The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-15

~ ioo'f hiuSo buiihc ''1iy "7'ht''
ested visitor, to this Quarter section
Of Uncle Sam's farm, that IL Is yer,
remarkable for its feelhdtv. In tl,,
rapid maturity Of things, it is altogeth
er unparalleled Go,irds, si'nblihs
sponges; Radishes, curionsly forkel
and Dtets, that cannot be beat al
these things spring out Of the ground
spontaneously, and after coming tt
maturity. 90 to seed, in the most re-
mafkable manner The animal, keeps
pace. with The vegetable kingdom
sprouts Of The great tree of liberty,
planted by The Pilgrim Fathers, shoot
up in nh astonishing inahher without
hot house culture, and the field before
us,ipresents much the same appearance
Of pine ridge, where there are knees,
and stumps Of knees, aud trees, and
stumps Of trees all junble together,
III such diversity Of size, form, and
ftshion, that it is hard to say where
the knees stop, and the trees com
mence. and savans are puzzeled as
they usually are, when they come to
study nature In her nahedness. That
curious anomaly Of human beings,
significantly denominated old Fogiss'
ask the question ''have we any boys
and girls among us !! and ne, who are
given to answering questions that no
one else takes notice Of, are tempted
to answer, the question, which we find
(nuw that we are on the thresbhold of
it) is deep in profundity involving
many physiological, and philosophical
points Of enquiry, For boys, we look
about It's in vain; It Is one Of The eS-
tinct varieties Of the forked genus
homo, and as to girls, we would not be
SO suicidal to Our own pecuniary in
terest as to intimate that there are any
buia,ae flowers among them they
are all full blown roses. The sweet
half developed morning glories that in
times Of old, we were want 10 meet, ia
our morning usats'ss, have gone of
the green CARPET Of the earth A mat
ter Of iact-practieal age, where the
ssdW has usurped the place of the
beautiful, has driven them away, like
the hee-martins. . A fast age like
the present, leaves no time for the
"lovely lassie' to pause on the thresh-
hold of womanhood. and the copse-
quence is, that the sex il developed
a
at the age Of eleven and half. But
"boys of different dimensions is the
subject of this epistle. Should not pa
rents who are interested in the "eom-
ing up generation,look about and see
where their boys are going to! We
think 50; and 1t would Be well to
make a note Of the bearings Idle
ness on the part of majority about
this city, is The very ruin of such as
are disposed to be industrious and use
full. The cause of idleness, is the
curse that weighs upon us, on account
Of our peculiar institutions; but an e. |
fort might be made, to elevate them
above these degrading circumstances.
No where is the melancholy fact more
visable that il is disgracefnl to follow
any honest calling in the mechanic
arts, than right here, in the heart Of
this city Of RedStick. In the city of
Now Orleans, there is a more extend
ed field for observation; and there,
nearly the last calling that ola "mer-
chant clerk, = (only suited to femme
hahits), the merchant has to look a.
broad, for some one to attend to his
business. The ''crcoles' are unfit for