The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-11-01
MISCELLANEOUS

"A feather bed, Glenn as n pin and as
good as new, was found in the front
door yard of a farmer named Bailey, iii
the town of Zum bro. Mimi. ,sthe morn
ing after the Rochester cyclone. 1t had
been carried thither by the blast, dis
lance Of thirteen miles. st Paul
Press.
Mr.. Samuel B. Hill, of North An
dover, Mass recently told a friend that
he had dreamed a dream the previous
night importing that he would die soon
and suddenlyg At five q clock on
"Wednesday. morning he was,taken i'll in
bed, and iied before medical aid could
bescaHed, probably of heart disease
Boston Posi-. .tt
"A deaf and dump newsman on the
Long Island Railroad, known for wears
to residents of the island, and usually
called by the train hands Dummy
had beenEa suffering from an aching
tooth. A day or two ago at Jamaica he
tied string around the tooth and, Just
before train leftathe station, he tied
the other end of the string to the rear
car. When the train started he ran
along behind it until it had gathered
Roadway, when he dropped on his.
knees. The train carried the tooth to
Isongi IslaRd City. An expression of
pain on his face-WaS fallowed by one of
delight when he knew,th the cause of his
trouble was gone.-N Y. Mail.
u About this time o. wear clubs are
planted. srWe would like to instigate,
the. formation of t'Humor Club
whose sole Object would be the cultiva-
ton of thefisibles. The greatest pest
known to polite society is the. man or
wornaTwho cannot take a joke, but
who. instead of tossing it aleft on rip
ping seas of laughter, allows it to sink
and perish under gloomy, waves ofsnen-
appreciation. Some of these grim
birds who do not laugh can be taught
to laugh, oIaat2 least to- perpetrate an
occasional SMILE Let this club have
for its motto the wise precept of Josh
Billings: A.'Iaff every time you feel
tickleds and ,laff once in while emmy
how. Indianapolis Journal.
Mrs. Bolton, one of the witnesses
in the. Frank James trial, whose former
relations with the freebooters made her
testimony very important, is described
as mite OF woman, a widow and as
meek-looking as could well be found.
She is the last woman in the world who
would ever be taken as one connected,
with the most blood-thirsty band of rob-
bers that ever existed As tothat point
the James boys'abandsis curious one
in every respect. Frank would be taken
for lawyer or a professional man;
DicksLiddeH looks more like dude
than q fcutrthroat, and the women are
all good housewives and church-going
country fofks,H except Mrs Hite, Of
Kentucky. who evidently has been
backwoods country belle, Iradfanapo-
Us J0asr9sdl. aaa ssfk
+ . Years ago ohm A. Allison mysteri-
EouslyT disappeared from Suncook, N.
H., and his whereabouts was never
learned. Recently three miners dis
covered in the White River Range, in
Colorado, ruined hut, and upon enter
ing discovered the skeleton of man
lying under a srotting table. In the
pocket 81 a tattered garment they found
letter-7s be opened by my friends
and upon reading it learned that the
mouldefing bones were once the frame
of John A. Allison, The yellow mis-
sive stated nephew, named Walter,
was with Allison, and that the latter
feared death satss.his hands for 5000,
which he possessed; and the miners be-
lieve the.old recluse's fears were well
grounded. as they think Allison was
murdered.-Bost0D Herald.