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VOLUME IX. Edgeb~kh COUVt. Rouse, S. C., 3anavy 15,184-r5 , -
JEDGEIFIIELD ADV E MTIS E 1
BY
W. F. DURISOE, PROPRIETOR.
NEW TERMS.
Two DOLLARS and FIrrY CENTs. per annum
if paid ju advance $3 if not paid within sii
months from the date of subscription. an(
g4 iftnot paid before the expiration of the
year All subscriptions will be continued,
itnless otherwise ordered before the expira.
iion of the year; but no paper will be discon
ued tuitil all artearages are paid. unless at the
option of the Publisher.
Any person procuring five responsible Sub
scribers, shall receive the paper for one year,
-ratis.
AtivSER'ISF.ENTS conspictiotisly inserted t62A
cents per square. (12 lines, or less.) fur the
firsU ii2frr-h~ia 43j for each continuance.
'' ose published moithly. or quarterly. will
be chaarged $1 per square. \ldvertisenets
not having the- number ol insertions marked
on then. will be continned until ordered out,
and charged accordingly.
All commfnunications, post paid, will be prompt
ly and strictly attended to.
CENTRAL SCHOOL.
T HE Subscribers take pleasure in inform
ing the public, that they have engaged
Miss ANNA W. CURTIS to take charge'of
their School or the next year. Miss Curtis is
a Voting lady who has been thoronghly educ:t
til at the North. ad conies to ts with the
highest testimonials of churacter and qualitica
hls.
The Scholastic yeir will he divided into two
Sessions; the first of 5n tmnths. and the second,
of 5 months. 'The Teris will he,
Per &ssion of 5j Months.
For the Elementary branches, c;$ 50
Fur the above. with Geography and
History, Ancient and Modern. $10 00
For the above, with English Grminmar,
Botany, Philosophy. Astronomy,
Chemistry, Latti and French, $13 50
Music, with use of the Pitnm, $17 00
The School will be limited to 20 Scholars,
and Will ne opened oni ith.: first Monday in
January. GUood lhoard may be had in the
neighborhood, at the tisa:d rats.
S. CHItSTUE.
C. 1, GOOD WIN,
J. T E R R Y.
Dec. 25. 4, t1
Bethany Academy.
T IH E Trustees if th ia m.is stuitio avea agami
secured the servies of Ihn( Rev. A. G.
litswFn. as instructor of the En..vlish Depart
tient fbr the ensuing year, and from the pro.
gress made bv the ;tdetis ollie pm-t ad
..-.p.resem year, they teel 6::llyjustified in recoin
mending the ilstitutiol to th,- enufidence of
those who may be dispised to patromize it.
The services will be resumed on the Secnd
Monday in January next, and will cintinue for
the term of ten motiths-to be divided intov two
equal sessionts. At the close of the first essina
there will be an examinationi and public exhli
bition.
The Classical Department will be superin.
tended and instiucted by Uir.G ,onE G G1ALFs,
who comes high'y rec.,imiended, hetig fully
competent to prepare students for entering the
South Carolina College. .
The terms of tuition will be the sane in the
English department as they h-ive been the'
present year, and that of the Classical Depart
tuent will coriespond with tne terms of simi
lar institutions.
No student will be received for a shorter
term than one half of a session.
Good boarding at the Academy. and convert.
tellt in the neighborhood, on reasonable ternis.
A. PERRIN.
T. J. HIBLER. I
ELISHA G. ROBERTSON, 2
A. T. TRAYLOR,
R. P QUARLES.
W. S. COTHRAN.
Dec 18 -if 47
PICKENS COURT HOUSE
Male Acadeny.
I-E exercises of this instituiol. will
tbe re'stumed oni the sectondt M~ondla. in
January next, unider chiarge of J. L. KENNEDY,
A M.' He has had superintendence at this
luce for four yeairs. and is likely to continue
for yjears. H is knxown ability to prepare for
anty College. with the chieapness of board andl
other advuamges of the locationi, fully warrant
uhe Trustees in givitig the communinity assUr
ance, that they cannot do better than to send
hither.
Board may be had in respectable families
cotnveient to the Academy for $50 or $t60.
