Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1851-03-06
RIGHT! RIGHT! RIGHT!


$Ss" HALLo,ller you men of the Press" said
an individual, rapping at our door on Monday
last, s.open, Scsime." aWhat now" replied
the Foreman. "Who dat knockin?" added
another typo. aWhat do you want? asked
the Editor. II want to pay for the paper
"Oh" exclaimed the Foreman. "Ah-ha !"
echoed the Typo. Certainly, sir" said The
Editor advancing to open the door.
And he, whom we style an individual above,
proved himself cTery inch gentleman, by
forthwith placing the sivcrin our hands, and
by adding this remark" make it 4 point, to
pay the printer before any one else, when [
. come to town to settle my bills; and do
this, because consider him the least exorbi-
tant workman Of the age"
Look at this, friends, then come and do
likewise. ehavc many paying subscribers,
like this one. There are few, however,
who might be proftcd, or at least might profit
us, by studying the example here given.
ONE OR TWO QUEER REASONS FOR NOT TIL
KING THE PAPERS.
aThis thing of taking newspapers, has
done me great deal of harm, in my time" :"
said blankctrd travelcrt to us the other day,
aaud l rather think we would all be better
off without thcm.'
How SO, SIR" exclaimed we with surprise.
"Why, first and foremost, when man
gets his paper, he's as apt as mol, to read it;
and after while, he begins to think he knows
something about politics. We'll, he goes of
from home, and the very first crowd lie gets
into, he's mighty sure to let 'cm See, how
much he knows about matters and things in
gincral.' And, all Of ta sudden, some cute
chap pokcs in his CAB, turns him down loc,'
and makes him feel dreadful bad all over.
Now, you see, sir, if he hadn't took q paper.
he wouldn't have got into any sucla scrape.' D
"But don't you perceive" we replied, "that
he would come to the conflict next time with
his wits sliarpcned and"-
eyes, ycs,' said he, intcrrupting us, "but
that aint nigh all the harm The papers do.
Last fall, sir, myself, lost more than a hun
dred dollars by EN-"
"Ah bought out some broken down print
ing establishment perllaps'
+. "No, sir, no-cxcuse me, sir, from that y
said he with an air of Indignation. "But I'll
tell you what did buy-a lot Of hogs"
"Hogs, sir! And pray let me ask, what's
hogs to papers or papers to hogs?'
"1Iayc patience, sir" returned he, and I
will show you as how it stands. I buy my
lot of hogs-I go home with them tonight,
thinking to start off to Louisville to-mor-
row. Itakes up my paper which my little
son has just brought from the Post Office,
and the first thing see is, six or seven great
big capital letters that spell CHOLERA" and
worse than all, the paper says its a raging in
Louisville Now, Sir, this comes to me,
about like the handwriting on the wall come
to the old Bible King. Says ], Wife, what's
to be done, Ican't go to Louisville, and its a
loosing business to feed the hogs" ] had
always said, that I would sooner meet up
with the most dreadful varmints of the forest,
with few D-s from below mixed in among
'cm, than 10 hit against the Cholera. We'll,
the up-shot of the matter was, went off
next day, in a fright to young man in my
neighborhood and sold my hogs for fifty dol
lars less than they were worth. This done,
goes home, thanking God, that it was no
worse Just exactly one 'ceck from that day,
my paper comes again. opens and reads,
eFalsc report of Cholera-pork advancing"
And, to give the finishing stroke, my young
ncighbor comes galloping by the gate just at
that time, and holers out to me, IL only
made one hundred dollars on the bargain"
had been dreading the Cholera for many
years, but that night, Ihad h!"
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