Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-02-23
GATHERINGS.

~ WHOEVER is open, loyal, true; of hr
# name and aiiable demeanor; honorable higssel
;, - and in his judgmen1of others faithfnkS hi
! word as to law, and faithful alike to-
= man-such man is true gcntleman.<
: % A tall fellow persisted in standihg
= ring the performances, much to the annoyanc
Y Of an audience, and was repeatedly requested t
: sit down, but would not; when voice frou
the upper gallery called OUT "Let him alone
e he's tailor, and hos resting himsey" He i'm
}: mediately squatted.
@ lie who, with talents capable of being
employed in the service of others, sits dowI
!, with views that centre soelr in himself, ant
neglects to employ them further than his Owl
necessities require, is guilty of breach of trust
for which be must one day be accountable.
e Or him that hopes to be forgiven, it is
, indispensably required that he forgive. 1t i
therefore supcrtiuous to urge any other motive
On this great duty eternity is suspended and
to him that refuses to practice it, the throne o.
mercy is inaccessible, and the Saviour of the
world has been born in Vain.-Johnson.
I=G. Thomas lIo!gson, white man has sci
the cOlorel gentry of New York almost crazy,
by declaring that he has patented discovery
for taking the kinks out Of their hair.
siNs Timber cut in the Spring, and exposed
to the weather with the bark on decays much
sooner than if cut in the fall.
e HARD SLEEpIyG.-hn advertisement
lately appeared in the Dublin Evening Post,
headed, "Iron bedsteads and belding." We
suppose, according to the latter term, that the
linen is Shept-iron.
GNs Coon WEEKS WoRE.-J. C. Hartman,
a composition in Louisville, set up 9Ol00 ems
last week, for which he was paid $1,000.
E.I RIcm WIDows.-The New Orleans
Delta mentions under the head OF " Rich Freight"
the arrival Of a steamboat from Red River with
several passengers, among them eight widows,
whose aggregate wealth amounted 10 So 100000.
One Of the ladies is the owner of GOO slaves
and the others made crop Of 100000 bales Of
| cotton.
Ess Tue most valuable span of horses in
| the United States is said to be owned by Com
modorc Vanderbilt of New York. They are
matched horses. They cost him 81 900, and he
has been offered $4,000 for them.
Ia DrsrY CorToS.-Thc Memphis Eagle
of the 10Th ult., says bale of cotton was pur-
chased by home manufacturer III that city
few days since from which III lbs. of dust was
whipped in the attempt to clean it for spinning.
G@ The END OF THE WORLD TO BE THIS
YEAn.-MesSrs Abram FIavcll and j. Decker,
second adventists, have issued circular called
The Time Messenscrs,v containing twenty
eight columns Of sTsee:a seeaia Coming o. e de-
xaa
IS. THOSE that are faithful in we'll doing,
need not fear those that are spteful in evi-do-
ing, for they have a God to trust to who has
evil-dotrs under the hand of his restraint.
Is. HrcH-PR1cED HorsE.-The English
thoroughbred stallion "Fyins Dutchman," has
been sold tothe French Government for $2l 900.
~ Rev. DR.. Springs new Presbyterian
church in New York has just received the fin
ishng touch Its entire cost is $4,000.
E The several firms of De Rothschild
have capital or sum at their instantaneous
command amounting to S200,0CO,0OQ.
Ea a subscriber to moral reform paper
called at the northampton post-office the other
day, and inquired if the Friend Of Virtue had
come?
NY liIC LlCIC ulo
been no such person here for a long time"
E" Pur out your tongue little fnrthcr,"
said physician to female patient, ga little
further, maum, if you please little turtle:
STILL"
"Why, doctor, do you think there is 70 end
to woman's tongue 2" cried the fair invalid.
EE THE LORDS TABLE.-In illustration of
JTonrv W,r1 bhnr,1 cty1 IF rot;
to the communion, the anccdote is quoted of an
English Judge, WHO, on being refused the bread
and the cup, because lie Was not a member Of
his dispensing church, quietly relnarked;-
go! beg your pardon, thought this was
it is only private little supper of your own"
~ "IIArE you any limb-horn bonncts 2"
inquired 4 very modest miss of shop-kceper.
I" Any what 2"
"Any limb-horn bonncts 2"
"Any-you don't mean lcghorn ?'
The young lady was broushtt to by tue proper
restoratiTeS.
EE a LADY sent her servant Eve will not
mention where he was from) for new velvet
nantila which was at her drcssmakcr's. "John,"
'ays she, elf it rains, take coach; / had rath-
II pay the hack hire than have my mantilla
vet When the man handed her the mantilla
t was ruined, the paper which covered it being
aturated with water. "Why, John,n she said,
: told you TO take cab if it rained." $50
lid, mum but sure you wouldn't have your
uotman ridin' inside. got on tie box with /
lie driver" y
g4" i cAPiTAa joke toa!, place recently, in c
cvurt-rcoi;l, a wolliau VIZ issli,, ins la l,har
t hrr sIll, uni r~ure tha. us wursetl Va Gi,q
rer sll;ce hr sas bern. :
Thc lawyer who caauiincl her, sai'l--.H you +
sintt that your son has worked vn farm eyer t
incc be was born 2" L
'I dv.' (
"WLat did lie do the first year ?3 h
"IIe milkcd." u
The lawyer evaporated' q
GS a SAILOR dropped out Of the riggiDgef 81
ship of war, some fifteen or sixteen feet, and q
III plump upon the head Of the first Lieutenant. Ii
"Confounded wretch! !" said the Lieutenant, l.
altering himself up, "whcre did you como
'om2
An sure came from the north Of Ireland, o
cr honor" o
ES Az editor downeast thinks children's ?
ames arc becoming popular with older persons y
ow.a:days, us he has seen recently "several full
rown men chasing hoops in our streets" j.. "
EI Mr.. Prior, editor Of the States, is said f
} be writing history of the Pierce Admiris-- L
'ation. "
I9. In Dayton Ohio, a favorite actress an ?
ounced her benefit, and promised to give a :
ew hat to the gentleman who brings the greatest
umber of ladies. g
Eg-" Taking the one with the other," said d
le Rev. Sydney Smith, believe my congrosa- b
on are the most exemplary observers Of the
,ligious ordinances: for the poor keep all the