Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-02-18

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(Which are the principal Capca
in the United States!'' "a
'The capes OF fashion,"
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"What kind of fish are the most
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Goldfish aristocracy." '''s.
A RELIC OF THE BATTLE OF New
ORLrANs.--The Cincinnati Enqui-
rer furnishes the following inter
csting "reminiscences:
Among the decorations Of tie
dining room Of the Burnet House
at the Legislative Banquet this
ev-ning. will bea tattered piece of
bunting, which, We doubt not, will
arrest considerable attention, from
the fact that it was carried by the
forty. fourth regiment Of the United
States troops. commanded by Mai.
" allace, in the battle Of New Or
lea $. The flag was made in the
antumn Of 1911, by a party Of Gin
cinn'ti ladies, and presented, !, to
Messrs. Baum a~d Wallace, of the
sloop 'igged barge Ciinci,enati, and
afterwards. transferred to tile brig
l:igged barge Triton, owned BY the
same firm. When the, Triton was
sent across the river from. New
Orleans BY Gen. Jackson, to trans
port the AL, regiment to meet tie
British, who had come from Lake
Borgne to the Mississippi river, on
the 23d Of December 1914, the flag
was h.isted by the regiment and
saluted with hearty cheers. Since
the clpsaasfa the war it has been
preserved 81 the Maj. commanding
as an invalnahlsrelic. The names
.: two Of the ladies who made, j. -
Elizabeth Percy alld Larg3xst
Wallace--were wetked Mithfsilk
in Two OF the stars. and are still
plainly discernable. .la.t as Il. .esas
A man having, a large family
'onnd it rather hard to keep up the
table, ard has adopted the fvllow-
ing plan: ::
At e.cl ing just before supper, ,.he
calls his children round him and
addresses them thus:
Who'll take a cent and do with
out his supper? ns.,.. .. syeS3a
l! l.! l! exclaimed the children
eager to get the prize, r.>sss
The old man. pulls out..a pocket
ook. full of red cents which he
oe.ps for the occasion, and,oafter
.,ivir @ them one apiece, sends them
IF to bed.
Next morning they look like
starved Arabs. 49,. NE 49,
The old man calls them around
him and with an air of gravity asks.
Who'll give cent to have a nice
warm biscuit for breakfast? asI
OF course all the cents were
forthcoming. eAne saa.sss
r 1t is needless to add, for the rea-
der has already co'jectured, that
this shrewd Old man was a printer
who are always blessed with
young typos. ..'''
Slow WoRK.-Mak;ng an auger
hole witha gimlet, eating sonpwith
a fork. ana running to house fire
VI. crutches. a, sit1 5o t7a5t .sasss
a When you see a good looking
Young wid,.w promenade the streets
.'laily, don't imagine she wants a
second husband. Oh. such an idea
never enters her head. e
Dobbs says there is advantage
about plaid trowsers- time he
gets asleep, the .boaIders roll him
over and play checkers on him.
" An apothecary asserted in a large
company, ''that all bitter things
were hot"
= t"No," replyed a physician, "a
bitter cold day is an exception"
Gel, sT1AL PnENoMENoN.-On
the night Of the 18th Of December,
an extraordinary beautiful appear
ance Of the eavens was distinctly
visible throughout the northwestern
Red river settlement for sevcsal
hours. A broad scarlet band ex-