Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-01-17
An Angry BRIDEGROOM,

Tie following, which we find in one of our
rXr''n%"s, is good enough for the Buukuin
Fig S1,ti:
some individual, once an editor, who. in
writing his recollection Of the Crabtown Clari-
on, recoGnts the following incident. which had
It's orgln in the employment Of drunken com,
po>ifor one day while he (the editor) wa Ipn a
spree. ,s- -:rr
n" reader may suppose the door of the ed
TORS sanctnm flung violently one~T qud Il s1rIn-
ger rushing IN, bearing in enc h;~t copy Vi
| the trabtoWn Clarion, and in the other q huge
i"m'Iy umbrella, q Ia hatternq ram
Stranger lferociously) ly).--"Youre the editor
| are you no1!'
Editor (bIandly).-"sometimes, sir take a
seat" .... ~N2f NIX u . :
Strangcr.-"Confound yoar overtures, sir,
/ III from Goshen---a respectable attorney, sir.
Don't stir" shaking the umbrella menacinnly;7
you shall hear me through sir" Land then
drawing himself out an extra inchl adsaand
confidently upon d. am Just married, sir. not
a fortnight snce-and on the happy day." there.
the umbrella quivered sympatheticaily,l il for-
"arded You notice Of the same. Though /
nave hitherto been above poetry, shank Heaven.
added 10 q momenG - weakness, an humble
'e;se OF my own compositlng, fitting, itou!ai
to ths occasion. Here's the correct version.
sir Repeats from mcmory.1
Marrled-ln Goshen, FEBRUARY 28ti,, A. Con.
Key Esq, to Miss Euphemia Virgins
Love is the union Of two hearts,
hat beats Ia softest melody,
lime with its ravages imparts
NO bitter fusion to its exstacyD
"Hot much; still poetry. still rhyme. Next
week got your paper and carried it to NV
Eupt1eina; we opened it, and turned our ewes
together TO tie marriage list. Blood and thTun,
der, what do you seef An abusive. atrocious--
but no sill am COOL umbrella giving the
lie III every rtb1 "Here's your Internal Sheet
iiear what 1t says, sir; | am cool sir. and trem.
bic Opens the paper and reads:l
Marred--At Goshen, February %, A. Don.
key, Esq. to Euphemia piggins.
s'". "loNe is an onion of two heads ' %
That beets its soft and meilowv Nh .H
lime with its cabbages in carts,
NO better teeded 10 an extra davu
"What DO you think of that sir ~ rnmbreI,a
raised. "Donkey, eh? piegilrs, is il NV poetrv
eh It has unnerved me--driven me mad
can't take walk bat that the small bows, mere
infants, ring the hideous chorus in INV ear
Some scoundre' has altered the name on INV
S'gt, to suit your internal photography Don't
aEo'og!ze-l won't listen TO ANYTHING: nv
ho2&e Just painted is serawIed over by horrid
portraits and en-. blens; and ali owing 10 your
accursed work"
"foa re cornercd, sir; don't move, on your Pc
lIie. You're the destroyer of my happiness
my life, and my Euphen,iaIa
With the tont ame, the lasting string of
snapped. lie advanced "A Step,
struck an attitude, and then the editor, We al
tnost sald-hnt no; inst rs the family utllrel,a
was midway in The blow, the door opened and
some y,sl;of entered. The injured mar hesita-.
lea: iieIe were witnesses. Visions of an
action 1or assault and battery. with big DANA
Ge"' anh eoSt,rose in his mind, and the umbrella
cropped hsrln less to the floor. The lawyer
tFinmpjttd over the man. lo turned ION his
heels and strobe cut of the room, mutterjug as
he went: "Failed this tme-one thing ,eft--
libel, Suit-eatch" !" H #Ft "a y