The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-12-05

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/ under the stove and made = Hriong ATTACK
upon il, But he failed to kill it, for it vas,
OILY the kitchen skillet. ~ - s.. 49,, :
The goat teams Of Chicago are success,
and as they eat newspapers, i doesn't cost
much to feed them. a 1single copy Of the
Chicago Times satifes an average William
goat goat for twenty for hotfsa s:.eii}t ,@ :. .,
The gTitusvillsaR Reas says Stanley win
make q sensation Whenehe lectures in this J
country, dressed In his suit Of. olothes made
by a aiUjIi tailor, consisting Of q twins string
wound round his big toe and straw hat cut
low in'the corsage. n,''" " - = 10y = =
An indulgent Kansas parent issold his
cooking stove for 81 in order to be able to
take his fourteen children to the circus. He
says it, comes only two or three times a year,
and besides, he never had much to cook in
the stove anyhow. 49,, ..a..vo
There are thirteen shot-guns, with women
at their butt ends, prowling around the
Western States, looking for truant husbands
and! their naughty feminine companiohs.-4
Thunder from the West may be expected
soon. ., .,..., -. a...,. ,-;5riG".a u
The st. Louis Democrat now has an eight
cylinder buzz-saw in full blast in the room
where it keeps its exchanges. Nineteen dead
bodies were lowered from that part Of the
bdilding gElat week, and the good work still
goes on. 4: ~ t.: : 1f'; IA o.ag !ta
A Bridgeport man spent three-4 quarters Of
an hour the other evening in trying to pick
up o, piece of moonshine from his door step,
which he fopdly imagined to be nevspa-
per. His afflicted wife. finally came, out,
brought him to consciousness by the aid Of .
loose fence picket, and steadied his lettering
steps ito the house. hl'i 81. 81 ~
An, observant editor out in Washtsnaw
county, Mich, is constrained to make this
observation s'It is disgusting to see young
girls parading the streets Of a modest and un-
assuming little country villagelike Tecum-
sch or Manchester, with a k-up.behind-
wiggle-darn- -phoo-litiveness larger than they
are"
When man thinks that nobody cares for
him, and that he is alone in cold and selfish
world, he would do well to ask himself what
he has done to make anybody care for and
love him, and to warm the world with faith
aud generosity. Those who complain the
most have done the least. ...-,-..
Look always at the bright side Of things
as the cheering and iuvigorating sun does;
and then remember that content is the
mother of good discretion.
A Youthful Danbury lover who sang and
nlayed before his young lady's house
for two mortal hours, on a Friday night,
was electrified, after short pause, by cor
dial "Thank your gracefully pronounced
by the sother fellow" who appeared at the
window. ...-...'' - o., ....
During the late war yankee, in . small
gathering of friends, was urging upon their
minds the importance of at once cnlisting.
| 9 Go my friends" cried he, "fgat for your
cou,ntry-save the Union-die for it, if
necessary; for it is sweet to die for your
land. aBut," said one, if it is sweet to die
for ones country, why don't you OF? This
was poser, and for moment disconnected
him; but rallying, he declared that he,
as an individual, was not so fond Of sweet
hings."