk right to de spot whenever wanted
to. went up dar dis mawnin' to put
dis flower ON de grave, but was all
turned round an l couldn't find dc
spot! I looked an looked, but twan't
no use, an lie takin' de flower home
aginr' sbas
II wouldn't feel bad, uncle.''
"Ize tryin' to brace up sab, but Ize
got so old an trembly dat feel like
chile. No, tain't no use to feel bad. I
spect de body will rest jist as well wild
out de flower, only Ize bin feelin' sorter
tender hearted O. late. an / dreamed
dat de grave looked lonesome |
"Don't worry-it will be all right.
The grass will cover the grave and make
it look as we'll as any, at-
81 reckon it will, sab. I'll soon git
de tears outer my eyes if kin fink dat
way. Joggin' long down from de grave
yard | war wonderin' if dey would bury
my ole body longside O. hers?"
! perhaps So"
40! hope SO, sab! know dat de
dead can't talk. nor see, nor feel, but
somehow it seems as if we'd boat rest
easier if 1 war clus by, an when I go
into heaven | want to be locked arms
wild de wife whose love would hev lasted
forever but fur death. Am you gwineP
Waal, goodbye. I'll sot yere fur lit
tie time yet. My ole eyes keep film
right up, an. can tsee de way till
grow stronger. Tain't nothin' to cry
bout, but lie feelin' dreary to-day
Detroit Free Press.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-06-10
Claude MelnOtte in Real Life.

| was recently told by young French
gentleman (tEe son of the Prefect of
La Rochelle) one of the strangest ro-
mances of real life that ever came to
my knowledge. Some four years ago
a peasant boy who lived on farm near
the town of Clermont- Ferrand saw and
fell in love with the beautiful daughter
of a gentleman of good fortune and po-
sition, he being at the time seventeen
years of age and the young lady just
sixteen. This new Claude Melnotte
was so madly in love that he went
straight to the house of the young girls
parents and demanded her hand in
marriage. The father treated the pre-
posterous proposition with good-natured
scorn. Come back when YOU have
an income of 200, 900 francs. ($4O, OOO),"
was his answer. ''and then we will see
about it." The infatuated youth took him
at his word, and forthwith set to work.
Now, one of the peculiarities of the
| town of Clermont- Ferrand is scarcity
of water. There is no river near it, so
it relies for its water supply on springs
and wells. Under these circumstances,
spring Is valuable piece of ofproperty,
and commands relative high price.
So the young peasant lover set off for
an adjacent mountain, there to search
for hidden springs. My informant said
that he had honeycombed- the whole
side of the mountain with his works,
constructing at one point tunnel over
two miles in length. All this was exc
cuted with his own hands. He works
from dawn to dark, lives upon potatoes
of his own planting, and never spends
SO much as a sou upon mug of beer.
Every Sunday he goes to mass in the
town, after which he proceeds to the
house of his lady-love, TO ask if she is
married, or likely to be. On receiving
a response in the negative he plods con-
tentedly homeward and starts out
fresh to his toll on the morrow This
| life has continued now for full ten
years. Up to the present time he has
discovered three important springs,
each of which he has sold for $1,000,
but though now possessed of what for a
man in his condition of life is wealth,
he abates none of the hardships of his
existence. He has one fixed idea,
namely, to become the possessor of a
fortune sufficient to enable him to claim
the hand of the object of his blind pas
sion. Yet no one who knows the part
les even imagines that the young lady
will ever consent to marry him. She
is now twenty-six years Of age, and is
pretty; refined and accomplished.
while he is a coarse, unlettered peas
ant, without even physical cominess,
as he is short, thick-set, with broad,
stolid countenance. What will be the
end of his dream. / wonder? My in
formant told me that the story was true
in every particular; he had himself vis-
tied the works, and entered the curl
Gus tunnel. and been presented to this
new Jacob. willing to serve even more
than seven years for his Rachel.-Mrs
Hooper's Letter to Philadelphia Tele-
graph.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-06-10
BELLEVUE, La, THURSDAY JUNE TO- 1880

