Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1862-06-18
What the Women Say.
The following is from the North Carolin:

Standard:
CuAPELL HILL, n. c., June l, 1862.
Mr.. Standard There are few of US who
have not read Judge Longst:eet's inimitable
Georgia Scenes" Do you remember among
those sketches, "TLe Turning Out" where
in he describes school rebellion The
scholars wanted an Easter holiday, as usual
and the master, as usual, in duty bound, re.
fused. The buys resolve to turn him out of
III. "academy" BY force. The cventfu day
has arrived. The boys have scores of eggs
laid up ior Easter egs-pecking. They have
fortified the old field school-Louse and are
arrayed inside with sticks and poles await
ing tue masters arrival. The girls Of the
school do not engage actively in the struggle,
bn. they stand aside uader the trees, and en-
courage the boys with such remarks a., 81
wouldn't turn the master out-but il / did,
III die before ia give up" The boys are
full of fire, and breathing out threatenirgs
and slaughter when the master Comes up. He
affects great astonishment at their temcrity,
and sunmonscs them to surrender, but is An
swcred by shouts of defiance. In the course
of the siege, however, the master rnakes Il
discovery of the various hats fall of eggs hid
away under certain logs, or in hollow stnmps
and holes around the schoohouse. He pos.
:esseS himself OF these contrahands Of war,
and threatens to make general smash OF
the gaTrison'S provisions. The small boys are
struck with secret CONSERVATION, and in the
mcinen;ary dismay, Zeph pettibone is heard
10 cry cut, "Lod o'u,essy, he's got ..iy eggs
boys, lets give up.
Mr.. Standard, wish To iuquireit YOU know
oi any Zeph Pettibones among us in our ma.
tioual schemes Of "turnins out" think |
have heard that cry" l.od o'messy, he's
found my egys-boys, let's give up In fact,
| am afraid there are good many OF
that family lifting up their voices in cur
garrison. How touching "-Ny eggs" Lis
ten to him. "H'e can't help ourselves
We have no chsnce-we must be whipped
Whit pity we ever began it-tLe enemy
have all the men-all the ,noney-all the
,.;as--we have nothing-the lind will hS
drenched in blood and all for no use--we
shall have to surrender at last-we shall be
utterly ruined and extermiuated-Lod o'mes
sy."
am ashamed to say, Mr.. Standard, that
hear good deal Of such talk, and am
thankful to say that have never yet heard
it FROM woman. They'l al die before they
give up; but some OF our prudent lotos-eat-
ing North Carolina gentlemen like to sir
;h.ir superio. wisdom and foresight, and tell
rs autioritatiyely that we are i'll pretty
s.lpr.ble hopeless fix, and will have TO give
up. To be sure, we, being only women, ale
no; 10 be expected 10 knuw much, and in
.act, we cont know much. Zeph ne,l!bone
Az uverwhsl:.l us directly with his tsct:.
There is tue einiiemy, aud there are the eggs;
We do no: know what to reply to such argI-
,nents, but we feel that We would die, sooner
.han give up: whereuaon, zeph I'll: us we
talk bosh. We say we put cHr crust in God
and believe that He will help US, anl that
right early. TO which Zrph replies, with
smile Of pity, that if We 60 to prophecyinr
he las no more to ssy-for his part, he looks
q, facts and probabilities.
Mr.. Standard, the old Union, which We al
loTe.l once, will never be re, constructed. The
South can never be whipped back into thai
harness; hec,usc, if the men should yield
T., wo,.:an new, vii Lear,, never; never
Hlsyc never yet met will Southern wons'
vko was no, hea-t aud s' for resistance W.
10 death, dearly as it costs therni and !!
,hcr. are ten women to te found il; the sl;nt'
Confele.acy vi 0 La e made money by th
war, or have taken advantage OF the nscs +;
ties of their fellow citizns 10 cn,i:h them
selves, then shall give UP, and not before
Itany women can he found who have bough
sugar at l. cents aad sold it at 35-who hav