Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-02-21

,....l, IlI,.so VI cIuuuS looming up III
the west.
An unusual stiffness prevaded the atmos.
phere rs often proceeds the violence OF Il
thunderstorm; at that moment Il sharp re-
port of the discharge Of fire arms rang upon
the stiffness of the scene; this was so i'm
mediately followed by peal of thunder
and vivid tightening, that tue report seemed
to be but one and the same.
A noble horse, trembling in every nerve,
gallopped wildly up the road to the door
where Jessie and her father stood.
He was at once recognized by the daugh-
ter as one usually ridden by young Morris,
her accepted lover, to whom she was engag
ed soon to be married.
was staying for Il few days at the home
stand, having professional business in the
vicinity, when this event happened. Morris
had been shot from his horse and was found
4 short distance from the rocks.
We carried him to the homestead, where
at the hour of midnight, with the hand OF
his Jessie clasped in his own, the spark of
life fled forever from his manly form.
The assassin was found struck lifress by
the electric stroke, in the moment Of his
crime.
The veil Of mystery has hung over the
event from the moment of its occurrence
The motive which prompted the dead--the
revenge Of the dark visaged homicide--wil
only be reveied in the day when the mur-
derer and the victim shall stand face to face
before the Judge Of the Universe.
4 WIFgLEss HUsBANp.-Not long since
two gentlemen from neighboring city came
to Detroit with the intention OF marrying
the same lady. Each was supported BY his
particular friends, and the prospects of either
were hattering. While one of the galants
was seated in the back parlor, Sin clover" "
enjoying the society OF the afiauccd and
her fathers family, the rival was shown into
the front parlor, and the atfianced called to
greet him as her prospective lord. The
unsuspecting innocent in the back parlor
awaited impatcntly for the lady's return,
and, upon inquiring, found she had gone to
Egner's for refreshments, and, much to his
chagrin, with his rival The couple were
absent some time-long enough to call at
Rev. Mr., and be made one blood and
one flesh. The joke was too good to be
told, and on returning to The house the sue.
cessful candidate bid his bride good night,
and returned to his hotel, saying that he
would come in the morning, claim his bride,
aud take her to her future home. Morning
came, and the groom, ever faithful presented
himself at his father in.iaw's house, where
he was confronted by the mos: intimate
FREUD OF his rival, who cooly informed him
that the lady, his wife, had recousidered.-
Her parents refused to parmit the husband
TO take his lawfnl wife, and the wife hersrll
refused to acknowledge his authority. The
husband was petrifed-was married, and
yet had no wife-tried persuasion in vain
got mad and went home wfeless. The
rival was equally in n 4" fix" and equally
chagrined Both returned to their homes
convinced that "you're not always sure oil
your game when you've tried it t".-Detroit
Adv, Jan. 5.
y barber in Vermont is reported to have
three razors of extraordinary power, the
first is SO sharp that it goes alone; the sec.
Qnd has to be held back and the third cuts
about a quarter Of an inch before the edge
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