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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-05
FARM AND PRESIDE.

Mr.. A B. Darling, of New York
City, has refused $4,000 for his Jersey
COW 'fBomba.
Plant few acres of artichokes.
When once seeded they need no replant-
ing. They will give the most feed for
pigs for the least money of any crop that
is raised.-N Y. Herald.
Here is recipe for steamed brown
bread: One quart of Indian meal, one
pint of rye flour; stir these together and
add one quart of sweet milk, one cup of
molasses, two teaspoonfuls of soda; add
little salt, and steam Tor four hours
". Y Post.
Simple dessert: Put eight crackers
in deep dish, pour enough boiling
water over them to just cover them, and
when soaked (Which will not take longer
than five minutes) CRATE little nutmeg
over, sprinkle with sugar, cover with
cream, and serve. Try it.-1he House.
hold.
The layer cake so popular now,
made of two layers of white cake with
one of fruit cake in the middle, may be
varied deliciously by making the middle
layer of walnut cake. For this. if the
cake is large one, take two-thirds of a
cup of sugar, one-third of cup of but
ter, one cup of -four, one egg, one tea
spoonful of baking powder and nearly
one cup of hickory-nut meats. Ed
change.
-Roup in fowls consists in swelling
of the head, eyes and throat and dis
charge of white matter. The remedy is
to wash the parts with warm water and
then with warm vinegar, with little
salt in it. Clean the throat with feather
dipped in the vinegar. Give the fowls
some meal mush warm, with small
pinch of chlorate of potash in it for each
fowl.-Detroit Post.
Lancashire Pie: Take cold beef OF
veal, or mutton. Chop and season as
for hash; have ready hot mashed pota-
toes, seasoned as if for the table. put in
a shallow baking-dish first a layer of
meat. then layer of potatoes, and so
on, TIL the dish is heaping full; smooth
over the top of the potatoes, and make
little holes, in which place bits of but
ter; bake until nice brown Chicago
Journal.
-Fof baked contemplating cut up
a pair of young chickens and season
them with ttlepepper, mace and nut
meg. Put them into pot with two
large spoonfuls of butter and water
sufficient to cover them. When half
cooked take them out and set them away
tocool. Pour off the gravy, reserving it
separately. Make batter of one quart
of milk, six well-beaten eggs. flour and
a little salt. Put layer of chicken in
the bottom of deep dish, pour over it
some of the batter, then another layer
of chicken and more batter, until the
dish is full, having cover of batter on
the top. Bake to light brown. Break
an egg into the gravy you have set aside,
give it one boil and serve as sauce to be
eaten with the pudding.-N. Y. Herald.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-05
How To Buy A Horse.

An old horseman says: IF you want
TO buy horse, don't believe your own
brother. Take no mans word for it.
Your eye is your market. Don't buy d
horse in harness. Unhitch him and
take everything off but his halter and
lead him around. II he has a corn, or is
stiff or has any other falling, you can
see it. Let him go by himself little
ways and he slaves rightinto anything
you may know he is blind. No matter
how clear and bright his eyes are, he
can't see any more than bat. Back
him, too. Some horses show their
weakness or tricks in that way when they
don't in any other. But, be as smart as
you can, youth get caught sometimes.
Even an expert gets stuck. A horse
may look ever so nice and go a good
pace and yet have fits. There isn't q
man could tell it till something happens.
Or he may have a weak back. Give
him the whip and off he goes for mile
or two, then, all of asudden, he stops in
the road. After rest be starts again,
but he soon stops for good, and nothing
but q derrick could move him y
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-05
'sEnded Life as He Began

