The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-02-19

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II Should not have passed without
"l4aler'' On the subject; the lack !
which must be charged 10 somebod
elscs account, for we are not at faul
Our Almanac with remarkable da,
marked expressly for leaders, hi
been basely ti'cfed from the editor
table, and Titus has ri, important da
passed over. without the us,ial amoun
Of fwords from our pen--consecrate
to its memory.
+ Some discriminating somebody, hat
called us up, to knowledge Of til
fact, by dedicating a few lines to It's
appreciative of our merits and justl,
discriminating. Whoever wrote then
must certainly have been an editor
if not poet, or something worse.-
"Hail mighty scissors
"Your Scissors save both pens and ink,
Not only that but time to think
They st, al a leader in minute.
Less than the writer could begin it
Without their aid. what could you do
To ,lfawl your ppsy subjects through I
Then soind the praise OF Scissors high.
Which want of brains and wit supply
Hail to the blades the blades divine
Oh plagiaristc Valentine p
That's fact. Do you know-hon.
est and virtuous reader. that all tho
very best, wittiest. wisest and pithicst
things that have ever been said OF
written, you are indebted to the Scis-
sors for! Such i really the fact
The author Il thus cut out Of 1t, and 1t
is published and republislled, and pub
lisled again, until the author dies, and
then II goes into somebody elses book,
and II makes him immortal, for at
least a month The great geuiusey
Of science, literature and art, are thus
cut down to dead level with other
minds. and their thoughts sliced out
and scissorsed up, until there is not
A trace left Of them. Is not this a
fact What is an editor without
scissors Why if we were called
upon TO defne nothing in the abstract,
Der c,, we should say it is a newspaper
editor without scissors.
Since the above went into type, sew
,ral other epistles in the way of Val
'ntines, have come in, and we cannot
orgo the pleasure of printing them.
To the Comet Editor:
Some have at first iSr wits, then poets pas
sed;
Turned critics next and proved plain fools
at last.
'one neither can for wits nor critics pass.
Is heavy mules, are neither horse nor ass
Good! This is what We have been
ontending for, and are pleased 10 find
ne at least in the community who CO.
ncides with us, aud is able at the same
ime to give poetic expression to the
eminent.
Another prosey sentiment:
Il am IN want of funds, and YOU
'onld ohligc me much BY calling
round to-nigh, between seven and
ight O'Clock, and pay me that two
ollars and fifty cents, you promised
y last Sunday evening. Please burn
ils. Very respectfully.
Mrs. BLouNT.
BY Jupiter Bluntly We say we
We Mrs Blount nothing. In this con
ection we might well exelaim with
lcient Pistol, base is the slave, that
ays."
Another (lady we presume} gives
preston to the following. poetic SEN
ment:
$ down the plane, the rival rain drops
chase. s.... ~.
arius he'll watch to see which wins the
race; 4
nd let two cats beneath his window fight
leave his wife to enjoy the sight
The Ode to Belzebub." we will send
m by tirst express. We dare say
will create merriment there, if bis
ltanlc Majesty will read it to the
aps of darkness. 1t is altogether