Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-05-23

li.s d ia, ,.:l. ~ t., og-a pvst haste and
half bent to look up a speculation. He had
not proceeded far when he met wagoner,
and accosted him thus:
"Good morning, Mr.. Wagner, | wants
to speculate leetle dish mornin wild you"
Z" Well, says" said the WAGNER, how do
you want to speculate" Vel" says the
Dutchman, 81 will pet you fife dollars you
can't guess what my tog's name is. "Call
him up ill look at him, rejoined the wag.
oner. Dutchman: Here Watch, here
Watch, here Watch" the dog trots up, the
wagoner eyes him for a moment and said,
al guess his name is Watch" Dutchman
80 besure, Mr.. Wagner, you has won
him, de monish is yours" aud Hans return.
ed to his old occupation, perfectly satisfied.
One HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS FOR
SETTING A GANDERs LEG.-Dr. S. came to
settle at Bloomfield, half mile north of
what is now Piety Hill, or Birmingham, in
1920, and commenced farming and the
practice Of medicine. A year or two after.
wards, neighbor, as he was then called, a
man who lived about eight miles off, with
whom the doctor was at variance called him
about the middle Of bitter winter night, to
90 to his house and mend broken leg.
The doctor was never backward in obeying
a professional call; and was under way in
short order. Arriving at the place, he found
the patient to be an old gander, who, sure
enough, had broken leg; so he set to work,
made apints and baudages, put his leg in
place, and went home, leaving Mr.. Gander
as comfortable as could be expected. In
due time the owner Of the gander was pre-
sented with a bill of $40, surgical service
which he refused to pay. DR.. S. sued him
before justice, and recovered the amount
with cost. The ganuer appealed, or his
owner did for him the judgment was affirm
ed with new costs The gander took ano-
ther and last appeal to the Supreme Court,
where the judgment below was affirmed,
with new cost from, which court an execu-
ton issued for $40 damages, and $50 costs
of suit which was levied OH the farm and
finally paid, leaving the world in doubt
which was the greatest goose of the two.
I DoN'r DANCE An exchange. paper
tells good story of au innocent country
man who chanced to be in one of our cities
on Sunday, and go to church. Arrived
there, he waited out side for a moment,
when to his profound surprise, the organ
struck up, from which he concluded that
sumo sort of "shake down" was about to
commence. Just at that moment gentle.
mau invited him to walk in and take a seat.
"Not 'xactly, Mister; | aiut used to no such
doines on Sunday; and besides, don't
dance" And he retired, shocked exceed.
ingly.
A TRAVELLER stopping at an inn down
east was asked how the business men in
New York were getting along, "Ob," an
swered the traveller, "many of them have
got upon their legs again" How so-has
trade become more brisk 2" "No | mean
that many of those who formerly rode in
coaches are now obliged to learn to walk"
A GENTLEMAN employed an Irishman to
trim few fruit trees. Pat went out in the
morning, and on returning at noon was ask.
ed whether he had completed his work. No,
was his reply-but he had cut them all
down, and was going to trim ip the after