A burial difficulty of a novel kind has
just arisen in the county of Dorset. The
squabble arose over the corpse of a
Waterloo hero, which was to be buried
at Bridgport. The parties concerned
were no nearer agreement than were the
relatives and admirers of the late Gam
beta on the question of his interment:
in fact, they were further apart. The
soldier had shufied off the mortal coil
before an understanding had come as to
which of his surviving children should
bury him; and so his remains were left
uncoffined for several days. But some
thing had to be done to avoid the inter-
ference OF the sanitary authorities. So
at last one of the deceased's sons pro-
cured coffin and wished to put his
father into it. Here another difficulty
arose. The daughter at whose house
the old mans body was lying declined
to give it up, upon which the son tried
to obtain possession oft by force. Be-
tween them they had the making of a
good funeral, but they did their utmost
to spoil it The supporters of the re-
spective parties fell upon one another.
and the son and his friends were elected
from the house. Thus, peaceful as ha
lay, the old soldier tended life as he be-
gan" -ainid the din of battle. st, james
Gazete
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and silverware, and a whole raft of SUI
pernumeries concerning whom no yellow
on earth can find out what they are apt
to do when the dinner-serving business
is in full blast. tits as much as a man s
life is worth to get in the kitchen when
a meal is under way, for the whole regi-
ment, cooks, walters, dish washers and
all go sliding around like SO many peas
in an enormous pod, and the air is as full
OF steam and smoke as pandemonium
itself. Everything is clean and glistens
like Furnished silver. so dainty stomachs
need have no fear of getting more than
their rightful ''peck of dirt out of a ho-
tel kitchen.
Along one side of an immense room is a
range about mile long. and near it are
a score of tables with every conceivable
edible laid out handy. Every kind of
cooked meat stands under big pewter
cover, which swings aloft on a chain and
pulley when man wants to cut off a
slice, and everywhere is wonderful order
in the midst of wondrous confusion. All
the dishes are kept warm on a series of
steam-heated racks hung with curtains
to keep specks off, and near by are a
series of watts where the dish-washers are
up to their ears in mist, sliding erockery
around in soap-suds by the barrelful.
The laundry is repetition of this
terrible hustle-a mass of watts and
wringers, fat-irons, white-covered IRON
ing tables and good-natured girls, who
flop off napkin as if it were no joke at
all, or turn collar over with the dex-
terity of laundry born and bred China
man.
An important adjunct of every hotel is
the wine-room, under the supervision of
the wine steward. In the bar-room are
two or three bar-tenders, man who
washes the glasses and sings drinks
when he is not washing, and q cashier,
all of whom have there duplicates, so that
there is change in the hands on deck
about every six hours. The billiard tables
are looked after by set of boys, who
hand out the balls, head the cues, brush
the cloths and keep things in shape gen
orally.
This much for hotels. A great deal
more might be said about milk contracts
and match contracts, meat stacks as big
as ice-hOuses-an all that sort of thing
from boxes of wooden tooth-picks up
TO tons of coal-but enough has been
said to show that hotel is worth look
ing into, when the top is taken off, and
the reader is left to infer whether the
original premise be not true-that large
hotel in large city is a village all by
itself. = Chicago Herald.
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For Young Readers.
BABIES EVERYWHERE.

Here and there, here and there,
Babies. babies everywhere
Copper-colored, white and brown,
In the woods and in the town.
Far towards the Northern pole
Little bab es romp and roll
Lit lie baby EsQuimaux-
In world of ice and snow.
In a sunny island home,
Where the great ships go and come,
Babies frolic in the breeze,
Underneath the orange trees.
Where the starry heavens span
Waving palms of Hindostan-
In the land of gems and silk
Babies sip the cocoa-milk; s
Play with ivory rings and balls
BY the fearful noun tain walls;
Ride W th baby merriment
On tall, tame elephant.
Little Chinese babies, too.
Wang Che Chang and Chi Chung Loo,
Look in babyish surprise
From their narrow almond-eyes;
Learn as little babies can
To hold their chop-sticks, wave their fan,
To eat their plate of snowy rice,
And now and then a roast of m ce.
English babies sweet and fair;
Germans with 1T, tlaxen hair;
Dark ltal ans with mamma
Floating in gondola.
Babies-diamond, pearl and opal,
From Norway down to G nstantinople;
Precious jewels every one,
The dearest things beneath the sun.
But which of all that have told
is sweetest, dearest, just pure gold
Made of many mingled ebacmsI
Why. of course, the baby i'll my arms.
Mrs. II. +. Blu Is, in Youths Companion.
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How to Act in Case Of Fire |, !.

