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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-04-27
Why Farmers Sons Dislike
Farming

/ Farmers complain that their sons
do not take to the profession Of their
! fathers kindly, but that very large
per cent, Of them drift into the cities,
and follow other occupations. This
is true, and the fault is, in half the
cases with tie farmers themselves.
The reason for this is that the Ameri-
can farmer is too much oppressed
with the spirit of money getting to
make farm life pleasant We know
of thousands who have broad acres,
immense houses, cattle, sheep, and
swine, and who, in addition to these
treasures, have their thousands and
tens of thousands in government
bonds, or in mortgages, who live in
style far inferior to that Of the hum
bIest mechanic.in the towns. Their
houses are built not to crafty taste,
Or to yield pleasure to their inmates,
but solely with an eye to conve-
nience; the floors are uncarpeted,
the windows are shadeless; there are
no books, no papers save one for
market reports, no CHEEKY furniture,
no piano or melodeon, no nothing to
make life pleasant. Outside, the
same barren, hard appearance is
manifest. Flowers are tabooed, there
are no ornamental trees, the barn is
as severe in style as rigid economy
can make it; in short, everything is
subservient to the one idea.profit.
Is it any wonder that the boy born
and reared amid such surroundings,
desires something better, so soon as
he discovers that there is something
better? Is it any wonder that, see
ing in towns luxuries, beauty and
taste, he fancies mercantile Or pro-
fessional pursuits must be better to
afford these things? Is it any Won
der that, after living a month among
pleasant things that he should imbibe
a distaste to the farm Of his father,
and the hard, close life led upon it?
We wish to be understood. The
farmer who has debt on his hands, or
whose farm lacks necessary improve
ments has no business with any of
this. Much better bare floors and
walls than mortgages But in mid
die life, when the farm is paid for
and stocked, when there is money
at interest, and the chances for fail
ure have all been passed, the farmer
who does not add to his house all
these things is foolish indeed. There
should be in every such farm house
as good furniture, as good carpets, as
good piano, and as good library as
any townsman worth an equalamount,
possesses the sons and daughters
should be we'll educated, not that
they may leave the farm, but that
they may make farm life pleasant and
happy. There should be just as good
society, and as much Of it, in the
country as in the town. The social
instincts inherent in all should be
cultivated; there should be reading,
there should be discussions in short,
whatever men Of means fndto a1ause
and improve themselves in towns,
men of means in the country should
find and practice.
When all this is done, farmers sons
will seldom leave the noblest of all
professions, for with these additions
farming is the most pleasant life that
,an be led ; and for the same reason
farmers daughters will prefer to mar
ry farmers sons, but not till them
American Farm Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-04-27
" Don't Like MY Business"

We take the following sensible
article from the Savannah Mewa G
Herald:
ave have remarked with pain
within the limited circle of our
young acquaintances a constant dis
position to change from one vocation
to to another. 1t is manifested by the
general remark that don't like my
business. We refer to this matter
to inform our young friends that
there is no greater fallacv than that
entertained by them, and thousands
Of others in the South, that some
pursuit can be found wholly suited
to their tastes, whims and fancies-
This philosophers stone can never
be discovered, and every one who
makes his life search for it will be
ruined, yea, lamcntably ruined"
Let, therefore, the fac5 be always
remembered by the young, that no
life work can be found entirely agreea-
bic 10 Il man. 0ne Of the most in
telligent and experienced men of
New York, who rose from poverty
to adluence and distinction, remarked
in an address upon this subject, that
success always lies at the top of a
hill, and if we would reach 1t, we
can do so only by hard, perseverins
effort, while bcset BY difficulties Of
every kind. Genius, he says, counts
nothing in The battle OF life. Deter
mined, oos:inate perseverance in one
single cllannel is everything. Hence,
should any young man be debating
in his mind a change of business,
imagining lie has genius for some
other, let him at once dismiss the
thought, as lie would a temptation to
do evil. If he thinks he made a
mistake in choosing the pursuit or
profession h. did, don't make another
by leaving it. Let him spend all his
energies. S. rs the gentleman referred
to. in We. king for anl clinSing to it,
as he wo,ld to t?.e !ite-boat that sus-
tanned Lin in tie middle of the
ocean. If he leaves it he will almost
certainly go down: but if he clings
to it, informing himself about it un-
til he is its master, bending his every
energy to the work, success iscertain.
Good, hard, honest effort, steadily
persevered in; will make his business
or profession grow, since no one
should expect to reach a period when
he can feel that his life work is just
the one he could have done best, and
like best. We are allowed to see and
feel tie roughness in our own path
way, but not in others; yet all have
them. We admopish our young men
to reflect upon these suggestions,
with the assurance that they will be
greatly pro6ted thereby.
-Janesville, Wisconsin, is noted for
its smart boys. The latest story is told
of a youth of six Summers who was ta-
ken to task by his aunt for some suppos-
ed otrense which he persistently denied.
"Now, Jonnie," said she. 81 know you
are not telling me the truth; Isee it in
vour cve." Pulling down the lower lid
of the organ which had well nigh betray-
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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-04-27

