The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1871-10-05
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UNION TORPEDOES.

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UNION TORPED0ES.
"Therc is no new thing under the sun. n.'-Ecele-
sdstes, eh. I,r. 8.
DEAR JOURNAL: Permit an old cores
uoudent once more to occupy some space
In your columns. He feels upon himself
the. influence of the Cacethes Scs1bendi,
and, being So moved by the spirit, is forced
to Eunburthcn himself for your benefit. Such
COMMENCEMENT IS sufficient preparation
for matter of no great importance, so with
out farther prelude l will begin.
Your correspondent only proposes to In
dulce in few remarks upon 'Union Torpe-
does" their origin, progress and fatal effects,
past and to come. There has been Of late
in New York, .as most Of your readers must
know. nm explosion Of "Union Torpedoes," }"
(ac Oranscmen riots) Every disastrous and
death dsaliag:1 It's pretended that these
Torpedocs are a modern invention, and this
accident the first serious one since their
manufacture and sale have commenced
Now wbatI propose to do is to show you
that the article was FIRST invented nearly q
ccntary ago, and has been causing trouble
sever since. You have, I'm sure, Heard of
sttsiut I'M q sas
had 4 srsat ni:iny more children tllaa she
knew kow 70 fomanage, but / am by noineans so
isure tkzt you know where she lived, and
still lives. a To make sure will tell you.
There is a group of rather large islands,
two or three thousand miles due east from
Labrador, and that is where-she has been
liyiiax for for many centuries past, and will in
probability live there to. the end of time, it
she isn't washed away before that by some
extrsordinariIy high tide. Here, in her cir
cunscribed dwelling.place. the old woman
With her. children experienced the truth of
thepsalmist,s words, ''blessed is ne that
hath his quirer full Of thom'-i. c. OF those
little olive branches which women ''who
love their lords" are SO fond Of presenting
them with. But by degrees " old age, an
unheard of old age, came creaPing on,
and children and children's children in
creased to such degree that she felt that
"siie had so many children she didn't know
what to do" They needed much corTec-
t;oa, and got it, too, which they did not rel
;sh any more than they relished sbroth
without any breod, and as they we're pretty
big boys and girls they expressed their sem
tinrcnts pretty strongly, and grumbled
coed deal about how the shoe pinched
them; and they even threatened sometimes
tosoyertnrn the whole concern The old
woman was much distressed and perplexed
to know what to do, when an old traveller
came, oyer from strange country and told
some stories Of his having sailed thousands
Of miles oacross the waters blue" until he
come to strange country in that part. OF
the world where the sun Gets beautiful be-
vpnd expression, full of riches, and large
enough to hold the old woman and her
children. and the shoe too if need, be, and
then there would still be room for four or
fys, times as many more. All this changed
ths Aide of their discomfort, and they could
taik OF nothing else but the new country,
and many of them cherished secret thoughts
of running away and going to it without
asking leave. ..,y -5.t-.,r..
They all spent their spare time and pock-
ct money in building boats, and, for the
nonee, the old lady's nursery was without
.trifa,, Soon some of their boats were COM
nlctea and manned, and they sailed away on
VOYAGES of discoyey. Very few of those
t6st went thus ever came back, and those
Sav. though they gave terrible accounts oi
their sufferings, told such tales about the
richness and beauty of the country thai
many of the boys became tired and .discon
tented with staying at home, and were ii
such a bad hnmor all the time, besides, be
ing badly treated by tutor named Henry
v6o seemed to think himself specially insti
tinted to get, rid Of the surplus population o o
the shoe, for he hanged some Of the chill
dren. burned and drowned others, and
worst Of all, married many Of the prett,
aifls only to cut off their heads when b
Got tired Of them or fell in love with ne,
face, that the old lady was sore distressed
But at last Henry died, and his son afte
him was dead, and an old maid too stron
minded to get married, called Bess, was j
HE place as kind of goyerness, and sh
Thought to quiet the children and'keep theI
amused by giving them leave to roam oye
aha seas In their boats and claim all the me-
.cnuntr;es for her.t that they came across, tel
;np them 10 be sure and come back to, lt
hsr know al that they saw. So many OF thes
restless children went away to the ne
country, Some people thought her Ve'