The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-11-27
CORREsI' ON p E NJ CE.
Ths Crescent tJity-by Plscemea!.

dirty, noisy little fellows are 4 SEP q
aty,,,nps" and no mistake. Bold
dashing and In manner ehisalrie
they care for NJ, man, nor nobody
always ready With their fepartee, ant
qnickwitlel as the old boy himself
| thew are never At a loss for werd ol
d Joke with any one and everyone
sIssers the pteayoun, DaItd aud
7tae Dettaht 'Eers the ,,opes,'
greets your ears, the first thing youi
hear III The morning, and Tie last thing
In the evening. at least till sundovii
These hewsbevs are sharp as a Jew
for d trade, mud they can tell BY yout
eve whether you will buy a paper OF
them or not Although to all appear
anees. they are h rude, wild graceless
homeless set. vet such Is not the case.
for most ifnot all Of them have Il home.
patpntA sisters aud brothers, whom
They support by their labor in selling
or carrying papers and among them
selves they are honest and honorable
aiding and assisting each other III sel
ling their quantum Of papers. Ii me
gets OUT Of tl'tchsn OF Delfas and
either Il called fur, lie will Instantly
supply the demand from the "hateh'
Of his less lucky conrad, and if there
4 adeinaud for any particular paper.
they do not hesitate to divide their
"batches" with each other until all are
sold out. II II d treat to see and hear
one Of them, after he has ''sold off,
and counted his nlonev. lie is all
smiles. all talk. al life and full of fun,
Swapping his fingers under the nose Of
every "cbum" he meets. and iingling
his change BY way Of q reminder to
the others. that he has done lis work.
and got his money,
Sometimes they will play you
hoax, III o,derfe sell d paper. but thai
Il not often the ease. and any one that
does 1t very often is hooted out ef the
club. Thus on Tuesday morning after
the late election, one little seallawag
sold out his papers il,no time, by cry
ing Ee@s the Picattme aud Delta,
60. all the lection news III EN-" &c.
MANY took his papers after asking il
II ahad all the returns AMI being as
sured they had. Hut such deeeptens
upon the people are not common
among them, and many a boy now
crying the papers Of this city will
raise up through the different grades
of life. and by their own industry, hon
esty and tiugality attain to high pos
itions IN society.
TaE DRAyMes.-If ever there was
a set Of barharians Iii this world, these
,lraymen Of New Orleans are such, for
they care as little fer the lii, and
limbs Of the thousands pedestrians that
cress THEN path, is they drive tehu
like, along the streets as they would |
for so many snakes and toatls. The |
loie at least tho language Of the law
relative to fast driving in this city is
very strict, but these wild drivers eth
ct know nothing or care nothing about |
the law, and almost daily child, or
woman Is driven over by them az If |
they were Of as little consequence as a |
log or pig. Very little il any no
lice is taken Of them by the authori-
ties, Notwithstanding the severe pen-
alties fixed by the laws, and often as
| have stood at a corner waiting for
lozen ofthese daredevil fellows to drive
BY ona Keen gallop | have said to my
'elf. ''Oh for John r. Dufrocq to rule |
his city fora few weeks, with Con
stables IeSage and Cousinard for po-
ice--the public exehecquer would
'apidly fill up. and the Calaboose too
would get It's legitimate inhabitants,
rom among these rowdy, racing team
tiers and drasmen.'
CYRUS.
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EF The Municipal election, held |
IN Monday, for Justice Of the Peace
md Constable, in Ward Nos. / and .,
'esulted as follows -
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