Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-04-13

/ wait q sign;
And hope, With all my earnestness Of soul,
To-morrow's mail may Lring my parole.
There's hcpp ahead! Well one day meetsgain-
MY love and I;
woIl wipe away ill tears of sorrow then
Her lovc-l;t eye,
With all my many troubles then beguile,
And keep this hayward rcb, from Johnson's Isle.
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The S~naAe-Bitten DutchmaH.
Some vears ago.. near the town of -,
- county, -, there lived o cozy old
farmer. named Sweighofer, Of German de-
cent. and accent too, a. his speech will indi-
cate. Old man Sweighoffer bad once served
as = member in the Legislature, and was
therefore no fool = and as lie had also long
commanded a volunteer corps OF rusti: mali
tia, he should hardiy'he supposed inclined to
cowardice. His son Peter was his only sou.
q strappiug lad Of seventeen; and upon Old
eter and youag Peter Gevolved the principal
cares and tolls. &C the old s%entleman'S ta:m:
now and then assisted b. the old lady and
her two bouncing 6aush,ers-for it 10 very
comnOn in that State 10 see the women and
cirls at work in the fic!,ls.ara uIon extra
occasions by some hired hands.
Well. one warm day in haying time, old
Peter and ycsng Peter were hard at it in the
meadow, whel. the Old man drops his scythe
ard bawls out:
40, nine Got,, Pcter!'
"Whnt's dc matter: fiddler ?' answers The
son, straigh;euirg up and looking at his sire.
20, milc Gclt, Peter!" again cried tie
Old l,iio"- - D.. ,.,.;.a
"DoaeeT,, eSaVes f0"is ie'cF' Au'i9"t
up 70 tue ono man u.ua...r
~ ih.,'e "o''' ger Ni'.ahe o..e in,ne e
II .h?'Hihe ~ in,.. . -. fr
if'SH'eh!ng yo"'g fe,e:' = was snn"e' W..
hs Eao once ':sas.y e"pp'e oIod =. y. rl.;"i.
oy st"rlIi:s W. hor.;G . y ,ho ,.lmnr
n.aa'Ts at !, H.. T,:sa ~ hive falIen l6ron*I
h;sa.sIs
a ~, uo.5 s3oL, yo,rc Peter fall loel;
,;n'h,v ~ w;re r.rawsr md bawled out IN
Two!
s,ybers * dor sbnake 7r
e In mxtrow,;s. petcr-O. mine Co:t!"
so mine Gc.t.n echoed Peter, junior:
k;N him. foaer. kii him.
{. Eo.a. no,, be XIII rae, Peter; come
come-qa;ck-sei off ,i..e lrowsis =
Bu, P,tcr tie youaser's cowarJice ever
came liz fila! s%flc.iul,, while his fear lent
s.reprt, to his ices. aid he STATED like u
srared locomotive 70 ca!l The old bully Dutch
man. who was IN i distant -.art of the field.
10 rive his fn,her n lift with ,Le snake.
Ola Jake. The t%arliier's assistant, Game
bouudine nlocg as soon.ss he heard The news.
and nass,ns-.l1:r The :ancc vhe.eon Pet!
and his IN, mad mug ,urir "iinser wc,sc.
-
tr,-;,d ~ tSHe o,d mar Y, ,cr. VINO suil mas
500 - !. IN On his MIS-. although h,. WAS
r,aa;nr and ,r.,n!linr Ike an asp.n Laf in
a ,}nne sale Of wind.
.O re;re Cottt Come. rome ou;ck. Ysco;,.
lin h;,e uc III To risccs-here M miae leg
nd lake wa. NO: 1arl;cu.arly sensitive 10
. faa IN bn, few nco,le, reurr or old, are dead
y. .iaTsns WIN a . n;;4no,s',nen,iI i. .iuui,
20 ti. IT,. ,n,he .,;ir ,ir5 :s,siSs o. . Sta ysrt
woc3 ola Ii. ;nlI The Loss to stand ,,caiy.
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anu ne 49,; e S ~ not I'm bor stnns dad.
ag ~ IA WON pit ,..s 10th ~ Iayc Las
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The Md cror..-ster es,i.-r:a, mn his bsss and
s.toNaa, -, .na.r,.,. ~, b;c hmm
hya@s u Tue s ..n.ss, n5,; p.i,er N dc ik;s
s,s% he o. iii !, re face-his hair
en-. 1. 80 lie nnon +hc t,;,h,.
~ sou nor"re,nsp M p.r,ington obsr+yes
,;ra..d-so hsnt'i;s teeth c;t.,tored
-ond his knees k;ocArI q srAcclro accom-
p"a,n,eI" Woo, .-r :. ,,onoy pa 1,,a
.;,.in
% WI Y Tsb no3,.r st.aa*e in yow trcr-
shor,:"
aSo-a-!oek. I'm SWEET al up! Nine vl.esl
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