The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-05-06
1ourtsAiO 1y Advertisement A.

SUMS tiMN Ky - buU0-tNhkSF Ill I'M
ris being In wsnt Of 4 wife, advertised
for one, and At The time and phase ap.
pointed was met BY female. Both
we're In earnest The shoe maker how.
ever, nnluckly seemed IL, be of the
same opipiou tint King pedsr .was,
with regard to bis wife, Mary Of ARA.
gon, That she WINS not ~ handsome ~
she might be good. NJ fbsir meeting.
ended 10 mutnai disappointment, The
man advertised = second time, appoin.
ting different place for tAs meeting,
and varying The words Of The advertise.
ment. He met The SHINE lady they
recognized each other, could not eLooss
but siDi1e II The recognition, and per.
haps, neither Of them could el,oose,
but Sigh The persevefing bachelor
tiled bis lot a third time. and a. tis
third plsse Of appointment be met ,hs
equally persevefing spinster. Attliis
meeting neither could help laughing.
They began 10 converse In good hutnor
aud Tie conversation bechine 10 hgree.
abls or boil, sides, and The oircum.
stances 40 remarkable, that this third
interview led TO 4 marfige. -1nyernsss
Courier.
How KossutA MasterM the E,ss
glish Langaags.--1t IL stated that, in
1887, when condemned 10 three years,
Imprisonment by The Austrian Cover.
iiment, Kossdth, ~ the end of The
FIRST year, WAS offered the choice Of
one hook for his amusement, provided
that 1t WINS not political. He replied
that il, instead Of one. they gave him
three, they should not be political be
selected the English gramtber
Walkers pronohncihg Dictionary, and
Shakespeare Having obtained these
books, lie commenced the study OF
the language, beginning with trsnsla.
ton Of the first scene Of The tom.
pest which oesupisd him about 4
fortnight. This was 10 1887 ; and
bow well he now understands the Ian.
gu"gs is showo y b. speeches.
Accuracy in Printing,---It appears,
by calculation made by The printer
Of sleyens's edition Of Shakespeare,
that eMry octave rage Of that work,
text and notes, contains 1850 dis
tinot pieces Of metal, Which ii a shee.
amounts to 1880, the misplaeib9 Of
any one Of which would inevitably
eause a b1undef. With this cur.
ious fact before IN, The accurate
state Of cur printing. IN general, IL 10
be ADMIRED, and errata ought more
freely to be psrdohsd than the fnst-
IDIOTS ninnten4ss Of the insect eye If
certain critics has atlowed.
bE f0ufiOsisies III Hserssass.
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While turning over The leaves and
examining The contents Of Cosmos,'
nh book store recently, writes mn,
agreeable Western correspondent tho
clerk stepped up, and opening the first
volume 10 the beautiful engraving Of
Baron Humboldt. exclaimed, In lbs
utmost simplicity. by way Of recon.
mending it,. purchase A beautiful,
likeness. Sir, Of Cosmos 2 +" In Ia.
hitting this circumstances 10 4 brother.
bookseller shortly afterwards, he men.
toned The following; A farmer after,
examining bis books for along time
one day catne. up TO him with volume
labelled On the hack, 'Yonatt IN tho
Horse--Skinner' and asked him tho
price # the 'Horss.Skinner /. He was
also inquired Of At apother time, II le
bud Joseph Cepbas's works meaning.
Of course, the works Of Josephus."
The franklin LAY Banner Of the
goth states That = report prevailed,
that on the last trip ofibe Della from
~. Mariinssille 10 this port fracas,
secured between two deck. hands when
one Of them drew h knife and stabbed
bis antagonist inaicling 4 very serious
wound from the effect Of. which it H.
mid he has since died.
The Banner states that Oh the pre-.
1ions night q fire occurred in Centre,
,'lle which destroyed The store OWN.
> ;, cafy, the dwelling house Of Dr..
Charles Fassett and ooiFe.-house.
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