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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-04-10

ns- Proud of his father. A ten year
old boasting to schoolmate OF his
fathers accomplishments, put 1t thus
"My father can do almost anything.
He's notary public, and he's 'potiio-
cary and he can pull teeth, and he's a
horse doctor, and he can mend wagons
and things, and he can play the fiddle,
and he's q jackass at all trades"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-04-10
Policies Issued over
Income over -

The progress Of this Company during the past has been STEADY
and PROGRESSIVE The Management ECONOMICAL the Losses
SMALL. =: ~
During the months largest business from the Northern
but this has passed the rigid inspection Of the Northern Insurance
Departments
We need advertisement Edgefed other than the grateful
testimony of the widows and orphans from want by policies in
this Company - ="
We are paronzed nearly every household Our friends
know where to find US when they need insurance y 80
LEAPHART & RANSOM,
General gents, Augusta, Ga
E. KEESE, {"
E. E. JEFFERSON ="
Oct9 # AZ
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-04-10

g- One of our well known Irish citi-
zens, the other ilsy, @as Oh. thepsitpess
stand and one Of the counsel lad occa-
sion to suggest to him that he Yas talk.
ing too much, when he replied, am not
talking any more than you arc SIR"
Yes replied our legal friend, but !
am Licensed to talk" F" You are, said
Pat, "Well, and I'm sworn to talk!'
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-04-10

MS- Here is the latest parody on the
exquisite poem called Beautiful snow"
;. On, the SNOW, the beautiful snow; such
hunky thing, you know; blueing your
nose and chilling your toes; as whirling
through the street it goes. NO silly
praise, not any for Joe, for that coolest
of frauds. the beautiful SNOW"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-04-10

ae- A Kentucky editor rocciYed Che
following note from subscriber, askinG
that. a false notice of his death might be
corrected: "Sir, I notis a few erors in
the obituary Of myself wich appeered in
your paper Of last wensday, was born
In gree,iup co. not caldwell, and my re,
tife1nent from bisncs i'll 1850 was no!
OWN to il heith, but tu little truble
had in connection with horse, and the
cors of my deth was not small noX
pleas make corrections for witch enclose
50 cents
Ms- a mountain settler in Tennessee
learned for the first time the other day
that Dave Crockett was dead, and sa'
down on log and cried like = child.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-04-10
Brge.k|{lyy.n[ r,g2.(.|{ y I, Life Insurance Go.
81, - . or NEW YORK.
,lIUfIUIT -----r--
Assets Over Two millions Dollars.

ALL Persons who ish Company pre-
xeeng peouiar advantages, can do 10 by applying @r
,,.,u t W. p BUTLER
Genl Agent Bfookyn.Iife Insurance Co.
Respectful reference Judge Jo e. Bacon Me R. C. sbiver,
W. S. Monet Moore and Joa Bnuset Of Couuba ExGov NJ
l. Bonhat1 MsIs s. Topkns Henry w. Addison w Carwe,
ST. Dozier, and otherlpatons Of the Company
~ ACTIVE AND RELIABLE AGENTS will themselves
to Tie the Company County the State with
whom liberal terms will be made.
,,re, ~! T. sUILEEs, scm'i. Asehu,
Edgefeli c. H, S. c.
Feb 10 3m
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-04-10

.xs- don't care much for q quiet baby,
but dote ON sqnalling one" said an
old bachelor. "Why, how strange =
admiringly chQrused all the mothers IN
the room. mot at all" responded the
bachelor; "because, You see, as soon as
brat Legins to squall, it is always: taken
from the room." The bachelor had no
sooner delivered himself thus than he
took hilnself from the room, followed by
maternal vituperations.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-04-10

w A printer recently made "Be ye
therefore steadfast," the text OF minis
ter's sermon, "Be ye there for break
fast.n ~
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-04-10

eg- Sydney Smith once commenced q
charity sermon by saying: " Benevo-
lence is sentiment common to human
nature. A never sees B in distress with
out asking to relieve him."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-04-10

@- A wealthy and celebrated inventor
of Baltimore, is going to put OH. the top
of his house musical instrument to be
driven by steam and sonorous enough to
make itself heard by the whole city.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-04-10

