The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-02-15
ADVERTISING RATES.
PARAGRAPHS.
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Jeremiah was the Prince ofWails. =
An ''imbeciles sword:makiDg REPTILE" il
what one western editor calls another. =
The season for calling each other "mangy
sneaking mongrcl whelps," has opened in
Indiana. ".'
An uncle of George Francis Train has
made oath that Francis is lunatic, and has
asked to be appointed guardian over him. 4
"Nr. Jones, what makes the canary
sleep on enc leg p" II don't think anything.
makes him my dear; I think he does it Of
his own accord" .a. .os..
An Ohio editor says of himself, sometimes
we feel like Vi i of pepper sass, and then,
again like molassca jug but never like d
tar barrel.n
A Wisconsin editor was called out of bed
one night to receive subscription. After
that he sat up nights for over week, but
the offence was not repeated.
A Western editor came near being cow
-hided for printing the lire, "Buckhard is d
villain" 1t was the printers fault, The
editor wrote, "Barsis iB willin'."
a rural editor has lost all faith in the luck
af horse shoes. He nailed one over his door
recently, and that morning there came BY
mail three duns and seven ''stops," and man
called with revolver to ask 'who wrote that
article?"
The Confederate rams Chicora and Char
lesion, which were sunk to prevent capture.
by the Fcderals, on their occupation of
Charleston, have been raised, and found in
very good preservation.
A farmer saw an advertised recipe for
preventing wells and cisterns from freezing.
He sent his money, and received the follow.
ing answer: Take in your wells or cisterns'
cold nights and keep it by the fire." =
A Missouri editor has his own way of says
ing things. He acknowledges that his paper
for this week is principally "a local and ad- j.
vertising sheet; but look out for next weeks:
1t will be one Of the gayest, sharpest and
fercest papers that ever went forth from an
American ncws-raggery." ..-Fa'
"Gentlcmen Of the jury" said bldnder1
ing counsel, in suit about a lot of hogs,
"there were just thirty six hogs in the drove. !
Please to remember that fact-thirty-six
hogs-just throe times as many as in that
jury box. gentlemen" The counsel didn't
gain his cause.
Mr.. Porter, of Missouri, having compile
ted century without any prospect of dis.
solution, has concluded to rub out and begin
over again. Accordingly his grey hair is
turning black and he is cutting third set
Of teeth at the early age Of 1O1.
Here are some exhilerating lines from q .
reasonable poet :-"December's come and
now the breczes Howl among the lifeless
freezes; Now the ragged boy with trowsers
Shiv'ring homeward drives the cowses; His
boots are old and torn his clothes is, And
bless my soul how blue his nose is"
A man once went to an eccentric lawyer
to be qualified for some petty office. The
lawyer said to him, "Hold up your hand,
I'll swear you, but all creation couldn't quail
ify YOU
A little Boston girl joyfully assured her
mother that she had found out where they
made the horses-she had seen man in +.
shop just finishing one Of them, for he was
mailing on his last foot.
"Ma,- 1 am going to make some soft soap
for the fair this fall" said beautiful miss
of seventeen to her mother the other day.
"What put that notion into your head, SAX
lie % "Nhy, ma, the premium is just what
I have been wanting" "Pray, what is it ?"
"a Worchcstcr Farmer, hope he will be q
good looking one"
A new feature in the Woman's Rights
movement presents itself in Spain. Hereto
fore the men of Spain have nearly monopo-
lizcd all the honor and glory attending tho
performances in the bulI-ring, but now two
young ladies, feeling the wrongs of their sex
and burning for distinction, have entered
the arena at Madrid and have slain not less
than three roaring, wild and dangerous
bulls. What next in the way of progress7
Mark Twain thus answers the inquiry of
a "Young Author" in the Galaxy: "Young
Authorizes. Agassiz docs recommend aus
thors to cat fish because the phosphorus in
it makes brains. So far you are correct
But l cannot help you to decision about
the amount you need to eat-at least, not
with a certainty. Ifthe specimen composi-
tion you send is about your fair usual aver
age, l should judge that perhaps a couple of
wholcs would be all you want for the present.
Not the largest kind, but simply good mid
ding sized whales"
THE REFORM MOVEMENT SoUTH.-The
Press of Mississippi unite in calling a con-
vention Of the representatives Of political
in that State. The convention
will be held at Meridian on the 23d Of JAN
uary. It is to be remarked that most of the
papers of the State speak of this meeting as
1t is designed by most of
them to rescue the State from the hands of
those who have plundcrcd it, and in attempt
ing this end they ignore all party associa.
tions. In this way were Tennessee, Virgin
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