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Scmi-tUccliln Cmnfrcn Journal. : VOT TtMF. 2. ~~ CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA SEPTEMBER 16, ^ UMBER 73 THE CAMDEN JOURNAL j PUBLISHED BV THOMAS J. IVARRG,\. ?' - I THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL a Is published at Three Dollars and Fifty Cents, if paid in 6 advance, or Four Dollars if payment is delaved for three rr months. ? THE WEEKLY JOURNAL s< Is published at Two Dollars if paid in tdvance, or Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, if payment Is delayed for Six H months, and Three Dollars, if not paid until the end of the q year. ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the following c rates: For one square (14 lines or less) in the semi-weekly, W one dollar for the first, and twenty-five cents for each r| ^ subsequent insertion. W In the weekly, seventy-five rents per square for the first, 51 and thirty-fwven and a-half cents for each subsequent in- ti sertion Single insertions one dollar per square. The number of insertions desired, and the edition to c be published in, must be noted on the margin of all ndver- g tisements. or they will be inserted semi-weekly until or- p, dered to he discontinued, ami charged accordingly. . Semi-monthly, monthly and quarterly advertisements tl charged the same as for a single insertion. r< IKTAll communications by mail must be post-paid to ! tsecure attention. 11 u to ^mmmm> i I From the South Carolinian. P To John S. Preston. jt] *?'1' " Tho tone and temper ot your late correspon- p dcnce with portions of your fellow-citizens, in a different parts of the State, which you have i j( chosen to make yours by adoption, on the all tl absorbing political question, at this time occupy- v ing the public ruina, to an extent without a 0 parallel, have struck some of its readers, at least, j, with eoual sumrise and mortification. Whilst t1 this fact is indisputable, however, the estab- J t, lished and honorable liberality of our people, b which no one, I am sure, Is more ready to a applaud than yourself, will restrain them from f visiting you with any harshness of retort, and fj will induce them to ascribe the fanltiness of ^ your style, and the occasional severity of your |( epithets, rather to the inexpericuce of your pen and the novelty of your position, not long be- 0 come that of a candidate lor popular favor, than ;( to wanton discourtesy or superciliousness. They 1 will unanimously acquit you of any such allcga- t] tion, come from what quarter it may, and as a they have heretofore treated you with all v kindness and consideration, as a neighbor and private gentleman,?so now that you have been n lw fhntr sono'llt bv VOU onlv n m the most legitimate aua honorable methods, 0 in a public position, and that you have been n brought before them with the same proprieties v on your part, for still higher advancement, they a will assuredly, tor the future, continue to esteem w you for your excellent private virtues, as well a as lor your useful and commanding talents; w % as and if unhappily, in this time of perilous ;l and alarming public trial,win n the hearts of all j. are moved to their profoundest depths in view 1, of the dark and stormy future any portion or 1, party of your fellow-citizens should be compell- f ed to hold opinion* concerning the public policy a or tho public safety, at variance with your own, t they are resolved to give utterance to these r opinions, in language of the most dareful cour- ji tesy, ami only sufficiently stroug to indicate t their perfect sincerity and independence.? ii They are not a little stimulated to this elevated s demeanor towardsyou, by feelings of commenda- 1 ble delicacy, for they are aware of the fact that c you are only the son of South Carolina by rnlnp- \> tion, and tuat the contrulliug interest of your f, vast property, which is in a distant State, might u subject you to unworthy imputations in tho a excitement of party warfare ; nud whilst the tl writer may take occasion to allude to this e circumstance again before he closes, still it shall lj be done in strict accordance with what lie has p here laid down as the guiding spirit of his pen. 1 0 And when it is remembered that your distin- j p guished family was reprsentcd with unsurpassed j r devotion, eloquence and ability in the most j n searching crisis through which the State has ! c passed since the cstablishmcntof her sovereignty I & - * i-r.j i? c? ?i I _ when mat sovereignty was iricu ua uy mc, auu $ that that representative stood a giant by the si side of giants, in the foremost ranks of her t< defenders, a sublime personification of courage b and of prtriotism, against none who bear its si , name, will her people tolerate unjust acctisa- h tion or ungenerous vituperation. They under- g stand too, and appreciate the allusion you make w iu one of your letters, which will come under b review, in which you decline to attend a public 1? meeting, when you express your regret that w " engagements will prevent you from availing y, yourself of the opportunity of meeting the citi- n: zens of a district having peculiar claims to your u regard."?