The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1871-02-16
The man who couldn't find his
match" went to bed in the dark.

match" went to bed in the dark.
The "divorce suit" is the name Of
the most stylish travelling dress in
Chicago. ~
The man who tried to arrange his
hair with an ice pick, got it into nice
pickle.
A negro named Robert Lines was
killed by lightning in Gadsden County,
Fla, last Wednesday.
If hole made in wall by cannon
ball is called breach, would two such
holes make pair Of.
A country paper, speaking Of Anna
Dickinson, says: "She appeared before
her auditors attired in modest but rich
necklace" -,
I In en- old New York tavern the fol.
lowing notice was posted: Gentlemen
learning to spell are requested to use
yesterdays paper" q. nlf3g =
A little girl going to Newport, and
seeing the willow phetons for the first
time, exclaimed: "Why, mamma,
everybody rides out in their clothes
baskets here" .ii,, s''s
a Drunken man, sprawling on the
ground in Patterson the other night,
anxiously wanted to know whether
'sany body else had been struck by that
earthquake" ss.,<
A Prescription sent toa drug store
in a Western town contained post
script for the guidance of the druggist,
that it was intended for the "relecf
off the Kolick."
At large New York dinner party
the other evening the table.cloth was
of heavy white silk, ed ged with point
lace All the other appointments were
equally distinguished for cost and vui-
garity, says the Nal.
Greeley wrote something about "Su-
burban journalism advancing" The
compositor thought it was one of his
agricultural articles, and launched out
wildly on "Supcrb Jerusalem arti-
chokcs."
A good joke is told in Washington
at the expense Of a we'll known Sena-
tor, who is notorious for taking tive
cocktails in succession before break
fast. One morning, while the Senator
was practicingat the Metropolitan bar,
friend put to him the pertinent
question: "Senator, why do you take
two cocktails as a custom? Won't one
tone you?" The. Senator drew HIM
self up: aI Will tetts4 4ou why I take
Two cock tails. When I have taken
one it makes me feel like another man.
Well, you ste I'm bound, BY common
courtesy, to treat that man; so take
"a second"
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE cFA
Person HAILING FROM COLUMBIA,
S. C.-We find the following para
graph in the New Orleans Times, of
The -ttH lHStaHC 49, 2
Mr.. w. B. Lseman, who, it is said,
came here from Columbia, s.. g., and
who reached the City two or three
weeks ago, disappeared about two:o'-
clock on Wednesday, under cireum-
stances which would lead his acquain-
tanccs to suppose that he bad been
foully dealt with. The gentleman was
stopping, we are told, at No. 7 North
street, and had made arranS Sements to
90 into the Western produce and gro
Gerry business on Podras street, between
Magazine and Camp. The store for
mcrly occupied by the Commercial
BulIetin) had, at his request, been
repaired, and several gentlemen secured
as clerks. The work continued until
Thursday morning, when, finding that
Mr.. Lceman vas nowhere to be found,
the agent of the store closed it. He
had purchased quantity of liquors
from house on Fulton street, set Of
scales, and many other articles, mono
of which were paid for; according to the
version we hear, the arrangement being
to pay for the goods on delivery.
Several gentlemen who introduced
him to their friends, are puzzled to
know what has become Of him. A few
small debts, which arc, it is said, still
unsettled, rather intcnsifcs the mystery,
bat the more charitable are disposed to
think he has fallen into some sudden
misfortune.
Paris has been very much astouished
to learn that one of its pet heroes, Ser
geaut Hoff, was in reality, Bavariau
lieutenant who was playing the part of
spy. For a long time Hoffwas the objec
of universal admiration. General Trochu
conferred the Legion of Honor upon
him for having slain over thirty Prus-
siars. General Schmitz gave him an
official bulletin, and he was interviewed
by journalists. lloif generally used to
90 out alone at night, and bring back
helmets and muskets in proof of the
business he had performed. On the
I'd of December lloh, much to the
grief of his comrades, disappeared, and
the government was greatly blamed for
having allowed SO valuable a man
to 90 into action like common
mortal. In somc quarters it was con-
silcreI that Iloif should have replaced
Trochu. When it was supposed that