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

Il reckon this ere country OF your Is pretty
considerable productive, ST. anger, isn't! saii Il
downcastcr who had just arrived in one oil the
Mississippi settlements, toa person whom he
me-, one OF the regular meat axe breed.
There's no. such another country between
this and tie State Of Duncomc, in North Car
oiIna, replied the Mississippi settler.
rase 90 deal OF coffin, eh!''
'LuLs OF It."
Ali-lired quantities Of game in This section,
Is'pusc."
Considerable OF sprinklins,. specially
snakes. >
"Wnat sort OF s'iakes:"
"nattlt snakes ami copper heads"
"Uh get out du ieli, want to know if they re
so almighty thich!
leather. Dai a;ud weni oul this morning
nake-huutng-klledo onty d cord anu quar-
rer-bu; ,ileu 1t was u bad Shake morning, and
you must make some allowances"
'.Uh! Ii make any 'lowances and tracks ont
oil tue settlement Ut the saline time. but say,
iist tween ourselv, s, il it mad rally been good
morning, now many corus du you 'magln you'd d
killed.
rive IS about an average"
"Ftpe! You don. say so!"
"ies do ilougn.
"Fmcn Is my silo. test way out Of this ERE
settlement! I've sIong idea oI eoplng tortn-
w,lh."
keep rightstrai&nt ahead"
.Weli, | wish you guod day. Give my
best 'spects to y"ur dad, und u,i INN l ""pe
| he, nave better shake weather next time he
gucs. III oph. N. U. ricuyuae.
WHAT CLOCK is 1T IT!-Wnen was young
lad, my father one day called ale 10 nil that hc
| might t,acn lie to know What ciuc~ 1t was.-
| he tod me Inc use uI tile minute hSuIeS on
the dial plate, unli Was preity pcrlec, III my
Part.
No sooIer was quite nasler OF tins addniolI-
al knowledge, than sci oil sca'nper'"s loJon
my cu,npaniuns al game OF nnlruics; but my
father called NE DacK DC ain: stop, ,lu.'p"re..
said he, II nave something more 10 leil you.'
Back again 1 wen,, wondering what else
had got 10 learn ior though. Knew all ABOUT
the cIock, as well as my ialner did.
"Iiumphrey.' SAID lie, Il have taught you
to know tie tine Of the day must IOw teach
you how to find out the time oi your lile.'
All this was strange TO me, 30 waited ather
inpatienty to hear no" my ia'hcr would ex-
plain it for walled sadly TO so to my narb es.
The bible said hc, describes tile years OF
man to be ;hrce score anu tell, or lou score
years Now rifc is very nnccrlaIn, aud you
may not live single day lungeri but We d.
vide the lour score years ol an old mans lie IN.
TO twelve paris, lhe The dial OF u clock, it viii
allow almost seven years 10 every figure. Wen
a boy is seven years I'D, then il is one o'clock
Of his life, and ti,ls is the Ease with you; when
you arrive at fourteen yeurs. it will be two o.
clock with you, and Wien at twenty oe II viii
be three o'clock, should please God thus to
spa your life. ln this mannrr you may al
ways know the time OF your iiie and looking
at the clock may perhaps remind you of it,
My great grandfather, according to his calcula-
ton, died AT twelve ocloc"; my grandfather at
eleven, and my father at ten. At what hour
you and shall die, Humphrey, is only known to
Him to whom all things are KNOWN"
Never since then, have | heard The inquiry,
What O'Clock is It 2" nor do | think that
have even looked at the lace ola clock, without
being reminded of the words ofmy father.
know not, my friends what O'Clock it is with
you, but know very well what time j, i, with
myself aud that if mean 10 do any thing in
this world, it is high time to sci about it. The
words o, my father have gwen solennity to
the dial plate of Il clock, which it never would
have possessed in my estimation, if these words
had not been spoken. Look about you, Hly
friends. earnestly en,rent you now and then
ask yourself what time it is withyou.