The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-07-01
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tant than correct pronunciation. Or
biography as you, and etvey other
sensible man. must know, is simply
bumbug but correct pronunciation,
is obtainsa by keeping correct asso-
Citations ,,ss3in other words from the
elite, the polite. the erudite. and up,
per crust.ite portion Of society 4 am
in trouble about The correct pronuhcia-
ton OF the following words, ohe an
cient music of which Gt seems) fash
ion is about to make innovation upon
VIII you be plsased to furnish if YOU
have it, the key to Murry, or some
one else, who is oothodox. Shall
Clio r-y, be pronounced Clio ry or
Glor y? Shall Ear t-h-e-r, be
pronounced Pa ther, or Far ther!
Shall Ei t-h-e-r, be pronounced tber
or Ei ther? Come sir, answer us
these questions, for / am willing to
make any compromise Of common
sense rules, to be written in the esti-
nation Of men" "learned.' -.
Should like to answer "Dash," but
have resolved 10 stand non committaG
We have been indicted, and true
bill of murder made out against US,
for killing the English, more than a
douzen times the past season but on
pleading guilty, the sentence has al
ways been commnted to manslaugh-
ter We had sooner be "slave "
than live in fear =; and therefore advise
Dash, to dasl' away and do as he likes,
for he will be laughed at, any how.
GRAND Observation-Disclosures this
head, the Delta Of the 22nd inst,
notices an embarrassing affair, that
came off, on Canal Street, the day
before. The paper says taa9
"About noon yesterday Canal street,
or that portion Of it known as 'dry
goods head quarters. was thrown in
to an intense state of excitement by
the rather unusual incident of wo.
man cowhiding young clerk. A
great crowd gathered round to witness
the sport. We felt very much like
reading the fable Of the frogs and the
boys to them, but finally concluded
that they could not appreciate it.
From oil we can learn in regard to the
matter, the young man was right and
the female wrong He gently defen-
d d himself from her furious attack
but OF course common decency or
rather the false notions, that under no
circumstances shall man defend him
self against the attack of woman
prevented him from properly re-
1Slling her assault. The circumstance
afforded food for conversation during
afternoon among the down
towhH folks.
ThesSsause Of the quarrel, is given
BY the Delta, but we regret that it
will not bear transferring. to the chaste
columns ofg.this paper. 1t is two
Don Juonish >lior the strained morali-
y Of this unexossss'ieneb1e community.
rs- To show hcg much will some
lines be done for nothing, we publish
below the price paid tlr.s secretaries Of
he late Democratic Cssyention, for
akins off the proceedings without
blowing the city press to lo5k at them
irst. The following scrap, is from
he True Delta. The same Thug in
substance appeared in other New
orleans papers, in party pointef
'iew: ..s s-.,:.,.5s ,.-..... IN
The OFFICERS OF THE DEMOCRAT y
G CoNvET1oN-Our reporter at the
ate Democratic Convention. at Baton
Rouge begs leave to offer his thanks
0 the officers of that body for their
,ol;teness and attention, and particu-
arly to the gentlemen who SO ably
lied the post Of First and second
and who, Notwithstanding
heir arduous labors, requiring undi-
ided attention, promptly and cheer
ulIy afforded every facility and infor,