~'Tuition for the cuommon Etiglish branches per
session of 5 months, $6 00
. for the Langnages per ses
sion of 5 months, $12 00
77 W. L KEITH,
P. ALEXANDER, I
M. M.- NORTON..
* SILAS KIRKSEY,
E. ALEXANDER
W. D. STEELE.J
Pickens C. H., S. C.
Dec- 10 -4t. (Messenger.) 47
. H undrsinedannionece to the public
that e hae enagedthe services o
Mr. Joar K-.Jovasozi, whose abilities in teach.
ing are not surpassed by any, and aire well
known to the public. The situation is as healthy
as ariy in the State.
Board cat'be laud int highly respectable fam
ilies at $6 per month.
.The School will be opened on the first Mon
day in January.
Terms per session of 5A Months.
Reading. Writing and Arithmatic, g 6 00
The abovie with English Grammar
and Geography, -10 00
Algebra anid Mathematics, 12 00
Latin atid Greek ang as 16 00
H. A. WILLIAMS, I
J. DENNY.
JAMES EIDSON, I
J. LAGRONE. -'
January 1 St 49
Wanted.
AN experienced Housekeeper. ofougxcep
1Itionable charactiter, to whotui permanent
ployentand ibeal wgeswill 'be given.
Apyathsoflice. *1
Nc.1 7
Edgefield Male Acadcmy.
A FTLR twenty years absence. the uider
signed has resumed the charge of this its
statution).
He will commence his duties on the first
Monday in January. Thirty years experience,
:to hopes. will enable him to give satisaCtion to
l.'s employers. A strict and u niforn disciphine
wi.' be observed, and a constant application to
study, at appointed hours, day and night, tigidly
enforced All complaints to or consultation
with the Teacher should be made confidentially.
otherwise the coulidence of the Pupil and the
influence of the Teacher will be equally imo
paired. Premiums will be awarded to every
pupil. onthe attaiitnent of a certain number of
points. ascertained by the mcrit-roll kept by the
Teacher, and a quarterly report of the stand
ing of each scholar sent to the parent or guar
dian
The rates of iuttion per session of 22 weeks
will be 12, 14 16 and $18. according to the
branches of study pur.ned, and payable its ad
vance.
A few pupils can be boarded in the subscri
ber's family, and private instruction, at stated
hours, given gratis. For the niorials ani man
ners of his boarders he will hold himself respon.
sible.
For further particulars enquire of the teacher.
11. K. McCLINTOCK.
January 1 if 49
1844. OTOBER 16
JUST RCEEVED BY
WM. KETCRIAMI & C0.,
,Wl1AMBURG, S C.,
IESANS Rich Satin Striped Chnsans,
.Muslis de Latnes. Cashmere de Laines.
Crape de Laines. Cashmevre de Ecosee, real
Silk wari Alpacca. rich figured Alpacca, Par.
asines. P1hillippian.--. Tagl-ionis, Bombazines,
Black and Colored Silks. Figured aid Plain.
(very rich.) Foulard Silks, Orleans Cloths.
Gim'ps and trinunings. rich Prints, a very large
assortlilt
1.000 Yards S'plendid Carpets. Cheap.
And a general anl full assortmest of Fancy
and Staplc Dry Goods.
Oct.); (Irep.) St 39
Brought 10 the Jail
0 F this District, a stort time since, a
N-ro nan who says his name is
FERNEY. an cl that he belonis to Mr.
William Boling. of Raileigl, N. C., rnd
that whilst c ravellint to tMi-issippi, under
the charge of a A] r. Calviii Bngle, he got
lost from his comilpny. Said N'-gro is
between twentv-one or twenty-two years
of age, abint five feet nine inches higti,
an ld very li.1st complexion.
The soer is regested to come for
ward, prove property, pay charges and
take him a" av. otherwise he will be dealt
with as the law directs.
C. 11. GOODMAN, Jailor.
Dec. 4 tr 45
Fresh Fall & Winter Goods.
111E Sobscribers beg leave to announe
-to heir ctotners aid the public get.
erally. that they liave just received fron Netc
Vort;, their stock of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS.
embracing alnost every variety of Fancy and
Staple Goods, usually keit in our matrket.
atongst them a good stock of
Kcrseys. Blankets. Negro Shoes, Hats.
