Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, August 21, 1873, Image 4
Very Choice Stanzas.
. Madam, put this in your Husband's rock
et Book.
Speak kindly, gently to thy wife,
Sho knows enough of sorrow ;
Oh, seek not from each potty ill,
An angry word to borrow.
For in her heart there's treasured love ;
Oh, prize its golden worth ;
One gentle word, one smile of thine,
Can ever call it forth.
When thou art harsh, and stern and cold,
And from thine own dear home
The sunshine of domestic: love
In sorrow seeks to rpam,
Upon her heart thj' cold words fall
And chill lifo*s tender life ;
Then, oh, amidst thy trials all,
Speak kindly to thy wife. ?
Speak softly, kindly to thy wife ;
She may have left a home
Of cherished love, and to thine own
But scarce as far have come.
Though five or ton have told tho time,
And thou hast shared its strife
Whene'er thy footsteps homeward turn,
Speak kindly to thj' wife.
Speak kindly, gently to thy wife,
She may be growing old,
And soon ye both may garnered lie
In shadows of the mould.
Sir, put (hisi?' pour Wife's mirror.
Have faith in Ihy husband, confide in
his .vow;
Should he speak unkindly, be true to
him now,
Though e'en in thine anguish thy bright
nopes are. dim,
Whatever awaits thee, be faithful to him.
Have faith in thy husband, nor seek from
thy homo*
A balm for thy sorrow which sometimes
may come ;
'Mid all thy dejection trust not in an
other ;
But let us have faith and bo kiud to each
othor.
Have faith in thy husband, and when he
. is tried
By trials and crosses, come stand by his
Side,
And try with affection to lighten his
heart;
There, e'en if thou fallest, 'tis acting thy
part.
Havo faith in thy husband, thy own
home within,
Whate'er be his coldness, tme kindness
.may win ;
Though e*en In thy sorrow thy fond hopes
are dim,
Yet still be moy love thee-be faithful to
him.
? TOM'S WIFE.
[Appleton's Magazine.]
"We had just finished breakfast.
Tom laid down an egg spoon lie had
been playing with, and looked across
at mother.
" Aunt Anne, I think I'll take a
wife," he said, exactly as he might
have said, "I think I'll take another
cup of coffee."
" Take a wife !" repeated mother,
by no means receiving the informa
tion as tranquilly as it had been giv
en. " What for'?"
" Well, I don't know," answered
Tom, thoughtfully, " It's a notion I
have got in my head, somehow."
" All nonsense !" said mother, very
sharply.
" Do you think so ?" said Tom, ap:
parently doubtful, but not in the least
put out.
"Think so? I know it. What in
the world eau you want of a wife ?
After all these years we have lived
so comfortably together, to bring home
somebody to turn this house upside
down ! And then what's to become
of that poor child?"
The "poor child"-that was 1
reddening at being brought into the
argument iu this way was about to
speak for herself when Tom interpos
ed, warmly :
"I'm sure May knows I would nev
er have any wife who would make it
less a home for her-don'tyou, May?"
"Of course," I said.
"And I'm sure she knows nothing
of the sort/' persisted my mother,
" nor you, either, Tom Dean. How
can you -answer for what a wife may
take into her head to do, once you get j
her fixed here? You can't expect
her to forget, as you do, that May has
no real claim on you."
"That I have no real claim on her.
I suppose you mean, ma'am," Tom
put in for the second time, just as I
was getting thoroughly uncomforta
ble. "But for all that, I intend to
keep her-that is." added Tom. with
one of his short-sighted blinks side
ways at me, "as long as she'll stay
with me, ch, May? And whoever
has anything to say against that ar
rangement will nave to go out of my
house to say it-not that I'm afraid
ot' such result iu this case-and, on
the whole, Aunt Anne, I should like
to try the experiment."
Mother smiled, grimly, but Tom
was so evidently bent on his "experi
ment," as he called it, that she gave
up the argument.
" You can dance if you're ready to
pay the pip^r," she said shortly.
" And, pray, how soon do you mean
to be married."
Tom's face fell a little at this ques
tion.
" Well," said he, " I can't say ex
actly. I pjppose we shall have to be
engaged lirst."
. "What!" said mother, opening her
eyes; " Why you never mean to say,
Tom, you haven't spoken to her yet?"
" Not yet," answered Tom, cheer
fully. " Time enough for that, you
know,-after I have spoken to you."
Mother, as H minister's widow, was
not rnujch given to idle mirth that is
as the cracking of thorns under a pot.
hui now she leaned back and laughed j
till the tears stood in her eyes.
{..Well," she said, " if it was any-j
l>c<ly else I should say he was crack
ed; but you never were like other
people, and you never will be, Tom
.Dean. But, at least, you have fixed
on the lady/'
" 0, yes," answered Tom ; ** but if
you will excuse me, Aunt Anne, I
would rather not say anything about
her just yet; for, if-if anything
should happen, it wouldn't be pleas
ant for either party you know." With
which veiled allusion to his possible;
rejection, Tom took his hat and left
the room.
Our household was rather queerly
put together. There was no particu
lar reason why I should have been of
it at all ; for ? was not really related
to Tom, nor even to " mother," as I
called hei , though I amrsure-we were
as dear to each ocher as any mother
and daughter could be. She was the
second wife of my father, who, like,
most* ministers had been riche
grace than in goods, and had. le
at his death with very little t<
on. Then it was that Tom Dear
come forward, and insisted on g
a home to his aunt and to me, v
he had scarcely seen a dozen tia
his life before. That was exactly
Tom-"queer Tom Dean," fri
were fond of saying, " who neve
anything like anybody else."
I suppose, in spite of his clear
for business, there is no denying
he was whimsical ; but I am
wiien I think of his unfailing
erosity and delicacy, I can'thelp1
ing there were a few more such w
sical people in the world. Natm
at the time I am speaking of,
I opinion had not been asked ; all ]
to do was to go where mother \
and while she gave her 6nergie
the housekeeping, give mine to g
ing up, which by this time I had ]
ty well accomplished. But per
for that very reason-for one
with different eyes at twelve
eighteen-my position in the h
had already begun to seem uns
factory to me ; and the morai
words pnt it in a clearer light, ?
it had been nsed a3 an argur
against Tom's marrying. I k
that mother had spoken honestly,
lieving that such a step would nc
for his happiness ; but was not he
best judge of that?
