Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-05-20
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in ITSELF profitable in its results and honorable to our
Council. OF course We
1t has been some months now-we believe years
since Inst slept in town but that last time We well
remember. and we are free to say that we remember
it more from its association with dogs than from any
other cause or causes We had spent pleasant eve
ning retired about 10, o'clock to comfortable hed
and stretched out our legs for comfortable nap. But
it go happened that the room in which We were placed
by our host adoned that which used to be occupied
by GEORGE McDrFrIE when he prncticed law IN E'lge
field and which Is still known and spoken Of by some
old servants, MS ".Mr JcDubies Room" This set us
to thinking, and sleep came not as We first expeeteh
Indeed it near mid d.nght, and dark silence had
settled down upon the place and the people before wo
turned over to Danish thought md proceed to snooz
ing. How vain the calculation 1t was Mt that mo-
ment that dog fight really startling in its sudden
ness and ferocity, came to pass in the backyard OF
the dwelling which domiciled us. There seemed to
be at least halfozcn in the affair so continuous was
the indescribabc ''yrceoc-ro w-grarg'e-grdshn n
-grougron," that accompanied the melee. Welearned
morning that in reality there were only two dogs
engaged in the difficulty, one of them being the yard
dog on the inside of the fence md the other strange
dog on the outside, the engagement having been car
ried on through crack. Still it was terrific night,
as e heard il. Yet it but tho beginning Of the
end-of our sleep for that night. Tho fight had not
fully subsidized before we perceived distinctly that
many, many other dogs had put their mouths int" the
matter and venting their lively interest IN tho
occurrence by incongruous continuity of atrocious
canine cursing and scearing which made US wish the
whole pack, combatants and all, safely located within
the region whose entrance is said to DO guarded by IN
elder brother of theirs. The uproar continued some
half hour more, and then gradually lowered itself
into more and moro ratonalbounds, until at length
al stopped but one Internal old hoarsemouthed vii
lan who ,eOuld 60 on, think We pleased. The ear
was just becoming accustomed TO his monotonous
bos-,co,c, and again we had rolled over and huggcd
up one of our pillows for social nap, when" what
in the world is the 2" Such was the hurried
exclamation which we had uttered-On our feot out
of bed, and at the window,-beforc We could in the
east comprehend the cnuse which had again forbid
den sleep to our cyelids. Gradually We saw into the
thing and it was this Some unfortunate COW had re-
NAMED out at grass the evening before to- late to
gain the protection Of the cowpen So she strolled
up towards the village square to enjoy the scene by
moonlight alone" as she fondly imagined. But the
canine marauders were out and poor old Sake must
be vctimized At it they went. Sake stood her
ground for while, we can well imagine; but seeing
the enemy increase with every new flourish OF her
horns like sensible COW she cut dirt and rum Then
came the juOr-the intercommingle barklngs
and yepings Of all kinds of stray dogs and mean
dogs while now and then above the the despair
ing vet very audible bellowings of the il-faed COW
pened forth as if to crown the ditacting confusion
of sounds But after a while the route passed up
somewhat distant street and directly VIC heard no more
Of it. One will say" well, now YOU did succeed IN
getting to slcep.-Never more mistaken in ail your
life There were three four more parts of this de-
tesable dog-operu yet to be performed and each one
of them was introduced j1at cforc Morpheus hud
claimed us for his own. We did sleep little towards
day but it was with m ansered heart and narrowed
mind SD we got up carly and relieved ourSclf by
the emphatic resolve never to sleep IN hearing ol
those three hundred dogs again md thus far we have
been enabled to stick to it.
So of course, Us were saying, We are willing to
comply with our friends request and advocate the
"Tnxation of Dogs" in Edgefeld Village. If We
had the space, VIC would do so forthwith. But we
haven't got the time eithcrand -must therefore Close
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
a.,. Private letters received at New Orleans from
Havana. state that WALKER had evacuated Rivas,
Pacific coast.
mD-JohX TRAVIS who shot an orange from boys
head, in New Orleans, for Il wager of Sl,OoO, has
challenged the United States for pistol shot JAS
W. Wales of Louisville, md E. W. Paul, Of ST. Louis
have taken up the gauntlet.
aS- Intelligence Of very reliable character has
reached Detroit Mich Of the existence Of great des
tution in northern Illinois, and many have perishcd
to death.
ty The revival of religion Of which wo made
mention two weeks ago. (says the Sparanhurg Spar-
au) in the Methodist Church, in this place, has been
singulurly cheering to thnt Church. We learn that
the acccssons of white members amount to fifty
colored forty-scvcn.
Iis- WHEN gentleman presents ian, IL flower or
rinkets to lady with the left hand this on his part
is an overture of regard; should she receive it with
her left hand considered acceptance Of his esteem
but if with her right hand it is refusal of the Offer
Thus by few simple tokens explained by this rule
the passion of love il expressed.
ns- THE jackson Missi$sippian contradicts the
report so widely circulated that the laws Of Missis
sippi have been sent to Boston to be printed"
seae THE London Timer is trying to show that
France is declining; while the Reverend DR.. cahll
orcibly urges that France is this day the mistress Of
Western Europe, England included; ;a
H Az English authority say@-a" Anne is pro-
uouuccd Ann not -innic tho Mt the end of the nninc
being mute.
w BUTLER it was, who gave the maxim -
For brerity IL rrry y"od
Whether are, or are not, uhders'ooa.
The following specimens are not only goud but
easily understood:
"To General Simpsun.
"snlly has accepted me. Can hnye her?
"Yours PATTERSON"
To which the general replied
"Go ahead.
"Yours, SIMPSON,"
The next one il bettcr:-
"Dear Mothcr,-I nm in prison.
sSAA FuorE'
To which she replied:-
"Dear Sam,-So am I.
"ANN FoorE."
w Is it true that there is all ice-manufaetory in
Ohio, and what's become of the Virginia volcanoi