Caps and Saddlery. Hardware and
Cutlery. Crockery. 4-c.. 4-c..
they invite ihe attention of the public geterntly
to call and exaninie their stock. and they will
TRY to give sitisfactionl.
PRESLEY & BRYAN.
Oct 9 tf 37
State of South Carolinat..
E)GEFIELD DISTRICT.
IN THE COMMON PLSAS.
Robert R Hunter, Declaration in
53. Attadincnt.
P. H. Roney.e
1H EII Plaiintiff in the above stated case,
thavinig this dlay filed clheir Declacratisons in
mty Oflice, anid the Diefendanit havinig no wife
or Attsriey kinownt to reside witnin thce liits
of the State ont whom aropy~ of the saine with
a rule to plead. cani be servedl; It is therefore
Ordered' That the Defendiantappear and plead
to the saute withtin a year and a (lay frotm thse
dlate hsereof or final and abseslute jitdgtment will
be awarded against hem
-THOMAS G BACON. c. c. r.
Clerk's Office. 22d Nov. 1844
Nov.27 44 by
State~of' South C'arolinal
EDGEFIELD DISTRICT.
Robert Burton living near Dtuntonsville,
Tolls before cme a small bright hay horse, witht
both hinsd feet white about fourtemn hands high
and six years old, no brands or other nmarks.
apprased at twentv dollars.
. ' V ~BRUNSON. Magistrate.
Nov2d. 1844 1m4t . 424
Notice.
LL Persons htaving demarnds againist the
a - Estst of-Richarrd Hardy. deceased, are
aegneste-mi to present thetm to me ini the Oiadi
nary's Office, duly attested, on the liith dasy of
February next, when afnal settlemient will he
maeo adEstate. .
SAMUEL CAR TLEDGE, Am'r.
Oct.23 if 39)
GENERAL COMMISSION BUSINESS,
Water Proof, aind No Mistake
H AM-BURG, S. V.
T H E Subscribers still continue at thte above
Rstaind. to asECEIVB and S-rONE, SELLt or
SHIP,
Cotton, Flour, Bacon, &c.
REcENVE AND FORWARD
-.PIERCHaSIJYDE,
Purcha~e GOODS to order, &c. &e.
Produce set to hem with instructions-as to
its disposal, shall, be RaONPTLY attended to, and
order's. itn every instance, strictly obeyed.
Feelinig grateful for piast favorS, thiey respect
fully solicit a con~iitance of the saute
I-H. L. JEFFERS & Co.
Ilnmhnrg. Aunsnt 24, 1844 6m 31
LEGISLATIVE ACTSi
AN AGT -O AxEND AN ACT ENTITI.Ei " AN
AwT MORE EFFECTUALLY TO PREVENT FREE
NEGROES AND OTHER PERSONe OF LOIoR
FROM ENTEHING INTO THIS ZTATE, AND fO
oTHER PURPOSES. ' PASSED THE NINETEENTII
DAY OF DECEMBEt, IN THE YEAR OF OUR
LORD ONE 'THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND
THIRTY FIVE.
1. Be it enacted, by tile Senate and
House of Representatives, now met and
sitting in Genleral Assembly, and by the
authority of the sumne, That no negro o
free persou of color wuo shall enter this
Siate on board any vessel. as a cook, %tew
ard, or mariier, or in any other employ
ment on board such vessel, and who shall
be apprehended and confined by any She
riff, int ptrsuance of the provisions of said
Act. shall be eutitled to the writ of habeas
corpus, or any benefit under, and by virtue
of the statute made in the Kingdom of
England, in the thirty-first year of the
reign of King Charles the Second, entiled
" An Act for the better securing the lib
erty of tile subject, and to prevent impri
soanmeut beyond seas," and made of force
ill this State, and the provisions of fhe said
"Habeas Corpus Act," and the several
acts of Assembly of this State amendatory
thereof, are hereby declared not to apply
to any free negro or person of color enter
Ig into this State contrary to the provi
sions of tie aforesaid act of Assembly,
passed fhe nineteenth day (if December. in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred anti thirty five.
