Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-14

idituei loWdIus sustdluliiS dhy iiho
than sheep can possibly do. The
gentleman says that pork is the
most unhealthiest meat. Where's
. his statistics for.it?: That what
/ want to know. There's his sta.
tistics for for it? He amt got
none. Because if it had have been
we wouldn't none of us been here
for to tell the tale. The gentleman:
says thatyou can get. something.
out ofnothing with sheep. Does
that stand to reason? You put a
COW on a pasture and that eats up
all there is. And then you put on,
a horse and that eats up all the
rest. (Derisive laughter from the
opposition benches 4And then
you put on a sheep aid he. gets fat
on what's. left..,.Tha don. stand
to reason, and Tssthink my venera-
BILE opponent will find it don't,
stand to facts; bccaus l sold q
man. fifty bushels of turnips for to.
help his sheep out. Ishould style.
the gentleman's argument Z as an
attempt to introduce the doctrine
of spontanelty- Cries. Of There
yu got 'em.') spontaneityl The
same that the fellow held that
said that ,nan came from
spontanesty, and that the eggs of
chickens were first Matched when
the earth was hot and warm on.
the inside."
This reference TO the Darwinian
theorywas az caulkesr : and the
sheep men began to whisper
among themselves
Mr.rWillian1s went on: "l'm
s'prised"-
IT i issh'd think youlI5wasI. i y. after. s. all
them big Words" jeered Mr.. james
A. Payne, bitter with envy.
"I'm s'prised to hear that talk
about pebblegoat being made from
sheepskin. I've often heard of
wolves in sleeps clothing. butt
never heard of sheep that's. got.
goats clothing Tell me-. you
sheep men, what was them crullers
made out of that you ate yourself
sick on? Hawg's lard. What WAS
that headcheese madeSof that give.
you the dyspepsia pretty near?
Hogs head ! (Wild cries of Hoo
oo:oot' )Hogs feet makes souseT
Did you ever hear of sleeps
sausage? Talk about wool. This
coat Of mine isn't made of wool.
It's shoddy!"
Ain'tshoddy chawed up wool?
Amt it now?" demanded Mr..
James A.. Payne.
81 tell you pork supports the in
ner man." continued Mr.. Williams,
"and it don't make no differnce
how much wool you got piled on
you if you don't Sport the inner
man"
After all was said the judges
went out of doors, and as it was
pretty sharp outside they very
soon brought in a verdict for the
sheep Loud cries of "Sheep win
Baa-a, baa-a," greeted the
decision and the meeting adj,
| 'iourned till two weeks from next
Monday night.-New York World.
There is no doubt, says The!
Scientific American, but the form
of a roof has much to do with the
draft of a chimney. The flat roof
offers no resistance to the passage
of air, but as the pitch is increased
the current is more and more
disturbed, until with a highpitched
and many-galled roof it is broken
into innumerable eddies, some of
which are sure to curl down and
force the smoke and gases in the
fue into the rooms below.
Chimneys OH such Toofs should be
built higher than ordinarily.
Mrs. Green Ito Young Physician,
whom she has called in haste)-
"Oh, Doctor! Doctor! | fear you
have made a terrible mistake! My
daughter has that prescription
which you sent her last night
filled, and took dose of the
medicine. Now she exhibits every
symptom Of poisoning. OH.
Young Physician-"Prescription
madam? Why, that was an offer
of marriage l"-[Puck.
The people of this country pay
$4,000 a year for congressional
flower. garden. the products of