Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-04-20
FOR TIE Advertiser,
EMS MISHApS
UNLrcKY SWAMP, April 3,

-. deturmcnd to get wife. ! called on pcrtickcl
old friend Of mine, fur his advice to chuse wife,
NJ lie sea friend Em tax yung lady with purity viii
u teeh with good kountanance, and Agreeable dyspos
s tion, and purtct nowege Of docst;ck afares, an
:, quc movement, and soshabe and kinde, with n
-, open heart"
so Now, Mstur Editer, I had my eye on jst sue
to gal, and hur name was karoine. no you wi
IS feel fur poor EN-, when you reed my unfurtrwnat
e nishaps. There is sertn mysfortune in the wurl
not usually nnumcratd in the list Of kommon mys
fortunes.
e Daddy sent me to school, and thar gained sun
l. nowe!ge. Evry one sed EN- has talent, but he
j. shy, awkcrd. and kan not adopt himself to the way
II OF the wurll-is unncquaiutcd with ,he usagrs 0
sosIey-but otherwise he is good and clever anulf
y Such wus the genral opinion of my diligence a
school and in the farm. wus civil, obJlyging ant
and honest but oh, Nlistur Editur, Iwus so basul
, and if kald on TO meet lady with civiy and per.
llfrnes, bckam rutcd to the spot speeches. and
stiff as ramrod. Enuff po!itcncs ease of manners
as they are kald, concurns no less purtainn to
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t yung gentcnen, us hav ofn obsurvd, are greatly
wantir' in these
Well, Nlistur Edicr, as before scd. in nv nine
t"enth yer wus led to scke the hand Of a yunr lady
who to othur qualct.kations add bewty, vertuc,
amability and welth. | wus to mete hur nj the
hous Of lur cousins, and ackrrlinly an nritashun
to dine wus forwerded to me. So, pu. on my best
Sundy suite, and made mysef as smart as possabel.
On rcechin the door of the cousins hous, my heart
begun to ihump gainst my ribs as tho had smith
within my breIst. You're some what late" scd
he answered in the alfurmativ and walked in
maxim twenty inklynashuns to look agreabrl. lie
wus wrigh,in note, which he soon finished, and
looked ~rond fur the sand box. Anksous to be of
survfs to him, rushed fprwerd and .,seased as i'll
luck would hav it, the nkStand instcd of the sand
hox, and pord the whole contents on his butirul note
thot would hav f,inied, and in my konfu<hrn,
dru my white handkachcif to wipe it up. "What
on erih are you doin thar friend En-" srl he, sn.
lin, and pushed my hankachief away, quickly put
things to rites and then led the way to the apart
mcnt whar the cumpany assembled followed
! but with trubblcd sperit The room door opened.
and !, awkerd, block hedcd BOBBY that wus, think
ing to show myscf pcrlite and GRACEFUL rs well ms
clever and gallant, sprang forwcrd, bowing right
aud left; backward and forwerd, scrapn fust one
fot and then the other, in all irccshuns, and not
percevn a female domcstick just behind me vs. no
wus in the act Of dishin up a pie, dashed my he'd
with such force aganst hur back as TO send the pic
flying ont of the dshc to the floor and SO with
kompiaments, duekin and buwin, blnlly advanced. !
felt as tho was in bacl and about to rush on the |
eneniys guns. What civil things wus scd on the
part Of the cumpany no not, but kontinul like !
droiten fool, bowin and scrapn and ejackulatin
Your humble survant," in all drcckshuns, until
cut short by anuhcr mishap. had in fact, re, clcd
the pie which still lay thar. All my unlor-
tunate left foot wunderd into the pastry, and in an
instant my feet slid from under me, and my purso-
nal and prrlitaka balance wus lost, and down
cum, mcashuring my whole length just five feet
fore on the floor to no small alarm of the olhurs of
the lafin cumpany. In allin brot down two cheers
which had scazcd hold of to save myscr, together
with yung lady, and she and the two ccrs and
your humble friend were AL thar on the floor to-
guthcr. And gracius heavens, NIistur Editcr, it
wus my Karoline. J tainted this time sure, and wus
orot tcw by camrer cold watur, and the assurance
that an erlhquake had taken place We rot up,
onk our chcrs, and | renamed purGrct!y mute fur
'umtmc The codsn treated it as an excellent Joke,
md they all lafe,l nightly. and lated rw, and fre-
lucntly stold glance at the ockaslun Of my mys-
"rtun". seemd to be enjoyn myscE, but oh Mis-
ur Ed;trr, could hav wept-yca died with shame
md vexashun. Never beioT and never since hav
experienced such hrar-trubbed, down trod;len, and
:cky, f'intin feelin-but, it kannol be described,
10 ser, nor kanr"t be compard to any ul!,cr ren 9
N erth Why ser, Id prcfur being rammed into Il |
ixty FOUNDER, for waddin, than to experience such
notlur hour Of pane, anxiety, &c, as did ON that
cklshun. "
At last we took our places at the tabcl. The O
ousin WIS so gallant as to place me next to kalhe-
inc; but I'd rather ben situated near vocanoe Il
han by the side of this purity and amablc creature
venturrd only to tax a rapid glance at Intervals
CUP was scrvd wrond. and Katherine oifcrd me ~
im, but how could accept it-she hur sef wus o
nprovided. komplamcnls wus exchanged, but 81
rcdy foresaw that new evil would rise out Of g
lose abomnable civiliiys and ookin mplorinly "
ito the face of my cllarmer, forgot the plate alto NJ
uher and in cndevorng to dew like the rest, g;
rgot what wus artcr, let the plate Slip and porcd NJ
e kontcns into Rather mes lap &nd over hur cloths ia
and in endevorin hastily to withdraw the plate, NJ
pset the rcnaindir my owne garments. My :"
tuwashun now, wus extremely unpleasant, and y, y,
anmcred out sundry npoygys, and the guests en- be
'rerd 10 console me, and fresh plate wus handed re
me. My pantalunes WIS completely eaiuratid 81
lh the cpnfounded greasy stuff, and | couldn't ~, hi
" felt wurs if had ben drapcd inoa jar of fat ~, i"
nthcrne was obbleeged to leave the room, and
ange hur'dress, but soon returned and fendevered
ain and again TO excuse mysef as well rs could. ine
Il pcrseivin that she smiled graciusy, felt sone- ev
lat treasured, and begun to brush tho purspira vi
un from my face, not with my hand or the napkin i,a u,
oug ltcr done, but with my pocket hanlkachief N'
| had intircly tergot the ink busnes: and in
ying off the SWEET rubbed in the ink SO thorrow- NJ
that the whole cumpany was anIascd TO find me of
lvurtrd into rae blackamore Titering and roars 20.