Ii'e eAPeHSeS; u1ty tuouSaEh. etoii"i
Iiif So much be necessary; for oefhi1ien
icy for payment Of Commissioners anc
Managers Of Elections, ten thousand
dollars, if so much benecessary, to be
paid in the usual manner.
EXTRAORDINARY EXPENSES.
SEC. 5. For past dues for construc-
tion and for continuing the construc-
tion of the South Carolina Peniten,
tiary, eighty thousand dollars, to be
paid on the order Of the Governor
for repairs on the University build
tings, six thousand dollars, to be paid
on the order of the Governor for in
dexing the records of the Surveyor s
Office, two thousand dollars, to be
paid upon the order of the Secretary
of State.
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT.
SEC. 6. For the support and main
tenance of Free Common Schools, one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars,
in addition to the capitation tax
Provided, That said sum Of one hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars be
apportioned among the several Coun-
ties Of the State, in proportion to the
number Of children between the age
of six and sixteen further, that each
County shall be entitled to the amount
of the poll tax raised in said County
for the support of the South Carolina
University. twenty-five thousand dol
lars for the support of the South
Carolina Institution for the education
Of the deaf and dumb and the blind,
ten thousand dollars, to be paid on
the order of the Governor for books
already purchased by the State for
the use Of the Common Schools of this
State, thirty-four thousand and twen-
ty dollars and fourteen cents, 1884,
020.l4) to be paid on the order of
the Superintendent of Education; for
purposes indicated in the 7th Section
of Act approved March 9, 1869, five
thousand dollars.
MILITARY EXPENSES.
Sec. 7. For defraying the expenses
of the military, ten thousand dollars,
five thousand of which shall be used
for fitting up the Military Hall, in
the city Of Charleston; one thousand
for repairing and fitting up the Ar
senal in Beaufort, to be disbursed by
the Adjutant and Inspector-General
upon the order of the Governor.
Sec. s. That all taxes assessed and
payable under this Act, shall be paid
in the following kind of funds, viz:
Bills receivable of the State, United
States Currency, National Bank Notes,
gold or silver coin.
Approved March 7, 1871.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-04-27
smoEmAKERs' FINDINGS:

Oak Fan Sole HEATHER, Welt and Upper LEATHER
CALF SKINS,
Avis, HANDLES, Peg CUTTERS,
Shoe THREAD BINDINGS &c.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-04-27
Weed and willow Ware.

Wash TUBS, Foot TUBS,
Cedar BUCKETS, Painted BUCKEI
CHURNS, Bread TRAYS, BROOMS, ,.c,,1nc ao
Work BASKETS, Lunch BASKETS, Key BAShhlH' @'.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-04-27

Men and Boys Wear.
CAssIMERES CASMARETTS TWEEDS JEANS,
COTTONADES Black DOESKIN and English BROADCLOTHs at
very low figures,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-04-27
gsoekery and Glass Ware:

beautiful and varied prices that cannot
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-04-27

tive expenses. fifty thousand dollars,
if So much be necessary; for oefhioien-
cy for payment Of Commissioners and
Managers Of Elections, ten thousand
dollars, if so much benecessary, to be
paid in the usual manner.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-04-27
BrevitieS and LeyitieS.

