Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-01-14
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Taorears or THE PAST AND ,rREsEST YEAR
How quickly the old yearshas speeded away!
,rbs ,;ne which has left lis, now seems but a
day, - 80. .-45.....
,;sion Of pleasure TOO fleeing 10 last,
Buta bright rsy. Of light, AWAY that has past.
ip,be wear. which has just bn, recently flown
Wha, pain and wlral sorrow 100 many have
s known 4 -. ::
Full many a, heart has been strickcs by grief,
And never on earth lnaYit lonk torreiei,E7..
Blu, let trouble fly way With dull care,
Let larlhfusess cr.swl ,.lessylis iaalea
fnurs .-
For. pow bursts1upon lis, another new year.
With lis swce, dreams Of bliss, s,thatyet maybe.
szF5ours.
Oh ma, or may sorrow oxr.inture bedlm ~
Nav the bright sun ofpeace drive lar away
gloom! e, =
I.e,ils lift nm our hcarlsSin ela'!ness.,o him,
Who spared MS while many lie low IN the tomb
a.. %. r
AS masses The year. letitfnd MS eacidny'
Full of kind words aad deeds 10 The suffering
poor; go, ,.g.,.s.........
oh let MS moi banish these sud ores away
And,hc Father OF all, will bless us e'er more
TIE PILGRIMS AND THE OYsTER-AS OLD
FABLE. 49,
AS Two Young pilgrims ,,wenltheir way
They stumbled where an oyster lay;
Boil, forward ieapd 10 take the PRIZE
And almost ale il with their eyes.
One said /" the fish first di'! sec,
And therefore it belongs to me- J"
Toihis, The ollerrosre re,l,rnea''
Willie all his pliz witt, fury burned
ooh Goul how cansl ibon call that lhine' ..
Whicl, Is,nct first? Tis plainly mine.
Buff another word YOU spcak,-J
III smash you slrais np"n your check.
His words were followed byablow, za
yYihfu,y aimed right a,'his foe.
Full many punch, full many a lick,
Full many scratch, full many akick,
They both received, but shall I tell
VIVA, oilers have described SO well,
Think il will suffice to say, Co... 80 ~
Tbat long and bloody was their fray y5>r.
Faint with their wounds and s,rnckwi' shame.
IA truce" They both al once e1claim;
"Sincc in this poin, wc cantasre M 49,
Well leave il to the firstwe see.'' -. 8.
Thus MS they talk kthc subject Der, ~
a lawyer struts their eyes beiure.
TO him, the matter is referred. -. t...-
And when both sides are fully heard, ..,....,, :
To see the fish the lawyer5asked; .4qs ~
They handed it with eager haste.
He swallowed it before their eyes. - -g
The clodpolesviewcd i,nisiti surprise.
They lick iheir lips, undwidely gape,
Astonished al the dire mishap;; = ,zS -
Theiudge, as pompous as lord, ~
Pronounced, the jury doth award, - :
To you my homes, friends the III 81! she'll
So getyou gone, aud think it well
Thatyou're mot stripped, e'enof your hides, s
And of your very lives besides. i.f-
Rememberlhis, 10 sueis vain,
Thc clients loose, the lawyers gain, gL.@9
The TaIladega tlla:1 Reporter, states
that "JoHNF II. PETERS, indicted for.
Forgery in Tallapoosa CouGly, and ar,
rested in Charleston by a requisilion
from the Governor Of Ibis State, was
brough, before Judge Stone, on last
Fridoy,by a wri: Of habeas corpus and
admitted TO balm he sum of 81, ,o00,.
Bail has not yet been given. ."S:5s2 ;.yz55sa IS
An Abolition conysnlion was held at
Columbus, Ohio. lasl week. and Samuel