The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1857-01-28
CAMP MEETING TALK.

, CAMP MEETING TALK. ue.
A chap down South went to Camp
Meeting, and gives the following amusing
account of the diSjointed conversation he
y heard there:
Preaching had not begun, and prom
ehadng was in progress We took a
convenient stand, and tried to catch the
remarks of the various couples as they
went slowly by US. HgT
.. Yes indeed" 1.-TWO girls talking, 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 herr
"Corn is up again, you know, and
shall make at least six hundred barrels if
/ make peck, and consequently" ss
"What spectacle this is to be suah,
Chaw. All wondah if these people
dem'd pooty guI, aint she?--buid' theyah
own tents Owa hiwa men to do it fowah
'em Must be gweat boah to"- Aa-
"Be married in six weeks from last
Tuesday. l heard ma talking about it,
but you mustn't mention it for the world
1t is a great secret" -s
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 ever made
and / wouldn't take thirty dsllars for"-
"Scolloped petticoats! only look, Amy!
Nine hounces and hoops in the bargain |
Oh how should love to- p
"Go to pic nic on Thursday Oh
thank you. You don't Eno,o how would
love to be present. sir, am SO fond of the
exhilarating dance, but father says"-
al am truly gratiGed, my dear young
friend, to learn that you are so deeply inl-
pressed with the necessity Of immediate
repentance, and l shall this very day
make - .s
"Ten yards of gimp for the bosom,
and maroon velvet binding for the neck
and sleeves, and oh! Emily 20
"The finest baby you ever saw--black
eyes and large limbs, six weeks old, and
weighs y.
"Sixty-one pounds and quarter to
\ the abHshel. None better in the country.
Free from garlic and cockrel, and large
/ grained. / hold it at - ~
"Stillopolis, next Saturday. Bob Both
sides, the former Congressman, viii speak,
as he says"- ti
"Ah, Mr.. Pepper, you Hatter me so I.
Jast see how horribly Kate Wilmot is
dressed. She aciW wear yellow, though i.
makes her look like -
Fever and agy, believe. They've
all been laid up with it, and now the poor
mans got"-- ''
"The sweetest bonnet I ever saw
Where did you get it? I must recon-
mend my sister to your"-
"Watermelon patch. Stole every darn
ed one. Some of 'em bout half ripe
swow I'll shoot 'em eff they don't -
Go to the White Sulphur. 1t is the
best place in the world ma'am.- Tve
seen some of the most wonderful effects Of
the waters Tom Holocaust was cured
of''-
Twenty-Five Wounds of butter week
And always get a quarter pound, and
sometimes - @
"Four eggs, two handsfu!l of -four, a
dab of yeast, half tin cup full of molasses,
and it makes -
"The best manure I ever used, sir.
Vastly superior to guano, or superphos-
phate Two hundred and fifty pounds to
the acre raised me'- -
| "The handsomcst woman on the
ground l can see none equal to her, ex-
Icept Miss Mary -, and she's got u.
"Both hind legs spawned. And there's
a speck in her right eye, that's bound
"That beautiful girl in black over
there. never saw her but once before
and that was at D.
Mr.. Muggin's failure, sir. And he
has taken to drink awfully, and only last
week hsd -
"His head under my arm, and was
plugging him in the mouth, when he got
my finger =
"Between the 10th and 18th of Sep
tember, will get my wheat to market,
, and it will bring p
"His grey hairs in sorrow to the grave.
Oh, it is awful to think how y -.
"Close she hangs to his arm. She
aught to be ashamed of herself, and never
saw him until "
civilian was born twenty-five years
ago last April. / am an old woman now,
and the grey hair makes - ga
"Toot! toot! Prea' hing will now conn.,
E mence," said the Presiding Elder, and we
heard no more. e
e sW An Irishnan. who had just ar
S rived from the Emerald Isle, hearing a
' gun fired at the closing Of the day asked
t what the noise meant Being told that il
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