True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1856-12-03
Camp Meeting Talk.

Camp Meeting Talk.
A chap down South went to a camp
meeting, and gives the following amusing
account Of the disjointed conversation he
heard there: ,...
Yes indeed" Qwo girls talking of
course, "and my brother Tom says that
Henry Sokes brags about the many times
lie mas kissed her right in the mouth and
she never slaps Linn at all when nobody
is nigh, and | am sure would die if
people was to talk Of me as they do
about her - ..-... ..........' '....
I" Corn is up again you know, and
shall make at leas! six hundred barrels If
| make a peck, and consequently
What spectacle this is, 10 be swah,
Chaw, Ah wondah if these people-dem
pooty gul, aint she-build theyah own
tents, ow ahiway men 10 do it fowah 'em,
Must be gweat boah to-
BE married in six weeks from last
Tuesday. ] heard ma talking abont it,
but you mustn't mention it for The world.
Ii is great secret"
Really now and she's as ugly as -.
The finest sow you ever saw, sir.
Berkshire, and has nine splendid pigs.
1t was the best trade | ever made, and
wouldn't take thirty dollars for -
ocolioped pettlcoats only look, Amy!
nine flounces and hoops in the bargain +!
Oh how | should like o.
"Go to picnic on Thursday Oh,
thank you. Yon don't know how j
would toUe to be present, sir, l am Sc
fond of the exhilirating dance, but father
says - 90
II am truly graifed my dear young
friend 10 learn that you are so deeply
impressed with the necessity of immedi
ale repentance, and | shall this very day
make"
Ten yards Of gimp for the bosom,
and maroon velvet binding for the neck
and sleeves. Oh, Emily
The finest baby you ever saw, black
eyes and large limbs, six weeks old and
weighs - r..
Sixty one pounds and quarter to
the bushel. None better in the country.
Free from garlic and cockel, and large
grained. I hold il at"--
Si'lloplis, next Saturday. Bothsy-
des the former Congressman will speak as
he says"- -.
"Ah, Mr.. Pepper you Aatter me SO
Just so, how horribly Kate Wilmot is
dressed. She willw yellow, though
it makes her look like -
"Fever and agy. Ibeleve. They've
all been up with it, and now the poor
mans got ~
The sweetest bonnet | ever saw
Where did you gel it! Imust recon.
mend my sister to your -
Watermelon patch. Stole every
darned one. Some of 'em 'bou, half
ripe. Iswow I'll shoot them if 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
effects Of the waters. Tom Holocaust
was cured off,
Twenty five pounds of butter a
week. And always get quarter of a
pound and sometimes -
-Four eggs, two handsful Of -four, a
dab Of yeast half tin cup full Of molas.
ses, and it makes - |rT rs ,.
"The best manure ever used, sir.--
vastly superi or 10 guano, or super phos-
pate. Two hundred and fifty pounds to
The acre raised me''-- r'a7
"The handsomest woman on The
ground. l can see none equal to her,
except Miss Maryland she's got - i,
"Both hind legs spawned. And there's
a speck on her right eye that is bound
to - ii,1 q 41s a-t
y That beautiful girl in black over
there. | never saw her but once before
and that was at ~. Is a3 3aF ls %
"Mr. 9Muggin's failure, sir. Aud he
has taken 10 drink awfully, and only last
week had - ''l -aa ~ e sgs@3
His head under my arm, and was
plugging him in the mouth, when he got
my finger - fat fo s - o
"Between the 10th and 18th of Sep.
tember--I will get my wheatto market,
and il will bring -
His grey hairs in sorrow to the grave.
Oh il is awful to think how -
elise she hangs to his arm. She
ought to be ashamed Of herself, and new
er saw him until - s,7~.----
J, William was born twenty Ave years
ago last April. lam an old woman now,
and the grey hairs makes n-- ~ s.
loot! toot! Preaching will now
commence said the Presiding Elder,
and we heard no more. .,,s .3,,s \,
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