Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-07-21
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By INVISIBLE GREEN, ESQ.

By INVISIBLE GREEN, esq. Isl
81 Yesterday a young couple arrived from
an interior county, by rail. Their FIRST in:'
6 ouirry on arriving in the city was, as ia
where they could get trnurried right OF >
They had tried to get married at home,
hut the old man entered his protest and
STAYED the proceedings They lodged
mana. took tie cars, aid came here with.
\ ont knowing what to do and quite Ger:
tain that dad would follow them on the
yery next train. Afsympathetic bystand.
er advised them to 60 to the Gibson
yHouse, where such things were always
l,done up in lightning order, and to the
Gibson House they proceeded. N
HWhar,s the landlord 2" exclaimed the
groom, as he entered the hotel, the pres
%piration running in, huge drops from his
forehead. saj ~ gsgfl4slI se b5a E'a
"Here he is, sir,1 responded the affable
Geofroy. Here he is-how do You do,
s~ir--happy to see"-- 9AnaeA- sa# u
t"TarnationI on, yeretslk," interrupted
Kaintuck.J Iwant to get ) married. right
of: Haint got q miuitit to SPAR The old
mans on the next train, and if he comes
,afole the knot is tied he'll knock us all
into goose-grease." ad5 tfd' bne ,sftsw
.Geofry saw the emergency, and 'trot.
ting his guest into the hack. drove with,
speeAto the Court House. 'Both parties
being of legal age no difficulty was had
in obtaining a license. To accommodate
the Kentuckian the whip was applied to
the hack horses on the return to the ho-
tel, X atri igraa b hssiluG5us ID yea
HAS the old man arrived p was the
tgroom's first inquiry. tonr 9dt "A u
"No.D, r-5. :, ,-asgr baa atass :
"Glory to goodness! then wen git,
married. Ha, ha. ha, whoop \ my for
tunes made p ~ ft~r n~s4na1-1 vac :
It was intended to have ! minister
there, when the license was obtained, but
the messenger was unable 10 find q cler.
gyman, and returned without ones Ken
tuck almost tainted 2 upon hearing the
news. He was sure't the old Imam would
get there before the knot was tied. Huge
drops Of preparation rolled from his brow,
constantly during the suspense. Atlast
a preacher came. He VAS urged t" bur
ry up" and did hurry as fast, as his sol.
emn calling and special duty on the oc.
casion would let him. The ceremony was
short, but it was not until they were pro.
bounced man and wife, that, the Kentuck-
ian breathed freely. His joy then was
as intense as his previous Iagooy had
teen. He shock everybody by the hand,
pronounced The preacher . trump. and
vowed that Geofry would make . good
Governor, even Of Old Kentucky. he in.
sisted on treating the whole house, and
telling everybody that he had got mar
RED in spite Of the Old man.
The bride was a modest little beauty.
Though she shared the suspense; of her
lover aud the joy Of her. husband, she
said but little. As soon. however, as the
marriage ceremony was over, aud she
was iuseparatly the wife Of one she
loved, she wanted to return to her Ma"
The young husband was read to crafty
hr OF course, and announced his deter
minstion to leave on the first train
Geodry e%ndeavored to pursuade them to
stay. over night, rendering them the 1unsse
Of the bridal chamber, but no attraction
was greater to the bide than hesrt. ma ma The,
trsly happy couple was dispatched ID
time to take the first Kentucky train.
As they took their departure, the land
lord whispered into the ears Of the bus
band-I@I ,} .& .wcaa&1 q 4
That's a very pretty and sweet girl
!. No !! you don't think SO Z" was the
lnterrogative response.
"Indeed I de-" As"d A1 o3 '''ota
." Them's my sentiments" replied the
husband, with pride, "Thatis lust what
l married her for.n I'D bne 5Il'T o1I7I
And happily they took their departure.
Nothing had been seep of the +" old man.
and it is quite probable he never thought
pursuing. D1Aoq lai9sd 5a1t4 HdYSW
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~ The Post Office department has pu. the
new law of Congress relating to . ths
money.order system in force, Econnmenc-
ing tins week With the fiscal year The
Working OF the system lsis changed in
several respects, and orders rof, fifty Dbl.
lars ana under are now sold = while iii,
aer the old system the maximum Wis
tn'rty dollars. The fees for, money ordsfy
= also been changed orders rom Ohg
to twenty 1o1I.r. 1000