The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-09-25
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| And DER our slumbering body sings,
And plants its busy little stings,
That brings the trifing, pesky things?
Mosquitoes.
Go TO Arthur's for boots and shoes.
Messrs. s. A. Arnstein & Go. are
making fne display Of their new and
elegant fall stock.
Arthur has the largest, best and only
regular stock of boots and shoes in
Camden.
Capt. Witherspoon has leased the
public scales from Council, and has
had them put in thorough repair.
Mr.. H. Ellis is opening up o huge
stock of groceries at his store down
town. and he is selling them very cheap
AS soon as DR.. Zemp announced in
the JOURNAL that he bad opened a B
cents counter, the rush began, and it
has continued ever since.
What is the best and safest prepara-
ton to turn gray hair to its natural
color, but not dyo it? Halls Vegeta>
BILE Sicilian Hair Remover.
Council is having Main street laid
with sawdust, to neutralize the clay
dust, and keep tho clerks from break
ing one Of the commandments.
The Camden train brings in and
carries out long line of freight cars at
every trip, and the overworked en-
ployees are having a hard time.
A youns farmer in our county wa
gers that he has a small patch of corn
on his place, containing three and a
half acres that will yield 325 bushels
this season.
Arnstein & Go. have erected two
lamps in front of their store, which
light up the street at night, and give
pretty set off to their attractive estab-
lishment.
Jesse Champion drove up street the
other day, with huge rattlesnake sus-
pended around his neck. 1t was dead,
and he had killed it on the road few
miles from town.
We have received large picture of
Vietoria e. Woodruff, who announces
herself q candidate for the Presidency
of the United States. Anything to
beat Grant.
The ladies of the Methodist Church
have concluded to have no ice cream
this week, in anticipation of the--sa"'C-
nox, but the suspensioais not yet 10 DO
regarded as aasa.--s'nk. -
.-1ne Peoples Bank, Of Charleston,
has suspended As is usual in such
cases, the officers ASSURE depositors that
they will get every dollar Of their
mopsy-some of these days.
George gays the reason why he has
never mastered any musical instrume ut
is because his ear is so delicately ftrung
that be shrinks from the horrible pros
psct of hearing himself practice.
Our farmers are making preparations
to PVT in large crop Of wheat and
oats this fall. 1t Is the best evidence
that our people are beginning to rise to
an appreciation Of the philosophy of
farming.
We learn that movement to put
"Piuafore" on the Camden stage bas
assumed tangible shape, and We may
soon expect to see it rendered here in
6ue style. The proceeds will 60 to the
orphans Of Gen. Hood.
Several of the mill ponds out at
Oakland have nearly gone dry. and our
friends there find difficulty in getting
their cotton ginnsd. Major Adams is
30 crowded that he has to work four"
teen days in the week.
A young map had bad fall over
the bricks IN front of Meroney's new
building Saturday night, while coming
from the postofice. One tooth was
knocked out, and he received several
bruises about the face.
The Columbia Koeman is authority
for saying that Gen. Mart Gary is EN-
gagged to a dazzling brunette Of Au-
gusta. When the "bald eagle" gets 70
be Governor. 8a hnpa ah~-~FstEne IN
tho executive mansion.
Little Zimmerman Brannon, out on
Lvnches Greek, is q wonderful cotton
picker He is but nine years old, and
last week he averaged one hundred and
thirty five pounds of cotton daily. One
day be picked one hundred and forty
eight pounds.
Just as VanOrsdell, the photography
er, had adjusted his camera and drawn
bead on flock of Camden geese tht
other day, they folded their wings and
silently marched away. And thus was
lost the golden opportunity 10 perpetu
ate OUT national birds on enduring
pastcboard.
A man out OF Stokes Bridge went t
take his family on visit the other day