The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1869-09-02
NEWS ITEMS,
Example teaches more than words.

Love is the mest ihteHiStpie WAeu - =,
is nnaklc to express itself in words.
What nation produces the most mar.
riagcs ? fascination.
When does woman's tonsu go
fastest ?-Wheu it is on ilway.
Why is love like a canal boat I-Bc-
cause it is an internal transport.
To kiss roey-cheeked girl, and 6pd
yoar mouth filed with Venetian red,
and she growing pale on II, it truly awful
Take two letters from money, and
there will be but one left. We know
fellow who took money from two letters,
and there nasn't anything left. 2ois
"Ial give that girl a piece Of N.Y.
mind" exclsimed-a certain young fsi.'
low. 81 would moi" replied his uneie''
you've none to spare. -
A, Yankee, wishing for some sauce
for his ,dumplings, forgot the name Of It,
and said; "here, wait, fetch me some OF, Of
that gravey that you wallow your dun1P- 1a-:
lings in 2" .a,ci.g= zat
Life is divided into three terms
that which was, which is, and which
will be. Let us learn from the past TO-
profit in the present, and from thu,
present to iise better in the future.
The most importaut truth can notIbs
too early learned, nor the journey that
leads heavenward too soou begnn. The,
enemy is awake while we slumber, and.
if we neglect to cultivate the good seed,
his taEes will cover all the surface a,
A couple of fellows who were pretty
thoroughly soaked with bad whiskey,
got into the gutter. After aoundering
about for q few minutes, one of them
said; "Jim, let's go to another house
this hotel leaks" H NJ
Grant complaiusat being frequently
suubbed while travelling incog. Well
whose fault is that =? Ifhe does not look
like great man he cannot expect to:be
treated like one. Even Jesse will ae-
quit the public of all blame on that 40
count.
well Patrick said the doctor, ,how
do you do to-dayT 4
%, dear, doctor, I enjoy very bad
health entirely. This rheumatis is very
distressing indade. When I go to
sleep I lay awake all night, and my toe
is swclled up as big as goose's egg, 50
when 1 stand up 1 faA down directly
andso ] do ,,..,
A'eolored child, aged about Eve years,
living on the farm of Mr.. Edward Coles,
in Albermarle County, Va, ,;afev days
since got into the hog lot on the farm,
and caught young pig by the tail. The
old hogs, attracted by the squealing of
the pig, attacked the child and literally
tore it to pieces. One foot and one arm,
were entirely eaten off, and the body
otherwise horribly mu.ilated.
"My Dear" said an anxious matroa
to her daughter, "it is very wrong for
young people to be throwing Kisses at
one another"
"Why SO, mama? I'm sure theydo1t
hurt, even when they hit"
A story is told Of jolly fellow who
resided in Chicago about four years,
and, while on an Eastern visit, was
asked how he liked the water out West.
"By George Mr.. JONES'" said he, af-
ter a moments reflection, ~ never
thought to try it!!'
A boy at Lake Station Miss, who
was flying large kite, the cord Of
which he had imprudently wound about
his body, was carried up in suddea
gust about one hundred feet into the
air, and was leaving the earth at q rap
id rate, when friendly tree iuterpoeed
its branches, and he was rescued in
somewhat bruised condition.
JOSH BILLINGS was asked. Chow
fast does sound travel" and his idea 10
that it depends great deal upon the
noise you are talking about. "Tbe sound
Of a dinner. horn, for instance, travels
half mile in second, while an in1-
.tashun to get up in tie morning I have
known to be 8 quarters Nv an hour 60
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