Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-10-12
Miscellaneous Items.

Es3> "LrcY LAyEyDEE'S" last article for the
especial odIcasion Of the Ladies' has been well
received, and extensively copiod hy our oxchsnges
throughout this and other States. Let US hear
from you again, Mrs. LAVENDER.
-" Loafers aro not wanted in the Advertiser
Office.
Gs.- We hear (says the Clcavcland Tcun., Dan
ner) that the hog cholera is making sad havcc
among tho hogs in many portions of tho country.
Can't some hog doctor end out remedy to stop
this disease among his follow swine? Itis getting
frar:uily malignant.
~, /" The Spirit Of Science Hilt' published at
M;nlcn, La, and edited by Committee of tho
Senior Class of Mindsn Female College," is q
sprigltly and an interesting little sheet; md with
pleasure we place iton our exchangolist 1t pub
lishcd monthly Mt the low rate Of $l.50 per an
mum.
@y- A consignment of ten thousand cigars,
made at Havana for Louis Napoleon, has arrived
at Norfolk, en- route for Franco. They cost thrOo
hundred dollars per thousand.
ES- At the gale Of government arms which
took pace at Washington on the l4th, rifos sold
at from 81 to 81; muskcts 81 to $3.50; cannon
IS to ST. The harness averaged about So per
set; hints cent per hundred.
Es3' A simple, but often very effective remedy
for hilliousncss, arising from any cause whatever,
will be found in drinking half tuablsr Of lemon
juice. 1t can be repeated, if necessary, and will
nut mnny hcalachc to light.
asy" Late alviccs from Jamaica say t':ut tho
crop of sugar this year will not exceed twenty
three thousand lhls., against seventy thousand
last year.
gSiJ" Late accounts represent the cotton crop of
Louisiana US frst.rate; the sugar crop inferior
and small.
sY \ physician in Louisville has discovered
that by living principally on buttcrmilk, Il human
being may prolOus existence to the period of two
hundred years.
~" Ginger is becoming favoritc garden plant
in the Southern States; it has been discovered to
grow luxuriantly. Scarcely garden will be
found Gre many years, that will not have its "gin
ger bod" The green bulb makes tho best of pre-
serves.
c It is stated that the crew Of the steamship,
Great Eastern will consist of co able. boiled sea-
men, 90 nissers, zoo engineers aud fremen, stnr-
ards staff l00-muking, with officers, about 500.
.Jouy," said u father to his one day,
when ho caught him shaving tho "down" off
his upper liz, "don't throw your shaving water
out where there arc any barcfootcd boys, for they
might get their feet prickod."
~ Delicate health scerns to be taught in some
female schools; it becomes part of education
the finishing part-fyr, she is not far from the end
who wouldn't bc hearty for all the world"
Gg-Ay Ohio paper states Tint son of Dr. w.
VI. Prentice. of Portage died recently. The cause
Of his death, upon investigation, was found to
haye been riulcut muscular cxertion, he having
boon accustomed, like many other boys, to walking
ON his bands, standing OIL his head, &c.
y-TuE Grand Jury of Richland District, in
their prcsentmpnt at the Fall Torn, recommend
that the law authorizing Distillcrs to ycnd spirit
uous liquors in quantities Of quart and upwards,
without license, be repealed.
ms,-TuE yield Of cotton in the Arkansas valley
has mover exceeded tho promise of this season.
Heavy pickings are now made, and the weather. is
dry and extremely favorable. Tho upland crop is
alike promising. Nor is that all tho corn crop
Is most abundant, and wheat excellent.
~ The lines
II makes not IL diff of bittersnce atwnt Iou and T.,
B. pig, little pig, root hos or dic,"
are thus rendered. There Is not tho Slightost dis
crepancy formed between the objective and nomi-
native eases: Colossal porkcr, diminutiVe porker,
burrow, poroiuo quadrupOd, or yinld up your a1-
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