Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1851-04-03

there was nobody but boy in atten.
dance, when 10! who should come in first
but tall, well.dressed Quaker gentle.
man, who had been attracted thither by
the "yearly conference" The Friend
looked about for q moment, and then
turning to the boy, inquired
"Boy, does thee make any lemonade z"
"Certainly, sir-a great deal"
"Well, make me glass. Take that
largest tumbler."
Boy mixes ingredients, and pours in
water about half full.
"Stop-leave a vacancy. Has thee
any old French brandy?"
eyes, sir"
"Well, pour thee till I tell thee to STOP"
The boy done so.
"Stopp exclaimed the Quaker, in due
time. elias thee any good Jamaica
rum9'
"No, sir"
"Any Santa Cruzs :"
eyes"
"Well, pour till I tell thee STOP"
It was done, and the boy mixed the
contents of the tumbler, which was brim-
full, in the usual mode, our Quaker friend
raised it to his lips, and poured down in
one continuous stream the whole car.
rangement." without the interruption of a
breath. Then, with a look of satisfac.
ton to the inner man, which on such oc-
casions, is seen but not described, he sat
down his glass, and inquired what was to
pay. He paid, and turned to 60 away,
but stopped as if he had forgotten some
thing, Just as he reached the door, and
casting an eye to the fountain of refresh
ments from which he had imbibed the ex-
hilirating beverage, he exclaimed
clad, thee's a very small boy, but
thee does make a agr-gr.great lemonade Z"
THEoLoe1cAD.-Mr. Jas. Rees, we'll
known street preacher in Cincinnati, was
accosted by would.be wag the other
day, and questioned as follows:
"Do you believe what the Bible says
about the prodigal son and the fatted
calfl"
Certainly I do"
"Well, can you tell me whether the
calf that was killed was male or fe-
male calf!"
eyes, it was female calf"
"How do you know that"
"Because,' said Beardy, looking the
chap in the face, "I see the male is alive
now."
"W1rE," said a broker, few day
since, edo you ever think l shall be worth
fifty thousand dolars9"
"Ain't worth that to you?" said the
con6ding spouse.
"Y.e.s," hesitatingly replied the other
half "but l can't put you out at interest"
AN HONEST H1BERNIAN had come far
to see Niagara, and, while he gazed upon
it, friend asked him if it was not the
most wonderful thing he had ever seen
to which he replied: "Never bit,
man-neyer bit. Sure, it's no wonther
at all that the wather should fall down
there, for I'd like to know what could
hinther it, but it's mig ghty quare, though
I'm thinking, how the mischief it ever
got up"
AN IR1suMAN's WILL will and
bequeath to my beloved wife Bridget, all
my property without reserve, and to my
oldest son Patrick one half of the remain
der, and to Dennis my youngest son, the
rest.-If anythink is left, it may 60 to
Terence M'Carty, in sweet Ireland"
"HAHs, where is the horse Z"
6" He proke der stable in two-kicked
the traces open, and run around de lamp
post NIT the corner grocery-llke de
devils"
An OLD SOLDIER was contaminated
for drunkenness the offence was clearly
proved, and the cul prit was called upon
for his defence. 1t was short, simple, and
successful:
"Does the court think that Unkle Sam
hires all the cardinal virtues for seven
dollars a month"
A GROCER advertises in the Burlington
Sentinel in the following manner: Hams
and seears, smoked and unsmoked, sold
by A. S. Dewey -
A Coon RULE.-Whenever you enter
an apartment occupied by another indi-
vdual, if the door is closed before you
enter, close it after. If, on the contrary,
it stands invitingly open, let it remain so.
IT WILL be found that there are five
Sundays in February once in twenty