their best, and it was a heroic deed. In
all history we know of no more daring
deed than the women of Bryant Station
performed on the borders Of tho West.
ern wilderness almost hundred years
ago. ,tss --s.zxss ..z
The Indians kept hid until night,
when nearl y thousand of them at
tackled the stockade, hoping to surprise
1t. But they found the garrison ready
for them, and they were met so reso-
!utely and vigorously, that they had to
fall back, leaving many dead and
wounded.
Ihe next day the surrender of the
fort was demanded, but a spirited re-
fusal was returned, and as the sayaoes
had already experienced the determined
resistance of the whites, they molested
them no further, and stole away through
the great forest.
Before the second night strong body
OF settlers from Lexington and adj diacent
settlements arrived at the stockade,
conducted by. the two brave men who
had rode away the previous morning
for succor. Bryant Station was saved.
The little stockade fort is now a large
hourishing town, in the midst of pop
ulous and highly civilized region. Many
years have passed since the last Indian
left the spot, but the visitor there will
be told the story of che heroism of the
Bryant Station women, and on the out
skirts OF the town he will be shown a
ruined cellar, above which stood the
house where brave Deborah Reynolds
and her brave husband lived for manv
years, and where they died more than
forty years ago.-Boston Budget .
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-06-10
The HOtbed Of Nihiiism.

The attention of the Russian Govern
ment is considerably occupied with the
theological seminaries of that country,
which seem to be hotbeds of Nihilisrn.
The clergy forms in Russia a distinct
class, and the theological students,
who are clergymen's sons, are kept in
strict confinement within the seminary
walls where they lead a most unhappy
life. Without this restraint it would
be impossible, it is said. to recruit the
ranks of the clergy. When they leave
college their hearts are full Of hatred
for Government which has treated
them SO harshly; they readily listen to
revolutionary suggestions, from what
ever quarter they may come, and upon
returning to their native villages be-
come apostles of Nihilism. 1t is hardly
expected, however, that the Govern
ment will endeavor to check the evil
otherwise than by violent means-a
course which will inevitably make mat
ters worse.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-06-10
FOREVER NEW.

&. ,,ore the sweet unrivalled spring
Uss.r Usssrss green the grass about our doors;
hnai hInI;yiny light the phoebe scars,
~ y thrilled with life, forbcars to sing.
.. taose broken notes belong
is. s,.set ecstasies, too deep for words,
s. re must leave to eager birds
NJ III which we fail to put in song.
r.o.yh no new tidings she may hear
me same with each succeeding May
Vt must we listen and obey
Al And immortal passion there.
.,.e,oh hills are green, and country ways,
and and we're since Life and Time began,
mere comes anew to every man
me- hope and power of April days.
suight these eager lines contain
i breath of spring that stirs me through;
The springtime is forever new,
rse April sunlight and the rain.
-Dora Read GoodaIe. In Chrlstian Untos.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-12-04

acter by the assertion that "he ~
went oil with his associates scatter
ing the forgery broadcast throughout
the country, and that so
far as the envelope is concerned the
Autographs sent forth " fac-similes
were not true copies of 80 much OF
the envelope as was given. The hrst
Autographs published show truly
that the Washington Post-Ohce
stamp did not contain Thu abrevla-
ton JAM nor the figure 49, ln the
Autographs and fac-similies after
wards used these things appear III
plain and clean types and figures"
So far as l am concerned, it would
perhaps be a sufficient answer 10 say
that | never circulated any Etho-
graphs or fac-similes of either kind ;
but i'll order to show with what reck-
less eagerness the charge is made, l
am assured by the person who did
send out the fac-similes that only the
first or accurate ones were ever cir
culated, and that the second or
amended facsimile was only publish
ed in Truth, over which it is not
pretended that the committee had
any control.
l forbear to make any commentary
whatever upon the extraordinary
character of the opinion pronounced
by Judge Davis. 1t is enough for me
to point out that the foundation up
OH which he has built up the attack
upon my character is false in fact,
and with this demonstration the con-
sequences can only be damaging to
himself. l was prepared for this at
tack by the evidently prearransed
preliminary statement of Mr. Slough
ton i'll the Times of yesterday, t,
which l published a reply III the
Times of to-day, aud l am now forced
to believe that there is u concerted
scheme to attempt to break me down
in this community. where | have
lived for more than fifty years, and
to which l can more safely turn for a
just judgment than to a judge OF the
supreme court who forgets that when
he becoms a judge he should Sc to
be a partisan. ADRIAN s HEWITT.
New York. November ID,
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-12-04

