The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1871-03-02
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oE romanoe from the dusty road |
side ol lie, whereyerw we may chance
to mark them growing We pluck
ed this little humble blossom, this
Btorv of Eeal ITO, The other daF
and preserved ii for our readers
Seventeen of ei llt6en years ago,
D geun German calas Us our land,
and toiled aWaS nanfullg Cor d liy-
ing 30 had ah object to 81 Ne
for, which increased ais endeavofs;
be was betrothed to Oh innocent
aud beautiful girl whom he had
been compelled to leave behind in
the humble home Of her parents,
for they were too poor, both Of
them, to marry. For a few months
they had the consolation Of each
others letters; then 81 some sad
fortune, these we're so lost or mis-
directed that each learned 10 re-
gard the other as false or dead.
Two or three years sped away, and
the girl, becoming ain orphan, sub
mitted to the seeming necessity of
poverty, sad wc5c3 another. She
became the mother 81 three chill
dren before her husband had been
taken away By death, leaving her
more destitute than before, for she
had her little ones Is we'll as her
self t. sustain For a time she
struggled on; but was finally, with
her Eamily, sent b the poor-house
Of the parish in which she lived
ALI these years her youthful low
er had been faithful to the memory
of their early attachment; and his
heart giving him 40 rest, after IF
teen years Of residence here he
started for his Fader-L Land to learn
tidings ofhis dead or false betroth-
ed, Reaching their native village,
he learned the history of her life,
sought her out in her abode Of
charity, welcomed her to his afec-
tons again, married her, and
brought her and her children to
the little home he had acquired in
this country. Those who have
seen them togather say that no
youthful bride and groom during
the honeymoon are more tenderly
and dramatically attached to each
other, than they still are.
Terable times in Warrenton,
IVA are thus depicted by the ed
itOr Of the Sentinel, whom we sus-
pect Of some exageration, If not
absolute Munchausenism:
A few weeks ago O dentist came
to town, advertised that he would
remove al q persons. teeth for
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seb fof ten dollars, besides living
six months credit" The Warren
ton people are very fond OF bar
gains, so there was rua for the
dentists office. He was busy for
two weeks pulling teeth, and at the
end Of that time, half the people
had empty gums, and Q bone dust
factory ID the neighborhood double
its number Of work men, so as to
grind up tho teeth. Meantime
while the people were waiting for
dentist to fit them with new sets,
the abandoned scoundrel eloped
with the hotel keepers wife; and
now there are two 81 three thous-
and persons ia the town who cam
not eat anything tougher than soup
and farina. An the butchers have
failed, and not cracker has been
sold for three weeks. One man, IL
is said, Whitfield out d set Of wood
en- teeth for himself; but the first
drink Of whisky he took, Warren
ton whisky set them in blaze,
and his funeral came off the next
day. The dentist will hear of
something greatly to bis disadvan-
tage, il he comes back.
Friends are like insects. They
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