I knew him, if reflection sh<
bring him round to her opinion, t
perfectly capable of quietly saci
ing his own wishes for my sake,
had not the shadow of a claim on 1
so it must be my *part to prevent
own kindness being turned aga
him pow. Still it was not easy tc
how. I was to provide for myself,
case it should become advisable. W
could I do? Draw and sing and j
tolerably, but not in a manner toe
pete with the hosts that would bi
the field against me. Literature ?
had read so many stories whose h<
ines, with a turn of the pen, das;
into wealth and fame. That wo
be very nice, only-I was not the 1?
little bit literary ; I had never e
kept a journal, which is saying a gr
deal for a girl in her teens. The I
arts, then, being out of the quest
for me, what remained ? There y
some clerkship, or, perhaps, a pl
in some family, and-and there ~\
Will Broomly !
That may seem like going av
from the point, but it was not.
was matter-of-fact but I could
well enough what was going on ri?
under my eyes, and I had a pre
clear idea of what was bringing \"i
to the house so often as he had tal
to coming lately. There was a *'i
uation," then, that would give
the home life I liked Lest, and 1
myself best suit?d for; but-woi
it answer in other respects? I ov
cast the long seim I was sewing tw:
over, I was so busy trying to ma
up my mind whether I liked W
Broomley well enough to pass i
whole life with him; and even th
I had not come to any decision, wh
I was called down stairs to Miris Li
ty Walters.
Let:y was the pretties^, I think,
all my friends, and certainly, the liv
liest. Tom called her" the tonic
arid used to laugh heartily at h
bright speeches. I suppose it. w
;his that made mother fix on Letty
ii is choice. When I came into tl
sitting room, I found a kind ol' eros
examination going on. It was amu
, ii.g to anybody in the secret, us
was, to watch mother'? artful way <
continually bringing the con versa ti o
round as if by chance, to bear o
wlr.it. she wanted to know. But :
all amounted to nothing, either lu
cause Letty was too good a fencer, c
ln-cau-f slic really had nothing lo lu
I t ay, but when Tom carne hom*
mother took care to mention Ilia
Lef ty had called.
"What, the tonic?" said Ton.
' Too bad I missed uer."
But lor your choice being airead'
: made." said mother, with a c-ver
scrutiny of his face, " I dare say yoi
might have as much of the tonic a
you liked."
" But I go on the homeopathii
principle,-you know," answered Tum
with a twinkle in his eye.
After that mother's belief in Let
ty's guiltiness wavered. Her suspi
cions were transferred from one t<
another of our acquaintances, bu
always with the same unsatisfactory
result.
" It passes my comprehension," sh?
-aid to me, despairingly, one day
. I am positive I could tell t*he lighl
.ne by Tom's face in a minute, anti
'yet I have mentioned everybody we
know."
" Perhaps it is somebody we don't
know," I suggested-"some friend ol
Iiis we have never seen.'"
"What! a perfect stranger?' said
motlier, sharply. " Mover talk to me
child ; Tom is not. capable ol' that."
I was sorry, ^for I did not want to
worry her; but. that was my opinion
all the same.
The s*me evening-it was rather
more than a week since Tom had
hurled that thunderbolt of his at its'
-motlier began about it openly.
" When are you going to introduce
your wife to us, Tom ? I suppose you
have come to an understanding by
this time?"
"Oh, there's no Iv ny," Tom said,
as he had said before .; but Luis time
he did not speak quite so cheerfully.,
" The ?"act is," he continued, with a
little hesitation-" there's a rival in
the case."
" A rival ?" repeated mathe-, with
unfeeling briskness.
" Yes, a young fellow-younger by
a good deal than I am," and Tom's
face assumed an absurdly doleful look,
j "He is always there now. I confess
I dont see my way clear; I'm wait
I ing for her to make up her mind."
" And she's waiting, most 1
for you to make up yours," said
er, forgetting, in her propensi
right matters, that she was pl
tho enemy's.game.
"There's something in that
never occurred to rn?," said To:
face brightening. Mother sav
mistake, and made n connter-m<
once.
" But the ways of my time
old fashioned now; young ladies,
a-days, take matters into their
hands. If she cared for yon
may be pretty sure she wouldn't
waited till this time to let you
it-that is, I judge by the girls
in the habit of seeing; but if th
is a stranger io me-" (here m
riveted her eyes on Tom's face
dear, my unfortunate words!) "
is an entire stranger, I cannot pr
to form any opinion of her, of coi
" Of course," repeated Tom
sently.
" Not that I have any euc
idea," resumed mother growing
mer ; " I have said, and I say a
that to bring a perfect stranger i
this roof is not my opinion of
Tom."
I felt my mother's words lils
many needles and pins; for Ton
looking meditatively across at
and, though that was just a w
his, it seemed now as if he were :
ing in my face that the opinion
mine, and that I had been med?
in what did not concern me. I
myself, for very vexation, ge
redder every moment, lill it gre^
tolerable.
" It is so wa>m here," I said fi
excuse turning towards the Fr
window. " I'm going to get a bi
of air."
I went out into our little stri]
garden ground; Tom followed,
thought I should never have a bi
opportunity to say what I hud
my mind to say, so I waited for
by the bench under the old pear
" Sit-down here, Tom," I said, "
something to say to you."
" Have you ?" said Tom ; " tl
odd for I-well, never mind t
just yet. What is it, May ?"
" Tom," I said, still surer
he had misjudged me, and more
solved to set him right, " I wan
place."
" A place ?" repeated Tom, puzz
as well he might be, by this sud
and indefinite announcement : " v
kind of a place ?"
,: I don't know," I said, for, indi
my ideas were of the vaguest,
thought you might know, being
the way of those things. Now pi
Tom," I went on qu'ekly, " cl
fancy ? am discontented, or-or a
thing of that sort ; the truth is, e
since I left off school I have wan
something to do. and had it in
mind to speak to you about it."
With this I looked at Tom, fi
ing he might be vexed ; but he
not look vexed, only preoccupied.
