Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-09-06

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! Two-thirds of the stealing done
nowadays goes under another name
Lots of people are poor because
they buy too many things the!
don't need.
By the time q nan succeeds il
reaching the top Of the ladder h'
is too old to enjoy the scenery.
When you see a man eager tt
confess small fault the chanceI
are that he has a larger one tt
conceal.
! A Beer keg fell out of a train il
Indiana and derailed several cars
1t was called a peculiar accident
Derailing is it's business.
Just before the rugged Thomas
Carlyle died be was asked whether
he was writing anything. He re-
piled: 81 am just waiting-wait
ing and wearying to go back tt
my Maker"
In Diarrhoe DR.. NJ. A. Simmon.
Liver Medicine is invaluable. II give!
Tone to the Stomach, Aids Digestion
and Assists Nature in carrying off al
Impurities. For sale by G. L. Penn 6
Son.
Mildred" said her father, 81
am willing that the young
lieutenant who GENES here should
make a coaling station of my
house again this winter, but if he
ever hints annexation you may tel.
him I am unalterably opposed tt
it,
A hot poker game was played in
a Denver saloon one night between
a Chinaman, a cowboy and one ot
the leading doctors. The China.
man held four aces, the cowboy
held q gun and the doctor held an
inquest on the Chinaman.
AChinese wrote before the Chris
tian era: 1.-THE more horses the
rich put to their chariots, the
more people will have to walk on
foot; the more the houses are vast
and magnificent, the more those
of the poor are small and misera-
BILE; the more their tables are
covered with danties, the more the
people there are forced to eat rice"
Simmons Squaw Vine Wine or Tab
lets are Effective, Elegant to take, and
produce no unpleasant After-Results.
For sale by G. L. Penn 6 Son.
In Boston last Thursday a poll
ceman found this poem pinned to
Samuel Adams statue in Adams
square, and promptly confscated
it:
Here stand in conscious pride,
Samuel Adams, deified,
Twas 1 who taught men to be free,
The gospel of sweet liberty.
They placed Inc hel e this place to fill.
"From here he'll look on Bunker's
This spot, 'tis only just and fair,
Henceforth is known as adams
square"
Well done: well said: thou seest my
Not Bpnser pnsaf' Hill-By Adamsight.
Ridge Spring, Sept. lit is a
fact thatone death in this
community is frequently followed
soon by another. DR.. Lewis M.
Asbill, an aged physician of this
town, has passed away and was
laid to rest in the family burying
ground this afternoon. DR.. Asbill
was a prominent physician here in
his earlier years till enfeebled by
disease. He then retired from
active life and spent the remainder
of his days quietly and peace
fully-a fine example of the old
school who are 80 rapidly passing
away. He was 76 years of age.
Keep the Stomach and Bowels in
good condition, the Waste Avenues
open and free by an occas 'onal dose of
DR.. NJ. A. Simmons Liver Medicine.
For sale by G.. J.. Penn Il Son.
A child is born; the doctor in
attendance gets $40, the editor
gets 0. 1t is christened and the
minister gets s5 and the editor gets
90. When 1T marries the minister
gets $40 and piece of cake and
the editor gets 600. In the course
of time it dies; the doctor gets
from $5 to $1,000, the minister,
perhaps, gets another $5, an under
taker from $25 to $50. The editor
prints notice of death and
obituary two columns long and
gets 0000, besides lodge and society
resolutions, a free card of thanks
and a lot of poetry. No wonder
| The editor gets rich.