The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-04-30

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sunday rtssnise, AApril 80, 1884
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To- Our neighbor the Viz has At
article Ii bis Lost issas, In which h
handles his contemporaries very rough
". lie says!hs experiment Il at lengll
tested" that the people will support
III independent paper We though,
in this connection, he would say
something good for us, but following
his article down, We find that the
"Vis,' modsstly turns to itself as The
Independents paper referred to. The
question arises. 'what IL the meaning
Of Che word Independence 7" II 1t
means whigism, We must begin to
shif about, for We are determined 10
come up to the full measure aud neau-
ing Of the word ourselves.
N-A-A- saoNs-+-
BoeEL's OERMAN DfrrEHs. We
know things relatively; Il Il were not
for "bitters' sweet things would soon
become incipient and tasieless. II is
ihe deliberate opinion Of many shrewd
philosophers that good could not pos
sibly exist without erii; tits The slad-
dow Of light. Be this As It may. Bio.
gels Bitters are designed to touch the
liver and drive away the spleen. They
ore good for Jaundice, dyspepsia, and
Nervous debility. They combine the
most judicious simples, in a most ex.
sellent co,npound--they are invigora-
ling and astringeut, and when we say
'no family should be without bot.
Ae' We do not speak In the stereotype
phrase, but mean what We say.
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STRANGE PnENoMrsA.-Abou.
quarter OF d mile southeast Of The old
college building, on the right side Of
Me Highland read, going south. on
Friday night last, a deep assure open.
cd in The earth, from which, since that
time, has been issuing faint BLUSH
flame, with strong sulphurous smell
We have not yet been to examine the
spot. but learn from gentleman who
lives on The Highlands, that the open.
ing cannot be less than fifty feet deep.
Baton Rouge Comet. 23a.
Il IL our 'private opinion, publicly
expressed that the foregoing Is one
Of The hoaxes the editor Of The Camel
has rendered himself somewhat famous
for getting of. Is the "iisrure" loca-
Ted adjacent the spot where 'the head.
less statue, with its face towards the
east was discovered three or four
years ago7 The publication Of tho
discovery In q city Journal created
great excitement at the time, and nu-
merous were the searches made after
The statue by the unsophistieated. ---
Bulletin.
This 10 the way we are treated, for
furnishing an item Of local news. A
gentleman Of undoubted veracity
comes to W aud says $50 and SOS
fact--we give It as We get it. and then
are abused. not only for it, but the
past Is raked open, and every humbug
Is charged to our account. We bad
nothing to do with the ''headless
statue with its head to tho East" It
j. generally believed that our Tom
Owen, was the author Of that humbug,
and tho Advocate is responsible for
giving ii credit.
wh an ARRAY between two color
ed boys on Thursday night, "Dick'
belonging to F. Musselman was seri-
ously cut in the face and about the
neck. "John"--one Of the stewards
at the Harvey House, boy belo ng
ing to Mrs. Fowler Is the perpe.ra-
tor Of the deed.
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