Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-05-20
EageAeAd Court House, s. s.Cs.,SsMay 20, As4t

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. course and they separated long before
midnighr! - y -.;ss.-s :s,
SomesGfteen years had now glided a.
way since the sfale of Rowland,s aud the
ten remained but the stealing hand Of
time had written sundry changes in most
Iegible characters. Raven locks had be-
| come gfHzled, two orthree heads had not
as many locks altogether as may be reck-
oned ina iwnlkof, a mile along the Regents
Canal-oae MAS actually covered with a
brown wig. the crows feet were visible in
the corner 0flhe eye q good old port and
warm: madeira carried. il against hook,
claret and red burgundy, and schampain.
stews, ,hashess andragonts, grew into favor,
crusts were. rarely called forto relish the
cheese afteEdinner-c conversation grew less
boisierons. ..and itlurned chiefly on politics
and The state Of the. funds, or the value of
landed prnperty-apologies were made
for;coming IN thick shoes aud warm stock
l.ings--,he doors. and windows were most
carefully provided with list and sand bags
-the fire more in reques,--and a quiet
game ofwhists filled up the hours that were
went to be devoted to drinking. singing,
aud riolousrnerriment 22Therubbers, cup
cup Of coaees and al home IL O'Clock, was
the usual cry,iwhen the 6fthor sixth glass
had gone round after ihe removal of the
cloth. AT tpartins, TOO, there was long
ceremony in .ihe ball ;,buttoning up great
coats, tying on ,woolen comforters,. fixing
silk kRankerchiefs over the mouth and up
tosIHe ears, grasping sturdy walking canes
trsuppore unsteady feel
Their s6fiieth anniversary came, and
death4ha indeed been busy.
Four liltleold men Of withered appear
ance and .decrepit walk, with cracked vol:
cies and dim, rayless eyes, sat down by
the mercy Of fHeaven, (as they themselves
tremulously declared,) locelebrale, for the
6fiieth times slhe FIRST day Of the year; 10
observe ,tJie>frolic compact which, half a
century before, they had entered into. at
the Star and Garter al Richmond. Eight
were in theirgraves The four that re-
mained sloodupun its confines. Yet they
chirped cheerily over their glass,, though
they ,artieulated their,words with greater
difficulty. They mumbled, they. chatter
ed,:lheY la1shed ,.sif "a sort of stransled
Wheeling might be called laugh; and
when the Wines sent Stheirsicy blood IN
warmerpllses through their veins, they
EtaIked OF spass as:i were but yestsEE:'
Fdfay abe
future as if i ere busy century that lay
before them. ,a- -i;;s.;}..sJ..s >,
They -werejust The number for quiet
rubber Of whist, and for three successive
years they sat down 10 one. The fourth
came, and then their rubber was played
with an open dummy; fifth, and .whis,
no longer practicable; }; two could play only
at cribbage, and tina, was the game, But
ii was little more than the mockery ofplay,
Their palsied bands could hardly hold, or
their fading sight distinguish the cards,
while their torpid faculties made them
doze between each deal.
At length came the last dinner; and the
survivor OF the twelve upon whose head
four score and len winters had showered
their snow, ate his solitary meal. 1t so
chanced that it was in his house and at his
table, they had celebrated the first. In
his cellar loo. had remained, for eight aud
6fly years, the bottle they had uucorked,
recorked, aud which he was that day 10
uncork again. 1t stood beside him; with
feeble and reluctant grasp. be took the
frail memorial Of youthful vow,. and for
a moment memory was faithful to her OF.
fee. She threw open her long vista of bu-
red wears; and his heart travelled through
them all. Their lustry, and bli,hsome
spring, their bright and fervid summer
their ripe and temperate autumn-their
chill, but not TOO frozen winter.-He saw,
as in mirror, how one The laughing COM
panions of the merry hour, at Richmond,
had dropped into enternily. He felt all
the loneliness Of his condition, (for he had
eschewed marriage, and in the veins Of nc
living creature ran drop Of blood whose
source was in hisown;) and rs he drained
glass which he filled, 10 the memory oI
those who were gone, the tears slowly
.Itrickled down the deep furfows Of his agec
face. .s.s..l.:... .ss;,Sg..ss.. ..l
.He had thus fulfilled one part Of his vow
aud he prepared himself Il. discharge The
other, Jysittins the usual number of hours
| at his dcS0late laDie. WIN u -neaVy neuI
he resigned himself to the gloom Of hi'
own thoughts-a lethargic sleep stole ovel
tiim-his head fell lljupou his ,bosom-con'
4 fused images crowded into his ,mipd-hs
babbled 10 obimself-was silenl-and whcr
his servant entered the room, alarmed by
noise which he heard, he found his mas
ter stretched Upon The carpet q, The foot Q
the easy chair, aud out of which he hat
slippedin an npoplec,ic fit. He never
spoke again, nor once opened his eye
though ,he vital spark was moi sill extinc
till The following day. And this was th'
4 The Planelsa ihe following toast wa
: recently given at Ogdensburg, n. York
.Woman.-A mother, she eherishes ant
.correcls US; "a sister,, she consults ant
5 ..oupsels us; q sweetheart, she coquets ant
conquers us; wife, she comforts and con
fJes in US; without her, what would be
come ofus 7" ~. 1 s... s,,.;,,,.....
. The Buffalo Republican gives the fol
}IlowNine emedia,ion,bYa IAN old bachelor !; !,
A mo,ber, she scolds andsspanks Us; !;
s,aIIe nf and ,Siinchea i,s. y sweet