&y- When the dove, says an Arabic
legend. came back to the Ark, It's leet
were covered with red mud. Noah
prayed that they might always be red
and they have remained SO till this day.
On New York Central Railroad
train. recently, two old ladies sat on adj
Joining seats in one of the cars; one de-
clared if the conductor opened the win
dow she would die, and the other pro-
tested against its being closed, for she
would certainly smother to ,.eath. The
conductor wns in doubt, when venera-
BILE gentleman exclaimed, "Open the
window ard kill one Of them, and then
close it and kill the other, and then we
shall have peace"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-04-10
.Brevities and LevitieS.

l@- A kirk luminary recently asked
his pet scholar why they took Stephen
outside the walls of the city to stone him
to death. Ths, little fellow was silent tot
moment, as though absorbed with the
problem, when, Frightening up sudden
~, he replied, $50 they could get a bet
ter crack at him."
n A. Cincinnati lover has been dis
cardedbY his, affiancedS million heiress;
Tor treaSlfng' on her pet cats tail. He
vowedit was an accident, butshe insisted
it was done. on poor puss.
Ms- Sour looks and cross words fall
more heavily upon the hearts Of the
home ones than they would upon stran-
gers; but perverted pride and self:
respect impel peopleto be pleasant and
kind to outsiders when they are ugly as
brutes at home. True pride induces
kind treatment and encouragement to
those who are helplessly dependent upon
YOU. The smiles and pleasantries OF life
are not wasted Zen dispensed in the
homo circle.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-06-12
HEREDITARY INFLUENCES.

IL is distinctly asserted by Prof. Lucas,
and agreed to by others, that predisposition
to any form Of disease, or any malforma-
lion, nav become an inheritance. Thus
disease OF the heart is hereditary; so also
are diseases of the brain, of the liver, and
of the kidneys; SO are diseases of the eye
and of the ear. General maladies are
equally Unbeatable, and govt and madness.
Longevity on the one hand, AID premature
death on the other, go By descent. II we
consider class of peculisrities more recon-
dite in their origin than these, we shall find
the law of inheritance TO hold good. A
morbid sensib.lity TO contagious disease, or
to the pOisons of opium or of caOmel,
and an aversion TO the TASTE of meat, are
all to be found inherited. SO is craving for
drink. or for gambling, strong sexual pas
sion, proclivity to paupe-ism, TO crimes OF
violence, and TO crimes of fraud.
There are certain marked types of charac-
ter Justly associated with, marked types Of
feature and temperature. We hold, conse-
uuently, that the latter are inherited One
case being too notorious and too lnconslst-
ent with the analogy afforded by brute AMI
mails to render argument necessary lana we
therefore infer the same Of the former. For
Instance, the face of the combatant is square,
coarse, and heavily jawed. 1t differs from
that of the ascetic, the voluptuary, the
dreamer, and the charlatan.
Sill more strongly mark I'd than these
are the.typoi4l features and characters OF
different races of men, The Mongolisns,
Jews, Negroes, Gipsies and American In,
dams severally propagate their kinds; and
each kind differs in character and intellect,
as well as IN color and shape, and form
class of instances worthy of close investiga'
ton, which peculisrities of character are
invariably transmitted from the parents tt
the ofT,uring.- Francis GuttOn.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-06-12
Will Have His Fun.

Everybody knows Ton Hudson. Some
time ago be represented the Ninth Ward in
the City Council, but latterly he has won
more fame as the keeper of the City Park,
and particularly that portion which is re-
markable for its dampness. Tom went
down TO the park some time ago, ard found
one of his neighbors on the margin of tn
pond asleep. A fishing pole was stuck in
the mud By bis side, to which was attacht d
q line that reached far out into the clear
waters. Tom didn't wake his friend; oh,
no; he had something better In store !or
him. Leaving hin in the enjoyment OF a
quiet snooZe. Tom Immediately went back
10 green grocer shop near by, where he
had seen some fish for sale. Purchasing a
ten pound buffalo from the shop, he has
tened back to the park, and without waking
his friend be drew in the line and fastened
| the fish securely on the hook and threw 1t
| back into the water. Then he did arouse
| his ncishbor, and that too rather exctitedly,
telling him to get up--thst he bad bite.
The Individual responded TO the call, CON-
menced drawing in the line, and sure
enough landed on terra frma big fish.
| Tom did not crack smile, but after con.
graduating him upon his luck, left the spot.
Inc next Gay, Jne WHOio uelSuOOInoou was
spprized of the fishermsn's luck, and there
was no little establishment expressed at fish
of that size in the pond. There were fifty
new recruits that day, all angling for some
of the same sort, but without success. The
day after there were probably one hundred
fishermen in sight, but they were rewarded
only with few small perch. The fourth
day Tom tcld a friend the joke, and that
friend let the cat out of the bag, and there
| has been no fishing for buffalo since.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-06-12
WHAT Is INTIET?

