Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-02-28
Fnn and FroIic.

'iOuS OLD narQSilcll DOWN Ia DukeS county ::
There is living on Martha's Vineyard
an old man who has never been off the
Island, and the extent of his knowledge
is bounded by the confines of his home.
He has been told of war between the
North and South, but as he has never
heard the din of. o battle. nor. seen any
soldier, he considers 1T hoax. He(is
utterly unable to read, and is signorane to
the last degree. An excellent story is
told of his first and only day at school.
He was quite lad when a lady came to
the district where his father resided to
teach school. He was sent, and as the
lady was classifying the school he was
called up in turn and interrogated as to
his former, studies: Of course he had to
say that he never had been to school, and
knew none of his letters. The school
mistress gave him seat on one side until
she had finished the preliminary examina-
ton of tho scholars. She then called
him to her and drew on the blackboard
the letter A, told him what it was, and
wished him to remember how it looked.
Ee looked at it a moment, and then in
quired (he suffered: !:
"H.h how do you know. it's A 2"
The teacher replied that when she was
girl she had been to school to an old
gentleman who told her so.
The boy eyed the 4 for o moment and
then asked" H-h how did he know2"
This was almost sumner, but the
teacher suddenly recollected that be had
told her that when boy he had been to
school to lady who taught him that it
was A.
The boy eyed the letter little longer,
when he burst out with H-h how did he
know but -he l.lied?"
The teacher could not get over this OBJ
stacle, and vhe poor boy was sent home
as incorrigible.
Nor WHAT nE BARaA1NED FORA RIcH
OCCURRENCE. "A rich occurrence recent
ly took place in ST. Lonis. A fancy.
fashionable and fast young married man
became enamored of gay widow, end
sought 70 make conquest of her. The
intended victim soon saw the drift of his
intentions, and prepared punishment
for his audacity not equalled since the
merry Wives of Windsor" She ap
parently listened to the soft persuasions
of his winning voice, and made an ap
pointment to receive him at her house
Here, however, the justly. indignant lady
had prepared for him reception different
from that of his dreams. He was re-
cciYed and taken into darkened .parlor
with hushed whispers, carrying boots ip
hand. Left for moment with the lone
beatings of his heart, the folding doors
were thrown wide. admitting food Of
! light, and exhibiting crowd of ladies
and gentlemen, among whom was his
wife, whom he thought was unsuspecting.
ly at home. The denouement of the
scene is said to have been rich in the ex-
treme, though the bootless knight re.
mained but q few minutes to enjoy it
Memphis Advocate.
A countryman in Savannah, Ca, OBJ.
served that q gang of darkies were work
ing on the streets, each, wearing aball
and chain. He asked one Of them why
that ball was chained, to his leg. "To
keep people, from stealing it" said The
darkey; sheep Of thieves about here,
Massa. ~ ' :
" Madam, good many persons were
disturbed at the concert the other night
by the crying of your baby"
Well, ! wonder such persons will go
to concerts"
NoTSAr1sErED-A negroat Petersburg
says" De freedom de Yankees gin US is
like Conederic money-de more you
git of it, de worse account it gifts"
GR1EyIse FOR HIS. CoUNray.-Out in
the pleasant little village of Platteville |
chanccd to be spending afew weeks with
a.friend, Major R, one of the Oldest
settlers, and something ofapolitician but
unfortunately tie Major acrooks his Ell.
bow" q little too often. On one of his
spr~es he CHANGED to be found by some
ladies' lying in ditch, drunk. aWhy,
Major" said one, sis that you2 What
are you doing down there?" The Major
jumped up as quickly as possible, and.
with the air of Judge, said, "Oh, noih.
ing ladies'; only pondering on the affairs
of the nation %
A very learned and compassionate
Judge, in Texas, on passing sentence on
John Jones, who|had been convicted of
murder, concluacd.his remarks as follows ::
The fact is, Jones, that the court did
not intend to order you to be executed
before next spring, but the weather is
very cold our Jail, unfortunately, is in
a very bad condition ;j much offthesglass
in the windows is broken; the chimneys
are in such dilapidated state that no
FIRE can be made to render your apart
ments comfortable; besidss. owing to
the great number Of prisoners. not more
than one, blanket can be allowed to each
to sleep sound and comfortable, there
fore, is out of the question. In,considera-
tion of these circumstances, and wishing to
lessen your suferings as much as posi-.
bic, the court, in the exercise of its. hui
mane compassion, hereby orders you to
be executed to.morrew morning, as soon
after breakfast as may be convenient to
the sheriff, and agreeable to you. rm
Notice. 4
ET1vrNal lief. the Slate temporarily, hereby
nominate and appoint MOSES N. H0L-