Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-12-19
BreVitfes and Levities.

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G8- A Western paper bags an item
briefly thus: '''Mrs. John Baggs, Of Oma
ha, has left Mr.. John Baggs, taking the
money bags, and leaving John to hole
the little empty Baggs."
cH- What is that which goes up the
hill and down the hill and yet neve,
moves? The road.
&s- A Chicago young man was recent
| 'ly quite smitten by a neighbor's wife
She smote him with a rolling pin.
S A negro in Coffee County, Ga.
who bet two dollars and seventy-fivt
cents that he could ride roam mule with
pinebur under the saddle, lost themon
ey. He was followed to the tomb by 6
large and enthusiastic audience.
@-. A poor man who hanged himself
owing 10 domestic atfliction occasioned
by his wife, is thus disposed of out West;
rHenry Lyman, shoemaker, Terre Haute
BEDFORD, Jealousy" J I,
9s- There is nothing like a good def
milton, as the teacher thought when he
explained the meaning of "old maid" as
woman who had been made a very long
time. - 4
9N- Sorrow comes soon enough with
out dependency; it does man no good
to carry around lightning-rod to attract
trouble.
rs The married Iadi iisuniiai.
Mo have formed "Co .1on.t A7s-
band Club.n It is 1abor 80 ~.
and brush on the end z:
M- A new .dictionar: wa -, ,;eii-
milton of the words, E5:t.. = .ss'.. :
s. poor ,o wretch whoeinpties ~ i',a..s Z. :
his stomach..'' And W.. s2e, MAJ.
Editors there is still Dan sc?
Gs- Apples can be pureirasc' y i''''.
cents bushel in some 1rts of Illinois
and several editors have purchased half
q 0NSnel IOT w luI6T use.
Er- This is the tribute Of q Louisville
expressmrn to his defunct horse:
Here lies the bones of all had
To drag me on through life and duty;
He took to feeling very bad.
And finally died with epizooty.
es- Itisavery cute thing opinch some
body OH the back of the leg, and accom-
tpany the movement with yelp in imita-
ton of dog. A lank individual tried
the trick on 800 pound friend yester-
day, and the corpulent person lost his
presence of mind and fell back OH his
torlnentor. The lank individual was
pried up from the pavement with new
spade, and escorted home ON his edge.
He is now ravenously fond ofdried apple
and water, but it Is doubtful if he ever
comes round again.
ms- Corn is fifteen cents bushel in
Illinois. and still they want ten cents a
drink for the juice.
w Jacksonvill, Tenn, young ladies
tic up their taper fingers, AND when ting
young gentlemen callers in the. evening
inquire the cause, blushingly reply: ~
burnt them while broiling the beefsteak
this morning."
@- Don't you feel an aching void ?"
remarked parson of revivalist proclivi-
ties to his travelling ]pis-a-ris. Indeed
7 do" replied the stranger. "But I
mean a spiritual void" ex planned the
minister nasally. "Well, now that you
remind me of it," said the uncolDerted
sinner, II do feel kind affinity for a
drop of jamaica"
w During the late conference ut Wor-
cester tho following conversation was
overheard between two nawsboys: II
say, Jim what's the meaning OF so many
ministers being here all together7"
"Why," answered Jim. seornfuliy, "they
always meet once yenr to swap ser,
mons.''
GS An obseryant editor out in Wash
tenaw county, Mich. is constrained to
make this obseyation; 1t is disgusting
to see younggirls parading the streets OF
modest and unassuming little country
village like Washtenaw with q tuck-up
neutrality-suspicious. larg.
or than they are." An old bachelor
friend says And as it is in Washtenaw
SO it IS in Edgef 3D." The horrid old
rascal
@- To the anxious inquiry, "How
shall we keep our boys inf at night" q
Georgia editor says "dont Jet 'em gor-
mandize too much fresh hog meat in the
day"
ne When does "a man sneeze three
times?i When he can't help it. e.
es- Why do white sheep eat more
than black ones2 Because there are
more of them. lli