During the earlier visits Of the royal
family to Balmoral, Prince Albert, dressed
in q very simple manner, was crossing one
of the Scotch lakes in q steamer, and was
curious to note everything relating TO the
management Of the vessel, and among
other things, the cooking. Approaching
the galley" where a brawny Highlander
was attending to the culinary matters, he
was attracted by the savory odors OF a COM
pound known by the Scotsmen as "hodge-
podgsn which the Highlander was prepar-
ng.
"What is tbat?" asked the Prince, who
was not known to the cook. .'
UHodge. podge, sir" was the reply.
UHow is It made?" was the next ques-
ton.
"Why, there's mutton intiPt, and turnip;
intirt, and"
eyes. YES" said the Prince, who had
not learned that "intiPr' means "into r.,
expressed by the extraction "intirt" "bu'
what is intilt"
"Why, there's mu ton intil't, and turnip;
fntil't, and carrots intirt,and turnlps lntht I,
and"
ayes, | see; but what is intilt?"
The man looked at him, and, seeing tha'
the Prince was seriou s, replied:
"There's mutton intipt, and turnips IN
tilt, and"
eyes, certainly, 1 know" urged the IN
0uirer; "but what is irtilt-intilt"
aye daft gowk!" yellel the Highlander
brandishing his big spoon, am ma tellin
ye what's intir !? There's mutton intlf
| and"
Here the interview was brought to
close by one of the Princes suite, who wa
fortunately passing, who stepped in to saw
His Royal Highness from being raped owe
the head with big spoon, in his search 10
information from the cook.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-06-12
ATERRIBLE PUNISHMENT.

Mr.. James Greenwood has published
frichtful account of the silent system,
which is in operation at tie Holloway Model
Prison, in Lon on:
tits an offense for prisoner to speak one
word, and he is never addressed except in
whispers, so that he may be in prison two
wears without hearing the natural sound CT
the human voice. The effect of this is so
terrible in the mind that prisoners will
speak out in desperation, at the risk OF any
punishment, rather than endure the terrible
silence.
The prisoners never see one another, but
remain in perpetual solitude. One poor
wretch, driven TO desperation by nine
months'solitude and silence, recklessly broke
out in Mr.. Greenwood's presence:
'sFor Gods sake, Governor, put me in
another cell. Put me somewhere else. L
have counted the bricks in the cell | am in
till my eyes ache"
The request of the tortured wretch was
refused.
There is a fire hole in each cell, and as
the Wardens wear shoes of India-rubber
soles, the prisoners can never be sure of
| being alone.
Those condemned 10 the tresdmill have
10 ascend l,20O steps every alternate
twenty minutes for six hours. And this is
a place so hot and close that prisoners often
lost in preparation three stone in as many
months.
Every day the prisoners are TAKEN to q
chapel so arranged that they can see no one
save the chaplain. And thus is the order
of devotion observed. Wardens are con-
stantly on the watch, lest for single in
slant they, through the whole of the ser
vice, depart from the rigid rule of "eyes
right" They must look steadfastly at the
preacher; must raise and lower their prayer
book with the elbows squared and all al
once, like soldiers at drill. They may moi
scrape treir feet without having atterwarC
10 explain the movement. They scarcely
wink an eye or sigh without danger of re
buke or punishment. God help them, poo
wretches!
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-06-12
AMAGICIAN's TRICK.

