The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-06-23

Roosters crow and crows roost,
but-bangl
The serenaders were ont again |
this week. No arrests.
Camden has had her bread many |
q year, butter on her bread about |
ten years, and now she thinks Of |
putting sugar on her butter
DR., Cotton, of the towns dusky |
population, wentinto a series of iags
last Friday, and after executing a |
ghost dance behind Che livery sta
BILE on the south side, he wound up
beneath a stately oak in the sub |
urbs. Two dollars and cost was the
charge for a fancy drunk.
The absence Of loafers is not due
to the quality of gossip handed
around on the streets, but Camden
has an ordinance, don'tcherknow, |
which forbids loa6ng in the city's
Limits. In otherwords, the absence
of loafers is mainly due to the in
ferior arrangements provided for
their comfort and convenience.
IHE CHRONICLE suggests that the
town be cleaned and prepared for
the admiring eyes of the coming
teachers. Not that the city is in
bad condition, but it should be
made extra ci"a against the criti- |
cism OF such visitors. The citizens
and teachersof Camden will receive
them with hearty welcome when
they come next week.
The negro picnic at the depot
last Friday was a bowling success. |
The male portion OF the dusky as
semblage came up town early, and |
after tanking up they departed for |
the scene of revelry. At o'clock |
la hurried messenger was dispatch
ed to Sheriff Fry and Chief Flow |
ers, but the confusion calmed down |
before the arrival of the officers. |
Aside from a few bruised heads the |
affair went off nicely.
Sleepingunde cover here in mid |
summer may sound like fable, but |
it is being done every night now, |
and not a kick has been registered |
against the pleasant nights rest the
inhabitants Of Camden are reveling
in. Yes, Camden is rapidly forg |
ing to the front as desirable sum
mer resort, but the superior advan-
tages Of the town are too numerous
for us to do the subject justice in
this brief mention of facts.
1t was s o'clock in the evening,
and the moon shone softly. Phey |
were strolling slowly on the east
side Of the square, when she clutch
ed his arm and looked anxiously up
into his face.
Sweetheart" she murmured,
I'm SO afraid you'll change"
Dearest" he replied, "You'll
never find any change about me.
The new street lamps gasped fit
fully, and the silence which follow
ed was deadly.
Democrats, Republicans, Popu-
lists and Mugwumps seem to vie
with each other in an endeavor to
shove Camden along in the process
sion, and if there be few who to
say the least do not recognize to the
full extent the possibilities that are
ahead of us will open even their
eyes to the truth, and to this end
may the jar from the rumbling
wheels of the chariot containing
the heralder of the approach Of the
long-looked-for prosperity gently
arouse them to q sense Of duty as
citizens, or they may get left
A great deal Of sport is made Of
woman's inability to grasp ideas
from logical standpoint, but the
woman who wrote the following es-
say on man displayed a broad intel
lectual insight as well as an init
mate acquaintance with hersubiect:
"Man is a two-legged animal that
chews tobacco and walks on the
forked end. Most men are born.
1 never saw but one that wasn't and