Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-08-22

VOL. xx...-N03.9 - -
THE PHYs1cIAN:-Here is tribute, weh
deserved, to q profession. to which society
owes vast debt: -. !: -,
"No class Of men in the regular discharge
Of duty incur danger more frequently than
the honest physician. There is no type Of
malignant maladies with which he failsito
become acquainted; no hospital so crowded
with contagion that he dare not?walk freely
through its wards. His :yocatioHis IS among
the sick and dying; he is the familiar friend
of those who are sinking under infections
disease; and he never shrinks from the hor-
ror of observing it under all its aspects. .Hs
must do so with equanimity; as be inhales
the poisoned. atmosphere, he must cody re.
feet on the medicine which may mitigate The
sufferings that lie cannot remedy. Nag
after death has ensued, he must search with
bis dissecting knife, for its hidden cause, Il
so by multiplying his own perils he may
discover some alienation for the a6iictionf of
others. And why is thiss Because the
physician is Indifferent TO deathg Because
he is steeIed and hardened against the tear
of it? Because he despises or ypretends..to.
despise it! By no means. Itishis especial
business to value life to cherish The least
spark of animated existence. Andth habit
Of caring for the lives Of bis fellow men is,
far from leading him to an: habitqar ipdifer:
ence to his own. The. physician shnns
every danger but such as the glory Of his
profession commands him to defy
SOME old genius gives the following:e1-
cellent advice to those young men&sstto'
depend on father" for their support, and
take no interest whatever in business, but
are regular drones in the hive, suhsisting eSi
that which is earned by others. 80. 90.
"Come, off with your coat, clinch the saw
the plow handles, the axe, the pick.axe, the
spade-anything that will enable you to stir
your blood! Fly round and tear your jacket
rather than be the passive recipient OF the
old gentleman's bounty! Sooner than play
the dandy a. dads expense hire yourself oft
to some potatoe patch, let yourselves 70 stop
hog holes, or watch the bars; and when YOU
think yourself entitled to.a resting spell do
it on your own hook. Get up.in the morn
ing--turn round at least twice before break
fast-help the old gentleman-give lin how
and then generous lift in business -lesrn
'how.to take the lead, and not,depends for
ever on being led: and you have mo idea
how the discipline will benefit you. syo
.sthis, and ouEs word 5esit, ypu. will ssesMstos
.hresth ataapss naS.::
frame, tread anew earth, wake ito q new
destny-and you may then begin to aspire
to manhood. Take of, then, <thatring from
your lilly finger, break your cane, shave
your upper lip, wipe your nose, hold up
your head, and, by all means. never again
eat the bread of idleness, nor depend, on
,fatherw ..@i
:. FAsH1oS-WAAr SHE DoEs.-Fashion
rules the world, and most tyrannieal mis-.
tress she is, compelling people to submit to
the most inconvenient thingsimaginable, for
fashions sake. -.
She pinches our feet with tight shoes, or
chokes US with tight neckerchief; or
squeezes the breath out of our, body by tight
lacing. -
She makes people.set up at night when
they ought to be in bed, and keeps the,nin
bed in the morning when they ought to be;np
and doing.
She makes it vul gar to wait on ourselves.
and genteel to live idle and useless H..
She makes people visit when they would
rather stay at home, eat when they are not
hungry, and drink wherthey are not thirsty.
She invades our pleasures and interrupts
our business.
She compels people to dress galy, !wheth.
er upon their property or that ofsothers;
whether agreeable to the word Of God, or
the direction of pride. ,a....
She ruins health and produces sickness, de-
stroys life and occasions death. - 2
She makes foolish parents, invalids ':os
children, and servants of all.
She is tormentor of conscience, des-
poiler of morality, and enemy to religion
and no one can be her. companion and enjoy
either. =: ,.& i.
INGENIOUS RAscAL1TY.-A wine merchant
in Paris recently received a. note as follows:
Sir,-For some time you have been rob-
bed, at retail; We have now resolved to rob
YOU by wholesale. now hereby notify you
that tomorrow night, should you not adopt
measures to prevent it, your cellar will be
entirely drained.
Sacre! cried the merchant, and lie loaded
his pistols, and at the appointed night heide-
scended into the cellar, and seated himself
between two wine casks. Everything in the
cellar remained safe, but on returning home
in the morning, he found every room 10 bis
house rifed, and all Of his plate, money aud
clothes purloined. he>thieves had persua-
ded him to take care of his cellar while they
should rob his house. ~
A culprit being asked what he had to say
why sentence Of death should Rot be- pro-
nounced upon him, replied that:he had moth
ing to say, as there had been quite too much
said about it already.
MEN doat on this world. as though it
were never to have an end, and neglect the
other, as if it were never to hayesa begin
ming. -.
Or COURSE SoT.-Young ladies' should
never object to being kissed by Priatets:
they should make every allowance Tor The
freedom of the Press'