4
The papers have lately told .useos
number Of distressing deaths b! fra,
Great hotels and warehouses have sIlds
denly burst into sheets of flame, in thel
night, and frantic people havs eitheT
perlshed in the dreadful blaze sor i
throwing themselves. from windows
have been dashed to pieces in The s.raet
l hope that none of my Young trends
may ever have to pass through 40 awfslt
, an experience. But if you should he
surprised, at night or in, the tIaytime
by the presence of smoke in your rooms
do not lose your wits ifyou can belnlitIs
Remember at such a moment that al.
though YOU are in great danger, tEiers
are friends near who will try, If nossi-E
bic, to come to your assistance. Do
not open doors or Windows viii div. and
waste no precious moments in standing
and screaming Tor help Instead, thiaS
if you an Of The stfagfrtest way ont
quickly wrap thick shawl or bIanEet
around you, covering your head and
your hair, and then creep on yourhands
and kne s to the door or the stairwavg.
There is always ar to breathe near thu
floor. rs 0s5l
If yon are in the room with Others.
and lamp is upset or some floating.
drapery takes fire. reeollect that Won
must smothe the flames by throwing. a
rug on them pulling curtains OF haflea
ings down. and covering them with a.
carpet or q quilt, ziI1.-seme similar
way stop the current of air on which
fire feeds. If a child's apron catches
from the CRATE or stove, wrap sha wIof
blanket about tie little creature.p. ernpt.,
", an roll hee on the floor, !. s'''s Z
You can not be too careful with rel
gard to matches, candles and lamps.
Those of you whose home yaFeg aightel
with kero enc or other, oils should ask
the person who takes care oftlle lamps
always to fill them in the morning, .neE,l
er doing so after nightfall A properig
filed lamp is not hkelyfoa sexplotIss
Servants should be warmed to be ex-
tremely care ul in the use -ofnkeroasne.
They should not be allowed to pour 1t
upon their kindiing wood in koraef 10
lighta fire quickly. 4 Make it a rulos
i ever to tri e with fire, whichis greas
comfort in its proper place, buta dread &
full foe when beyond-our control.
Harper's Ioatng PsePlerio9 ar -
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HERE LIES THE BODY OF
III

WIFE OF CHESTER A. ARTHUR,
Born in Culpepper, G. H., August 30, 1857,
Died at New York, January II, 1880.
A man living about twelve miles
from Chattanooga, Tenn, owns rock
ing-chair that has paralyzed him and all
his neighbors. Mr. Winchester, an old
invalid, who had used the chair for
many years, during which time he was
partially paralyzed, died last week, and
his wife sold the chair to Mr.. Mcintyre,
who removed it to his home in the neigh
borhood. Nothing unusual was noticed
until the latter part of last week, when
the chair, which was sitting in the room
unoccupied, was seen to Violently rock
and then cease. Mr.. Mcintyre, who was
present, removed it to another part of
the room, when it again repeated its
strange action.--N. Y. Times.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-05

"A marriage notice in the Elmira IN.
~ Advertiser tops offin this way: ..No
cards, no cake, no flowers, no presents
and nobcdy's business. -
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Persons who have been in Washing
tonsand while there, purchased itsekels
admitting them to any part OF the Cspiss
tol Building single tickets, fEo, aais =
lars; season tickets, twelve toilaTsTrs
and who afterwards found that the TICK
cts were worthless 9land the. seliers
frauds. will be pleased to learn that the
police have at last arrested one Of inc
swindIers. The praciices wh ca 1laa
been in vogue for months, vii now, n
is thought, be broken up.-N. F'HeyGedf
----,-.4S--.--ss- 81 ssH rs
California estimates that the red
wood lumber of Humboldt County, Cast
ifornia. sold at eighteen dollars -
thousand, would pay the NanoFal de0s5
Wood that it could!-DetroA Posk
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Mrs Anna Rowney. of Paris. Ky.
has CT and canary-biFd that manifest
great friendship for each other. The
cat evidently listens with pleasure 70
the bird when it sings and the feath-
cred. songster, appearing to knew thissa
seems to pour forth the sweetest notes
it is capable Of in order To please It's
feline friend. The cage sits ppon tho
table, and the cat has often been seen
to jump up and lie down against thsA
cage and allow the bird to pick fur from
its body to line its nest IN Q. Ped
qssne. = klNa-llINA .lseft
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A Mothers Car Where Tired Babies
May Roll and Stretch. a'efc


