Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-06-12
VOLUME xXXlE.- NO. "a.
GATHERINGS.

| GATHERINGS.
gPG Whatsort of sermon do you like g
said Dr. Rush to Robert Morris, one dag:
~ like, sir,n replied Mr.. Morris, that kind
of preaching which drives man into the cor
ner of his pew, and makes him think the
devil is after him.
S@ Mr.. Jones, aged seventy years, re-
Gently married young girl in Schoharie coun-
ty. n. y. went to Albany on his wedding
tour, fell down stairs at his hotel, made his
will. and left her to 60 forth a rich widow who
came in as n welded attendant Of an lniirm
old man. But girls, remember that accidents
OF this kind don't happen very often.
psT A lady in Portland, Me-, applied. .at
the police Office recently in search OF a lost
cat. She said SIZE would give S 900 to haze
the feline returned to her, as it was one she
brought frGm England, aud set great deal
by it. TIE cat had gold necklace on that
was worth $40.
n3- A French railway company is getting
two story passenger cais.
10. Attempts to raise money in Boston
for the purpose Of organizing Union Leagues
at the South have not been successful. Soiid
men who gave money TO such objects think
that ell agitation and political action IN the
South should be public, in order to educate
the freedmen, by enabling them TO hear both
sides.
GE. The Richmond, Indiana, Telegram
tells Of Wayne county uan, who took his
family to the circus, not long since, and soid
his cooking stove to gctmoncy to buy TICKETS
ray The Maryland Cons litutionai Conyen-
ton has embodied in the bill Of rights de-
claration that " slavery shall not be reestab.
lished in the State, but having been abolished
under the policy and authority OF the United
States, compensation, in consideration there
Of, is due from the United States"
gSS The application Of castor Gil or sweet
oil to new boots, it is said, makes then, as
soft as buckskin glove. tits also stated to
be the best application that can be made 10
render new boot water proof
Is A Buffalo man whipped his wife
nearly to death, last week, because she ate
an orange that another man gave her,
II An English traveller, by mistake.
left an under garment at country inn, where
he bad passed night. He wrote to the
ardlady to forward TO him the missing ar
ticle, wtereupoa he received the following
reply:
Ny gentle sir, pray don't feel hurt;
"I'll frankly tell you all abOutis:
I've made shift of ycur old shirt,
And you must make 4 shift without j. ~
EA Tie newest dodge" to quicken
trade, as tried by we'll known firm in New
York, is to place 500 greenback in q par
ticular paper Of chewing tooaccc. This prize
is put in v ith 1900 other papers, and every
purchaser takes the chances" on the DAY OF
sale. It's aquestion whether The proceeding
is not in violation Of lie lottery law.
ESs a young LADY,, while on her:Wayto
be married, was run over and killed. "A cou-
firmed old maid savagely remarked Sac
sshhaa aaFeidea slIpsefisg and horrible
81 IF men may BE-, judged their !.
cne,niss," saysPrcntice, " how ca1SsWe rco Z
highly esteem President Andrew J5hnEoh,
whose bi;te-e:. caen;cs are General Bu;ler
and Mr. Ashley, Of OHIO, who oasHt to be in
Tie blaclcs; paaitcntiary Of the earth, aud
Erowu!ow, w.o ou-lt 10 be in the rcddest
pen;tcntiagy il hell
~: it is so billy in solac partsof New
Hampshire tlat the people look upthcir CHIN
neys to see when thc.cowS come home.
Ezz Some one, with more point than
reverence, says: always advise slor: s-r-.
mons, especially on a hot Sunday. Tia min.
is:er kant strike lie" in icrty minntes
boring, he has either get a poor giallet OF he
is borning in The wrors place.