The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-12-07
MAN AND HIS EVERYDAY LOAD.
Composite Burden Every Citizen Bear
Without Noticing II.

"Man carries a pretty good weight
in these modern times, when you come
to think of it." said a gentleman whose
mind has an analytical turn, land, real
ly, it makes fellow trifie tired wher
he begins to enumerate the number OF
things he is forced to carry around with
him. He is a beast of burden and is
heavily laden. We will take him from
the skin out, and analyze the superfic-
ialities which hang about him, and which
are necessary at this time in the history
of civilization in order to give him
polite standing in the community ir
which he lives, and in order to make
him comfortable. One is almost in.
clined to shrink away from the fearful
responsibility of carrying such load
and yet one must do it if he is happy
Here are the two articles which stick
closer than a brother, and then we find
pulled up around his shins and ankles
two socks. He wears two shoes, TN.
less he was in the war, and two strings.
are needed to lace them, or twelve but.
tons or more, if they are not lace shoes
He wears one top shirt, one collar and
two cuffs. He wears one coat, one vesi
and one pair of trousers, and there are
twelve buttons on his trousers, six gen.
orally on the coat, and six on his vest
He carries two cuff buttons around with
him, two collar buttons, three shirt but.
tons, two sleeve buttons and various
other buttons on his under garments
There is one buckle on his trousers and
two on his suspenders. He wears two
garters. He wears one necktie, OF
sometimes one cravat with one clampei
to hold it in place. He carries one hand.
kerchief in his pocket. He wears one
hat. In the winter he must have two
gloves and one overcoat, and maybe two
overcoats.
"But this is not all. He has watch
and chain to carry around with him, a
bundle of letters, package of cards
a plug or a sack of tobacco, or maybe
few cigars, pipe perhaps, knife
pencil and a few other things which
usually make up the pocket outfit, such
as matches, buckeyes and other good
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shoes. with hair in the soles and steel
pegs in the heels thereof. There is silk
or satin in his cravat or his necktie
and other things in the clothes he wears
There is wool, and cotton and linen
There is straw in his hat. There is
starch in his shirt There is gold, and
silver and pewter. and other metals in
the watch and chain he wears; there 4.
brass and bone in some of his buttons
There is tin in his garter clampers and
in the clamper which holds his cravat
in place. There is glass over the face
of his watch, and one may find all the
colors-red, white. blue, black, purple
yellow. brown and almost every Other
tint. He has paper in his pockets
There is rubber in his suspenders and
carriers. Paint is found in the figure.
on the face of his watch, and polish j.
found on his shoes.
$50, after all, man is really a beast
of burden, and when he begins to count
up the more than one hundred super.
6cialties he carries round with him
and the vast number of factories he rep
resents, if the season is warm, with the
thermometer ranging above the Ioe
mark, he will probably swelter a Bit
more on account of the vast load he i.
carrying. "-Ncso Orleans Times-Demo.
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