Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1842-08-10

S''ui, uGlu tnauc INC hal!f OF uu iTisuuidH
n by word aud 4 rrproLcn instead ola glo-
~ aud au hou"r. A prnu,. Andrew,
breaks siirer shilling INTO coppers-aud
iwopence Will buy hail stone OF potatoes
that's consideration. II we don't man
age To keep things comfortable al home.
the women won't have The heart 10 mend
the coat Nat" added James with sly
smile, ''iat | can deny having taken To
TEMPERANCE coRDrALs myself"
You" shOu,ed An,irrw. "vou. and
pr ny fellow you are Ia &c Blaming me.
aud then forced To confess YOU have taken
10 rhem yourself. But suppose they'll
ear 60 hole in y'ur coat! Oh. to BE- sure
ncl. you arc such good manaSer!!"
"ludc d." answered James. Il trGs nny-
thing hui good manager eighteen months
ago: as ,ouwrll know. was in rags. never
at my Nork ii Monday. aud seldom on
Tucsda My poor wife. my eentle pa
tenI MhrI, often bare hurd words; and
lhnuel, she will not own IL. ear still har-
der blows, when | had driven away my
senses. NJ, children were pale, half
starved. naked creatures. dispuriug pola-
10 with the pig my wife Ired 10 pay the
reu, with. well knowing would never dn
IL. Now"
But The cordial. my boy!" interrupted
Andrew. "thr cor%ial! sure believe every
word OF wha you've been telling me is as
true rs gospel: amt there hundreds. ny.
ihou,aud>, at this moment in refunds
blessed gr,und. that can tell the same s,o-
~. Bur the cor,s,:il! aud "a think of your
never owni1e II before: is i, ginger, or an-
niser,l. or pcpperminl!"
None of lhesc-and yct its raie thing.
my hoy"
"Wcll, them" persisted Andrew, "le,'s
have drop OF il; you're not going. I'm
sure, TO drink by yerself-and as Ire broke
The GjierRoon--"
very heavy shadow passed over
James face, for he saw ,ha, there must
have been something hotter than even gin
s-:in the temperance cordial us it is false
ly called. that Andrew had taken. or else
he would have cndeavored TO redeem lost
time. no, to waste more; and he thought
much better The real temperance cordial
was. thai, instead of exciting the brain.
ouly s7arus the heart. #
= be replisd a(ier a pause, 81 sssssssst
/ co asisI liniFh Snat WIS about; bn, this
evening n seyca O'clock NEE, me at the
end Of our lane, and then III be very hap.
py Of your company
Andrew was sorely puzzled to discover
whar James cordial could he. and was
forced to confess to himself that he hoped
i, would be different from what he had ia
ken ,ha, afternoon, which certainly had
made him feel confused and inactive.
At the appointed hour the friends met
in the lane.
(Which way do we GOT" inquired An
drew.
"IIome." was James brief reply.
"Oh, you take il at home" said An
drew.
II make i, al hnmc," answered James.
"W"lI," observed Andrew. "tha.'s very
GOOD Of the woman that ornS ye. Now.
mine takes on so ahou' drop Of any
thing. that shes as hard almost on The cor
dial~ ms she used Ia he on r'~ whisky
My Mary helps TO make mine" OBJ
served James.
Aud do YOU bottle il or keep it on
,lraush,!" inquired Andrew. very much in.
trrcs,cd in the cordial question.
James laughed very heartily at this, aud
answered.
"Oh. keep mine on drausht-alwnys
nn dr,ughr. there's nothing like having
plenty of good thing. 5" keep mine al
way, ou drnushi:" and then james laugh
I'D acain. aud 80 heartily. that Andr'w
thought sulr, his real temperance cordial
must coniain something quite as strong n
what he had blamed h,m for taking.
james co,i,se door was open, aud rs
they approached ii they saw n good deal
of wnat uaS going forward within. A
square table. placed in The centre If the
| lutte kich-n. wus covered hy u clean white
cloth. knives, forks. aud plates lur the
hole family. were ranged upon il in excel
| lieut. nrder; The hearth had brcu swept. the
house was clean, the chIldrrn rosy, well
dressed. aud all doing something. MARY"
" hom her husband had characterized ~
.'lhc patient" was hu,v and hus,llrg. IN
/ lTt NfIN tIt w '" ''bt'' i''i
" as s,eamin. On the table. the substantial
accu,,pan;mcnts ac of tricd Eggs and bacon,
with large dish of p"ta'nes. W hen the
children saw their father they ran lnneel
him ~ih asrear shout. and clung around
10 tell Tim all the, had done that day
! The eldest girl dec ar.ns she had achieved
;hr hee, %, = stocking; Que hny "nn,ed his
father To come aud srr how straight M
had planted the cahbagcs; while an"hcT
avowrd MS proficiency IN addition. and
vnluutccrc,! 10 do u sum iisian!cr upon Il
SIaie which he had just cleaned. Hapri'
ness III "A cor,,ge seems always more ren
than il dues in IL gorgeous palace. IL Is
NOT wasted in large rOoms-ii is c0nccn.
tratcd--a great deal oi lnvr IN smnilspac,
IA great. great deal of joy and hope with
il narrow walls. AMI compressed, rs il
were, by low root. Is il nc, u blessed
Thing that tho most moderate means he.
come enlarged by the aflcc,ionsi that the
lnvc of peasant within his sphere. is as
deep. rs frrvenr. nr true, rs lasting. as
sweet, as the love Of 4 prince! that all oul