The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-05-24

supports them himself-except when
the neighbors come up an lean oro,
the fence to talk politics Idon't think
lie u think necessary to buy any hoes.
supporters
Inc woman laughed and said in q
gooa-natured way that she guessed we
couidn trade much, an she'd better
60. Ididn't dispute her, an soon was
alone once more with my sassaees an
candles. kind o. wish afterwards I'd
asked her how they hitched them hoes
supporters to the hoes, an how they
worked.
| The fire had got down, an 1 hadn't
more n got it fixed up an another dozen
cahdles run when there was another
Knock on the side door. This time it
was little lean fellow carryin' mop
stick He began without any prelimin-
aries. so to speak:
Here, madam, you see an entirely
new style of mop. 1t has several ad-
vantages over the mop of long ago. one
OF which is that it screws the rags, or
whatever material your mop is to
be composed OF, into the frame
itself Then, by turning this small
crank, you can wiring out your mop
without puttingyo hands in the water.
Isn't that triumph of mechanical skill
in the line of mops, MADAME" sAn' he
fiourlshed his mop-stick in the air as
singin' master does his baton.
"When you will bring me mop"
says l. THAT will git the water on the
stove, heat it, take it off again, an mop
up the floor nice and clean, I'll buy
one. Until then, shall stick to nv
old mop. You might as well travel
right on. as shan't be likely to trade
any to-day"
But, this mop, madam! You will
always regret it if you neglect this op-
portunity to purchase what l may
style the great ultimatum of mop.
Why, just look at this mop-stick,
| MADAME
"1ll look at this broom-stick, an to
some purpose. too,' says l. eff you
don't take yourself off I'll defend my
self from corset-peddlers an walkin'
mop-sticks. or I'll know the reason
why. | declare, here it is most noon,
an my sassages hardly begun"
He looked scat an sayin' he'd better
go, he took himself off, He hadn't got
out o the yard tho, before 1 saw tall
old gentleman with large square case
in his hand, comm in at the gate. He
walked round to the back-door. and
right into the kitchen.
Don't let me disturb you, ma am, at
all. !" he began. II merely wish to call
your attention to this paper, for which
l am getting subscribers. 1t is doubtless
the most entertaining and instructive
paper published in the United States
to-day; and besides that, see these
magnificent chromos! Six of them
when you subscribe, and four steel
plates like this every month afterward.
Isn't that a magnificent offer? Why,
this picture alone is worth more than
the price of the paper-which is only
fifty cents year. There, isn't that
magnificent likeness. madam?''
"Who of?' l inquired in cool tones,
as he held up a very high-colored pict-
ure of a man.
'Who!" he fairly yelled. "Is it pos
sible that behold woman who does
not know the face of our lamented
Garfield? Why, lots of folks have this
same picture richly framed and hung
in their elegant parlors, and it is mis-
taken for an oil portrait. And you do
not know that face?"
mot that one." / answered. ave
seen good pictures of Mr.. Garfield, and
have one set consid' able by myself
But, good landr' says |. warmin' up to
the subject, "didn't this country suffer
enough in all his long sickness an
death, in the mighty strain of agony
an suspense, afterward. in the sick
enin' trial of Guiteau, an since them
times. without havin' them horrid car
rjcatures scattered broadcast through
the land sence? l amt never seen but
few oil paintings; but 1 pity anybody
that amt got brains enough to tell that
daub from one. Why. could paint
better one with house paints an lard
oil. I've been in the art gallery down
to St. Johnsbury, an I've seen enough
there, an don't banker after news
paper chromos very much. An when
| see a fifty-cent newspaper g'vin' away
three or four dollars worth of paintin's
every week, Think there's fraud some-
where, either among the publishers or
the agents that canvass for 'em."
But just as / said the last words the
door slammed. I'd been standing at
my work with my back to him; an
when looked out of the window he
was goin' down the road as if he was
after the doctor.
But this wasn't all After dinner.
just as I'd got my dishes washed an
put away, an was gettin' my candle
moulds around again, heard another
knock.
my fat was gettin' too hot again. SO
/ took it off the stove an set it on a |
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