Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1853-11-30
EDGEFIELD, s..r6., NOVEMBER 80, 1853.

( some degree lightetAle remorse which shall
be yours for other ems to know that never
wantouIy have youenraged the respect due
to the "old onaHp-Harrisburg Tele'
graph ss
Go out bencathSlIn arched heaven in
nights profound glosm, and say, if you can
:" There is no Godp Pronounce that
dread blaspheiny, a;iaeach star above will
reprove YOU for your unbroken darkness Of
iniellect-every voice chat floats upon the
night winds will beWail your utter hopeless.
ness and despair. ee5aaere no God! Who,
then, unrolled that blue scroll, and threw
upon its high lrontisPiere the legiblc gleam-
ings of mmorality3- fashioned the
green earth, with.ilsperpetua rolling waters
and its expanse Of Island and main Who
paved the heavens with clouds, and attuncd
amid banners OF stoT71sshe voice Of tllundcrs
and unchanged the lightning that lnger and
lurk and flash in their sloom9 Who gave
to the eagle snfe eshti., where the tempest
dwell and beat strongest, and to the dove a
tranquil abode amid tie forests that ever
echo to the minstrelsy: of her moan !-Who
made thee, oh man TItb thy perfect elegance
of intellect and formi-Who made light
pleasant to thee, aud the darkness covering
and herald to theafifst flashes of the morn.
ing? Who gave pSfeE chat matchless SYM
merry of sinews andslmb. That regular flow
OF blood? The irrepressble and daring pas
sion of ambition Aud yet the thunders Of
heaven and the waters Of earth are calmed !
Are there no foods, '=that man is not
swept under deluge? They remain, but the
bow of reconciliation stands out above and
beneath them.---And i:Hwere better that the
limitess waters and the strong mountains
were convul<ed and comninglod together
it were better that the very stars were con-
Aagrated by freor shrouded in eternal gloom,
than that one soul should be lost, while Mer-
cy knces and pleads for it beneath the altar
of intercession.
IL the good old times, "when the Ply
mouth colony" WAS truly the land Of
steady habits" there occasionally sprung up
a volatile fun.loving; character, whose habits
and disposition for1lsd,a strong contrast with
the upright and conscientious bearing of the
old and formal Puritans. An anecdote Of
two farmers Of this class, living near each
other, will afford al, apt illustration of the
text: 80
One was possessed of some dozen fine
sheep, who haviis5a decided antipathy to
confinement, wouldtrespass on the enclosure
of their neighbor. He having caught them
siia,a,.A- of hasa -.s;eisrac,s datas,aialdta,iu
fict summary vengeance on them, and their
owner. With this intention, he proceeded to
catch them, and running his knife through
one Of their hind legs, between the tendon
and the bone, Immediately over the knee
joint, and put the other leg through the hole.
In this condition the whole flock decamped,
leaving one quarter less tracks than when
they came.
The feeder of tler> sheep kept his eyes
open; and soon after his neighbor's hogs
having broken into his enclosure, he took
advantage of this opportunity for retaliation,
by cutting their mouths, from ear to ear.
In this way the for.footed grunters-rather
chop-fallen, as ma. pposed-madc their
way back to theirDwn quarters. The owner
of the swine madehis appearance in great
rage, declaring tInt his hogs were ruined,
and that he shouldhave redress. His neigh
Dor made answer hat he was not the cause
-" for" said he. (" the fact is my friend, |
didn't cut open tim are hogs mouths, but
seein' my sheep rulnin' about on three legs,
they split their moths laughing.
N. Y. Dutchman.