The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-01-25
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j never had fies honor ofaseeing or earing
George Robins, and 4 rather think that is als1
lowed the choice OF when or where should:
have enioYed that tpriyilege Ishould not have
cared for seeing him IN the rostrnnl: Robins.
shene nSre in print il his sale n,,thei
aristocratic character Of his audiences prevent
ING those familiarities in illustrator which the.
critical desiderafe in asrnodel auctioneer.s But
there was one occasionson which should have.
been glad to; have seen the reno owned knight of
the hammer 1t was at an annual meeting of
the shareholders of Drury Lane. Lord ;Brys
on, Hobholse, and; other literati, with a lauda-;
ble view TO- the elevation of the drama. had
consented to become members of the managing
committee, and on the faith of their efficiency
George had purchased certain shares: The
day Of reckoning came, and the noble aud
learned committee had 10 meet their constita-
ents The utilitarian capita alist listened with
great patience to the details of what had been
done for the restoration of the itimate,s
but no mention was maSlesof "a dividend, and,
on his receiving q negative reply toshis express
inquiry on this point, the look of contempt
which Robins cast on Lord Bryon and his co.
adjutors, must have been rich beyond: desefip-
tion.
have alluded to the tight lacedness of high
class auctioueers and, according do not
mean to call attention to them or their doings,
but will restrict myself to the sayings and act
ings of some of the more humble professors of
the art lately heard of one member Of the
fraternity, whom it might be worth a walk of
some miles to behold He was selling some
eady.made clothes, and excited the feelings
Of his audience by the bold statements which
aThem clothes is unkimmon cheap 7fhere
never was thefike on them before, and there
never will be the Ike again. Them clothes,
ladies and gen'lnen, vas made By people as
works under ground nine days in the week,
keeps themselves 10 witties. hasks no wages.
and in these dull times very glad to get a
Job, too, can tell You None Of Mr.. Ma.
theW's social pictures can at all approach to
this. - g ~ 81.
4 To proceed, however, to personal sketches.
No. wasa youth who owned q donkey. cart
filled with crockery ware, whose system OF bu-
esiness was amusing IN the extreme. Haling
ct crowded corner of the street, he mounted
his vehicle aud shouted out, Here ye are y
and then Spinning round a plate on the point
of BID, efnger, he jerked i upin the air
several times, and then ended this part Of the
performance by kicking it all to pieces with
bis foog By the time this feat was accom-
plshed, 3 8sufficient crowd had collected, and
the sale commenced. 81. IS -
Here sye are! look at this brown basin.
Two aud six for the basin, two and five, two
and four, two aud three, two and two, two and
one, twoh No. Well, then, sixpence for the
basin five, four, three, two ! one penny for
the basin gDe'il hair care e And with
an action suitable 10 this irreverent remark, the
brown basin was tossed over the heads of the
spectators and shiyered to pieces. The effect
of this pautomine was striking. Women de-
claimed in loud chorus at such a wanton de-
struction ofproperty, and then looked thought
full and grave. +.
@Oh, man, dinna brak the things, was the
imploring request fone Abigail. s 3. 81 4.
Another brown basin sprang into the air,
but was dexterously caught, and then the bid.
ding began ia good earnest, and generally was
kept up with sach spirit as to preclude the
necessity of sacrificing any more cracked ware;
for although it may detract from the poetry Of
the narrative, truth requires us tC state that
those pieces only were made to describe the
hyperbolic curye, which the young gentleman
previously knew.to be defective. z
No. 2. Tommy East was a stationary, not
a peripatetic vender, and was amongst the first
of his class who attracted my attention. He
had pale face and black.lustre eye, and a mo.
notonous, nasal tone, which never BY possibil.
ity varied one note. He was sort Of autom.
atom auctioneer, no emotion being visible in
his face, and the only thing that moved about
his whole body, was his lower jaw, and the
hammer when it sounded the final agone''
To have an idea of Tommy's oratory, his ha-
rangue would dsrequire to be read not only with
out punctua6on, but even without spaces be
tween the different words Thus:
"Heres NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
audsixsohoumany. Observation-Disclosures
goodpeoplelikelke- -thefarendofafddle. Five
andsix---don'tlikespeakin akingatasale- -oftendone
forapurpose. Severalres ablepeoplegottheir
Observation-Disclosures. Observation-Disclosures.
Goinealldoneatfveand ghtthe6- thengone -
oodmayitdoy oubuy aytheduty.
No. 8. .B Mr.. Tuckey belonged to a different
order He had well developed person, CO.
piousIy adorned with Brummagen jewelry, and
lie essayed connection with the higher walks Of
the profession. He generally sold the stocks
of large dealers, who accompanied him from
town to.town. and looked after goods and cash
at one aud the same time. Mr.. Tuckey did
not relish this surveillance, but, nevertheless,
he had to submit. The pointin Mr.. Tuckey's
rhetoric consisted in his extreme unwillingness
to throw away" so many valuable artclesfor
"mere nothing"