Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1867-04-30
LOVERS IN A FIX.
The Memphis (Tenn.) Argus re-
lates the following:

la1es the 1olloWlng:
Night before last, as the moon
rose over the hills and dusty tree
tops gliding the spires of our beauti.
full city with her silvery rays, there
might have been seen upon the roof
of an Egyptian cottage, which is fiat
and covered with pure white gravel
and pitch, couple of lovers, seated
and enjoying the beauty of the
scene, and
"Though few the hours, the happy mo-
ments few,
So warm with heart, SO rich with love
they flew,
That their poor souls forgot to roam,
And rested there as in dream Of home.'
The sun during the day had been
very warm, and thus they met to
spend the feeting hours Of twilight
enjoying the pleasant breeze that
foated up from the magnolia garden
beneath, and interchanged those soul
longings and warm affections for each
other-the lovers sat with one arm
he encircled the waist of the fair
creature at his side.
"Her little hand lay lovingly, confdingly
in HIS"
and all passed lovingly and quietly
until the bell tolled the midnight
hour:
"None but the loving and beloved,
Should be awake at that sweet hour"
The tolling of the bell reminded
them
"That tired natures sweet restorer, balmy
Sleep"
was requisite for lovers as well as
others. Still seated near each other
the plighted vows were exchanged
and sealed with kisses, like
''Linked sweetness long drawn out.n
At length, after many efforts to
sever those pleasures, the transported
lovers found they were bound to each
other by more sticking bonds than
lovers vows. The hot sun had melted
the pitch, and after sitting SO long,
and the night air having cooled the
resinous matter, they found they were
"stuck fast" The young gentleman
first attempted to disengage himself,
but found, like Aunt Jemima's plas-
ter, "the more you try to pull it of,
the tighter it stuck the faster" The
young lady then tried to get up,
which she did minus the skirt of her
dress and all her underclothes as far
as the "tilters." In this plight she
attempted to remove her disconsolate
partner, but it was no use-he
couldn't come. After some party he
concluded he could manage il by
slipping off his pants. Accordingly
he asked of his companion the loan
of pair Of pants until he could get
home. She thought her pas would
do, if they were not too long. With
this information he slipped off his
boots, and loosiug his suspenders,
drew himself out Of his pants as
easily as possible, and the disconso-
late couple took themselves down
stairs in very blushing manner.
The lady procured quickly as posi-
bic, pair of her fathers pants which
were run into pretty quick, and the
Adonis decamped with his pants
rolled up about six inches. The joke
was too good to be kept; by little
and little it leaked out until the
truth had to come to exculpate the
happy innocents.
THE Town AND FORTRESS OF
LUXEMBURG.-In view of the threat
ened troubles in Europe the follow
ing description Of the town and for
tress of Luxemburg is of some in
terest:
Tie town Of Luxembourg is the
capital OF the Grand Duchy, and
has world wide reputation as one
Of the strongest fortresses in Europe,
second only to Gibraltar. 1t is d.
vided into quarters, the latter OF
which is two hundred feet higher
than the former, resting ON solid
rock, and accessible by steps and
zigzag streets. This rocky crest is
surrounded by massive wall, deep
bitches and formidable outworks. |
The Grand Duchy was divided by
the treaty of 1914, part of it going
to Belgium, and part, containing the
town and fortress, to Holland. This
Dutch portion formed the eleventh
State of the Germanic Confederation,
and the fortress is consequently
held by German troops, which natu-
rally enough accounts for the oppo-
sition offered to the proposed cession.
Part of this territory was in the
hands of tho ENrapch from 1870 +o