Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-05-15
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occupation -~e1celsrt pastIrae-d eI'Gsbt7
fuI NIItlsji, ess, when one eah perform taa
dutiEa In a quiet ev~enrtstnrafed, "zid
very 4-'atpored manner, bat wl'e' q |,
body. ID placed n the uo'ue5f f'sst "
vItjcA VIC al present have the honor TO
asp;te, it may be askod with alI sincerity
Imaginable, how can We 10 il?
10 tic point: Our office and dom;-
Gle ire boil, located Immediately np5o
tie banks of the Mississippi rirer-ln
fact, ;jam up against the levee. d" the
outsida.of tie levee, the water is up to
within eighteen inches Of the Top ti'as
afore&ai4 Ievee being about eight feel
high, Now should, by any 'nischance
in dc world, this jeveo cave ia and
allow the i1n~fnense body Of waller rest
ing :agAiust it. to pour through, where
we ak, would tire aforementioned
| printing office and dwelling house "f0tcL1
uPe'' Guess wa'd be scudding over Tie
camel fields into the woods al an awful
rate! Well We would! Unless we
should happen 10 cave with the bauk in
TO tho river, and then we'd ego a sail
ing down stream "hardcr nor = mule
could kick
Sunday aight, a week ago, Our Ieyeo
exhibited decided symptoms Of down
right insanity in its audacious attempts
to "ca7a in," and but for the timely as
s~istance If p couple Of "Greeks,' VIC
don: know where we might have been
just now. Thanks, however, to the As
s~istance Of the Grecians above moution-
ed, we were freed from danger ia a re-
markaNy abort space Of time - our
fears temporarily quieted, and we were
extravagantIy liberal Of a bottle Of "bust
head i'll consequence. Last Sunday
night, ot1r IuYee, IN very near the same
spot, again grew ''rauktankerous' during
the storm, and further amused itself IN
its tumbliny propensities, aud with the
daylight, exhibited a terrific slide that
would have. appalled, n stouter heart
than Ours, and we were compelled To
solicit assistance Of a neighbor with all
The. native Africans lie could muster. to
stop the breach. Well, we were skeered.
there's no use denying it. A first sight
at the condition Of our lcvce, would have
scared the venerable Nicholas himself.
A steering oar was in contemplation to
land Il house in some delightful and
convenient location in Tie swamp, and
provisions for a cruise. were in fervcnl
and e4trsvagaut demand for about halt
an hour, during which short timo-to us
ags-+we paid frequent visits 10 "a
mysterious anHohn-~just to SEQ if there
were any signs OF water in it-notAing
more we ~1&sdrc you, dear reader-wI,e1
we sa: 0 pr 'eighbor at tie head Of b;s
5orro armed with wheeIbarrowz,
spades, sbovels aud axes, cou;lng gal
antly to our assistance. Our spirits rose
the 4ight--other spirits went down
aod in less than two hours We were once
more safe and our involuntary excursion
u~detiaiteiy postponed,
Still We must confess to being in a fix.
md under the circumstances, how is it
ipr ua to think Of Kansas. AFR
ian Apw pnt;co bill or any ether poljti
al matter while thus situated T. In sub
inc and emphatic language vs must
'zc!&in, "jt can't be- didsT' Therefore,
'ur readers must bear with us for a
week Or. two. and when the danger has
passed, Why We will do as we
'avos always done. Until that time, we
must claim their. indulgence ss
Z Seriously speakiiug-a and it were use
sss to deny Tive are all very unpleas-
.ntly situated. The water is very near
be tops Of our highest levees,.end al !
fs a general thing, they are as
trong atld substantial as any in the
State, hea W Winds, storms Of rain, aud
he waves of passing steamers may well
ause us 10 uembie. With fair, dry J