The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1883-05-31
Brevities.
LICENSED TO 10 WHAT?

LICENSED TO 10 WHAT?
Licensed 10 make the strong man weak;
Licensed 10 lay wise man low,
Licensed n wifc's fond heart to break,
And make her children's tears to flow.
Licensed to do neighbor harm;
Licensed to kindle hate and strife;
| Licensed to nerve the robbers arm:
Licensed 10 wbet the nnrderers knife.
Licensed where peace AL, quiet dwell,
To bring disease and want and woe.
Licensed to make this world n hell,
And fit men for he'll ,1elov.
A true tonic medicine, blessing ip
every household, is Brow;i's Iron Bitters.
We had a good rain in this vicini-
ty yesterday, and all the vegetation
seems to have been beneftted by it.
The June term of Sarrt for Ker.
shaw county will conSee in Cam
den on next Monday, Judge Frazer
presiding.
Last week there VI ere 100000
young shad placed intthe Catawba
river by Assistant Fish Commission
er Huske.
There is o man in columbia who
can eat thirty-two balanas at one
sitting. He must be .elated to the
hog family.
Remember the entertainment 1t
Town Hall on next Wednesday.
There will be much PLEASURE for all
who attend.
A gambler in Baltimore has been
fined $500 and senteaced to six
months in jail for violating tho low
against gambling.
At q negro debating society in
Richland last week, it2ss'as decided
that Grant was greater general
than Washington. -
EVERY BOTTLE OF s3RINER's IN
dian Vermifuge is guarrhe!s Il to give sat-
isfac'lon if used according }, directions
A substantial railing: has been
erected around the naornd for the
Confederate Monument to protect
it from rowing cattle. i
The spring oat crop IN this Sec
ton has been seriously injured by
the drouth. Early corn has also suf>
fered good deal.
A new bridge has been built over
the Catawba River near Lancaster
in place of the one was ned away by
the recent freshet in the river.
Thus far this year tile prospect
for good crops is rather discourag-
ing. Everything in the way of
vegetation appsass=ss Hplighteds
The Columbia stol mill is in
operation in the penit Wary and is
now turning out three thousand six
hundred pairs of finished stockings
q day.
Some of the mischievous boys
around town have been practicing
bad tricks lately by taking off gates
and tearing up bridges. There is
trouble in store for some of them if
it is not stopped.
The song of the bird is now heard
in the trees; the croak of the small
frog is coming by degrees; the
scratch of the watch dog denotes
there are feas; and the twitching of
the nose betokens o sneeze.
We are requested to call the at
tention of Council to the horrible
stencil created in frontlof the mar
ket by the venders Of fish. We
trust this nuisance will be abated at
once, as there is no reason in the
world why it should be tolerated.
The ladies of the Monumental AS
sociation request that the Marshals
of the day and the Chairmen of
the different committees who are
making arrangements for the cere-
monies on June goth, meet them in
the Presbyterian Lecture Room on
June 18th.
We cannot afford to send man
a paper for two or three years upon
his promise to pay next fall. Next
fall never comes for some of them,
neither does the pay for us come.
Those who fail to get paper hero
after Chose who are in arrears) may
know the cause, and will find their
accounts in the hands of an attorney.
The Y. mark means that your sub
scription is past due and should be
paid. I