Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-03-06

THE .AUCTIONEFRINGi OF, MASSACHUSETTS
GIRLS IN, WASHINGTON TERRITORY A
7 PIQUANT4. DESCRIPTION, OF, IT-swRET-
+ MEATS FOR CAN4BAESl;, ... -.
"a Pacific coast editor protests against gain it. the
Mercer project of shipping Yankee 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 no
7more unprotected females be exposed to the
peril Of these shores '-
People have wondered at the sense of this
Massachusetts, abolition philanthropy for
some time. It is much like the olden styie
of dealing in the handsome girls Of Caucassia,
when hundreds of their school naarms were
huddled together and shipped off to parts un-
known for the pleasure of 'Harenl' scarcm
Turks. We suppose the mode Of disposihg
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 roiigh
bachelors of that auriferous section. The
girls have been bathed by squads, platoons
and brigades, in the mouth of some water
fall from the mountains; their best raitient
has: been put on. Standing or the poop
deck, the charge dG6aires, with hair pushed
back from his receding forehead, and a
sharp nasal twang, thus holds forth:
Meow yeou wild beasts of this ere Pacific
strand, I've brought you whole passed. of
genuine. ladies, right nice and fresh from
BOsting and along the shores | have
picked lot of gals, fresh as a daisy and lively
as butterfly! l won't sell the entire lot to
one man, for that would be too much of the
good thing, but I'llsell each of yeu a little
ct1armcr, warranted not TO cut in the eve
big enough for the fullest miner, and small
enough for the least there is among YOU -
Walk up, fellers. Stand up to the taffrail.
gals. No crOwding on the hauscr Git cut
yer dust and select your gal
"The first I'll offer, fcIers, is freckled-
faced school marin, named Betsy Jane.-
T'othcr name amt no matter. You can gin
her yeolirn. She is nineteen years old bv
the Bible, has good teeth, is twenty-seven
inches round the waist, and is warranted kind
in hairless. How much for Betsy? Sold
to Jack Longbeard for five hundred dollars.
Goodbye, Bet
'Thc next gal, ladies and gentleman, I
mean fellers, is a sly russ, named Philla
Malura She is choice gal, raised in Bos-
ting-p0or but honest parents-carly Injured
to the Gospel and Aboitionism and warranted
perfect as far as heard from How much
for her tellcrsY Z She can darn stocking or
make pumpkin pie, in the twinkling of an
eye, anu Shc can. heaVe sigh, you bet!
She is goin Oh twenty ycars-has a cheek
Ike spitzenberg, the sweetest lips and most
dainty breath you ever tastod-all for-six
hundred, make it nine, and down she goes
to Captain Bull of the Woods for nine hun
dred
The next animile-oh, sweetheart felIcrs.
is blue-eyed Yankee gal, named Jerusha
Jane-never mind her other name She is
Dustin gal. Knows all her letters-has a
constitution like teakettle which is good
after its nose is knocked off for all it will
fetch, and is an ornament to her sex or any
other man She is twenty-five years old.
amt SO BY y handsome, but is heavy on
the hTg, and is warranted to last a life time.
if she don't die first: How much for her
Como, wake up, you FcIlcrs Massachusetts,
wants TO enlighten you Here is the best
chance for happiness-only few mor6 left !.
Sold to dare devil Tom for fifty ounces of dust!
Now, tellers, stand up close. Here is a
sumner Tabithia M0rier, as was her
mother before her, also her grandmother.
She is nineteen years old, poor but honest
parents, cats but little-a pine gum lunch
wall last him week. Sold for no fault, but
Massachusetts has no further use and takes
this means to pay her war tax! Come up
and feel of this lot. She never scolds ex.
cept in anger, and like George WASHINGTON.
never chopped a tree with her little hatchet.
She is warranted genuine, and if not sold
vii! be thrown as lIore for you telers to play
wlth-and over she goes, for its all chance,
you know?