Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-03-21
From the New York Picayune.
Doesticks Determines to be Carrot
ted,

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come. 1t seems to be one of the delight
ful recreations Of. high life to be chokec
and robbed-the hero-victims Of the gar
rotte are as much lionized in polite cir
cles at present as Polish mobiles and Hun
garlan refugees once were. Instead oi
stars, ribbons and orders, damaged faces
and broken heads are now the rage in
Fifth Avenue. 4 smashed nose is sur
er passport to social distinction than the
Order of the Garter; and a black eye is
better capital for soiree and party free
passes than dozen crosses of the Legion
of honor. Garrotting is exceedingly use
fuI, too, in matrimonial specuIations. A
very fast friend Of mine, young Deboots,
owed old Bootjack, the oil merchant,
$500, for money advanced to pay col
lege expenses-young Deboots' very kind
guardian sent him the dimes to settle the
account. That evening young Deboots
sat down to a friendly game of poker
with a few friends much faster than him
self, and after five deals his pile wasn't
worth a spanish quarter. Young De
boots cogitated, and next morning got up
an artistic black eye with some India ink
and little gamboge, put a couple Of strips
Of court-pIaster on his forehead, and with
his arm in a sling presented himself to old
Bootjack. He told doIcfuI story Of
having been garotted, and he showed the
marks. BooJack believed the yam and
wrote long letter to young Deboot's
guardian for more mouey for that young
gentleman. .Bootack's fine daughter saw !
young Deboots in her fathers office-pit.
led the young man, and asked papa to in
troduce him-in three days young De-
boots was invited to large party at cid !
BooGack's, where he was the lion of the
evening, and where he recountered his ad-
ventures with his garroters more than
twenty times, with additions and yaria-
lions; Matilda Jane was captivated with
the brave young mantle brave young
man improved his chances and four days
ago eloped with Matilda Jane, who has
a hundred thousand in her own right from
her grand aunt. Young Deboots recov-
cred from his black eye the first time he
washed Ills face-he took his arm out Of
he black handkerchief aud pulled the
,ourt-plaster off his face the night he was
married and has been well man ever
;incc.
Pigford, my esteemed friend and fell
ow-boarder at Mrs. Snagley's has been
5arotted-apd it really seems as if the
obbers must have been intimately known
lis private affairs, because the event oc- s
urred on the night of the very day that t
'e received a remittance from England to
Isy Mrs. S. his FIVE months board-he 1
ppears at the breakfast table next morn q
lg with countenance so much dam I
ged, and was so cast down on Mrs. SIS X
ccount that she could not find it in her |
cart 10 refuse him three monthsN longer c
redit, until he can get another remittance b
ON England. v
jerks, another Of our boarders, was
arotted twice in one week-It has be- I
effect upon Jenks-it makes
i'm unsteady in the legs and causes his
reath to smell of rum punch--on the
rst occasion of the robbing and choking o
ltrage, he rung the area bell Of the /
0use on the other side of the street, un- p
policeman interfered and brought
in honle-then jerks inyeigIed the po-
serDan in the house and delyered him
,er to me with many formalities, assur-
q me that he was a garotter whom he
I'd oYerpowered and captured by main
rength, and he showed the star on the
:. P.'s breast as the place where the in "
ncibIe fist of Jenks had Smashed his n
w. jerks was garotted again two days q,
ter, and brought home by gentleman q
individual, who picked his pockets at =;
e door, took his overcoat, changed hats q
tn him, and then rang the bell for the h
Il to come and let jerks into the house. f.
he girl came and found this individual r,
ing to white off one Of the pickets of m
e iron Tenee. with his penknife, and m
making a furious attempt to n
10 the words of the Evening Hymn to =;
) Virgin, to the classic air Of Root Hog u
Die. h,
The mania has gone even into the kitch- gi
and the servants are now following the al
ample of their betters, and getting gar 81,
ed on every favorable opportunity-if vi
) boy goes to the butchers, he is invari- tn
", according to his own account, at
;ked by band Of rufians and robbed
the money.before he gets home-this
8 happened four successive days in
bad daylight, and has cost Mrs. Snag-
about four and sixpence time. | te
1t Sally, the little errand girl, with ST.
ma for some beer, and she returned in al