BILE u%tterances upon public questions
were criticised it was with good
natured banter. Nobody can justly
accuse republicans of an unfair or
calumnious campaign"
This statement is not only false,
but, as we are compelled to believe,
wilfully and deliberately false. b.
fore Gen. Hancock had been nomin-
ated ten days the New York Times.
the leading republican organ in the
country, made all attack upon him so
Intensely NEAR and contemplate that
even republicans were ashamed of it.
Nothing quite SO bad appeared until
Gen. Gaut's now famous assault
which no republican condemned, aud
which every republican paper copied
ana virtually indorsed. No mention
need now be made of smaller speci-
mems Of republican abuse. Enough
to say that nothing was left unsaid
of Gen. Hancock which possibly
could be said with the renotest
chance Of obtaining credit among ig
nofant voters And it ought never
to be forgotten that republican au.
diences in New York city Kissed the
iIdLlc OIL VIC uCIV Vi OCtSy oouAS IL
republican organs in and out of that
city hooted at the idea that he did
any more in that great battle than
anybody else could have done. LII
short, while Gen. Hancock's record
was unassailable, his political opron-
ents did all they could TO belittle and
blacken it.. Their failure was no
fault of theirs, but due entirely to
the in%vulnerability of the object. As
to the assertion that ''nobody can
justly cus republicans Of an unfair
and calumnious campaign,"we simply
refer % the picture OH the first page
of Harper's Weekly for November
6-issued before the election. Ii that
picture-and it was not the only one
Of the sOrt-dees not contain as much
.unfairness aud calumny as can be
crowded into the amount of space
utilized, then we do not know the
meaning Of the words.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-12-04
PILES

Is one OF the most annoying diseases in the
world, and yet all can find a sure relief by the
use of Or. Swsyne's Ointment. 1t has been
tested in thousands of instances. and invariably
making a sure cure. The symptoms are mois-
ture, like perspiratlon, intense itching Increased
by scratching, very distressing. particularly at
night, as il pin worms were crawling in and
aboat the rectum, the private parts are some
times affected. Procure this ointment. Swayne's
Ointment is also a specific Tor letter. Itch, Salt
Rheum, Scald Head, Erysipelas. BARRIERS Itch.
Blotches, All Scaly, Crusty, Cntaneous erup-
lions. Price so cents. Three boxes for ST %.
Sent by mail to any address on receipts OF price.
Prepared only by DR.. Swayne & Son, Philadel-
phia, Pa. Sold by all prominent druggists.
Richardson & Co., st. Louis, Missouri, whole
.a,e ayents. feDs1y1
s. Orpha NJ. Hodge, of Battle Greek, Mich.
writes:-tI upset a teakettle Of boiling hot wa
ter Oh my hand. inflict Ing n severe scald. ap'
Piled DIR. Thomas' Ecleciric Oh. and take grea'
pleasure in announcing to you that the effect
was to allay pain and prevent blistering. l was
cured in three days. We prize it very highly
rs a family medicIne.' Sold by G.. w. Loom
ia del
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-12-04
SHERIFF,S SALE.

DY virtue of an order of sale, issued from the
ID Office orthe clerk of the circuit court OF Lafay-
elite county, Missouri, IN favor OF James IL.
Burns, Caiharine A. Goodwin and George r.
goodwin, her husband. Frank A; Burns, by
George Goodwin, his guardian. Matilda virginia
Burns, Mary f. Earle and Alexander NJ. Earle.
her husband, Francis A. Castiln and bradford
Il. CastlIn, her husband. exparte, to me directed,
and returnable to the December term, lSSO, OF
SAID court, l will, on
TUESDAY,, DECEMBER ITH, 1850.
between the hours Of nine O'Clock in the fore
noon and five O'Clock IN the afternoon OF SAID
day, and in front OF the courthouse door, In the
city o. Lexington, in LAFAYETTE county, dis
souri,, during The session OF the circuit court OF
SAID county, sell publicly. by auction, TO the
highest bidder, Tor One-third cash IN hanu,
balance OF purchase money payable IN one ana
two wears, 10 err cent. interes. on deferred pay
renls, deed to be executed. on full payment of
purchase money, all the right, title. interest.
clam and estate OF the SAID parties piaintin
e@lartc in said order Of sale. IN and to the fol-
lowing described real estate, situate, lying and
being in the county of Lafayette ana state OIL
Missouri, to-wi.: The southwest quarter OF
section thirty.iour (3D, township hity (@)
range twenty-five t25,; also ten 90 acres on OF
the east side of the SOU, beast quarter oil Inc south-
east quarter of section thiriy-three 1851, same
township and range, continuing IN all one nun
dred and seventy Q70) acres. mere or less.
Given under my hand this 9th day OF Decem-
Der, iSSU. GEO. NJ. MOONIJOl,.
n0,7-ld Sheriff.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-12-04
SHERIFF'S SALE.

