Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1877-08-02

items of anything of interest that. may
transpire near them.
The Pine House amateurs, whose sue
cess in Armand" last week was so en-
phatic, have presented to our Episcopal
Church very pretty sum of money.
Our farmers should not forget to SOW
plentifully Of oats in August and Sep
tcmbcr. Let all the cotton land be sown
down in oats and wheat. plant the bal
ance of your cultivatable land in corn
next spring and then real and substan-
tial prosperity will begin TO dawn in our
midst.
The hanging of tie wretched negro,
Cush Harris, is to take place on the last
day of this month. Sheriff CASTOR in
forms US that he has not yet decided up
on the spot for the execution. In the
meantime the condemned man makes a
confession to Mr.. CASTOR that he alone
devised the murder of Mr.. Holloway
and perpetrated it, no one assisting him,
and no one being privy to the deed. This,
however, is clearly not true, as any SEN
siblo man may judge who heard the evil
dence upon the ial-particularly Vince
Caldwell's. Before the final hour, Cush
| may probably tell another tale.
"When an ass is going to bray, he al
ways begins by raising his tail, and he
keeps it extended horizontally as long
as his song lasts. To insure his silence,
you have only to tie a large stone to the
end of his tail, 50 thathe cannot raise il"
Oh that public speakers, senators, rep
resentatives, lawyers, and, alas preach
ers and editors, had tails! Bray an ass
in u mortar and his foolishness will not
depart from him, but tie rcck to his
tail aud you haze got him.
We have spent couple Of days at Pine
House lately and we think it decidedly
the most delightful place in the world
far preferable to the White Sulphur
Springs. And Of course it is the people
that make the place. What would even
Paris be without its people? Please won't
somebody give us some sort of position
at Pine House? Nomatter how humble,
so it enables us to live there.
But we cannot become reconciled to
the site of Ebenezer Church. A horrid
sand bed, without even sprig of night
shade. The projectors of this church
mast have been raving distracted In
stead of Ebenezer, it should be called
Sahara. When we went to Mr.. Horns
singing school, we gazcd at the sun and
the sand until we fell into day trance,
in which the buggy horses outside the
church were changed into camels, and
Mr Horn and his pupils into travelling
Arabs journeying to Mecca-while the
shady and beautiful home of our young
friend, Armand Etheredge, some 500
yards away, looked like an oasis i'll the
waste of sand, an oasis in which there
might be palm tree, spring Of water,
and bird of paradise.
We even love the dogs at Pine House!
Yes, even the deg, are aniablc and ac-
complished And let us tell you a tale
OF one. In fact in these days when men
and women are so slippery, it is not un-
wise to turn from them now and then
and contemplate the faithfulncss of dogs.
I. will do us good Our dog is named
Monkey and he belongs to The Belts
household. lie isapointer, and the most
beautiful one we ever saw. Before re-
firing up stairs to bed, one of the young
lady guests of the family pulled Oft all
her things''-breastpin earrings, brace
lets, sash, necktie, fan, &c, &c, and laid
them on the piano, where she left them.
Early next morning, while we sat at the
piano, the ladies rot having come down,
Monkey came to us with note in his
mouth, in which VIC were instructed 10
wrap up certain things in paper, put the
parcel in his mouth, and bid him carry
it up stairs to his Miss We did as di-
rected, and away sped Monkey up stairs
and delivered his burden. And then he
came again and again until all the young
lady's things were safely delivered to
her--including the iewelry. Sometimes
Mr. Belts, sen'r., wanders into the fields
before sunrise without hat ofgloves, and
if the sun shines out too brightly before
his return, the ladies of the family put
his hat and gloves into Monkeys mouth,
who understands his GRAND perfectly
and h;.stes away to find his master no
matter where the latter may be. So when
you hear of beautiful and useful dogs in
future, always think OF Monkey Bet
tis."
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