Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-09-10
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neyer gives fact, an incident or an idea even Inc
commonest ssids wipe of his pen, without leaving
hi, m, rk stuck fast thereto. You never recall it
sferward, without seeing it in the light Of old Kncka
colorinr-and, what is more, you dislike TO he renro
duced to it by anybody else. 1t is In the EDITOR
TABLE that tho 'old man iligant' especially charms
tho heads and souls land particularly The souls OF ms
ten thousand readers. There is nothing in has arm
chair gatherings that makes them seem like great cola
meetings OF auditors compelled bv mere forms OF pro-
priey to give veteran Of beles-ietsers an aen
tive hearing Each feels land he cannot help ~
that he is seated in this chair aid old hnick IN
that If i, he winter there is a rnddy glow IN the
fire there accompanied, 1t may be, by the cracking
of dried sticks and the singing Of taykett!e on tie
h.arthsone-all conveying the idea that we shall
have swig o. suthin' tfrom China only, OF course,
before we go If it be summer the window that opens
upon the stoup of "Cedar Cottage" is inviting
breeze from the Hudson, and an ice pitcher from
Lucius Hart, is there in the corner from whirh each
rrader ray pour the De-
tween times. mot between drinks, no, no-hnt be-
tween the rich, genial imaginings OF whole'soueo
gentleman, the man they call a" old Kniek') Hit De
Spring, glad daylight is all around, and the table IS
spread in bower of wood .bine and honeysucke; Or
isl Fall. then carpet of leaves is beneath, and the
aehinr Of aulumnal winds gives the mellow cadences
Of an ample memory the genuine poetic glow Winter
summer! spring autumn! we have hit him OIL e1'
acty There is all the variety CT the seasons about
old Knick He has barns of hard sense-lha''s WIN
Ter all the fcrror of true heart-tha''s summer; the
eaety Of cheerful sprit-that's spring and the pm
,hos of high.slrung sensibty-and that's autumn.
We bu, hail dear vicissitude" in welcoming each
successive number Of his glorious old magazine. AMI
if any one choose regard us excessive in what we
saw, ls, him know that we speak what We feel and
nothing more.
We have been drawn unwitiingly into this brief
panepyrc upon one Of the first gentlemen Of the craft.
All we designed upon sitting down, was to give an
extract or two from the September number of the
EnickerJocker But our pen off into preface,
and, seeing that it was ndilng the truth, the whole
truth and nothing but The truth we foluwed on be-
hind like an :" old dog Tray ever faithful"
And now for glance at the table for September.
But before we begin, there are some Literary Crltl-
cisms preceding it, TO Of which We must barely al
lude 1t i, the notice of HENRY CockBuRN's book
on Scu,ch Society in the Olden Time" Frum the
choice extracts presented by the critic, We can but
Judge it to be Of the most interesting publications
of the day. " Until We had completed its perusai,
remarks the Knickerborksr, took it 10 bed wi US
euery n,ghl; and it requires very entertaining book
to tempt us to ruminae bedward with volume in our
hand."-(Wi Mr.. RAMSAY Of the Post Office be good
enough 10 send on for few cupics of this work q
So We come to tho table. Sit up:
We are first presented with letter from Paris upon
Eating an Ear" going to show how those Parisans
make decaces out of anything andevery thing Prov.
delce is pleased place before them. The editor in
his Introductory observations says:
The triumph of the French cuisine here recorded
reminds US uf remark made by Frenchman 10 Mr..