vs..
Gilbert NJ. and Joseph W. Nichols.
10y virtue Of Il special execution, Issued IRON
The Office OF the clerk Of The circuit court Oi
Lafayette county, Missouri, wherein the state OF
Missouri at the relation and to the use OF ruin am
S. Fulkerson, collector OF the revenue of Laiay-
cite county, Missouri, is plaintiff, and gilbert
NJ. Nichols and Joseph W. Nichols, are defend
ants, to me directed. and returnable TO Tie
December term, 1850, of said court, l Will, on
TUESDAY, DECEMBER It'll. 1850,
between the hours OF nine O'Clock & in the lore,
noon and five O'Clock in the afternoon OIL sald
day, and In front of the courthouse door. IN the
city OF Lexington, in Lafayette county, mis-
souri,, during the session OF the saia circuit
court OF SAIL county. sell publicly. by auction. TO
the highest bidder, Tor cash in hand, ali the right,
title, interest, claim and estate ol the said Gilbert
NJ. Nichols ana Joseph w. Nichols, deiendai IS
i'll said execution, IN and to the following ue
scribei real estate, situate. lying AMI DeinS IN
the county of Lafayette and state OF missouri,
to-wit: Part Of strip number ten Qe), III tne
| town of Aullviiie, more fully described, as iol-
lows: Part of the northwest quarter OF section
twenty-eight C2St, III township iorty-nine tf?) ,ol
range Twenty-Five (25) beginning At the POM
where the northwest line ni Oak street 10 inter
secied by the southwest line Of Second street;
thence southwest To the west line Of SAID quarter
section; thence north to the point where salu
line would be lntersectet by said southWes
line of Second street If prolonged northwest, am
thence northwes to the beginning, containin:
IN all one anu one-half q y acres.
Given under my hand this Eth day OF Novem
Der, lSSD. GEO. M MOUNlJo1,.
nOyl3td Sheriff.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-12-04
so SAY WE,

(From the Milwaukee News (Dem.) Nov. o.
We said during the late campaign
that the monopolists of the country
we're making a great mistake III
bringing the tariff question as prom
lnently AZ they did before the pos-
pie. They forgot all issues ave the
personal one of a longer lease 10 rob
the people through Il tariff fastened
upon them by republican congresses.
The manufacturers contributed Vast
sums of money to the republican
campaign fund on the same theory
that they would spend money IN any
direction hat would bring them d
return. They coaxed, Threatened aud
bullduZed their employees, they held
the balance of power, and through
their work the republican party sue
ceeded. and through their work tn.
eyes Of the people have been opened
aud III the future the tariff question
will take precedence of all others
The republican party for the sake o
temporary success introduced tn
question into the present campaign
The people were not aducateu for it
They have raised the issue and they
must be held 10 it. The r%epublicaI
party is the protectionist party, til
democratic party is for free trade
and on that issue the next calnpaig
must be fought.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-12-04
SHERIFF,S SALE.

Lafayette SOuHiS
VS..
Geo. w. Trent.
DY virtue of an order of sale, issued nom the
ID office of the clerk of the county court oi La.
fayette county, Missouri, in favor OF Lafayette
county for the use and benefit of the inhabitants
of township forty eight [4sl, Of range twenty.
four (24]; and township fifty I5Ol, ana range
twenty-five [2sl. anu against George W Trent,
to Inc directed, and returnabie to the DeceM-
Der term, 1880, Of said court. l will, on
TUESDAY, DECEMBER IT'LL, 1ssO,
between the hours OF nine O'Clock in the fore.
noon and five o'clock IN the afternoon OF said
day, and IN front OF the courthouse door, IN the
city of Lexington, in LAFAYETTE county, Mis,
souri,. during. tie session of the circuit
court OF said county, sell publicly, by auction,
to the highest bidder, Tor cash IN hand, all the
right, title, interest, claim and estate of the said
Geo. w. Trent, defendant IN said order Of sale,
IN and to the following described real estate,
situate. lying and being in the county of Lafay-
cite and state of Missouri, to-wi!: Lot number
the town of Aullville. a plat OF which town Is
now on file In the recorders office in aaid
county of Lafayette
Given under my hand this 10th day Of Sovem-
Der, 1850. GEO. NJ. MOUNTJOY,
noyI3-td Sheriff.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-12-04
SHERIFF,s SALE.

