Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-06-20
.ROaaStEeF THE EAST.

:, A Parting gz43Eye Suap-" Boot Glue,
The. TradsC Closed, &c. $c.-lt is now
more than m9ea ago that two citizens Of
this region-old4yet simple men-who had
long lived on adiSining" squats," as lords Of
two several families, met together for the
purpose Of a fns confab. They were :" in:
tended movers. Tired Of East. Mississippi
and afflicted with that singular mania .oi
which sonermensare possessed. to follow
several hundredahilesa twowheeled oxcart
and a solitary s0Ee of bullocks, in quest OF
Dream Land, nsy had determined upon
migrating, one Ha Alabama, the other to
Texas. OF eoatSafhe meeting was an >af.
fecting one, Sjinysssed with all the aolemnity
of an eternal seaeshnce. We shall call one
Dick and the othsf % badiab, merely for the
sake of distinction, and not desiring to make
public their feaEn4mes.
After some r6dom conversation, Dick
pulled out bisskpife, opened it, and COM
menced industriolily whiting, as prelimina.
ry to Suggestion Of unusual gravity. 1t
was largeI foHnd, venerable log upon
which they weres eseated-Dick at one end
and obediah at aaother, sin iux,aposition,"
as Gov. Foots void say. Obediah noticed
the gesticulateE noyement, and pricked his
ears for the iagress oi something pathetic.
At last, Dick, attssreducing the timber to a
little hillock Of :ctihs, remarked to Obediah
that he had somgshing of a very delicate
nature to talk aHbat.. Go ahead!" said
Obed, with an enseafaging earnestness.
And thus Dick ckssnpmmenced: You know,
Cb, that me aud wife hey got to gittin'
doin' very badly SAL some how,or other,
kinder slants from me of late days. And
thought, as l was66Eine to Taxas and you
to Yallabam, that would offer to swap you
my tige for yours5shnt see here, Oh, won't
give boot~ sssIs;s.s 80
After a pause, i1S which many thought,
passed rapidly through the mind of Obediah
he answered: @ss. .,
"Well, Dick, Sdon't know but what III
DO it. But you setanow, my Pol is purifier
than your Sal; andSyou know she is a youn.
ger critter by IL ling years. Now, Dick,
Did fellow, how .%anld you like to trade
young and likely fl Tor an old brokenwind.
ed and homely haas and git no boot9"
The argument ASsa clincher; and Dick,
ho' reluctant. to acknowledge it, manifestly'
elt.its force. Aftssmuch further paAeying,
t was agreed betsfah the faitbless Bene.
liets. that Dick -sQ9bsai Aea 'ia
hat the former should give the latter, in the
way Of boot, COW and calf, two goats, an
I'D shot gun, and an OK bell !!
The treaty Of exchange was ratified &C.
,ordingly, and Sal went to " Yallabam" and
Pol to "''raxas." The respective children of
he two mothers remained with, their respec-
i've fathers, and thus were favored with that
peculiar Ielatiou, step mother, by process
of swapping.
We assure our readers that this statement
IS substantially true, the incidents having
actually occurred as above related. 1t may
be, however, that so far as the wives are con-
cerned, the swap was more formal than
actual; that in brief, the cow, calf, goats,
shot gun, and OK bell were "dead loss"
Oh the part of Dick, and but fair tribute to
mercenary Obediah. The parties were both
to the Eastern Clarion, and we
are unfeignedly astonished that they did not
imbibe from these columns, whatever, may
have been the defects of early education, a
purer morality, and more manly estimate
Of Heavens first best gift to mana wife.
-Paulding, Mississippi, Clarion. /.