N. IL. Carter formerly editor OF the old "New York
Statesman" one of the first, he was among the
ablrst, ui early American travellers in Europe
\ s You have grand counrTee in Amerique: ah, oui-
| sublime !-bo, you have not ze cuisine: you have
plaan,y of ~ materiel, bot you not know how pre-
! pare zrm. Non you szrew zrm away, YER mosch
Vat you call re buckskinpunialon you not him
Bot he make z- mos beautiful potage." And The Gal
| lie chef de cuisine waa right. The tender epdernis
of fresh. killed doe has lis uses component of
nay as stock Tor, soup, which only French cook
thoroughly understands. Yet il is not, in its first
stage, ze buckskinpan,alon !" But hear our new
| correspondent:
|
his letter i, capital one only glancing through
| But the next thing, from under knick's own hand
We give in full and ask The especial attention Of Col
| CRRkRLT. 10 every worl of IT, 1t is an account o
two fishing days which gave atterly happened to the
old gentleman; and in the last of which at least, lie
came Off second best. or course We, here, think
rather small Of n trout that only weigh, " "hree-and
half pounds dnd three ouaces." Butdoubtess it is a
grsat fish up in the speckledrout region our present
fisherman writes Of Mark him:
We have not forgotten our threat somewhat 10 en-.
large upon our recent fishing excursion among The
| clear waters Of Delaware and Broons. Our selfish
ness is gone tor il j. late 10 follow in our
luuotseys; and next yenr render, (Dco uolcnte) We
will he there before yoU with our rnsiy and well-bs
| loved trout companion. Beside, who could praic
anit! The scho! ching lervors Of The heated term in
d.July, of the cor' breezes and sparkling waters
aud shutowy shores of lovely lakes, far oil amid
forest! But TO proceed: We sared of from lluhcork
on the Ncw.York and Erie Railroad, in the early
morning cleaning. for Lizard Lake. over rnnd,
| and with Vehicle which would have bumped The
dyspepsia out Of the veres! sufferer in that kind 10 bc
found in Chrsten,iie. When We reached it, emho'
,osd in its grecu basin in the forest hrsk western
breeze was crspg il. bluu walers-a little brisk
| our friend thought, 10 augur good luck. HUwbeit, We
! luck boat and ruwed up to the west end OF the little
| lake. III whose shallow ont post pools lay the little
minnUws which were 10 constitute our bait. These
Ub,ained-and not without difficulty, for The pesiir-
rous pigs ran roofing abon; among them, troubling
| the w;iers'-we put of, ran down the lake u ilc
way, suut kruck, and exc our lines, and awaited
the fortunes of he day. Small prumis! We tried
10 make excuses for Luck The day too breezy :
it was too near noun; We didn't gel our minrnws
soon enough (coniound those pigso) and otiler the like
paIliaves Of unsuCcess Let US Try ancer sporl.
Gond 20: hut first, let us take compile Of those
corned cuit.-and wices and emprrnie pull at
tn. Century brand eaude uie, tempered By This clear
wafer with ice from under the sern.seal there.
Good agninI " nle engaged in doing This, our Cum.
panion mentioned The boy who, when himself was n
| country y-sclnol. master. iand kind good one he
was, We will he sw orn,l asked him one dny Master
please Sir.ma y-g WON'T eit s'mcei n.irowzes,
keep.my. .nuze from. bleetin'! Made memorandum
of This remedy "r common involuntary depletion,
and again addressed ourselves 10 our plea ant task
Anchored in the shadow of little cove, on the nprlh
side of the lake. All il silence, save The breathing
wind AS We watch the lizards shore ward through
the shallow waller. The silence is rather illustrated
thnn broken by the almost no;seess pulling up of
sflir.szed fairy-speckled tout. Ihenceforlh, for
an lonr only Two Discouraging Let US land,
and en- our dinner. Oarsman, hand over that covered
phil, please and the ice, and run ashors by iha,
big tree We were there in twinkling. The tree
was Il noble pine that had been scanned, and aplin.
tered and shivere, and sivered, md shattered and
oil up by Lightning not ten days befue hut II
refused 10 yield, even to that awful 'Jaren OF the
almighty it still green to the top, and stood up
erect and bravely as ever. to bgiiis battles with
the Storm Dinner concluded, once more upon the
waiers:' small ore, and less luck: Let 60 home.
Wait little longer, suggested the REX of trout
men: The sun is slowly lowering: there il barely n
possibility that We may yet get q few What good
advice Was that! Nov, indeed, did We know the
Kings wisdom. With pound trout on our line, We
rema rked him. in the language of Of the two
Thames waernen in Punch: Bill, don't know as