State to the use of Fulkerson
vs.. W ...t.
Thaddeus Edwards.
DY virtue of a special execution issued from
ID the Office of the clerk OF the circuit court o.
Lafayette county, Missouri. wherein the state Of
Missouri, ut the relation and to the use OF Putnam
S. Fulkerson, collector oil the revenue of Lafay-
cite county, in the state OF Missouri. is plaintiff.
and Thaddeus Edwards is defendant. to me di.
rected and returnablc to tue December term,
1850, of SAID court, l will. on
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7rH, 1880,
between the hours of nine O'Clock in the fore.
noon and five O'Clock in the afternoon of SAID
day, and in front of the court house door, in the
city OF Lexington, in Lafayette county, Mis-.
souri,, during the session Of the said circus
court OF said county, sell publicly, by auction,
to the highest bidder. for cash in hand. all thu
right, title, interest, claim and estate of thu
said Thaddeus Edwards, defendant in said exc.
cution in and to the following described rea
estate, situate, lying anu being in the county O.
Lafayette and state of Missouri, tO-wit
Twenty-Five one-hundredth (25-lOO acres, par
of the northwest quarter of section twenty-nin'
t29). in township %iitty-one (5D, of range twenty'
Iive (25), adjoining lot ffty-slX (56), Dover
lying north of said lot and running parallel witt
mill, at seventy-iour (7D feet and back ont
hundred and forty-eIght tI4s) ieet.
Given under my hand this 18th day of NOvem.
Der, 1850. GEO. NJ. MOUNTJOY,
novI3td Sheriff.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-12-04
SHERIFF,S SALE.

George Royce
Henry +. Rogge.
DY virtue OF an execution, issued from
ID the Office of the clerk OF the circuit court OF
Laiayetlc comfy, Missouri, in favor of George
Hogge and against Henry F. Rogxe, to me di-
recfe,i, and returnAble to the December term
1850. OF said court, l Will on
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18TH, 1850.
between the hours of nine O'Clock In the fore
noon and five O'Clock i'll the afternoon of SAID
day, and in front of the courthouse door, IN
the city OfLeNinStOn, in Lafayette county, his
sour, during the session OF The said circuit
court OF said county. sell publicly. by auction,
right. title, interest, claim anu estate OF the
sand Henry +. Royce, defendant in said eNecu
ton, IN aud Ia the following described real
estate, situate, lying and being in The county
OF Lafayette, and state oil Missouri, tO-wit: The
west half OF the northwest quarter; and twenty
SIN and twO-thirds l2G2sl acres of of the west
side OF the east half oil the northwest quarter
and the nos tn Nest quarter OF tie southwest quar-
ter and thirteen and one-thlrd 1854 acres OH
OF the west side OF the northeast quarter OF the
southw est quarter, all in section twenty-five t25l,
township iIty ltOl. OF range twenty-five ls5l
also three and one-half t3H acres in the south
east corner oil the northeast quarter OF section
twenty-siX t26l, IN same township and range,
bounded rs follows: Beginning At the southeast
corner OF said northeast quarter, running wesl
tw cnty l2Ol poles ;thence north tWenty-seven and
thrre-iourths t211l poles; thence east twenty
l2bl poles; thence south twenty-seven and three.
iouiths l2I& poles 10 begianing; excepting GU
OF said Lands TWO and One-hali ~ acres sold
to Burton by deed, recorded in book twenty-five
t2il, AT page twrnty-iOur l2il, in the recorders
Office IN Lafayette county; and the north hall o
the southeast quarter of section twenty-siX t26l
sanIr township and range.
Given under my hand this Goth day of SOveIn'
Der, 1850 GEO. NJ. MOUNTJOI,
nuN2.ti sheriff.