Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-12-06
From the Boston Times.

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Instances are mol rare in u h,,b ,boee h,.I
10 lhs prolessIon OF printing, have become
distinguished ami honured. TO sav no,b-
ing 81 franklin. the beacon light of rbe
cra'e,swe nave IN our day more than one
instauce oi this honorable dis,iuctiun.-
Isaac till, the Governor of >,,, Ham,
slire. was once journeyman nr;n,ar
oaih9ei /. Armstrong, late Mavor nf rh,,
city, WAS once II journey man primer. Mr
hnaPp, The Secretary OF Stale il, V.ruon1
was printer. And what is Off cnu
sequence. In The editorial profession. some
or ING most distinguished were repuIarIv
oreo III the craft. Our neiphbor Greene
the popular editor OF the hIorn,op Pos,
was once d ragged Iittle roller bow. Mr.
Homer Oi the Gazette was brnuoh; no, 49,,
Ptcd anu 0reUier. We recullecr. n,anv
years s'nce, oi seeing a tow headed over
e'oTn "oy I'D an obscure printing office
~ vermont. The boy is now Mr.. GreeIy.
We aieh'ed editor OF the New Yorker. Oi
equany obscure origin was the editor OF
..e Ne" 70, YORK SPIRIT Of the Times, Mr..
Wnt. Il. Porter.
Ine hrst we ever saw Of Deacon Weld.
me e'itor oi the New York Sun, and n
elevef "fter Tor various magazines. &c.
"asslh printing office at Lowell, when
nc was no higher IN Srado than ..prluss.r's
deSn. ihe truth is. If "a boy has yenins.
tue dr' of printing will draw il out an ser
hiowork. Printers with the same amoun,
ot natural talent always make the most
p",uiaf editors, because they inbibe the
tact:oi The profession. Schnoled among
types aud shadows" they have everv on,
Por.an!ty OF studying public taste, and OF
diversifylng their nluds su as To m.., The
Vattuus wants ut their various RENDERS
he dlscipllue vi their minds NAV MOI be
SO seyere aud rigid US that reuyired tnr
'.nsnence III The legal profession; bu, thi,
IL peculiarly which the great mass of
reauers care nothing about, and il is not
uniasoranle to free interchange ot mind
WAN mud. 1uct-sive US editorial tac,.
in our profession it Is every thing.
=. HfHlEuMATIsM.-A correspondent Of the
Advocate, who describes INN.
seLa hedicai practitioner of twenty wears
s.aelihg, furnishes inc following valuable,
It we'll founded, information
: - - the age Of about seventeen, | WA.
hlsssf.sItacked with The luHa ,i,,,a,ory -Rbeu-
lte, after i,it. ;,rcnn. l,,sts or ,be
'ahcst' caIhartics, bliste-s, and d,a phor T.
tcs. WAS Restored. From that period nm
th aoout twenty years ago, had xor
seven s''niI 'r attacks, generally recurring
Venessc'ioil, PurSatiOns, blISters, and ,Iia.
PhurttIcs, before could recover. In rbe,r
attacks my exiremities became so iuflam, #
ihat could scarcely bear TO he touched.
ABOUT Inc year 1918, had suggested to
me the use-of cotton, instead of the woo,Ien
"htch had worn next TO the skin in form
of shirt and drawers.
Immediately CONFIRMED to the sunoes
'ioh' abandoned the woolen, have ever
SINCE worn cotton. aud now for about 2U
years nave never been confined one dav
win rheumatism. My obseruuiions also
III an extensive practice, have furnished
unequivocal confirmation of The facts. thar
"""'ien worn next The skin is utterly in
compatible with a rheumatic coos,;,n.n,
an thai cotton is most decidedly advau,a.
genus. "A lady who attended during IA
very severe attack Of rheumatism, found
wni'e III state of convalesccnce. tha, her
nnsers were becoming rigidly contracted.
1 recommended to her the use Of cotton.
anu now Tor many years she has been free
from the complaint.
Having had occasion, while pursu;uo
my professional avocaion in PhiIadeIp,,ia.
I" protec' my hands when driving NV pio
against the cold. tha, would have rendered
them both unpleasant to myself aud un-
suited To the wrists of a patient, l procured
the tur lined gloves, but these ! could nor
endure by reason ofreturning rheumatism,
and had my gloves liued with Canton
flannel.
As the therapeutic principles on which
to account for the salulary effect of The
cotton dress. we are perhaps not prepared
TO give the entire rationale; bur one cir
cumslance deserves particular notice.
" hen woolen is worn next to The skin,
the perspira'ion MOI being absorbed bv the
flannel becomes inspissated. and of course
ohstructs both sensible and insensibIc per-
spiration.
This AFFECTION. il is known, does MOI lie
against The cotton dress, as il absorbs the
perspration, leaving the skin clean and The
pores free.
AUTUMN ON THE MIssIssIPHI.-The
stained foliage during some of The last days
of Oct. began to show in broad shades
Of yellow brown, and under, along the end
less woods thai skirt tho pre,, fo,ho. oc