Marshall County Democrat., 1856-11-20
Camp Meeting Talk.

Camp Meeting Talk.
A chap down South went to Camp
meeting, and gives the following amusing
account of the disjointed conversation he
heard there:
Preaching had not begun, and promena-
ding was in progress. We took a conve-
nient stand, and tried to catch the remarks
of the various couples, as they went slowly
by us.
Yes, lndeed,' 1.-TWO girls talki"g of
course and my brother Tom says that
Henry Soker brags about the many times
he has kissed her right in the mouth, and
she never slaps him at all when nobody is
by, and I'm sure | should die if people was
to talk of me as they do about her.
Corn is up again. you know, and | shall
make at least six hundred barrels if make
peck, and consequently
What a spectacle this is, to be suah;
Chaw All wondah if these people, dem'd d
pocty gul, aint she, build theay own tents
owa hiwah men to do it fowah 'em. Must
be gweat boah to-
BE married in six weeks from last Tues
day. l heard my ma talking about it, but
you must mt mention it for the world. Itis a
great secret
Really now, and she's as ugly as
:The finest SOW you ever saw, sir. Pure
Berkshire, and has nine splendid pigs. 1t
was the best trade l ever made, and l
wouldn't take thirty dollars for
'Scollopped petticoats! only look, Amy!
Nine fiounces, and hoops in the bargain!
Oh, how should love to-
Go to picnic on Thursday? Oh, thank
you. You don't kno@ how | would lore to
be present, sir, I am so fond Of the exhile-
rating dance, but father says
Il am truly gratiiied, my dear young
friend, to learn that you are so deeply I'M
pressed with the necessity ofimmediate re-
pcntance, and l shall this very day make,
Ten yards of gimp for the bosom, and
maroon velvet binding for the neck and
sleeves, and oh, Emily
The finest baby you ever saw, black
eyes and large limbs, six weeks old, and
weighs
'Sixty-one pounds and a quarter to the
bushel. None better in the country. Free
from garlic and cockrel, and large grained.
l hold it at
'Stillopols, next Saturday. Bob Both
sides, the former Congressman, will speak
as he says
'Ah, Mr. Pepper, you fatter me SOL
Just sec how horribly Kate Wilmot is dres-
sed. She aciU wear yellow, though it makes
her look like
Fever and agy, I believe. They've all
been laid up with it, and now the poor
mans got
The SeceeteSt bonnet / ever saw. Where
did You get it? 1 must recommend my
sister to your
watermelon patch. Stole every darncd
one. Some Of EN- bout half ripe. lswow
I'll shoot them eff they don't
Go to the White Sulphur. 1t is the
best place in the whole world, ma'am.-
I've seen some of the most wonderful ef-
fects of the waters. Tom Holocaust was
cured Of
twenty-five pounds of butter week.
And always get quarter pound, ana
sometimes
-Four eggs, two handfuls Of llour, dab
of yeast. half tin cup full of molassas, and
it makes
.The best manure ever used, sir. Vast
ly superior to guano, or super-phosphate.
Two hundred and fifty pounds tc the acre
raised me-
The handsomest woman on the ground.
1 can see none equal to her, except Miss
Mary, and she's got
Both hind legs spawned. And there S
a speck in her right eye that's bound to-
THAT beautiful girl in black over there.
| never saw her but once before, and that
was at
Mr.. Mueein's failure. sir And he has
taken to drink awfully, and only last week
had
His head under my arm, and was plug
ging him in the mouth, when he got my
finger
Between the 10th and 18th of Septem-
Der, [ viii get my wheat to market, and it
will bring
His gray hairs in sorrow to the grave.
Oh, it is awful to think how
How close she hangs to his arm. She
ought to be ashamed Of herself, and never
saw him until
William was born twenty-five years ago
last April. | am an old woman now. and
the gray hair makes,
Toot toot! preaching will now COM
mence,' said the presiding elder, and we
heard no more.
THE DESERTED SYNAGOGUE.-On a re-
cent visit to Newport, Rhode Island, where
formerly there was resident a large body oi
Jews, we dropped into the Synagogue on
the Jewish Sabbath during the time ofwor-
ship, where we found but single Jew rea-
ding the Hebrew law with mournful Ca
dence. The Synagogue Is kept in capital
ordor by a bequest Of the late wealthy
banker. Judah Touro, but the Jews have
all scattered and none were found save this
lonely stranger, to keep even the form Of