The Nevada Democrat., 1857-03-18
Camp Meeting Talk.

A chap down South went to Camp-mecting,
and gives the following amusing account Of the
dsjointed conversation he heard there ::
Preaching had not begun, and promenading
was in progress. We took convenient stand,
and tried to catch the remarks of the various
couples as they went slowly 10y us. You'd
ayes, 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 should talk Of me as they do about
herr
"Corn is up again, you know, and shall
make at least six hundred barrels if l make q
peck, and consequently
"What spectacle this is, to be suah Chaw
All wondah If these peope-dem'd pooty gul,
ant she-build theyah own tents own hiwah
men to do itfowah 'cm. Must be gweat boah
to-. uA a
"Be married in six weeks from last Tuesday.
j heard ma talking about IL, you mustn't men
ton 1t for the world. II is q great secret"
"Really now, and she's ugly ash
"Thc finest sow ever you saw, sir. Pure
Berkshire and has nine splendid pigs. It was
the best trade / ever made, and wouldn't take
thirty dollars for''--
"Scollopped pettcoats only look, Amy
how should love to-
go to pic mic on Thursday? Oh, thank you.
You don't know how would love to be pres
ent, sir, am so fond OF the exhilerating dance,
but father says''--- . tlll
~ am truly gratilcd my dear young friend,
to learn that you are so deeply impressed with
the necessity of immediate repentance, and
shall, this very day make''-- tns.sf
''Ien yards of gimp for the bosom, and ma
room velvet. binding for the neck and sleeves,
and oh, Emilyn-- s.si ia
''The finest baby you ever saw-black eyes
and large limbs, six weeks old, and weighs
''Sixty-one pounds and quarter to the bush
cl. None better in the country. Free from
garlic and cockrel, and large grained. hold
II att
"Stillopols, next Saturday. Bob Bothsides
the former Congressman, will speak, as he
says
"Ah, Mr.. Pepper, you fatter me SO Just
see how horribly Kate Wilmot is dressed. She
will wear yellow, though it makes her look
like"-
"Fever and agy, believe. They've all been
laid up with it, and the poor mans got''--
"The sweetest bonnet ever saw. Where did
you get it must recommend my sister TO
your
watermelon patch. Stole every darhed one.
Some of 'em bout half ripe. / swow I'll shoot
them CT they don'F'-
go TO the White Sulphur. 1t is the best
place in the whole world, ma'am. pve seen
some of the most wonderful effects of the waters
Tom Holocaust was cured on''---
twenty-five pounds of butter week. And
always gets quarter pound and sometmes''-
"Four eggs, two handsful of -four dab of
yeast, half tin cup full of molasscs, and it
Makes
"Ihe best manure | ever used, sir. Vastly
superior to to guano, or super-phosphate. Two
hundred and fifty pounds to the acre raised me-
'The handsomest woman on the ground l
can see none equal to her. except Miss Mary
and she's gotn--
'Both hind legs spawned. And there's aspeck
IN her right eye that's bound to'--
"That beautiful girl in black over there.
never saw her but once before, and that was
at"--
"Mr. Muggin's failure, sir. And he has taken
to drink awfully, and only last week had"-
"His head under my arm, and was plugging
him in the mouth, when he got my flnger''-
Between the 10th and 18th of September,
will get my wheat to market, and it will
bring''-- 4r III 4.lseg
ellis grey hairs in sorrow to the grave. Oh,
it is awful to think how
"Close she hangs on his arm. She ought to
be ashamed of herself-and never saw him
until''-
William was born twenty-five years ago last
April. | am an old woman now, and the grey
hair makes
loot toot "Preaching will now commence"
said the presiding elder, and we heard no more