Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-09-23

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fe; hIn age and bleness extreme !:
= Who shall a helpless worm redeem
Jesus my only hope thou art - - =,
Strength Of my failing flesh and hear, {:
o! might catch one smile from thee,
And drop into Eternity r.
He- Two and a half million feet Of pine
lumber were used in making clocks in Connecti-
cut last year. -. s -
Il At the Westboro', Mass, show, was
exhibited Holstein cow, Jenny Lind, with a
big calf by her side, named Barnum.
gSThe best description of weakness ne 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. 5;5ffs:::
ai Brown is married man. A fewd days
since he thought OF taking trip to Paris: One
of his friends meeting him in the street, in
quired: We'll, Brown, my boy, when are you
olf?" Tomorrow" :" Do you take your
wife with you?" aNo; it is a voyage of plea
sure"
ry- Live so long as you may, the first twenty
years iruln the greater part of your life. They
appear so when they are passing-they seem to
nave been 80 when We look back to thern--and
they take'up more room in onr memories than
all the years which succeed them. !. - - 3
G@:7- 4 putchmar was relating his marvel
Itn:s escape from drowning, when thirteen of his
companions were lost By the npsettiug of o
boat. ana he alnnc was saved. !" And how did,
YOU escape .ieir f.ic p asked one OF his hearers.
" j Isl mo-; 60 in .tc pote!' was the Dutchman's
place: anawer
t5ss.9 :. ia.iy belonging to tie ton',.in Sem
rvir.. ~ T., .aving purchased raven, one Of
hcr ua;ghbols asked l:er why she thought of
buying sucl. al ugly ard useless bird My
husband and IL said she, g misbtsE tostry the
experiment. whether II be true that ravens live
to tie age Of seven or eight hundred years. /" -
Dgyns Bill, I've been jnieal estate a little,
lately" "Nell,, John, how much have syou,
dipped in ?n5ss: Bought q lot: in the cemetery,
and haltacre for residence lot justnorth of;
it.", Just north what the deuce did you go
so far north for2 Going to live there ?'s$a Yes,
Bill, wanted q home beyond the gravel" Bill
looks solemn, and both vanish, whistling q mel
ancholy air. s., e - (.
ne One cf the fair sex writes, rather spicily,,
"that, though few American ladies live lnidle-
ness or worse than idleness, the majority, os ,
yet, work themselves into early graves, giving
men an opportunity to try two or three in the
course Of their own vigorous lives. - y
aag By doing good with his money, q man,
as it were, stamps the image of God upon It,
and makes it pass current for the merchandise
! of heaven. 90 :. 80
EE There is young lady, up town, who
saws. that if acart-wheels has aine fellows, it is
pity woman can't have one. Sensible girl,
that-so we think. s.:ss
- A Miss Curtis, of Hartford, Conn, gavo
good specimen of rife practice, at shooting
! gallery, in Saratoga, last week. She fired at
the distance of 65 feet, hitting the 4bull's eye
eleven times out of thirty -ono shots every
other ball she fired struck within two inchessof
the mark. q Z,
psrsY You say, Mr.. Jay, that you saw the
plaintiff leave the house. Was it in haste ?''S
Yes, sir" Do you know what caused the
! haste 2" "I'm not quite certain but think
it was the boot of Mr.. Stubs, tho gentleman he
boards with" That will do, Mr. Jay. Clerk,
call. the next witness I, S &. Il.
.p@SA good wife, according to- Plutaehs
should be as o looking glass, TO represent her.
i husbands face Ind passion. $he be pleasant,
she should be merry; if yshes laugh she. should
]! smile Il, he look sac, she should epate in
! his sorrow, and bear part HIM and go
should they continue in mutual ioye, one toward
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