Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-05-15
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/ 4N oIo1oI 1AtSs H.~-~AC u hELl Tilt
life of such a man as this ought
not to be forgotten. I. who saw
and beard 80 much Of it, shall, I
trust, never recollect it without
being the better fer it; and if I
can succeed III showing it so truly
to the world that they also may be
the better for it, [ shall do them an
acceptable service. I have heard
it said, that lie was a person whose
Life was not productive of events
considerable enough to furnish
matter tor a history. But they who
judge thus, have taken but super
ticial view Of human life, and do
not rightly measure the Importance
Of the different event which happen
to different sorts Of men. The
Doctor, I must allow, was 10 cir
curnnavigator he neither sailed
with Drake, Anson nor Cook: bat
he was q man whose mind surveyed
the intellectual world, and brought
home from thence many excellent
observations for the benefit of his
native country. The sande difference
is found between himt and some
other men who have been the sub
ject Of history as between the life
Of q bee and that Of a wasp or hor-
net. The latter may boast of their
encroaehments and depredations,
and value themselve on being a
plague and terror to mankind. |
But let it rather be my amusement
to follow and observe the motion of
the bee. Her journeys are always
pleasant; the objects Of her attention |
are beautiful to the eye, and she |
passes none Of these over without |
examining what is to be extracted /
from them; her workmanship is
admirable her economy is lesson
Of wisdom to The world she may
be accounted little among Them
that fig, but the fruit of her labor
is the chief Of sweet things.-Jones
Of NayZozA.
DEACON BR1GGs.--Old Deacon
Briggs is as remarkable for his
closeness as was Dickens man Bar
kis. His name has come to be a
proverb IN our region for such an
economy as ever makes man theI
subject of ridicule and contempt.
One bitter cold morning a few falls
ago, he bade the boys drive together
III the pigs that were to be fattened
or the market, into the little yard
It the corner Of the house. A pig
vas caught by one of the youngsters;
he Deacon, with a pair of twincers
n one hand, and a sharp knife in
he other, siezed the unfortunate BY L
he tail, and cut. it off, close up. !
20 on through the whole herd, leav- t
ng not.a pig with stump Of a tail. I
1ort, who worked for his grandfather 8
TODD by in amazement-his hands t
n his pockets, bis body warped III c
0 a crescent by the cold, and his V
eeth jaWing against the outrage a
nth prod:gious clatte. At last he t
uttered out. ~ il:
ssGrandpa! What are you cut 6
ing off those tails for2'' "= u
Sober and solemn was Deacon G
'riggs as he replied: s Ia
- You will never be a rich man
n you do not know what it is to Ii,
e sayin'. You ought to know my In
hid, that it takes a busbez Of corn o
}. .f0ttea an inch Of tail +, |is
Cort has gone to the west, and, te
i the corn growing bottoms Of "
lichigan, has taken to the raising a:
{ tailless porkers.@ g. Eta
In the hearing Of an Irish case p
RI assault and battery, a counsel le
bile eross-examining one f the al
asked him what they had OIL
the first placed they stopped at2
tsFour glasses Of ale.'' 81
"W hat next!' Ii
"Two glasses Of whisky" Ct
stW hat next 2'' h,
s'One glass Of brandy.' Of
"W hat next o. fo
IA F1GHT.'' f.
D oMEsT1C DISPUTE. couple not th
,ry long married, were contending he
,out what should Be the name Of br
cir first born.,,.~.-,~ ----~~--.. VI