The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1853-08-25


" The fact is, Eliza, Pm rid of that
cursed woman, and you and I'll be
married to night. know how to man
age those scoundrels at Trenton. A
champagne supper, Tor was it break
fast . did the business for them. Put
on your bonnet and things, and let US
go to the preachers at once, dearest.o
"The widow, (who was among wild
ows as peaches are among apples put
on her bonnet and took Jones's arm,
and. -=- - .-=r. 5.=. d.
"Just look how handsome it is put on
parchment" cried Jones, pulling the
document from his pocket. and with
much rustling spreading the document
out before her. "Here's the law which
says that Jacob Jones and Anna Caro-
line Jones are two! Look at it Putting
her plump gloved hand on his shoulder,
she did look at it. .
ooh dear !" she said, with her rese-
bud lips, and sank back, half fainting,
on the sofa.
"Oh blazesW cried Jones, and sank
beside her, rustling the fatal parchment
in his hand. "Here's lots of happi-
ness and champagne gone to ruin."
1t was hard case. Instead of being
divorced and at liberty to marry the
widow, Jacob Jones was simply, by the
Legislature of New Jersey, incorpo-
rated into a turnpike company, and
which made it worse, authorized with
his brother difectors,) to construct
R,p - Al
When you reflect that Burlington and
Bristol are located just mile apart, on
the opposite side of the Delaware river,
you will perceive the extreme hope
lessness of Jones's case.
g It's all the fault of that d-n turn
pike man, who gave 'em the cham
pagne supper, or was it a breakfastW
cried Jones, in agony. " If they'd
chartered me to be turnpike from
Pigs Run to Terrapin Hollow, might
have borne it, bnt the very idea of
building turnpike from Burlington TO
Bristol, bears an absurdity on the face
of it.n So it did. e ta aa@
"And you amt divorced ?n said Eli
"a, tear rolling down each cheek.
"tNow thundered Jones, crushing his
hat between his knees, 'and what is
worse, the Legislature is sadjourned, and
gone home drunk, and wont be back TO
Trenton till next year" Itwas hard
case. # us .f
The mistake had occurred in the last
day of the session, when Legislators
and tEanscribing clerks were laboring
under the effect of champagne sup
per, followed by champa gne break
fast. Smiths name had been put
where Jones's ought to have been, and
acisey qrersey, as the Latin poet has it.
ThisAis in substance, if not in words,
the captains story. s.za
Do you mean to say that that is the
factw asked the doctor, smoothing his
black Whiskers, and gazing round the
restaurant . box /" in which they were
seated and finally at the three quar-
tiers emptied bottle of Madeira.
"This is sample of Jersey legisla-
tion," calmly replied the captain.
The doctor sat long time in deep
thought, absently playing with the cork
of the three fourths eXtinguished bottle,
and at last said in calm decided way
captain Long, Coming and Cam
den may go to blazesl This very
night will repose in the bosom of my
family, captain. The next train starts
at s O'Clock, and will take it,"
Whether this story be true or not, we
cannot say, but both the captain and
the sfuctor are men of truth, and the |
latter. one bleak autumn night, when |
we were both belated amid the pines, |
at the very Jerseyest of Jersey taverns,
told the Story TO me by a bright wood |
fire, and with a most sincere and earn
est face. s
Curious CoincidenceS.-A London pa
per mentions the following singular
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