The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-08-02

opeecneo.. Inab settled me. Doubt
less they would be looking for me at
the banquet and would be left re-
solved not to disappoint them if rum
ming would do it. So, seizing the
big volume of Revised Statutes, Irushed
for the boat.
''How about this speech?" 1 said to
the President.
80, yom're here" he replied with
touch of surprise in his voice. "Well,
don't know just how we'll fix that. 1t
was proposed that we get the associa-
ton together in the parlors of the
boat and then guess you could ad-
dress themn
This wasn't bad idea, but as the
boat progressed and the weather be-
came finer and finer and the band
played tune after tune, it soon was evil
dent that the people would rather stay
out and look at the scenery and talk to
each other than listen to one of the
finest oratorical efforts that had been
prepared for the twenty-first annual
meeting of the M. P. A.
Well, the dinner was great success.
Everything went like clock work; the
walters, seemingly some hundreds of
| them, moved at the touch of bell and
| there was nothing to interfere with the
completeness of the occasion. After
! dinner there was speeches from the
gentlemen whose names were down on
| tho hill of fo,o rTboro ,.,,c co,,o 1;+4Jo
rivalry between the speakers and the
fog-horn whistle of the Greyhound.
That steamer got little impatient to-
wards the last and the beautiful rhyt
of her whistle shook the foundations of
the hotel at intervals in manner that
was pleasing to the speakers who had
to compete with it.
When we got back on the boat, I
called the attention of the chairman to
the fact that it was quite dark outside
and that there was no scenery of any
kind to distract the attention of those
on board from a well thought-out
speech, and that perhaps it would not
be bad idea to collect them together
| w l.
Law of Libel. He said he was glad I
had suggested this, and that he would
at once see about arranging the thing.
Then he went away.
| ran him down again, somewhat
later. and he thanked me again for
calling his attention to the speech. The
band was now playing in the cabin, he
said, but he would make arrangements
for stopping them so that the people
could hear the speech they had been
waiting so impatiently for ever since
they came to Detroit. Some time after
this sought out the chairman and told
him that the Revised Statutes of On
tario contained some 1,430 pages and
the book was rather heavy to lug
around, and was getting heavier every
moment, and that I would like to get
the book off my hands and the speech
off my mind.
He agreed with me and asked me tt
come aft. He thought the speech
would sound frst-rate on the aftel
deck. / suggested that it was rather
windy and noisy out there, but he sait
. it was just the spot for rafting goot
speech.
On the Greyhound there is quite al
ample after-deck with many chairs OF
it, and he placed me where a pos
comes up about four feet from the deck
at the extreme aft, and said to excus
him moment while he went to drum
up the crowd and ask General Alger t.
come and introduce me to my audi
ence.
placed the Revised Statutes on tn
top of this post, and was soon please'
to see the crowd pour out of the cabil
doors and take seats. There were
. great many ladies, and young ladies, toe
= and many of the younger gentlemen G
the party. This was very gratifying t
me, also, for it showed that the youn
. people had an interest in the seriou
: things of life. General Alger, ] SUP
: posed, was taking some little time i
preparing the Introduction, as natul
ally he would want to do the thing wei
, | AT GulS IuOluSub Sd SdpuetlilA>lSlOlSoh yam
: out of the cabin, and looking aroun
= beamingly on the crowd, said in hi
= stentorian voice: "Take your partner
for quadrille.
"Hold on, Captain Joe," l criee
ssthere is some mistake here. l al
just going to address these folks on tn
libel law. I'm waiting for Gener;
= Alger. He's going to introduce m'
:. The chairman's gone for him.
- That's all right, said the Captain
= sWe'll have dance while you al
y waiting" And as eight couple wei
= on the deck he made signal throug
the cabin door, and the band at ono
:. started up that well-known tune, whic
begins:
"Domp tie dumpety dump de domp;
e Dompety domp de domp."
A young man with gold lace on b
s. cap came out and stood by one of th
pillars and addressed the crowd in
" loud, staccato voice occasionally,
IA this fashion.