Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-12-29

I lOm DOQy 10 Oouyi sue esdtsleOgtf1.g10nnd
him-dead. Kneeling over his corpse
she endeayored to:raise il, but finding
|liie.exlinct she.gaye utterance TO sshrieks
and lamentations truly touching 10 hear:
Her all had fallen: She continued. 10
remain on the field 3(under tie fire of
the, enemy,) until:Iiists tslir.less bod = was
carried of, which She followed inSIHe
deepest grief:8 Suchis atfsctionate wos
man. s''s,5;. -
"sTOP THAT HORSE !''ssSs;fsS5i
a regular joker: Of our city, one who
enjuysa a bit of fun. heartilysas anybody
else-found himself, muchto his aston-
lshment, in rather a tight place the
other days. &.
A;country merchant rode up 10 the
established where he is located on Main
street, not mile from Third, and hitch:
ing his horse to the post stopped id to
get bill of a lot of goods he had puri
chased. Our friend, who is,a litllsgiy.
en- to absence of mind had Gccasionstd
go up to the region Of the Court house,
land concluding The owner had stopped
to purchase bill Of goods, he mounted
the horse and rode away, pfesuming he
voaId be back long beforethe3 owner
won!d have occasion sto use the beast:
He had scarcely progressed a dozen rodsa
when the country an, having secured
his bill, came out to start for home2;s
looking around, se1claime d-
s$a Where lie ID Iis:my forse., .
z Ss' Your ho,se il gone ~ said the,
merchant.
$50 Certainly hitched him 10 iliiis;
post ssssssIs
-: Dear me, ect that crazy mals:
whom you shaye On a bout 3Rsre,, must
|ine sss
49, Graz yman =, & 81
~ Yes, there she goes iow-d'' ye YOU. i
sesshim on the Top Of ti.e. Till, Just topposF
site Plat Evans. = .13ss
s'.sY Yes, that's nv horse;;' and off the:
countryman started. his coat tails streams;
ing, like banners in; the wind. *:
By the time he reached Plat Eyans,s
the: horse and rider were about opposite
the Malt House, and finding tho sidel.
val k obsfucled by TOO many people, he
dashed into the middle Of the street and
smartly accelerated:his pace. When he:
next caught sighttof his nag, he yelled
out-
"stop that horse Stop that horse =,
Seeing there was something wrong, sew
eral juined the chase, and not many mo.
menls elapsed before some twenty per- .
sous were in full tilt after the fugitive.
The latter was can,ering along very
quietly, when he heard the shouts Of his :
pursuers! .ses y
"Stop the horse Stop the theft
he's crazy!-S,op him!
The gentlemanwho had borrowed The
animal stopped ihe animal and turned.
BY this time he was surrounded by
about a hundred persons. with not one
ofwhom he was acquainted.
!" Come down ofthat horse,' said the /
countryman, putting and blowing like 4
porpoise. '+' -. si:s..;.: s,
Don't be in a hurry" said the irfder
quite coolly, "whal'sthe matter2'' j
"Matter enough. / want my horse So
" Well, there's, no occasion for allsthFs
(uss-goback to the store, pdibe there !
il Eve ninules. (" u ~
"Yuu. don't fool.'me-I know You. :
Genllemen,'' said the ownerofthe beast, :
to the crowd, s" this man iis /.
crazy-lheytold me so, he's stark mad. . . s
/" Crazy put ID jackass-get !.
ont of The way, or I'll ride over yon.n 8
He couldn'tp1t hls threat into .exeeuv
ion, for by this time three or four pels
sons had hold Of the bridle.:ssf - /
(" You see gentlemen he's crazy as a :.
march hare--iake himyoff.' f.''s 'ssS
- Pm not crazy at all, Pm internally.
nad-just let.me get hold Of you and and
you - .;:s.ss :: 4 ~ ~
As As he jumped from. the horse, two or.
hree caught holdsofs him and held hiss,
as', Whllathe country merchant nount-
d his nag and :roaeiof'fin triumph. -
ln5abundant mercywe draw tiie cur
ain.-The crazy man was seen coming,
down Mainlstreet a few minutes AFTER
ooking like one iwho;had beenprofound-e s.
y astonished. and Smulteting s..;
$, Crazy, hey! well, that was a $d-ds Z
smart lrick.in somebody -: y
He hasn't been knoWn,to to borrow a
n lorse, since that memorable day, willis:
,nt especial permission from the owner liasi i. !.
hereof Cincinnati Sandav NEeus.s