Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-30

pect Of success.
PUNcHY-RATHER.--A decidedly gooc
thing is apt to be caricatured-sothat to be
caricatured is a sign of merit. Agricul.
tural meetings for discussion, &C., are We.
ry we'll taken offin the following squib from
the Boston C~hronotype +:
Eighth Agricultural Mecting-Sulject
Discussed, Geese.-Mr. Humbly of Athol,
said that he had brought the raising Of
Geese to n high state of perfection. Geese
had long been moderated. They had
been considered the greatest fools In exis-
tencc. They were Away reckoned a ridi-
culous animal. Now his (lr. Humly's)
geese had, by proper trimming, become Sc
date and dignifed, qualities that always
denote a very wise person. Mr.. II had
dressed up q gander in a black suit, and,
with d little strength ofthe imagination, he
would pass for a parson. He believed
that his geese, with a little more training
would 90 down as representatives to the
general Court.
Mr.. Spinney of Cohasset, said that he
would not answer for the general Court,
but he had seen gamblers at country mus.
tiers, who were as high in commission as
Generals and Colonies, and who had done
themselves mtiVh justice as geese, though
the fact of their being geese was evident
enough. Indeed, he believed all military
heroes nowadays were of the goose ma
ture, and in the event ofan engagement he
was inclined to think they would FLY.
Mr. Slocum of S1ogyille, mentioned
some remarkable instances of goose intel
ligencc. He had known a gander who
had visited his town as a magnetic lectur-
or, and who drew together IN audience
composed almost exclusively of geese.
Their actions, though quite human, were
still enough like geese to betray their ma
ture. He had known several pretended
poets who were geese in reality f; and he
believed that if one half the popular men
ofthe day were as we'll known as they
knew themselves, they would be called
geese.
Mr.. Oldun made some very sarcastic rem
ar1s upon resemblance between lovers and
geese, but being an old bachelor, his
Judgment on this subject is not considered
ofany value.
Subject for discussion at the next meet
ing 'rnRAsitfNG.'
The CONFESSIONAL cloud was seen
to pass suddenly over the features of Ma
ria. The lustre> forsook her dark eyes.
Her spirit seemed troubled.
"trriuuphs the lily now on that young cheek
Where bloomed the rose"
Ten times that evening did Harvey i'm
her to acqiaint him with the cause
Of her sadness, but not a word escapedher
lips, sadly and silently she sat!
"And now and then a sigh She stole,
And tears began to flow"
'Breathes there a wretch so base as to
inIure-my dearcst-by word OF action ?
Tell me-and, by thine heart as pure
as Heaven / will never rest till Eve re-
thy wrongs !! Is any awful myste-
ry locked up in thy bosom-that | must
not know ? Tell me the secret-and by
the ringlets of thy hair! I'll never reveal
it, though the blacklist torments rack me
Pour ont thy soul, tell thine own Harvey
''what lies heavy in thine breast ~
She blushed--she placed her | rhands
across her bosom-looked languidly into
her lovers face, and softly--'like the last
low b~reathings Of an expiring saint"-she
thus confessed /; It's them darn green ap-
pies HarUei
Ct The Commercial Exchange, which has
become the general rendezvous for
volunteering, presented yesterday an unusu-
dull appearance. Gen. Gaines, it appears,
his late orders from the Adjutant
General as a countermand TO the completion
If the regiments now filling up. This ac-
counts for the dullness that prevailed in mill
AIRY circles.
Trapic.