" I do know of a place, as it h
pens," he said after a while, "o
fm not sure how it would suit yo
" That's soon seen," said I. " W.
is it like ?"
"Weil, irs a sort of-of gene
usefulness-"
" Why. it must be to run errand
said I, laughing. "And where is
Tom ?"
"Well." said Tom. hesitating
again. " it's with me.*'
"How very nice," I exclaimi
" How soon can J have it ?"
" The sooner tin- better, PO fur m
nm concerned," said Tom, and wi
that he tinned round and looked
me, and directly I met his eye?
knew somehow, all in a moment, wis
it was he incant; and I knew, tc
botji that I could not have passed :
my life with Will Broomly, and wi
1 eoahl not.
1 am sun* Letty Waitera, who i
lorrupted ns just thi n, must, hiv
thought my wits were wandering th
evening; and, indeed, tiny wore, f>
I was completely dazed with tho siv
den turn things had taken. Bi
Tom, who had the advantage of n
there, took it quite coolly, and laug]
ed and talked with Letty just tl
same as ever tili she went away.
It .was pretty late when we wei
in. Mother sat where we had le
her, knitting in thc twilight.
"Wasn't that Letty Walters wit
voua while ago?" she Said as w
came up.
"Yes," said I, with a confuse
feeling of something being necessary
<: she just came to bring the nc
crochet pal tern she promised me."
.' H'm !" said mother, as much a
to say she had her own ideas as t
what Letty came for.
Tom had been wandering abou
the room th an absent sort, of a fash
ion, taking up and putting down i;
the wrong places all the small object
that fell in his way. Ho came nj
and took a seat by mother. I beean)*
ol' a sudden very busy with the plant
in the window ; for I knew he wa
going to tell her.
" Wish mc joy, Aunt Anne," sail
he, " it is all settled."
"Settled, is it?" said mother, ir
anything but p. joyful tone. " So it'f
as I suspected all along. Well, yoi
have my best wishes, Torn ; perhaps
you may be happy together after all
I'm sure I hope so."
This wasn't a very encouraging
sort of congratulation,and Tom seem
ed rather taken aback by it.
" I'm sorry you're not pleased," he
sa-rj, after a pause ; " I had an ' idea
somehow you would be."
"I don't know from what you
judged. But there, ifs no'use cry
ing over spilt milk. You'll be mar
ried directly, I prejume ; I must be
looking out for a house," and mother
strobed her nose reflectively with a
knitting-needle.
"What for?" said Tom; ''.I
thought of keeping on here all the
Same,"
Arv.
" I never supposed, otherwise," e
mother. " Of course I did not
peet to turn you out of your c
house."
"J3ut what is the need of look
or.t for another?"
" Why, for myself?"
" For yourself!" repeated Tom
a tone of utter amazement, " Go
to leave us-just now? "W
Aunt Anne, I never beard of sue
thing !"
. " Now, Tom," said mother spe
ing very fast, and making her nee'e
fly in concert, " we might as v
come to an understanding at once
this subject. I am fully sensible
your past kindness-now. just let
finish-I say I appreciate it, s
have tried to do my duty by you
return, as I hope I should always
ready to do. I wish all good to 3
and your wife, and shall be glad
help her if ever I can, but to live
the 6ame house with her is w'
would turn out pleasantly for neitl
of us, and, once for all, I can't do i
"Aunt Anne," said Tom, push:
back his chair, and staring in mo
er's excited face, "either you o
must be out of our wits."
"It's not me, then, at any rat
retorted mother, getting nettled.
Amusement and a certain emb
rnssment had kept me a silent list
er so far, but there was no standi
this; I tried to speak but could n
for laughter.
" I think you are all out of yt
wits together," said mother, tumi
sharply, " What ails the child ? j
no laughing matter."
" You don't understand each o
er," I gasped ; "oh, dear I it-it's i
Letty-oh-oh, dear!" and relaps
again.
"Not Letty?" repeated moth
turning to Tom. " Then why c
you tell mc so ?"
" I never told you so," said To
" Why, yes you did," persist
mother. " You came in and told i
you were going to be married."
" Yes, so I am," said Tom, still
cross-purposes.
"Now, Tom Dean," said mothi
rising and confronting him, " wi
do you mean? Who is going to
your wife ?"
"Why, May, of ccyirse," answer
Tom.
May I" And then, after a pan
of inexpressible astonishment, it w
mother's turn to laugh. "Do yi
mean to say, Tom, it was that chi
yon were thinking of all the while
"Why, who else could it be?" sa
Tom, simply.
" Well," said mother, " I ought
have remembered you never did (
anything like anybody else. Bi
still, why in the world did you go
work in such a roundabout, way?"
" I wanted to see how you took
my idea," said Tom.
" And how did. you suppose v
were to guess your idea meant May !
mother asked.
" Who else could it be?" repeate
Tom, falling back on what he ev
dently found an unanswerable argt
ment. It was no use talking to inn
I Mother gave it up with a shake of tb
j head.
" You won't want another huns
i th-n, Aunt Anne?" said Tom sm
j denly. That set mother oil again
I Tum joined, with her, and al toge the
I I don't think we ever passed a mei
riff evening than the one that mad
us acquainted with Tom's wife.
- - - H>.- -- ? - .
From tho Danbury News.
Catching ,1 livu
Mr. Cobleigli, of Nelson stree!
bought three hens Saturday night
?II?.? put them und r a box until h
could build a coop. Sunday mornin
he saw one of them in the street, am
bestowing a brief curse on the some
body who had overturned thc bo:
.im! jeopaidized his property, Ju
started out after it, to drive it inti
thu yard. It took fifteen minutes t
convince him that th..I. hen could no
bu driven into that yard, and thei
in- attempted to catch it. Three timi'
ho rose tip with his hands full o
feathers, and his chin full of sand
but still tba" hen eluded him. Oho
he got it. cornered, and thought suri
he had it, but it Hew straight up ovei
his head, and flapped its wings in hil
face, and filled his eyes wi;h dust
Oh, how mad Mr. Cobleigh was. ' Il
was Sunday morning. The bells wen
ringing, people were starting to churcl;
and there he was in the street, with
no coat or hat on, and with nothing
but slippers on his feet, and ever)
once in a while one of them woua
come off and Hy through the air, am
his naked foot would como in contact
with the onu'l gravel before he coule
stop himself. Then he would havi
to hop back on one foot after that
slipper, while the hen stood on tin
walk und elocuted, and the li ttl t
Sunday school children stopped and
laughed, and their parents reproved
them, and laughed too. Finally tin?
hen got away from him and started
down street at wonderful speed for a
hen, and he started after, his face
redder than ever, and every time he
elcarqd ti rod he would stop and hop
back two after one of those slippers.
