The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-01-25
!. .sOUTHCAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY g5 1853

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Ladies and gentlemen, the next lot is three
trays, real papier mache. None Of your imi.
fa,ions, ladies and gentlemen, but the real
sterling article on my honor. At the whole
sale mandatory these trays are sold to dealers
at one guinea each.1
Proprietor guinea and a half.''
This gentleman, my friend here, ladies and
gentlemen, says that the wholesale price is a
guinea and a half J; on my conscience Ibelieye
Eitsis, but j am always unwilling to have the
Eappearance Of; f;exagg gerating AT the manufac.
lufactory they sell at one guinea and half
each noWSl am willing may, I am ashamed
to mention iit-I assure you, ladies and gentle.
men, Isdo with the utmost reluctance, but if
it were not that the whole stock must be sold
off on Friday by twelve o'clock, |. would not =
3;positiyely 4 would notput up these valuable
articles--the last set we have, positively the
last. of the many we had-and j am willing to
tiput them up at one gninea-one guinea for
the whole lot r So
Here the proprietor groans.s &
NY friend s feelings are hurt, and no won.
der. If were not used to it / could not do it
without blashing Il think Of these three pa
pier smache trays with Chinese patterns being
offered for one guinea lit passes comprehen-
sion ositiyely Sic does, ladies and gentlemen.
In tie shops they would sell for thlee pounds
seact+-now dc. not 5tffer sixpences OF shillings,
but let your advances be in crown pieces for
these valuable articles.
guinea and no advance none, no ad-
vance, nonel eau believe my senses, ladies
and gentlemen Well, make me an offer,
make me an offer, do pray.
Ii Voice Seven aud sixpence.nTs
Proprietor turns his eyes up in silent horror.
Seven and sixpence! Sir, you are pleased
to- be sfacetions however, just for the joke Of
the thing, We shall llsay seven and six. l shall
igprobabIy offend my friend, but. for the joke,
! Ill put them up at the triAe named Seven
and six, seven. and six Now positively, hav.
Ling put them up. will sell them will do it.
Ladies and gentlemen, with great solemnity,)
will you stand by and see me throw these
things away am serious upon my honor
| IIneyerwas more serious in my life--I will
do it. This is too much! You are not be.
liesing me, see. you are not but tell you
will throw these articles away if you don't
iiirterpose iianle diately will doits The last
cat, seven aud six, once, twice, thrice -
Proprietor wipes his forhead, andsproduces
other three Of similar pattern.
Miracles never cease. / thought the last
was the last Of these valuable articles, but here
| is another set of the same choice pattern. /
Hove joke as well as most people but you do
not expect that / should put up these articles
Eat the same ludierous, absurd sum as before" I"
&c. * ~ 8
S No. a Joe Hadley was stoneware deal
er, who purchased and sold on his own account.
he was q Dutch built parsonage, with short
! ]legs, and seen from the chest upwards, had on
the platform the appearancetof tall man, al
though in reality, he was short and squat.
Joe's. voice was cracked, and ahe spoke with
/ his mouth twisted to one side, and labored
hard in his Vocation As he warmed with his
holding forth, he undid his neckerchief, then
| doffed iscoat, then unbottoned his waisteoast,
each fresh item of disrobing producing an inn
4smediate extension of his harsh and dissonant
tones. Joe used no hammer, but proclaimed
1.-The. striking ola bargain by tremendous clap
of his hands. His elocutiou was more curious
i from manner than matter. g..
snake ne an offer for them two iugs-reai
]iron-stone fact, + assure yon-they might
be an ornament to any drawing room. Come,
speak up; don't be alarmed, ladies. They're
worth alcrown the, pair, but II put them up at
sixpence. No advanced Well, then, baw.
beei Are you pleased now 3 or would you
have me give you them for nothing, and then
pay you for the trouble Of taking them away {
don't care for money / DOM, 4 assure you.
have lost five hundred pounds Of goods, them
was all blowed down in one night and never
said word. Am to be kept standing here
all night9 If there's no business to be done,
far better that you go home, and / go to sup.
per; fact, | assure you. Them two jugs,
won't takethem in again at no rate II would'nt
4 do it, assure you. But j must have an ad-
vance on a bawbee."
Voice A. penny"
Joe smacked his hands with fearful energy.
- No.5 5 was book auctioneer. Bill Gillis.
/ pie was great economist of his lungs, and
would make the vital force expended by Joe
Hadley in one night, serve him for q whole
week. Bill addressed his hearers in conver-
| sational tone, and was the very personifcation
of GOODNESS. His books, for the most part,
were not of the high order, but he made the
most Of them by descriptions avowedly quiz.
1 zical. = 1;
"What haveSwe heres Let me see. "A
grammar Of the Turkish language A most
interesting publication this, gentlemen. Those
Of you whowant to 60 and convert the Ma
homedans could not do better than present
yourself with this isginteresting volume Shall
we'say three shillings for this excellent work
l--or shall we say sixpences Nobody says
nothing for this curious duodecimos Well,
that is extraordinary. A Turkish grammar