Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-11-20
From the Saturday Courier.

From the Saturday Courier.
TAKING A NEWSPAPER.
"a pleasant day. this, neishbor Gaskill."
said one farmer 10 another, coming into
the barn of The latter, who was engaged in
separating The chaff from his wheat crop,
by means of fan.
"Very fine day. friend Alon. Any
news?" Returned The individual address
sed. Sc
"No, nothing Of importance, I believe.
[,have called over to see il you wont Join
Carpenter and myself in taking The paper
this year. The price is two dollars; but,
by taking three copies, we can get the
whole for 6ve-which is. you see, some
thing of saving. One dollar and sixty
six cents is dog cheap for the Courier"
"Nolhing is cheap that you don't want"
returned; Gaskill, in positive tone. 81
don't believe in newspapers. i never
heard Of their doing any good. If an old
stray one happens TO get into our house,
my gals are crazy after it, and nothing can
be got out of them until it is read through.
They wouldn't be good for cent il a
paper came every week. And, besides,
dollars aiut TO oe picked up in every corn
hill"
"But think, Gaskill. how much infor-
malion your girls would get, if they had a
fresh newspaper every week, filled with
all the latest intelligence. The time
they would spend in reading it would be
nothing 10 what they would gain"
( sand what would they gain, l wonder?
Get their heads filled with nonsense. aud
love stories. Look al Sally Black. Isn't
she 6ne specimen Of one of your news
paper reading gals? Not worth TO her
father three pumpkin seeds. / remember
we'll enough when she was one of the
most promising lilIle, bodies about here.
But her father was fool enough to take a
newspaper, Any ono could soon see
change in Sally. She began 10 spruce
up and look smart. First came bow on
her Sunday bonnet, and then gloves 10 so
to meeting in. After that she must be
sent of to school again, n: the very time
when she had begun to be worth some-
thing about home. Aud now she has gol
q forty piano; and fellow comes every
week to- tearh her music"
"Then you wont join us neighbor?"
Mr.. Alton said, avoiding useless reply to
GaskiIl. @ 1aa 1850
@, no. That will not, Money thrown
away on newspapers is worse than was.
ted. never heard of their doing any
good. The time. spent in reading anews
paper every week, would be enough to
raise hundred bushels Of potatoes. Your
Courier, in my opinion, is dear bargain
at any price. ''zis 'lis5aG tt.fzl ia
Mr.. Alton charged the subject, and soon
after left nerghber Gaskf1 to- his own fan
cies. a wise man was found tomake one
Of the proposed club, and by The 6vedols
lars were sent on, and the papers pro-
cured. - .,,Ss; .-,t,s..,-
One day about two months afterwards,
they me:, as they had done frequently dn-
ring the intermediate time. -. ~! cesfl8
"Have you sold your wheat yeti" asked
Mr.. Alton. - s i 49, 5as :
"Yes. I sold i, day before yesterday
"How much did you get for it?'. ..ls
"EighlyTGye.',', !. 49, Il
mo nlore!" ~ -: 30. 81
"F don't know that ] had any right TO
expect more. Whea, hasn't been above
that for Two months past lary- gia
'::Bul it is above that now 4d ryi.
.'ffow do you knowa2t'''; q, scr, ,,,-,. ..
"Why, ! thought every one knew that
The price had advanced 10 ninety-two,
cents! To whom did you, ,selll'' e3r5;f
ITO Wakeful, The store keeper in b..
He me. me day before yesterday, and
asked me if had sold my crop yet. /
saidI had not. He lhen: offered TO take
it at eighiy-6ve cents, the market price,
and said he might as well have it, as
there was, doubtless, little chance Of lis
raising. Yesterday he sent over his wag-
ons and took it away"
"Thar was hardly fair 10 Wakeful. He
knew prices had advanced. He came to
me, also, aud offered To- buy my crop al
a, eighty live. But, I had Just received
my papers, in which saw, BY the. prices
current, that in consequence iof accounts
from Europe Off short CROP grain had
gone up. asked him nine-two; after
some little higgling, he was quite, willing
sDid he paysyou =, sn rineiy-,wo een,s!p ~ ez-
claimed Gaskil, in surprise aud chagrin.
He certainly did" ;ssirstif, + 81; rs.
"Too bad! too bad! No better than