The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-11-12
Iyt lf)rthlu Gp1lrtt
tuisday Morning, -: nov 9, 1864,
Gstyaer EEssrass tssgserE,

per, aoea not often meet with The
fnct Of the hnainnse IL, that the editor
to prepare = rt'talle feast for his
realtrs must spread table NJ ''vnlia-
gated yiands sweets "ani litlera.
vinegar and alsrice. lie must talk Of
marriages and deaths, md have fac
lie pen FIR nhituaty-he must note all
manner tf horrible things, fires fam
ines and rosiilnnce suicides. man
slanghiers, murders. burelariea aud
higanios. together with Ill manner Of
thrts. small tnd large What is #,
il The shifting panorama Of existence
thNt does not paas Queen Nab like,
THROUGH the editors hrain 10 he re
modified and sent out to The world in a
new light and still another phase, IN
I'll lie subject ,uatter is threadbare 3!
Nothing
We are free to confess, that we
never }ab01 At anything we eschew
murders and suicides, aud therefore
let them pass without any other re-
cord. them is contained in the extract
Of the exchange paper. In short we
rather suit The complexion Of our own
mind, ii the selection of HE subject
matter for leader. than the whime
and cnpFices Of our readers II il for
this reason, we like to lay strong hold
on all manner of humbuggery, and
hold it mp in the best light for admira
ton. II il something we reyel in.
over our own round table, and enjoy
incontinently
viii the community at large, ex-
cuae us therefore for laying before
them this morning, in default Of bet |
ter matter, the following stereotyped
letter from the largest advertiser in
the world 7" It is addressed to The
Comet Newspaper, from the STRAND
London
PA srRAsp, Lospov, Are o
HI THE Enron OF rHs "Conrr." Bsros Roter, IA.
DEAN SIR. - am indebted to
Messrs. -of New Orleans for the
name and address of Your paper. he
having recommended tie same to me
as an advertising medium.
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alone. and have only lately extended
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in, and have RENTED each Of them
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appear twelve months certain in their
respective papers.
obtain immense concessions in
price from The whole Of the Advert
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accept Of moderate terms.
| beg to say shall be happy to
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for one Of the long a vertisments on
closed, to appear in every issue of
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