Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-12-25

pf..@ti-s tar @ec:G i:i;''c -bslii 'iiat'. -
hoy .alo; ..fo so dry tiiey would burn we'll
| @- There was once an independent
old lady who, speaking of Adams nam
ing all the animals, said she didn't think
he deserved any credit for naming the
pig-any one would know what to call
him.
@ It is curious fact that poor peo-
pie, though sometimes given to stealing,
are never afflicted with kleptomania. 1t
takes rich person to have that disease.
a,- Como in, there's fire i'll the par
lor," were the whispered words we heard
while passing house OH one Of the
principal streets, last evening. 1t is
| such little courtesies as these that increase
the coal dealers profits, and tend to
make the baker sweat over siX-stOry
wedding cakes before the winter is over.
@r A watering place correspondent
writes that "ve.y few bathers bathe at
the West End;" whereupon Mrs. Par
tington says she "had an idea they bath
Cd all over''
re- Josh Billings. gives the following
advice to young men: "Don't be dis
couraged if yer mustach don't grow; it
sometimes happens where mustacli duz
the best nothing else duz 80 woll."
mr- Master Eddie was discovered put;
ting flannel bandages around the neck
of his favorite hobby horse; and being
questioned as to his motive for so doing.
confessed to feeling of great alarm lest
the noble animal should become affected
by the prevailing indisposition among
the thoroughbreds. - 'h'1
nsr An old chap, who had come in to
see the parade, thought the war must be
over, because he found place in town
where he could get two cigars for five
cents. After smoking one, he retired
behind board fence, aud came ouEton
minutes later pale in tho fsee, but fel'l., &
for oraaother var. ~ ' ,J s.sJsa
% An Iowa, City horsehlan preferred
10 ford the: river rather than pay tolE
Hs,bought a new; horse when J lie IS reached chez
the otller,sille. 49,. ~ ;TSssa
s.isJrBy; was Noah;a bad Jmsussral'
fGiYe # ppS'j 'rBesaaHe hs %ss frtY
days, lar and 'fofty, nights before hsaqPpa
ary rat lArarat,yel ~ };sfsa II
.1sMss are ruined notify Shas 8e,
really Want, but. BY what we think we
do; therefore, never go abroad in search
of your wants. If they be real wants,
they. viii oohid home nsearchJ J@fEdus
1fAsi 4at buys what 4 Aq}d9eSs, ,aotO O&ant
will soon want what he cannot buy -,
rs A golden rule for young lady is
to ;. cenyerse alXays with her female
friends, as if a gentleman were Of the
party and with young men as If her fs-
male companions were present. '~
An Irish lass wrote to her lover,
begging him to send Der ,soTe mppcyr
sic added By way; y;of postscript. / I ahfd
ashamsed Of the tsquest I hake' ,hdie III
this letter, that sent after the postman
to get it back, but the servant could not
overtake him.
"A Connecticut boy received dol
lar fOaf ieafhlhg SOD Bible syersss,T ahaAas
bought with 1t a handsome deck of linen
back cards. -, 4 j. ~l)ji
boy presents "a dollar bill IN,
Hartford baksshop. Little girly who is
acting chief clerk: "My father IL very
perpendicuiar about taking torn, bills"
Bostonianse ecqsef each other Of
trying to "dam the current of local iA-
provement With the rush IF iin9dtiiyiIdGaa
objection" Several PssshAs s9;ss ss tAlEiipiv'
ed to hs ~ serious s iia s 5a na mil
s: = Y Mamma, do lyou,know what the !
largest speclesof ants lareH You shake
yonIhead. Well, IN tallypu.: They're
elephtHnt4snf3aJ EES4 jiHi.