Volcano weekly ledger., 1857-01-03
Camp Meeting Talk.

n cnap down South went to camp meet
ing, and gives the following amusing account
OF disjointed conversation he heard:
| Preaching had not begun, and promenading
was in progress We took a convenient
stand, and tried to catch the remarks of the
various couples, as they went slowly by u.s.
Yes, indeed" 1.-TWO girls talking of course)
and my brother Tom says that Henry Stoker
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 Pm sure | would
die if people was to talk of me as they do of
her"
Corn is up again, you know, and | shall
make at least six hundred barrels if | make
peck, and consequently
What spectacle this is, to be swah,
Chaw. All wondah if these people-demd
pooty gul, amt she-build theyah own tents
owa hiwah men to do it fowah em. Must be
gweat boah to-
"Be married in six weeks from last Tues
day. heard ma talking about it, but you
mustn't mention it for the world 1t is
great secret"
"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 dollars for7-
Scolloped petticoatsl only look, Amy?
Nine flounces and hoops in the bargain. Oh
how Should love to-
Go to pic mic on Thursday! Oh thank
| you. You don't know how | would love to
be present, sir am so fond of the exhilera-
ting dance, but father says
| on, tr,,I,y ratified NV 1aor vounnr
friend, to learn that yon are so deeply i'm
pressed with the necessity of immediate re-
pentence, and shall this day mt ke"-
Ten yards of gimp for the bosom, and
maroon velvet binding for the neck, and
sleeves, eh, Emily
"The finest baby you ever saw--back
eyes and large limbs, six weeks old and
weights
"Sixty-one pounds and quarter to the
bushel None better in the country. Free
from gertic and cockerel, and large grained
hold it at"-
"Mr. Pepper you fatter me so! Just see
how horrible Kate Wilmot is dressed She
will wear yellow, though it makes her look
| like
Fever and ague, believe They've all
been mp with it, and the poor mans got"-
"The sweetest bonnet / ever saw. Where
did you get it? / must send my sister to
your
| Watermelon patch. Stole every darned
one. Some of em bout half ripe. ! swow
I'll shoot them if they don't'-
$50 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
water Tom Holocaust was cured Of
twenty-five pounds of butter a week.
And always get quarter pound, and some
times
-Four eggs, two handsful of -four dab
of yeast, half tin cup full of molasses, and it
makes
"The best manure ever used SIR Vastly
superior to guano or superphostate. Two
hundred and fifty
"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's a
speck in her right eye that's bound to-
"That beautiful girl in black, over there
/ never saw her out but once before, and that
was att
"Mr Muggin's failure, sir. And he has
taken to drink awfully, and only last week
had"-
"His head under my arm, and was plug
gng him in the mouth when he got my fin
ger'-
Between the 10th and 10Th of December.
will bring
"Close she hangs to his arm. She ought
to be ashamed of herself, and never saw him
until'--
"Wilam was born twenty-five years ago
last April. | am an old woman now, and
grey hair makes.'-
Tootl toot Preceding will now com
mence," said the presiding elder; and we
heard no more"
The day after the Paoli massacre, Gener-
al Wayne's house was surrounded by the
blood-stained perpetrators of that wholesale
murder. None of the family were at home
but Mrs. Wayne, who upon being summoned
to admit them resolutely refused, replying
that the General was not in the house. They
we're finally obliged to force the doors. The
premises were searched from cellar to garret,
but their prey was not to be found. The yig-
liant officer in command, entering room
where large feather bed was lying on the
floor. aroused the Indignation of Mrs. Wayne
by sashing it with his sword, supposing it to
contain the desired friend. "Do you think
that General Anthony Wayne is such cow
ard as to hide himself in feather bedr-
The spirit of Mrs. Wayne seems to have ex-
cited the respectful forbearance of the Eng
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