Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-07-11
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MRS. GALLBON RECEIVES 4 CALL

RS.GALLBON RECEIVES 4 CALL
Mr.. and Mrs, GalI5ox closely resem5leI
n mules ears, for they were both u1i7 :
and theY were not like mules ears, for
they never appeared in public togather.
NJ. Gailbox WAS very Thin and yerG
short: Mrs. Gaiibos, On the CONTRARY,
was prodisionstv Gtt, and IN height 4
sort Of B-Igiant glaut-so that when
they stood up to be married, side by
side. the happy bridegroom looked Ike
a dried herring hung against 3 sugzs
hogshe,d, GsIlbox, after marriage, wa~
not the GaIibox Of other days; he'w.tte1
away, and becane an unwilling believer
in wonan'> rights. Home. in his voca-
tulary, was a last resort, where abused
lar.s of creation Gould 20 when every
nsler place was closed At niElt wien
he returned to the domiclI. OF Nbjrh lie
WAS ouIy supposed to bo the ma~ts~. ha
WAS compelled 70 give An account # n.l
his tran,actnns throughout tua Gav:
obliged to tell where he had hs"n 49,.
whom he bad s.en II last. thou-,.r not
;ra.t. whether" 30" l"u t deny .c -
whether - Il" hal dared to >poal. ~ .'sa
oIas cr.eLer, Mis-, Fjddie? !"
At last GrijhoS he-an to give WAY to
the presence nf outside jn1ue',.e, and .
his homswar,! path became crooked. III
WAS at times extremely difficult - tim /
TO turn a ,barr corner withoat br;nLi".
mp on the other side Of the S!rert.-
Occasionally he attempted sundrv voaaf
performances, in order to try the effect
Of an esho with its head cut off bY
hlccun) on tile night air; and once, onjv
once, he brought home, laid out in ex-
tense, upon the site4 cad of 4 cart. bv
two individuals who confdentiaIv in !.
i'rmed Mrs. GaI'5ox :hat it took them
three hours to come the last half square
with Their precious freight, in cDH>c-
quence Of there being an unusual guam
tIty Of frost under the pavement, "wh;cb
you see, kept US constantly a c,imh.n'. |
mem" Mr. GaIjbox received. for thi-
little bit Of spiritual back sliding from
soOristr, sohHd Iarruping. Mr.. Gall
hos applied brown paper and vinegar
10 his head, and leather strap to the
fende'est and perhaps most sensitive
part Of his anatomy. Gallbox when
about half way over the fence. or in other
words, hslftieh'," was a changed
beng, and, instead Of presenting An APP
Pesrance Of shrivelIed misery and woe |
oegone symptoms Of benpeck in {
every lineament Of lis cadaverous coun-i
,enance. he seemed radient with iollitr.
10 those moments Of liIaritv Gallbox I
was wa "a man again" and defed even 6
'he tsrrors Of Mrs. G.'s awful frown.
One evening GaIIbox was of, of coursa
out as usual, scouting the streets. ,
HnAe ms poor, patient, enduring wife, i
y, ."s grleving her heart away at home"
WIS. !, ualiboS received call. IIer next 6
'oor he'ghbors. an old maid. an old
''uoW, , and the wife Of militia colonel.
,fopped in" in a friendly way-only
or minnit."
Miss l'apes, the old maid, whose chin a
's'le = TO point somewhere in the centre o
d wsr., and whose nose oyershadov- >
ns he' mouth concealed plentiful cron /
= h'hople beard npon her unnar lin !;
'sel"red positively that she couldn't |,
:, ,"y mora than two mjnutes-in proof i
! q ~h'ch assertion she deliberately tool, =,
~ ner bonnet, arranged her false curIs \
., ,a,cn resemblei mahogany shavincs,
s"'eo befse'f in an arm chair, aud com q
'5need ~ tanning herself frrious'v. a
Mrs. Bug'e, the widow Of the late Il
,h's I'"sn'ed loy his creditors) Bue|e. was v
,o'o'a'e at first in her determination.