Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-09-23
MISCELLANEOUS ITEas-.RACT, FUN AND FANCY.

OF that State Will have no cause to complain OF
! this years crop The cane will mature earlier;
this season than usual, and the new sugar will
be manufactured and come into market two or
three weeks in advance Of former: seasons.
GE WHisKEr IN CoURr:-At arecent tialS
in Wisconsin. the subject Of controversy was o.
de,nijohn OF whiskey, which was ordered to be-
brought into court The defendant was tried
and so was the whskey--ins other words the
wiiskey was :ruuk and SO was tbe,]uFy.
GG Unsopaisticated boy-"' Ma,pma, papa
! is getting very ,ich isl:'t he 2"
Mamma-"l don't know; why, enid d22'i:s} I.
Unsophsticated boy" Cause lie gives me so
much money. Almost every mortdng after
breakfast: wien Sail! ,iS}sweepng thestarlgr be
gives me sixpence to 60 out and. pl:s;on tie
Battery" w <; s$s IS Z.
Sally receiveda short notice 10 quit. 49, e
EI A happy comment on the annillilAi6n
of time and space by locomotive asency Is sass
follows A little child, who rode fifty miles NS
railroad train, then took coach to; her suncles
house, some five miles further, was asked ION her
arrival if she came by the cars. 6 We came
little ways in the cars, and then all the rest Of
the way in carriage. y 7.
I & A FELINE PoINTER.-A sportsman Of
New Jersey has cat which be has trained to /
accompany him in all his; hunting expeditions.
She Will start up birds rabbits, squirrels, &c, !,
with the same sagacity as dog, and astandn
them almost invariably with success. Being
naturally soft and sly in her movements, she is
regarded as more valuable for game that any
dog could be, since the best trained canine will
sometimes becomes boisterous, and thus do mig
chief. The cat is regarded a curiosity in the
neighborhood. - ~ 80! s =
IL Our Of fifty failures and suspensions
recently reported, only three are of firms in the.
slareholding States, while twenty eight aresin
the city of New York alone. * ss5y5}
EE A tailor in London has invented q
waistcoat on he.principle of Colts revolyer--a
garment with four fronts, useful to secure the :
Charm of variety or to conceal shabbness or
grease spots, but particularly convenient as;les.
ngluggage, by reducing four waisteo one.
e Hymn six hundred and seyenty-one,
in the Methodist Hymn Book, is the last thing
dictated ,by Charles Wesley. The lines were
taken down BY hiswite "a short time, hesose ahs
tSaisd
"In ago and feebleness extreme, =
: Who shall helpless worm redeem7
Jesus my only hope thou art,
Strength of my failing flesh and heart,
0 might catch one smile from thee,
And drop into Etcrnity!"
~ Two and a half million feet Of pine
lumber were used in making clocks in Connecti-
cut last year.
ENs At the Westboro', Mass, show, was
exhibited Holstein cow, Jenny Lind, with o
big calf by her side, named Barnum.
GTThe best description of weakness We have
ever heard is contained in wag's query to his
wife, when she gave him some chicken broth, if
she would try to coax that chicken to wade
through the soup once more.
De- Brown is married man. A few days
since lie thought of taking trip to Paris. One
of his friends meeting him in the street, in
qured Well, Brown, my boy, when are you
oif?" "To-murrow" "Do you take yonr
wife with you?" "No; it is voyage Of plea
sure"
-" LiTeso long as you may, the first twenty
years from the greater part of your life. They
appear so when they are paSSing-they seem to
AVE lren 20 when 80 look back TO them-and
they isku ~ n.""e room in our memories than
III! the years wi;c;! Sl:ccccd them.
-. i naic!.inar va: relating his marvel
"4 escape ron. ,:rsi;ing. ::i,cn thirteen Of his
",.,.I,su.,r1s vroYc ;o:; - the "rsettlug OF
Ton ..,,i Ac ..ii,uc VS. ,'Te';. =" Ana; how did
va. . .;,g. .',s; 81" = asked u,:l n his hearers.
=; ii.i .,r, - ~, pnts!' WIS the Dutclman's
la .. ;.'."ser.
...a, :. :.., Isr..1a..rs; TO tie I" ton" in Sem
.,.-,' q .
urr ,fa;.. b5s .s:,v. Ter WAY :ie E"lgf! Of
ay@ aIei. al ugy ard n-eess hird. "My
hu.l.anf and - sid sAc, g wished 10 try the
experiment. whctHsr /; i,c tyne that. i:.ccii> live
to the 49,: ol seven or cigl!: hundred years -
~. Bill, Fve been in :ea! estate little,
lately" "WciI, John, how much have you
dipped in 81 Bought q lot iii the cemetery,
and haIi:acre for residence lot just north of.
it." " Just north whar the deuce did you go
so far north for? Going to live there 2" eyes,
Bill wanted homo beyond the grave" Bill
looks solemn, and both vanish, whistlng mel
ancholy air.
u.s. One cf the fair sex writes, rather spicily,
"that though few American ladies live indie
ness, or worse than idleness, the majority, as
yet, work themselves into early graves, giving
men in opportunity W llJ thO VI tiiSS IA shAo
course of their own vigorous lives"
ms~ By doing good with his money, a man,
as it were, stamps the image of God ponit,
and makes it pass current for the merchandise
Of heaven.
EaE There is young lady, up town, who
SAYS that if cart-wheels has nine fellows, is
pity woman can't have one. Sensible girl,
that-so we think.
Is A Miss Curtis, of Hartford, Conn, gavo
good specimen of rifle practice, at shooting
gallery, in Saratoga, last week. She fred at
the distance of C5 feet, hitting the bulls eye
eleven times out of thirty-onc shots; every
other ball she fired struck within two inches of
the mark.
peTsYou say, Mr.. Jay, that you saw the
plaintiff leave the house. Was it in haste ?'
'sYes, sir" aDo you know what caused the
haste?" "I'm not quite certain but think
it was the boot of Mr.. Stubs, the gentleman he
boards with" "That will do, Mr.. Jay. Clerk,
call the next witness" >.
Hs> A good wife, according to Plutarch
should be as o looking glass, to represent her
! husbands face Ind passion. If he be pleasant,
she should be merry; if he laugh, she: should
, smile; if lie look sad, she should participate in
his sorrow, and bear part with him and so
Should they continue in mutual love, one toward