When he reached the corner'of Es
sex street he jumped out of both
slippers at. once, but instead of stop
ping to go b-ck he picked up a stick
of wood and kept on. Then as thc
hen dodged into a gateway he hurled
the stick and broke the leg of a
strange dog, which added its pierc
ing " ki-yi" to the entertainment.
But Cobleigh didn't slop. He tore
into the yard after his property in
his bare feet, and chased the hen into
wood pile ami caught it justas the
owner of the premises came out and
wanted to know what Cobleigh was
doing, was going to do with his hen.
and what he meant anyway, by get
ting drunk and kicking up such a
hullabaloo in a peaceful neighbor
hood. Cobleigh first thought he would
knock the man down with an axe,
and what he could not eat of him
bury under a barn ; but the new
comersuceeed' ' m proving to Cob
leigh that the hen was his,/ and then,
the miserable?: man burst, into' tears
and limped back home, where he
found the three hens under a box. '
?$r A(M .obituary notice in n New Eng
land paper ctfnoiuaefcwith tye informa
mauou that the deceased "leaves two ir?
/out daughters-both, iflrlsj" "J
Brevities and Levities.
?Si- That was a very rmean thing of a
man in Chicago, who no ITO wed $200 from
Iiis wife and used tho money.in obtain
ing a divorce.
?&r An Iowa Juslh* >?!' tho Peace rc
fused to tine a man for kissing a girl
against her will, because when the lass
came into Court he was obliged to hold
on to tho arms of his irhair to keep from
kissing her himsalf.
.fco- The dying words of an aileetion
ate and thoughtful wife were : " Henry,
if you marry again, remember that it
only takes n cupful 1 of sugar to sweeten
a quart of gooseberries."
. ?&- " Put dow:n your umbrellas !
You'll scare this engine off the track 1"
screamed the engineer on tho North
western North Carolina Road, to a crowd
of people who had gathered to see the
first train of cars come in. They were
ali lowered at once. The Milton Chroni
cle reports the story.
SST Tho negro who was hanged at
Suffolk, Va., the 20th June, remarked,
as he was going to the gallows : " I wish
dey had put it off till after watermelon
time."
?&. A young man from tho country,
after walking into the Paola post-office
the other day, and dropping an unstamp
ed letter into the box, remarked gleeful
ly to a companion as they went uiit,
" Don't say anything about it, but I beat
tho government out of a three cent stamp
that time !"
??r An exchange says tho first tiling
a young man does when he sees a friend
with a new hat on his head, is to take it
of and try it ou his own. But when a
young lady sees an acquaintance with a
new bonnet, she just elevates her nose
and wonders " whero the thing got that
fright."
p?r Out Weat, where the Grangers
most flourish, the office-seeker's song is
now said to be as follows :
" 0,1 long to be a Granger,
. And with the Grangers stand,
A bunch of.clover in my arms.
. And a pitch fork in my hand."
jT-'-}~ Be?uiisa aman worth$000,000 took
a fancy io and married a barefooted In
diana j:ii i, lite rest of the Hoosier maid
ens prowl around tho country with mud
stashing up between their toes, looking
for well-dressed strangers.
??GT*A. schoolmaster in Chokiaville
says there is nothing like kindness in
managing a school. He lays his ton-feet
hickory sapling pensively on the desk
before him, and tells the boys kindly
how they must do ; and he says thc effect
of his kind words is something remarka
ble.
EST An over crowded Michigander
has discovered the best way ye!, of get
ting rid of his offspring. He drove Iiis
wagon, consisting of a Michii;ooso and
ton or eleven Michigoslings, over a hun
dred mile territory, dropping one out
over the tailboard ev cry few miles. He
drapt the old critter in a creek, and got
back home tho best divorced man in tho
state.
The Editor.
A schoolboy's composition on "The
Editor" ran as follows, in a school
not faf off.
"The editor is one of the happiest
animals in the world. Ile can go tc
the circus afternoon and eveninp.
without paying a cent; also to in
quests and hangings. He has fret
tickets to pic-nica and strawberry fes
tivals, gets wedding cake sent him
and sometimes gets a licking, but not
often, for he can take things hack in
the next issue, which he generally
does. "I never knew but one editor
to get lirkr. His paper bursted tha
day, and he couldn't take anything
back. While other folks have to go
to bed early, theeditorcan sit up Inte
every night and see all that is g?un?
on The boys think its a big thin
to hung on till 10 o'clock. When
am a m in I mean to be an editor, s
I can st tv out late ol' nights. The:
that wi I be bully. The editor don't
have to paw wood nor do any chop
ping ex?eptwiih hi? scissors. 1!
roads g-t up excursions for him, know
ing if i hey didn't he'd make them
git up ami pit. In politics he din'
olire much who he goes for, if they
are on his side. If they ain't he
goes-for em ?nv way ; so it amount'
to neaily iii?; sume 11J : i=L/. There
a great many people trying to become
editors who can't and some of them
have been in the profession for years.
If I was asked if I had rather have
an education or.become circus rider,
I would say, let. me become a editor."'
CHECKERS ra DAXBUBY.-An age !
couple on Wooster street aro Vi ry
fund of checkers and play quite Ire
quent ly. When lie beats at. the game
she loses her temper and dec?an s
she will not play again, ll vexes him
to have her act so, bul he controls thr
irritation and talks to her about i:.
I?e tells her how wron?: it is for peo
ple at their age in life to be disiurb? d
by such trifles, and show? her so
clearly the folly of such a course that
she becomes ashamed of her weak nos?
and returns to thc gamo, and plays
it so well that she beats him. fhen
he throws the checkers in one direc
tion and kicks the board in another,
and says he will never play with
anybody who cheats so allfiredly, and
stalks moodily to bed and leaves her
to pick up the things.
