The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-01-25

0UTH.C ARO DINA, TU
HaYen't i time, my dear sir. Shall we say
halfa-crown for this unique. tome a--or shall
we say fourpence The Orkney and Shetland
Islands in distress, and no man cares a four.
pence for their sorrows !"
Voice I'll give you penny. e *
6 Two Islands in distress and only one PEN
ny offered Gentlemen, what are things COM
ing tot Sir, the treasure is yours forone pen.
ny. Now, what have we nowa 1Gisborne's
Sermons on Domestic Duties This comes
home to Fus all. a volume Of excellent SER
mons, which any gentleman. .mayread at home,
ifsdetained by sickness or bad weather A
portrait of the author, too, evidently peacea.
Bic old gentleman. Shall wesay one shilling.
e e VERY, fine subjects, .WisdomeryiRg aloud in
the streets, -tippence sDisobedience to pa
rents, listen to that, young man in the corner.
Tippence for Virtue is its own reward to say
nothing of the other disccurses in this well
known work. Gentlemen, it's not poetry that
I'm offering you. it's sermons Tippence! Do
/ address any Divinity studentsf Here's mo-
dels of eloquence for you, and all for tippence.
The country is going down. Take away Gis.
borne's Sermons, till better days dawn on
u.s."
l shall now add few words on the philoso.
ply of auctions. In the exhibitions of the
grade have referred to, the spectators may
derive much instruction and amusement. The
person who can, night after night, draw to.
gether molly crowds, every one ofwhom knows
that his object Isl q crusade against their pock.
cts, can be no ordinary artist. No advertise
ment or catalogue herald the approach Of
these sales.
When other shops are shut, the auction shop
opens, and the red flag is, pirate.like, ran up at
the door, the crier takes his station underneath,
and forthwith the traffic begins. People who
60 to lounge, remain to buy, and the most de.
termined opponent of the system will melt if
they come within its influence, just as certainly
as Franklin turned out the contents Of his
purse at the charity sermon of Whitfield Mere
buttoning of the pockets wiz not do when one
goes to sale; he must denude himself of hui
lion altogether if he means q keep out of the
temptation--and even this extreme precaution
will be useless, if he happens to be known to
the officiating functionary. Nay, we have even
heard of instances where purchaser giving his
card, and having AN honest physiognomy, at
once obtained unbo1nded credit, and paid near.
" for the compliment implied in this liberalty.
On .he whole, then, Che safest course, and We
speak from long experience, is to go armed
with few shiilings, and a determination as
rigid as flint, not to exceed IN expenditure the
amount thus carried about the person. =
Auctioneers behold many illustrations ofhu.
manity in its sinful and suffering phases. They
preside at the breaking up of many happy
homes. They are privy to the despair Of the
bnnkrapt, and TO the tears Of the ernigrant-A
and the preside over the final scattering of the
chattels of those who have outlived friends aud
relations, and have YEARLY spent the last grains
of the sand of life, midst the cold looks of a
new and unknown generation.
"Talk Of friendshipw said salesman to US,
"whv, have known old files who have enter
tained their friends by the score, and then when
they died, and their effects came to be sold,
how coolly would these old and tried guests
look on! The bamboo cane Of their friend, If
into the hands of a stranger, his watch would
be bought by pawn.broker, and the curious
old RUNNERS that they sos often drank out of,
would be allowed to be carried off by some old
cronesof a furniture dealer, with black bon.
metz
AS affecting economical science. much might
be said on the subject of auctions. No one
dreams of hanging on at such exhibitions, ex.
cept with the view of obtaining ats cheap
rate something that may prove useful or orna-
mental. ~ u 4
Professional attendants-by which we mean
those who purchase to sell again will rarely
make mistakes but amateurs, who constitute
the bulk of the auctioneeTs audience, must and
do make blunders. ~ a.
r Let any one possessing furniture two or
three years old make the experiment of selling
off, and although the gross return may not
equal the original cost, he viii be surprised to
find that certain articles, such as carpets, din.
Ing tables, &C., bring higher price after be.
ing used by him than he paid for them when
new. These are the inconsistencies of frail
humanity--in the race for cheapness, people
become excited and forget what they are doing.
Another shilling. crown, or pound, is nothing
in the reasoning of such persons; according to
them the rope should 90 with the bucket, but
in their hurry they forget that the last straw
breaks the camePs back, and that the addition
al coin brings up the article tosretail price. As
set-of' against this class, there is a numerous
section of the community who make cove
nant of their person, and who will on no 40
count, enter within the presence of sale, foom.
Time is money" say these utilitarian per-
sons g the time that we spend in such places
waiting for windfall might be more epro6ta-