The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1881-08-18

ull. CullOl -Nuo hSulAJ AioHo -
his weather prediction for this week,
for the nights have been quite cool
and pleasant.
1t is said that the new comet can
now be seen about 8 o'clock in the
morning by looking in a northeast
erly direction.
1t is now said that Redmond, the
outlawed rnoonshiner, will be tried
at the coming term of the United
States Court in Greenville.
Many thanks to friend Todd, of
the Anderson Journal, for copy of
the minutes of the last meeting of
the State Press Association.
We cannot vouch for the truth of
the report, but it is rumored that
three of our bachelors are to leave
the club for Hymen's altar in Octo-
ber next.
The poultry thief is still on the 60,
There is scarcely q night that passes
but what some of the chicken coops
in town are raided upon by the
thieving vagabonds.
Very few people have succeeded
in getting good stands of turnips.
There is little insect that destroys
the young plant as soon as it breaks
through the ground.
Several wagons loaded with
peaches made their appearance in
town last week.. Prices were high
though-$2 per bushel. However,
they me, with ready sale.
as tas' f:s ss5aFday a. base, II =
gn5roKsss, of Cedar CreeK, and the
Farmer Boys, of Beulah, the Cher
okees won by score of 81 to IL.
We return many thanks to Mr..
Hugh Wilson, of the Press and Ba"-
ner, for a copy of his address before
the last annual meeting of the State
Press Association of South Carolina.
What has become of oil the fox
hounds that our sportsmen around
here used to boast of? It is seldom
we hear Of fox hunting in this vicin-
ity now, and the foxes are on the
increase.
"Td laugh, if I should fall and
break my neck" jestingly remarked
James Maloney, Of Tappin, N. Y,
while in the act of descending from q
tall pear tree. The next moment ne
lay upon the ground, with his neck
broken, but he didn't laugh.
A gentleman from West Wateree
saws it is q mistake about the foxes
pulling down and eating the green
corn over that way. A mistake, for
the simple reason that there is no
corn over there, the drouth having
killed it all ont.
Hands plowing cotton while others
are picking it is one of the novelties
of this season. Cause.-The grass
that should have been hoed out
when the cotton plant was young
did not come up until after the recent
rains. and it has to be worked out
now.
Is the bridge over Lynches river
at Tillers Ferry to be abandoned
entirely? If not, the people of that
section would like to see some efforts
made al repairing or rebuilding it.
They experience great many incon-
veniences by being unable to cross
there.
Persons wLo are in the habit Of
keeping their mouths open should
take warning from the following
item: "a hornet flew into the mouth
of a negro girl in New Jersy recently
| and StunS ner Ill Gue unioho 60
swallowed it. 1t was with difficulty
that her life was saved"
Incivility and arrogance towards
interiors are the most glaring indlca'
tons of vulgarity and snobhishness
People who are accustomed to re
fined surroundings are courteous to
all classes, and it is very easy to de-
tect the difference between those
s,born to the purple. and those who
have merely acquired it.
Texas has anew law making 1t g
misdeameanor to injure baggage by
handling it "maliclously, carelessly'
or recklessy." We hopo THAT q, sim
liar law will soon be passed by every
State in the Union, for the manner
in which trunks are thrown around
and wilfully smashed up is a shame
in any civilized country, and should