GKIFFtt & HITLER.
TlTE Undersigned have formed a
O i-Partnership in the Practice of Law
in Edgefield Couuty.
" S. ll. GRIFFIN,
M. C. BUTLER.
Feb 10 tl' 8
New Law .Firm.
.JOHN E. BACON. THO.-:. J. ADAMS.
IMCWA' .fe AiiAittS:
Attorneys at Law,
Will Practice in the Courts of the State,
and United States Courts for South Caro
lina.
former Office of Carroll tt Paeon and
Bacon .fe Minier,
.lau 1*. 1872 tr
IV!. L BONHAM,
ATTORNEY AT LAVV ANO SOLICI
TOR IN EQUITY.
Office, Law Rango.
Hdgeliehl, S C.
May 2X tf 23
S AMS & C?K WILE,
. PINE HOUSE DEPOT,
ANNOUNCE to the pnbiic that they
I aro now opening a linn Stock of.GRO
CERIES and PLANTATION GOODS,
which they will sell at the lowest rates.
J&rExamine our Hoods ?mci Prices
before buying elsewhere.
Pino House, Mar. 5, tf ll
Sewing Machine Needles.
ALWAYS on hand tho Howe Sew lng
Machine Noodles.
O. P. CHICA TUA M.
.lune 17 If un
Jcs I Shingles !
T^ORsaioatrhy residence ?\},I?? co J
X SHINGLES. ' '
' 0. SHEPHARD
_?uly 10, tf no
Bed Bug Poison.
"C^ORsaleat
Jr ' G. L. PENN & SON'S
' . . |)rugStore.
GEO. S. HACKER.
DOOR, SASH, BLIND
FACTORY,
Charleston;
THIS IS AS LARGE and COMPLETE
a Factory as there is in tho South.
All work manufactured at rite Factory m
tills city. The only House owned and
managed by a Carolinian in this city.
Send lor Price List- Address
GEO. S. HACKER,
Post office Box 170, Charleston, S. C
Factorv and Warerooms on King street
opposite Cannon st., on line City Railway
Nov 27
Iv
49
FLORENCE
S
_ OLD at corresponding prices with
other First Class Machines, and is cheap
er than any other because more complet .
W. H. SHAFFER, Agt.
Edgefield, Oct 2 ly 41
NeMet-t & Goodrich
COTTO?f GINS.
EL
AVING increased our Manu factor
we aro prepared to supply thc demand
for our well known COTTON GINS
which aro considered the best in thc
market by those who have used and
know them. EVERY GIN GUARAN
TEED TO GIVE SATISFACTION
Price lower than any other llrst-clas
Grin. Orders solicited earl j* in thoseaso
to prevent delay. Old Gins REPAIRE D
>n reasonable terms.
By permission wo refer to the follow
lng gentlemen :
Gov. M. L. Bonham, Messrs. C. A
Choatham and T. P. DeLoach. Edgefield
CH.
Maj. A. Jones, Pine House.
Mr. J. A. Bland, Johnston's Depot.
Messrs Jas. Fullmer and P. C. Spann
Leesville.
Maj. Josiah Padgett. Mine Creek.
Capt. J. G. Hawthorn. Saluda Old
Town.
Mr. L. Hartley, Batesvillo.
Gen. M. C. Butler, Columbia.
.?STCapt. LEWIS JONES, at Edge
field, S. C., is our authorized Agent.
tfSr Send for Circular and Price List
Address
NEBLETT & GOODRICH,
Augusta, Ga
Apr. 15 fi m 1",
ARK ENDORSED AND PRESCRIBED BY MORE leia-!
lng l'hydelans than ?ny other Tonic or Stint-"
ulant ?ow ta ncc Tfcrraro
A ft ("RE PREVENTIVE,"
Fer Firer and ?ru? Inf rni'.tents. Biliousness and all dis
orders arising from malarious rnuscs. Thor arc highly ree
amended a? ai A.NT1-D V.SPKPTJC, ?nd In eas? of INDI
GESTION arc ixrALtfAiiLS. A? an APPETIZER and RE
l'1'l'ERANT, and In esses of GENERAI, DEMUTT Iber
have never io a single ir.stanco tailed la producing rho molt
happy results. Ther aro partirnla-lv
BEXEF?? IA I, TO FEMALES,
Strengthenlngthobo.lv. lu? icoraling Hie mind, and giving
Inno and ela*lett; to tho ?hula sjatexa. Tho HOME HIT
TERS aro compounded willi thc fr?stest of care, and no ton
ic srimulani Hr vi-rnefnro been off. red to tho publie ?o
PLEASANT,p IK TASTE an I at thc name limo combin
ing KO man. c>ll*l sjs/wuendortcd by tho medical fr?terai,
lycjlha he. -?own to t !io l'lmrmucopina. ltcoitt but lit
tle to (Irstat. blr trial, and
Every Familiar hhould Have a Bottle.
No preparation In tho wor d caa primee io many unquali
fird endorsements by physicians of Ibo vcrv highest standing
lo their
A'nJorsrri aUo by the Cltrgj and thc teadiag denomina
tional yapen. . 1
Riv. Wu. ?ft. BitcocK, the oldest Methodist minister In St.
l ouis, tau thc llame Billen wen mci graiefal Ineooirlbu
'. "? ibo restoration of ni; strength, and an lncrcae of
appetite.
Omca? Mo., June 25,1871.
Persons greatly debilitated, as I have l>cca, and who require
a TO.XIC or .TTMI-LAKT, need ice* for nothing better than the. j
Homo Bitters. S. W. COPE, "j
Presiding Elder M. E. Church, Plattsburg District.
