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

touch. Here we have another simple method of
fixing the fleeing beauty Of nature, aud snrr"un-
ding ourselves ever with those OBJ ects which
do most elevate the mind, refine the taste, and
purify the hcarL-Coun,ry Gentleman.
DEATH PREFERRED TO DIslIoNt R.-Durng
the Irish reign of terror in 1893. circumstance
occurred, which, in the days Of SPARTA would
have immurlalized ihe heroine; 1t is almost un-
kuown-nu pen has ever traced the story. We
pause not to inquire into principles that lniluen-
ccd her suffice it that in common with most OF
her stamp, she bcIlcd the struggle rs one in
which liberty varied with tyranny Her only
sou had been taken in the acI OF rebellion, and
was cendrmned 10y martial law to death she
followed the ollice, on whose word his life dc.
pended, to the place Of execution, and besought
him to spare the widows stay; she kncIi III the
agony Of her soul and claspcd her knees, while
her el Us, with the glare Of Il manlac, fell on the
! child beside him. The Judge was ineXorable,
the lralsgressor mus! die. But taken adval-
lane of tie occ;.son lie offered life 10 the ru-
prt on condition of his discovering lie mcnbers
Of the association with which he Was CONNECTED.
The son wavrrpd; The mother rose from her
position Of humiliation, and exclaimed: "My
child, if you do, The heaviest curse Of your moth
er shall be poisoned in your veins" He w;ls
executed the pride of her soul enabled her TO
behold his death without tear; she returned TO
her home--,Ie support Of her declining years
has gwen way, and lie opening OF The day ihal
SAW hcr lonely and childIesS, left her at rest
forever. Her heart had broken in tic struggle.
-A1arkcnzie's Gazette.
A man called upon an unfortunate lradesman
to pay a demand.
." can never pay it," said he. I" I am not
worth lrrlhmg, but will give you nole. |
am not So poor YET nut that can sign i note. p
EcoyoMIcAL.- Ny Iad," said traveller TO Il
! lite fellow, whom he mel, clothed in pants and
small Jacket, but without !; very necessary arli-
Gle OF apparcld my lad, where is yVul slIirl!'
"Manmys is washing it,
Have you no other %
"Nu otier." exclaimed he urchin in surprise,
"wouId you want 4 boy to have thousand
shirts 2"
- SCANDAL, like kite, to fly well, depends
very much on the length of the tail it has to
carry.
c95" NARROW SoULs-It is with narrow
souIcd people us with narrow-necked bottles
the less they have in them, the more noise they
make in pouring it out.
~ SOME of our exchanges mention the fact
of u" Know.Nolhing" having been turned out
Of the society of which he was Il member, for
drinking an irish wIliskey punch with German
silver spoon i'll it.
sN" THERE is an old lady in Troy so full OF
sympathy, that every time her ducks take Il bath
in the mudgut,er, she dries their feet by the fire
to keep them from catching cold.
- ExrRAvAGAYT people are never generous
The man who pays fifteen dollars for vest
would think he's being robbed" should you
over call upon him 10 give six shillings towards
burying old BrislIes, the shoemaker.
IW" The ague RACES so in some parts o.
Iowa, that the people are obliged to sleep with
corn cobs in their mouth, to keep from shaking
their teeth out