Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-04-11
Jus, as good fiddler as ever draw'd q bow"
1TELtNGE.

propriae. Our supposilion was entirely erroneous.
The only thing we found, which even squinted To-
wards The business in hand, was scrip of paper with
the following memoranda scratched upon it in very
rude and lnartstic manner:
/. RAILROADS AGAIN.
9. GRANITEvILLE AND Mr. GREGG.
g. THE EDIToR's" LEADER"
4. PETIGRU's GRAFTON, &c.
5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This We suppose was the bill Of fare $50 far as de.
termined upon) for present number and, although
we cannot we'll imagine what we shall say, yet re-
garding it to be duly to say something under each
of these captions proceed to The task with dill
dent heart nervous hand, hut first rate steel pen
l-RAILROADS AGAIN.
Again and again have we descanted upon Rail-
roads and their advantages. Again and again have
we written about the iron horsa with breast of brass
and main Of smoke. Again and again have we al
tempted to exlort our people into Railroad fever.
And, again aud again, have our Railroad articles
failed of success. So much so, that we very near
vowng never 10 write on Railroads again. And. if
that amt sticking text, don't know what is.
2-GRANITEVILLE G. GREGG.
These TWO words, being the names Of Edgefeld's
hourishing manufacturing Village and of the distn-
guished founder thereof both begin with G. This,
to our humble view, is eminently suggestive OF The
fact, that there TWO very expressive English mono
syllables beginning with The same letcr-we mean
great and good The application need not be pointed
out.
3.-TIIE EDITORS "LEADER."
Our private opinion is that the Editors Leader"
as they call it, is just about the dulest lart of
newspaper. In times of peril and excitement, wi EN-
momentous questons bearing upon the home rights o,
the reader re 10 be discussed and determined, they
are admirable affairs these "leaders, provided they
lead us along the hgh.road Of honor and principle
But this eternal round Of dull prosy, specnaory dis
sertation upon such matters as the Eastern Cues.
ton in all its changing phases, or the "Adnlnistrn-
tion" with its whims and caprices, or Know Moth
ingism'' with lis pershable absurdities-such rs lhis,
we say, is n,oleable Give short, racy paragraphs
all The time, unless you have some truths to evolve
bearing directly upon our rights and interests,
That is a right tight paragraph, Colonel, but We
always cndeavor to speak plainly the honest convc
tons Of our heart.
4-FETIGRU'S GRAFTON, &c
Not having been honored with copy of this pro-
ducton, and not finding the Editors copy in his
drawer we beg TO be excused from perpetrating
criticism 1t is perhaps well, both COR Mr.. PETIGRU
and ourself that such is the Because, whenever
We call to mind the drawling aec,ation Of his nasal
twang, we feel as though it would be good thin. if
somebody would fairly jerk the hide of of him. This
we should be tempted to do in the matter Of his
ton. The next thing of course would be rerly from
Mr. PETIGRU. Then would follow rcoindcr from
us--,hen q rebutter from Mr.. PErrIGRU and SUBJ
rebu,ter from US. And 50 the public would at length
be glad enough when Mr.. PETIcRUand ourself should
reach the end of our controversy. Taking this view
of the matter say it well both for Mr.. PETIGRU
and oursef land we may add, the reading public Of
the United Stales,) that the said Mr.. PErIGRU's said
Grafton is not before US.
5-ACKNOWLEDGNIEN
Now here we are somewhat fusterated. What the
Editor meant acknowledge, it is impossible for US
TO tell, having clue TO his sins of omission and
commission. We suppose therefore that We must
make clean breast in our own individual case. Here
goes:
Gentle reader on Monday night last it so happened
that We were left alone in the establishment known
as the Advertiser Office" Searching about, as is
our custom when left alone and unoccupied we found
under heap Of literary matter little old black
chunck bottle about half full Of real gocd r. G. whis
key,-deposited there, we suppose, by the Editor for
his own individual use. Blessing our luck, we drank
health after health to the God Of Solitude, until at
length, 10 our amazement and confusion, the room
began to turn around, the old press was multiplied
into half dozen, there were ten candles where only
one stood before, and every thing else underwent
similar transmogrifcation Suffice it to say that, for
the first time since last Christmas, we were tight.
And, hoping to be excused by the cold man" and
every body else, we hereby acknowledge the corn"