If. *That in case twe Sheriff of the Dis
trict into the ports or harbors of which
such free negroes or persons of color shall
enter, shall be unable to enforce the provi
sions of the aforesaid act, by imeans ol the
posse coimitatis and the civil authorities,
usually at his command. the Governor of
this State may, and he is hereby author
ized and reqtired, on a requisition and call
made upon him, and signed by the Sheriff,
to order out a sItliCicit number of tile mili
tia of this State. tt mtteit the exigency of
the case, which said fmilitia shall be, by
the Governor of this State, placed unlert
the command of discreet oflicts, and have
orders to give to tile Sierif' within wh se
District any such exigency may arise, the
5asitance that maay be tecessary to Carry
into eflect the provisi..its of tie aforesaid ;
act, passed tie tninct'-enth day of Decets
her. ill tile your or our Lord one shousmnd
eight hundred and thirty live.
AN ACT to amend an Act entitled 0a Act to nmen.d the La."
In relatIon tit Slaves and Free Persos of Color, iatsed on
the 17th dIy or tecember, one thousand etftit hundred ani
furty-four.
Be it enacted, by the Senate ard House
of Representatives, now ntet and sining an
General Assembly, and by the authority
of tile sanie, rThat %% henever any person or
persons shall have been convicted. tider
the third or sixth section of the aforesaid
act, the fines imposed, in pursuance of tile
said sections, Shall le appropriated, one
half for the use of tile State, the other ,aif
io tile informer.
AN ACT to mnke fnrtmer provision for the secitrily ni Pualic
Moneys underthe control of the difterent Boards of Commis.
siner in the State.
1. Be it enacted, by the Senate and
House tat Ri-presentatves. now met and
sitting its General Assembly, h'lhtI each
Board of Commis~aoners of Public Jitlild
ings. of the Poor, and tilt Roads. Bridges
and Ferries, shall appoint a Trreasurer,
wio shall tiold his office duritg the plea
sure of the Board, and shall receive, keep,
anti dishntre, under the direction of tile
Board, all moneys under its control, and
atccont inl such mtantner and at stcht time
as the Boa~d an.:y dirt'ct , such Treasurer.
hb-fore entterinlg upion iis diuties, shall, when
such Bo~ards deem it expedient, give bottd,
wath sufficient stareties, to be appjroved by
the Board, for the faithfuli porfur wince of
tile dtuttes of his office-.
11. Each Boeard of Commissioners shall
repost, itn wriaing, to the presiding .Judge
oif stit Court of Commton Pleas of the Dis
trtet. in whitch suach Board exists, on the
first day of each Fali term, all tratisaca ions
connected witht its atdmiinistrnation. TIhe
said Report sthall be accomplianied with at
exact aCconlut of tail mnoneys assessed' and
received by ahema. from term to term, and
ail disbursement., made; and, in the ac
coUnt of the Commissiotiers oft the~ Poor,
shall. he specifieti thie names itn full of all
person~s who may, from term to) trm, have
received any support whatever from the
futnds under conttrol of- thie said 'Board.
And the %aid presiding Jtudge shlil caus-e
said .Report tea be read in open' C. art, by
the Clerk, on the first dayv of tht.' tertm, atntd
to he fied itn the Clerk's office.
tIII. The saidi-Bourds of Coin missioners,
respectively, shall-cause the several Re
ports' made by them, respectively, to be
printed and published in the nearest news
paper, if any be printed in the District,
immediately after the adjournment of such
Coarni; and if there be no nlewspap~er, then
to affix one copy of the said'Report to the
Court House door, anld three copies at
three other cotnspicuous placees within'the
District or Parish, as the case may be.
