Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-03-28

"the American and German Trading and Iusl-
rance Company" with capital offivc hundred
thousand dollars, to he divided into shares of
s ,OO0 eacl." and this enterprise was follow
ed up by Mr.. Dearing. and others, which brought
about the tirs Convention, which was held in
Augusta l. til October 1897, after the lapse OF
two years, from the time received my charter,
for that enterprise
HENRY SHULTZ,
Founderand Proprietor of the
town of Hamburg, 5. c.
Hamburg, March %, 1889,
For The Edgefeld Adrcrtiser.
A faint shadow Of uncertain light,
Like as lamp, whose life doth fade away.
Spencer.
Mr.. Editor:
How strange is fashion! How often it
sets at naugh, all decency and proprletv,
and ye, hnw few have the courage to re-
sist its tyranny! must confess, Mr.. Edi-
tor. that | have no very greaT respect for
those persons, who are ever under whip
and spur for fashion fashion! As if there
were no higher aud holier object for hu-
ma ambition: they are indeed hut
"Sons Of a day, Just buoyant on the food,
Then numbered with the puppies in thenud."
What think you Of q imam made by tai
lor. or a lady manufactured by milliner,
and mantua- maker!
These are artificial things; as much SO
as The doll vs. hich rtc little miss PURCHASES
from the toy-shop. Do you know Miss
-! Ah! nature made her beautiful.
Her complexion was not red. nor white;
hut there was that lovely variety, that ea-
sv gradation, which .connoisseurs regard
as the true beauty in colour. She aUqs
timid 100. Burke has somewhere said,
that ii .idity enhances the beauty Of wo-
man. And her smooth skin, how shall |
describe il? The same philosophical OBJ
server has remarked. that the most con-
siderable part Of beauty, is owing 10 this
quality. Oh! my dear sir, she had all the
qualities Of the most perfect lovellness.
Her bright eyes-her exquisi'ely modelled
fgure-hcr benignant expression-'hose
formed theme worthy of Milton, And
her voice too; that sweet voice. which was
made for melody! Bless me how love
her style of singing, as il once was! Twas
sort-iwas pIaintive--'iwas 'lone drawn
out" Hers was The style that charmed
Milton.
"And ever against eating cares,
Lap me in the soft Lydian airs
In notes with many winding bout,
In linked sweetness long drawn out "
But this day has passed like dream.
She was but "a faint shadow of uncertain
light" Ii was her mis- fortune TO he the
eiddy follower of "Fashion," and all her
beauty was sacrificed upon its altar. Her
color did moi suit her. aud she resorted 10
the ten Thousand and one nostrnm> 10
make herself pretty The consequence
was, that her smoothnes> nf face was sue
ceedpd bv crops Of pimpes ami other ex
cresrences; SORT OF hill and dale srenery,
which however necessary in the eye of The
Painter, 10 give interest 10 the landscape,
is fatal to female beauty. Her timihty
too; ahl dsgraceful weakness. Pluck
up courage and he man! Thus was The
lesson instilled into her. Yes! be q man!
throw off The acoman!' Exchange the P--s
Cor the Trnwsrrs. Hannah Moore once
said, of herself, "hetter to be a Goud wo-
man than an indifferent man., My char
ming little girls, aspire to be Womcnt
Gnd never intended Won for men. and 1t is
worse than idle 10 war against his decree.
II is disgracefai for woman to become Il
man! Think what you would be, if you
filled his character perfectly!
Nv heroine threw oil her modestv and
timidi,y, and became n forward. impu
dent woman. What chaigf 100 passed
upon her voice! Those once syren notes
which with "1inked sweetness" we heard
in each unIirinS ove-song, now resembled
more lie discorddnr voice of the bacchanal
at his midnight reveIs. She was 'old To
sing loudly -fortissimo-that Madame b.
the ceebrated Theatrical Vocalist was a
very loud singer! II almost gives me the
lock-jaw, to think Of the scream upon
scream, which I heard from her. in her
latter days.
And now. kind reader. will close. l
have given This brief article in the hope,
that the pretty young girls may profit by
it. Be modest, be \timrd. Let SofnesS
mark your whole character. And il per-
chance, one worthy of your affections,
should solicit them. treat him with all thai
sweet delicacy. which $" we'll becomes
you. and sofly whisper-YES.
P S. hope, my dear sir, that this
NAV meet The eye of 1.-THE sweet little
Girl" whom you saw "stoopins over a
snow-bank."