OF course baoies and their mothers,
Heaven pity them, must sometimes CORY
travelling. In view OF this fact, some
railroad p1tentate might earn for hjln-
self blessed Immortality in the memo-
ries of those concerned by building u
car for mothers. The smoker S com ort,
is rovided for but who thinks of any.
extra accommodation for the srnokeffsa
wi and little ehillrepP How 10 uehlthea
3squeaky old low chair at home is m ssed
by the weary mother on the high seats;
and when the Ii tie ones are Tired SIT
t ng, there's nothing for. them tos do lbRea
slide down and lean against the mothers
knee; the tired knee that has so much
to bear. !" Seems TO ne il woulAn't be-
an entirely Utopian idea to fit up a car.
with different heights of seats, having
say onesh@f the space of the coach
clear; cover the floor with indispensable
rugs where tired babies may roll and
stretch their limbs as on their hons
carpets No man allowed in this desI
partment excepting he be accompanied
by small portion Of the Kingdom oG
Heaven. No doubtmanywome would
find objections TO an arrangement OF
this kind. Some people are born for rS
J O her purpose than to sob ectsos Ihe7h
would probably object to their dariings
rolling on the floor, or taking any othet~
means to kill time, lust as some moth
ers force their children to sit sti!hand
eFerlastingly look out of the FyiudovEF
though eyes and every joint be aching
for a change They mustn't fuh aDoliisA
tn y might +" catch something:ls What
a pity these exclusives can { stay In their
own peck measures. = Margaret Reimeyg
an Indianapolis Herald. 49, ~ assasss
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-10-05
A Fashionable Wedding.

There was large and fashionable assemblage
Tuesday night at Christ Church to witness the
wedding Of Miss Mary Dorsey Mitchell, daughter
of Mr. Richard fl. Mitchell, to Mr. j. IL. q. Watts,
both of this city. This was really the first oppor-
tunity that the society people who are fresh from
the resorts along the Atlantic coast, have had to
gather together. There were at least a thousand
invitations to the church and nine hundred to the
reception. The ceremony took place at six oclock,
and the church was crowded TO an uncomfortable
extent large majority of the people were in
full dress, and the congregation was brilliant
one. Miss Mitchell, who lived principally with
her grandmother, Mrs. Farnandis, in Hartford
county, invited numbers from there, who came
by special train chartered by Mr.. Watts for the
convenience of his Hartford friends. Shortly
after six o'clock the wedding party arrived
There were eight ushers and eight bridesmaids
MIR. Fred w. Bruno was best man, and the ushers
Charles $. Andrews, George W. Coale, Frank X.
Carey, Samuel Thomas, Fred. Brown and Walter
Mitchell. They We're all in full evening dress,
were Miss Alice Gilman, Miss Glover Hall, Miss
Stella Archer, Miss Rosa Steele, Miss Montague,
Miss May Garter; Miss Carrie Fergus,nn, Miss =,
white silk and tulle and wore white flowers. The
bride passed up the aisle leaning on the arm of
silk, cut sqnare in the neck, covered with long,
graceful white veil and orange blossoms. In her
ears pair of handsome solitaire diamonds,
a present from the groom. The marriage cere-
mony was read by the Rev. Dr. Braud, of Hartford
county. The Rev. DR.. Williams assisted. At the
conclusion of the ceremony the Rev. Dr. Brand
presented to the bride the handsome prayer book
from which the marriage ceremony mad been
read.
At seven o'clock there was reception at the
house of the br dc's father, on Cathedral street,
until nine O'Clock, at which time the pair left for
"A tour northward. Mr.. j. II. q. Watts, the groom,
is an Englishman by birth. He has attained CON
siderable celebrity as an amateur athlete, both
on the water with the oars and on the cinder path
with walking shoes. He was wcll-known as an
amateur in England before he came over tC
America. He was member of the firm of Davis
& Watts, the electricians, and owners of the tele
phone apparatus here, but recently sold out his
stock
Among the guests from distance present al
the reception We're Mr.. VHnCindern, of New
York; Mrs. AshbrGge and friends, of Phadel
phia, aud others.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-10-05
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.