-IV. In case any one of the said Boards
of Commissioners shall neglect or refuse
to miake said Report or publicatiun, such
Board neglecting or: refusing shall forfeit
and pay the sum of. fifty dollars, to be re
covered by actiotn of debt, inany Court of
competent jturisdiction; and it shall lie the
duty of the Solicitor of the Circuit or At
tortney General, as the case imny be, and
he is hereby required to bring said actioni
for the recovery of said penalty./NidEi
V. That sn-mnah of tho Acif Asseam.
bly ratilned on the nineteenth day of De
cember, entitled an act supplementary to
an act entitled an act td gEe the Commis
sinners of the Poor for the several Distriets
and Parishes in this State, the power to
purchaze lands and build poor houses there
on, for the support and mainienance of thie
poor of said Disiricts and Parishes, passed
on the ixteentlh day of December. 1824,
as requires the said Commissioners of the
Poor uo make aunqal returns to th' Conp
troller General, of the amount (f moneys
received and expended, with the names of
the persons relieved and supported, and
also the twentieth section of the act to es
tablish certain Roads, Bridges and Ferries,
and fir other purposes, ratified the twen
tieth day of December, in ihe year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and florty
two, he and they are hereby repealed.
AN ACT fhr the more effectuat punishment of the offcial
anisconduct of Sheriffs.
Be it enacted, tIy the Honorable the Sen
ate and House of Representatives, now
met and sitting in General Assembly. and
by the authority of the same, That here
after, if any Sheriff shall be attached for
contempt, for failing to execute, or to re
turn, final process. in any civil suit, or for
aot paying over to the party entitled, mo
ney which has come into his hands. as
Sherifl, and shall remain in contempt for
the space of thirty days after such attach
entis ordered. every such Sheriff shall he
Jeemed guilty of official misconduct, and
4ball be liable to be proceeded against by
indictment, and be subject 'to the same
mains and penalties, including removal from
iffice. us are provided and enacted in. and
my an Act entitled - An Act for the punish
neut of olficial misconduct of District Of
ricers," raified on the eighteenth day of
December, in the year of our Lord oue
thousand eight hundred and iwenty-nine :
Provided, that nothing in iniv Act comtain
,d shall be construed to deprive any such
Sheriff of his right to appeal from any or
Ir-r agailis: him for a contempt, nor shall
he provisions of this Act be taken to ap
>ly during the pendency of such appeal,
ir until the same has been finally dis
nissed.
- Animal Cotton.-The stores of nature
ire in-exhatltible. Several scientific mis i
:ellamies have of late been occup- d with I
lecoumits of -a singularly beautiful mate- I
-ial. cailed 'Animal Cotton.' It sectms
here is an inoect vary common in t he West I
Indies cnll-d the Capada Wirm, which
)roduces a substanco apparently equal, if
not superior, to the fitesi silk cotton. It
, of the rnst dazzlinmi wihiteness and of 1
lie greatest purity. answerin the purpo
;es of lint in the hospitals of the negroes,
avhetn bilk and vegetable cotton serve only
o inflame wuunds by the asperities of
their filaments. The Capada Worm it
;elf does not yield the substance here spo
ien of, but it is the mere subject of a sin
lular process by which it is. produced.
rhe wori is assailed by a swarim of ich
eumon flies, as they are called, a species I
>f insects very small, which drive their
stings into the skin of the victim over the
whiole extent of its back, and at the same
itne deposit their eggs in the wotids thus
nade. In the couree of a fortnight these
-ggs are hatched, the capada woim dur
ng im initerv-il fe-ding upon leaves with
irteat voracity ; and the animalcules. thus
zenerated. without quitting ilim body
of the parent worii. elevate themselves on
lie lower extr-nities and each proceedis
o envelope himself in a little cocoon. The
oriat ion of thes cocoons occupies only
thout iwo hours, and myriads of theim be
og crowded close together, form a white
-obe, with which the capada worm ap
>oars elegaintly andl comnfortably clothed.
As9 sooni as this coverinig has been corn
)leted, atnd the little atists that wove it
tave retire-d each to his self made cell, iihe
vorm -indeavors to rid liimself of his ofi - I
:ious guest and of the robe which contains|
heim, anmd hie finally succeeds alter great -'
3ff'irts. The cotton pr-oducedi in this re-|
narkable mannter may be used without
any pi-eparatory process, as sooni as the
lies have qutitted the cocoons, which is
;enerally within eight 'or ten days after
heir seclusion. 'It is not known that any
ittemtpis have been mnade to tteave thtis
rilky substance into a wearable tissure;
an: from the description that is given of
Is textture atnd cotnsistenev,. there seemrs to
ie ito dlotbt but that it conld be wrotugt
nto a most beautiful and emndurinig fabric.