"A Cleveland girl broke off her en-
gagement with a young man for the rea-
son that he snorcs in his sleep. The
court wants to know how she found it
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-04-27
H. "a II 81 w a. r Ga

NV Stock is large complete embracing all the LEADSG AK
Giles Having made improvements IN 1hls 1ne Can ~ P
inducements in the way OF
RAzoRS SCISSORS SHEARS SHEEP SHEARS
RAKES SPADES SHOVElS; Wedding HOES
NAILS Well BUCKETS, Well WHEELS
AXES HAICHETS, Trace E ms
HINGES, Lpcks 49, Sc
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-04-27

Jury Commissioners of Aiken County,
on or before the fourth Monday Of
October, 1872, separate lists of per-
sons liable to serve as jurors, and re-
siding in the limits of said Counties
as altered by this Act. From the
lists so furnished to the Sheriff Of
Aiken County shall be drawn, in ac-
cordance with law, the petit and
grand jurors and talesmen for the
Courts to be holden in Aiken County,
in conformity with the provisions of
this Act, and the jurors SO drawn are
hereby declared lawful Jurors to all
purposes and intents.
Approved March 10th, A. D. 1851.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-04-27

ORDINARY CIVIL EXPENSES.
Sec. 4. For the interest A public
debt, (S4S2, 594pAU four hundred and
and eighty-two thousand five hundred
and ninety-four dollars and forty
cents; for the support of the Lunatic
Asylum, thirty thousand dollars, to
be drawn on the order Of the Cover
nor; for the support Of the State Or
phan Asylum, tsn thousand dollars,
20 be paid in accordance with the law
establishing the same; for the quar-
antine expenses, three thousand DOL
lars; for the Keeper Of the 4azaretto,
eight hundred dollars, TO- be drawn on
the order of the Comptroller General,
accounts to be first approved BY the
Governor for the Physician Of the
Charleston Jail, one thousand dol
lars; for transportation and clothing
for discharged conviots, three hun
dred dollars; for the Catawba In
dians, one thousand five hundred dol
lars; Tor current printing of the Gen
eral assembly, thirty thousand dol
lars, if SO much be necessary, to be
paid on the order of the Clerks Of
both Houses for payment Of claims
passed by the General Assembly, ff-
ty thousand dollars, if so much be
necessary for deficiency for Legisla-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-04-27

Deacon Andrew Leach, who recently
died at Searsport, Maine, is claimed to
have been the champion church goer,
having been in his pew 2,59S out OF 2,6cO
consecutive Sundays. Abscnccirom town
was his excuse for missing the only
two Sundays his seat was vacant in fifty
wears.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-04-27

, Fon, nd Customers and the Public Generally invited
call and look through my Stock They will MOI
mentioned in this advertisement satisfied will lind my Fre
compare. .favoraby with any in the Retail Trade
- 'E'>s : ~ " w. Fl. BRUNsoN:
n,.ea,, a.u,A Ats
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-04-27

AN ACT to Make Appropriation
and Rasse Supplies for the Fiscal
Year Commencing November l,
1870.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-04-27

SECTION l. Be IL enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the State Of South Carolina, now
met and sitting in General Assembly,
and by the authority Of the same,
That the following sums be, and they
are hereby, appropriated for the pay
ment Of the various officers and ex-
penses of the State Government, that
is to saw:
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-10-26

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My % 80 81 IS 2s 81 5Ois the lghEest known sub
stance.
Ny 2s u 50 50 Gl and my 81 So GA 30 50 are two
nOn-metals
Ny ss Al IS 81 81 80 G5 is a poisonous substance
whose combining weight IS equal to only one
half the density Of it's vapOr.
My 55 63 II sc 60 25 NJ is a non metal whose dem
sity is l2s.
Ny II 10 SO s5 is the most useful acid
known.
Ny % 2O4s 81 is one of tIA compounds Of oxygen
and by drOgen.
Ny II 81 25 % "A 4s Is the measure Of bOdy's
gravity.
Myl 25 81 As 48 Il is a straiuer.
Ny 80 25 4 40 50 80 4s AZ 80 Sc &C is sulPbate'
and powerful emetic
NV 2 80 81 81 58 65 80 20 81 25 65 35 26 80 81 is the
most poisonous known substance.
Mv 10 20 Is 65 81 40 26 SO 45 is sn instrument
for exhibiting the attractive and rePusive
agencies of electricity.
Tv 10 "a As IS So 81 Al 81 q 70 81 Is an electrical
instrument.
Nv 81 is +, also my AZ.
MY 90 is H, and my sc is Y.
Ny whole is a quotation from Byron.
Mstamora, Mich MARY E. BHOWNELL.
-[Westsrn Rural.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-10-26
The Divorce Ini0uity.

