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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-06-08
Assecret That ILong to Tell.
80 81 CLIO srAsIy.

Do you know my secret dear?
Surely you must know it!
Listen now and you will hear
AL, the esblithe winds blow it!
Blow.it in a merry tune
Through the leafy bower OF June,
Where the lilies listen :8
All, your sweet eyes glisten
Meath the golden veil OF noon
Surely you do know it !!
Do YOU guess my secret, dear?
Surely You cen guess 1t
Low, bend low, and you shall hear
AlIthe flowers confess it!
Telling it to the nodding sheayes,
Telling it to little leaves
Where the song-birds hover; &
An, your cheeks you cover
Where the blusha bright spell weaves-
Surely you can guess it!
May bring the secret, dear?
Surely I may bring it
To your heart, for even now
All the bright birds sing it.
Sing it up and down the way,
Dropping it, at close Of day,
Where your footsteps hnger,
Harki each little singer
Trills his very heart away
Surely J. may bring it!
Shall tell the secret, dear2
Surely may tell it!
Yet, nor gold nor precious stones
Ever should compel!
Crickets pipe it in the grass,
Bees will hum it as you pass
Through the dewitt heather;
All sweet winds together
Breathe it to my little lass
Is there need to tell it.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-06-08

! Be frugal That which will moi
make a pot, will make a pot hd:g :,
"Save the pence and the pounds viii
take care Of themselves.
Be abstemious. 'eWho .dainties
love shall beggars prove"
Rise early. "The sleepy fox catch
es no poultry" Plough deep while
sluggards sleep, and you will have
corn to sell and keep" E 80,
Treat every one with respect and
civility. Everything is gained and q
nothing lost by courtesy" 5000
manners insure success.
Never anticipate wealth from any
other source than labor; especially
never place dependence upon be-
looming the possesser Of an inher,. !.
lance. "He who waits for deadmsHs
shoes may have to go a long time
barefoot. )" !,
+ "He who runs after shadow haiti
| a wearisorae race"
Above all things never despair
God is where he is. he helps those
| who truly trust in Him.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-06-08
WHY Woman Weds

Some close observer of our social
relations having looked about among
his married female acquaintances.
ventures to give the following list
with an attempt to indicate the real
reasons which influence too many to
marry.
Number one has married for a
home. She got tired of working in
factory or teaching school. She
thought married life on earth was but
moonlight walks, buggy rides, new
bonnets and nothing to do. Well,
she has got her home; whether OF
not she is tired of the incumbrance
this deponent saith not, inasmuch as
this deponent does not possibly know.
Number two married because she
had seven young sisters and a papa
with narrow income. She consult
ed the interests by taking in light
washing or by going out by the day
to work.
Number three married because
Mrs. sounded so much better than
Miss. She was twenty-nine years
and eleven months old, and another
month would have transformed her
into regular old maid. Think how
awful that would have been! rs
Number four married because she
wanted somebody to pay her bills.
Her husband married for precisely
the same reason, sothey are both re-
penting at leisure.
Number five married because Fan
ny White had nice new husband,
and she wasn't going to be left be-
hind. Pity if she couldn't get mar
ried as well as other folks.
Number SIX married because she
was poor and wanted riches She
never counted on all the other things
that were inseparable from those
coveted riches.
Number seven married because
she thought she should like to travel.
But Mr.. Number Seven changed his
mind afterward, and all the travelling
she has done has been between the
we'll and the back kitchen door.
Number eight married out of spite
because her first love had taken to
himself second love This piece
Of retaliation might have done her
good at the time, but in the long run
number eight found it did not pay.
Number nine married because she
had read novels and wanted SYM
pathy.' Sympathy is e. fine thing
but it cools down at rapid
rate if the domestic kettle is not kept
boiling, and the domestic turkey is
undone. Novels and Housekeeping
don't run very well together in har-
ness, to use sporting term; and
number nine's supply of sympathy
didn't hold out very long.
Number ten married because she
loved her husband with all her heart
and soul. And she loves him still,
and will probably continue to love
him, and is the happiest wife in the
world-so she says.
We have all the right motive at
last-one which, when sanctifed by a
desire and resolution to improve and
elevate each other, and to live true
and holy lives before God, carnot fail
TO call down the blessings of Heaven.
But sad IS the fate Of those who
marry from wrong motives, to escape
their share of life's work, or to get
something for which they have moth
ing to give in return.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-06-08

FIFTEEN THOUSAND "N1GGERs !!
The New York Saratogain some
what pufily remarked that, " about
the year 1918, wealthy North
Carolina planter, named Pollock, the
owner of fifteen thousand slaves, was
irregular visitantat SaratogaSprings.
To which the Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal rather dryly replies:
$50 he was. We knew Pollock
intimately. He was, indeed, a very
wealthy planter. The fifteen thou
sand slaves mentioned by the Sarato-
gian, were merely some that he kept
about the house to wait on him. The
bulk of his property, Of that species, m}
was kept off on his plantations. The
government used to refuse to take
the census in North Carolina because
it couldn't afford to pay the expense
of counting Pollock's negroes.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-06-08
How to ProspGr in Business.

