The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-10-28
CAMP MEETING TALK

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| CAMP MEETING TALK.
| A chap down South went to Camp
meeting, and gives tho following ANUS
| ing account of the disjointed conversation
| he heard there:
Preaching had not begun, and promo
nading was in progress. We took con-
| yen;cnt stand, and triod to catch the ro-
marks of the various couples, as they
went slowly by US.
Eyes, indeed, 1.-TWO girls talking Of
coursc) ''and my brother Tom says that
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 1
shall make at least six hundred barrels il
/ make a peck, and consequently"
"What spectacle this is, to be swash,
Chaw. All wondsh if these people -
dem'd pooty gul, eint she-build the yah
own tents owa hiwah mon to do it fowah
'om. Must be gweat boab to-"
"Be married in six weeks from last
Tuesday. | heard ma talking about il,
but you mustn't mention it for the world
1t is a great secret
"Really now, and she's as gully rs"
The finest sow you ever saw sir
Pure Berkshire, and has nine splendid
pigs. 1t was the best trade ever made,
aud Wouldn't take thirty dollars for"
"Scollepped petticoats! only look Amy.
N:ne f1ounces and hoops N the bargain!
Oh how should love to"
AGO to the pic mic on Thursday OIL,
thank you. You don't know how l
would love to be present, s.r, 1 am so
fond Of the celebrating dance. but father
says
Il am truly gratified, my dear young
friend, to learn that you are 50 deeply
impressed with the Necessity Of immodists
repentance, and | shall this very day
make" .r45sesrv
"Ten yards Of gimp for the bosom, and
maroon velvet binding for the neck and
sleeves, oh, Emily"
ssThe finest baby YOU ever saw black
eyes and large limbs, six weeks old, aud
weighs"
sSixty-one pounds and quarter to the
bushel. None better in tho country
Free from gartic and cockrel, and large
grained. l hold it at"
"Sl;llopolis, mkt Saturday. Bob Both.
sydes, the former Congressman, will speak
Us he says" I .
"Ah, Mr.. Pepper, you fatter me no.
Just 80, how horribly Kate WiEmot is
dressed. She will wear yellow, though
it makes her look like"
"Fover and agy. believe. They've
all been up with it, and now the poor
mans got"
''The sweetes. bonnet / ever saw
Where did You get It'll must recon-
mend my sister to your 9
"Watermelon patch. Stole every darn
ed one. Some of em bout half ripe. |
swow l will have to shoot them if thoy
don't" ,at%c
$50 to the White Sulphcr. / is tho
best place i'll the whole world, ma'am.-
I've seen some Of the most wonderful ef-
f.cts of the waters. Tom Holocaust was
cured ot-' 5a ..c $50
twenty-five pounds Of butter week
And always get quarter pound, and
sometimes"
'Four eggs, two handsfull Of -four, a
dab of yeast half tin cup full Of ,nolasses,
and It makes - aa.E .f
'sThe best manure ever used, sir
Vastly superior to guano, or super phos-
phate. Two hundred and fifty pounds to
the acre raised nc" ~ 81
"The handsomest woman on theground-
l can see none equal to her, except Miss
Maryland she's got"
sBoth hind legs spawned. And
there's speck in her right eye that's
bound to-
"That beautiful girl in black over there.
/ never saw her but once before, and thst
was at"
"Mr. Mugg;n's failure, sir. And be
has taken to drink awfully, and only last
week had"
"H;s head Tn Ter my arm. $srl was
plugging him IN the mouth, when he got
my finger
between the 10th and 18th OF Sop
tcmber. will get my wheat to market,
and it will bring"
"His gray hairs ia 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 new
er saw him until"
civilian was born twenty-five years
ag, last April. am an old woman now.
aud the gray hairs makes
loot! toot! sPreaclling will now
commence" said the Presiding Elder,snd
We heard no more.
EEThe use of labor-saving machines
is rapidly extending. One single shop in
Ill. has turned out this year. so far four
thousand str hundred and fifty combined
reapers and mowers, which at 1855 each
the retail price for the average of the sale
amounts to $674,395, nearly three quar-
tiers of a million of dollars. And rival
shop in the same State has made 1000 ibis
year at the same price. 1t is said that
there will be 10000 machines made IN
Illinois this year. The widow of tlle
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