Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-05-02
NO. IJ.
THRIFT OF THE YANKEE.

In perfectly good humor, the Tusca,
loosa- Monitor, Of the 14th ult., has Civ
Ell the following sketch, which, in itself,
is the highest encomium on the indomi-
table perseverance which. marks our
countrymen
"a mountain Of granite appears rather
lougI, subject to deal with, yet Yam;
kee will burrow into its bowels, and 10 =!
the granite becomes gold in the vaults
of The Commonwealth Bank ia Boston.
A pond of ice presents "A cherries and
chilly prospect to the eye, bul the YAH
kee, nothing dauntcd, will heave up the
crystal masses, and straighlway ihe ice
eliitcrs in diamonds upon the Gosom of
his rosy checked spouse. Wherever the
Yankee Iayeth down his hand, gold
springeih. Into what soil soevcr he
thrustelh his spade, gold sprouteth there
from. In dim twilight by his chimney
corner, lie sittelh meditaling and thoughts
chase one another through his brain,
which thoughts are gold. Various they
are, it may bo. in folm and seeming,
One is but gridiron, another a baby
jumper, and a third a steam engine, but
he wri'eth them all down in the patent
office at Washington, and then putteth
Them in his pocket in good golden eagles
from the mint at Philadelphia.
"But your genuine Yankee coineth
not merely his own sagacious conceits,
tho folIies, the fears, and the errors; of
others, are moreover all gold tol'im. He
fabricatetll mermails and sea serpenrs,
and lockelll up in his iron chest, heaps
of golden credulity. He manufactureth
pill Of chalk and wheaton bread, which
he warranted 10 cure asthma, hydroce;
phaIus, epilepsy, and yellow fever, and
presently buildelh him great house on
lilo banks of the Hudson. When sud-
den deIirium seizetll all the world
prompting them 10 emigIate in floods
nowhere, he quietly mus,ereth his feet
of transports for that destination, or
buildeth railroad in that direction, re- ).
Fafafs Paa a IF pRr pkssrEe h5hey tAe n lis
He erec,elh to himself no castles in the
air, but he diligently aideth his neighboF :
10 do The same, and oil Of the proceeds
grow up to him presently castles upon
the Garth. Such is the Modern Midas
the Midas without the long cars-ihe
cool. acute, sngacious, calculating YAM
kce.''
THEY MADE a MIsTAKE.-Our friends
P-and S-one evening met al the house
OF an acquaintance, to see some young
ladies', for whom both gentlemen rnt,r-
tanned tender feelings. In spirit Of
frolc one Of the young ladies blew oni
the lamp, and our two friends, thinking
it a favorable moment TO make Known
the state Of their feelings 10 the fair OBJ:
jecl of their regard, moved seats al thu,
same instant, and placed themselves as
they supposed by The lady's side; but
she had also moved, and the gentleman
were in reality seated nextto each other.
As our friends could no, whisper without
belraying their whereabouts. they both
gently took, as they thought, the soft
little hand of the cl,armcr; and when ar:
Ter while they ventured to give ten
der pressure, each was ehra ptuIed to
find il returned with an unmislakeabIs
squeeze. II may we'll be imagined that
the moments flew rapidly, in their silent
interchange Of mutual affection. But the
rest wondering at ihe unusual silence of
lhe gentleman, one of them noiselessly
slipped out and suddenly returned with
light-there sat our friends P. and S:
most lovingly squeezing each others
hand-and supreme delight beamihg in
their eyes. Their CONSERVATION and
The ecsiacy Of ihe ladies may be i'm
agined, bnt moi described. Both gentle.
men sOpsd, and P. was afterwards heard
to say that, he thought all the while.
SIS hand felt rd.-Gloucester
Nelos.