The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-06-30
SHOWING THE ALBUM
The Old Plush Volume Pictured
the Family History.
A TREAT FOR THE VISITOR.

A TREAT FOR THE VISITOR.
She Learned All About the Twins and
Aunt James Little Love Affair and
Sister Gertie's Narrow Escape and
e Whole Lot More Besides.
Yes'm. that's my marriage certif-
cate. and them pictures pasted on It
Is me and pa the day we was married
No, he wasn't sick. but he was SO
scared it made him look peaked. Do
you like to look at photographs? Most
everybody does. | guess. Wait till
get the album. Yes; 1t is kind Of q
pretty cover-real plush. | got It of
book peddler lady-dollar down and 30
cents a month
Them's twins. There was two Of
them. They looked just like you see
them there. One of them Is my hus-
band. but nobody can tell which he
is now. Sort of creepy, amt it. not to
know whether your own husband Is
one twin or the other? One Of them
died when be was sixteen. and that
broke the set think it is the sweet
est picture in the album. they look SO
simple and harmless. just like two lit
tie calves Gran'ma Jones used to
make their clothes herself You'd new
er guess it. would your She used to
lay the cloth in two thicknesss.s and
cut out two suits al once If one Of
them had been girl she couldn't have
done 1t. Turn over the page
That's the gentleman Aunt Jane
nearly married. He looks like col.
lege professor. don't he? He was so
refined and meek and so eloquent at
prayer meeting. But he wasn't II pro-
fessor; he pedd.ed Grigg's infallible
cure for hog cholera and iectured on
temperance. He was awful poor in his
eyes on him she made up her mind to
marry him She was forty. and she
usually got what she wanted. and ev
erybody said 1t was thousand
chances to one that she would get him.
But just when Aunt Jane was sure
she had him he got wind Of It He
went back to Massachusetts the next
day and died peaceful Turn over
the page.
That's my sister Gertie and bass
singer we used to have In the choir
His name was Spung Launceiot
Spung and he was barber by pro-
fession Him and Gertie was engaged
for six weeks. but she found cut he
had wife and six children ut Boston.
so she didn't marry him He was the
sweetest singer: You'd never imagine
he bad wife and six children If you
could have heard him sing. Amt 1t
awful how sinful people can be and
yet look so innocent? Gertie took on
awful when she heard the facts about
him. and she wouldn't get engaged to
| anybody else for long time. and you
know what that means for choir
| singer Turn over the page.
Sue Hartwick that is, one Of my old
girl chums She ran off with cattle
| buyer and got married. but that
wasn't until five years after this pic
ture was took. She had n lovely char
acter- so light and playful and that
| fond of handsome clothes. | remem-
ber the day she had that picture took
| She'd been to picnic with a travel
Ing gentleman from Cincinnati and
got engaged to him. helped her
trim the very hat she has on. 1t
was green straw with roses. one red
and one blue and one yellow. 1t
matched her complexion lovely. She
was dark blond with red hair. Oh.
yes. she always smiled that way on
account of one front tooth being ont
Turn over the page.
That's my Aunt Phoebe by marriage
the day she was married Amt she
sweet? The basket wasn't hers. It
belonged to the man that took the
| picture Neither was the clrlS all
hers. though they didn't belong 10 tho
photograph man I've got them now
laid away till they come in handy
/ tell pa it's pity It ain't mans hair
stead of lady's. and then he could
wear it. Badness seems to run in
his family His father was so bald
that he never used brush and comb
for forty-two years: used to comb his
hair with a flannel rag That dress
Of Aunt Phoebe's is the lowest necket
anybody on either side OF our family
ever had. but then she was a great
one for society Turn over the page
Ellis Parker Butler In Reader.
Queer Legal Oaths.
In Siberia. In the wild Ostayaks Law
courts. the natives swear by the newl.
severed head of bear. which is i'm
plored to subsequently rend and de
your them should they perjure them
selves. while in Assam the opposin.
witnesses lay hold of chicken by it.
feet and retain each one-half as th'
clerk of the court chops 1t In TWO. b,
undergoing this ceremony they arr
considered to be pledged to like fat,
In the event Of their swearing falsely
Chicago Journal.
Saved His Life.
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