Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-05-22
w. L. COLEMAN, Chairman,
Commissioners of the Poor.

na- An old Copfed veteran is responsible for
the following: He says while campaigning in
| virginin, in 1912, being somewhat of butter
milk ran ger, he strayeq Of ans4l Of the column
and stopped at q cabin to get some Refreshments
Whilc there, the column cano up, ana while VI ming
past, the old iog "Royc" dashed oqt 10 the fence
barking furiously. little tow hs&9sd, sshlrt'tnii
urchin in the house drawled out, "Mammy, caii
Beve don't let him bite the army"
nss- A Texas paper graphically describes the
| great mortality among live stock by saying thnt
the "bazzards aye nov thEsa day. behind Fith tho
eyes,"
@-.A terrible disaster is reported to have &C.
Cured in Green county, Ark, some days ago
Tho boiler of n Wilco1an steam saw and grist
] nil exploded, killing and wOuuding altogether
about thirty po-sons. It occurred on day IN
the week set apart for grinfing, whom larger
number of people than usual 'wero present. q
fragment of the boiler killed horse three hun
dred yards of.
.asr Ths 4eS YoFk Home Journal says; We
know os wedding to ooas osi iF thls city IN the
early pars of June, which promises 70 1s hae
larre,t and most brilliant which has occurred in
New York for many years. We understand that
twenty-five hundred invitations will be issued to
the church, and aftssn hSndred to the house.
Tho lady ia callOd very beautiful, aHa tha groom
i, major generalin tho army. Tho dFesae', as
usual, have been I" imported from Paris" and Tho
trousseau is of the most elegant description so
nsr The Augusta Chronicle appears in g re-
duced size, which its proprictors say is, only for
the summer, as Its old garb, which was warm
during tho winter, has become too heavy for the
season.
~ Quito commoIion was kicked up in Kan
sas City few days ago, growing out of the
report that the body of child had beon found
in al oetsot- the-ay st-co. of thnt aOuri'hing 6o-
roush.' Tho indsfatigsbie 'uofonsr 1t snss lcmr
monod jury, and they; proceeding 10 the Plncei
indicated, dug up-a rag baby! -
r 1t is stated that orders will be Issued from
Washington in few days in regard to the {" de-
lectablc cusses" scattered through the South, who
$40 daludiug tho freedmen with the idea o. " con-
fscaat1sn Aua fortv acres of land,' and that the
population ii thd Day 4srtns i li.ely to be in
creased. Il" g'''-f."f -
sY Among recent productions of eaiifarnia
in the vegetable kingdom, are the following A
mangel wurtxel that weighed one bundled and
sisttscn pounds, n cabbage head of ffty.thr
pounds, {R t,.splp Of swchty-si1 pounds, potato
if eight pOaudg, sweet ts,alo Fi5sssH pon ads,
.arrot of ten pounds, an Onioh Hot forfy-ssssn
Iunces, md pumpkin of two hundred and siSt5
soHnds.
~ gho 6i RFSSfts i f.! for the Massachusetts, stnto
li'ea fsr The Rs present ss:sAs sossAnsFj4 7'RT will te
10000.
~ Fbo following pioco Of paper, fasteqea IN !
e outside aQOF with tack, indicates business
spa0ity "aOHO TO bHFy ny Wife-baek in'6af
ioSr:.:s
w "woll, Tom" saida blacksmith to hiY
prentico, "you havo been with me now thrcc
unths, and have seen all tho different points In
0. trade. wish to give you your choice of
IWk for a Willie" "Thankeos cir" "wcll now,
Wi. part 81 The business DO you like bosti"
"iuttia' mp shop mad goia' 70 aaSnaE sis" il