The following story is Tod Of Buffalo
man:
"While Macallister, The wizard, was on
a visit last summer at Detroit, he concluded
to pass on the Great Western Railroad to
Niagara Falls. At Windsor, his baggage,
which consisted Of trunk and hand valiso,
had been properly inspected and marked in
the Custom House. Now the Pr gfessor is
a gentleman not easily imposed upon; so
when the train arrived at the bridge
the Customhouse officer came through
the train, i0stling passengers vaiises
and making himself rather familiar
with baggage which had already been
properly insHected. Approaching Mscallis-
ter i.e requested him to open his hand va
lise to see what its contents were. The
Professor plainly showed him the custom
house mark. However, to convince him,
Macalister opened the vslise, and had the
modification of seeing his toilet articles dis
PLAYED TO public view. A meaning twinkle
was In the Professors eye when he remark.
ed to the officer: why, my dear sir, it seems
strange that man holding the position you
do should be carrying American imports
on your person without paying the reg
ular duties The Custom House officer
I wished to know if be was to be iDsulted
Not at ALL said Ma allister, and, suitiDg the
action to the words, the Professor tool
from under his coat bottle of the best ole
Kentucky Bourbon whisky. This had ;
fearful effect on the passengers, who roared
with laughter. Now said Macallister, =.
shall be obliged to confscate this property,
and taking out corkscrew from his poke
be opened the bottle and passed the con
tents around amongst the many passen
gers. The Customhouse officer left th
coach in disgust amidst rosrs of laughter
This is only one of the little tricks tina
Macallister plays when an opportunity oc
| ours"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-06-12
MORTUARY.
The List OF Interments Yesterday.

1'hG EIHt Oh tmACEHmOMeo u CC~OA
The weather for the past two days was
supposed to be very unfavorable for the
disease now prevailing In cur city. Tues
day it was cool and cloudy, and yesterday
was warm, close, cloudy, aud rainy. Not
yithstsndiDg the bad weather, however, we
find but little increase in the mortu ry re-
port, and last evening we heard OF no new
cases that were likely to prove fatal. From
a conversation with some OF our physicians,
we understand that for two days past most
of the cholera cases have been of a mild
form, and yield readily to treat
ment. Prudence in diet is now all that is
necessary as a preventive sof the disease.
One of the iuterments yesterday was col
oled woman named Eliza Blood, living in
Edgefield, who is alone responsible for her
death. Against the advice Of friends, she
persisted in getting rid ola halt dozen green
apples and in three hours afterwar,l, cholera
eot away with her. We give as follows the
list OF interments yesterday:
WHITEs-Mrs. Leniza Ford South Union
street between High and Summer.
Miss Martha Thompson, south Spruce
street.
II. Basson, south Spruce street.
Sallie Milf, south Spruce street.
Eugene BeIlanny South High street.
Mr.. Brown, corner IIigh and South In
ion.
Total whites 8.
CoLoRED.-Colored child South Market,
still born.
Kelley, South Cherry beyond Broad,
Isaac K Dg, Church Street.
Child of Monroe Hadley, North Summer.
| Child Of Emma RDrpatt r.t
Two children on South Spruce, summer
complaint.
Colored child at Ed. Earley's.
Joseph Cole, North Spruce.
Eliza Blood, Edge6eld.
Lucy Woods, Brooks Alley.
Colored child, Edgefeld, summer COM
plant.
Colored man near Trimble Springs.
Colored woman of dropsy. Total color
ed H. Whole number of interments 20,
| of which Is were of cholera.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-06-12
PERSONALITIES.

A Columbus, o., man lately learned what
il was to have insult added to injury, in
being first scared out of bis wits by his
horse running away with him, and then
arrested and fined for driving at an illegal
rate Of speed.
A business man of Coyington, KY,
bought postal card yesterday, wrote few
lines on the back of it, and putting it in a
stamped envelope, mailed it to a friend in
Lexington. He says the cards are a great
convenience.
The temperance men now advance this
as a frightful example: San Iowa mao
tried to draw cork from an ale bottle
with his teeth, and had it sent down his
throat"
A young man in Louisville is anxious TO
find a purchaser for lot of wedding cards.
His girl declined to participate after they
were printed, so he will sell them at reason
able discount.
A noted horse jockey, "Down East" was
awakened one night by violent thunder
storm. Being somewhat timid, be awoke
his wife with, "Wifel wife! do you suppose
the Day Of Judgment has comeT "Shut
I'D, you fool!'' was the sffectionate reply.
"How can the Day of Jud. ment come in
the night.
Three brothers in Bow, N. H., have been
preparing another intricate puzzle for gene
alogists by playing beau to and ultimately
marrying three ladies who bear to each
other the relations of mother, daughter and
granddaughter. Should these alliances have
issue, the efforts of the rising generations TO
discover their respective degrees of con-
sanguinity will be amply sufficient to &C.
count for any amount of homicidAl mania.
To be the uncle of ones stepbrother is per
picking enough, but when it comes to being
tie ,reat-ne phew of ones first cousin and
the brolher-in-law of ones father and the
grandson Of ones aunt, all at once, the
problem is calculated to shake confidence in
ones own identity.
The Ripley (Tenn.) Neaos says: A Lau.
derdsle county young man accompanied
his Girl home from chgrch last Sunday, anC
before leaving the yard made the acquaint-
ance of the watch dog, who slipped up IL
his rear and took 4 piece out of his bes
pantsloons. He is now very careful how
he sits down, and thinks the Legislature
ought to prohibit the fathers of pretty girl
from keeping biting dogs.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-06-12
A New Sanitary Commission