DntsV STATXS MARIXB IIOSI-ITAL, J
Sr. I,OOII Mo., OCT. 8, 1670. J
JAMZS A. JACKSON a Co.- 1 luto examines! tho formula far
malting tho " Homo Stomach Hitlers." nnd used them tn Ibis
hosplul the last lour mouths. I consider them Ute most valq
able toulc andstimulait tioiv In use. S. II. MELCHER, '
Rosldct Physician in charge IT. S. Marine Hospital. . ,
J A-A, A. JACKAOX A <-0.-Gentlemen: As you hare com
raunicated to thc mcilical profession thc recipe of tba "Ilomo'
Bitters," lt cannot, thereforo be considered asa patent tool
lelne, no patent having been taken for it. Wc have examined .
tho formula for making the " Homo Bltttrt." and nnhesta
Ungir sar tho combination I? one nf rato excellence, all the
articles used In ils composition aro tho best of Iho class to
which they belong, being highly Tonic. .Stimulant. .Stomachic,
Carmlnitive. an I slightly Laxailr*. Tho modo of preparing
them ls strlctlr In aconrdanco with the rules of pharmacy.
Haring used them Iu onr pr?valo praotiee, wc take pleas u rulo
recommending them to all persons desirous of taking Bitten,
as being tho lest Tonic and Stimulant noir offered to the pub
lic. FRANK G. PORTER,
Prof. Obstetrics and Diseases of Women, College of Physi
cians, and late member Board of Health.
L. C. ROISLINIERK Prof. of
Obstetrics and Siseases of Women, St. Louis Med. College.
DRAKE MCDOWELL, M. D"
Lato P.-es't. Mo. Medical Collegs,
E. A. CLARK, li. D"
Pror.Sargerr, Mo. Medical College tod lato Resident Physi
cian City llospltal, St. Louis Missouri.
nERBERT PRI?IM. Prof.
Practical Pharmacy, St. Louis Collego of Pharmacy. !
J. C. WHITEHILL, KJ. Medical Archives.
Alf. Hiiwrs, M. D. Dr. O. V. P. Lcnwta,
C. OIBICK?, M. D. B. OBATI Moe?, M. D.
C. A. Wini, M. D. W. A. WILCOX, M. D.
K. C. FRANKLIN. M. D.,
Prof. Surgery, Homoeopathic Medical College.
T. J. VASTETE, M. !>.. T. O. COMSTOCK, M. D.,
Prof. of Midwifery and Diseases of Women, Collego of Homae
patblc Physicians and Surgeons.
JOUST. TEMPLE. M. D.,
Prof. Materia Medica (nd Therauponllcs, Homcoopathic Medi
cal Collego of Missouri.
JNO. COKZLEMA!?, M. D'., lecturer
On Diseases of CbJldreu, Homceopathlo College or Mlssoirl.
CHARLES VAUTIN H. M. D.,
Prof. of Physiology. nomccopttblo M?dica 1 Collego of Me.
JOHN HARTMAN, M. P., Pref.
Clinical Medicine, Cel. nomoeopathlo Physicians and S erg's,
They are superior to all other-Stomach Bitter?.
KNNO SANDERS. Analytical Chemist.
No Bitters In the world can exesd them
SIMON HIRSCH, Analytical Chemist.
Eminent Phywiciann of Chicago.
Thc formula for the Home Billers hal been submitted to Of,'
and we bollero thom to he tho beet tonio and stimulant for
general aso now offered lo tbe put'Je. j
II. WooDttmT, M. D., T
0. A. MABIBXB, Analytical
Chemist.
H. S. Hart*, M. P.,
H. McVicaa, M. D.,
Noa n. H. Banni?, M, D.,
R. LOOLIM, M. D.,
Jin. A. CULLINS, H. D.,
JA?. V. Z. BLimr, M. 0.
Fror. Chemistry, Raab
Medical College.
J. B. WAIKBJI, M. P.,
T- B. UOTMI, M. H.,
Twos. T. ELUS, M. D.,
J. A. Hann, M. D.
Eminent Physicians, in Cincinnati, .
Nearly all of whom aro Professors lo one or the olhsr of tb?
Medical Colleges, |
No otbor Bitters hare orer been offered to tb? poblia
bracing so many valuable rtmidial agent?.
J. L. Varni*, M. P.,
0. T. 8ikmK>N, M. P..
C. S. Musca A rr, M. P.,
W. T. Tautirraao. M. D.,
J. H. BOCBHBB, M. P..
0. A. DonxBTT, M. D.,
C. WOODWAUJ, M. D
D. W. McCairrnr. M, D"
S< H. JOHNSOX, M. D.
L. A. JAMI?, M. D.,
8. P. Il. ?ns, H. P.,
0. W. BIOLBB, M. Di,
J. J. Ooma. M. D.,
W, R. WoonwABD, M. a.,
B. 8. WATXI, Obomlst,
0. K. TATLOB, M. P.,
P. F. VitiT, M. D.,
8. B. Touuirsox, M. U,
Eminent Physicians In Memphis;
Thc Homo 'litter? aro an invaluable remedy for IndigosUoB
enil diseases arising frum malarial causea.
O. B. TIIOIWTOX, M. D" ALIX. l?B?-aTiri, M. P.,
lu charge or City Hospital, M. K. HODOX?, M. D.,
J. M. RODOSIW, M. I)., Pam. Orar, iL D.,
M. W. PukXKLL. M. P., M. A. KoifOKM, H. D.,
fiiRbsrjiu) Usu . M. D., Joe. E. Lracn, Ii. D.,
Eminent Physicians In Pittsburgh;
B. r. Dan, M. D., WM. CLOWI?, M, 5., ,
W. R. (?nao?, M. D., ' D. H. WILLAJU), M. J>"
0. WITH, Chemist, J. H. MOCLBLLASTP, M. C.,
And Hundreds of Others
In all paru or tho North, Wctt and Seato, ?%
J. j>, flaasp, M. D., MUsraukco.
. . '.' . i. CouKcii Bttmrs, Wsreh IT, titi, i
.,??MM ?' JiWt0?* Co.^yiiisoiaiiUaodthefomBUBXaM
Home Stomach lllttrrs," I haro prescribed them In mi rjraeJ
tlac for somo time, and prenounoetbem.rbe best .TonloBritaf?
uowjii use. . p. H. iK-ALinoN, M. D. i
VJrr** salo by all druggists and grocers. "? ,.^1
J a int? A. J:icn<ton ?* Co., Froprlclorss
Labratory 105 and 107 N, ?m*M St., fit. MM UUf?UUjl
For sale by A. A. CLISR Y, Drtrg
Feb. 28,
Alyss
JOHNSTON'S DEPOT,
C. C. & A. R. R.
ffflffl?ftfl
3
WE woul I respectfully announce to dur friends and tue public generally
that wc are now opening at Johnston's Depot, a complete Mock of Goods,
consisting of -
Dry Groods, Grroceries,
SHOES, HATS, HARDWARE, ?c..
