Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-02-07

latter, in Russia, Which proved SO disas.
trous 10 the French army.
WHAT is A BABY?
Tire following is apostscript of let
ter to the editor OF the Knickerbocker :
P. s.-Whoop! hurrall! light upon
the world again! Where are you my
fine editor? Did I ever talk 10 dust
/ and ashes? Oh! sir, / died multitude
| nousIy. Every aerve, that didn't try TO
struggle ME in that utterance, lied. No,
sir, let ne tell you that its a great world
that can't be beat. Talk of the stars
and q. a.belter world; but don't invite ME
there yet. Oh, no, this morning is quite
TOO beautiful to leave, and besides, l had
rather stay, If only 10 thank God little
longer for this glorious light, pure air,
that can echo back my loudest t,gsrah.
And then, my boy7-but hav'nt T told
you2 Why, sir, I've got boy "a a.
boy !-.ha, la, I shout it to you-a boy,
fourteen pounds, and the mother great
deal better than can be expected. And
say. Mr.. Editor, IFS mine !-hurrah
and llaIlelnjah, forever!. Oh, sirs>sacll
legs, such arms and such a~lcadi and
oh, he has his mothers lips. could
kiss then forever, and then, sir, look at
his feet, his hands, his chin, his eyes,
his everything; in fact-so "perlectly
o. K" give joy, sir, you needn't either,
Pm full now-I run over, and they all
say lhat-L run over several, balfkiling
the mother, pulling the doctor by the
nose, and upset 'rolhecary's shop. in
the corner; and then didn't I ring the
tea bell? Didn'tI blow the horn? Didn't
I.dancc, shout, laugh and cry aItogetber2
The, women said they had 10 tie me up
| n'l.belieye: that, but3Wlio is.not 60:
ingio shout up whsnhe has live babyf
You should have heard his lungs, sir, al 4
baTst ffia fand a1nf Fl bis
no. pain-excess of joy, sir, front too
great 'sensation-llle air :Balll Wastsstoo.
sudden, you know. e !, s
Think of all this beautiful machinery,
staring OF at full motion, all his thousand
outside (cclcrs answering TO the touch of
the cool air, the 1ttter and crash, at the
air-ana that curious contfivance of the
eye; looking out wonderfully and bewil-
dercdIy upon the great word, SO glorious
and dazzling to his unknown perceptions
Ills net work Of nerves, his wheels and
pulleys, his air pumps and valves, his
engines and reservoir, and all within
that beautiful fountain, with its jets and
running streams, dasI.ing and colrsing
through the length and breadth, without
a stint or pause, making altogether sir,
! fourteen pounds.
am this day multiplied viii two. Il
am duplicate. lam one of an indcil-
mite series, and there is my continuation.
And you observe, it is not a block or a
buckhead. nor a painting, nor bust,
nor fragment of anything however
beautiful but combination Of all the
arts and sciences in one-painting, me-
chanics, (see him kick) geography, and
the use OF the globes, (see him nurse)
and wilhal he is perpetual motion, a
time piece tia, never.runs down: And
who wound it up! But words, sir, words.
AMERICAN FAnMEas,-Many thou
sanp farmers in New England rear large
families pay all their debts and taxes
promptly, live independently, very well
clothed and comfortably housed and
provided for on farms Of fifty acres
The idea is that these people labor Sc
verely. This is a great mistake. They
.havc much because they waste no time.
With them there is "a place for every
thing. and every thing in its place"
Their horses, cattle, tools and imple-
mcnls, are attended TO with clock-like
regularity. Nothing IS put of till TO-
morrow that can bedone to-day. Econ
omy is wealth and system affords case.
These men arc seldom in a hurry, ex-
cept in harvest time. And in long win.
ter evenings or severe weather, which
forbid employment out door; one makes
corn brocms, another shoes, third is q
carpenter, cooper, or tailor, and one
woman spins, another wcaves, ard .
third plaits "Leghorn bonnets-" And
the families thus occupied are among the
most healthy in the world. 1t is easy
/. with them to reduce their means, if con-
venicnt: or prudent, and to extend theI
means to their wishrs.-Gcncsce Far
Major Charles Stevens, Appraiser o
Customs for Savannah, (Ga.) died at'lha
place on Tuesday last. Maj: S. was al
officer of The U. S. Army during Tue las
war with Great Britain.