The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-01-25
A Students Joke.

Ebenerzcr Sweet, of Brunswick, is pro-
vision dealer. lie had been q ''meat man.
in Brunswick for the last half century, and
has probably furnished Bowdoin students
tougher meat and harder swearing than they
ever experienced in after life. Ebenezer is
considerable of wag, but q story is stold in
Brunswick, which shows that at least on one
occasion he was outwitted
A student called into tho market one morn
ing, and seeing large trunk full Of eggs on
the floor, eyed it very wisely for some
moments and thus accosted Sweets:
"I will wager twenty five cents that / can
Jump into that tub and not break keal sgg"
"You can't do it" said Sweet
"I'llstake twenty-five cents 1 ean,p respond
ed the student. s"
"Well, here's twenty fvc," continued
Sweet, "put up your money"
The money was accordingly put into the
hands of third party, apd the student pre-
pared for the difficult encounter
In moment he made leap, and the next
moment he fell crash into the tub ofeggsgs and
rested his feet on the bottom-breaking near
ly all the eggs in the tub.
There" exclaimed Sweet in fury of de-
light, ,:'youve lost; I knew you couldn't do
it, not thinking in his delight of winning
anything but that.
"Well," replied the student, as he coolly
turned and went out the market. "There
your twenty-five cents"
1t was a long time before Ebenezer re-
covered from the effects of that joke.
A manufacturer and vcndcr of quack
medicines for rheumatism and the growth OF
hair combined, recently wrote to friend Tor
recommendation ofhis (the manufacturers s.
balsam.' In a few days he received the
following, which we call pretty strong:-
Dear Sir:-The land composing this farm,
has hitherto been so poor that Chinaman
could not get living off it, and so stony that
We had to slice our potatoes, and plant them
edgaways; but, hearing of your balsam, |
put some on the corner Of ten acre field
surrounded by rail fence and in the morn
inc found the stones had entirely disappear,
ed, and neat wall encrclcd the field; the
rails were split up into ircwood, and piled
up symmetrically in my backyard, I put half
an ounce in the middle of huckeberry
swamp; two days saw it clear of, planted
with corn and pumpkins. and row Of peach
trees in full blossom through the middle
Asan evidence OF its tremendous strength, |
would say that it drew q striking likeness Of
nv eldest son out of mill-ponl, drew q
blister all over his stomach, drew a load o1
POTATOES four miles to market, drew grease
out of flint, and eventually drew prize
of ninety-seyen dollars cut defunct lot,
terry
The great diamond, weighing 154 carats,
which has been found at the Cape, and is
now on it's way to England, is already furnish
ed with its legend. 1t is said to have been
found in the wall of one Of the native huts,
where poor Irish adventurer had received
hospitality for the night, and that being sur
prised by the light shining amid darkness;
he, upon cxamsnation found it to Proceeu
from clump of earth in the side OF the nut
Of course the clump was soon detached by
the visitor. and this Koh-i-noor, with many
other smaller diamonds found within:
The followingis the statute in the ola Sax
on code, referring to leap year: "AlDelt' as
often as leapc ycarrc doth occurree, the wo-
man holdcth prcrogative over tho menne IN
matters of courtshippe, matrimonle and lowe,
So that when the ladiec proposcth it shall
not be lawful for the man to say her nae,
bnt shall entertain her proposal in all guide