Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-04-04
THE LAST SNAKE STORY

II reckon this ere country OF your, is pretty
considerable productive, ST. anger, isn't said Il
downcastcr who had just arrived in one Of the
Mississippi settlements, to q person whom he
me,. one OF the regular meat axe breed.
There's no; such another country between
this and tie State Of Duncomr, in North Car.
GINA, replied the Mississippi settler.
iiase a 20 deal OF cottn, eh!'
''LuLs of It"
!Ali-iired quantities Of game in This section,
Is pusc.'
Considerable OF sprinkins,. specially
snakes.
"Wnat sort OF srakes:"
"nattl, snakes and copper heads"
"Oh get out! du Tell, WANT 10 know If they re
so almighty thch!
Leather. Dad AMI weni oul this morning
snake-huntlng-ktliedo oHiy cord anu II quai.
rer-bu ,heu It Was bad Shake morning, and
YOU must make some allowances"
''Uh. 1 II MAKE uny 'lowancrs and tracks ont
OF the settlemen, at the saline tlne. but say,
iist tween ourselves, il 1t mad rally been good
morning, now many corus du you 'magln you'd
killed.
rive IS about an average.
Fire! You dom. say so!'
"ies do ,lougn.
"Wnicn is my suo, test way out OF this ere
settlement! I've s,rong idea oil e,oping tortll-
with"
keep right tstraiant ahead"
.,Weh, wish you good day. Give my
best 'spects to Your uau, aud teal INN ."pc
he'll nave better shake weauer next lime he
goes. I'm oph. ~. U. ftcayune.
4 ,
lad, my iatner one day called ,ae 10 nlll that hc
might I, acn HE 10 KNOW hal o'c 'clocn II was.-
He tod me the Use ui tile minute iSues on
The dial plate, unlli was preity perlec. III my
pafl.
No sooner was quite muster OF tins addIlIoii-
nj knowledge, than sci oil scainPerins lOJoin
my co,npanIuns al game OF naruicsi but my
father called me Uack Dc ain: stop, hu' 'p"rel :.
said he, :" 1 nave something more 10 ie Ou.'
Back again / wen', wondering what else L
had got 10 learn. tor l though. kucw ali auout
tue clock as well as my ialner did.
"Iiumphrey.'' SAID lie, Il nave taught you
to know tie une OF the day must IoW teach
you how to mud out the tine oi your lie.'
All tnls was strange to me, 30 waited ather
ilnpatently to hear nuw my ialher would ex-
plain ii for wan,ed sadly to 60 TO my niarb. .es.
The bible said he, describes tile years Ol
man to be ;hrce score ami tell, or iOu. score
years Now ,iic is very nnccrlaIu, aud You
may not live a single day longer; but II We d.
vide the lour score years oi an old mans lille IN
TO twelve paris, llke The dial oi Il clock, 1t Will
allow almost seven years 10 every figure. Wen
a boy is seven years Id, theu il Is one o'clock
OF his life, and tiiIs Is the case with you; when
you arrive at fourteen yeurs, it will be tmoo'-
clock with you, und Wien al twenty o..e 1t will
be three o'clock, should It please God thus to.
spa your lite. In this manner you may al
ways know the time OF your life, and looking
at the clock may perhaps remind you of it,
My great grandfather, according to his calcula-
ton, died al twelve o'cloc.; my grandfather nt
eleven, and my father at ten. At what hour
you and snail die, Humphrey is only knows TO
Him to whom all things are known"
Never since then, have I heard The inquiry,
What O'Clock IS It 7" nor do | think that
have even looked 1t the luce ola clock, without
being reminded of the words otmy father.
know not, my friends what O'Clock it is with
you, but know very we'll what time il is with
myself; and that if 1 mean 10 do any thing in
this world, it is high time to sci about it. The
words Of my father have given solennity to
the dial plate of a clock, which itnever would
have possessed in my estimation, if these words
had not been spoken. Look about you. my
friends. | earnestly en,reat you, now aud then
ask yourself what time it is with you.