Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-12-25

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=. a..@ @..,% The California Widow.
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SAKE. Whether new to the reader OF not, |
~, ..azs,ifre5 10 amuse him:
kwidow bold was Betsy Brown.
That CHANGED Tom Young to know, sir;
She was .a flesh a little gross.
And he = little grocer,
Now Bets. rstaes tancied loEn,
And Tom was wont TO utter,
a Whil,aseling "irkin" auG fresh ump,'
~' He'd have no other but hes.
So they were wed--one evening twas
Her mourning laid aside,
So 1t the altar altered stood--
4 Haunting, dashus bride.
And rom spoke ont the narr'~ge vow,
That all his freedniu :st;esed,
Ard thought that now he had wen MS Bet,
Hill lot in life he'd bettered,
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Mistaken Young t--tor. az Il wife,
st. Had he some young miss taken,
Instead OF This bold wide we'd one,
ii Hi bud not been forsa ken
Awhile they happily lived, although
She, had q taasing way
OF eating what geor lom had ea'aea
1htwslghiug teas all day .4
Wt,ch scarce in purse.then saight WIS spent,
Her person to apparel.~
The while, Ton. botting up his wrath,
Thought hesne waste could bear i'll,
II CHANGED, however, on>stoIrv night,
The rain was, tleiceIy pouring,
While Tom sat pairing o'es the news,
His spouse ID srtn cta1r snoTaug-
The door bell rang-the Night 50 foul
No wender made one pull it
With savage force. Tom started up
Although struck by 4 bullet.
The door a jar, an 'sg ly tuus
Appeared before bis sight,
Thought II om--~ You'se in tripping state
10 drop in, sach nigtt'
Out spoke the strangs yeu' We wed
Vi. A Betsy Brown, they dare hint;
sozh<ir, bope, YET, Mo- Thea heee's
70 make myself appaEsnt,h
Then strobe he In whese Betsy sat,
DESPITE I'll Toms restraint;
Sbe Kase one look, thei, shr.ek ed, AMI suoou-
ed
Twas rssl and 10 faint.
70 rub her then each took hand,
And there was great ado
Vne hsought water, oae brought salts--
Atlast they brought hef to-
~, John, my h,st, can this te you 7''
!, sad sue, that broke my nappsng~-
It cannot be your spirit sr
1ou entered without rsppine
We heard you'd met an awful fate
" Cailfornlas snore-~
A stag: upset--you'd broke your skull
And sowe gave you oer.''
a4ld John: No such stage tragsd,
E'sr happened to me vet;
4 placer fafl Of ore was all
II The orfnl fate met
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AZ s gov, Returned, to claim my WIFE,, !
!. .a ~ foung, you gay decevez,
~ PIT n d prior -ignt -
think you'll! have to leave herr
%; =, turned oae, Tom Young turned in>'
=. INT night single fellow;
nnGt tDsEE5a nor Jug OF pnnrh =, 7
~ he" joined pair got rieIew.
Brown with his gold now makes show
. ~ Lalifosnians must,
And y tbet holds high her head but then Il
ne skssps her in the '.dtsst.1
As1of na poor Tom, though once he though:
Z aim 'll happy In Bets arms,
vow y hnds his little grocer shop !
Chm a3lltn has count er char rms.
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:. llle man who carrie<! the thing /
700 m 4 far r:1a has let it drop. The Sheriff
WAS tAffer him.
Whats worse than raining cats
.no Dogs ., Hailing cabs and ON
nlDusses. .,.o, ~ .s5>..
Z, I - irritable !, man is like a hedge
aog ?; plled Up the wrong way, aid
pierced BY iis own priofIes: !.
- ihs laborer in the present age
nas more helps to wisdom than ST.
omon had. @
-. ne ;:lmprebabilit:es of experi-
~ s.e .,'a' le antla'fny--the ilnpossibilitics
!, Ne ,fret against the doubtful. butI
saonr 81 70 70 tie inevitable. /,
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