Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-10-23

| had almost summer weather. It is now however
very gradually freshening into cooler tcmrera-
ure. Lastevenins, as night drew on, we c!lanced
to observe the cu:l-bag hangingin in its accustomed
place aud could but perpetrate the following
a,rocty, hcng perhaps the nine hundred aSd
ninctJ-ninth parody upon TOW MooRE's famous
melody. Asking in advance that you will not
sentence us 10 transportation for our audacity, we
hereby proceed to sing, being particularly care
ful 10 illustrate the nasal twans throushout
Tis the nst curd Of summer
Left dripping alOnc,-
| All its dear predecessors
Arc swallowed and gone;
| No acd htst-cousir,
no clabber j. near,
To Say" when you're eaten,
| I'm here, Oh I'm here"
III rot leave thee, thou ione one,
IL mould in the dew
Where thy kiadrcd crat vanished
Is the right place for you;-
| THUS lundly PRESS thce,--
Then turn OH r!atc,-
Add sugar and nutmeg
And. having poured on suffcicncy Of cream,
without further preface Or prcixture cunsign thee
10 thy unav"IdaOle latc
But while we are in a joking way, sulicr Us to
| cll vou the upshot of the Tiiro"disre exhibition,
o. which ,;e warue'l our readers l'.A week,
AMI wii.., came oil in due lime. And pretty
"comc Ill" i: was. lIavin;. two. .tXcablr boys
~ ciiar.a wc ven; cariy-lIall lishteG-"li friend
| SurRHr at Tie door" nnlory cClne yei -" rot
vet -" where is the I'irG"ditre '"-"h behind the
scenes es"-waitcd and waitcd-a gUudiy num!rr If
boys gradually copgrrgaied and three or four
seniurs-but where was the music:-t had en-
.ircly failed-never do TO give itulr 90" come
in, hoys, the curtains about to rise '--chink,
chink sounded the quarters in SnEnRY'S open
palm" how much in lan'l?'--" about six and
half'-" good, she must so it on Tint -" rnp
ayay BOYS" aud out. she rnric-huns around the
stage in high style ~ifho"f mrsir--tremcnd"us al
platlsc--sung song insisting that some special
member of the swine family should pcrsiStently
continue to upturn the earth with his probosciS or
perish IN III. etort-uroar1as shouts OF appro-
ia;iun-nuug around The stage again riiho"t cia-
sic, bringing up in tic centre with one Of the fat-
test shut:!es You never didn't scc-bnng, bang,
slap-lash over went Il table amid scrramS OF de-
iisht-camc on asaia-thrcw Il knife ut q plank
three tires--hit il % anl retired amid the
mos; lrafcu;ng aal diversified demonstrations
from Young Edsciiei-:hc whole performance
having orcupicd the space of eleven minutes aud
iw, SECONDS Have ynu ever laughed until ithurt
YOU. Such was our prelicamcut that night.
But this was mot all. just we had climbed into
| our wagon nnd were clucking to arouse old grey,
up rushed our good friend, L. NJ. ?. earnestly ex
| claiming "hull on thcrc-its not all over yet
make haste hcrc-quick." Thinking that at the
least monkey was to be ch"kcd or Il kangaroo
harncssei we haf.fell out Of the Wagon, hurried
after our lilc-leader and soon found ourself enter
ing the Planters IIutel with Il small and shady
party; In the mean time our guide had whis-
pcrel "hush you'll see it dircctly--that's the
Squire ahcad-comc along" The fire was burn
| ins low in the bur-room Of the Planters as We
entered with slow uni sotcned tread the pro-
prictor seemed to be lozing in his chair and some
holy in another chair wns nudding rs well as wo
could rec l,y the lying emhcrs. Throushth bar
IooNi iUlo thc uiHII uLil, uuu uli HHs lhcH uurR.
(which way?"-" Here, come ON, fullow mo y
So we did very cautiuusly-Ai length lnur-hn
squealS, the light from n chamber breaks firth
upon us, We enter, and there they stood in bridal
array. Would you believe it? the l'icnadicrc,
Miss I.AvISlA WILLIAMS, still incoslumc, and her
cinrgc Mr. SILAs WALLrScToy, late of Bnooxs',
ready AMI awaiting tn commit matrimomy We
hereby take pleasure in entering upon he record
that the knot was July icd hy Squire j. ..usEY,
who accompanied the ccrcm"ny with some very
appr .riae remark. lIuw could VIC help en-
aiming with Turnus in the 0:ncit, Lac;nat
est tua c"ajHe." But here ends the joke; For
"mlrriagc il hunurabln in nll," aud it WAS with
respect and IL certain degree uf esteem lhnt we
scycrally wished them well and quietly tool; our
leave.
We had tho pleasure Of greeting c., j. L.
GRlrrlH Of The Legion on Sunday last Iie had
been u. home for some days, but We h al not till
the moment of meeting him heard Of his arrival
You can imagine the pleasure u! the surprize, c.
pcciaIly n the Colonel is lunking so we'll. liz
still however complains of the effects Of tho light.
ming shock he received some weeks ngo. Ilc pro-
poses To try the virtue Of Il galvnnic battery, and
We trust will entirely regain the full strength
of his left arm-We also saw our old ncighbur
GUMILLloS, uf Company H., 18th Regiment, OIL
| Roturduy lust nj n distance; But before Wo could