Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-02-20
An Interesting Female.

"a A correspondent in Southern Mis-
souri,, gives the following delightful
picture of society in that delectable
region: rs ; 3ss .
Driving along the road we encoun.
tered slender, sallow female, with
arm bare to the shoulders, and not
much clothes on, if we except the
copperas-colored petticoat, who was
working small patch Of tobacco.
The work was that of pulling off the.
shoots which are knownas " suckers, :"
and crushing the monstrous green
worms.
inquired if I could get a drink
of water. She spat out a mouthful
of tobacco juice with a chirt" and
said:
aThar's the spring over yander,
and thar's gourd in it.
Having slaked my thirst with a
draught of highly medicated fluid,
{. which tasted strongly of old horse
shoe and hoop-iron, l sought to strike
up conversation. In passing to the
spring I saw man with very red
and scotched face, and two fearfully
bunged eyes, sneaking off in the
corn.
{" Is that your husband there p I
inquired.
old mans gone down in the bottom
to see if be can kill a mess o squir-
rels, or maybe a young turkey.
That's Arkansas Jim, the ornarist,
triainist,, good for nothin'est whelp
this sideso' the Nation. He hangs
around and helps my old man and
the hosses, but he ain worth his salt
Come out o ther yer burned galoot,
an show yerself. Yestidy he car
ried COW down to Bresh creek we
sold to Ferris, an got holt o sum
whiskey on got drunk as matter O.
course. Then he got into a fte and
the other fellow ruther got away
with him I guess. I wish he'd a
killed the blasted beast"
What is that truck p enquir-
ed, innocently pointing to the tobac-
CO..
Well, stranger she replied, with
a twinkle in her black eyes, You
must be awful green not to know
that. Whar you been living all your
life Why that's terbacker. We
raise little for our own use. Peo-
pie may say what they please bat I
tell you terbacker's great comfort.
l couldn't get along without it. /
say, stranger, have you got plenty o
the twist, but l like navy the best. "
Unfortunately I don't chew but
offered her aegar.
A segar! Well I generally smoke
a pipe, but I don't mind trvin' your
segar just for a change.
She wiped the gnm Of the suckers
on her petticoat, and took the offered
segAr while ! struck a match Al r
a few pufi$ she said:
Well, | ruther like this lis
one o them what yer call Havan-
ner, amt it? Mighty nice tasted, but
it don't go 10 the spot like pipe.
say, stranger wouldn't you | kr TO
see my old man? Jest hitch tour
horse and tell the niger to come in
out o the sun, an I'll blow the horn
for him to come up.
I mildly suggested that | was
afraid the old man might be jealous
that men with handsome wives
were generally subject to that COM
plant
Jealous Jehu Id like to see
him try that on me. Id give him
somethin to be jealous for lie
knows burned we'll hat | N all right,
and tina. Won't have any airs pnt
on over IN" II icr bein good look
in. W .'.'i ~ .ili". stranger. V hen
YOU lniei;; :..:,.' a,i'l ii.., and tod no
lie. Bu; a. ~. t:'n ag..r ~ . r,ft O
yung un< 81 ns.n, axe this Il tai:c.
the star, ,a.-a :; gall laisnty S.ot.
I tell yo:l. iI.is i y fine country for
cows. .n l.s hi oa women. Morn