The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-04-30
MasTEp Hurr,-A DISTINGUISHED

MAsBa Hurr.--A distinguished
gentleman of Massachusetts, writing
to friend in Boston, gives u humor-
ons account of his pupilage, at the
Latin school there, when I'D master
Hunt was at the head Of it. He SAYS
"he whipped me often and very hard,
and hurt confoundetlly. One day
could not help crying bitterly. lie
called me up and seemed willing to
console me. lie shid. You know one
Christopher Gores' afterwards Gov
Gore). Yes, sir He's great man,
isn't hel' Yes, sir DO you know
one Harrison Gray OtisF Yes, sir
He is great man, is he not2' oh
YES, sir said |. i whipped it into them
both T said Master Hunt. | replied
Il guess you mean 10 make plae,iev
great man of me- was in roaring
passion, but the boys in the school
laughed outright, and The old man
smiled. aud patted me on the head
and said, 60 to your seat, you rogue
| will not touch you again. and he
never did, Pieaynne.
EE The bill of Indictment against
Spain which Mr.. Marcy has drawn up,
was presented to tho House as ex-
pected It is stated that it was com
pleted and sent to the President OH
Saturday evening the LIST inst. In a
cabinet advertisement over SO ilnpor-
tant matter. it was suggested that
by going back to an earlier period,
more evidence of our continued i'll
treatment at the hands Of Spain. and
Of our meekness aud long suffering
under it could be obtained. 1t was
therefore decided to postpone the de
livery Of the document to Congress
until it should be strengthened by
these additional facts from the records.
It is suid that the document will con
sist Of more than eight hundred manus-
eript pages, and it will forins, volume
as large us one If the bound parts of
the Presidents message
fHe CENrfPEDE.-The deadliest and
most abhorred Of all the reptiles in
Texas. is the centipede. This is a kind
OF worm three to six inches long, ex-
actly like an enormous caterpillar; it
is green, or brown, o, yellow. some be-
ing found of each of these colors. As
its name denotes, it has along each side
row Of feet, horny, claws rather
Imagine that you walk some night a
cross your chamber floor, with naked
feet; you put your foot into n ring,
striking every claw up to the body in
your foot; that poison, flows through
each claw, and in two minutes, you
will have tainted in agony; in a few
more you will be dead. The deadly
thing cannot be torn away. 1t has to
be cut off, and claw by claw cut out
Even if it crawl over the naked body
Of a sleeping person without sticking
in its claws, the place will pain the per-
son for years after.
A gross fraud has just been detected
in England, which may be ranked
with the Jew Guldper's trick of palm
ing off % hundred thousand pounds
worth of garbage and ofial upon the
British Government for preserved
meat designed for the navy. 1t ap-
pears hat just as the British cavalry
were about TO embark for the Medit-
errauean. it was discovered that the
bundles of hay designed for the horses
contained nothing inside but CLIPS
md shauings. 1t is stated that had
the discovery been delayed till ibe
transports were at sea, all the horses
would have been starved to death.
The matter has been brought before
Parliament, where the greatest indig-
nation was expressed by every one at
this scandalous fraud Lord 1}roug-
ham stated that the drlinquents would
be prosecuted end punished with the
utmost severity of the Deltu.
Tue RESULT OF THE RAILROAD
ELEorloN.--The election hold yester-
day, to authorize the city to subscribe
to the stock of the Great Northern and
Great Western Railroads, resulted 10
a triumphant minority in favor If the
vote being over six
IN one. Al,hm, h We have received