The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-05-03
MISCELLANEOUS.

If man publishes a paper which
Is of no interest to its readers he had
better offer some contemplate premium
to induce people to take it.
There is a New York man who fire.
euently gets into difficulty through a
habit which he has. when hard up, of
pawning his wife's cork leg for money
to buy drink.
Texas is excusable for feeling big.
The State contains 274, $50 square miles.
which is more than double the area of
England, Scotland and Ireland COM
bined.
Some of the shepherds in the noun
tains of Bulgaria live for ten and fifteen
years attending their fiocks. and never
knowing what it is to sleep in house
or to enjoy any of the comforts of civ
ilization.
An Indiana judge did not know
what cartoon was. Alawyer sketched
the body of jackass with his, the
Judges head and face attached as
specimen, and was promptly fined $25
for contempt of court.
"A very curious toast, the apparent
irreverence of which disappears upon
reflection, used to be common thirty
years ago at commercial tables on Sum
days. 1t was, Rusty swords and dirty
Bibles"
An old log-cabin that was built by
George Washington and occupied by
him while surveying part of the Shen-
andoah Valley, is still standing in fair
state of preservation few miles from
Winchester, Va.
Miss Gushington-''Do you not
find Dr. Smalltalk entertainingp He is
such mimic. Mr.. Sneerington (who
detests the doctor-'I have often
noticed that the doctor takes people off
cleverly." -ToaUn Topics.
Smith, see you are keeping
company with Miss Jones yet?' Brown
Yes" "Does it mean businessp"
Cant tell. / wouldn't be surprised,
though, if received proposal SOON"
-Bt1gb0TqtOn fepuOt1c0ns
The Graphic tells of wealthy
Western man who was about to visit
New York City for the first time, and,
wishing somebody to show him around,
telegraphed in advance to secure the
services of ian experienced bunko-
steerer."
Farmer Bascom-M do wish the
threshing machine would come around
this way" Johnny Bascom-"O, pa.
that reminds me. Teacher wanted me
to tell you he was comm to our house
to board next week. "-Burlington Free
Press
in the office of the Recorder of
Deeds. Philadelphia, is preserved
Justices docket over 100 years old.
One of the entries in the volume is as
follows: Commonwealth agt. Stephen
Blunt, July "a, 1878. Charged of drink
ing Damnation to General Washington
and all his Army. Defendant held in
f2OO."
"A woman in Newton, Kan, who is
30 poor as to have become an object of
charity, kicked because can of baking
powder which she received was not ac-
companied by prize. and another
female beneficiary of the benevolent
society sent back to the grocer a
quantity of bacon and beans with which
she had been supplied, stating that she
wanted a turkey and some cranberries.
The failure of the potato crop Of
1887 was the worst that has befallcn
the country since 1881, when the aver
age yield per acre was only $50
bushels. The disaster is attributable
to two causes, opposite in operation but
uniform in their ultimate result. The
crop in the Western States was stunted
for want of sufficient rain, and that in
the Eastern States was rotted by a sur
plus of it.
Illicit "cider brandy" distilling, it
Is claimed. is INDUCED in by some OF
the farmers in Litchfield County, Conn.
The cider is boiled in a copper kettle
with tight cover, and pipe conveys
the steam outside which condenses into
brandy in the winter air. If spotter
arrives the pipe is disconnected and
the cover removed; the spy only finds
the farmer boiling cider, which is per-
fectly legitimate.