From the N. Y. Plebian.
The Evril Consequenes of Wearing Thin
S~hoes in the Winter .Season
Tne reprehentsible custom of wearing
thin shoes and stocking~s in mid-witer.
which is prevalent to such an alarminig
ixtentt among the young girls and wdmen
in nearly all our cities, is one that cannot
possibly be cond~etotted with tori great se
verity. The Philadelphia Inquirer, in
inme seasonable. remarks upon the deplo
rable error on the parr of our American
remales and the pertinacity with which it
is persisted in. very truly observes:-The
ratal mistake is in many cases inculcated
.n the early childhood of the victims,.and I
by the victims thetmselves. We think we
wee some of our fair readers open their -1
iyes with surprise at this declaration; and I
~et we fear that they would find themselves I
;uiltless otn making the necessary investi-1
~ation. The desire with -females gener
illy is to exhibit a stmall foot prettily. and
to make it appear in as neat and elegant
a casing as possible, Thus light and thin
thoes have become fashionable and popu
lar, and a prejudice against strong stout I
and thick shoes has he'n minucated, Let
wny gentlemtao, the fiead of-a family, who
is aware of the importance to health o
dry leet, and who for years past his beer
acting accordingly, take the trouble ol
hunting up the boots and sh.ies of his wife
and daughters, for the purpose of making
a comparison with his own boots and shoes.
Our word for it, that in nine cases out of
ten, the will be convinced that he hasall
along closed his eyes to the -tide causeol
cOlds, coughs, pleurisies and other-com
plaints, which have stolen the bloom from
the cheeks, the elasticity froni the fdrms,
and the roundness from the limbs of beings
as dear to him as life itself. We have
more than once said that self murder may
be cotnir ited as -well by carelessness,
neglect, and wanton exposure of the per
son to inclement weather, as by poison or
the poinard. Ladies will adnit this them
selves when conversing calmly and dis.
passionately upon the subject. And yet
turn to their, feet, and you will find that
while they declaim against the system,
they also in too many cases, practice it.
The winter has just commenced, and
ire may expect to see the side-walks fre
juently covered with ice, and as a conse
luence, miserable ialking.-Hate otir
air readers provided themselves with ihick
and water-proof shoes? Even the delay
if 24 houi-s may be dangerous. Con
iumption, in the majority of cases. is pro
luced by a slight cold. This slight cold
s caused by unnecessary exposure at par
ies, balls, theatres, in concert rooms. &c.;
>r by wearing thin and improper boots
ttd shoes. Thousands of victims perish
innually in this country by the practice
ust named. Hundreds at this moment are
:oughing themselves to the grave. Not a
veek, not a day goes by, that a death is
tot chre nicled in some part of the Union,
>roduced by coisumption.
Friends. relatives, neigh'bors. are sum
noved to an untimely grave by this dis
iase, which is indeed terrible in its charac
er and its consequences. Nevertheless,
ind it is wonderful that such should be the
ase, thin shoes are worn as recklessly as
ver, and thus hundreds of our country
vomneu obstinately commit suicide. or in
ther words, expose themselves to a dan
;erous and deadly malady, knowing ait
he time they are pursuing the very course
alenlated to roh them .f what is far imore
mportant than any empty vanity and dis
olay; grow ing out of an elegant shoe, a
ighi fit, or a pretty foot. They sacrifice for
Lm empty bubt'le,nnt only bloom and
>eauty. but health and life,"
A FANCY TRADE.
The following capital story is from a
etter of a Western correspodnent in a late
tumber of the Spirit of the Times
One evening I was rallying my com
Ianion utpon his low spiris, and attribu
ng it to long absence fron his wife, ma
ing as tunfavorable a compantion as pos
ible between' his situation and my own,
bachelor, when our quontdtm friend, as
1sual, joined us. Matrimony, said he, is
fine thing when you're once in for it, and
mow what you've got; but it's rather tick
ish to begin on,-you're as likely to make
i fancy trade as any, and if I'm a goin' to
nake one, I want it in horses; for if I'm
narried, I shall have to stand, perhaps,
when I do:s't wait to. ,,
'Yes; but." said 1, "what do you call i
ancy trade?'
