Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-09-02
CHAMPAGNE rs, MUSIC.

On recent trip 10 Niagara, InalOcFS stop
ped at Temperance Hotel in Albany, and up
on demanding some champagne, what eyes
the Irish servant open in astonishment.
I" I want some champagne" wildly reiterated
the great inStrumcntalists.
"FaiX and is it champagne We are after
asking for ?" stanmcred forth tie Hibernian
"Ccrtainlym
"By Inc sowl, then, ye can't have H."
"And why?" inquire Thalberg, in astonsh,
mcnt.
"The likes of it, including whiskcy punch, is
not to be had in this hotel"
For moment the thirsty musician was
agha>t.
';What can have then 2"
':Whcthcr, tay and coffee"
eco and Senl me the proprietorn' said Thai
berg Il will speak with him.
"Ye may speak till the day of doom, put
yell find it no list" WAS Pats muttered obser-
vation as he left the room
In few moments the landlord entered the
apartment. His lips were closely set together,
and frUwn Oh his brow lie was evidently
astonishcd that the foreigner should persist i'll
his wish to conlravcnc the rules Ol the cstGb-
lishment.
Meanwhile, Thalbcrg had occupied himself
in opening piano that stood in the room. 1t
was not the newest class, but was tolerably in
tone. As the proprietor Of the Temperance
Hotel entered the chamber, lie began to play.
First the fiown gradually vanished from the
brow of the landlurd-,hen his lips unciosct.
and finally relaxed into smile. When the
artist had concluded, he waited for Il word. but
none came Without turning round, hc slid
to himself:
"Tlc man is obstinate. must try him with
something else"
lie accordingly began his Tarcntclla.
Ere it was half finished he heard the rafting
OF bottles and glasses on tic table, ANA wheeled
round. Pat had re entered with the bottle oi
champagne.
81 thought it was not allowed" said Thai
berg
FAITH and he'll give yc dozen if ye like
il. lie says Il man that call knock music out
nr piano in yer way riay cit drunk every night
il lie c.luo;cs to. So there it is Tor y"'l."
Tun Dror OF WATER. THE ERooy: THE Rir-
FIR AND THE OcEAS.-A drop Of water, that
Sparitletl Ike Jewel in the sun, once !cl! from
the clouds in li:llc mountain stream, AMI ere
it lost its identity. exclaimed III all the anguish
VI VSSbIdlIOil, Aids hi'et Z" N'''''''"l">'
am swallowed up III immel,Slty. Tic stream
laughed. as il lcaped down tic mountain side.
ut the I;tnrnlaton Of >ch IN insignificant thing
rs 4 drop nf water, and vain of lis consequence
continued brawing its crystal way with all the
pride ui conscience superiority, until at length:
with q sudden plunge, it fell lcadloI'- into 4
mighty river, and like the drop Of water. was
lost in moment, crying out i'll lis last asonicS,
so fate, who would have thought brook of
ny size could be swallowed so easily! The
river mur,nurcd its contempt Eir the little fnoI
is! stream, and continued its course, gathering
strength and pride and breaking through moun-
tainS, tearing rocks from their seats, and cour-
sing in thousand meanders through ilowcry
meadows, until it found its way to the vast and
melancholy ocean in whose houndcss waste it
lost its being, like the mountain stream. as
it possible, exclaimed the mighty river, that
have been thus collecting tribute from half the
wor only to become nothing at last %
'''1is thus with thee man." Thou bcginncst
in in<igmilicance, like the drop Of water; thou
bccomest laughing, leaplng brtwling, thing
like the brook, thou waxest proud and great,
like the mighty river; and ere thou canst say,
in the vanity Of thy heart, "what an ndustri-
Gus mortal am" thou art in eternity.