Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1882-12-07
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Touches. fr0m Trenton.

Touches. fsom Tra nion. 7
The song Of the cotton picgsr ia
growing beautifully small in these
parta q
Jack Frost has nipped the green
erass aud.the tender plant, and all
nature wears the eere aud yellow
leaf.
Ginning and packing cotton, the
sowirg of oa's, AMI The throng &
heavily laden wagons, headed Tor
market, are &c nes that greet the eye
N whatever direction 1t may ,e
turned. Present indications bespeak
larger ost crop next year than was
even harvested the present season;
that is II We are to Judge from the
qnsnli y planted. Tue abundant N J. .st ct
i.eaptd upon the ground, in the ab
sence OF the accustomed rszpr back
porker to consG> e it. has ,,tractes'
some quantities ST game of the mi
gratory species. G lte q numo r OF
ducks have been killed. and more rab
bits, tqunrels AMI quails have found
their way to the latder this g. ason.
han tor years past. !,
The ftstive opossum and the mel
low p-rsimmon are simultaneously
ripe, and are delightfully."- happy III
each Others company.
The old Erheredge home.te d. With
about $50 acres ot tie lsnd attached
lDtely the properly OF MIR. 3. Q
E'heredge, has been recently .purs
chased i.y Mr. A H. S Bay; while
Mr. J. hu II Miller has bought OF
Mr. J4mrs Jones seventy Eve acres
Of the @ ,arlea tract, adjoining the
talm OF Mrs. james Hatcher. John
Will start two horse farm there next
ypar, and says that in two yesrs rom
n " lie hops to have it bringing 25
or 80 bales OF cotton ON about FIFTY
acres o :iilable land; and If energy.
pluck, aud god rich iertillz 'rs are
all The requirements Tor good crops
from poor aoll, we may hopefully;
,ook tur the most favorable results
DIRK clouds haveinvaded the sun
SHINE OF our society lately. The sad,
accident that betell our friends III
Columbia, and he lingering illness'
.ud iual death OF Mr.. Bud Ether
ed se 3 II faut child, have caused an
unusual pail to settle upon III spirits
OF our people. The wounded are all
dong az well as could be hoped for
WITH .v,ry attention that can be
had, the skll! OF the best phYeic'sns,
md patlent watchtulness Of good
nurses. there IL every hope. that they
all may soon be copValescent. Mrs
J,hn Wise, who is still! here, under
be root o! Mr.. Stephen Hughes, wss
be most uulurtnnste Of tbs whole
party, IN hav ng her srm both bro
XII and crashed The progreas
tier recovery must necessarily be
slow, while sh. must possess rnuausi
tur:ltude - endure her own physical
sIf-ras, and mental sugulsh conse
qnent upon the anxiety OF her many
Kindred aud friends.
1t Was hea,trending spectacle
20 w,tueea the slow aud soemn foot
steps OF our young friends, Bud Eth !;
errdge and his wife, as they wen led
their e,cw and borrow ul way to the
last resting place of their bttle son
the other d =. Tbs tesrs OF sorrow
lor the dsata Of their first born had
scarcely dr.ed pom th, ir cheeks ere
they E-le called up'n to mourn sn
OF her. This was indeed q bu1 OF
PROMISE, y bright, froi,ckiug littls lei
low that bid iaIr to bring Joy to the
irsslde OF lts happy psren's. q tew
weeks OF lingering ilIne-s, battling
the doctors sklll and the nurses
nopue, and another home il made des
ola .. Tue mother and father go
broken hearted from the grave, bow =
81 down win gTl-i, IN hlm5ls
mission to the will ii Him whosN
terrible DEGREES are beyond the uuI
isrstanding OF Hid creatures.
GRANDMA
Trenton, D c 2nd, 1882