The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-06-19
From TilleI'S Ferry.

IF We hain't went and tuck" and gnuc
ard done it. We lad picnic to-dav,
the 18th lay Of June, 4 D., 1879.
We are t"us part GUAR b. caLsc y"u
know it will have TO 90 IN next years
almanac as remarkable event" At
an rariv hour previous anil af:or~aras,
there miyht have hr"n son assembling
At Or. A.rwooI's mineral snriD". old
mn. yonng men nidGl" aged mrn. old
ladies. middle ag' d laiies, young ladies.
and vas; crowd of some sizablc boys
aud girls. They came in wagons. carts,
car,ia iaecs. buegics, horse back, mule
back. foot back and in every other style.
They came the big reads. little roads.
hog paths, through the fields. and, like
thr Niger went to heaven. "tro' de
woods" a1d finally they ill got there
And such "howdyin" around Pretty
soon it became known that Capt. Clarke,
Of Cnlnd n, l&i been invited and vas
pr,scrt. and was going to make
spe. ch. In due time the Captain was
introduced, and for about thirty min
pss he made the turkey lDups rise and
Four h,s.r .s+a.l-r->-o-a o-a-~r--irs-p
firth burst after burst Of rloqupnce
with that earpast, f'ryid voi2c, and ip
that particularly graceful and happy
stylr SO nccular 10 him We knew
btror" that the Captain was an excel.
lent orator. hut Oh this occasion he ex-
caIi4d hin; -elf. Selah! After The ad-
dr"ss. dinner was announced. ar" excuse
US Will" W" pause to utter tear at the
recollection of how that grub departed
hence The table was spread in beau
tiful grove, and was literally loaded
with everything eatahle, from a corn
dodger up And it came to pass that
after all had been eastronomically salts
fed. there We're gathered up several
baskets, boxes, buckets, pans. trays
walters and bundles OF fragments. Then
the crowd disposed themselves into
groups according to age, &c, to enjoy
themselves some to whirl through the
dizzy mazss of the dance. some to spin
yarns, talk of the "crapS" and the n"ws
of the day. and SON" wer" arranged in
.roups Of two to, to-well don know
what fur, unless they we're "ndearoring
to organize joius stock companies for
the purpose, of "raising Cain" aud
,hus the afternoon pass-d away. We
saw Captain Clarke tripping his fans
tasric toe to the tun" Of Molly put the
Kettle on" We heard Que Of ,h' pr"t.
test and sweetest young ladies say what
a piry she CapiYin WAS married man
-aiii Il he wasn't, E"'a soon be, if she
could Fave her way We arr glai 10
say thar the Captain 81 'emcd to enjoy
hims. If. He has added hN,ts to the
nuut'rr Of his ALREADY numerous friends
aui aimir.rs in this s.'r:inu The
ien.tEcnng shadows suon waroc2 Us
thai il was tln.c to bic hone, aud W
hicl aud 50 reaAetl rhr chantrr
Tha, young ;nan we repnrtcd as nrt-
mr. <tr"ngrly. ~ getting w'Tsc. II"
>tict, to tat l'g "y"il;r' h""'; clos r
than ever. and is always mnt'c''ng
som, tb ,ue ahou' dc .t;tct0 and dc .jarc,
and ahru asked what It means ha says:
. Oh, thar has rcferu tn the maun"r
in which the furts sh'n!d b. explained
tn th" jry" 1t is rrpur'ed hat he
said to young laly At the picnic. I'll
hav. thee. if thou wilt ard they say
she wited.
"Eustcrn KcrShaw" puts on tone Of
injured innocence, and accuses US and
others of miscons:ruiug his language,
and then asks US tn tell something
about the Fishing dcnominari"n" of
which We spoke. Now if that is not
we never saw ONE. We
never said a word about any fishing
We said We had heard
that "there were certain denominations
who sometimes repaired to mill ponds
for the purpose of performing some of
their ceremonies" but did not know
they lad trken TO carrying their fishing
poles" No, Z X, it WAS you who in
mo breath enlarged upon the Chris
t'auity Of your neighhorhood and the
almost miraculous growth Of church
herein, and in the n. 1t tell US that
hey ulI went fishing "a Sunday So if |