And we are prepared to make Advances to Planters in Provi
sions and Guanos, upon satisfactory papers, payable 1st November next.
. An -examinatiBn^'f our Stock and Prices respectfully solicited. '
CARWILE & SAMS.
Mar 19 tf. 13
T. W. CARWILE & CO.,
GROCERS
-AND-' ..
.. . . pl -'. .. .?'. . . ?.< '<.'?? is .'.j t??.. v i\
lommissioH Mercian ts,
270 Broad St., Augusta, Ga.,
REPARING fo? VIM SJ : iiig and- Summer Trade, to meet the wants bf
friends and customers ia Hie way of Plantation and Faini.y Sup
plies, are daily making heavy additions to their already large Stock, tio
which they invite attention. Our Stock comprises in part:
BACON, LARD, COFFEES, SUGARS, TEAS, ; , /'
SYRUPS, MOLASSES, RICE, MACKEREL, SALT,
FLOUR, MEAL, CORN,
BUTTER, CANDLES, SOAP, STARCH,
WHISKIES, BRANDIES, WINES, ALE, PORTER,
TOBACCO, SEGA RS, &c,
And in fact. EVERYTHING usually on sale in First, Class Grocery
Houses.
We are also Agents for the sale of Wm. Massey & Co's. Celebrated Phila
delphia ALES.
Will be glad at all times to see our EJgefield friends, and will sell the
Best Goods at thc Lowest Market Prices.'
Augusta, Feb 5 tf 7
PIEDMONT & ARLINGTON
LIFE INSURANCE 60,
OF VIRGINIA.
Policies Issued over - - 17,000.
Income over - - $1,500,000.
The progress of this Company during the past year has been STEADY
and PROGRESSIVE. The Management ECONOMICAL, the Losses
SMALL.
Daring the summer months our largest business was from the Northern
States, in which we have no Southern competitors, since no Southern Com
pany but this has passed the rigid inspection of the Northern Insurance
Departments.
We need no extended advertisement in Edgetield, other than the grateful
testimony of the widows and orphans preserved from want by policies in
this Company.
We are known and patronized in nearly every household. Our friends
know where to find us when they need insurance.
LEAPRART ?fc RANSOM,
General Agents, Augusta, Ga.
B. M. TALBERT, Canvassing Agent,
E. KEESE,
E. E. JEFFERSON
Oet. !), tf 42
f_ .
HE Undersigned having established his oifico at Edgefield; as General
Agent f-.r Ute S.'o??on slates Life Insurance Company,
nvites attention to one or two of the advantages oilered those who ma}'
lesire to effect msuvnric? on their lives in a ?ale Home Company :
The Board ot Managers at a recent%acetir.? passed unanimously the fol
;owirg resolution :
" Resolved, Thal in view of the fact that liiere arc unusually large sums
paid for Life Insurance, to the Companies ol' the North and East, which
utms, being there invested, contributi to tho enrichment of those sections,
whilst our own South is great1;.- in nee 1 of cash capital to prosecute success
fully our Agricultural and Mechanical enterprises j; it is Ordered; that for
thc purpose of retaining these sums in our midst, ?hereafter a certain pro
portion of the net cash receipts from premiums, amounting to n?-.r. more 'han
70 per cent, of the same bc invested in such manner rs may be in accord
moe with die regulations of the Company, in those sections from which the
.;aid premiums arerattuined."
* (Signed) WM. B. JOHNSON, Prcs't.
GEORGE S. O'BEAR?, Sec Ty. . ,
In accordance with tho above Resolution a Board of- Advisory Trustees
has been regularly organized at Edgefield 0. H., S. C., "villi the following
O?Kc?rs, viz :
Maj. W. T. OAKY, President.
Capt. B. C. BRYAH-, Vice President
Pv. O. SAMS, Esq., Secretary.
This Board is now prepared to tran net business, and invest the funds of
che Company agroe.-dde to thu prescribed regulations. ,
Thc Financial strength of the'Company places it in high rail:. Its last
Annual Statement shows that the Company possess, besides i ts targe Guar
n?! ee, $170 for every $100 of its liability. " '
HT. W. ARNEY, General Agent.
June. 21, * tf 27
rang* r*rr"T"*v,*?Tr,,"r>--,> --8-MWMpg smaKKzacmtssaBBt
IMPORT! 118 Al
10 Cases fine old Hennescy Cognac,
4 " Imported Champagne,
6 ;t " Madeira and Sherry Wines,
2 u " . Claret and Old Port u
2 . u Rhine Wine,
4 Casks Scotch Ale and Porter.
OLD RYE AND CORN WHISKEY !
20 Bbls. Old Rye Whiskey, different grades,
10 " " Corn
BSrJnst received and for sale by
A. A. CLISRV, Drii^ist.
tf
ESTABLISHED IN I860.
JSL. Prontaut db Son,
WATGN-MASERS ANO JEWELLERS'. )
The subscribers would re?tnectftilly Inform.the citizens of Edgolield, and sur
rounding country, that they keep a special establishment for the
Repair of Watches and Jewelry.
Also II A III WORK, in every design, made to order. All work entrusted to
their care will bo executed Promptly, Neatly, and warranted for one year.
