Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-03-16
Breyities and Leyities.

M3- On the coldest day of the present winter,
two women at North Anson, Me-, went mile in
to the woods, got load of wood, hauled it to a.
school house, unloaded it, and got somc boys to
cut enough to keep FIRE, so that they could have
prayer meeting.
M> Mark r. De Mortie, of Richmond, who
married the quadroon daughter of George 7.
Downing, the colored caterer of Washington City,
and who, with his wife, was recently elected from
q Chicago restaurant on the ground Of objection
able color, and brought suit against the restau-
rant keeper for $4,000 damages, got verdict Of
one cent
m- A Washington reporter, in commenting
On the Democratic character of General Sher-
mans receptions, says: "Any gentleman " ith q
paper collar and mittens on can 60 in"
SEs- One of the religious papers in describing
Elder Jacob Knap, says: Gle is good for many
years yet of tussels with the Prince of Darkness.
1t is interesting to listen to an evangelist who can
tell of hell as confidently as if he had been born
and brought up within its limits, and speak OF
the devil as naturally and famiarly as if he were
an old acquaintance" fr...
TEE Hon. William n. Tweed has leased the
Metropolitan Hotel, New York, for seven years.
The amount paid j. 100000 year for the first
two years, and SOS, ,OOe year for the Eve years
succeeding. It is tho intention to make 1t the
headquarters for the Democracy.
ns- The "heart" is the best card in the chance
eame of matrimony-sometimes overcome by
diamonds and knaves, often won by tricks, and
occasionally treated in shutting manner and
then cut altogether, says woman.
@ What is the difference between an oyster
aud a chicken? One is best just from tho shell,
the other isn't.
w 1t is said that the Chinese knew how to
steal five hundred years before the Radical purity
was born.
ns- How sweet thing is love of home 1t
is not acquired-it is feeling that has its origin
elsewhere. 1t is born with us, brought from on.
other world, to carry US on with joy in this
@- Let US never forget that every station in
life is necessary that each deserves our respecti
that not the station itself, but the worthy fulfil
ment of its duties does honor TO man.
~"If we can't hear, itain't from the lack Of
ears" as the ass said to the cOrn-feld.
rs An effort is being made to displ' ce the
long established hoop skirt. A gored haircloth
skirt stifened with hair cords running horizontal
ly around the garment, and enlarged at the bot
tom with several haircloth founces, is expected
to take its place.
@s- The sugar and mOlasses production of
Louisiana is regaining its former Importance. The
increase of receipts is fully fifty per cent. over
those Of last year.
@- celebrated writer says IN woman
can be lady who can wound and mortify anoth.
er. No matter how beautiful, how refined, or how
cultivated she may be, she is, in reality, coerse,
and the innate vulgarity of her nature manifests
itself here. Uniformly kind, courteous and po-
lite treatment Of all persons, is one mark of
u, woman"
~ At Wamego, place in the extreme West,
is shanty which bears the sign Here's Where
You Get Meal Like Your Mother Used to Give
You"
M- A two.legged brute in Chicago few days
ago left span of horses shut up in stable while
he went on drunken spree. The poor animals
were without drop of water or particle of food
for several days, and when discovered one of
them was dead and the other dying. The owner
was searched for, and discovered suffering from a
friphtful attack of dslirium trSmens and on the
verge of the grave. aa-,s.,---.1r
@rA Woman travelling on the cars saw
maj, in front of her put his head out of the win
dow, and asked. him if he wouldn't please keep
his he TAD in, as she had new silk dress on, and
didn't want it all spatteredtup with brains and
such stuff - -
w- A Bill posted on wall in village in
the west Of England announces that ga lecture
will be delivered in the open air, and collection
taken at the door to defray expenses"
ns- Scene in the Dayton Police Court-Coun-
sci says: (Which side of the street do you live
on, Mrs. Kippe 2" "0n either side, sir. II ye
20 one way it's on the left; if ye 60 the other
way it's on the right"
~ An exchange says that one of the muir
derers recently hung in Maryland was too drunk
to stand. Thus, it will be seen that the example
of the Grant Administration has not been lost
upon criminals"
ns- An old lady, slightly blind, while ongag-
ed in q futile attempt to sew buttons on young
Augustus's new jacket, remarked: Drat these
"a csJ LII. ~ Ill
to pieces every time stick the needle into 'em."
To which replied young Augustus: "Now, look
ere, Granny you just let my peppermint-drOps
alone. You've split morn half of 'em already
~ An Atlanta paper states that lady of
that city, tied her husbands hands and feet to-
cether the other day, just for fun, and went
through ais pockets for certain billet doux, and
found it. His physician informs him that his
face will not be badly Scared, though he may 70