Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-01-19
GATHERINGS,

ESya ABOUT So.-A bachelor says: \ wo1na
will cling to the chosen object OF her heart lik
!! a possum to gum tree, and you can't scparat
her without swapping strings no art can mend
and leaving portion of her soul Oh the uppe
! leather of your allecti.n. She will sometime
see something to love where others see Eotain;
to admire and when fondness is once fastened
Oh fellow, it sticks like glue and molasses in
bushy head ofhair
EGs~ a yonng lady lately appeared in mall
attire, in Baltimore, and one OF the editors say
her disguise was so perfect that she might hav'
passed for man, " had she had little more
modeSty.'
Hg" A RUSSIAN recently murdered lady fo
the sake of the sable lining OF her cloak. Tht
deed was. committed during Lent. The murder
ed lady had little basket with her, which con
taiucd a pie. Having been asked by the com
missary why he had not eaten the pic, he replied
" How could think of eating the pie! it N ay
contain meat, and," devoutly crossing himself, 81
am, thank God, q good Christian" !"
psy What is that which, supposing its creates
breadth to be four inches, length nine inches
and depth three inches, contains solid foot
A shoe.
/ BSS~ At dinner in Springfield, q lady SEN
the following volunteer toast =" Spruce ole
bachelors-the erer greens of society
klSA Men, like books have at each end a blanl
leaf-chidhood and op age.
ESyr" "PoMpEY, what am dat goes when dc
wagon goes, stops when de wagon stop; it an
no use to dc wa son, yet de wagon can't 80 with
out it. 81 CUBS dat up, Clrm,'' "Why, Dc
noise, OBJ course
gay" Petitions arc in circulation in Michigan
asking for a restoration Of the death penalty tol
murder i'll that State.
gG5" There are ono tlousad two hundred grog
shops in New York city, and seven hundred il
Williamsburg and Brooklyn.
EsyD Why is liscontcntcd man like q watch
ful house.dog? because he is a growler.
Dsy" \ paper out West has for its motto
Goodwill to all men who pay promptly. De
voted to news, fun and making money"
ES5a There is an observing man about town
who says that be always took notice that when
ever he lived through the month of May he a
ways lived through the year.
Gta" SENSIBLE At LAsr.-Gor. Chase. of OH,
devolcs only eight lines OF his message to slavery
The Governor seems to have adopted the idea
thai as there is no danger of the introduction OF
slavery into Ohio, he will let the States in which
it exists take care OF it in their own borders, and
Congress take care of it in The Territories.
Ea5" GAMBLERS in Savannah (says the Ncws)
are doing a good business. Two business men
were recent sufferers to the amount of fourteen
thousand dollars ON the turn ~. ,.,,
RGag5" \ LADY WAS taken By surprise in Missis-
s:ppi, the other day. At least We Judge so from
the fact that John A. Surprise was married to
Salle y. Stock. They will probably have little
Surprises occasionally 10 keep up the Stock.
E<s A member of the Legislature row in
session at indianapolis, who had been "coughed
down" on several Occasions offered resolution
instructing the doorkeepcr to buy twenty dollars
worth Of cough medicine for the use of the
members.