The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-07-22
TBt dNeehlpg Comet
Sunday Morning,s ss,,n July ~, 1888.
r~We notice that BtsHor BLANC,
Il in town, and will, we understand,
preach at st. Joseph's Catolic church,
this morning At The usual hour.

pT0dCH ~ Nv. OUsepu . oaooi" epuo",
this morning at the usual hour.
SATURDAY EvErlNa.---1t comes
and goes-wben il comes the mall
and hammer are put up, and the
shootlng stick is laid down; whilst
the type have time to dry for anoth-
} or weeks service. The editors table
Is full Of scraps fag ends, notes in
pencil and ink; and Its weak legs
positively groan with the burden, of
original articles, in prose and verse !,
communications !; letters from abroad,
aud at home. 3D." Of Philadelphia
stands first in order, and "Pompeii, y
comes next. 0. q, Of New Orleans,
will appear next week, and so will
Bonapart what BonaptrtD Of Chat'a-
nouga. We have two communications
from Greenwell--one from G. and
II. g., both on file and coming up in
the regular order Of march. What
4 rapacious monster the press is II
devours, and devours. without becom-
ing gorged, and cries out in apotheca-
ry language 81 Give me another ounce
Of civit (" Il griuds up every thing,
and still its NAV is unsatisRed. II
ligests every thing; not, we hope with
out sppropriating the good, to spirit
al comfort.
# oil the nice things in the whole
some way Of moral advice, are buried
in the deep bosom Of the ocean Of lit.
erary trash, and lost---could we
think 50. We would throw down the
pen this day, and lay hold Of the pillow
the loom or the anvil
--a-1As--
A Scr BACK 70 You've AMERICA.
Anything tending indirectly or d.
rsctly to check the growth Of young
America, has very sensible effect up.
on our nerves, and we have necessarily
10 take something stronger than lem
onade, to quiet them, and restore q
proper equilibrium. We were seri-
ously affected the other day, when the
following local incident came to our
ear. A young "peach blossom :"
walked into the city Barber shop on
Lafayette street, united his neck-tie--
turned down his shirt collar Byroni-
eally, and said to Monsieur Vince,
"Barber / will be shaved. +" In such
poli,eness, as Vince only puts to prac.
tical use; the "Sprout, " was bade to
take the short legged chair. The
la.her was prepared and laid on, oil
over the smooth phiz, and Vince went
off aud was gone about half an hour.
OF course the Sprout stamped and
swore, not only At Vince the Barber
in particular, but al BARRIERS in gen.
eral. There he was, with pressing bu-
siness on hand, unable to get away
When Vince returned, he very coolly
gave bis manhood a murderous thrust
by telling him "he ,cas wait for d.
hair to grow. He had to scrape of
the lather with the razor back to get
nd Of the indignant gentleman.
~ Professor Trench, in his work
on the English Language, points out
palpable typographical error, in the
asd chapter Of Mathew. Mathew in
speaking Of Publicans and Sinners
uses the current expression they
strain at ! gnat and swallow camel.
The Professor says, this error crep'
into the edition Of 1911, and has
held its ground ever since: "The
translator intended to say "whe
strain out a gnst and swallow a camel.
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