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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1880-01-22

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COM
YESTERDAYS MARKET.
To Rent.

INC ACRES of LAND, in Meri-
1OO wether Township, on Martin
town road and Fox's Creek, adjoining
lands Of A. j. Hammond. j. w. Harris
and j. j. Bunch, will he rented for>the
present year, or sold to an approved pur
chaser upon reasonable terms. Apply
to H. D. Hudson. IFS Broad street. An-
rusta, Ga, or to J l.. Addison, Edge
field G.. II.
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1850.
Harper's Bazaar
ILLUSTRATED.

This popular periodical ispre-eminent-
Iy a journal for the household.
Every Number furnishes the latest in
formation in regard to Fashions in dross
and OF nament, the newest and most APP
proved patterns, with descriptive arti-
cles derived from authentic and original
sources while the Stories, Poems and
Essays on Social and Domestic Topics,
give variety to its columns.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1880-01-22
DELINQUENT Land Sales.
k%UDITOR's OFFICE,

AUDITORS OFFICE,
Ehgetield G.. H., :. g.,
January 20. 1880.
THE Delinquent Land Sales of Edge
u field County will take place at the
Treasurer's Office on the first Monday in
Eebruury, 1880.
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Nine long columns on each page The
length and width of the columns, and
the style of type, give The WEEXNNEws
a larger quantity of reading matter than
any paper ever published in Sonth Caro-
lima. No increase in the price.
81 A Year.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1880-01-22

The Volumes of the BAZAAR begin with
the first number for January of each
year. When no time Is mentioned, it
will be understood that the subscriber
wishes to M with the number
next after the receipt of his order
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1880-01-22

No regrvaions-no conditions. An absolute warrantee deed conveying a in
dEputaMe title Elm c Of Il town lot to every person applying. But single LOFTS
conveyed by gift, to one individual.
lUKA is the county seat of Tishominga county, in Northeast Mississippi 1t is
the centero of thu finest cotton district of the Gobe-a watering place, visited by
thousands. Iukais situated on the great line of travel from Liverpool, via New
York and Sorfl- to San Fraictsco It is on the railroad route connecting the
heal of navigation Of the Tennessee with the Tombgbee river. Its on the line
from Cincinnati and Louisville to Nicksburg and Texas. It's the heathiest coun-
ty in the Uniuat States. according to the census statistics at Washington. It is
eight mc from tho Tennessee navgablc river. 1t has a population of more
than three thousand pcople-socMty is good. This place is known far and wide fol
the culture md refinement of its citizens. Here are located aemale college and
tined in the near future to become n very important town.
WIZ LOTS ARE GIVEN AWAIT
These lots are valuable and will continue to grow in value for several years to
Tho purpose of giving thseh lot away is to induce people to- com and To-
cate in this cOunty-O buy tracts of II fertile cotton lands m so add TO the
wealth of the county. The company has many thousands OF acres o excellent
lands for sale and if by giving these Ea away can induce purchasers TO come and
III corn, c. ton and grazing lands, will be amply recompensed. H. is lot
expected that every person who gets lot will come here, butt great many will
and they will induce their friends to- follow. Such III increased population will
enhance the value OF other property controlled by the company. Fnr this reason
the auove proposition is made. The deeds are unconditional, not requiring IN
The property is beautiful eve! liant ad advantageous tr building purposes The
person desiring II decd Of one lot must pay incidental expenses, az drawing deed,
acknowledging, REGARDING AMI postage, liked nj five dollars.
CERTIFICATE OF TITLE. ~
IA. NJ REYNOLDS, Clerk of The Chancery court of said county ~, ~%Aity
that the title to oabpSe described land sgood as shown from the rec.
my Office. Also am personally acquainted with d. Chambers, and Gen.. u
this is not aswimle. a. M. REYNOLDS, clerk and recorder
Statc f Mississippi, JC BARNETT, clerk.
[SIl Tshomingo county Instructions.
This company vii. cause to he executed and forwarded by mail to any person SO
r. uuesing Il warrantee deed duly recorded, OF II town lot, as above, upon recGy-
ing a postal money order of five dollars payable to ] j. Chambers at the Iuka post
Office. The name in full Of grantee, with post Office address, county and State,
should he given. The company has set apart for free conveyance only 5Oos and
Secretary luka Land Company, Iuka, Tthomingo county, Miss.
Jan II, 1850, 4G
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-05-13
Burdette on Commercial Travellers.


