Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-09-17
a PLEASANT THOUGHT.
3 9 Singular Stotg.
From the New York Sunday Dispatch.
A BIT OF HORROR.
CHAPTER I.

In our pa III VIC remember being much i'm
nressed by q story we heard in little a'e house
in England. We were then travelling over The
earth with disturbed wing, like MIR. Noahs
dove, to beguile the anguish attendant on The
loss of our third or fourth wife, We don't re,
member exactly which, and who had eloped
with New Jersey clam merchant IN hnge
way of business What made the blow lighter
for u.s. she had lately turned uncommon plous'
and was never happy without she had whole
pile of parsons about her. Inc doctor says
that this accounts for her fall and flight from
nv domestic Eden, for it is matter OF theolog-
ical demonstration that the serpent OF old was
nm Abolition parson, and preached somewhere
in Brooklyn Sole wearied, for our boots were
tight, we strayed into Ole Of those village tav-
erns seen nowhere except in Engandr.and now
and then in dear old Connecticut, land OF the
nasal twang and pumpkin pies. 1t was gracedi
by large portrait, almost worthy The brush OF
Whitley, of hunter, dressed in Lincoln Green,
and it was called the Green Man. Entering,
we called for the Englishman's magma charter,
"Hae" for we make it practice, wherever we
are, to accommodate ourselves TO the national
taste-we consequently ordered birds nests in
China, frogs in France, vermicelll in Italy, ONE
lets in Spain, sour-krout in Hoboken and Ger-
many, and were we TO visit FeeJee, should un'
hesilalingly order fine man steak, rare, without
any compunction of conscience or heav!ngs ol
the diaphragm.
"Ere's yer hale," said a jolly specimen of the
English breed.
THANK you," we replied, hiding our New
Jersey accent as much as possible.
A call from another end Of the room took ou'
Boniface away, and taking ont our cigar case
bought in Broadway, we lit a weed, and whist
ling inaudibly I. Yankee Doodle we opened ou
ewes wide and resolved 10 look around Us. a
the next table sat group of FIVE gentlemen
most unmstakable marked appearance. we
came at once to the conclusion that they were
either members Of the swell mob, or else dis
tneuishcd authors. Let us describe them
Three were men about thirty-one might b'
FIVE years more, and the other was much older
The one Immediately opposite had most pecu
liar face. II was somewhat swarthy, with deep
harsh lines in his face, as though they had beel
scored with sharp knife like cracking on tn
skin of 4 leg of pork; his full lips were eve
moving, although firmly compressed-w hi
eve roamcd about like 4 hungry lion, seekin
wha, il might devour, or like police.man's Ian
tern drawing its bul's-eye glance right upo
some dark spot in the worlds countenance; hi
hair, which was dark brown, was long. an
hung down. like a half cultivated lions name
he had no collar, but wore u military stock, bucl
led behind, with bright full satin front, 0
which was crucifed a large pin, which, tho
genuine stone, was of 80 ugar pattern that
looked as though it had been bought of the ori!
inal Jacobs of Chatham street.-The very sigl
of it sent me half across the Atlantic! II
vest was gorgeous! His coat had velvet co
lar.-and his trowsers were closely strapped ov'
abiny leather boots he had two large fings g
one hand, and two rings on the other; his for
beod was small. but excellently formed and b
head was so jaunty hung on his shoulder, tn
it seemed as if it could be occasionally remove
like false set of teeth! His motions we