The citizens of the 18th district have
wisely organised a sanitary commission Of
their own, for the purpose ofpreventing the
deposit of unwholesome material within
their limits, except in the manner and form
provided by law. The new commission as
at present organized is IS follows: Com
modore NJ. Quinn, Barney Hynes, Esq
Constable NJ. L. Higgins, Doctor L. Tyne
and watcbman Pat Bonner. The new com
mission went on duty day before yester
day, and have already done much 10 pre-
vent the commission of the offense com
nlainnh of
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-06-12
EDGEFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

The ExamiHasiOnE Exercises Concluded
The examination exercises in the Public
Schools of EdgefieId which commenced on
the 4th inst, closed yesterday. The attend
auce throughout was quite e. couraging to
the teachers and Board Of Education who
were in attendance eech day.
The fifth grade scholars passeda good ex-
animation. Two members ofthis class were
present every day during the ten MOI tbs,
one Of whom attained an average CT 9S per
cent in studies and department. There
were some fine specimens of maps in this
grade, the same as were on exhibition at the
Exposition. We are satisfied there will be
strong contest among the scholars OF this
grade when they enter the 9th next Fall,
as they show quite a desire to excel. In
consequence of the large number in this
grade, they are taught in separate rooms
The pupils of the sixth grade which were
called next showed adeeided improvement,
and acquitted themselves with credit to all
concerned. q-.s
The seventh showed themselves equal TO
tie emergency, and the pupils evineed a
high order of scholarship, answering with
p:omptpess all questions in mathematics,
grammar, history and geography. We have
never seen more proficiency in arithmetic
than that Gisvlayed by the little girls and
boys in this grade.
Then followed thu eighth grade who stood
well in Latin and aleebfa,znd IN fact every.
thing they undertook was satisfactory to all
present. 1t would be hard to find class
of better experts in algebra anywhere in
the country and when age is taken into con-
sideration we think they might well chal
lenge the void. The seventh and eighth
grades interpreted the exercises with sing
] ing compositions, and declamatiOns, the ex-
ercises throughout being very entertaining
and interesting TO the older heads who we've
lockers on. Very elegant constructed and
appropriate compositions were read by Miss
es Minnie Frysr, Laura Attaway, Carrie
Miller and Jennie Demonbreun. Miss
Maggie Handle, on the part of the young
ladies, read the valediCtOry, which was ex
ceedingly well written. 1t wa delivered with
much feeling and effect. The touching fare
well TO her teachers and schooimates caused
many IN eye to fill. Very creditable de.
carnations were delivered by Charles A
Joseph, J. B. Sharpe and Z. 7. Bell. They
made their own selections, drilled them
selves, and showed all the elements of ora
tory. The valedictory on the part of the
boys was delivered by r. j. Murray, who
acquitted himself handsomely, his produc
ton being highly creditsble and bis style o
delivery without fault.
We are fully Convinced that the teaching
of music has been quite benefit to all o
the scholars. 1t is study which gives re
lief to the mind when borne down by TIT
weight of heavier work. Prof. Shultz is de
serving of great credit for his disinteresteC
kindness, in bestoWing so much of bis tim
in teaching the sweet and useful art. w
notice that ali the children have an affection
for him as well as he for them.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-06-12
GONE OUT FOREyER.

Like dropping, DYING stars, our dearly
loved ones go away from our sight--the
stars of our hopes, our ambitions, our
prayers, whose light ever shines before US
their place is left empty, cold and dark. A
mothers steady, soft and earnest light thai
beamed through want and sorrow; q
fathers, strong, quick light, that kept oul
Jet from stumbling in the dark and tIeach-
erous ways; sisters light, SO mild, sc
pure, so constant and so firm, shining upon
us, from gentle, loving eyes, and persuading
us to grace and goodness; brothers light
forever sleeping in our souls, and illumlnat
ing our golngs and comiDgs; friends light
true and trustJ-gone forever? No the
light has not gone out. 1t is shining above
the stars, where there is no darkness fol
ever and ever.