WHAT W"uld 90 without the boys
ho" often tAey haNt btrn my trends. !
90 to a new town. don KNOW one Motel
1rom another doh know where e ~.
lhe man with the samples gets or at the
same station. ! follow hlm without
Wor't OF a tIrInor. ile caIIS to the hus
driver 10y name anu orders nun to get
out Of thla now, ~ soon as we are
seated, Ana When follow MN am m
eFllahiN certain y 60 20 Iht htal mouse
there lS IN tht place. tie shouts az the
cIcrh by hdIhc' and IlItS q IoNe at the
landlord ~ we - N. lie looNS over my
shoulder as register after hIn' and
hdlldS lIIG llis card WIth i ail"ut ol feco--
nlll' Il. re peeps at the register again.
ans Ndlchca lht cItfk assign llt TO n
Ninety h"tllllG' ne SHOUTS 'NhoS III
ID ne cltFh say ne Is SdN In9 - lol
Judge lhyaSuuSt '.Ncll, ne oe nioWeq,
SAYS my chccTA Ifleld, give Nun llle
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-05-13
Steamboating in Maine Waters.

The early history OF steamboating in Maine wa
tiers is very interesting. The first application of
steam to navigation in these parts was made by
the late Jonathan Morgan, and it has been claimed
that his successful experiments i'll that line were
prior to those made by Robert Fulton, to whom
fame is commonly attributed Mr. Morgans steam
er was simply fiat bOttomed skow with print
tive engine and boiler on deck, wooden walking
beam connecting the engine with the shaft. This
quaint craft was called the Legislator, and
first propelled on the kennebec river, and she was
finally brought to Portland, where she ended her
existence by rotting at one Of the wharyes in our
harbor
TIE next steamer that came into these waters
was double keeed ferry boat that had piled be
tween Brooklyn and New York She was called
the Maine and was also curious and cumber-
some affair, with two keels and the wheel in the
center of the boat
Then came the Patent which was something
little more i'll the shape Of steamer She was
commanded by Capt. Sewal Porter and his
brother Seward aud William occupied positions
upon the boat
And then came the marvel of steamboats, in
those days. the "Conuecticut' brought on bY
Capt. SewaIi Porter The vessel made the trip
from Portland to Boston in twentytour hours
which was thought such wonderful speed that
handbllls announcing the feat were piacardcd
throughout the town and vicinity announcing the
extraordinary event. The Connecticut
garded as such a triumph and glory that she
ran oil the stage lines. They could not compete
with 50 much novelty, elegance, comfort and yoeed
The Connecticut made a trip to the Penobscot river
with grand company on board, bound upon land
specializing operations They went as far as Bucks
port and the party was taken up 10 Bangor on
tug Our venerable fellow citizen John MusSeY
ESQ, and h. Z. Lyon, Esq, the founder of the
Cumberland paper mills, and many other promi
nent business men were OF the party. There
no coal IN those days and the boiler was tired with
pitch and slabs Our jolly colorcd American cit
zen Harry Daniels and Mr. Allen were the tiremen
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Interesting to Vessel Owners.

The Montreal Herald says; "Nesscls
coming out to Montreal for grain cargoes,
&c. can do better than come all the way
in ballast, as so many did last season.
Coal treights from Sydney, c. b. and
Plctou, n S. to this city can be obtained
at rates which will generally be almost
sufficient to cover the expenses in the st.
Lawrence and at Montreal, While the eX-
penses at the two ports named are very
light. We have seen statements from the
captains of several vessels that tried the
most advantageous to them: one of them
shows that his vessel was chartered to
load coal at Sydney for Montreal at $50
In four days he loaded 7S3 tons, which
gave him Sl4O9 40 while his expenses at
Sydney were only $50. In the st. Law
renee his total expenses, including tow
age and pilotage inward and outward,
harbOr dues, &c, amounted to Sl25}.G,
for which he was fully able to provide
out of his coal freight of 5 l409 40; other
statements show similar good results, and
we are of the opinion that a paying trat-
tic will be open for vessels this season,
more particularly when it is remembered
that for the first half, at any rate, of the
season of navigation the shipments of
coal from Great Britain are likely to be
small, nearly all the outward vessels be-
ing engaged for iron go far as the heavy
portion OF their cargo is concerned, which
is likely to cause increased demand for
lower ports coal"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-05-13
Pitched Battle Between Lady and an
Enraged Rooster.