There seems to be an unaecountabie
Indifference to this matter in all parts
of the country. Emboldened by this
fact some of the most prominent jour
nails are allowing the advocates of free
love institutions to thrust their views
upon the public. In high quarters the
statement is made that the laws Of mar
riage are even now unnecessarily severe,
and that the making and setting aside
of the nqptial contract ought to be en-
tirely within the power and at the dis
posal of the parties to it.
Now and then, however, some case OF
peculiar hardship is reported, where an
innocent wife or injured husband hE
been made to suffer under the operation
of the divorce laws. Such instances
have good influence in arousing the
indignation of the sober-minded and
morally-disposed portion of the people
and leading them to resist the tide o.
free-loveism that is making such rapid
progress. A very sad case is reported
from Indiana. An estimable wife finds
herself thrown upon the world with bel
children to support, while her former
husband has legally cancelled the ties
that compelled him to support themi
and has clandestinely been duly mar
ried to another woman who once work
ed as a servant in his family. The scamp
left his home in this State some months
ago, and represented to his wife that
there was good chance for one Of his
profession in Lafayette, Indiana. Fol
some time he wrote regularly TO this IN
suspecting woman. He assured her O
his success in his new home, and prom
/ ised soon to return for her and her chill
dren. At last the letters began to b'
few and far between, and finally The
wretched wife ceased to receive any
word from her unfaithful husband. Will
one of her children she visited Indiana
and there found out that the scoundre
. lhu a ulNOLCO 9OAAAD 'S@@A7 ~
fore, on the ground that his wife had de
serted him! AS neither the woman no
her friends had the slightest suspicion
of such a proceeding in the Courts, tn
petition for divorce was granted withou
opposition, and the fellow married
woman whom he had taken with hin
from this State to Indiana.
This is hard case. But it is mad
all the more outrageous from the fac
that the law did the work and is unabl
to undo it. 1t is, moreover, but one 0
the many cases that the records of sew
eral State Courts could divulge. It is
disgrace to American law that thi
should be SO. Press and pulpit ought t
unite in laboring for the repeal of stat
utes that so readily put asunder thOs
whom God has Joined together.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-10-26
Select MiscellaB./
LOVE 1laHrHNs LAB6R

good wife rose from her bed one mern,
Aud thought with a nervous dread,
OF the piles Of clothes to be washed and more
Than dozen Of mouths to be fed.
There's the meals to get for the men in the field.
And the children to iz away
To school, and the milk to be skinned and ehurned
And all to be done this day.
Il had rnined in the night and all the wood
Was wet as It could be;
There was pudding aud pies to bake besides
And loaf Of cake for tea.
Aud the day WAS hot and her aching head
Throbted wesrily as she said,
'If maldeus but knew what good wives know,
They would briu no haste to wed I'
'sJenuis, what 90 you think told Ben Brown -
Called lhe farmer from the WE'LL
Aud a fush crept up to his brOLz zed brow
And his syes half bashfully fell:
at WHa this, - be said, and coming near,
He smiled, and STOPPING down,
Kissed her cheek Twas this-that you were th
best
And the dearest wife iH town :"
The farmer went back to the asld, and the uits,
/ In & smiling, absentwHy,
Sang suatches Of tender little songs
She'd not Snug for many q day.
And she pain in her head was gone, and the oIOthe
WeT5 AZ white as the foam Of the Ooai
Her bread was light, and her butter Was sweet,
And as golden us they could be.
"Just think!' the children alI called in breath,
''TUm Wool has run OF to seal
He would Mt, know, II he only he'd
AZ happy home as We"
The nigh, came down and the good wife smiled
To herself asshe softly said:
H 'Tls 20 sweet to labor for those Wo love,
It's not strange that mHidsns will wsdi
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-10-26

A Brig was wrecked off the mouth
of the Boyne, and the Iife-bOat men
at Drogheda, terrified at the severity
of the storm, refused to go to the as
sistance of the perishing crew. A
woman put off from the shore alone
in a boat, and succeeded in rescuing
one of the shipwrecked men. Such
is the simple narrative which comes
by the cable, but the sender of the
dispatch neglected to mention the
name of the brave wOman-a name
which however humble its owner
may be, will be hOnored in song and
story in company with those of Ida
Lewis and Grace Darling.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-10-26
GLEANINGS.

