Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-01-11
Communicated
A BANTER.
Wiser BAros RouoB, Jan. 1t lOeo,

Wssr BAros Rouos, Jan. 1t lSss.
~. Ea;sor:-will you give tho following pvA
LEFTY in your interesting journal!
Permit me. gentle ladiss. TO- wish you . hsppy
New Year, and remind you st The ssms time thao
tie new ere which is now downing lioa q, 10
deuomin.ted "Lsap Year. period vssy much
anticipated BY that class Of youns me. Vie Asssr
been too bsshfdl, perhaps too modest, - 0tss
into matrimonial negotiations With ssy Of tAs
fair sex, for the disposal Of their hesrts-tAas
tender spot 1t which Ill tho arrows II Law ~
always aimed Too modest! Yes. truly ~
such, ct least, hiss been the case With ~, ed
even in the diotatios Of these simple, yst WY
ingenious lines, 1 feel . sensitive sort Of ti.idi.
ty stealing ever every Abre Of my Christina soul
q though nothing lees, than - unhealthy. -
unpaltabls snsver had besa retained to the quso.
tiou-Ladies, will you proposei
To anyone, therefore, Who may feel in he hu.
NOR Of thus linking her fate to an unsxeeptioa.
able young msn-ons for whom I wife eaa hsss.
after feel no repdsusaee--ss 1hnGs,. ], ~ q
liberty to confess that ny heart is entirely NJ
uuslieoased, free from any p~rsviess
sngagemess, and the sooner L.
bsrgained for the better, % smother hour in the
scale Of time MAJ bring the ssd intelligence thsa
it is too late. "Proorastinstion," ~ yea ~,
aware, ladies, sis the thief Of time"-of hearts
too-and unless every moment 10 improved h
advantage, the year may roll around the eernev
and leave you still meditasipg q to whether yes
should propose. -
Not difficult to please in The selection Of . suit,
Il do not mean . suit Of elothes,) I would uahssi-
embark in . voyage on the troubled tide
Of life with any lady vAo may bs possessed of
amiable qualities; one Of . gesAs, not in.
nature /; one who can ing and play 10
cheer the weary step Of . sober. industrious, hard.
young man, and cook for him il nsees-
sary; one vho can dam bis stockings. mend bic
and sweep the house clean; IN truth, one
can do . little Of everything without ssr..
pies or aasetssion. She sust not b Over sven.
ty-eas summers; she mose not have . ''vooda-
(exsuss tits little vuisssity, bat sash ~
instrument il dasssreus. sor must tAs pride
Asrssif too much in the fastidious SD ssarsva.
e.nt fashiess Of tie day. Tor tsb b 800 s,srtise
% he public serest in ~ Of thsss lstsly gotten.
- spring-bottou- dresssst ssilsA "vslkine-
which vsss, I think, oniy istsAdsd for
the stses, vosld be provoking in the satrens.
ed 10 sAsetiosste hu,basd sssld possibly bear
testimony to such . scene Without word Of cold
rsbuhe On his lips. Not psetisnlse - - The
soler Of the sys-tAs hair must sst'bs red! No
il required; nias yin - a6sieas
to insure the happiness Of both.
Ladies. could yea hsse p~hote0t~sb d my
ON individual sesonussdaAoeAa Apply. then,
1t this oh6ss-Ix dean Tie SueAs PIAaYss's, take
. paper at the same tine ed pa5 feri IL u adeases
-sud 70 paiss will b sp.esd By ~ st;sad, the
Editor. to insinuats you int ~ nsse secret
chambers Of my ambitious heart: FER . dsserip.
lion Of myself BY myas'f would undoubtedly
greatly underrate my msriss-modsaty teaches
that such would be tie sass-apd lie fair enc
were given, you would psshaPs cell It presanp-
ton. In . word, dear, fair al most beautiful
propose. I'D whoever MY b arst ID
the heart and Affections egs h~saislsss, saersstie
and exemplary -ysaag souttsrnsr, the rssslt
must be certain to promote her happiness, With
out the slightest cause Of aftsr-regret. Goodbye,
and may God haDss, esmfort and protect you.
and make one Of the msay-nins.
Very truly, your OFT serv't,
SOCRATES.