Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-03-09

chimney, and no doubt ram.ht from u
spark blown from the chimnry. M dam
age douc.
1t will hc seen by reference Ia his card
in another column, that our friend, john
r. Dntiun, has established II uur>"ry one
mile north of Mindrft, where can h' hal
the best Of frut trees in great yHt-tS.
Give him n far trial--hc will give salts
faction, we are sure.
The Mardi Gras festival pas-rd oil i'll
Homer pleasantly aud successfully. We
presume all those who paid their court {"
the jolly King had carnival ~ ninth,
frolc, pleasantly and laughter; if not they
had only themselves 10 blame. May the
King live to make It's many visits in the
future.
We expected communications from thr
editor of the Guardian for this Issue hnt
have not received line from him since
his departure. This accounts for the linz
tied amount of original matter this week.
We neglected to prepare 1t thinking SURE
is communication would CONF III time
for press.
Last Wednesday the new hotel Of Mr..
Brown, which was heating cotnplction fen
down, some of the timhcrs giving way To-
the heavy pressure of the roof, This il a
great loss both 10 Mr.. Is. aud the town. hnt
we are glad that the loss has not ahitcd
his determination Ia give the place II first
class hotel. Tho wnrkmen have gone to
work 10 replace the fallen structure.
\ prnnsylyDnia editor suggests that If
the President wants To- srud an appoint
ment Ia Philadelphia, he knows of n IMAM
who once went TO school 81 near the Ohio
line that he often stole apples of Ohio
farmers; mofr than that. his pet dog, one
that h. thinks the world Of was born il
Ohio. What higher recommendation could
bc dcmand,df
Our old friend, ". K. fywrll departed
from Homer last week for Magnolia, Ark.,
to which place he goes for the purpose OF
establishing u photograph gallery, We
can heartily recommend MIR, Pywrll rs a
fr~t-cla-s artist, and hr,prak Tor HIM -
liberal patronage Previous to his depart
IRE Mr.. Pywcll took, ~ "A bride, Miss vii
lie Cunningham, one of llomrr'~ tairr~t
daughters, May prosperity and haplnn'>,
ever smilc on them.
Mr.. haycs has ,rtocd the Reminding
BitI. This Hill had engaged the attention
of Congress for some considerable time
from the fact of its great importance. hut
it did not suit Mr.. Hayes and Mr.. Sherman
for the reason, most likely. that il did not
suit the Nationa, Banks, q which in-titu-
tions the policy of Mr.. Hayes admiui>tra-
ton has always catered This was th"rN-
piring act Of the iiAyr, administration
hcnccforth the stroke of Ia, pen viii be n,
powcrlrss as tina, Of any other private in
dividHal.
We acknowledge the picasutr If eall
from Mt \. kul>ky, travelling for the Phil
adelphia clothing houS, of Louclrim y
Brothers. Mr.. kol>hy has had some -:aIi-
ling experiences ~ travelling through our
country over bad road ACROSS oNcihowrd
streams. OF course he utter, auaihcma>
on the weather. the roads and the water.
We hope that he will sell enough goods To-
compensate for the trouble aud ~ warrant
another visit, for we find MI. Hol~ky to hc
most genial gentleman.
The above was written and should have
been published two weeks ago, hut was
mlslaid.
Puck; Instead Of calling the months by
ridiculous old haines. derived from the
Latin, We should describe them by names
which would suggest the most prominent
qualities OF the month. That would cradle
children to learn the names readily on the
Kindergarten plan, n applied by Mr.
Sqcers. The months, il th, sensible plan
were adopted. would he named a. follows.
January, would be- SlushuaTy; February.
siopuary; March, Winduary; April. Rain
nary; May, Buduary; June, Warmuary;
July, Roastuary; August, Broiluary; Sep
TENDER, Chilluary; October. Coldnary; No
vemter. Frnstuary; and December. Snow
uary.