Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-07-02

MouRHED HIS OWN DEATH-ln a book
Just published descriptive Of scenes among
the Indians in, the early times of the North
west, the following ludicrous incident is told:
"A little drunken Indian, named by the
French people around, "Old BoiVin," from
his resemblance to an Indian agent of that
name. at Prairie du Chen, was the person
on account of whose death the application
was made " He had been fishing" they
said, "on the shores of one of the little lakes
near the Portage, and having taken little
too much whiskee,' had fallen into the wa.
ter and been drowned" Nothing of him
had been found but his blanket on the bank,
so there could be no funeral ceremonies, but
they were prepared to make great lamen.
tation about him.
"There was no dfficBlty, notwithstanding
the stringent prohibitions on the subject, in
procuring keg of whiskey from some of
the traders who yet remained; so, armed
with that and their other treasures, they as
sembled at an appointed spot, not far from
the scene of the catastrophe, and sitting
down with the keg in their midst, they com.
menced their atflction. The NOR" e"they
drank, the more clamorous became their
grief, and the faster flowed their tears
"In the midst of these demonstrations, a
little figure, bent and staggering, covered
with mud and all in disorder, with coun.
tenance full of wonder and sympathy, ap-.
preached them and began:
"Why, what's the matter9 Who's dead g
"Who! deadw repeated they, looking up
in astonishment, "why you're dead you
were drowned in Swan Lake!, Did we. not
find your blanket there Come, sit down
and hell US mourn"
"The old man did not wait for second
invitation. He took his seat and cried and
drank with the rest, weeping and lamcnting
as bitterly as any of them, and the strange
scene was continued as long as they had
power 10 arliculate, or any portion of the
whiskey was left"
THE PRETTY WiDow.--A pretty little
widow dweeth in little street, and she
has pair Of pretty eyes, and two pretty
little feet. No matter what her name is, or
the number Of the houses Il mighty pretty
widow, perfect little mouse. The rose
and lily blended live upon her dimpled cheek,
and her lips give them expression--oh! so
lovely and so meek. Her hands are white
and tender, but her wooers sadly fear that
shell get them stained and tainted up, by
handling lager beer.
A LAWYERS APPEAL The thunder
roared, the clouds were black, the moon
shown brigt, the stars wiuked, the sky was a
complete web, gentlemen of the jury, of
darklng darkness on that night; and yet this
man did, with malice of forethought, steal
forth into the shades of lonely farmers
house, and then and there maliciously poi
soned brindle, yaller dog.--Convct him OF
manslaughter in the first degree, and the
prayers of nation are yours"
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A punster happened in one of tie banks
the other day just as the worthy cashier
was running up, with his accustomed celer:
ty and correctness, very long column Of
figures. The waggsh visitor saw the sum
completed, and then remarked to the official
with grave face:
"B--, understand they talk Of sending
you to the Worlds Fair as specimen of the
American adder.'
A COOP H1r.-We find the following in
an Ohio paper: Yesterday the Senate pas
sed bill imposing penalties Of from five to
fifty dollars upon distillers who should per-
nit their hog-pens to become so unclean as
to be offensive in their vicinity When the
bill was upon its passage, Mr., Brown re-
marked he must be permitted to express his
surprise that the L. gislature should attempt
to remove the lesser nuisance, the hog pens,
while thep permitted the distillery to remain"
Boston Telegraph.
A young ladies' boarding school is like a
garden hot.bed. The tenderest plants grow
there, but the foundation is rotten.
can is OFlAgerty yer name 2" said Paddy
to his new.made acquaintance. "Sure, |
l:new two ould maids in Tipperary Nv that
name--but they weren't yer mother at all,
was they!
WHY should the American party feel sure
Of success! Because they have filled many
Offices, and are now bound TO Fillmore.
A wag told US the other day that one hall
the lawyers live without cause, and die
without effects.
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EVIDENCE OF FR1ENDsuIp.-Kissing 4
married lady out of regard 10 her husband.
L. IL 4 IL