The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-03-19

~ am sire never sold 1T;
Twas left me by my father, sir-
Toniy ought To hold IT,"
.spay, Goth; tie march Of destiny
iris strange ycu don't preceive IT.
Is sure 10 make II mine some day;
I solemhy believe IT,"
stI,at have YOU not already got
More land than you can till, sIrf
More rocks thai you can ever blasty
More weeds than on can XIII, srs
Az, Uobb; btt something whispers me-
A sort Of Inspiration
That I'VE right to every farm
Not Under cultivation.
I'm Of the sAngls-saxon race
people known to fame, sir;
Bnt you--what right have you 10 landr
who ever heard tour name, sirY
II deem yotl Cobb, 4 lazy lout,
Poor, troadeh.dewn, and blind, sir;
And II I take yottf useless land,
You ought to filink II kind, sits
And with my scientific skill,
set IL down as true, sir,
That can gather from the farm
Full twice az much as yon sir,
''ro be explicit IT'S an age
Of freedom and progression;
No longer, dogsitsmaneer like,
Uan you retain possession.
The farm long since You forfeited,
f,ecause you failed to I'LL IL;
70 me IL clearly now belongs,
Simply because---f aeiA II.
"My logic II you disatprove,
or fail Of eomprehending,
Or do not feel convinced that
Yonr welfare am intending,
I've plenty more Of arguments
TO which can resort, sir
six.shooters, rifles, bowie-knives
VIII indicate the ssrt, sir.
''sc, pritlee, Cobb, take my advice.
Make over your domain. sir.
Or, sure as am Captain H6bb,
VIII 1-blow out your brains, sirs"
peor Cobb could only grind his teeth,
And erunble protestations,
That might should be the rule Of righs
Among enlightened nations.
-------s-Ale---
CAN IT REALLY BE so.--In our
'arly morning walks about town"
We meet a lady, who informs us with
Ter own lips, that she rises at five, has
Ter coffee and walks out to enjoy the
lrst appearance Of the god Of day, in
he fresh morning air. We merely
MENTION the fact and shall let it stand
ecorded without comment. We have
70 disposition to moralize, upon any
,ct. We are merely chroniclers, and
bis is intended for the use Of posteri-
=. That people an hundred years
enee may look back and see that in
he year Of our Lord 1854, that at least
ne lady in the State Of Louisiana, has
dependence (this Is very much
bused word) enough, to kick custom
, hades and appear at an hour that
kind Of milk sickness, called fash
IN" has pronounced unreasonable.
We should like to have the authority
, give the lady's name who dares to
ely fashion, to its face under the
veet canopy Of Heaven, at early dawn.
Where is there young lady 10 the
resent coming up generation who
cts off Of her feather bed, before eight
the morning? Where is there one
be found at any time trimming up
10 flowers in her partaire, or engaged
any other domestic duty, to make,
ONE feel like home, if il does not
'ok like it p? Nowhere. You may.
70 them enthusiastically in the pub.
9 thoroughfare, where there are cros--
ngs and nice looking young gents
lantcd, to leer at them as they cross
70 cutters; but then they look "stran-
led about the Waste and their walls
re down-a ray Of sunlight would
IDLY ruin their complexion, and
rike them out Of the catalogue Of
eauty forever. Alas, alas, No won-
CT we have 50 many tailor made