Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-11-19
= PAYING THE PRINTER.


wlclming guyascuianizng extract from the mi
rifle records of antiquity which follows, is if lh
Almanac lie not, &n extract from 4 venerable
manuscript lately found in IN anliqualed bake
oven, explaining the origin of the manner il
which printers are generally paid:
"And Skinlintrr, the mighty ruler of ih'
SQuash-hc;,ds, having called his chief officers Il
hi, SIDE commanded them thus:
G Go yc INTO all my donlinions, and command
my peuple TO gather together their treasures
even 10 Il tarlhing, and pay all their debts; ever
the very smallest.
and after a certain time, the ruler called then
again unto him, and demanded Of them how his
orders had been obrYcd.'
20, mighty Sknnier," they replied. "you
commands were heard throughout the land, and
fulfilled; for your people are obcdicnt.''
"And is every debt paid %
Yea. even The smallest"
Are the merchant the manufacturer, the Ia.
borer paid g
Gall paid"
Are the tobacco and whi>key bills setlled?T
call, aIl!'
| "And have my people been provident ?-have
they laid up suliicency 10 feed their cats and
dogs?'
Yea, they nave even done this
"Wcll, my people are worlhy.-Nnw, go We
again unto them, and if there he anything left,
tell them 10 take it and pay The printer.
DANGER of WEARING HOOPS IN HIGH WIND.
During the wind on Saturday afternoon, and
while tie dust WAS circulating so thick That no
one could see more than the length of al eye
lash in front, lady. dressed in ths M9sI elegant
lifted off her feet by the force of the wiud act
ing OH The great expansc of surface which she
presented 10 it, The wind unfortunately did
no, set her down in the same position in which
she WAS before being taken up, but turning her
gently on one side, it laid her endwise on the
side walk, where she commenced series Of
astonishing gyraliuns, rolling over aid over on
! the hoops Of the skirts and exhibiting = species
of !urnmuiion which is not vel generally arprr-
ria;r, aul which may &C me into fashion. viii!
/ hiah wiAS and larg" cirrIcts of light material.
! As the lady thus ro!ri oyer and over, several
persons were knocked down ard passed over I.y
! hc LADY, aal ,hc hoops. wi!hnul ever knowing
l.a any thing had ben; tlrm. Fortunately for
! Tie lady the ,ln,t and The establishment Of Tie
I people out of dnor- permitted hut few TO vii
mcss Ibis Few mrlhod Of getting along in sill!
breeze, and Keeping NJ full sail az the same
iirnr. As We raIlie ruHmd Il corner, We toand
the Lady wcdgcd brtwccn Il l,nl, posi- aud i n.y.
hrant, and immediately assisted her 10 an up
rilll instead ol rccginbenl po>i,"n.-Detfo
Advertiser.
OlpEsT NEGRO IEr--Wc have al la>: %"
hold Of particularly old negro. There have
been countless cases Of ,"IrrabIy advanced
blacks. but the case below, which we copy FROM
an exchange. i sail To Le perfectly authentic.
and finishes the list. She oagit 10 be shown
around:
Some time ego sent you al account of an
! old negro man, who died in Charleston, IL iE'r
advanced age Of l3 years. Since then have
seen q statement of Il negro woman, who 6.rd
in Fauqusf County, Va. aged ITO. y friend
who WAS formerly on officer in the United States
! Army relates that Wien hc was stationed nj Pas
! Christian, in Louisiana. he in the habit, with
his brother officers, Of visiting IN aged ncgrrss
who sold butlermk. On one occasion the fol-
! lovi, conversation took place:
"Old woman, hLw old are you!'
81 dunno, Alassa."
"IIow long have you lived about here ?"
SO long time, long time, massa." She then
! went on TO relate circumstances in connection
! with the history Of lie country, which proved
: that she mus. have arrived ut very advanced
age.
well, can't you refer TO any circumstance
| by which you may come ut your age"
"Wpll, mass;. Psc had nineteen children. ana
that gal. (p"nting 10 an old w"mri,) IS The
Youngest; and know shes ninety"
The old woman was qntc active when onr
! informant saw her last aud attended to The sale
of her bultrrmiIk herself in preference TO cal
| ling upon her "ga" whom she represented 10
bc TOO good for nothing
A Hard SwEARER-A good story is told of
il tall, raw- bonrd fellow. who went into mar:
ket house II, Doslon-pcrhaps the Qrinry-anc
seeing large hog Oh exhibition, WAS nightly
struck with it.
81 swear" said lie "lat's Il great hog.
swear never saw Il finer locking one in my lie
swear what short legs he's got swear--
Look here, friendG said little dry-"okng
individual, trol,ing up "you mustn't swear So
81 swear shonld like to know why said thG
hard swearer, with an omlnOus look.
Because said the little man, swearing Is
arains, the law, and shall have to commit
YOU r.drawing himself up.
Are you Justice of the Peace" inquired
the swearer.
Yes, SIT" was the reply.
"Wcll swear" said the profane one, am
more astonished about that than / was about the
hog !"
a GREAT EVIL NOT REMovED.-A Conference
preacher one day went into the house OF
Wesleyan Rerormer, and saw, suspended on the
wall, Tie portraits of The three expelled minis
ters. -,
What" said he "you have them there"
80, yes, they are lhere," was the answer:
But one is wanted TO complete the set
"Pray, who is that?'
WHY, the devil to be sure"
"Ah," said the Reformer, he is not yet eS
PEELED from the Conference"
DRIVEN OUT--Scven coorcd men were driver
on, of Alton, Illinois. last week, by aulorit,
of the Black Law, which prohibits colored mel
from settling in that State.