Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-08-11
man, reported to be Of lniserly habits,
who, doubtless inadvertently swal-
lowed wedding ring known to be OF
nonc;darah hla ualre and chnked 10

who, doubtless inadvertently sWal'
lowed wedding ring known to be o.
considerable value, and choked to
death in the process. This would
/ naturally have seriously inconveni'
enced the bride had not her brothers
two practical men-been present
With great presence Of mind the
: brothers removed the chokNt bride.
groom to the rear OF the church
where they recovered the ring with
with their hunting knives, and press
ing an eligible young man into the
service, enabled their sorrowing sis
ter 70 be happily married, after de-
lay Of only ten minutes. Still, one
instance like this does not compen'
safe for The many cases in which
swallowed rings have produced saf-
fering and Inconvenience, and it rs
no wonder that the custom Of hold
ing the ring in the mouth has become
! obsolete.
The freedom Of divorce which pre-
walls in many Of our States must In
evitably render the wedding ring un-
popular. Every time a wife is di,
vorced she naturally wishes to take
off her ring. If it is made small
enough to remain safely on the fin
ger, it is very apt to become so tight
at the end Of tT~o or three months OF
matrimonial felicity that it cannot be
removed. Hence, with view to
contingencies, the Illinois wife always
has her ring made several sizes too
large for her, and keeps it in place
with smaller riug, technically known
as the guard-ring. 1t is evident,
however, that that guard-ring is liza,
bic to become permanently fixed on
the finger, 50 that this device, spe-
cious as it may appear, is really use
lees. The only remedy is to abolish
wedding rings altogether, and to
omit from the marriage ceremony all
allusion 10 the ring.
The wedding ring is survival OF
the period when marriage was held
to be sacrament, and was supposed
to be OF eternal duration. Now that
we have rejected ;his belief, and
hold that marriage is a business al
fair, temporary partnership, the
impropriety Of clinging to the SYM
bolic ring is manifest. In the place
of it, the Western reformers now pro.
pose to substitute neat and mex
pensive bracelet, made 80 rs 10 ad-
nit OF dozen notifications Of pat
tern, and thus suited 10 be used hall
il dozen different times. 1t is to be
placed on The brides wrist the day
before The wedding, SO as to avoid
all chance Of its being mislaid, and
the wedding service is to be changed
in such y way that, instead OF men-
tioning a ring, the clergyman will
merely refer to "the bracelet annex
ed to the bride, and marked Exhibit
A." Being provided with clasp,
the bride can take the bracelet OF: at
any time, and az it not very valua-
bic intrinsically, the husband is say
ell from the temptation Of melting it
down and selling ii the week after
marriage. 1t seems as il this admir-
able anbstitnte ior the wedding ring
would meet ali reasonable demands,
and We may expect to see j! nniver'
sally adopted throughout the West
&: Il very early day.
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Lets strip The light fantastic toi,,
said The chiropodiat 10 his patient.
Two heads are better than one Oh
letter that weighs over hall an
QUA e.
Conunlrum liende should be SEMI
to the remote lecesaes OF the Why.lt
Mountains.
The lion is generally regarded AZ
The king OF beasts, but the Romans
call the OK he hos.
The feet o! most psr+ swell more
or less on warm daye; hence The term
good corn weather.
The quickest way lor man to
prove himself insane Is to make a vii
that doean't suit his relatives.
The man who went to ses the board
fence retired when he heard tine Ienc.
rail and sew the plank walk.
There is true saying that The
bung-hole OF an unthrifty mans bar
rel is where the spigot ought to be.
When a thief steals five cents he
doean think half the dime that aome
day perhaps old nickel get him. y,.,, :,
From the prices that some rhyai'
clans charge one can readily imagine
ha. high heals are fashionable.
Girls, don't think fellow il gen.
t!eman because he gives yon q polite
bow. Powers are always knaves, 81
u eucher player informs us.
: a man who asserted last week thai
the world owes him living was cor