Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-11-20

!. -! ''''''>bef, yelEo" fever, s.a,l.z
''1-' ''S land selling as we'll uEsx, w.
young and innocent as upon those ,sh.,",
traverse" more than half their ~lourosv th a .
h .s5 -'''5 Incident at the side OF q death.
oeo' t"F''" q scene Of monrniny and ,n;.s"'
tor moment, into onn Of g.otons ,,,nAy
"'rth. Truly has = great man s,;I "a aRa
- o't a step from The sublime 70 .ba ~:
'ooS' ant never was j: better ;]n.+r,s..n
on hi, Occasion. 'ASa
a ''"' # H''@. With a family Of five cb;,,,.u
ard e a:cH'y wife. lay upon q bed If d.,+.
TIE lever Ia seized upou him while - .,a.,.
"' III. F''''' sam Of se~venty-Gve cent,
""F.'" ORDER that bis ch'Iden might not. WA
'"T bread, s7i he was laid upon his bed. f,on
"A'Th he "as never more destined !, ,,;.
"f Were >ert i'F at d ate hour, to give ...i
assistance as waS;oovr power; and when 49,
entered the rnor7 where the sufIere Law
r:'e"ta'i~ "t pTerty ami vretcE,ean..
DIR VIE" that Is seldom sear in tha ,,rs
''s' ''so4 it""-e. Imagine to yourself
so'A FT''e'-,' 'o"n1 about ten feet square ii II
d "'''''''A% "'E@" even in construction thar
negro S''''",-'n WHICH father, ~nno:aer, and
AVE- c'''"Fe'' ~cooAe', eat. drank and slept
With hot tI@ tnne scarcely the Continuous.
I'c"o'a''e> OF lie. ard you may have q faint
it'4a III tEe a!ra :ulanG into which We wsrz
us''eFe>.. Tbs sufferer was in the ssoo,.e os
death. while the wife, >.ckIy and worn out
Ivy "a'ch!Hg at his bedside, with an ;pfan r.
at ter braas., gave vent to her FEELINGS !,
sroa's that would almost have melted The
heart OF a slo!c, the children, setting around
>ee"'r4 to appreciate their position, in beips
deprived OF a kind, hard-working father, and
were adding their cries, which su1ote unou e,r
a"'o'olI'5y, that So keenIY fecipro.atea tbei.
distress. At lie bedside Of the sufSerer. stood
a huge. athletic carpenter, whose bony and
muscular frame seemed to place him beyond
the Wotoauisil sentiment OF tears, but even
he, gave way 10 the affecting scene AROUND
him, and large drops were c~oufsing down hi,
wcather-beaten cheeks, as if he were f. snt.
teEer with tae loss about to take place in the
afflicted family. 1t was a scene We never
wish 10 look upon asaiu-$uch misery and
restitution may do tor large and C~opulous
cities, bat III tbs country, where hearts and
kindred 6ympa taie1 are warm and beaeva.
|alr, may it be the last. .r &
Everything mad Leen done by physicians
aId ~-l!etsIs to p'o!oug the life Of the sufferer,
but without avail Death had set his marx
upon the victim and claimed him as his n
Cure there was no7e within human reach.
1t tlis moment, when Our feelings anil mas.
SONS we're WiuI5h5 upon 70 the highest pitch,
an Old man, a relative Of the wife, advanced
froT II the throny ., rnourners that stood around
the bed Of the dying u,an, aud with all the
imaginable, prp!n,SrI as 4 sovereign
cure for the sufferer: "Gaa! soup!' Yes
SAID the old nan, :" / ue:rf Knew an ~ias5aEe-
where goat sonn wax MT >t,' cs.sul in lie
stages Of j. How t~a>tr''
We could 10. rrst~: 9,.,' v:trcr II The oi!i1y
Of the idea, and We :4;@aeA "atrl4hl-shs
c1;1eu*ar r~a~r,! 10 Az :,;x, l,t to tan
.Ec t. al. n:tn. a".; !~turrri :3i< <',!"s, ott
. ITS. with Il A~ll:c s,.:,r Il i~@G.lttefi and
tie rr:77 H!;2. ~ so,u 10 .z~roaas E
roui.: t.,t ~s,,v::a:.l her a;lrth H: So
a rc.''@uy II tns cure OF yeII5" feve:.