Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-10-07
READING 4 LgTE LETTER.

is afforded by the loluWInG IIllc Story, toiu 10
Lv a friend, in whose words we give it.
Molly. our house maid, is a model one. WHO
handles broom like Il sccptrc. and who has an
abhorcncc for dirt, and Il sympathy Tor soap.lds,
that amount to Il passion. She is a buStli1lg,
busy, rosy checked bright-cyed, blundcllng
IIibernian. who hovcrS about our book shelves,
making war upon our papers, and goes about
tll;rs,ins for new worlds to eouqnsry'iD the
shape Of nd,lstctl and unrightcd corners.
One day she entered onr library in confused
ard uncertain manner, quite different from her
usual busting wa. She stood at the to0r with
a letter between hcr thumb and finger, which
she held at arms length as if she had gun
powder plot III her Grasp. In answer to our IN
ouiry rs to her business: she answered. An
NAV it please yer honor, Pm Il poor girl, and
I,an:t much lasnn', and yc sees, pla>e yer honor
Paddy Reilly. and the better than him doScn't
brathc in ould ireland, has been wIitin' to INC
a let,cr-a love letter, piase yer honor and
am
We guessed at her embarrassment and offered
to relieve it by reading the letter. Still she hes
itate'l, while she twisted bit Of raw cotton III
her fingers.
"shurc," she resumed, "an' that's .iist what
want. but it isn't Il gentleman like ycrscli
that would bc knowing the sacrets between uS,
and So" here sic twisted tie cotton quite l:cr-
vo,,sly, "ir it'll OIL, phase yer honor, willie yer
reading it, so that you MAJ not hear 1t ycrscit.
if veil jist PIT MiS Ill Of co'to" i" ger ears an
stop up ger hearin and Tin ute saere!S i'll be u''-
known to yw"
We hadn't the heart to refuse her, and with
the grarest face possible, complied with her re-
quest; but often since, we have laughed heartily
is We have related the incidcnt.-EcchGnse
PapGr.
\ FRANK CoMMENTAToR.-Gcorg Winston,
says recent Boston paper, was devoted Bap-
tist of Mississippi, and al equally ardent Dem
ocrat 1t was ilarrl to tell which had the warnl-
est pla C in his aiicctions-his wife: his church,
or lis political party. On one occasion, he had
several friends spending the evening with him;
and before they retired, he took down the laml-
" Bible, to read Il portion Of scripture and have
a word of prayer. 1t so happened that lie
opened the sacred book at the Epistle to Titus,
where the Apostle says "Put them in mind to
lie subject to principalitics and powers, to obey
magistrates, to be ready for every good work.
As it was 4 habit of his to comment on the
text as he went along, when he came TO this
passage he took oil his spcctaclcs, and with
gravity suited to the time and place he remarked:
"Yaere, my friends, is where [ diiter with
Brother Paul Mr.. Jefferson tells lis that the
true doctrine is, men in Office should always bc
obc,l;cnt to the people and agree with the
great author of the Declaration Of lndcpend-
cncc The Apostle was no doubt great preacher
and II GOOD Christian but it is clear enough he
was 10 Democrat"
KNOW Nor11ING1sM Observation-Disclosures
els yer good at spcllin, Buck ?'
Buck" Well da!key sagaciatc-wat's dc i'll
tcrrogatory."
Gumbo-"I see yes lcarncil-but can't YOU
spell Know Muffin without any letters at all J.
Btlclk--" You mene Know Nothing, you dar-
key" ..r,
Gaml;o--" Yes, Know Muffin you duzit!"
Buck-"I surrender it," as Yorktown said to
Corncob. Gaze it can't-be did with no letters at
ALL"
(Gumbo takes piece of chalk, gets down on
his knees and makes a biz cipher on the floor
then asks E.ak, lu!lin:, up the white of his eye
il that ain't Il lMiiin? Takes OFT Of his hat an
old torl handkerchief. ana rlios The cipher out
c!ean).
(iumbo-. Now, m.gcr, ,larc's no muffin dar,
as plain as day to lis ,lalkcy."
Buck" Good Gam, good! Yah, yah, yah.
Just like dc party itsrIl-gonc-uscd up!-rub-
| bed out."-Bpsioa Post.
Sam wa5 asked what l.c ',orsit OF tho effect:
of hot drinks on t:a system. Hot drinks, sir,
said he, are decidedly bad. Tea and coilee
sir, are .:rti,.I. And even hot rnlics, when il
is very hot-rcry hot intccd-an'l taken often
in large quantities, suppose, is slightly delete
! riouS.
An Irish gentleman lately fought duel with
his intimate friend, because he joco>ely asserted
: +Lot hc was horn without shirt OIL his back.
Law is like prussic acid--a dangerous remedy
II tLo s,no1lest Iose is generally sufficient,