one day last week, says the Hartford
Times, a lady in this city had really an
earnest battle with rooster She had
two tlocks OF about a dozen hens and one
rooster each, with d separate "runn for
each squad, and the hen-house is par
titioned through the middle, with win
dow in the partition. Almost every dav
the lady visits the hennery, and usually
stops to stroke and pet the feathered
tayoritcS Under this treatment the
fowls have become quite tame, and never
before had She such an experience as we
are about to relate. The lady, as she
tells the story herself, had passed through
the first division OF the hen house, and
stopped to pet the fowls in the other half,
and while she was thus engaged she no
ticed the big old rooster in the other
domicilc had taken a position where he
could see the ladys operations through
the partition window. He watched her
with a Jealous eye. Directly the lady
reached out to take in her hands a hen,
but it eyaded her and ran off with
frightened scream. vt this the locker on
IN enice the Old rooster became un-
duly excited, rutled his feathers, elongat
Ell his neck, and showed he was as "mad
aS mad could be- He looked aS if he
wanted to tackle the lady, and sure
enough, when She entered his room to
pass ont he did make a most determined
onslaught. He rushed at her fairly brist-
Ing with indignation, and saVagely struck
at her with his spurs. The lady rather
pleased than otherwise, lifted a foot to
poke him away. and did give him VIC
Dlt.uG ShnEp 1,ut hp returned and lpt
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-05-13
Mrs. Taylor's Half d ollar.

Mrs. Taylor-We will not be more def
mite about the name came into the Hour
office on Wednesday to purchase a copy
of the paper, and handed the local silver
dollar.
AS a dollar in change or any other
shape is rarely to be found in a printing
office, the following conversation ensued:
l.ocaL- Haven't you anything smaller
than this, madam y
Mrs. T.-''No, | have nothing but
silver half dollar, which | wouldn't part
with for anything"
Local .IIoW's that?"
Mrs. T-'Well, III tell you. You see
when my grandmother was q baby and
getting her teeth, she used to bite onto
that half dollar. My mother used it in
the same way and so did l, and my
daughter and all her children. Now, I've
got it back again and am going to keep
it as long as ! live"
Local-''it must be quite a curiosity"
Mrs. T-''So it is. DO you want to
see it"
The local did want to see it, and Mrs
Taylor handed it to him. One glance
was sufficient lie quickly handed it
back and rushed out to get the dollar
changed. lie was gone a long time and
came back flushed and out of breath.
He handed the change to Mrs. Taylor,
waited until she had gone, and then
roared with laughter. The half-dollar
was dated 1856.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-05-13
The Dawn Will Come.

The night may be dreary, and sombre and sad,
And swiftly may speed the wild rack in the sky :;
The ocean may roar on the wave-beaten shore,
But the dawn Of the bright golden morning is
nigh
The tempest may gather, and thunder may roll
And the trighted birds hide from the hghtning 5
sheen
But far in the east from its sumber released.
The dawn of the bright golden morning is seen
The bitterest sorrow may gather around
And banlsh the smile to give place to a tear;
But time will relieve all who trembe and greve,
For the dawn OF the sweet smiling morning is
near.
Then do not despair, We weary and sad,
For joy will dlsperse cen the shade OF a sigh;
Bright days will come back, and the night and the
rack
viii flee when the dawn of the morning is nigh :
| Edward OxeHtord
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-05-13

