The morning comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-1856, 1856-11-05
A Glorious DAY.--Y esterday was

indeed glorious day, in this quarter
section Of creation. The glorious day
god came up, at the time appointed
for him to rise, in the almanac, and
as far as he was concerned all was
well. The wind made shift about
mid night on Monday, and getting
around to the mouth of Boreas, whis-
tied as is bis want, the familiar airs of
November weather. Dead leaves
like ghosts got together at the street
corners, and danced polkas in the
cold alley-ways to the merry music
They were not created to be green
always-to remain fixtures to the tree
tops, the sport of every wind current.
No.--They have performed their office
by adjoining the earth with their en-
erald at midsummer and now they
have put on new life in death now
they may dance merrily together as
sylphs and fair es do, and with Ariel
like life, put a girdle round the earth
in fifteen minutes. Geld weather. has
come, and the cock crows more Justify,
to apprlse US of the near approach of
another Christmas tlme-tbe day
wherein our Saviour's birth is celebra-
ted The gobblers neck is red with
delight that the day is at Land when
he shall BE offered up as burnt offer
ing-ig~a roast for the Christmas
dinner. What an admirable arrange
cement this is? What harmony in
nature The turkey-cock. knows full
well that be must 90, when bis time
comes, and he struts proudly about
conscious of the fact. What more {?
Why, when the weather shifts wise
men puts on their cloaks. IF they
have none. or if moths of the summer
time have made feast OF last seasons.
they 60 get others, and pay for them,
Phillips Emporium has lot; besides
pants, vests, shirts, and uhdershirts-
Hard, indeed is the man to fit, who
cannot be fitted at the Emporium, or
Simon's opposite the Post office.
GREAT DANGER.--The following
scrap has gone the entire rounds of
the press
Great danger, says the Medical
World is incurred by the reckless
handling of guano. Cases have occur
red of persons having cuts upon their
fingers, who handling this manure have
received a deadly poison into the sys,
tenn. Guano contains an organic ele-
ment, which is just as certain to oper-
ate against life, if it once reaches the
blood, as the corruption of u body that
gets into wound upon the person Of
the dissector.
. This calls upon us to relate fact
told by Baron Boisbouyac A com
pany of naturalists, went into the Tongo
Islands few years ago, to gather some
of the fossil remains Of things, in that
remarkable country. The party came
upon stratum of guano One Of the
party-Count Scratchumoffski, put a
small quantity in his breeches pocket,
and becoming fatigued, selected cool
bank wherein to take nap. The bal
ance of the party pursued their enqui-
ries, for the space of about two hours
When they returned to their horror
and surprise the found Count Scratch
umofski in very critical position he
being in the very topmost limbs of a
gigantic bamboo" What was the
fact !? Why, it was mcmorandumec
, in their book of travels, that the guano
had warmed the seed of the bamboo
into life, upon which Count Scratch
: umoffski had placed his weary limbs
and in the course of the two hours the
tree had sprouted and growing to one
. of the tallest giants of the forest hae