The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-07-06
N0t0riety.

4 sACu dHu WOHcu ueSlE0 the article
irrespectiae Equality or cost. Som,
men can be found who wish to b,
modest, and secretly desire this sam,
thing in some shape or other. Som,
will desire to be noted for their uttel
indifference to notoriety; others
modest men and good-wish to bt
noted for their goodness, and thank
God secretly that they are bette
than other men. Notoriety for much
learning is aspired at by many
Some men, by long-drawn breath,
fill their yests,and puta solemn look
on their red faces, and attempt to
look unconscious when some fellow
in ear shot happened to say some.
thing about "that large gentleman
standing over there, who is so
wealthy proud of the appellation
| and notoriety Of being "wealthy.n-
Some, hoping to be little different
from other men of note, will pride
themselves on some rare collection
OF coins, minerals, pictures, plants,
animals, or something else. Some
will strain their very inwards ont
trying to be witty, and thereupon to
get up reputation. Others, again,
will endeavor by eccentricities, to
appear different from anybody else,
and will thus build up reputation
by being fool, and the bigger the
fool the greater the eccentricity, the
greater the reputation. Notoriety
is sometimes made by deeds of char
ity, munificent gifts to benevolent
purposes; the care being taken to
make the gift in such places that
will tell, to the praise of the donor,
rather than as to the benefit other.
wise to come from the act.
AS some are DESTROYS of notice on
account of their goodness; some on
the other hand will pride themselves
as to the commission of certain acts.
the very opposite of piety and vir
tue.
This article might be extended ad
infnitum and then not complete the
list of reasons or things upon which
people pride themselves and wish for
notoriety. Such as wealth, and pov.
erty, pride and meekness, knowledge
and ignorance, modesty and immod.
esty, morality and immortality, vir-
tue and the lack of virtue, polite
ness and beorishness, fine dress and |
mean attire, jewelry and the lack of |
lewelry, life of travel and the un.
interrupted quiet of home, being
unlike other people aud the oppo-
site, naughty reserve and familiar
intercourse; each of these, besides
multitude of other things are seized
upon by individuals with a view of
acquiring a wide spread notoriety,
Dy surprising others on the same
inc of action. I
Louisiana will shut down on lot
;ers,a says the Selma (Ala.) Times,
Argus. Not much. The Legisla-
,ure OF 1879 did repeal Towards
ottery charter, and our honored
Governor approved the bill, but a
Democratic Constitutional Conven.
ion called by the same authority.
urned Gov. Nichols and the Lecis-
allure out of Office and made How
'rd's lottery part of the Constitu.
ION OF Louisiana. Evidently the
'eople of this State have paid dear
= for the 1879 Constitution. The
sadical Constitution of 1868 was
extremely Objectionable to all good
Democrats, and they earnestly de.
ired to see the dirty thing kicked
ut; but not, we opine, at the price
+ being made slaves to Charley
Toward. Think of it! A gambler
nd political thimble-rigger made
part of the Constitution of great /,
tate, and thepeople denied by their
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