Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-04-24
.raY;t;cs ai:l Lcyitics.

-2.tt- \ sick man who started from
;co!lin with him and it ctne handy,
Cor he died on the rOatl and was pnt in
thc coffin and shipped back home
5l.25- THE society in. Columbps, Ohio,
il hi.shtoncd if the following, from the
JonWai. is true: Why, v-0-u I'D
s-i.-rt-i.n g, is that you?" is the way
lady S;Lu;ed another on our streets tho
other lay, and the angel in dimiiy ana
high-heeiet boots thus. addressed meek.
ly and poetically responded, F" You hci:'
;s1g;> Kansas; lawyers are i;ned for pro-
family anG contempt of court when they
undertake to quote Latin to the Judge.
;sIs-A a sheriff in Florida, who was
called upon 70 resign, wrote back +" Your
communication is received, stating that
nv resignation would meet with the ap-
prevail OF the governor. 1t does not meet
mine. and l shall not do it,"
tsp a pcrversc bachelor Of Northern
!! s5;sine flew in the face of Providence
during 4 late snow storm which stopped
railway travel, By walking Twenty-Five
miiu:; on su0w-Shoes to keep an appoint
mcnt 20 he married.
~ The. cold snap moves the Bloom
ingson Pantagraph to give this advice:
Marry 4 warm hearted girl, whether cold
weather affects You or not. Warrn-heIrt-
cd gir!s arc comfortable even in warm
weather, and in cold weather thoy are
an absolute necessity to mans COM
fort.
a-f," An Omaha paper, without intend
ins TO be personal, insinuates that ii the
: Omaha Postmaster wouldresi@n, "many
persons would feel less anxious about
moiley letters"
A Portland clergyman startled
his flock OIL Sunday morning, by telling
thc,fa rll;,t HI was not as full OF men
| and women az men and women were
full of HI
.G:i-- An exchange says: "There is an
old maid in town who can boast Of two
beauX, hut they arc elbows /"
Key The mischievous result of practi-
! eel joking is eXempliiied in the case Of
an unfortunate New Haven gentleman
whose wife. having been placidly. dumb
for several months, was instantly restos-
cd to loquacity by his imprudeht play
iulncss in suddenly startling her.
nJ- A ST. Louis lady, whose foot had
been pressed i'll II street car by Il gentle
man, thought she would make an exam
plo of him. She returned the pressure,
looked languishing and all that sort of
thing, and when sho aliglted, tacitly in
vited him to follow. Arriving at her
homo, she invited him in, and he, accept
ing, was brought face to face with her
husband. She requested the latter gen
tleman to "wade into" the former, and
detailed the circumstances of the affair.
The husband politely dismissed the gent
with the pressing foot, and then turned
about and beat his wife for inviting such
flmilarities.
1zS- A ST.. Louis paper recommends an
ambitious debating society in that State
to decide (Which is tho butt end OF a
goat?"
asg- 4 man died in New York town
tho other day, and in his viii Ieft "t'ia
old liar and tattlor, the widow Jones, Two
cents
10" Is aIike McCloskey in the ranlss?'
called oiit the c0mmandcr-in cl:i4i, as
tho army stood in line Of battle; :: lIero,
Gincrai." said Nliloe, stepping forward.
"Thcn let the engagement begin" said
the General. That is the way Mike tells
the story.
e,.s- The Saddest case on record is that
+, of the want of bible mt the inauguration
/ OF a Missouri Governor The ceremony
! was detained until a messenger was sent
over to the penitentiary to procure copy.
sy' a man who'wixes q great deal in
society Is said to have. laughed so much
: in his sleeve that it is worn out. =