Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-03-11
uWhen the War Ends"

iected! Mrs. Jones-the virtuous better
half of John Jones, Esq, is earnest IN her de
sire for the war to end as the following col
loquy will prove. "oh, what times is these
rally don't see what I'm 10 have for dinner
There's Husband always grumbling becaue
don't have. ham and aigs. wonder if IL
thinks anything about my struggles to make
both ends meet wonder if he knows stha1
a ham which use to cost two dollars now costs
elght-about TWENTY-FIVE cents slice ;-and
aigs dollar dozen, a-nigh ten cents apiece
Oh. these men! It almost breaks my heart
to see how little the onfeeiin' creeturs care
for housekeepers troubles, so she keeps =
good table and don't bother them about it
And declare there amt whole sheet in the
house. never was in sch a fix before: IL
seems asif everythine's inst wearin' out g
purpose. Well, thank goodness when the
war ends I'll lay in a supply of things, and
Husband shall have ham and aigs to his hearts
content, and not have TO pay a dollar o
mouthfu"
Mrs. Jones lives in the city, and, of course,
sees the darker 81 e Of the picture, but Mrs.
Smith is equally misfortunate.'
"You, julie, hav you sowed them Seeds?
The squash seeds on the fur side of the gar
ding, and the kebbages up here by this spar
row.grass bed q-No Do you mean to tell
me, julius Cesar, that YOU hain't planted
them seeds yet o-Iiaint GOT none? Why.
what's become Of that paper-fuil give you ::
Tie rats eat en- Bless my soul II |
didn't know better Ia think the sperits of
dead Yankees was III them rats. They eat
eserythiag. and presently there won', be moth
III lett. You, George Washington, you run
over To Mis- Browns, and aSk her to lend Inc
the loan oe few earding-sceds-->qnaSi, and
lebbage. Tell her tie rats is cat all mire,
and tell her Il she amt hnisy couldn't she
come over and help ne to warp that piece iJr
Jeemes's coat, and asi her if she's got any
copperas to spare, and tell her-Bless my
soul! If he amt gone That's the way with
nggers Alters goes OF llali-primed, rs h"
says. had message to send To Mis- Brown,
and now he's run off before begun. But
there's them pertaters to cut Tor coffee; got
no time to stand talkiu'; 'twon't help things.
do think times is CROWN harder and hard
er. In my day just as reelar as the cotton
went down to town we got garding seeds, and
always of the best. But since this dreadful!
war has come on there's nd sich thing; the
blockhead's b.ockheaded out everything, an':
suppose if we don't eat corn and cow'ieas
this summer we must starye. never could
get on without kebbage. But lie says we'll
haY peace by winter, and next spring we'll
nav garding seeds plenty; and Nlirardy
Jane she must hav a new hat and whoop
skeart, poor thing y
But Mrs. Smith is not the only one that
suffers for "garding-seeds is not the
chief object of life, nor the only precious
commodity blockheaded out Miss Bo&d'-
cea Beaumonde bears witness to this:
".Ha fol- What shall do! Not single
pair of clean kids to wear, and The rehearsal
of the concert given by the Babelfon Ladies
Soldiers Relief and Aid Association for the
purpose of sending jews harps ard linen
handkerchiefs to our brave men on the "tent
ed field" to come off at Mrs Stuckup's this
very evening. know Pauline Parvenue will
laugh if wear these silk gloves, and one
can't 20 e-handed if one does wear dia-
Inond solitaire, and has white hand. Oh,
this shocking war; never was without a
dozen new pair before. Papa must take me
10 Paris coute que couie as soon as is over,
and then shall shop day and night till my
wardrobe is replenished. OF the six new
silks had two winters ago there is scarcely
orc can wear again-so horribly out Of
date. The idea of wearing the same fashion
tco winters!i Ctil! never should survive
It! And there's that Gclr French hat Mul-
enc Pheeya. imported for me. II was lov.
~ tl!nS, JuI We NofH u Il H"''S oS"'oi''
Papa declares he cannot give forty collars for
q bonnet, and is SO old fashioned and queer
as to ask me before Adolphus Stucknp il !
had knit a pair Of socks CT uade a shirt for
the soldiers. Grace Dieul those dreadful
needles would ruin my fingers, tho | have
had to have something Of the kind TO hold
when won't out to ride. 1t looks 80 inter-
csting, so dsvotee, to be knitting when o. C il
taking the air, as if one had no time to lose
for the dear soldiers. ! have finished almost
two inches since June, it really does very
nicely only Bettina las to wash it and take
ND the stitches every month or SO, a:.d some
times | verify believe the girl rips it oct AM
does j. over. But have been working rer,
hard for the soldiers. Alolphus says it make
man feel IS if he would swallow brirnston
and hot lead wh=n lie sees the dear "rea
lures as he calls u, working f'r them.
have embroidered Adolphus a beautiful rai
Of slippers, silk floss and velvet, for him t
wear when lie is fa,igned. wonder il h