Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-05-23

h"dHcleS did not keep pace win lile de'
mands made on his pocket, and whose
scorn of honest labor was immensely y un
fayorablel 10 their being legilima'ely lilIet
borrowed an old pistol one day, wher
poverty had driven him to an extremity
andlook TO The highway, determined tc
rob the first man he could conveniently
meetfwho was likely TO have heavy
purse.
a. jolly old farmer came jogging
along, and Pat put him down instantly
as a1party who possessed those requisites
he stood SO much in need of himself.
Presenting the pistol, he ordered the
agricnllurist 10 stand and deliver!'
Tie poor old fellow forked owe" some
fifty dollars; bu, finding Pat something
Of a green horn, begged five 10 take
him .home-a distance of about half a
mile, ,'by the way. The request was
complied with, accompanied with a pa>
tronislng air. Old Acres and Rods was
a knowing onr. Eycing the pistol, he
asked Pat he would sell it.
SIS it sell my pistol; sowl an its that
same ll,ing I'll bo after DUNG. What
will ye be ahher giving for itl'
give you this FIVE dollar bill for it.
'Rone and done and done's enough
between two gentlemen. Down wild The
duSf, ,and here's the tool for yer.'
Tic bargain was made by immediate
transfer. The moment the farmer got
The petronel, he ordered Pat TO shell
out; and pointing the pistol, threatened
10 blow his brains out if TO refused.
Pat locked at him with comical leer,
and buttoning his breeches pockets, sung
out -;
BLOW away ould boy! d take
the bit Of powdher's in it,
We believe The old man never told
the last part of the story, only once, and
that was by the purest accident. Pat
made of, and "once away for ever
away" has since been his motto.
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QIcK ON THE sTRIGGER.-"You You will
Mr. L4anE1.
well, as hu led us through his school the
other day, "lhat the boys are required
to display the utmost attention to quiet
ness and discipline, and in short lime
become even divestcd of that most an
noying disposition to tease each other; in
short. they soon settle down IN all The
gravity Of mature years, under the
whole some system | have introduced" :"
We at this moment arrived in front
Of several boys who were standing around
bucket of water, and one had just
charged his mouth witls the contents Of
lin cup, while the old gentleman was
STOPPING 10 recover his pea from the floor
when another passing along behind,
snapped his fingers quickly beneath
the drinkers ear, and caused him by "A
sudden star, to eject the contents Of his
mouth over the pedagogue's bald pate.
Starting upright, with his hair and face
dripping, the master shouted:
"Who done that u
Tho party UNANIMOUSLY cried oul
-"Jim Gun, sir"
Jim Gun, you rascal, what did you
do that for 2'
Jim, appalled, at the mischief he had
done, muller.d out tha' il was not his
fault, but That Tom Owens had snapt
him.
This changed the direction Of old
Lambwell's wrath, anil shaking his arm
porlenlously over Ovens head, he ask
ed.
''Did you snap Cunt"
The culprit, trembling with fear, mur-
mured-
"Yes, sir, Isnapt Gun, but I didn't
know he was ioaded"
TAKING IT CooLLY ON A BRIDAL
NlGHT.-The greatest case of a bridal
night that we ever read of WAS tina, Of
Prince Galizin, of Russia. in tho last
century. The Prince having turned
Catholic, tho Czafina Anne, among
other ways of furnishing him for what
she considered apos,acy, condemned
him TO marry woman from among the
lowest class Of the people, took the
happy couple, 10 the famous Ice Place,
near the Neva. and compelled them TO
pass the night in bed composed who'll
ly Of ice.
A coltun factory is about 10 be erected
in Mobile by John Bloodgood Esq. one Of
the most enlerprising capitolsts Of laat
pleasant city. The Herald says that The
building will be 36 feet by 100. and three
stories high. The machinery will consist
Of 1000 to 1900 spindes. looms aud all the
necessary fixtures for spinning and weav-
lug coarse cotton fabrics.-Co. Telegraph.
"Father, what does the printer live
on 2"
"Why, child 7"
"Because, you said you hadn't paid
! him for Two wears. and you still take