Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-12-15
ONE OF DAnzs oWN.-EXTRA-
ORDlNARNCHEESE MILL.

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Two men psgofe Seated at table, il
Nashville d1l lksae ale, and eating crack
ers and cheese ss' conversation G ,urnee
upon large chez sss;s
"That was}a W Il large cheese pre-
sen,cd TO- Gsnes Andrew Jackson.
said one. s:5ssss
"Yes.it weigias nine hundred pounds
and upwards, answefed the other.
"A young gsplls llsmaa who was sitting
reading PaPs M same room, en-
f: "How maslI did yoassay, sir7"
"Ninssahu and upward" an,
swcred tlIeotlier
"Thatassa ataal cas- large as somr
my father nakes jill tIissconnly" was the
young mans,s4epf s.Ias cheese general,
Iy average lsoa ioasaad pounds"
"7wo thousaad sp0unds !" exclaimed
the two strangets,iF perfect astonish-
ment. Why, IIoM does lie manage a
a mik.daiIy so capable Of making such
an enormous cheese? inquired both ST.
multaneously.
Every easily ,"replied the young man.
"He has an extegsilc trough leading
down the side OF large hill on his place
and half way dow1sihere is an immense
vat; the cows are5ailked in the trough,
and the same runs. into this reservoir,
about midway, on itie: side Of the hill
Leaving the strangers to digest his
description, the Young man coolly laid
down his paper and dRalked of. Pre-
sontly the landlord stepped in.
"Do you knowakat young man that
left this5room Jew minutes since 2"
enquircdsone of ftlieasuangers.
"Yessssir." says tses landlord, she is
the son of,a dairyioSSner in this county"
"Whatis risschaacter for truth and
vrraciiya'' inquireHihe stranger. 81:
"Ineyer heard IL doubted, 3 replied
the landlord,
;"M i reason for assing sYoI aysahe
stranger,stsis, that s:he has been telling
us that his father manufactures cheescs
at his dairy in this county, which ave-
rage abou, two thousand pounds in
weight"
81 don't know anything about the
weight Of his cheese" ansu cred the
landlord, "but know that his old man
runs at the bottom Of the hill, on his
place, two saw mills, which are driocn
the ,oholc gear r0und by tile '0hcywhich
runs from his cheese press"
'Will you be so kind as to order US
our horses?" quietly remarked the
lravellcr.-RcrclHe.
Cheese as. Cannon Shot.-The
greatest ammunition that we have heard
Of lately was used by the celebrated
Com. Coe, of The M ,nlevcdean navy,
who, in an engagement with Admiral
Brown, of the Buenos Ayrean service,
fired every shot from his lockers.
sIVhat shall we do, sir 2 asked his
first lieutenant. 'We'vc not single
Slot aboard-ronnd, grape, canister
and double headed, are all gono.'
Powder gone, eh?' asked Coe.
No, sir; got lots Of that yet
'We had dasnsd hard chccse-a
round Dutch one, fol desert at dinner to-
day, do you remember it 2 said Coc.
Il oughtto; lbroke the carving knife
in trying to cut it,.sir.'
Are there any more aboard!
about two dozen. We took 'em
from droger.'
'WilI they go into tho 1S-pound-
ers p
by thunder, Cmmodorc, but that's
the idea. I'll try 'cm,' cried the first
lufT.
And in a few minutes the first of the
old Santa waria, (Coe's ship) which had
ceased entirely, was rc-opcncd, and
Admiral Brown found more short flying
over his head, Directly one of them
struckhis main,masi, and as it did SO,
shattered and flew in every direc-
tion.
'What the devil is that which the cne-
my is firing 2 asked Brown, but nobody
could tell.
Directly another one came in lhroagh a
port and killed too men who were stand
ing near him ; aud then striking the OPP
posite b,,lwarks, burst into flinders.
BY Jove, this is too much this is
some now tangled paixham or other; /
don't like ,'em at all cried Brown !;
and then as four or five more Of them
came slap through his sails, he gave the
order to gill away, and actually backed
out of the fight, receiving parting
broadside Of Dutch cheeses.
This is an actual fact, our informant
was the frs, lieutenant of Goes ship.
Compromise. In the matter of the
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