Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-03-06

Sea island in its fine. silky texture.
and long staple.
1t Arizona is to furnish us with
cotton fields capable Of producing
such a material as this, it will be
al additional int}ucement to South
ern people to occupy it.
4 I'cense to marry is often want
ed when it can't be had, but 9 poor
one is better thar none. when a mar.
IS III q hnrry--e'as~, namely, to wit,
the following:.
In the early days of Texas indie.
~cendcnce and youth, an eccentric
genius, still living and reigning, was
,clerk OF one Of the " estern coun-
ties. The village was quite seclu-
ded in the prail'ies, and the squire
pastured his COWS on,~tI,e broad
acres around, bringing them home
at night, and letting them go to
grass in the morning. He kept a
bell on one Of them to help him ii ii
Endlng them; but as he was letting
them loose, he perceived that the
clapper Of the bell was lost out,
land, being unable to Ind it, he made
a substitute by making fast in the
bell bis Office key. Not till he reach
ed the office, did it occur to him
that he should want the key, but
now finding himself locked out, he
betcok himself 10 other matters,
proposing to recover the key at
night. About noon 8 rough and
ready young Texan, III. buck skin
dress, came riding into town, in
quired for the clerk, scared him Up,
and asked for q 111ar1'ia1e-]icense.
Sorry | can't accommodate YOU
to-day, but it's no GO
why not! I'm going to b.
sp)ice(l tonight, and I must have it
whether or NO.
But, the fact is said the clerk
my office is locked mp, and my COR
IS gone zecoy aoittI ne z:e2i
The cow What does the COW
want Of the keyz' s@
so the old fellow told the whole
story and the two set off for the
prairie TO find the cattle and get
the key. But the more they look
ed the less they found, and finally
had to give itnp. A bright thought
struck the Clerk Of the County,
@l,1 TX you oat!' said he, and
7onng Texas jumped 8 rod 50 tick
led was he to know that lie was to
be fixed OUT Of the tx he was III.
They proceeded to g store close by
the office, and there the country
scribe indited the following auto
graph:
*Hepu5zic q 22zsras:: To all who
shall see this present, greeting -
Whereas |, Clerk Of this County,
having this morning unthonghtedly
tied my office key as a clappcr in
my cows bell; and whereas the
said COW has gone estray 10 parts
unknown, bearing with her the said
key, and therefore the said key is
non 57aue1at1s e55-~~that is, can't be
had: And whereas, ons Abner
Barnes las made application to me
for '11alriage-]lcense, and the said |
Abner persists that be cannot wait |
until the cow comes back with the |
key, but is compelled, by the vio-
Ience ofhis feelings and Tire arrange |
nents alroaeI y made to get married
Therefore, these presents are to
command any persou.legallv autho-
:ized to celebrate the rites Of mat
cimony to Join the said 4Abuer|
Barnes to .I>ebecca Downs and
or SO doing this shall be your slf-
icient authority.
Given under my hand end pri-
rate seal: on the door-stepsof my
>hzce~-tile seal Of the office heing /
ocked up, and my cow having gone
,wav with the key-tEis fourth dav|