Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-05-15
VOLUME xxXYlI.- He. 81.
Breyities and Lovities.

+ @- A Silver City miner remarked,
after attendinga prayer meeting, 2 few
weeks sgo, that it twas up first time he
had heern the Word of God handled for
,oaose onto forty years" ssafeef
! w Az American Judge once inter-
ivened in an odd way to phfsyent s Waste,
OF werds. He was sitting in chamber
! and seeing from the piles of papers. IN
the lawyers hands that the first case was
likely to be hardly contested, -he asked. /.
What Is the amount III question: ." !
g Two'dolfars," said the pltlntiff' g coup-
sci. "rll pay IT." said the judge, hapd-
ing over. the. moneys: call the ne1t'
! case." al
g- A woman in Jackson, Miss, In
terfered with her brothers. oourtship,
and begged him.to stay at home evenings. .
BE waited until the evening when she.
expected her own lover and complied.
and she says that haserAal affection isa
heartless nfockery. u 5l1.zi ~
~ A Utica boy, wht attempted 10.
amputate cats tan, found that the.ab1
ssnee Of the old woman WHO o~hs tbs
cat Is necessary to the perfect suece$ Of
such an experiment. His face Looks y.
though Buffalo Bill had settled an old,
eradge against him. gsg4.5
~ Patton, Pa, Is troubled with an
eccentric gentleman, who devotss. his
time between meats to freeing thederil.
The objectional fearufesof these pastimes
are that heftas' Atreaay 4srH dsSn many
fine shade trees. but without. eap.)Eins
old spkthoof si .ltar. .3!g;
@s- Fashion is rarely useful. Bscorne'
utility. That 6f wearing the hair1oOseiy
down the back is now going out justsis
fly time begins to dawn.
ss- An absant-minded man, IN Ten
nessee used O. roll OF greeHbacks az
stopper to his molasses jug, and tbs nsxt
day nearly tore the inside of his house
to pieces looking for the missing money!
His wife set things right when shsbalsed
gingerbread that afternoon. p a
@r What is that which has its head
at one end and its mouth at the other9
4 river. - t.1'i,t''
.SH- A newly elected squire. IN Lake
City, Florida, Aavins occasion to perform
the ceremony for the first time, got tho
affair consid deraBIy mixed, and wound
up by saying "Suffer little children to
come unto them;" at which the bride re-
marked: "Thank you; John, let's go;
that's all we want"
1S- An Ohio bridegroom recently
brought his marriage ceremony to an abb
rupt conclusion by accidently swallow
ing the wedding ring which he had kept
in his mouth in order to have 1t handy.
ps- The Little Boy that sung, "Iwant
tn be an angel" has had his wish graft
fed by catching hold of cows tail.
s-i.- An unstamped letter, dropped in
the Springfield Post Office, was recently
as usual, by the Young Mems
Christian Association. and reached its
On being opened, it Was =
found to contain the following: "Send
lne another barrel of that Gin."
Ms- Beauties often die old maids. They
set such value on themselves that they
don't find purchaser before the market
IS closed.
~ As the word "black" has been
expunged from the dictionary, Savan-
nah paper states that the colored berry
crop is very promising in Georgia.
sar Charles Parson, reporter at WI
iamsburg, n. Y, suicided the other day.
lie left note to brother reporter say
ng: Six this thing up fine, Jim-put
under double head"
EY A little boy in Springfield, after
lis customary evening prayer, night or
wo ago, continued "and bless mama
md Jenny, and Uncle Benny adding
fter moments pause, t&e explanatory
emark, "his name is Hutchinson"
ae- May It please your Honor" said
lawyer, addressing one of the city
Judges, "I brought the prisoner from
all on a haJeas corpus" WELL" said
fellow in an undertone who stood in
he rear of the court, "these lawyers Will
ay anything. l save the man.get outpf
cab at the court door,
as- Henry Ward Beecher is reported
, have said, that he wanted to know all
bout everything. and If he could only
e. return ticket he would like togo
, hi.
81 A very unpleasant fix was that If
he gent on Saturday night, who strug-
led manfhlly but hopelessly to iueaese
imself within pair of fight boots
,hile q dog fight was going, on. around
,e corner; he finally gpt,ont there in
is stocking feet, but the light, Yas 6ycr.