The morning comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-1856, 1856-10-17
The PUTTING PRoFEssIoN-We

liSHt lIesH seBar tHiS ihorulup III
order to blow out with the smoke, the
cob web. of imagination in order to
pitch into, our good locking neighbor
in Lafayette street. Not that he has
been guilty of any serious wrong
but because he follows up and an evil
practice in his last paper, at which
we are compelled for consistency sake
to frown. He puffs MIR. Mad1gan, La
Belle Rosa, and Mike Lipman, the
" Phunny" before these world cele-
brities, show their faces. Ay, before
the music had struck up to draw the
multitude into the lions den, to SEQ
the very same elephant" exhibited
half centaary ago. Acknowledg &c
the corn, Koon, and we shall deal
witt. you in doeskin gloves, so as to do
the putting profession no serious dam
age, by giving you, what you richly
deserve-a home thrust. We are free
to confess it, that in our early career
editorial, we fell inadvertently into
the same habits of putting; because
there was violent opposition to us, and
we found that the only way to keep
up with the time, was to keep two or
three days in advance of it. We
were regularly sold in putting some
Chinese Jugglers. by an accident
The packet upon which they had en-
barked from New Orleans for this
city broke her shaft. Our paper had
gone to press with paid for puff in
it, and it would not do to destroy the
edition. For this and several other
reasons, we can sympathise with you.
You say in your Thursday mornings
paper (which went to press Wednes-
day night, before the show came off !:
Although the weather was cold,
and the suspicion which our citizens
have been led to entertain of every
thing which bears the name of Circus,
kept many of them away, Madigan's
pavilion was graced by an audience of
a goodly number, and we have no hes
itation in saying that the entertain
ment was the best we have ever seen
under canvass. The equistrianism
of the beautiful Mile. Rosa, was a
theme of as much, and more enthusiast
tic admiration than we have ever
known excited by any arenic perfor
nance. Every one seemed completely
carried away by the bewitching grace
and bearing ofthis talented young lady,
and her appearance each time was
hailed with the most fettering APP
plause, She completely eclipsed any
equesrinne who has ever appeared in
Now, Sir, upon whose opinion do
base this beautiful language, with so
many we'll turned periods? Not upon
your own, for we aver, without the
fear of successful contradiction " as
The politician would say-that you
had not seen Mile Rosa, when the
above thing was written.
Our reporters have come in land
hey were there) who each, on his own
authority AYERS, that the show of Mr.
Mardiga, with la Belle Rosa, Mike
Lipman "the Phunny,' Jack Mardi-
gan; the Conklin Brothers, etc, are
'rrant humbugs, one and all, as ever
made asses of themselves, under
pread canvass. Indeed, "Mr. Clown
vas so vulgar and indecent in his dish
ID up second hand jokes, that some
gentleman in the audience (who per-
laps had ladies with him) had to beg
he fellow in very audible voice for
1od sake to have some respect for the
audience Henceforth, we are down
N these vulgar and low bred itener-
.nts, and if we can keep respectable
'eople from them, we shall do it, not
outstanding he horse Fashion" will
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