Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-01-17
EXTRAVAGANZA.

A. IN indication of the extravaganza which
has prevailed in this country for some time past,
an importing house in New York has written Il
letter to one of the papers in that city, stating that
the amount of duties paid for French ARTIFICIAL
flowers for the first quarter Of the current fiscal
year, was almost double the amount OF duties
paid on railroad iron-New Orleans Bulletin.
ComNEyT.-We have noticed, some time past,
an ungaant disposition among our contemporaries
to throw much, if not the whole, blame OF the
present hard times upon the poor women.
Shame upon you, gentlemen! No doubt the
sex have done their share to bring about the
present disastrous state OF financial AFFAIRS out
we protest against The conclusion that they are
even As culpablc in this respect rs That race OF
bipcds known rs the Lords Of creation" 1t Is
true that handsome eQuipages, lhousano dollar
shaws, and fine furniture: have been bought at
the instance of the ladies (and We have no doubt
the men have had share in this same matter OF
extravaganza, every licge lord wishing TO see
his lady appear to the best advanlage) but what
are these few isolated cases to the magnhcent
systems of extravaganza, tomfoOlery aud wee to
which the 7ncr, have been addicted OF late years
How MANY fine shaws. dresses, and carriages
could be bought by the seucn hundred and hcelce
thousand, one hundred and strtu.one dolIars spent
chiefly by the men of this country, upon such
'unproduciive labor rs the songs OF Swedish
mddamoisctle?
What is the extravaganza of woman compared
with the almost countless millions that are an
nuollv qulped down the tiroals of The sierner
sex in the form of whiskey, brandy, and cham
naiup-or with the vast sums that lind their
exii IN smoke from cigars at dime apiece, or
the no less amount annually expended fnr the
privilege of defacing the hearts: hoors ana SIDE
walks bv the chewers of tobacco! We might
extend the list of luxurious vices, almost ad IN
fnitu,a, but taking these items alone, how stands
the account. and upon whose shoulders rests the
ruit of thriftessness and prodigailty
We kra,v men, without farms, VINO keep
horses enough about them to feed, cloill', ana
educate hafa dozen children at no greater eS,
pense than their mere feeding. A landlord OF
a neiehborng city recently told US that he took
in at his liquor bar, the year before sixteen lhou-
sand dollars the profits alone being sufficient 10
pay his entire rent of $4,000. But enough. lts
shame 10 b. saddling our sins upon the slioul-
ders of the poor women. and while we have
heart to feel pen to write, and printer TO
stick BY us and put it into type, we snail de'end
them aranst the slander.-Wilkes Republican.
~ CHINESE are said to have labored for
centuries under great embarrassment. from not
knowing how to make 4 barrel. They gould
without any difficulty make the slaves, set them
up, and hoop them in and indeed, with the help
of man inside they could put the second head
on but how to get the man out after the barrel
was headed-that was the qustion.
q e9y- AK exquisite compliment was made
lately to q lady 10 our presence. She had Just
swallowed q petite glass of wine, as n gentleman
in the company asked for taste. -.
"It is all gone" said she laughing; unless
you will take some of it from my lips'" :.
81 should be most happy to do So, replied
he, but al nsrer take sugar with my wlnp.'