An Indiana bridal couch was recently
enlivened by a a concealed bunch q fire.
crackers.
The Chicago Tribune puts the loss Of
that city by fire at s4OO, ,OOO,OOO.
Swedish laborers are being suhstitut-
ed by the planters of Florida for their
colored field and farm hands.
One. single pigeon brought into Paris
during the siege, 500 pages of official
dispatches and 900 private dispatches.
A young lady died in Nashville re-
Gently, leaving a pet mocking bird.
While the bird was singing, a few days
before she died, the lady said, "Hush,
5lfdie, you annoy me-" From that time
the bird has not uttered single note.
/ Big, burly, ragged, gray haired, IN
couth in feature aud manner, eccentric
in dress, bearing and theory=a huge
baby in all the ways Of the world-sueh
man is Charles Reade, looked at
through the speetacles OF Justin Nc
Carthy.
Keyser, one of the men who got a
large amount of the money stolen by
the Tammany ring, has confessed.
It took ten men a whole day to cut a
sycamore tree in Belmont county, last
month. The tree was twenty-five feet
in circumference, and was solid wood.
Victor Hugo las interceded with
Theirs for the mitigation Of the sentence
of transportation for life pronoup eed
against Rochefort.
The italian troops have taken posses
sion of the converts in Rome. The nuns
prudently withdrew.
Railway constructis'''is n'0Ising head
way in Japan. The running of the FRS
locomotive greatly astonished the ma
tives.
DR.. Livingstone has died so many
times these last few years that people
are beginning to call him DR.. Dying
stone.
A large vein of coal has been founC
in the Vicinity of Corning, n. Y, whicI
is some five feet in thickness. It baffle
the geOlOgists,- as they have severa
times asserted that no coal could b
found in that region.
France still has faith in itself. Tn
new loan of the city of Paris has beef
taken, and thirteen times the amour
wanted was offered.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-10-26
ARnsiness Woman.

An energetic woman in New York
has built up a trade in harness and
saddlery ware that reaches from
Maine to Oregon, and foOts up hun
dreds of thousands of dollars annu-
ally. Whereupon the Christian I'm
ion very appreciatively remarks
"This is the sort of woman TO extend
the sphere of her sex. She spends
no time in talking about it she goes
and does it. The other way is tc
travel about the country, delivering
lectures on the right of Women tc
Import and Manufacture Saddlery.'
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-10-26
Marrow Gauge RnlIrOads. .

The Baltimore Commercial Con-
vention recognized the subject Of
narrow gauge railroads as one OF
commanding Importance. They de-
elared that this class of roads must
become valuable where mountain.
GUS condition of country, or where
a sparsity of population exists, and
must work a new era in the rapid
progress of railroad Development
The commencement of their con.
struction at ST.. Louis, LeavenwOrth
and Denver, was noted, and q rec
ommendatiou was made that a sPe
cial committee be appointed tc
obtain information respecting them
for Use at the next Convention.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-10-26
Probable War with China,

Admiral Porter expects a war with
China, and has written letter to
the Secretary of the Navy, recon
mending an increase of the Asiatic
squadron, and the building Of sew
eral gunboats for use in such au
event in the Chinese rivers.A
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-10-26

night Nora was taken i'll also, very
suddenly She grew worse fast. In
the morning she called me 10 her !:
Tell Connor I died thinking OF
him. she said, and tell him to meet
me'-aud, my man, God help you,
she never said anything more-in
an hour she was gone.'
Connor had risen. He stood up,
trying to steady himself, looking at
the captain, with his eyes as dry as
two stones. Then be turned to his
friends: "I've got my death, boys, p"
he said, and then dropped to the
floor like log.
They raised him and bore him
away. In an hour he was at home
on the little bed which be had made
ready for Nora, weary with her
long voyage. There, at last, he
opened his eyes. Old Bawn bent
over him he had been summoned
by the news, and the room was full
of Connor's fellow workmen.
"Bettcr, Connor?" asked the old
man.
"h dale" said Connor. "It's aisy
now, I'll be with her soon. And
look ye, masther, Ive learnt one
thing-God is good. He would not
bring Nora over to me, but He's
taking me over to her and Jamesy
over the river; don't you see it,
and her standing on the other side
to welcome me?"
And with these words COnnor
stretched out his arms. Perhaps he
did see Nora-heaven only knows
and so he died.