In the first :pla ce, make up your
mind to accomplish whatever you
undertake; decide, upon some par
ticular employmer it and persevere IL
it. All dificultie s are overcome by
assiduity. 4l-o a--'11
Be not afraid to work with your
own hands, and diligently too. A
cat in gloves catehes-ne-miee:" DE
who remains ,iAjghs mill, grindasssaH199tt
he who goes and = comes.
Attend ta yseurGbusinessa .never
trust aaasheEis { = Atpot ,thats belongs
to many is Is i Us lSE tifEe9 and woFssa . BOIL
ed" r.. Y
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-06-08

1.-TWO weeks ago, Mr.. Samuel
Loyerhill, of Newark, Nd, seventy
four yearsold, was married. at, Water;
loo, to Amy Barclay, Of Michigan, aged
seventy-three. The officiating clergy,
man was ninety years old and married
the bride to former husband. more
than half century ago. Two OF
the bridesmaids were seventy-three
and seventy-seven years OF age.
Really. it;seems as i folks never geet,
old enough to "quit their foolishness.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-06-08

"Boy," said an ill-tempered old
fellow to a noisy lad, "what are you
hollerin for when l am going; by?
Humph," returned the boy, "-what
are you going by for when I am hol-
lerin'?"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-06-08
w. GRAHAM 81 GO.
sfsF. CesSon Faetors
.ss!BA 538. = AND, 1A4u.Ii III
Commission merchants, +

49,, 7AUGGlS74A,i iE4'd91N y
WILL. give strict attention to the
STORAGE and SALE,OF COTTON ard
other PRODUCE on Commission.
|, And will make the usual ADVANCES
of PROVISIONS, &C., to Planters.
b Consignments andl Orders solicited !,
Office, No. S, Mcintosh Street, opposite
Messrs.i Jennings, Shiths&Co.SJ So -
Augusta, Apr II, 1871.
References I'm Edgsfeld ::AGens. BON
ham, Dunovant and Butler. Y
b a'CaPE "a. n. HUTDER, of Edgefeld, is
associated with our Firm, and will repre-
sent our House in Edge6eld and adjoi9nl-,
ing Counties. l.. ]. rag yIlse..ye :. t..dY
Apr. 26... 90. ,rto...rya j,g. tfg l8
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-06-08

|; Mortimer Jones, of an interior
town of Illinois; was recently tarred
and feathered by. his fellow citizens
because he thought proper to play
croquet twenty-four hours after his
wife died, and he has brought the
matter before jury to know if these
things can be. 80
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-06-08
Tol, Planters. I 8
Notice..

N1HE undersigned COTTON FAC
Il. TORS, and GENERAL COMMIS-
SION MERCHANTS, ,'of' Augusta, Geor-
gia, take pleasure in. announcing to the
public generally, andparticularly to the
citizens of Edgefeld and adjoining Coun-
ties of South Carolina, that they have
associated with their firm, Capt. LEWIS
JONES, of Edgefield County, S. c., who
is duly authorized to receive and extend
orders, or transact any matter OF business
connected with our House.. .t :.
We earnestly solicit aliberal share of
patronage, and guarantee full satisfaction
to our customers.
'' JENNINGS, SMITH & co.
sg We have for Sale PURE PETIT
GULF COTTON SEED, at One Dollar
per Bushel. 2s'
Augusta, Mar. 90, 1871, If Is
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-06-08
V. .Richards.&& e Bros,

