The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-07-25
MISCELLANEOUS.

andum book in which he keeps the
name of every girl he has ever kissed.
He had 923 names on the list the last
time he counted up.
"a superior house parlor maid who
can teach elementary music" and "a
plain cook. under twenty-five, who
knows shorthand" were advertised
for in recent issue of an English
paper.
One little creature can do a great
deal of mischief. The Calusa (CaL)
Sun say there is no doubt but that 3
squirrel was responsible for recent
break in the Hamilton levee and con-
sequent loss of $4,000 acres of wheat
which became submerged.
T Erasmus, you are sure these are
spring chickens?" eyes, Missus. Dey
WI ar broughten up rite under my own
eyes" ''You watched them growing
all last spring." Eyes, Missus-an'
al spring aiore dat! Yah-dey is
spring chickens. Epoch.
"A man of Orlando, Fla, is the
owner of valuable Ceylon cat. The
principal distinguishing feature of
these cats is that they have no tail.
They are great rabbit catchers, being
able to effectually deceive a rabbit by
feigning to be one, and being able by
reason of having no tail to carry out
the deception.
in swamp north of the town of
Aston, Fla, a man lately cut huge
cypress tree, and was surprised to find
therein an alligator seven feet long.
The opening in the tree being not hall
large enough to admit the reptile, it is
presumed it got in while young and
subsisted on small animals that therein
sought shelter.
"A team of four COWS appeared in
Bellevue, Idaho, not long ago, having
been driven from Nebraska, distance
of 1000 miles. They had acted as
motive power for a prairie schooner,
and had also furnished milk and butter
for the farmer and his family en- route.
They were in good condition, with the
exception of their feet, which needed
shoes badly.
John Hancock, of Worth County,
Ca, says that he can remember when
every member of the Georgia Legis-
lature was dressed in homespun. 1t
was in 1929, and the tariff had caused
wooden goods to reach such an exorbi-
tant price that the Legis lature resolved
as man to buy no more manufactured
cloth until the tariff was reduced; and
they kept the resolution.
Not long since, at the meeting OF
one of our grand juries, one of them
said to another: very intelligent
looking jury; 1 wonder how many can
tell us the name of the GOVERNOR"
After a moments reflection No. said
he did not know. ''Ask the next"
said No. l. No. could not tell, and
so the question was passed around,
and but three of the grand jury could
tell the name of the Governor of South
Carolina. Is. Co. Intelli.
gencer.
Two strangers were talking on the
cars and one was portrait painter. At
ter some time the other inquired the
painters business, II am an artist he
replied modestly. "Ah," said the
other, what do you drawP" Faces"
"And l am an artist" continued the
other. ''Ah!' exclaimed the painter,
with smile Of interest, land pray,
may I ask, what do you draw"
Teeth" said the other; 81 am dent
ist." Then the artist got up and left
the seat.
"A Kansas paper says that prairie
dogs make excellent eating, though
there is a prejudice against their meat
as food. Two of them were lately
killed for a family that was short of
meat, and they were fried for supper.
The family being ignorant of what they
were, thinking they were cotton-tail
rabbits, ate heartily of them, and pro-
nounced them the finest meat they had
ever eaten. Enough fat came from the
two little animals to make almost q tea
cupful of oil.
"A resident of Talbotton, Ga, says
that goats are spunky animals. He
says that his father had flock of goats,
and that the goats while grazing came
to pond of clear water. They went
to the pond to drink, and when they
lowered their heads they saw their
shadows in the water. They began to
butt at the goats in the water, and
failing to drive them away they con-
tiuued to butt until the entire flock
was drowned.
james Dawson, of Atchison, re-
Gently from Nebraska, has been a
pioneer in railroad and town site bust
ness for many years. A few years ago
he gained considerable fame and Gre
ated a great Juror among settlers by
blowing single furrow a distance OF
over one hundred miles through Scott,
Greeley and Wichita Counties, Kansas.
and into Colorado. He said nothing,
but kept on blowing, and the people,
imagining that he was locating a rail-
road, began to take up claims along
the furrow. Afterward Jay Gould came
along and bought the Dawson right,
and the d. M. d A. branch of the