The steamship Columbia, of $1,000 tons,
recently completed at the works of John
Roach, at Chester, Pa. for the Oregon
Railway and Navigation Company, is
claimed by her owners to be, in appoint
ments and convenences, the finest steam
ship in the world. She is to ply between
San Francisco and Portland Oregon.
The New York Herald, after describing
her handsome internal finish, furniture
and fittings, makes mention of the follow
ing novel improvements
Among some OF the newest features is the heat
ing apparatus, consisting OF a register N every
room, supplied with hot air driven in by an engine
and controlled by the occupant of the room. In
hot weather 1t can be utilized for cold and in cold
weather for hot air thus doing away with the dis
agreeable odor of the steam heaters and leakage i'll
the room But the greatest novelty is the Edison
electric light in every room and over all the tables,
which is furnished by four of Edlsons dynamo
machines in the engine room, arranged so that
each line is under command of the engineer. The
lights OF the separate rooms will be under con
troll of the passengers on the inside and the stew
ard on the outside. All of the are fitted up
with electric calls and the offices smoking room,
&c, are also fitted up with telephones-the sinOk
ing room being in connection with the stewards,
and the captains with the chief engineers, purS-
er's, and stewards Other improvements consist
of tetae electric to the bridge from the en-
gine, so that the captain can tell by simply
pressing button whether the engine is going
ahead or back, and at what speed, as to prevent
any accidents by mistaken kilograms from the
bridge to the engine room. The steering gear is
an attachment from the freight holster, but with
selfacting improvements The elevators for dis
charging cargoes new, and also the running
glnes at the ports, so that truck loaded with
freight runs from the lower hold out to the dock
entirely by steam. Head lights and dock lights
are also run by an electric machine.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-05-13

| of it, for his clothes were WOefully in want
of repair and his cooking was none of the
best, to say nothing of house cleaning,
and other such drudgery, for the execu-
ton of which woman had been specially
created by a kind and considerate Provi-
dence
As it was, the Captain slowly shook his
iron gray locks, and bravelv announced
his own and Pickles intention to rub
along together and rough it out as best
they might-maybe something would
turn up in time.
The Captain was of philosophic turn
Of mind. and inclined to take things easy.
Not 50 Pickle, who made an occasion of
demur or aggression Of everything that
| fell in his way.
And thus it had been, indeed, that
Capt. Teller had had the misfortune Of Il
misunderstanding with Miss Mahitable
Parsons, before he had been three days
her neighbor
1t had all come about through Pickle
and Spice. Spice had, throughout her
! life enjoyed the undisputed privilege OF
! daily SieStas on the summit OF the fence
| posts separating the two gardens which
| Pickle ohscrNn had resented and resist
ed as an understandable intrusion upon
his own and his masters domestic privacy.
4 deadly tcud had thereupon sprung
up between these two. resulting i'll more
than one bloody encounter, wherein Pickle
! had nearly .oSt an eye and Spice had
narrowly escaped with her life
Miss Mahitabe had taken part with
her prosecuted cat, and Capt. Teller had
defended the cause of his aggrieved dog
| 81 that the rnDlnpSS between those two
anin,aIs Lad oxtnnJna tn tbnir nwnnrs
\nnnn however not evnn NahitabIr
had drramrI ot. tine Cantain,s rarrving
thn mottnI ~ f,r ~ 4 threatcn 10 mnr.
dar hn, nrarinms r,t
Spice was the best known and most
! highly respected eat in the town, and.
with the exception of that incorrigible
voungster, Dick Purnel LAWYER Pur-
nel's son to whom most of the mischief in
the place might be traced no one had
ever yet dared to shy a brickbat at Miss
| Parsons tayOritc or to shave her tail and
| string it with spoos OF assorted sizes.
As for Pickle, a bow legged crop-car-
ed bull-tclrier, his master often declared
| him to be the perfection of the canine
species with whom lie would not part for
| his weight in gold Pickle had one weak
4 ness lilc tdpld!ll OlIoNlullN dlllltlcu,
and that was cats
ON this particular April morning, Capt.
Teller having paid an early visit to the
| boat, returned home to his seven o'clock
breakfast He entered at the front door
with a cheerful countenance followed by
! Pickle: but when, fifteen minutes later,
he made his appearance in his back gar
den, for the purpose of cuttin. wood for
his fire, hi, broad, honest and not un-
comely countenance Wore a thoughtful
ana severe aspect, and his eyes rested
sternly upon Sally. as she fled into her
mistress back door with Spice in ler
apron
Can't Teller turned over a joa with his
foot ana mutfered to himself;
.Hmn nm She is, Al wimmen folks
are rnm ms seems ~ mp GI1d ry4
cot nothin' whatsomeyer 10 do with any
Of em. lin inlrpcDdenr Of the buIl ,rt
- -.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-05-13
VOLUME 50.
Written for the Republican Journal
Garden Notes.