ever had the pleasure offering the have
that they their Goods Cash hgs getting all the adHamfage b
S S t 57t4 any s,n hfssS sss saa T u
And selling they Cash basis they all the ad
n their customers that house and much better than the houses
many they those who buy of them for cash
their Stock but mention few leading articles
They have DRESS GOODS Of all descriptions from l2c to tie
CALICOES, from sc. to l2!c
zifSa s5e oaga nas af from Aa
pf96Essom26c e 54ss9Sss m to fheEfnes& ss -
SIT sE$ rKH5 II s SkS p ssP @ variety
WHITE GOODS, of all the leading kinds and makes
LLAMA WHITE LACE POINTS, also othernew style
BLACK Silk LAcEs EMBROIDERED BANDS FINE LACE COLLARS
asas paeT Noo FANCY ARTICLES TRIMMINGS RIBBONS
r15nS bAMASP aazS4L #HHSS daaS5 H3GR S5bH rs QUILTS
All the BLEACHED GOODS DoNESTIcs Linen and Cot
a1ss ~ H @ Asll!|f-i .l
they respectfully the attention of their friends and custo-
those distance they have that they special attention Orders
( and send samples by mail when requested
They will also freight Goods when ordered from their Stock at
retail provided the ordered is $40 and for Cash
well Afford as fill the order during leisure moments which is
thus placing the Goods their Depot Cheap ii they AVE.
city sending Goods this the be paid on delivery
sending Orders and trusting the Judgment of the hrm to make se
will be used trying please
order NAV returned and the money refunded Give trial
S'.i.' .. oa.. ~ " RICHARDS & gBROS,
IN r ,7 a o vtast 4! FREDERICKSBURG STORE ~!
II by the Planters Hotel La
~ 5a.f.e:t4. f4:454s AUGUSTA ca A.
Augusta April l2 10
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Augusta ConstitutionaIist.

Augusta C0nShtlllOilallSL
IL ROM and after this date the terms of
subscription to the TRI-WEEKLY and
WEEKLY CoNSTITUTIoNALIST are
reduced as follows:
ar TRI-WEEKLY.
One copy, one year, S. 100
One copy, six months, 5o ~
One COPY, three months, so
Five copies, (club) one year, 4 SO each.
Ten copies, (club) one year, 4 90 each.
WEEKLY.
One copy, one year, S2 90
One copy, six months, 90
Five copies, (club) one year ! IS each.
Ten copies, (club) one year so each.
The TRI-WEEKLY, containing full
Telerraph and Market Reports, with all
the leading Editorials of the DAILY, is
nublished and mailed every Sunday,
Wednesday and Friday morning,
The WEEKLY, an eight page paper,
convenient size for binding, containing
full and accurate Market Reports, Tele-
graphic News, Editorials and Mlscella-
neous matter, is printed and mailed every
Monday. oo>-enr
TIJTIONALIST, in the future, worthy
the liberal patronage heretofore enjoyed.
~ STOCKTON & CO.,
80 Proprietors.
Augusta, Apr % I'm Is
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-06-08
w WatcheS &c J Jewelry.
GO q YaA3 ,TgraBIisHED sFlTIE 1s5o, ;;aaeIIila
Augusta, April u,

