Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-06-20
A Rich Case.

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A Rich Case.
A Boston medical man was nicely taken
in by one of the Broadway dandies last
summer Dandy was on visit to tie
6 Hub of the Universe" and went it to-"
strong on cucunbers and ice cream. Got
tuck" with the cholera morbus. Went
to bed and sent for a doctor. Doctor
came to the hotel post haste, and entered
the bedroom.
Saw person with long curly hair. part
ed in the middle, very fair skin, slightly
rouged, penciled eyebrows. and all that.
smelling very strongly of Jockey Club,
partait a dmoatr, or something of thai
kind.
Taking hold Of the delicate hand ten,
derby, and feeling the pulse, he asked OF
the groaning patient:
"Have you been suffering in this way
long?"
''Only little while" murmurcd the
patient in whisper.
"Where is the most pain?" continued
the disciple of Esculapius.
Right here--oh, oh !" and the patient
laid white hand over the part which
contained the cucumbers.
"Spasms, frequent pains?"
Yes, yes! Oh-oh, doctor, | shall
die"
Are you regular in your habits2"
eyes, sir, very. Oh-oh-doctor,
shall die!
ooh no, you will not die. 1t is rather
q hard case. May 1 ask if you are mar
ried 7"
"No-oh-Oh!" gasped the sufferer,
blushing in agony.
"Then am indeed, indeed sorry for
you;" said the doctor. "But it is my
duty to tell you that you will very soon
be mother u
ga mother! Damnation, sir, moth.
er!' cried Charles Augustus spas nodicai.
ly. Do you know WHO am, sir? Me
a Mo.her? Why, sir, | belong to the
Sevei.t Regiment, National G. ds-h I'VE
fought. bied aud died for my county. !
am man, sir, whole man!''
The doctor was for q moment silen'
with astonishment. At last he said:
Man or no man, you have all tn"
symptoms Of approaching confinement
sits nothing but cucumbers, Holsters
and ice.cream !" groaned poor Charles
Augustus.
The doctor now opened his eyes, and
administered mustard within and mustard
without.
The consequence is that Charles Au,
gustus yet lives, and there is no "chil
of the regiment for the gallant Seventh
N. G.
The p House, vicksburg, Missis.
sippi, is undoubtedly the best hotel ia the
city, and presided over by very fine
Southern gentleman, late Colonel in The
so.called c. s. Army.
At meal-time noticed that instead of
printed "bills for fare" the Colonel sta
toned himself at one end of the dining
room, ,<and in voice loud enough to bc
heard far outside the room named over
for the information of his guests, the ar.
ticles that had been prepared for the table.
The great novelty of this procedure in.
duced me to ask the Colonel how the
habit originated. He replied that, some
years ago, he kept hotel in Tallahassee,
Florida, and entertained u great many
members of the Legislature, and as the
members could not read, he had to resort
to this measure-a habit which he had
since carried out from choicr.
do not take that egg. The hen will
not lay without you leave one egg in the
nest" said a mother to a child five years
old. "Do they keep the egg for Fat
tern, mother 2" asked the child.
=
was in Grants army (writes soldier
operating against Vicksburg M'Pherson
had already crossed the river near Grand
Gnlf and in action with the enemy had
taken quite o number of prisoners. As
they were being sent to Old Camp, at
Young's Point they passed our division.
One of the prisoners was great, raw
boned, giant sort of - fellow, and attract
ed the notice of all US "Yanks." MANY
were the remarks made to him of both a
pleasant and an insulting nature, but he
seemed Indifferent to all. When just op-
posite where was standing the prisoners
were halted, and feeling full of fun
thought | would have some sport with the
fellow aforementioned. Stepping up to
him, followed by quite number of my
comrades, | said: So.
"How are you, Johnny? Where you
going7"
"Up North, you old fool, where all
Southern gentlemen 60 for their health |
and pleasure in the summer timer
Tho .IaA" Was on she, !