New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-12-29
Canp-Meeting Talk.

A chap down South went to camp.mccting and
gives the following amusing account OF the dl>olneu
conversation he heard there:
Preaching had not begun, and promenadinS was III
progress. We took convenient stand, and tried to
catch the remarks of the various couples, AS they
went sowly by u.s.
Yes indeed, (two girls talking, of course,) land
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 when nobody is by. and I'm
sure should die ii people was to talk OF NE as they
do about her
Corn is up again, you know, and l shall make at
least six hundred barrels it make peck, and con.
q What spectacle this is, to be swaw. Chaw All
wondah if these people-dem'd pooty gal, amt She
build theyah own tents ava hiwah lneu to do it owah
EN-. Must be great boah 10 =
Be married in six weeks from last Tuesday.
heard ma talking about it, but you must mt mention
it for the world. 1t is great secret
Really now, and she's as ugly a.
The finest SOW you ever saw, sir. Pure Berk
shire, and has nine splendid pigs 1t was the best
trade ever made, and would mt take thirty dollars
"scolloped petticoats! only look Amy! Nine
t1ounces and hoops in the bargain Oh, how should
love to -
60 to the picnic on Thursday! Oh, thank you
You don't know how would like to be present. sir
| am fond Of the cXhi!aratns dance, but father
SAYS -
II am truly sratfed. my dear young friend, tc
learn that you are deeply impressed with the ncces
sty of immediate repentance, and | shall this very
TEN yards of gimp for the hosom and maroon
velvet binding for the neck and sleeves. and oil
Emily
THE finest baby you ever saw-,bac1 eyes arc
large limbs, six weeks old, and weighs
"SiNty-one and quarter TO the iushc None bet
ter i'll the country. Free from garlic and cockrc, arC
large grained. hold it at
"StilIopois, next Saturday Bob Bothsides, the for
! IN IIrIIls I'M 70 CIV
" Al. Mr. Pepper. You tIatter me So ! just see how
horribly Kate WiImot is dressed. She will wear yeI
! low though it makes her look like
" Fever and agy believe They have ali been laic
up with it, and now the poor man 5 got =
" The sweetest bonnet ever saw Where Gid yot
get it? | must recommend my sister to your -
| "Watermelon patch. Stole every darned one. Some
Of EN- bout half ripe swow | will shoot them j
| they don -
60 to the White Sulphur. It is the best in the
| whole world ma am. I've seen some Of the mos
wonderful effects of the waters. Tom Holocaust wa:
| cured Of
| 'Twenty-ive pounds Of butter week. And Away;
get Il quarter pound. ana sometimes -
-Four eggs, two handStu OF flower. 4 dab of yeast
| half tin cup full Of noasses, and it makes
" The best manure l ever used. sir. Vastly supe
ricr to guano. Or superphosphate. Two hundred ant
| fifty pounds 10 the acre raised me -
| The hands0meSt woman Oh the ground. | car
see none equal to her except Miss Mary -, ant
| She GOT
Both hind legs spawned. And there is a specb
in her right eye that's bound to-
" That beautiful girl in black over there. I never
saw her Int once before, and that was at
" Mr. Muggins failure. sir -ini he has taken tC
| drink awfuy, and only last week had
:" His head under my arm, and was plugging him
in the mouth, when he got ny tmger'-
" Between the 10th and 18th OF September, will
get my wheat to market, and it will bring
-" His grey hairs in sorrow to the grave Oh. il i
awful to think how
"Close she hangs 10 lis arm. She ought u bl
ashamed of herself, and never saw him until
William was born twenty-five years 90 la; April
! an an old woman now and the grey hair makes -
/" loot, tuot Preaching will now commence" said
the President Elder, and We heard no more.