The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-04-11
PARAGRAPHS.

Boston has 762 lawyers, or ABOUT one la"'
yer to every 400 of its inhabitants.
Hook, in describing badly cooked din,
ner, said that everything was sour except
the vinegar.
The Cleveland cdger says that potato
bugs are healthy, and will poll full vote
this summer.
Edwin Forrest met with unprecedented
success in his recent Southern tour. In
Texas he drew immense audiences at IS per
ticket.
A tree which was cut down recently in
Kansas, contained two bushels Of bees and
three hundred pounds of beautiful trauspar-
ent honey.
"a word" which Mr.. \. II. Stephens
addressed to the readers Of the Atlanta 'Sun,
is the longest ON record, occupying nearly
two columns.
"Misther O'Brien, ye're out O step, sir::'
Smart Prvate-;'Sure, thin, darlin, it's me-
sif that's the only man in the houl ridgment
that's in step, yc name"
The following congratulatory telegram was
received from Cincinnati by wedding par
ty in Nashville: Congratulations on your
,ptials. May your future troubles be only
little ones"
Twenty-Five of the girls employed at the
cotton factory at Nashville Tenn, were re-
Gently poisoned with vcriigris, by drinking
tea frou pewter pot. All but three are
now out Of danger.
An honest country parson, who, in time
of great drouth was desired to pray for rain,
answered.: "l'll willingly do it to obligeyou,
but it is of no use while the wind is in this
quarter"
Somebody too truly says: "It is unques-
tionably temptation to temperate MI n to
become soaker, to hear what talent, what
versatility, what genius is almost always at
tributcd to man who is habtually drunk" >"
The Cleveland saloon keepers secure the
phott graphs Of Ii el whose wives do not allow
them to drink, and keep galleries of them
When customer enters, the bar keeper looks
through his album, and secs whether or not
the customers face is good.
A man out West turned estates evidence, "
and swore that he was member OF gang
of thieves" By-and by they found the roll
of actual members, and accused the man OF
swearing falsely. II was member" replied
the man. 'p'-happy thought-"was an
honorable member"
An irrascible old deacon in Connecticut
the other night, threw his boots at noisy
dog under his window. Iti was an effective
but not economical way of getting rid of his
visitor, for the dog seized the expensive mis-
scls and disappeared. Now the deacon thinks
it was 'put up job"
At St. T., New York, large meet
ing was held and brass band was secured.
Mr.. G. held forth for over an hour
The people of the town, instead ofboisterous-
ly applauding, sit upon speaker like so
many jurymen. At the close Of the meeting,
a lumberman from the mill, arose and moved
that vote of thanks be given to the St.
J. brass band, for the tunes they had
heard %
The Saturday Rccicw calls the fashionable
"chignon" lie, and rerroachcs the ladies
with systematic deception, in wearing false
hair. Undoubtedly the hair is false, but as
there is rarely any pretence about it, we are
inclined to think that it is not "a lie." Mrs.
Opie, in her book on "Lying," said a wig
was lie; but she did not mean a high tow
wig, like that worn by the English Lord
Chancellor, which resembles nothing that
ever grew on the head Of man. We absolve
the fair sex from the charge brought against
them. With the present fashion they deccn
nobody.
The second trial of Mrs. Wharton, up'
which she will answer the charge ofattcmrt-
ing to poison Eugene Van Ness, will begin
at the April term of the Circuit Court for
Anne Arundlc county. Since her acqulttal
upon the charge Of poisoning General ketch-
EN- she has never left Annapolis, although
statements have been published that she has
visited Washington. 1t had been supposed
that this trial would not be proceeded with,
but it seems that the spirit that actuated
the prosecutors in the frst.casc is to be graft
fed by further expenditure Of the funds f
the State Of Maryland.
The story of the bull that tried to butt
the locomotive off the bridge, has been tod,
but never believed, but an occurrence on the
Lake Shore Railroad on Thursday, brings it
within the range probability. About two
miles west Of this city the train was running
slow, when a COW stopped on the track. n
fine looking bull had gone over ahead other.
An attempt was made to stop the train. as
the COW did not move, bat she was struck
and thrown into the ditch. The bull SEEM
cd to comprehend the condition Of affairs.
and commenced trying to butt the train
(Which was then stopped off the track
There was danger that he would get his
horns cntangled under one Of the cars; and
it was only after the train hands had turned
out en- mass and dubbed him of that the
train could be started without the risk Of
breaking his neck.-Erie Dispatch