The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1873-01-16
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Natures tailoring-A potato patch.
A bad poliey-One that has expired
A powder mill-A duel with pistols.
Common scents-Musk and vsrbena.
Mr., Yell is ud-mouthed politician il
Texas.
When is Q cat like teapot When
you're teasin' it.
A Minnesota editor has organised Aipself
into brass band.
Professor Peppers principal assistant =
Mr.. Joseph Spice.
/. A Buffalo wax.work maa has worked over
the Duke of Wellington into Hsdry d. Stan.
ley.
The best preparation for hops, i tod or
two in each hill. Thsy will make The vias
fairly jump.
The Countess OF Sksnn, q Swedish hdy,
will lead, in person, sn sxpedit;ss h 6shasS
Of Dr. Livingstone.
A Providence, Rhode Island, essllsnsn
prevents his wife from scsldiag him before
folks by stealing hss false teeth.
The married ladies Of Hannibal, No., hsys
formed "Coms Home Hssband Club" Il
is about four feet long and has brush on
the end of it.
Mn. PsrtiAgton reading Of The strike of
the wire drawers, remarked: "Ah, NJ what
new tangled things won't shey wear nszt t'
A Wheeling man Is doing business 1t lie
sign Of "Homeny, besns, esaned corn, canned
buekwhsat -four, rasoos."
A guilsless Danbury man saw beautiful
chrome advertised "for fifty cents" and ssat
on the money, and received the jack felubs.
A Western editor triumphantly asolaina:
"Man shall not live BY bread alone," and then
acknowledges the receipt Of Gjss Of "old
A Connecticut dog, which had run tack
into his foot, went to the doctors oiIlss on
three legs and had the Wounded member at
Tended to.
A contest between FIVE pancake eaters took
place at Newton, NJ j., recently. The sue
cessful competitor demolished SO, and his
nearest rival go. -,
A. lady asked one Of our gsntlehaniy
bookstore clerks if he had 'Festus." mo-
replied the clerk; shut I'm afraid . boil 10
coming on the back Of my neck"
An Irishman, on being told that newly.
invented stove would save just half it, usual
fuel, replied: "Arrah, than, I'll hare txo,
and save it all, my jewel" 'r
An aristocratic New York tailor il snes.
ged in evolving suit Of clothes to consist
entirely of cravat that will wind about the
body from neck to ankle, and be fastened
with diamond pin.
A father living in Titssville, Who has
TWO or three very eourtabls girls, placed q
notice on his front door one night, which
read: "Shut down for thirty days no stove
in the parlor, and but one lamp"
A lady about to marry was warned that
her intended, although . very good man,
vas very eccentric. "Wsn," said she, "if
10 IL very unlike other men he i likely %
10 good husband"
An impudsut lawyer of New York, meet.
ng soldier with very full whisktrs, said.
4 say, my 'sar fellow, whom are you going
% put your beard on . peace footing Pr
{ Not until you place your tongue on the
,ivil list, IVES the rstort.
"I wonder wither thoss sloudss srs goingr
aid postic contributes to magazine, PEN
lively, - she pointed with her dsl;este finger
o the heavy masses that AoAted in The sky
,utside the editord's window. ~ think thsy
ire going to thunder" said the editor.
The boy that recommended few drops of
on sngar for the child Of dispute
;uds has his match in another, Who, sftsr
'uccessfally spelling "chieanery," defined it
% Be q Charge coop to raise chickens"
Physicians hear some queer diagnoses
from au,ateures sometimes. Our friend Dr..
D. was called recently to see sick man, and
upon iuquiring Of his wife how he was Affect
ID, received in reply, "Well, you zee, doc
Tor, the things what be- eats gifts sorter tangl.
cd around his heart, and he suffers awful"
A rural paper in Pennsylvania. in IN obit-
uary notice Of Forrest, says: "She was ne
YER equalled in her time by any terpsieo-
rean artist, though Bonfanti and Betty Rigi
were formidable rivals in her latter years"
These are the refreshing Western style Of