Edgefdd surrounding
country received Large Assortment OF tho Best
FINE GOLD JEWELRY set with
CraBRlDA SETS of
CHAINS CHARMS, &C.
Card RECE
BASKETS Cordial
andeve Silver Ware
and Double Barrel GUNS Sharp and Der
the
WALKING and
Estabuhmept
We would Establishment for the REPAIR of
neatly and "'nsq Si IaY W9N lila. PRONTAUT &SON,
i ST; below Augusta HOTEL AUGUSTA GA
10 ly1- - ~
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fectual remedy than any other. ,Phose who haye
tried it, know that it cured thems those who nave
not know thatit cures their neighbors ana lrenos;
and all know that what it does once le loes al'
ways that never fails through nny iault OF neg,
glect Of Its composition. We have thousands upon
thousands fcerti1cates Of their remarkaDle cures
&c .he following complaintsy but such cures a[e
known in every neighborhood, and We need NOT
publish them: Adaptedt al ages ana cGnarions o,,a
in all climates containing neither calomei nor any
deletcrious drug, they may be taken win saicsy
by anybodC Their sugar.coating preserves them
ever fresh, and makes them pleasant to take, While
being purely vegetable, no harm can arise rom
their r 40 in any quantity. ~ .'l,lai!:,3
n. operate by theirpowerful influence on tie
internal viscera to purify the blood and stlmula0
it into healthy actionEremove the ohstrncuons
Of the stomach bowels, liver, and other organs Oh
the body, restoring therirTegular action to heailn
. rangements as are the first origin OF disease. :.
Minute directions orc given in the wrapper on
the box, for the following complaints, which these
Pills rapidly cure: =
ness, LnnSuor and Loss Of Appetite, they
should be taken oderately to stimulate the stom'
ach, and restore its healthy tone and action.
4 For liver Conipiaint and its various symp-
: toms, Bilious Headache, Sick heaM-
ncBe; 3auaslicc or Green Sickness, Bil;
fous Collie and Bilious Ecyers, they should
be judciously taken Tor each case, TO correct the
diseased action or remove the distractions Wmcn
cause IL. = i''.. -rtll .iIkIiT ii'N-< ~
For !Dysenteryi or Diarrh@a, but ono
mild dose is generally required. !, -.
For Isheumatlsm, GOut, Gravel, I9ai.
.pitation LOT the Heart, Pain in the
Side, Enck and Loins, they should be contin;
uously taken, as required, to change the diseased
action of. the system. With s;i22h change those
complaints disappear. -
sFor .MrOpsy and sDropsicalss swcllings
they should be taken id large afT frequent doses
to produce the effect ofa drastic purge
For Suppression o large dose should be
taken as it produces the desired effect by sym
pathy. 49,. -. ''.i.' ~ /. -
promote digestion and relieve the stomach,
ar An occasional dose stimulates the stomach and
bowels into healthy action, restores the appetite,
'vantageous where no serious arrangement exists.
One who feels tolerably well, often finds that q
dose Of these Pills makes him feel decidedly bet
ter, from their cleansing and renovating effect on
the digestive apparatust h2isn ~. ''
Dr.J. @. AEER q co., Practical Chemists,
~, LOWELL, MASS, U. s. d.. eIsi
$ ~ For sale by ALL DRUGGISTS. y
T. % = 4
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-06-08

Perhaps no one medi-
cine is so universally
required by every.
body US q cathartic.
nor was ever any be.
fore SO universally
adopted into use, in
every country and
among all classes, as
this mild but efficient
purEaive PW. The
obvious reason is,
that tits q more rclia.
h1a opd far more pf.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-11-04
Oas's FRIEND.


Money can buy many things,
good and evil An the wealth OF
the world could not buy you q friend,
nor pay you for the loss Of one. 81
have wanted only one thing 10 make
me happy" Hazlitt writes, "but
wanting that, have wanted every
thing"
We are the weakest Of spenthrifts
if we let one friend drop on through
inattention, or let one push away an
other, or if we hold aloOf from one
for petty jealonsly or needless slight
or roughness. Would you threw
away a diamond because IL pricke6
you One good friend is not to be
weighed against the jewels 0f AL the
earth. IL there is GOODNESS or un-
kindness between US, let Us come
face 10 face and have itout. Qnick,
before love Crews cold Life is too
short to QUARREL IN" "or 10 carry
black thoughts Of friends. II was
wrong, lam sorry fyou, then am
sorrier yet, for should not gIieve
for my friends misfortune and
the mending OF your fate does not
lie with me- But the forgiving 1t
does, and that is the happier oflice.
Give me your hand and eallit even.
There IL is gone and thank a kind
Heaven keep my friends still A
friend is too precious thing 10 be
lightly held, but il must be 4 little
heart that cannot find room for more
than one or two. The kindness feel
for you warns me toward all the
rest makes meiong TO do something
TO make you all happy. It Is easy to
lose a friend but q new one will
come for calling, nor make up for an
old one when he comes.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-11-04
The rIealcIae De Neeaea


