The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-11-25
LOTAL MATTERS.

frost in October, and the almost unlntef
rupted summer weather, since, will cut the
Sugar crop Of this State of, at least one
half, if not more Yesterday the atmos-
phere was heavy, and a prospect Of cold
rain, but to this hour the heavens have moi
opened their mouths. The thermometer
was up, yesterday morning as high as
co. T. The present apparently high
prices for the new crop Of sugar must
advance considerably bef,sU the season is
over, for the crop OF Louisiana will be fully
halI il not less than half the amount made
last season Accounts from Havanah, re-
present the same character of weather we
have here, which has started the cane into
new growth very fatal in its effects upon
what" RE- calls The " s4fln,ine" principle.
when TALKING learncdly on tlp cane cul-
tureS
Apart from the new growth on The cane
| the weather has been 90 warm. that the
bti't' J't't. Nlt wv t'NHiNi'Ft tH'v ShSht
We know of planters. in this nc,ghborhood,
who generally make about 100 hhds, who
have already, finished, and have made only
10 or 40 hl,ls. CJ
ATTEMPTED BuReLARy.-On Thursday
night aNpttelapt was h,adc, to forceably
I
Of Third and Laurel streets y The burglar,
left many marks Of his "jemmy' on the
back doos-sucreeded in breaking the
outside lock, and went away without get
ting in. The season for this kind Of bust.
ness, i just opesjng and r,opr'ctors, clerk,
an! others, ,hould either deposit in ba.. k
daily, or secret their money where it
would not he looked for, by The BURGLAR J;
for money-apd nothing else, is what is
wanted by them There is not . store
door or window in this city. thai may moi
he entered in twenty minutes with a mo
dern burglars implements. For additional
securty-whcre clerks sleep in counting
rooms, they should be provided with one
OF Mr. Colts moral persuaders, and bear
in mind, that where man is forrcably
t,ying TO gain admission into ho,Ss> for
bnrglarous proposes. there is a clear ,s.l,t -
after calling on him th.ce t, surrender, to
fire at him. Should an example Of this
kind be made early in the season, il would
save many fae doors from being forceably
wrenched open and thus ruined
MILK MILK The world il habitualy
..iven to Icing, and competition in trade,
whilst it caIls out many Of the best, also
calls out all the worst traits (of hums,N
character. We lie upon principle as well
as interest; we lie as matter Of fashion
,and we do it g'atuitously, without even "a
remote prospect 81 reward Thus: Brown
comes down. We meet Brown and he
(B,own) meets ,is; we rush with violence
towards each other, and almost invariably
say Glad TO sec YOU; when did you come
down. bow long going to stay; what
boat You CONG on' How's Ms. Brown
and the lamil ~ Brown knows, well in
ninc cases out OF ten, the very first, " I'm
glad to see you is lie palpable. trans
parent, n gratuitous. He knows that when
"Smith" says this, he doesn't mean it,
knows that Smith, far from being glad"
i. not even pleased, because there is a
small! balance between them. What lie
is that, gratuitously proclaimed 10 he ring
ing of bells every morning in our streets
How well the very men and woman who
cry Milk, Milkn 50 Justly, know that
it is not milk; unless every white liquid OF
a milky complexion is. Competition has
done this. A brief twelve, mouth ago, aud
there was only two or tArce milk ca,ts;
now there is - or IS going all times Of day
2and crying Of Milk, Mix over Tin cans
Of chalk, bi-sulphate Of lime, molasses and
water. @
IS FISH MArx1r4Qmtc an n
ment is noticeable in the fish market, an
other stand has ocen added to the horse
trough.
rN55 Felix Lo"a'ris has opened
and now under full tide Of successful
experiment, the Franklin House, foot
Of Church street. Felix is one of the
most popular $ssta"ra'c"rs, and his
friends will always fluid him on hand,