The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-02-22
The Murray Hill On. ID AristOeraey.

Murray Hilli as you know, named
after one of the lucky ones who held on
to his cabbage patch till the spreading,
growing town reached and absorbed it, I
| is. not really.a hill, only little swell in
the land. Bit tits the highest point on
| the island Of Manhattan that is vet SUBJ
dued 10 streets and brown stone fronts.
| And yet, low asii is. it is a. height that
| hundfeds Of thousands of brave hearts,
have been broken to reach and hold.
| How few, indeed, hold theiriplaee here
for any length Of time even after years
OF toiling, stealing and struggling to
reach ft.i8 9I5ii9 f'stJsg9d s.lTF7id6lg i
bi When, 4 first. pitched tenth this town
one ofthe finest houses that crowned Muir
ray Hill and ffo1ted Fifth Avenue was
held by the man whosi;struek oil, y =, A
good, kindly man he was, too; and his
| family of pretty children, j born and
brought up, n since the flow, of oil
on which he floated into power
and prominence, found to be ctil-
tured, refined. and altogether love-
! lY.I But you seek for their family in
| vain on Murray Hin now8 0Some braver
| or more reckless soldier. in this mighty
commercial battle that wages here cease
lessly hiisl stoFmed their pretty castle,
carried il, sword in hand, and the great,
gloomy and sulienn' old brown stone front
Pthat knew my happy goung friendsl
knows them no more, The man and all
his family have gone down in the fight.
In the roll callnof fashion ION Murray
Hill he. answers. not4to his name, Killed?
| Wounded? Prisoner? No one Knows.
No one stops tosinquire.o He is missing
at muster7roll when fashion gathers her
Votaries for the gay season. That il al.
That issthe end!98 ssgrMaof9 lgsd bgiai
tuI And so it, goes all the time. / know
another man who Invented a patent
| hilge9 FIebought house on Murray
dill and gave gorgeous, shows for, full
two months One day.a suit was decided
anndling the pateht.l The nexto week
bis face was to, be met with no more on
| Murray Hill. Another man, who iii
vented patent screw, lis established
ldhere, and seems to be more fortunate
than his neighbpr with the patent iron,
| hinge. He says he has screwed himself
ron to stay. gai 5gsBnI9YGS1 nsiss
l., o. course. the great railroad lights
have set up, their establishments here IN
i5foFce and flamhe AS a, rule their farms
lies are. loud vulgar and give big rand
| brazen shows. They live their cards of
+ imitation prefhsely at every available
man on WToman whose name is ,censpiep7
0us, without the least regard for the
/ fitness of things, ofthe laws 0fetiqu8tee,
| or rules of intr9duetion. What, they
want is a 'iam,o crush a crowd, rows
and rows Of eaaFiagesg with a spiinkling,
of neblemen among, their list of names
for the newspapers. Of course It makes
/ but little difference whethefithe noble-C
man be, italian, South American or En-,
/ glish. Really. my railroad lady doesn't
bknowit the diffeEence. Indeed yIsshe has
not time to- inquire about details. Here
is the rapid transit idea: express time is
! her husband sIm6ttoJg land after all
whyisn't boughten title as good as any
/ titlep Wasn't they al boughten onstg'p
III But Of alllthe new people 0intrenehe6t
on Murray Hilb perhaps the patent pill
/ people are & most PERFECTLY secafe9 Pills
| are always at tpar . No ffosts of winter
can effect the, crop of, pills No foreign
complications can disturb them for a
| moment. IF a Presidentfef Prime Min
| ister is sick, no matter. Indeed. the
more sick people In the land the more
pills alB in demand. I think the pill
people, on Murray Hill, like, the man
with the patent screw, have come to
i stay. There are but five stately and
afisteeratie. Yhouses,,' there now. Some
of these 'lordly sshodses's1 iritermarrv
I aad co-mingle their ancient coat-ofl
arms. Others, likeathe mighty houses
1gof the warlike M6ntagles Gapuletss
/ .hpid deadly, feuds,; which are to be
fought out to the bitter end in the patent
/ law eoarts.5I l8tH9fu ,dtOW ni08i 90
Ii Some of the grandest carriages that
| roll ON Fifth Avenue have been niade
I by their prDprietors rolling ipillsaGlT The
4 Ifplll business is, a big business. /. 1t does
| npt seem SO in detail; but III the aggre-
\ Aghteiit is fmlnense1 salsll5 sfl III 1Hs
III Eyes, hits purity good poetry, If 7
does say it meself Of what's me own,
for we keeps. our own. poet, ~ said the
immortal Mrs. Day, Of Day & Martin !
i blaeking, fas she dropped a courtesy be.
fore her guests when, she had finished
/ reading Some lines celebrating the shin
dCiHg virtues of Day 81 Martins 90 And I
wonder. why some of these fabulously
1 rich pin people do not employ some Of
bp pV1k kdl2J AllClcf W ESAGt9AR RpCa bAclll III
song ] send these Lines as an example
OF what might he done: +issl - sSf.lVI
II, s4l4 10 THE PRINcEss DE RIbLss0d 24f5l
My beauty. surrounded by half the gay beaux
II or Gotham, good sir, Is theipriheees.pt pills.
She is weighed downoby diamonds as dews
she As sm6fh6ted III satihs, in laces9atid ffIls;
II She walks through the world with heaven
r / 92MfiFd n5ses 81 if18lftfa# 6H sllIo 3Hf
i And yet it's all pills, sir, nothing but pills.
III ! 90 silks and satins and laces and frilis,
IA I FineFrench masters and millineTs bills,
II tfta Pills, So! moving and nary eteus pills.
she is wOosd " q. dozen brave Counts. who
1 propose
4sTo Allow lieH pills her diamondss her nose,
And ell at b gllp without sffgar. Fof,Aoht
They adore f1is fair girl, and her diamonds, so.
| Yet only to think of it, Every bright stone
IiEMust have cost her a million OF pills alone.
4 fua PilIs,lpiIls. She laughs at sillsl3 VI
3b A coachman's cockade, poodle that
| | fs5ssEf r kslls6rs = a3sa8&7tg az f*ess Is
IT'D Pills, sirT active, industrious pills.
Horses and houses iu blocks and IN rows, ~
She Lives in palace. she Lifts her nose ,,s -
At every man less than millionaire, -
Il. If be be not prince with q ponlpous air,
4 And now DO you say that She f1lakes il pay?
/ Pills sirl active industrious pills.
r Pills that are doing both III Eht and day
PilS-ffrQf tafie ahall uioy