Fast Hartford NJ. E. Church. Quarterly meet
ing AT Gunpowder NJ. f. church, sunday, Oct. Z,
at 3 p. NJ. Preaching by Rev. X. w. Black. Com
munon service. J.C NICHOLSON, Pastor.
Conversational services will be held, God
willing in st. Georges Parish Hartford county,
on wednesday and Thursday, 24th and 25th of
October, as follows Wednesday, 2ith. Spesutin
Church, Perrymans. II A. NJ and T.W 7. Nj
Thursday. 18th, Chapel in Bush River Neck, II "A.
NJ and 230 p. NJ, and the closing service in Spe-
sutia Church, same evening, at 80
REV. CHARLES Il. BUCK, Rector.
Rev II. ID. Valiant will preach at Abingdon
NJ p Church, Sunday, Oct. 18th. at ii A. Nj, and
at Bel Air, T3O 7. NJ. No service at Mt. Carmel.
Closed for repairs.
-Rev. w 4. Valiant will preach in the NJ. p.
Church, Bel Air, sunday, Oct. 9TH, ut III a. M.
Deer Creek at $40 p. NJ.
The third Quarterly meeting for Hartford
Circuit M. Il. Church, will oe held at Mt. Zion,
October 18th and 1ith Preaching on saturday
morning, at II O'Clock, and Quarterly Conference
Immediately after. Love Feast at O'Clock Sab
bath morning, and preaching at ID o'clock by
Rev. DIR. L.. IL. Morgan, of Baltimore. Also the
sacrament. j. W. SMITH, Ihstof.
East Hartford Southern Methodist Church
Preaching next Sunday, Aberdeen, II A. NJ; Per
ryman. II p. NJ j. W SrEEi f. Pastor
-Aberieen NJ L. Church-3 p. NJ, sermon to
Odd Fellows, by Rev. j. W Steele. of the South
ern Methodist Church. Members of the order
will meet at their hall ut 2 =. NJ.
Tho Rev. Mr.. Fowler, of Beaver Dam Creek
Church, Md, will preach at AvOndnle Chapel,
next Wednesday, Oct. 10, at ~ 7. NJ, and each
evening during the week at the same hour, and
on Lords Day at II A. M. and p. NJ. All cordi-
ally invited.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-10-05

The remainder in fee of 'Brockie," after Mrs.
Blacks death, is bequeathed to his son Chaun-
~ F. Black, provided he will, pay $4,000 to
sister Mrs Rebeeca Hornsby. If he refuses
then Mrs. Honsby may, with the consent of her
husband, take "Brockie," upon the payment of
$40, 600 to her brother, Chauucey F. Black.
The will bequeaths to Mrs. Hornsby, in fee
simple, the house and lot in which she now re-
sides, in Washington city.
To Mary Dawson Black, wife of Chauncey f.
Black, 81 acres of land, adjoining "Brockie,"
where his son and family now live.
To his son Henry Black, a life estate in $50
acres of land in Franklin county, Pa, and So
900 in cash.
To his grandson, the only child of Henry
Black, $1,000, to be invested by the executors
In good securities for the child's benefit. The
! will recites that "the principal and accumulat-
ed interest shall be paid 10 him at the age of 81,
on condition that he shall by diligent labor for
at least three years, between the age of II and
81, become master of some agricultural or
, mechanical business or trade, and on the further
condition that he shall drop the name of Jere-
miah Sullivan Black, by which he is now called
. and take that of "Henry Vantriess Black" If he
dies or fails to perform these conditions, this
| legacy shall be distributed among the Judges
children.
| To his daughter Mary Sullivan Clayton the
farm he bought from Amos, called Tobridge, in
Hartford county, Md, containing 3l2 acres
To Vincent X. Kelsey $40, 900 in trust for his
said daughter Mary and her children.
| The Hunter Farm, on the Potomac, owned by
Judge Black and General Garfield in common,
is given to the executors in trust for all his
children.
The house and lot, formerly the home of his
sister, now occupied by Mrs Mary s. Tredwell
is left to his heirs, with request that they will
not forget Mrs. Tredwel, who took faithful care
of his deceased sister.
To Henry F. Schi!l so much of said lot as may
be necessary for dwelling house and garden.
That dwelling house shall be erected on sale
lot for the use of the preacher of the Disciples
Church at Somerset
All the property not specially devised is to b'
divided equally among his children.
The executors named are Vincent X. Kelsey
Chauncey F. Black and Isham IL. IIornsby
The copy is printed. The original was writ
ten on twelve pages and witnessed by S. w
Crawford, Melinda G. Wilhelm and Ilorac
| Kelsey.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-10-05

JUNGE BLACKS VILLA copy of the last
will and testament of Judge jeremiah Sullivan
Black, of York, Pa, has been filed in the orph-
ans Court of Hartford county, Judge Black hav-
ing owned, at the time of his death, farm of
3l2 acres, near Bel Air.
He bequeaths to his wife, Mary F. Black,
"Brockie," the family home near York, Pa, with
all the land appertaining thereto, all the furni-
ture and personal property in the house and
everything on the place except what Is speeiii-
cally bequeathed to others These are to be
used for her own comfort and pleasure during
her life time, and to be disposed by of her among
their children and grandchildren by gift dur
ing her life or by testameutary bequest. In de-
fault of said gift or bequest the personal things
are to be divided, at Mrs. Blacks death, equally
among their four children.