The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1869-03-25

ola young couple who began 70 court
at an early age, who went On coafting
when they We're oht of their teens the
gentleman ventured to proposea Set
Element, but was begged to wait a shotsf
time longer, and SO he went On waltz
ing, and youth departed, and the pledged
couple, still courting. began occasion,
ally to notice grey hair, or an untais-,
takablei wrinkle, but still went. on as
Of old, TIL more than half a century had
passed; in q word, they courted all their
lives, and lived to.be old, but unmar.
ried. -s,.,.y,,.T
A gentleman had two cbildren-theF
one daughter, who was considered O
plain in her person, the Other BON who
was reekoned handsome. One day they 3
were playing together, they saw their
faces in looking glass. They boy was,
charmed with his beauty and spoke, Of
it to his sister, who considered his re-
marks as SO mapyreAectiors onIher want
Of it. She told her father of the affair,
complaining of her brothers. rudenesso O
to her. The father, instead ofappear-4:
ing angry, took both of them On his {
knees, and who, with much afectiohg
gave them both the following advice':b
"I would have you both to look! inthe :
glass every day; you, my son, that you
may be reminded never to dishonor the
beauty of your face by the deformity OF
your actions; and you, my daughter,
that you may take care to hide the de- :
feet of your beauty in your person by
the superior lustre of your virtuous and
amiable conduct" i'' "a ,.:'".' '','.
Equality means" says French t VII. xri:
ter, "a desire to be equal to your ;supe- i,
riors and superior to your equals -: en:
CANDoR.-A medical writer has iate-
ly asserted that "physic" is the art Of 5
amusing the patient, while nature cures
the disease. .r!tsy.7- j. IL
An exchange has paragraph about
the death of several persons from eating
"diseased" pork. It makes one feel bad
to look at it. '. .'..'' go ~ ',.'
Color is a good thing; but when it
is confined exclusively to the bose, 1t is
neither eomplimentry nor ornamental.
Josh Billings says: "One Of the
fussyest scenes I ever listened to, WE
two old maids waiting on one sick bach.
clor." -.
The winter of 1S6s-6g is said to
have been at sea, the most tempestuous
on record. .........., .."g,f M az
Any person ofgood moral character
being voter, can practice law in Indi. =
ana. 4<.....,HjH h.t g." ~ 2n'i':'
A BEAUTIFUL. ExTRAcT.-A naval
officer being at sea in dreadful storm,
his wife, who was sitting 10 the cabin
near him, and filled with alarm for the
safety of the vessel, was SO surprised at
his composure that she cried: :"My
dear, are you not afraidf How is IL
possible you can be calm in such a dread.
full storm"
He rose from the chair, lasked to the
deck, supporting himself by pillar OF
the bed place, drew his sword, and,
pointing it at the breast Of his wife,
exclaimed; ..H 's.t 49,. =;
care you not afraid of that sword7"
She instantly answered, "No."
"Why?" asked the officer. sa' 10:
because" rejoiued the lady, "f
know it is in the hands of my husband,
and he loves me too well to hurt me-"
"Thcu," said he, "remember, I know
in whom I believe, and that He holds
the winds in his fists and tho water in
the hollow of His hands.
RETR1BUT1vEJ JUsTIcE.-The Knox.
vile Press and Herald says tSat the
DAYS of miracles have not yet passed
away. Some months ago, the Rev. Mr..
Neal, a minister of the Methodist
Church South, was tied to tree and
fosged, while on his way home from
church. The perpetrators of the out
rage were not arrested, but, says the
p ess, ga stronger power than that
which administers human law bass
brought retribution upon them. Ont
the entire numl es of rufiaus, three have
since died, one was recently thrown from
his horse and received injuries which
are believed to be mortal, while another
is now lying in Jail for. crime: Even
the tree to which Mr. Neal was tied BY
his prosecutors, has been smitteu by the
same unseen, but eEerwatchful power,
and is dead"