The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-01

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say what they will III reference te
what constitutes re.pectability and
forms, that strange anomaly the "ver
table Gentleman y but nothing goes
farther towards it. than Gt,e rtotites
1t Is a fact generally conceded, that
the we'll dressed man. will endearout
to be gentleman, however much it may
| so against the natural grain of the
"wood" of Which he is mbIe. No
new evidence is wanted IF this fact =
| We lave only to look about us On The
Sabbath evening to see, how much
more orderly, and well disposed peo-
pie are when they have bn their
"best,' than ut any other time during
The week. 1t is for This reason that
we class every man and woman who
invents new and becoming fashion
TO "adorn the body as practical,
working philanthropist.
The world will never be perfectly
whole and perfect in Its virtue and
morality, until it is respectfully clothed
all over. 1t is no argument against
out philosophy, 10 say that almost all
The togues and inppstors, are well
dressed because ragged and i'll
dressed rogue, is taken mp on suspi-
eion This strengthens our position,
and lends us to WApnltL Il Pint
tIrs fashionable clothing establish
meut, on Lafayette street; where
such stock of Gentlemens wearing
apparel is to be found, MS never before
was brought TO this city ut one tin1e.--
Their goods hre all fresh from tie
manufactures in New York and Phil
adelphia, and have been made express
ly TO order. We do not hesitate TO
say that WAbniLL 4 pHl1Lrrs can
give a gentleman an outfit for cash, at
least twenty per cent less, than the
sahe quality of'goods can be had in
New Orleans
GAN THEY READ We consider
this al important question, as applied
to the distributing clerks in the New
Orleans postodice. Not a day passes
that we do not get papers addressed to
other offices, lin most cases, duplicate
eopies), and as frequently do we miss
some Of our most valuable exchanges. |
Considering tie length of time, which,
Of late, is occupied III distributing the
mail we think correctness but a rea.
sonsble claim on the part Of the pub
lit.-Itue Detta.
The fact is, that it is useless to send
esen letters, to some parts of the conn-
try, and when il comes to newspapers,
they would do subscribers, as much
good to throw them into tbs fire. We
haven't more than nine Thousand sub
scribers out cf the Parishes Of East
and West Baton Rouge, but to those
few. we are as punctual ih mailing
them, as the hour itself The Comet
is always put up in "Number ono en-
velope paper, ard very plainly direct
Cd, yet it gets off the track more often
than it goes through. We console
ourselves With the philosophical reaec-
tion, that matter cannot be destroyed,
that If the Comet does not 60 where
It is directed on the sublunar world,
hat il wonders off as comets will, to
some other sphere, where people are
more benighted and need its light
more. @' a5
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THE PosrorFIcE DEpARTMENT.- -,
The Nashville Banner speaks out as
ollows: ]
Can't President Pierce manage to =,
get rid of the grossly incompetent in t
lividual whom, in an evil hour for the ,
country, he placed at the head Of the
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