Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-12-04
CAMP MEETING TALK:

CAMP MEETING TALK:
A chap down South went to camp meet
iny, 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 convenient
stand, and tried to catch the remarks of the
various couples, as they went slowly by US
eyes, indeed" 1.-TWO girls talking ofco1rse)
uand my Brother Tom says that Henry s'okel
brags about the many times he has kissed hel
right in the mouth, and she never slaps him
at all when nobody is by, and I'm sure l
should die if people was to talk of ME as
they do about her
Corn is up again, you know, and l shall
make at least six hundred barrels if make
peck, and consequently
tWhat spectacle this is, to be swah.-
Chaw. All wondah if these people-dem'd d
pooty gal, aint she-build theyah own tents
ava hiwah men to do it fowah en-. Must
be great boah to-
BE married in six weeks from last Tues.
day. heard ma talking about it, but you
must mt mention it for the world. 1t is O
great secret
Really now, and she's as ugly a.
The finest SOW you ever saw, sir Pure
Berkshire, and has nine splendid pigs. II
was the best trade I ever made, and wouldn't
take thirty dollars for
'Scolloped pctticoats ! only look Amy
Nine Aounces and hoopsin the bargain On,
how l should love to-
GO to the picnic on Thursday! Oh,
thank you. You don't know how I would
love to be present, sir, I am so fond of the
exhilcrating dance, but father says
Il am truly grati6cd, my dear young friend
to learn that you are so deeply impressed
with the necessity of immediate repentance.
and I 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, andweighs'-
sSixty-one and quarter to the bushel
None better in the country. Free from gar
lie and cockrel, and large grained. J. hole
it at
sStillopolis, next Saturday. Bob Both
sides, the former Congressman, vii! speak
as he says
sAh, Mr.. Pepper, you hattcr me so! JUS
see how horribly Kate Wilmot is dressed
She will wear yellow, though it makes hel
look like
Fever and agy, believe. They have al
been laid up with it, and now the poor man:
GOT
The sweetest bonnet I ever saw. Where
did you get it? I must recommend my sis
ter to your
watermelon patch. Stole every darncd
one. Some of 'em bout half ripe. IswoW
[ will shoot them if they DON'T
sGo to the White Sulphur. 1t is the best
in the whole world, ma'am. I've seen some
of the most wonderful effects of the waters
Tom Holocaust was cured Of
twenty-five pounds of butter week
And always get "a quartera pound, and some
times
'Four eggs, two handful Of -four, a dab Of
yeast, half tin cup full of molasses, and il
makes
The best manure I ever used sir. Vast
ly superior to guano, or super-phoSphate
Two hundred and fifty pounds to the acre
raised me-
The handsomest woman on the ground
can see none equal to her, except Miss
Mary, and she's GOT
Both hind legs spawned. And there il
speck in her right eye that's bound to-
That beautiful girl in black over there
never saw her but once before, and thai
was at
'Mr. Muggin's failure, sir. And he has
taken to drink awfully, and only last week
had
sHis head under my arm, and was plug
ging him in the mouth, when he got my fin
ger
Between the 10th and 18th of September
I will get my wheat to market, and it vii
bring
His grey hairs in sorrow to the grave
Oh, it is awful to think how
Close she hangs to his arm. She ought
to be ashamed of herself, and never saw hin
until
William was born twenty-five years agc
last April. I am an old woman now, ane
the gray hair makes
loot toot "Preaching will now com
mencc," said the Presiding Elder, and WI
heard no more.