The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-08-08

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section Of country three years, or perhaps
more"
How did you feel 2 asked one. "Was'nt
you frightened enquired another.
"No,' replied Tom, drawing himself up
maiesticaIIy. "no. there aint no such word
in tIe dictionary larnt out of. No, gentle
mcn.Cne contnued) I've fit the Sen.lnotlan
iniins I've raslled with Dutch Sam; can
butt the pannels outen that door yonder. but
declar that ere ,urnining consarn was
lcellc too much for my systIm. besides, I've
seed many strange things in this world
Twas me that seed Sam Patch dive in the
Niagarv Falls. I'll like to know eff it war'ni
me that seed Tecumsce bite the ground
Twas me that bit ten-pcnnv male in too,
and twas me tha, beat Squire Jones Tor the
Lenislaturc--so you sec, folks, I've seed,
somethin: now I'll tell you more that I've
seed, and something I'll be darncd cf ever
did see afore, and dog my buttons ef care
about seeing ii again"
"What is it, enquircd the crowd.
SD must be orI,l bad excla!&,ed red.
headed lady. :,
ayes /, is bad replied Tom, "and eff you'll
listen III tell YOU. In the first place, I've
seed revolving cages for sqncrrels; Eve seed
rcvolvin' shootin' irons for selt-delence: I've
seed the sun rcvolve round The arth. but,
gentlemen and ladies, | wish may be blown
up on this cusscd consarn, CT ever | seed
Reuolrm' Kitchen, aIorc.'
The shock was powerlul-it was at least
an hour before VIC could he called to order.
A Dutchman laughed SO hearth y he split his
coa1 in the back, while maiden lady in the
height of her rislblIty, shook off her redolent
wig and tainted.
Tom retired to his berth, and did not make
his appcarance until we arrived in Orleans,
and as we parted, ! assured him his obliga-
tion TO me was cancelled.
! have frequently since travelled the same
route. but never without smiling at the
thought OF Tom Gordon's REVOLVING
KITCHEN
A Goss1r's SToRY.--Ho1v Raised.--Mo.
lhcr Hopkins told me tha, she heard Green's
wife say that John Harls's wife told her that
GRANNY Howe heard the widow Barns say
that Captain Weeds wife thought Colonel
Havcn's wife believed that Miss Lamb recE,
orcd that Sam Dunham's wife had told
SpaIding's wife that she heard John Aludgcrs
wife say that old mother Goose told her that
Mrs, Annanias heard Granny Crane say that
she had no doubt il was fact. Now who
can disbclievc it =?
The latest definition of marriage is the
folIowing:--An insane desire to pay young
woman's board.
A true picture Of despair. is pig reach
inu Through hole in the fence 10 get a
cabbage that lies few inches beyond It's
reach.
Az IRISH ExpEDIENT.-"Dcnnis. darnt,
och Dennis, what is it your dong I!
"Wast, Blddy, Tse trying an experiment.
"Murdcr what is il p
"What is it, did yer say? Why it's CIV
ing hot walher 10 the chickens am, SO they'll
be aticr laying boiled eggs.
UrrLrrY OF NErTLEs-lt is a singular
fac, that steel dipped in the Juice ol the net
tie becomes flexible. DIR. Thornton. who
has made the medicinal properties oi our
plants his peculiar study. states that Int Dip
pet. in ncltIe Juice, and put up The nostrII,
has been known to stay the bleeding ol the
nose. when all other remedies have laIlcd
and adds, tina, fourteen or fifteen oi the seeds
ground into powder, and taken daily, Will
cure the swelling OF The neck, known by
the name rf goilrc, without in any way m
turing the general habit.-lNedical 1HAcs
AWFUL SCENE AT AN ExECUTIoN.-A cor
respondent o! the Jackson (Ienn.) wing mus
notices scene, at the execution OF }. vi. k!iey'
near that place, on tho 9Th u!t., for the murder
ofWiIIiam Willis, which seems to have s'rck'
ell terror 10 tue stouest hearts:
"On arriving at The gaIlows, dark cloud
which had previously arose in the west over
sprcad the entire frmanrnt with lis mnrkry
folds. and caused CONSERVATION around. Every
thing was now in confusion. rs the thick
masses ofclouds gathered their folds deeper ana
drrpcr overhead the crowd below partook o
the character of The descriptive elements above.
Nature seemed in commissions. Al was DIS
may. confusion, and CONSERVATION! single
| blaze of lightning, in It's gyraiIons' struck 'ree
near whore the gallows was erected and ''shl'
ed it up in one sulphurus flame. The rain de-
scrnlrd in torrents, the vivid lightnings flash
cd around, the multcrins thunder rumbled along
the thick folds olciouds, and horror seized upon
The hearts o(lhe people. The women fell into
swoons, and the men tramplcd upon them as
they hurried 10 and fro, frightened out OF their
wits. All was confusion and nproar! trees
falling on every sidc--'hc thunder roaring over,
head. and the lightning in their taccs--cansea
in The crowd panic never before witnessed
Those that we're On horses rushed from the
place as if Old Nick was after them. AL
thought they saw the devil, and those that did
ro, Iooyo ,,,;I ,b.ro from physlcal inability to