We published recently in this depart
ment an item from an exchange, stating
that a gentleman who had tried oiled
muslin for hot-b covers pronounced it
a fraud and in no way a substitute for
glass. Per contra, gentleman of this
city has found oiled muslin great sue
cess. as by its use he was enabled to have
vegetables two to three weeks earlier
than he would have had without its use
We give his experience for the benefit Of
those of our readers who may desire to
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-05-13
How Boys are Cured on shipboard.
An old sailor in his ~ arms in an Eastern paper

How Boys are Cured on shipboard
says:
at were in the forecast, hows'ever that the boy
got the best part OF his discipline and very few
there was but what arter wage to Liverpool IN
one of the packets could dodge sea boat if flung
at EN-, to all admiration. All this put life into
EN-, and made EN- playing and spry, as well as re
spectful to their elders. \ boy gineraly were al
lowed twenty four hours for to enjoy his sea-sck-
ness and arter that he be to turn to. This were
uarctul provision, cause if let alone he'd be sick
tor three or four days. and as there amt n0thln
worse than sickness, of course the sooner he
cured of it the better for the boy. There
were various ways of curln' One mate
with used to make them drink pint panikn OF
salt water till cured The boy were ginerally well
arter one dose Another mate used to ship cap
stan bar and let the boy heave the empty capstan
round till he felt quite well. If there was more
than one boy, he allowed one to ride top of the
capstan while tother hove round, and permitted
'em to spell one another every ten minutes. The
glneral way, hows'e ever were to set EN- a sweepin
of the decks touchn Of EN- up in the bult with a
ropes-end once in a while to larn EN- for to sweep
clean.
'What blessed cures I've seen, sir, under this
system. I've knowd boy as limp wet dish
cloth in the mornin brace up by night he
could sign his name to the mess kid equal to an
old sailor The first thing a boy larnt aboard of
them ships were that there was no sch word as
cant. One of the most naturalist things In the
world to a boy right from home. where Of course,
he got no trainin' worthy Of the name, were to
say when asked why he did not go aloft, or do
somethn' as he'd been told for to do Il can't sir
and frequently he forgot the last word and simply
said cant, in the which invarable, if in a we'll
regulated ship, he were at once knocked into the
lee scupper with the remark, There amt no such
word aboard this ship cant, and one lesson
generally sutliced the boy never said can't again,
but if ordered to do anythin' he started of and
tried and generally done it. 1t would be good
thing sir for boys if they could have some of the
| same kind of teachin ashore as they had at sea
| There's many of 'em would be made men of as
now grows up to be poor useless trash"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-05-13

field, Maine, for Hon j. Il. Bodwell Of
Iall0Nel. Maine, and himself. and which
the London Agricultural, Gazette Of March
ist, calls the 'most important purchase,
in point OF number. that has ever been
made to cross the Atlantic from the herds
ot England. Of any breed. at any one
time" reached .Pne Grove Farm" in
IIalloweu Aprjl 10Th lv special train
from Portland. having been DISCHARGED
rGm the steamer Toronto ot the Domiu-
ou line. The animals - titlv-seyen in
nunber-were shipped from LIVERPOOL
March 18th. and endured The long jaur-
nov hv rail and steamer. I'M all OF twenty
lay~ duration. remarkably McH ana with
5, ght loss. They were visited ON the
Monday following hy REPRESENTATIVE Of
..e Ncw England Farmer and looked in
excellent condition cencrallv some Of
-,lp older animals we're showing the effects
.., tile long alld rather heavy PASSAGE. but
ra. youu. heiter~ appeared is much at
home in their new a16rtels. as they could
Uale uuss.bN booked I'M the best "brve"
Old Englnd. aul our readers must
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-05-13
Farm, Garden and Household,

For this department brief suggestions, facts and
experiences are solicited from housekeepers,
farmers and gardeners Address Agricultural
Editor. journal Office Belfast Maine
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-05-13

young lady recently presented her lover with
an elaborately constructed pen wiper, and was
astonshed the following Sunday to see him come
into church wearing it a cravat.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-05-13

BROILED PARsNIPs. Cut in half, length
wise, boil tender, cool, cut in thin slices,
broil in frying pan, till nicely Drowned !;
spread with butter, and serve hot.