Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-09-23
VOL. XXIT...-NO. 81.
ITEMS-..FACT, FUN and FANCY.

i lllSCEIIaNEDUS EllS-''FACl, FUN AND FAhGf.i
- Frederick the Great wrote to one of his
generals: scnd you with G0,000 men against
the enemy" On numbering the troops, it was
found there were but $1,000 The officer ey-
pressed his surprise st such mistake on the
part Of his sovereign. Frcderick's reply was,
: counted You for len thousand men,"
! EsI THE SUGAR PRosPEcT.-A letter from
the Parish Plaquemines, Louisiana, in The New
Orleans Picai une, says that the Sugar planters
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. 4
TT WHisrEY IN CorRr.-At recent trial
in Wisconsin ne suhject Of controversy was
denIijoln OF ~,iskey, which was oruered to be
hyui- -ht in!n court. Tie defendant was tried
and 81 was tmc w'li>key--in. other words the
wLiskry wa. ;;,tlIk and so was the jury.
I;g nopaislirstci boz" Mamma, papa
! is getting very rich, isi:t he z"
Mamlna-" don't know; why, cLilt2n
Unsupni,tcateti boy" Csu,c he give, me so
much iaorey. Alu.n>t every mcrtting after
breakfast wien Sally is weeping tie parlur, he
eives ne sixpence tc 60 out and iliy."a Tie
Battery"
Sally received short notice TO quit.
- a happy comment on the anni!!i)ati0n
of tine and space by locomotive aecuc; /, az
/ follows: \ little child, Who rode fifty miles i1s
railroad train, then took a coach to her uncle's
house, some five miles further was asked on her
arrival if she came by the cars. "We came q
little ways in the cars, and then all the rest OF
Tic way in carriage"
/ Eg 4 FELINE PoINrER.-A sportsman Of
New Jersey has a cat which he has trained to
accompany him in all his hunting expeditions.
She Will start up birds rabbits, squirrels, &C.,
with the same sagacty as dog, and "stand"
them almost invariably with success Being
naturally soft and sly in her movements, she is
regarded as more valuable for game that any
dog coud be- since the best trained canine will
sometimes becomes boisterous, and thus do mis-
chief. The cat is regarded curiosity IN the
neighborhood.
r. Our of fifty failures and suspensions
recently reported, only three are of frmsin the
slaveholding States, while twenty eight are in
the city Of New York alone
ESS A tailor in London mas invented
waistcoat on theprinciple of Colts revolver--a
garment with four fronts, useful to secure the
charm of variety or to conceal shabbiness or
grease spots, but particularly convenient as les.
sening luggage by reducing four waistcoats too one
T. Hymn six hundred and seventy-one,
in the Methodist Hymn Book, is the last thing
dictated by Charles Wesley. The lines were
taken down by his wife q short time before he
Edied
"In ago and feebleness extreme, r
WHO Shall helpless worm redeem7
Jesus my only hope thou art
Strength of my failing flesh and heart,
o might catch one smile from thee,
And drop into Eternity"
~ Two and a half million feet of pine
lumber were used in making clocks in Connecti-
cut last year.
E. At the Westboro', Mass, show, was
exhibited LIolstcin COW, Jenny Lind, with
big calf by her side, named Barnum.
sGT.Thc best description Of weakness We have
ever heard, is contained i'll wags query to bis
wife, when she gave him some chicken broth, if
she would try to coax that chicken to wade
through the soup once more.
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