Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-02-28
Prom the Lacrosse (Wia.) Democrat.
The Auctioneering of Massachusetts
Girls in Washington Territory.
swEErMEArs FOR cANNIBAIs.
A prauAsr DESCRIPTION OF IT.

"a Pacific coast editor protests against
the Mercer project of shipping Yankse girls
to that region, and desires the press east Of
the Rocky Mountains to speak out and put
a stop to this business He says: Let ne
more unprotected females be exposed to the
perils of these shores"
People have wondered at'the sense Of this
Massachusetts abolition philanthropy for some
time. 1t is much like the older sly lie of deal
ing in the handsome girls OF Caucasia, when
hundreds of their school marlns" were hud
died together and shipped off to parts un-
known for the pleasure Of Harem ncarem
Turks. We suppose the mode of disposing
of these Yankee girls on their arrival to the
Pacific coast is something like this:
The ship has arrived in port. Notice has
been sent to the long haired miners and rough
bachelors of that auriferous section. The.
girls have. bsen bathed by squads, pla.oons
and brigades, in the mouth Of some "water-
fall I" from the mountains; their best raimert
has been put on, Standing on the poop deck,
the charge d affairss, with hair pushed back
from his receding forehead, an a sharp nasal
'taang, thus holds forth r
Meow yGou wild beasts Of this ere Pacific
strand, I've brought you whole passel of
genuine ladies, right nice and fresh from
Bss.ing and along the shore. I have a picked
lot of gals, fresh IS daisy and lively as q
batterd7 won's sell the entire lot to, one
man, for that would be too much Of good
thing, but III sell cash Of yon little cbarmer,
Warranted MOTTO cut in the eye, big enough
for the tallest miner, and small enough for
the least there is among you! Walk up, fs!-
lers. Stand up TO the taffrail, gals. No
crowding on the hauserl Git eout yer dust
and select yer gal
"Tke first Ill offer, fs,lers, is q freckled-
faced school marm, named Betsy Jane. 'Tother
name aint no matter You can gin heryeourn
She is nineteen years old by the Bible, has
good teeth, twenty.seyen inches round the
waist, and is warranted kind in harness. How
much for Beiscy2 Sold to Jack Longteard
for five hundrctl dollars. Good by, Beti
"rhe next gal, ladies and gentlemen, |
mean fellers, is asly puss, named Phiila Ma
lura! She is choice gal, raised in Bosting
poor but honest parents-earIy Injured TO
the Gospel and Abolitionisn,- and warranted
perfect as car as heard from! She can darn
stocking or make a pumpkin pie, in the
1 sLWinkluS VI au ey 20 @hS 9ne S~o ASS'e
sigh, you bet She is goin on twenty years
has check like spitxeuoere, tho sweet
est lips and most dainty breath you ever tas-
ted-all for---six hundred, make it nine, and
down she goes TO Captain Ball Of the Woods
for nine, hundred
:" The next euimile--oh, sweetheart! fel'
lers, is blue-eyed Yankee gal, named Jsru,
sha Jane-never mind her other name. She
is o bustin' gal. Knows all her letters-ha.
| constitution like tea-kettle, which is good
after its nose is knocked pf for ell it will fetch
aud is an;oruament to her sex .or any Other
She is twenty-five years old-aint Sc
awfully handsome, butts heavy on the hug
and is warranted 70 last ffe-time, if sh,
don't lie first. How, much for ber7 Come
wake up, yur fellers Massachusetts watt
to enlighten you'll Hore ia the best chance fo
happiness-only few more left! Sold II
dare. devil Tom for fifty ounces Of dustI e
T. "Now, fellers, stand up close. Here is
sumner. Tabithia Marier, as was her moth
er before her, also her grandmother. She /
nineteen years old, poor but honest parents
eats but little o pine gum lunch will las
her xeek. Sold for no fault but -Maasa
chusetts has no further use, and takes ,thi
means %. pay her war tax! Come up and fee
of this lot. She never scolds except in or
ger, and like George VI Washington, neyerchoE
| ned a tree. with her little hatchet. She
warranted, genuine, and IL not.so,d will b
thrown ashore for you fsllers to play With
!, and over she goes fnE its all chsnea, 10
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