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

Curb your temper-yon'll be thankful
st.s For this habit seasons henceargt5 VII
Be.fespectful to the aged
And this one thing bear in mind, TT
Never taunt the wrstehed outcast,
.ssp, Be he helpless, lame or blind afn4s.
: BE polite, boys to your parents.
assa@ Never 3et them fail to hear
From their sons the best of language
IGs In the home they should hold dear;
To your brothers and your sisters
fgg 4SpeaH ia; accents Eind and true Eg359
Be polite; twill serve you better
Than a princely gift can do q A.lsls sas)
~. 7. Ledger.
vi b8GzEDUCATEIl HORSES q Tab
eThensosing folks were enthusi astic
patrons of that little theater in Boston
where, for more than a hundred after
Moons sssFenin gss the Professor, y
as he was called showed off his FOUR
footed pupils. One afternoon he set
apart for5a free entertainment of as
many poor children as. the house. would
hold, who went under the charge of the
tFnant officers and had an overWhelIh-
ing good time. i. ,-....
There were sixteen Of the animals,
counting . donkey, grays, bays, chest
nut-colored beauties. and one who
looked buff in the gas-Hght. In recall
ing them, can not say that there was d
whitefooted one. What consequence
about white feet, you ask! Perhaps you
know that they make that of some ac-
count in the hofse bazsars of the East.
Tie Turks say ''two white fore feet are
lucky; one white fore. and hind foot are
unldcky;'a and they had d rhyme that
One white foot, buy Q. horse,
Two. white feet Try horse si
Three white feet, look well about him,
Four. white feet. do without him.
They were all named. There was q
ChevaIier, a Prince and a Pope; a little
pet, Miss Nellie. who looked as if she
would be ready to- drink tea out Of your
saucer and kiss you after her fashion;
Mustang, an irreplRssible and rude saw
age from the Rio Grande region; Bru-
tus, Cesar and Draco; a Bfoncho
beauty a Sprite; a stately stepping Alb
dallah; Jim, who was a character. and
a Bucepiialus, after that storied steed
who would suffer no one to ride bntlhis
master, the Great Alexander but for
him to mount would kneel and wait.
xsIt is perhaps needless and an insult
to their, intelligence for me. to say that
they all know their own names as wen
as you know yours, They know, too.
their numbers when they are acting as
soldiers formed IN line, waiting orders;
the Professor passes aIongann checking
them off WITH bis forefinger numbers
them, then. falling back, calls out for
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they make no mistake. Their ears are
alert, their senses sharp, their memory
good. 81 Number Twe,'' s" Number
Four" and so on, answer by advancing,
as soldier would respond TO the rolf
call. to .f ~ 4e
They came around from the stable
an hour before the performances and
went up the stairs by which the audi
ence went; and i crowd used to gather
every AFTERNOON and evening to see that
remarkable and free feat.r s.. !
When the curtain rose there was to
be seen asrnall stage seaFpeted ankle
deep. Withpsaw- dust, where Prof. Bar
tholon1ew purposed to have his horses
aet.g They came in onesaftcr another,
pretending, if tthatis not too strong q
word. that they were on the way to
school, and thatlwtIs tflei play ground;
and there they played together, with
such soft, graceful action, such caress-
ing ways, and triprings as dainty as in
''Pinafore, = until at the ringing of a
bell they came at once to order from
their mixed-upD May pastime, and
waited the arrival Of their teacher, the
Professor, who entered with d school
master air and gavethe order. re
"Bncephalus,, take my hat and bring
me chairi" as you might, tell james
orJohn to do the same and with more
promptness than they would. have
shown, Bucephalus came forward, took
the hat between his teeth, carried ii
across the stage and placed it on a
desk, and brought aehafr
The smastars seating himself, began
the business of the day, saying: 1.-THE
school will now form two classes; the
large scholars will 90, TO the left, the
small ones to the right" and six mag
nifcent creatures Separated themselves
from q group lIuddled together and
went as they were bid, while Nellie, the
mustang, and other. little ones, fled of
to tho opposite side, and placed them.
selves in a row. with their heads tnrned
away from the stage. And there they
remained, generally mindifS9 their busi.
ness, though sometunesva enc Wenldaget
out of position, look around, or give hit
neighloor nudge which brought but i
.reprimand: .tPope, what are, You, do,
ing?" s.Brutus, you need not 1ook
aroand to see what am about!r
''Sprite, YOU let Mustang alene!'' Mus
tang, keep in your placer
He thencalIed for some onesto come
forward and be monitor, and Prince
volunteered, was sent to the desk fol
some papers. tried TO rinse The lid, AID
let it drop. pretending that he couldn' t
but tersbeing sharply asked what bic
was so careless for, did it, and ther
brought d handkerchief and made 4
great ado about wanting to have some.
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