The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-05-18
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And will net 1etFOIf f1e mart S szs

II have you fast in my fortress,
And will netfetS On Dc part. s8Hs
But put you down in the dungeon
In the round-tower of my heart,
These were the poet girls, whose pof,
trait in group as photo egraphed, has
given rise 70 the assertion that one, Of
them had but one arm--a rImor which
greatly annoyed MIR. Iongfeliow, othat
he often requested. its contradiction
The painter was certainly to blame for
the rumor, for the copy does give that
impression, vet it is WRONG, Oh. these
three lovely daughters, Miss Alice has
made ventures in literature, and Edith
is the wife of B. II. Dana, son. of the
noted lawyer and author, and grandson
OF the poet OF the Buceaneer. MrsL bong
|fellow has two sons, and the eldest.
Ernest, has made beginning of much
promise as am artist; and of his brother
Alexander sons, William P. P. and
NV ordsworth Longfellow, of Portland,
the efirst has alsoearned, ,feputasionas garl
artist. Mr.. Longfellow's fondness for
|children was remarkable, and nothing
elsefn the various trihltes paid him on
the recent occasion of his seventy-fifth
birthday touched him SO nearly as the
sehboE ehilirenls srecitations and letters
from all oyer. the land. The spontane-
osls love of The little folk for him was
RshoMnin thespretty zgiftswhich theqehils
dren Of Cambridge made him. in 1877
an arm chair madee from the old horse-
chestnaIts tree Id Hrattle Street, inytlaat
town, which he had celebrated in s.The
Village Blacksmith The char Il net
of skls a Slrx,;.oJ IL ~
upholstering of arms, and cushion is
green leather, and The casters are gIass
Ebaalszin Sockets. In the back is. an exx
Iquisite carving, representing horse
chestnut leaves and sblossoras.a Horse
'chestnat lei AYES aAd sbslrrs are presented
in various combinations at other points.
Around the seat, in raised German TEXT
baresthe following lines from the poemg
And children coming homs from school look
Anaeateh % burihe apsssa<s that fisslike chan
from the threshing hOor."
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.se.. The London Clergyman.
f sssssAs sAss --sAx MsAS# Ess4
London contains q greater variety Of
peoples. classes and conditions OF life
fhan nynother place esint thesaerld sEhe
church can not claim more, than q frac-
Hon of the people. At least ten thou
sand hheuseH eHoldens only coane tes town
for the season. and have their real
homes. their n,eiphbor.s, rich 81 poor.
and their social sobliaations far sway.
Many times. that number Of persons
never sleep ID the metropolis at all, and
onlvi eentsr lit 1t forssa sew hosrssofs shalkl
work. Practically. there is, no such thino
as parochial Organization. tion A man NAV iLa =
be IN a4parish foryears witIioiat kaowing
who. is his minister, or. the. minister
knowing that thereis such j man. A
clerssfnaan enters q house two or three
doors from his. church. The master Of
the house informs hinf that he has never
bssn i'm isehi1rchsor Blepkst his shop.
and that all he has to give or.do in the
matter Of religfon Of ofF aims Is due To 3
place tensmiles OF; nor has he the slight-
est idea of the religion-if any-o his