At their Store will lie lound one of the largest Stocks of
?oH and Silver Wateres
Of tho best European and American Manufacture iii thoSoufceiW Stoles/withia
.elect assort.ncut of .Bich and New Styles of- BTRUSCAN.GOI.DJBWISl.RV,
' . T\S.,.lu Pim.la itulii#>w Drfniititi (?iirncts. (.oral, KC.
hon v> i OL i , ? , A- PRONTAUT &, SON,
23? Broad St., between Central and Globe Hotels, Augusta Ga
Sept2fi ly 6 ' 40
Boots, Shoes & Hats
ON TIME,
^2 are now prepared to Sell all Goods in our line on approved Fac
tor?'. Acceptance?, payable in the Fall. ? . _
. GALLAREIS St AIlltH?^Iiy;:
Augusta, April-SQ 2m *,*f . W .j1
RECULATOR
tic
i This unrivalled Southern Remedy Is
warran ted not to contain a single particle
?f Mi?RcnBX,,-or,anyi(b3jurious mineral
substance, butls''' . 1?
P?ftELY VEGETABLE,
containing those Southern ' Roots' and
Herbs, which an all-wise Providencehas
placed in countries where Liver Diseases
most prevail. It will Cure all Diseases ?
caused by Derangement of thc Liver.
I^THE SYMPTOMS'of Liver (Complaint1
are a bitter or bad taste in the month;
Pain in 'the Back, Bides or Joints, > often
mistaken for Rheuxuarifun ; Sour Stom
ach : Loss of Appetite: Bowels alternate
ly costive and lax ; "Headache ; Loss of
memory, with a painful sensation of
having failed to do*, something which
ought to have been done; Debility, Low.
Spirits, ? thick yellow ?ppearance of the [
Skin and Eyes, a dry Cough often mista- .
ken for Consumption.. Sometimep^nany ,
of these symptoms attend the disease, at '
others very few:.?ut the LTVE?B?," the '
largest organ in the body, is generally' '
the Beat of the disease, and if not Regu-.
lated in time, great suffering, wretched
ness and DEATH wiU. ensue. . .' '" . "
This Great Un?aJU?ig Specific wttl'hiitr
; be foiind the Least Unpleasant
. ForDYSPEPST?y,'CONSTIPATTON; >
Jaundice, Bilious attacks, SICK HEAD
ACHE, Colic, Depression ' ef 'Spirits,
SOUR STOMACH, Heart Burn,<ke.,i*c":
I Simmons' Liver Regulator, or
; tyedicin?^
Is the Cheapest, Purest and Best !]
Medicin?1 in'tb? W?rld!': :"
MAyTrFAtfI'UBJin'OXX^?T''<'-,<'l; f
J. H. ZEILIN & CO.
Macon, Ga , and Philadelphia, i
! Price; $1.00. Sold by all Druggists. I
June 25 tf - 27
DOORS*
Sash & Blinds,
MOULDINGS, BRACKETS,
Stair Fixtures, Builders'
Furnishing Hardware, Drain
[jPipe, Floor Tiles, Wire Guards,
Terra Cotta Ware, Marble and
Slave Mantle Pieces.
Window Glass a Speciality.
White Pine Lumbei for Sale.
Circulars and Price Lists sent
free on application, by
P. P. TOALE,
20 Hayne and 33 Pinckney sts.?
Charleston, S. C.
Oct 2 Iv 41
Ml
PENN'S,
B
0
U
BOUQUET
U
T
C
0
L
COLOGNE
N
S ?
Is the acknowledged BEST, and at the
same time thc CHEAPEST,
Toilet Perfume
Ever introduced in Edgofield. Every
body likes it, and its popularity is
daily increasing.
PENN'S BOUQUET COLOGNE is
prepared with tho greatest care from the
purest Oils and Extracts by W. B. PENN
-and for sale at the Drug Store of
G-.L. PE?VIV & SOIV.
Mar 19 tf . 13
Horse-ShociDg a Speciality.
ALTHOUGH PHIL JOHNSON, a
well behaved and polite colored man,
makes to order all kinds of Ploughs,' <fec.,
and docs likewise all kinds of Black
smith work gen eral Iv,-and all which ho
does'in a work ni an like and satisfactory
manner,-still, like most other.?rtists
now-a-davs, he has a Spccialitv, and his
Speciality is HORSE-SHOEING. In
this branch of his trade he professes to
be master of his profession. And he has
just receiyed a full assortment of Horse
shoes, Nails, <tc, which he warrants of
the best quality, and which he puts on
any horse so that they can be worn with
perfect case, and to the great advantage
of the horse. Try Phil, once, and you
will be his friend and patron ever after
wards.
Apr. 30, s ? tf 19
FRENCH'S NEW HOTEL,
Cor. Cortlandt and New Church Sirs.
New York,
ON THE EUROPEAN PLAN.
. RICHARD P. FRENCH,
Son of the late Col. RiCHABn FBENCH,
af French's Hotel, bas taken this Hotel,
newly fitted up and entirely renovated
the s?mo. Centrally located in the BU
SINESS PART of the City.
^*r*Ladies' and Gentlemen's Dining
Rooms attached.
June 18 4m 26
i SODA WATER!
P
URE and Delightful, with the BEST
STRUPS, will be drawn daily from my
Btutiful Arctic Soda Fountain.
?ho Ladies in particular aro cordially
inned to do their .'drinking" at thia
FoUK-andVill bo waited on promptly
and ^?litely at all times..
A. A. CLISBY, Druggist
May?, tf . 20
p?STOIISA.
THE Jost pleasant and popular Tooth
or MoutaVash extant. Dr. Parker has
tried it fol several years, and uses ho
other kind Everybody likes it. Try a
bottle. Fd. salo by
\A. A. CLISBY, Druggist.
Apr 18 J tf 17
to? Mfce Good Pickles
IT is necastry to have the best VINE
GAR. Penn dt Son have Ins
received 2 Ola. of the VERY BES
VINEGAR, vhich they can warrant.
(Ml Sf?? SW. Also, aPJrv* .
***** 'J'-?*' " .jo of al
&j.Cr; 0. U PENN & SON.
June If,
tf
2bV
NEW WHITE GOODS.
GTRIFFIN <lk COBB have just receiy
ed ? beautiful supply of W H IT
GOODS; viz: .
Plain and Striped Victoria Lawns,
Bishops, La wns, .,.
Soft finished Cambrics,'
Mull Muslihs, o
Plain and Striped Swiss Muslins,
Also, s a handsome lot of .Hambnrg
rrimmings. '- "" '?.'"' :::
These Goods we have marked at very
ow prices; 1 . - _
Jonell . iitt . ; jg,