Some twenty-five years ago, Dea-
con P. good citizen of Gloucester,
Massachusetts,, was taken I'll with
fever. The doctor was sent for, the
good old deacon went through with
the fever, and there was but little
prospect of ais getting well, he was
so weak. He was dreadful hungry
all the time, so much so that he used
to dream of good things to eat, and
when he aWoke and found it ali a
dream, was terribly disappointed
The doctor absolutely forbade his
eating anything but thin Cruel, and
q small allowance even of that. Now
the deacon thought lie might as well
die one way as another, and was NOT
going to be starved if he could help
ii. One morning as he bay on his
bed half asleep, he saw his wife pass
through the room with a roast chick
en- which she was going TO put in
the closet of the room adjoining, to
keep for supper.
He quickly resolved TO eat that
fowl himself. so when his wife re
turned, he called her to his bedside
! and said 'sthat he believed he could
get some sleep if she would not en-
! ter the room during the forenoon,
and would also keep the children
from making any noIse.p To this
/ she willingly assented, and when
she left he made all the exertiOn in
/ his power to Hget up and get F" for
] the chicken He was fearfnlly weak,
/ but hunger drove him on, and after
a severe trial, and obtaining the
fowl, he eraWled back 10 bed
Wasn't it delicious, and didn't he
roll the savoTy mOrseis under his
tongue2 Nor did he stop until all
was eaten What to do with tho
bones was the next thing. He was
too weak TO get up, so he put them
under his pillow and quietly went
to sleep, feeling much refreshed with
his meal. When he awoke, the doc
tor was there, who congratulated
his patient upon the marked i'm
provement in his appearance. re-
marking " that he knew the medi-
cine left the day previous would
have an astonishing good effect"
This made the deacon smile, as
/ well it might. Now the wife thought
that with the doctors assistance. il
would be a capital chance to get her
husband up and make the bed. he
protested against it, but finally as
sented, and the good woman in pull
ing of the sheet pulled the pile of
bones to the floor If ever there
was a surprised female it was the
deacon's wife. She looked at the
deacon, and the deacon looked at
her, and finally told his story. The
listeners were horrified, fearing that
death would speedily ensue from
such a meal by 3 sick man. "Don't
trouble yourself about that, for the
chicken was all needed" said the
deacon, and l am going to have
another tomorrow, as the one l ate
to-day has had most astonishing
effect.'" z" The doctor protested
, against il, but it was of no avail
The deacon's dander was riz, and by
means of a generous diet he was uI
and about his business in ten DAYS
time.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-11-04
Rraak nIaIr.


This gentleman made a speech
AT Montgomery, Ala last week, aud
we give below a sketch Of what he
said touching the presidential elce-
tion in f772s
Instead Of going for new depar-
ture Blair preferred 20 give qua
rantee to disappointed RepubIi-
cans by the nomination Of Repub-
iiean, who would draw 10 us bya
much stronger guarantee than the
mere words Of q platform the sup
port of those disappointed with
Grant and the Radical party. We
could all vote for q Republican who
favors universal amnesty and is
againts ku-Klu bills aud military
law. Virginia has adopted this DO
licy. Shall the Democracy OF the
South hesitate TO follow her exam
pie We have taken hold Of IL In
Missoui, and Missouri would In the
Presidential election ho believed
give a larger majority than any 9TH
er State for the candidate Of the
Democratic party. f
The men Of foreign birth are the
men to whom we are 10 look In the
EOiAAluA oALhkklC~ AhNf NDAAH. AEQf4l
countries where despotism Is pFae-
tical and know its badges aud signs
aud are already recognizing ihem.-
Their leading man aud sbicst repre-
sentative is now prOclaiming 0pp0-
sition to Grant and his adIninistra-
ton that he has taken his depar-
ture and burned his ships. It was
Carl Schurz who led the entire Ger
man element of Missouri 10 break
down the disfranchizing clause Of
her constitution, and arrayed his
fellOw-cOuntrymen as one man
against the administration and to
despise its officers, patronage and
power. They stand fairly and
squarely to-day solidly 10 the man
against all disfranchisements and
far universal amnesty. They are
opposed to Ku-Klux legislation,
against the suspension of habeas cor
pus, and il the Democrats put for
ward a man, or accept one who may
be put forward by others, who is
sound upon these principles, he viii
receive the entire German vote in
Che United States numbering from
FIVE hundred to eight hundred
Thousand men.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-11-04
CHICAGO.


The Chicago Tribune, of the 10th.
INST in reviewing the late terrific
conAlagration in that city, takes
very cheerful view of the matter,
thus:
In 1860 the city hae los, 900 people,
or less than are now comfortable
domiciled on the West Side alone
We had no lake tunnel and canal the
hadnot been deepened. The means Of
crossing the river and the South
Branch at LaSalle and Washington
streets did not exist. Then the
work of raising the streets to grade
had scarcely began. Now, more
than half of those in the burnt dis
tricfs have been filed in. Then
there were less than three miles of
block pavement, while now there
are forty, a comparatively large por-
ton of which is in the burnt dis
trict, and damaged though il is, the
streets are in better condition than
they were ten years ago. We have
water pipes laid, and sewers built,
and we have railroads and other ma
terial resources which did not then
exist. The city has been put back
it has met with a serious bl0w-but
it is further advanced than in 1860,
and its recuperative powers are 50
great that twill not take il long to
regain the ground that it has lost
and TO reassume its prominent po-
sition, among the cities of the
United States.
-.All is not lost: the unconquerable will
And eourage never 20 submit or Yield"