Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-03-17

said a lady in the city of Gotham, one
morning, as she: was RECOMMENDING IN
her kithchen, to her servant, "iwhatsa
qrantity Of soap grease you've gotthefes!
We can get plenty Of soap for It, and we
must exchange it for some. Watch for
the fat man, and when be comes!along, tell
him / W ant to speak tobimi"q
3 Yes, ma am, Z says Bridget, between
each ,whisk Of her dish-cloth, keepingaa
bright lookout Of the kitchen window,
and no moving creature escaped her
watchfnl gaze. At last her industry seem slese
ed to be rewarded, for down the street
came alarge }portly gentleman tlonr'sings
cane, and looking the picture aof' good
humor. Sure that be was the man, when he
was ID front of the house, out she flew
and informed him that her mistress
wished to speak to him. afeg8 se7Ia3
n g"Speak to me my good girl = asked
the gentleman. a ''.5 e'@' = ,,'is tsIassss
s%"Yes sir wants to speak to you, and
says would you good enough1to walk in Z"
f. This request, so direct, was not to be
refused SO in statee!of some wonder
ment, up the steps went the gentleman,
and up the stairs wen. Bridget and knock
ing at her mistress door put her head rin
and exclaimed ID syil5s baa ,sizIas4 ids
-5a.Fat gentlemsn's in the parlor, ma'am.'
So syingg, she Instantly descended ltt,l to the
lower regions. h. e;s z,f f9,,s.e..s
+. In the parlor thought the lady: What
can it mean.g Bridget must have blum
idered.n But down to the parlor she
went, and up rose our fat friend with bis
blandest smile and most graceful bog boy:
..f Z. .Your servant informed me-, .pada,
that YOU would like to speak to meat
your service madam iIdo basa ,aei12s#s al
The mortified mistress saw the state of
the case Immediately. and 2 smile. .wreatl''
ed itself about her mouth i'll spite Of her.
self, as she said=::==== -===z
youlpardon,the blunder of a raw
Irish girl, my dear sir?lofI told her tocall
in the fat man, to take away the lsta soap
grease, when o. she le made mad, IishA'y mistake You
see" 'AA'' 4-''
The Jolly fat gentleman leaned back
in bis clair and laughed such, a hearty
laugh as never came from Your lear, gen
try. 2fJ'"" 10 oasl cay s'.'Hs4" ,''aa, -
/ ",No apologies needed madam, II said
he, :...it is decidedly the best Joke ef the
season. Ha, ha, ha, SO took me for the
soap cal, grease man, did she? It Will keep
ME laughing for months, such a good
Joke! hYg n, asSlaw a s2od bae. a8aub
And all up the streets and around the
corner was heard the merry laugh ef the
old gentleman as he brought down his
cane every now and then, and exclaimed
"ssuch asjokes.1sob Of e qaaaa IS aboos
In the American Mea'cde Gazstte, Dr..
Reese thus earnestly reiterates his advice
to apply -four to scalds and burns -
-"We still see reported almost daily, an
appalling number Of deaths caused tby
burns and scaIds, not one Of which, we
! take upon ourselves to say need prove fa-
tai OF wonld do, if a few pounds Of wheat
flour could be promptly applied to- the
wounds made by ere, andiarepeated until
the infamatory. stage has passed. We
have not known fatal case Of scalding
or burning in which this practice has been
pursued, during more than thirty years
experience, and have treated hundreds in
both public and private practice We
IL ave knownathe most e4tensive iburfist by
falling into eauldrons of boiling oil and
even molten copper, and yet the patient
was rescued by. this simple and cheap
/ remedy. which from its infallib1e success,
should supplant al the fashionable nos
.trums, whether, OIL cotton, leadWater, ice
turpehtiDe,i Or pain-extractors, every one
Iofi which has been tried a Thousand
ltimes with fatal results sanda the victims
have died in excruciating dsgoay,ayhen a
few handfulls of, -four would have Gained
them to sleep, and rescued Them from
pain anddeath. Humanity should pff6ompt
the profession to publish anddrepnblish
all the facts on this subject, which fare
established by the authority of standard
M medical works on both sides Of the Allan
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| The following is q verbatim report Of a
speech delivered at religious meeting in
"a town in Massach usetts, BY good pious
deacon. II iiss aqueer eoihBiaation Of
terms, certainly ';My female bfetsern
it is of the most IN. 6. night est importance
y that We should all be clothed ID white
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