Why, captin, a fancy trade is where a
nan's fancy out-ginerals his judgment,
md runs away with his brains. I'll tell
rot a story now, where my fancy run
ight away with my gumption. to the tune
ola hundred :
The last time I was upfVest, I went
vith the old brown hoss I ifad of the stage
igint, a putty good one, but a leetle rusty
it times. Well, I got to aWindam Cattle
show before I seed a chance to swap; and
or the matter of that, 1 couldn't see any
hancet there was a good many niceish
ind of horses, but obhody seemed to
tanker after a trade. Finally; I seen a
ountryman leading a black colt-nvasn't
te a buster? Be had the greatest withers
~ver vou see on a htoss, and a set of limbs
ha: would bring tears into a man's eyes.
at's the chtap:
'Mister,' sags 1, 'that's a first rate colt,
f -twvant for them are !' 'Thenm are what?'
ays he. 'Lawv, now, do be green,' says
r. -Green,' says he, 'I don't kno* what
~ou mean.' 'Why, there man,' says I ;
thdt'l do with some, but I've been there
tad staid a week.' 'Why. friend,' says
ie, 'if there's anything out oft he way wvith
rn boss, let's knoiv it.' 'Why, do you
neatn to say that you don't know that
lit's got t wo hone spavins?' '1 deny it,4
nys he , and his .eyes stuck out so you
ould a hunt:g your hat on 'ems 'Well,
'riend,' says I, 'I'll prove this to you; lend
tour colt ,ger this way, where there is a
ittle the soundest hoss 1 ever did lee, and
re'll compare their legs.' Now that colt
ras a dreadful made one; his hock gints
ras deeper than any hoss's I've seen, and
he upper pints inside the hind leg stuck
tot clean and handsome, I'll tell you.
'Well, old Browyn's leg was a gummy
'ound thing like any other old Plug's.
There,' says 1, -I mean to say that them
ones- stickin' out like a frog's elbow on
pour colt. ain't nateral; but when they
et him to work, they're bound to lame
im, for they are niothing more nor less
ban spone spavans.' '0. dear says lie,
rhat shall I do?' and he turned as blde
Ls a sthetstone. ''Well, says I, 'there.
aever was a nigger so black but there was
white to his eye, and your .ease has
ome bright spots yet. Let's find the
hap that owns this boss, I'll help you to
radle with him. We can put him throtugh
ind make a good thing out of a had. one.'
Well,' says he, 'you, start arter him,' Off
r I goes to the tavern, for old Jim bana,
dreadful critter for a trade. 'Jim,' says .i
'do you want to make a Vi' 'I don't watf
to do any thidg elsei' says he. Well, theii
says I, throw away your cigar, put your
hat square on your head, take that sweg
ger out of your carcass, and come and
swap mg brd*d hdas for We, ad I watu.
you to look sd much .like an honset man
that your wife Wouldn't know you. -
Well he gut dowd *hets the chap was;
'here's the gentleman,' says 1, 'that d*na
the brown hoss, and he. is willing toimak6
an exchange with you'-Very well,' says
the fellow, 'tell what jouil do. 06 this,
off goes old Jim at half-crack. 'I've owned
this critter from a colt,' says he; 'I've used
him in every way and shap;. and he ilevet
failed. He ain't used to High keepin' bai
it takes a man's hoss to beat him. There.
ie is-look for yoniself-sound; kind and
good-8 years old neit spring. I'll %ar
rant him right id iady hardess, and yan
come to a hill he's there. I should feel
had to part with him;" and really the
old fellow looked as if he'd cry. 'Well,
says I, how'l.you trade?' - .can't mae
up niy tind.'. sayg did. Jim. I must seo
my son.' Offer hini $20, says I in my
covey's ear. 'No,' sdys he, '1 can't trade
him short rfs20 rftiself;. Udt says I, yoh
will trade for twenty. 'Yes,' says he. I
winked to old Jim to close upi. Well,
says old Jim, *Ishall trade.'
