The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-01-08
HsssuseHHr IN uErHaAl.--The
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unholiest Of holes, yesterday morning
ing --lnysteriously. The note ia IN
answered. but iInperitively demand.
attention.
Editor Of the Comet Sir In
your paper Of yesterday, You say that
the Chinese people went safely through
with their performance on The night
previo,ls--that Bang Wang Ching is
tle most remarkable man yon ever
lnst-tllat he suffered tie knives to
be thrown at him and his head taken
otf without even blinking Now sir,
| ia reference to The rhaaer, | know not
what object yoiI have in view. Your
laeeptions on the public are often
oHetney than called for. May mot
say un,ra rfantable. The Chinese
company bad not arrived, when you
wrote the article. and every body have
been sorely disappointed mainly On
your ateoulit What excuse have YOU
70 offer for this humbuggery II is
| high time you were offering some
apology to the public, for The numer-
otis ilnpositions, which vou lave either
lirectly or indirectly had hand in.
| can only mention few Of them
be Headlpss Statue 1T MINT Siaeai'
Is laid 1T sonr door. the marbles with
hpefoglyphics ut Magnolia Mound.
| tie animals 1T tile race track, (wfich
cost The State $500 on account Of the
Legislatures ,adjourning) all these
things, are to Be added to your notice
Of tie Chinese players, before they
had arrived These things, sir, nhst
--.noW that there is talented OPPOSITION,
bring you down to n dead Level. and
rs friend and admirer, ask you to
repent and sin no more.
This is real clineher-we do r8-
pent, but should not be swept off in
this manner, for the sins Of others
The Chinese were to have played
the small bills and the large bills were
out, and all we have to say in the mat
ter is that it is no fault Of mrs il they
| didn't.
II Is our misfortune 10 have no
noticed their performance before it
came off that's fact but have We
not The example Of others in this
thing? Are we not justified in doing
This, by orr city contemporaries p
Have they never pulled unfasted, and
unseen things? Was not f crave and
dienfiod document called "fhe mes
sage" delivered before i. WIS actually
delivered May We Ak you Mr..
Asterisk (who pretend 10 lie or friend
is not this matter Of the message, o
fact, as parndoxieal as il nay seem'
Now sir, suppose that dlghlfied
Journal the Nc" Orleans Plea
yune, had to have n reporter, ut
each one Of the the Theatres and
Shows, that take place nightly, in the
Crescent City, Where would be The
profks, (Which are Of more importance
than the honor Of editing "respeeta
bic Journal # Il reporter had to bs
paid to attend each show Why siy
it would never do. The notices Of
performances are always made up from
the "sfta'l bills Of The day" before the
entertainment comes of.
Suppose the editor had to taste all
the quack medicines he Is called On
to puff! Why he would have to keep
a tnmblef fnll Of Ipecacuanna, and
water, constantly on bis table. No, Mr.
Astcrisk, you mast not abuse ia for
this thing about the knife throwing
We are imposed upon sometimes,
and who the devil isn't. About the
other humbuggs You mentioned We
have bad nothing 70 do. The Advo-
cate Office is responsible for the Head
less statue; VIC were victimized in that
az no doubt You we're and it
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