The free press., 1896-05-14
MOST PERFECT MADE.


advocate. Our good friend, Col.
Bob Haney, however, is a rampant
free and unlimited coinage silver
man, and when he can collect a
crowd he never fails to preach an
original impromptu silver sermon.
His latest remarks on this line were
in substance about as follows:
"Gentlemen, l had rather take
off my hat TO steer than to any
living gold bug. Why? Well,
the gold bug gives you nothing,
whereas the steer furnishes you
with almost everything. Think of
it You can ride, drive and plow
the steer; his horns supply you
with buttons, combs, ETC.; his hoofs
are manufactured into glue, chew
ing gum and the Lord only knows
what else; his hide supplies boots,
shoes, trunks, etc, ETC.; his hair
plasters your houses; We could
hardly run sawmill without his
tallow; fertilizer is made from his
blood, bones and other refuse mat
ter; his flesh supplies us with the
best meat food on earth his moth.
er furnishes us with the only know
smallpox preventive, and from her
we obtain drink far superior to
the nectar of the gods. These are
only few of the blessings that the
steer bestows upon man. Now,
what do you get from the gold
bugs"
We will simply remind Col. Bob
that he gets the steer through the
gold bug. We will venture to say
that nine of every ten orders that
the Colonel fills for lumber comes
from a gold bug; hence he IS able to
own number of steers. And
whenever he takes off his hat to
one of these useful animals he is
making obeisance to gold bug by
proxy.
The next Methodist church i'm.
provement the ladies MAKE should
be the inclosure of their house of
worship with a neat fence. Some
Of the hogs into which the devils
entered centuries ago, escaped
death by drowning in the sea, anc
those survivors collected under and a
round the church w ednesdsy nigh
of last week, and held an outdoor
service that fairly eclipsed the
prayermeeting exercises. L b {
squeals and grunts of a drove ol
fea.breeding swine is not conducive
to a proper appreciation of the
Word, songs of praise and prayer
"Fence out the swine" would be
a good text for the next regular
Sund service.
Knowing that our home is on the
banks of the Father of Waters, and
being aware of our partiality for
that stream, Messrs. g. W. Bilbo
and e. Howard, who were recent
visitors to the Crescent City,
brought Us a quart each of the
fluid as reminder that they had
stood upon the banks of that great
commercial highway Thanks, gen.
tlemen; the "water of life" WAS
good notwithstanding It's dark col-
or. and q suspicious Kentucky fla
vor, which was probably impaired
by the mingling of the waters OF
the Ohio.
A St. Louis press dispatch of the
9th says:
"The announceme is made here
of purchase from the st. Louis
Retrigerators snd Wooden Gutter
Company BY the Chicago Lumbers
| ing and Goal Company. both of st.
Louis, Of the contract hello by the
former for the product of the yel-
low pine mill at Lumberton, Pearl
River county, Miss. The total a.
mount involved is 100. 100000 feet,
which would load 10000 cars. The
outstanding contracts have been as.
sumed by the purchasing company.
This is one Of the largest transac-
tions 10 lumber ever made in the
United States"
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