The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-02-18

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humnn existence, designed man for d
. moral anil sotinl being If such is real
: " tie case then each individual in
society draws pleasure and Happiness
,herefrrtn, only II proportion, as lie
contributes to the enio,intnt Of others.
Without growing mystical lit us ot,a
lyse the word happiness ''goo'A, pase
con'entitient, Wlatsoe'fe they name. !"
ff this lie The phantom that allures us
TO wrohg doihg-if his. be The invisi-
ble spirit. who stands before ns and
points upward to felicity We cannot
attain II THIS BE- DE mystical indivil-
nal Who rises with The sun u paint the
clouds With purple and gold, and talk
to ns Of SCENES Of felicity during the
day, That we shall hot witness, llen
sl,uuld the world tenounce and d.
honhce him. and lnt The false minister.
The Fair, yet dpreiful ilatierer return
to the land of dreams and delusops
from whence he came. There is an |
innate ever present principle in human |
natnre--to which the old as we'll as
the youhg must acknowledge allegi-
ahte and it requires asa necessity
OF our existence, characterization
al, substantial, recreation. Narrow
minded indeed i. the man who pre-
misses that Il IL acceptable il tie eye
of his N ker. To keep up perpetual
tighihg and gfievihg. Such MIN is
damhed hare. and donhly ,hihne,l
hereafter Nor i II possible hr him
who "lvchs himself Nilbin linself'
and proelaliis war o, The world, to on ,
Joy ''haprinass" in the full meaning Of
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this ab*tract and meaningless word - !
By this process ot atcioscina'ion (see
WcbEictl, We arrive At the conclusion
That II In the duty Of etery man vLo I,
annually for rhnrrli trim.
''iings, I'd also give in a like hiannur
he fame amount for the turrhtt of !
rational Public atuusr,he,t Iii which !,
he may etioy himself By seeing others !.
eeov, But strange, ,,assing strange ,
indeed is it, that our pleasures are !.
faatice, and only derived from ,ln
misery Of others, Thus the Nahol's J,
e''city IL measured by the degree Of !,
'overtS and nakedness Of those who !,
i've, or rather exist on the other side = =
IT his fence. Ha u fas !"
Not to get prosry The subject Il b'
s''lpnal amusement. After s"eards.r u
We think c.cl fgh'iug should. come y
'eAt in the scale of digniEed moral
rec'ae'es in short to quote again TO
~ language of that deep read rhilus- y
phcr. H'i'h;as Laca'eber ii IL. de III
idedy rational amusement" It.; pt
cry true. that IN many instances the he
'ock, kuow-nothing of the ea,,se Of ar
aarrel; but what Of il, does map ii,
in'sc'f know half the time, wl,y'it Il pie
lat he goes into The field to tbfas,,
nd be thrust at : No. Il il not his pu
''sinsss TO inquire. Since. therefore III,
'ck fighting i rational and e,lifying Fr
mnseme"t, Que Ut seem~) that can b. At
dulged ia, with proprie'y by ,ligpi. MT
ries on the Sabbath day tsplf, we ha'
commend to our fellow.citizens gen. sor
ally town as well as country, to 60 Ma
to the game cock business. Ja'
3 s--E u
TnE FAIR rHrs EvEN,Se.-We nc. sal'
'ow'edge the receipt of an invitation h.., b,l
bun the ladies' ofthe Catholic Church, NAT
attend their fair and concert At the the
Ity Hall, this evening, and to. night. fess
n invitation is her.bv ey,anAai i, 9th
pne'ic at large 70 attend. Tickets i