Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-07-08
CURRENT ITEMS FROM ALL QUARTERS.
FAcT. Fun AND FANCY

CURRENT ITEMS FROM ALL QUARTERS.
FACT, FUN AND FANCY.
E@ How to be rich. Having food and
raiment, and the favor Of God, be careful for nc
more.
j. Be gentle Harsh words are like hail
stones in summer, which if melted, would tertl'
lie the tender plants they batter down.
= A meeting of the Grand Division Of
the Sons OF Temperance, will take place at York
vile on the 22d day of July.
e How does a pitcher of water differ
from man throwing bis wife over 'bridgee?,
Answrr-One is water in the pitcher, and the
other is pitcher in the water.
LH OLD SuGScRIDER.-The National
IntelIacaccr acknowledges from the venerable
John Johnston, of Cincinnati," lis .fGy:tJM
years subscription to that journal. He has
been subscriber, without years intermssion,
for over a half century.
ESs HEALTH OF New CRLEANs.-Our ex-
changes from the Crescent City write in glad
terms of the extraordinary health now being
enjoyed by the residents Of New Orleans.
There is nothing in the form of epidemic disease.
e A Danish writer speaks Of hut so
miserable that it did not know which way to
fall, and so kept standing. This is like the man
that had such a complication of diseases that
he did not know what to die Of, and so lived on.
g One EACH !-Wc read in the Norman
die e." A most extraordinary fact has just oc-
Cured in the neighborhood of Contevile. The
daughter of fisherman, Marie c., who
married, about a year ago, John D, negro
sailor native .ofan English colony, has just given
birth to twins,.a girl and boy. The former is
white, like the mother, and the latter black, like
the father"
E&a A TRUE WoalAN.-A young British
officer who was mutilated and disfgured in bat
tie requested comrade to write to his be-
! trothcd in England and release her from the
bridal engagement. Hcr answer was worthy
of true woman Tell him, if there is enough
of his 1oty fcIt GO conrnh ms sUuI, Totd
him to his engagement"
E,E. The LARD TRADE.-It is stated that
fifty tons of American lard has been shipped to
New York from Liverpool the prices here being
more rcmuncratve than in England where it
has declined from 773<. per cwt. (the rates OBJ
tanned few months ago. to G2<. 1t retaIls i'll
New York at lG to lSc. per pound.
Eias Iii Marion country, Ohio, few days
ago. a man srcd another for the rent Of house
On the trial, evidence was attluced that the
house was haunted, and the jury decided that
the defendant should be paid Sl5 as damages
instead Of paying rent.
IL We find in tie Repertoire dc Pliarma-
Gle, that NJ. LererGriel advises, to conceal the
disacrccable taste of cod liver oil, the addition
to the latter of about ten per cent. Of common
salt. Not only does the salt render the oil pal
atablc, but it causes the stomach to digest the
oil more completely All the fish oils may be
masked in the same manner.
G1Ns In China when man commits suicide
they Immediately hang whoever, by offending
or thwarting him, has been the CAUSE Of the
rash deed, and give the goods of the offender
to the family of the suicide; so that many gcn'
tlemcn of failing health and slender means
manage to get insulted by rich man, hang
themselves, and have the pleasing assurance
that their families will be provided for.
e TRANSATLANTIC TELEGRApH.-We have
been Informed, says the Boston Post, that tie
first tclegraphic d,patch to be transmittcdacroS:
{ the ocean will he the compliments Of jaime:
Buchanan, President of the United States, tt
Queen Victoria, and the return dispatch vii
convey Her NIajestys reply.
EsYy The number of law students is at pre-
sent so great in Prussia that the minister Of JUS
tce has thought it advisable to address a circu
lar to the rectors of public schools, directing
them to warn their pupils and the parents OIL
friends Of the latter that the legal career is OF
the whole not q profitable one i'll Prussia, anc
IN kx1,x
fortune would do well TO choose another.
msy SLANDER Sulr.-On Saturday, a youns
lady of St. Louis commenced suit in the circui
court against her own father for SANDER laying
the damages at $4,000.
GGig- To VIOLIN PLAYERs.-In Vienna, W,
are told that the violin players are in the habi
now of using liquid colophonium, instead Of th
solid ro in, which is in vogue in the other part
of the world. The liquid mixture is applied
with camel's hair brush, is said to last durin,
one hundred hours playing, and neither to in
jure the strings OF the instrument nor the bow
The strings, it is affirmed, too, give out cleare
tona than when the solid rosin is used.
NY EATING ORANGE P PEEL.-Wc learn that
: little SON of Robert Oliver, Of this city, abou
5 five years Of aye, is now lying in Il very crtica
condition from the effects uf eating orange-pee
g on Monday last. Parents cannot be too eau
tious in keeping orangc-pcel from their children
: as it contains an active poisonous oil, which il
n many cases has caused the death of persons VIII
: ndiscrcctly made use of tlleln. Life is jeopar
e dizcd every time the rind is taken into tn
a stomach-N Y. Journal Of Commerce.
' aesr The Empress Eugcnie, of France, recent
ly appeared at q ball, wearing jewels who's
3 value was estimated at $S00,OOO! and havin
= hounccs of lace on her robe that cost $4,000
: Deg~ Mr.. Thomas w. Thompson, of Sout
: Carolina, has been appointed to frst-clas
: ISL 200 per annum) clerkship in the Office {
i; the Third Auditor Of the Treasury.
nSsa The Indiana STATE Sentinel says:
His many friends in this vicinity will b
paned to learn that the Rer. Elijah Anderson
+ of Madison, Indiana, was sent to hepenitenti'
u ry the other day by the Bedford (ky.) Circui
: Court, for stealing niggers."
nag Boys that are philosophers at six yeal
# of age are generally blockheads at the age {
twenty-one. . 3 lbs i:...a