Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-04-14
a DRUNKARD ON FIRE.

following account OF a young man, about
Is years Of age:
IHe had been an habitual drinker for
S many years. / saw him about nine
& o'clock in the evening on which it hap
pcned he was then as full as usual
81 not. drunk, but full Of liquor. About
eleyeno'clock the same. evening, ! was
called in 10 see him. found linn
literally roasted, from the crown OF lils
head to the soles fshis feet lie was
found in a blacksmith shop just across
s from where he had been. The owner,
all Of a sudden, discovered an extensive
lipht 10 his shop, as though the whole
building was in one general fame.-He
ran with great precipitancy. and, on
throwing open the door, discovered a
man standing erect in the midst OF a
widely extended silver-colored fame,
bearing, as he described it, exactly the
-, appearance of the burning candle in the
midst of its own flame. He seized him
(the drunkard by the shoulder, and
4 ierked him to the door, upon which the
flame was Instantly ex,inguished. There
was no fire in the shop, neither was
there possibility Of any fire having
been communicated TO him from any
external source.-I, was purely case
Of spontaneous ignition. A general
sloughing soon come on, and his flesh
was consumed or removed in the press
sing, leaving the bones and few OF the
larger blood vessels (; the blood, neVer>
theless rallied around the heart, and
maintained the vital spark until the
thirteenth day, when he died, not only
the most loathsome, ill-fealured, and
dreadful picture that was ever presented
TO human view, but his shrIeks, his
proans, and his lamentations, also, we're
enough 10 rend heart of adamant. He
complained Of no pain ofbody ;his flesh
was gone. He said he was suffering
the torments Of hell-that he was just
upon the threshold, and would soon
enter its dismal caverns; and in this
flame of mind lie gave up the ghos'.
Oh! the heath of drunkard Wei.
may il be said to beggar all description !!
/ have seen other drunkards die, but
never in manne, SO awful and affect
ing" &c.
"If YOU had always avoided rum,"
said wealthy, though NOT intelligent
grocertohis Incorporate neighbor, 'your
early habits Of indu,ry and Intellectual
abilities would have placed you in my
station, and you would now ride in your
own carriage"
t,And If you had never sold rum for
mi me I to b1y,n replied the bacchanal, "you
would have been my driver. z.s
TIE one price 1doern.-A tavern
was Kept some years since at the mouth.
ofthe Cumberland river, wherc many
persons stopped to get boat, up or
down. B I,was conducted on The ins,lr
4 ance prineipl n registering your
name; a,rll YOU paid ten dollars down. fla
boat came the moment after, bound your
way, you reclaimed no part of your
money and on the contrary, no more
was exac,ed of you, ifyou had to remain
month, which in former years, at GER
tain seasons, was sometimes the case.
The landlord kept good tavern, was
Jolly old fellow, and got rich.
Cheap Matrimony.-A Baptist cler.
gyman in New York, few days since,
performed the marriage service for a
happy couple, and was rewarded by the
bridegroom at his departure, with small
parsel, carefully done mp, which. no ex-
animation, was found to contain four
cents.
A Nice Question Settled.-The De-
batting Society offspring Garden recent
", after ve,y amin ted discussion on
the question. "Whe,her gal has a right
10 Say no before she is axed," decided,
by nearly unanimous vote, that "she
kaint."
GtaSS.-itlS is difficult 10 what per-
fec,ion the manufacture Of glass may be
brought. AMI TO what purposes tho arii-
Gle may yet be applied. The balance
spring Of a chronnme'er is now made Of
glass, as a substitute for steel, and poss-
esses greater degree of elasticity and
greater power Of resisting the alterna-
lions Of hea, and cold. A chronomeler
viii, glass balance spaiFg was sent 10
the North Sea, and exposed to COM
petition with nine other chronometers
and the result the experiment was
report in favor Of the chronome,er with
the glass spring. ).
Bilious Cholic. The following re-
cipe has never been known TO fail, it's
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