Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-04-25
aTHE MAJOR"

We were mnclI amused the other day
with the MAJORS story OF his first ad
venture in jewellery. In due lime, the
Major got married, as all young folk:
are bound to do; and in course Of more
time he found himself in New Orleans
with an exna lihndred dollars in hi.
pocket. Determined 10 do things up
handsomely in the way Of presenting
his wife with some costly present, he
marched into Hyde & G oodlich's store,
resolved 10 spend thirty or forty dOIIals
for uinkets, under the delusion that a
sum SO enormous. would buy "eyery-
thing and more too. The ever alten.
tive clerk waited on his summons, and
handed outa variety Of "lhe low price, y
varying from one 10 two fifty. The
"Majol". examined the assortment with
a. critical eye, felt Of his forty dollars,
and with ,grandiloquent air, ordered
something expensive,. fancying that it
would leach up as high as "ulree tens. "
The clerk placed upon the glass case
two small morocco covered boxes, which
upon being opened, presented a variety
OF necklaces and finger rings. The
'"Major" eyed the collection in very
critical manner, and said lie would take
''the largest box," demanding the plicc
while pulling out his wallet.
'You cam" said the clerk with SOL
emaity. shave that boz for len thousand
dollars"
Internally, "the Major" felt astonish-
ed outside he was as cool as cucumber,
the pIicehad gone "over his pile" and his
expectations, just nine hundred and
seventy-fve dollars. With a sang
froia that sunk into the heart of the
clerk, he said.
ISIS lllat,he highest priced jewellery
you.have in your s,ore7" :,
The clerk said sit was:just then"
SWELL" drawlrd the Major waving
his hand something iu The style ofJulius
Caesar, "lhis dom, cost enough TO suit
me-" and with a swing ofgrandcur he
lett The store.
That night the clerk Of Hyde g. Good
rich's stated that there was man in town
s.i.h- seyerakh hundred millions. and won
scrudtor. ----''--1-a-z A>'''' '"--h.an-.
CoUnrsurp AMONG THE TNDlANs.-
George Copwsy, the educated Indian,
who delivered two or three lectures in
this city, thus describes the manner Of
of courtship and marriage among the
Chippewas:
"He said there was no courtship done
by The young people; .ha, was done by
The parents years beforehand, and it Of.
ten came rather against the grain with
The young people. When llle day come
The ceremony was performed by the
chief, consisting Of lecture to the young
couple, and a feast, after which they
we're considered as man and WIFE
Bu, among the tribes Of the Wes, there
were many very curious ceremonies
connected with courlship and marriage.
One way of getting wife was as fol-
lows: When ayoung Indian fell in
love with any Of the daughters oflhe
village, he would 90 and sit down with
in few yards of her, keeping strict
silence all the while; in few moments
he would get up and go away; this he
repeated six or seven times, coming
nearer to her every time: Al last lie
sits by her side; if she makes no move
ment of displeasure, then he has hopes.
He sits by her several times in this man
ner, and at list pops le question by
pu,linghis hand on her hand, and she
accepts him by placing her hand over
the other TWO. Al this time he takes
care not to say word. and sho Likewise;
but after the question is popped; then
the "works of fhoney" are implied, and
they soon become man and wife:
SHORT, SHORTER, SHonTEsT.-Ihe
dispatches Of General Taylor were shor'
Ills speeches shorter, and the following
letter of his, shortest. During the
Florida war, one Of ihe minor officer.
who had charge of the forage addressed
10 Gen. Taylor a noie in these words
Sir-In obedience 10 my instructions
from the quaitermasler at Tampa,
have put all the horses and mules upon
short allowance; must the staff horses
form an exception TO this rulel
To which the following letter wa:
responsive:
"No. Z. TAYLoR."
A miller who attempted to be witty
at the expense ola youth Of week in.
tellect. accosted him thus: