Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1848-02-05

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Predictions for tlais Year.
According 10 the new Almanac, the year
if our Lord 1545, il to TO iii Bvenlfu1 one.
extract from sid Almanac the follow.
sagacious predictions. which viii doubt.
less be fulfilled
s'T'hrough The ~wholaegtfss ofthe coming
year, whenever tho moon waues the night
Will grow dark.
Oh several occasions, during the yeaf,
the sun wilKfiss befJfs ceftaiaspeuple dis.
cover 1t, apd aBt before They have finished
the days work
Ii ii quite aIY that when here u ~
business doing niany viii b heard n
complain of hard times, bot Il Il equally
certain that jill gho Bang themselves will
escape starvation.
If bustles and hoops 20 out Of fashiagt y
church pew will bold more than three
Iadiea.
If dandies wear their boards, there will dsf
be- less work for tbs BARRIERS. and he wha sre
wears mstachids will have something ono
sneeze at. other
Theirs will b many eeIipses d virtusf lhe
some visible, othaf Invisible, esenf
Whosoeye ays viii think Iii fia.
tress d perfect 6agei, and viii oaly ard
out the truth Of BIZ suspicion, y getting
married.
Many delicate ladies, whom no one
would suspect, will BE- kissed vithtat telling
their Mas.
There will he more books published than
win find purchasers, mofs rhymes written
than viii find readers, and more bills made
than will find payers.
fthe incumbent Of i fat Office should
die, there will be b dozen feet ready 70 step
into one pair 81 shoes.
If any young lady should happen d blushi
she will be Aptfo look fediot the ftee, svIlh-
out tho use d paints II she dream il ) young
man three nights II s1ecessieus II will BIZ
d sign Of something II shs dfeam II him
four times, or have the teoshacha, Il Il ten
10 one she will be i long time II getting
either ofthem out f her head
Many people will drink atore strong
liquor than will be necessary II keep them
sober; and take more medicine than will
be requisite 10 The enioyasent Of good
health.
Dinners and entertainments will lie gitsa
10 those who have enough 81 home, and
the poor will receive much advice gratis,
legal and medical excepted.
The public debts d The repudiating states
win hardly DO adjusted, md The sane fate
will very probably attend many private
contracts IL this latitude.
He who mArries this year viii run 1
great risk, especially If b does II III i bit.
~.
He who steals ! match, gisss tastlsrs
occasion to gossop, and viii Be apt ii III.
J voIye himself and bride ii disagreeable
relations.
l There viii be i great noise Gil over The
q country when Il shunders, end i Iemend.
Gus dust viii be kicked up, occasionally,
by coach.hofses.
Many young ladies' who hope iof 4, but
! Julie expect II, yin be married, and many
who confidently anticipate That glorious
-consunmationy viii be- doomed % vail
/ another year.
Finally, there exists littls dotbs, This viii
. be i frost wonderful year, surprising III
interest I'll chat hare preceded u. Peltf-
! clans will make fiols Of themselves petit.
7 fggers viii make fools of otherss and
9 many women With pretty faces viii make
FOOLS of both.
il The word will 90 round a. usual, and
y come back II ilie place whence i set oai,
j as viii many i nan who engagesin bas
II ness.
There viii Pc great cry and little wool.
both ii lie ahearing of pigs, andsho meet.
ings of Congress.