Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-05-05
TO YOUNG MEN.

We have received large number Of applica-
tions in person or by letter, in behalf of young
men and boys who desire clerkships in the city
TO avoid disappointment, we may as well say
that there are already here many hundreds, il
not thousands, Of young men now unemployed
for whom there is no desirable opening. We
wish that we could turn the attention OF the
young men Of our country, who are now seek.
ing light employment, to the only "openns
where their services are needed, and will be sure
of reward. We alludc to agricultural EN-
ployments, for which Americans have such m
evident diStaste. There is no real independence
in this world but that station which approaches
nearest to it, and attans, perhaps to all that is
desirable of it. is found in rural life among the
tillers Of the soil. In tue old world, where
land is inalicnable, OF the fee so high that only
wealth can compass it, there is much grinding
toll and but little encouragement for the poor
in this pursuit. But in this happy land any
young man who chooses, may be the ownor Of
a fine farm, the product of which, with fair
industry, will support him comfortably, by one
or two years of steady application.
If there is no farming prospect for you in the
old States, turn your face to the setting SUN and
work your way to q spot whero the virgin soil
invites the adventurous pioneer. Bettcra little
backache, brown cheek and hardened hands,
with clear conscience, than the faireSt outside
that ever graced Broadway, which but covers a
stained, wrinkied and hardened soul. In our
Judgment no young man need to so West, even
to such field of labor. There is scarcely q
town in New York, New Jersey, or In oil New
England, in which the diligent labor Of tho
hands, accompanied with patience, prudence and
wholesome selfdenial, will not win sweet food,
a pleasant fireside, and On honest independence.
If the pale, sickly, tempted youth who toll on
q starving pittance in the warehouses and shops
of the city could see, at glance, tho contrast
between the punny things too many OF them
are and the breadth of soul as well as body,
Which they might obtain in the open field, they
surely would escape Us for their lives, and cast
no lingering look behind them, as they fled to
the wholesome tasks of the coun,ry.-N. 7,
Journal Of Commerce.
Business IS BUSINESS" Good morning, Mr..
Perkins. Have you some excellent mnlaSSes 81
"No nam. Our excellent mulasses are all
out, but we have some fine old st. FlamnSo,
some New Orleans, some West Engine, and 4
sort Of mulasses which is made from maple SUI
gar, and which we call seeryup."
"Want to know, Mr.. Perkins, if this seeryup
is acterly made from maple sugar?"
~ pledge you my word Of honor, Mrs. Horn
by, that it is acterly made from the ginuine
Lird's-eye maple sugar"
"Then, Mr.. Perkins, shall not interrogato-
ry any more, but without further circumcision
proceed 10 purchase half pound of the Sec
ryup."
"Beg pardon, Mrs. IIornby, we don't sell it
by weight, but by measure"
"0h, by measure; then | will take half a
yard2" 80.
Evident sensation throughout the institu-
tion.l
PARsoN Jour exchanges abound just now
when news is scarce, in funny things, especially
about preachers We are in for "good un.'
Many of our readers will remember Parson
j.. Well there was considerable revival at
- church, and 1t SO happened that the Par.
son was the most prominent preacher there. An
old. thick skin topper professcd conversion and
ioined the church. About three weeks after,
wards, the flesh being willing and the spirits
strong, he got drunk, and happening to meet the
Parson he remarked, (our readers will do the
suffering "well Parson I nm glad to see YOU
YOU converted me-" The Parson surveyed him
for instant, and replied" we'll it looks like
some Of my dirty work-if the Lord had con.
verted vert, you, YOU wouldn't be making hog o
yourself to-day. Family Friend