We shilted pu-ty qudick; I giiess, and I
never felt safe until I sa* his halter on old
Brown. lust as he wes gdin' olf' he tutiled
round, and says to me, 'when you. put
that colt in yotif whoud; set tded back, for
he'll kick it au t ta pieces;' dad b, ho* he
laughed. I've hear folks laugh,and live
hearn them cry, but I never heard anything
before or sined, that come over me as that
did. I felt as if I'd lived on rar baiher
riee for a reek. and exercised myself
whettin saws. Old Jimi|anhed as though
he'd split. 'Whei-e's the V1' said he,,'and
then he laughed. I hited A' hides cart and
put the colt in; hodgot to kickin,' and there
he kicked it all to pieces in ho time, his
hind legs went like a mill face ; them efe
gambols. want madd Ioi nothin' I'll tell
you; he kicked the Uri all to litters, and
I had to pay $37 for ii:
Well. I thought I'd dakb the best of .
bad job, so I bought ad old cripple for ten
dollars to draw my wpgon; and tied the
colt behind. and eufi him he wouldu't go
there, but weat to pulling back and broke
my new wagon; . Well, thinks . fIll put
up and tiy again in ihe morning I but I
hadn't seen the worsesi yet. for they
wouldn't put him up uno how; they said
he was glandored, atnd so he *1as the chap
had blowed powdered alum up his nose
so it didn't show; Aiud I was so ea-dest to
pick up a flat I hadn't looked to see any
thing. And that *as the end. of my
"fancy trade."
I gave the coli a8raY ifter two ddlys, for
he wouldn't a feiched the a pint of cider.
It w as a good deal 1br me in the end though.
for my schol mdtsi ised Ib MY that
hour's work bred me circumspection. And
from that day to this, I've netl- took a
sudden shine to any thing without irs
bringing that colt right afore my eyes.
I've never been marriedi dtid a gal must
manage party well, to make me sweet, for
the black cow's horns show dreadfUl quick.
to me, on account of the color.
And niow. captain; let'ts havd bur hot.
whiskey punch, and go to roost; and it's
your treat, fbr you're gettinA your expe
rience mighty fast, and without payin' for
it.
'Boys do you Hear This?-Some one
of the philantropists of our tribe thus talks:
to the boys. Hear him. One hour in
youth speut studiously, is like putting anu
idle dollar out at compound interes.2 It
conmes back -in the future a httndred-fold?
"Wh/uat sa y you Boys.-The evenidg are
now nearly as loug as they will be during
the edld seasoni suppose you spend two
hours of each wveek, that would make sin
ty hours per month, and three hubdred'
hours b~y the first of April. Tllihkrof it;.
Lay out a system ofsmudies, and pursue it
faithfnlly, atnd if you do sot know more
and are not wiser, and cosequently better,
fitted for the practical duties dflife, we shall
be exceedngly disappointed. These two
hours per-diem will not at all encroach up
on the time necessaiy to read iho newspa
per. The study of any of the scences
will in. fact, give increased zeal for the
lighter end practical' contents whiei fil[
the columns of a well condujcted news
sheet. The head of a family,' who ould
cultivate d taste for study and for knowi.
edge among his' children, should riot' fail
to keep contisually within reach of every
meinber of the domestie circle the news.
paper.
Arltificial Ivory.-Certaina parties io
she111eld lately obtained a patent for the
making of a substance so nearly resemb
hing Ivory, and so applicable to all the4 p'ar.
poses of, that valvable material, ihat it is
almost impossible'to detect the difference.
In one' iiasts a wdrking cutler had a
quantity'of. scales given him, consistig
partly of thef fetitious cotmpound.athd "pas.~
ly of ivoff', arid'he used them itt harfdag
his knives, and returned his work liikoat
discovering *the 'difference. We' stder
stand, also, tljat an .initation af totiye
sliel[ Is- prepared apd is~ use, wb fde~
serne~ purposes is little inferior tasoume Ya
sietles of the real article.
Adzaice..-Llve wei:erately-goqgehude..
attend to ydur afiaira-love all titapegr
--marry one ofgthem--live llka w, ma aie
like a chrittlon. - - -