The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1856-01-12
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doubt whether or not. it has any lon.
ger the effect to stimulate enquiry
and increase demand. It is not every
one who can write good puff. yet
rivalry has induced the million to
take the pen in their own praise, and
the consequence is, that this peculiar
style Of writing has taken the lead in
our national literature. All classes
Of society-the lawyer, doctor and d.
vine; the merchant, the mechanic
and the tradcsman, all seem to be de-
voting more attention to singing
psalms to their own praise, through
the public prints, than to their res
pective calli"gs. Puffs come to US
from all quarters ready manufactured,
and numbered lone, two and three :"
to appear respectively in the first col.
umn as editorial. Pill makers, and
nostrum vendors. take the lead Of au-
dscity in this line. Had we room
enough to insert some of them, rcceiv-
ed within the past week from com
Founders Of simples and inventors of
sarsaparilla, that does not burst the
bottles, we would put them in, with
comments. All manner Of propcsi,
tons have been made to us, in the
shape Of brides, to say that such and
such an article is the best out-a
sovereign panace for an inward bruise
things that we never saw, and hope
to the lord we shall never be so lost to
to reason as to take, and yet, for the
simple reason that sufficient price
has not been assessed and offered for
our virtue, we remain uubougbt. The
following advertisement is from the
". o. Crescent:
To the Editors Crescent I'm
dersighed take this occasion to inform
the public Of New Orleans and the U.
S. generally; also Of Europe, especi-
ally the Cremea, Asia, Africa and the
South Sea Islands, that they keep con-
s'antly en- band, at their old stand in
this city, a most choice and excellent
article Of pure molasses, put up in
demijohns, gallon jugs, quart and
pint bottles, Theoretically sealed. and
for the purpose Of supplying the wants
Of purchasers. The aforesaid public
may rest assured that theirs is the
only place 10 the city where a pure
article Of molasses can be had. 1t is
sweeter than honey, clearer than am
Der and smoother than oil. In fact !
the tabled Ambrosia of the Gods was
not equal to this pure, unalloyed, uu-
adulterated juice of the sugar cane. 1t
is not only delightful to the palate
and grateful to the taste. but invigor-
ates the system and cleanses the soul
Of all "that perilous stuff that weigh.
es upon the heart"
With only one demUohn Of this Gel
ebrated moIasses (if it can be called
by so vulgar name) the unfortunate
Jehosophat Jeremiah Lamelegs, Esq,
has been entirely cured of his chronic
sciatica; Miss Priscilla Porcupnc
most int resting and ac-
young lady, who for long
lime had been laboriog under sad
Of female diseases, togeth-
,r With St. Vitus' Dance, Diaphoretis.
Mysteries and Worms, has
,een almost mraculnuslv cured by
he use of only one dozen pint bottles
If this celebrated molasses Gf such
pure article can be called molasses.)
She is now in the full truiiion of most
health, and with a smile in
Ter eye and the rose upon her cheek,
he is the reigning belle of her native
parish. For Lumbaco, Vertigo. Faint .
ng Fits and Tape Worms; for Bron- I
cal Affections, Diseases OF the Spine
nd Liver Complaints; for all kinds t
# Coughs. Colds and Catarrbs for ,
Dialects, Ell phanttasis and FistuIa in
no; for Dropsv of the Fallopian 9
rubes, Fluor Altus, Hernia and the
.lling down of the Naval String. For