The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1853-08-25
S E L E C 7 E D
A Turnpike and a Divorce.

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A certain Capt. Ma hale good
humored man, beloved by all who knew
him. and certain DIR. R, one of
the handsomest men alive, and a gen.
slenan all ever, met few days since.
in Trenton. It was during the session
of the Legislature, which as every
body, knows, is, whenever it happens, a
great feature in Trenton life, and a
pregnant item in the history of New
jersey. sgH s
Both the, captain and doctor We're
borers-lobbyf members-not for the
benefit of their pockets. but of the pub
lie. and that portion of the public com
prised within the limits of Camden.
which as you know, is a great, city, To-
Gated opposite to the retired hamlet Of
Philadelphia. The captain was boring
for Camden as The seat of government
court house and jail, for the great coun-
ty. of Camden, The doctor was boring
for Long-a-Coming being a large city,
composed of a blacksmith shop and two
frame houses, and located somewhere
between the extreme limits of Camden
county and the Atlantic ocean.
In a word, the site of the county
court house was disputed question
the citizens; of Camden wanted il in
Camden-the voters. of Camden county,
Just to spite The Camden people, want
ed it in Long-a-Coming.1a Well, the
captain with his hearty honest face,
and the doctor with his honest very
handsome face, came to Trenton, as
lobby" /" members, TO press the respec-
tive merits of Camden and & Long-a-
Coming, upon the notice of the great
Legislature of New Jersey. A. week,
two weeks, three weeks, a month pass
ed, and yet the Legislature took no ac
tion. and Camden county was still with
ont a seat of government, court house
or Jail R ss sas 9ssts a#
The doctor grew impatient meeting
the captain one day, in one of the pas
sages of the singularly peculiar Capt.
toll of New Jersey. he said to his friend
-"Yeu ara here for Camden, / for
Long Coming, and here we have
been for q month. Allow me to ask, in
the most delicate manner, why in the
degl don't this Legislature take some
action in the matter, and let us go
home4 Your businessis suffering. and
my patients are dying, and yet here we
are, dancing attendance ON the cursed
Legislature. Why don't they-the as
sembled wisdom OF JERSEY, Cam
den or Long-a-C Coming! and let'us go
home ~ T.ia so isss
The captain drew his young friend
iato the recess Of corridor, and looked
AZ him queerIy, with one eye half shut,
and his mouth fixed on a decided
apucker.n 45s e fas Athl
.aaThe fact is, R said he, you are
green. Are you not aware that this is
I great country, that New Jersey is a
great State, New Jersey Legislature
the tallest kind out of jailan The doc
tor confessed that he was aware of some |
Of these points, but dark as to the
Others he had some conception Of how
the Iektkgosdurds, "a big animal, with
. hard name, known to geologists,
which had the whole world 10 itself a.
few millions Of yeats before Adam
how the IckfkgosGuras looked, when
be was about 7 but Jersey Legislation
was an animal which he hadslooked at
% ell sides bur could not understand.
the captain took the doctor
goodhnmoredIy by the arm, and led
himint0a rstiTed place, where alightedI
sandls shones upon the honest connte-
nance of bottle of real champagne-l