Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1840-08-20
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From Mc OHIO SIaifsman.

GRf AT PLDUGlllSNi VI NTCH.
The annals Of agriculture coHtulu no exam
ble eff plnmghlng match equal 10 hat oil w hicii
| prono-c tn give Il brief description.
An Old gentleman, tannliary .mow us "Un.
Gle >am. mas m extensive farm consisting Of
twemt, elk fields; 10 is in ihe habit of leasing
il uut By vote oil his SOILS every four YEAR;
and for number of years past it mas been in
the tenure OF the DrmocIatlc family. The rea
son issi si.ned lnr this II, that members Of that
family ar, most COOL ismrrS. For eight years
il WAS tellamted by OIL A drew, The farmer al
feuncSScr, and at present II Is held by old Mar.
lin, the farmer Of New York The Federal
family, who contend llat lliev have deep in
IerrSi in this farm, inaSmuch ~ tir.y declare
tlm, They possess ut least Two thirds nf the
w.all. and capital by which il is operated. have
I0.I9 tried to get sOuIr ,i "f their family int"
lis general snperimtcldanry; but Uncle Sans
>oas irv.' hitherto rricrr, lcir application. or
the srunul that they were too fond of cribaI
l,>IinIcmi and display. a:d irs rad.ol improving
the soil. would spend lir tinr IN er"c,iu!'
10 II noIiscs 10 the sky" gau,ly huillings. AMI
il, laying II OF in flower gardens, orange
..ur,s and so iortlI
l. this State Of ati;lirs tlc Federal family
h"cam,e greatly cxnsp"raeh. and swore thai
mlcSI -o:,e one of their family shou'd be
placed al tl.' head Of the farm It's ati:Iifs woald
go tn r',Irr-ln other words. that they would
iiSc tl+ir wealth aud cIuIlai Ia 10 drrailgrrngii
# lis cmncrrrIs. This alarmed some of Umc.
Sans SONS who. with Nil their patriotism. lave
som" seeds n aNarIcr IN ihrii hears. and wOlI;d
sooner the iariu should have Il bad tenant t!lam
Gct %; ont pocket mnucY ilrniSi'eS.accordlnyiy
sniln ni them "vlnccd Il dI-pO-llInn to favor the
Federal family ''at least ihr one term TWAS
rt hi-t n. reed lIa: to Irs iiir clli.nS Ol lils
two in;rS 10 tn" r"pIlat;nn of gD:d farmers,
Il Pionahin. Ma'cI, s!.nilI! hr bad on the farm.
that ZACH family shrul r!r1r>e lis lnuglInan.
and III" family whose i'.nmeh. team anl work.
| S!runid prove 10 he The best up" Il lair public
trial. should have tli,' management OF The farm
This proposition delighted the Federal laml-
lr: they wcrt at once t'r WI lntn "clacIrS Of
joy; some tnrc their rnllles from their shirts.
arrl ilImging them or tlI" .runnd, WITH their ciiS-
tors AMI British hr 'aIrlo'h. crying an lie
there .irisimrary, till gfcr M cicrii,n, '-otcrS
moved nu n! their spritId mansions, whnSr
vault d ceilings were hung with silk. and rus
,ra'c.I IN log cabins; i':Slrad OF roncrd d'gs and
spaIIi,. = they IOndlcd tame racnoiis: some WHO
daily ieas,rd ontIe choicest viand> and quailrd
sparkling cllampagn in pirate now made Il
merit of pHbiciy n,lnclling corn Cakes and
guzzlIng iard cider; while Others. tiIrnwIng by
their silk gloves. thrust their delicate hands in-
to vuI gar burIiskin mi;tpns. and went TO hop
ping down buckeye Irccs TO be manufacture
ed into political nag-stalls Mean while the de-
mocratc family manifested no kind ofanxicty
about The event. as farming aud poughng was
| no novelty to them, aud waited tIlc day APP
! onted with the ut"os, cprnposnre. and with
out any extraordinary preparation.
When the day arrived thr whole Federal
family were in the field. Their team consis-
ted Of huge Ensisl, I,uiI, us black as jet, called
"ARoLIrloS," and a larg" Er%Iisll COW, which
: thry nrmcd ~. y EA.K." Tie yoke looked
: we'll I,ml upon close examination, it was fund
; to consist ofk'd nf timber called "Na".a'
! Debit" covered with gold IraI; it was inscribed
"Mudrrn Whi"g gerry" The beam of the pInu@''
! was "A hollow :,ircr oliimbrr ola soft and pI.
AMI texture, called "Nnucnmnihalsin. The
! pnilt or centre was aScrb"d VT, lie wor"
Paste and tho mouth hoard COVERED with
pieces nrparrr called Post Notes" Inslcad
Ola chain, they ha,! thick rope. which they
said was very strong. spun ont Of sort of stuff
they d"nolniiated, "Cogfdrnfi@ Committees
The driver held a long s"ad, bearing this mot
to; The time for reason and argument is gone
bv"