-Tho. revolutionary battle ground of w King's Mountain is within the limits of the hi District of York. There patriots and heroes w fought, and bled, and fell, and amongst them ai ? ana by an means the least glorious, was your w maternal ancestor, Col. William Campbell, w whose memory is embalmed in our hearts for- hi ever; and at this day, your illustrious relative, tc who is still spared to us, and who bears his name, tl is cherished by us with affection, and is regarded to with* feeling near akiu to veneration. Whilst it our people then, are now, as they have ever at been, inflexibly devoted to their political faith, w and are jealous of its integrity to such a <le- m gree aa will permit of no encroachments what- te ever upon it, even by the most gifted or the iu moot favored: and whilst their genius is so tl tolerant and forbearing as to provoke unwilling g. commendations from their opponents, yet, nci- is ther the gorgeousnessof external circumstances a< nor the splendor of eloquence, nor imposing tl names, though illustrated by great taleuta, can ai seduce them from the path ot honorable duty, so or swerve them a hair from their allegiance to in great and cherished priueiplcs. Such being ol the character of the people amongst whom you qi nave cnosen to cast your lot, abounding as they ly do, at the same time, in all charitable and for- <p girio? jpipulses, in unalterable devotion of >u principles, and a proud consciousness of therr se virtue, intelligence and independence, you are th not likely to bo defiled or degraded by answer- m ig any interrogatories they may deem it their uty to propound, as to your opinions on olitical questions involving nothing less than le existence and liberty of the commonwealth. rou need not apprehend that to enter into an rgument with them or any portion of them ven the most humble, on questions of such rave import, will confer upon you a " loathnue notoriety," it will elevate you rather in our own proper estimate of yourself, and laguify you perhaps, not a little, in the genral consideration.?They are a people who an very well perceive how one of their number ho had been prefered and honored above the est, either accidentally or by reason of his aperior merit, might suffer pain and mortificaon on discovering that his views of public \ vils, and of there proper remedies, were repu- 1 nant to those of a respectable portion of his I ountrymen, and how an argument with them, ius arising, might cause true and heart-felt 3gret. 13ut how a public candidate, or a pub nnnlr] nnrnnrn ft C lUUUUUlJttlJ, ill IUW VUUIW *. loathsome notoriety," they are not able to crceive Your claim to the merit " of modesty in all J liings relating to public matters in this community," has never been controverted, that is ublicly known, by any man, or by any party; nd the haste with which you seemed so anxHis, in your letter of the 14th Aug., to a porion of your fellow-citizens, of Richland, to indicate yourself from the charge of tl unduly r offensively thrusting yourself forward" by i itcrrogating them on that point, in advance of lie allegation, might, if they chose to resort i a a very slight perversion of your meaning,, e construed as eelf-acusatory Their dignity,. nd their sincerity, however, alike protect you j rom such self-condemnation and themselves , rom perpetrating an act of such injustice to- ! ards their fellow-citizens. Nor is it known ' 3-any portion, or party, of this State, that a ! isposition prevails to " aitccJiise" you in any j ffi nsive sense, concerning your political opin-; )ns which " have so often been expressed" .U v-ubcgxiu^v;^ in iuu ovucv. ui uimvu ^uu i^iupiuj lit; term, is to interrogate impertinently, or 1 rrogantly and by way of censure or ridicule, ! rithout a right, on the part of the intcrroga- 1 or to do so. It is hoped that such is not the ' leaning you intend to convey in the use of the ] ihrase; if it be, however, it is assuming a right n your part to occupy a platform as a public nan, unapproachable by your fellow-citizens rho have confided to you a high public trust, nd by whom you are seeking to be clothed rith still more imposing dignities* Generous nd liberal as they are known to be, and as you ill admit them to be, this is the assumption of privilege to which they cannot submit, as it decidedly ni war with a right on their part, y which they firmly and sternly stand, as they ave always stood, the right to be fully and rankly informed as to the political principles nd policy of those who place themselves in he attitude of seeking political trusts. This iirht, they hold to be a fundamental right, ly-! ug at the foundation of popular government, he least denial of which is dangerous, every uvasion of which is delinquency, and whose abvorsion would he fatal to all true liberty. ou impure ' wny you snouiu dc pumieiy 1 atecbisodIf bv this you meant to ask rhy your fellow-citizens did not seek the iitmnntion to which they felt themselves to be niiucstiouably entitled in a more private way, s by private interviews, as you seem to inmate, lie answer is that tiicy sought it in the mode which long and uninterrupted usage had estabslied and consecrated, aud against the perfect ropricty of which no fellow-citizen of theirs, ither occupying, or seeking to occupy any ublic trust whatever had ever been known to ebel, and which obviously found favor origi-; ally because of its conformity with the radi-' al principles controlling the relation of rcpre- i entative and constituent under our repuliean jrstem of government. It is to be deplored, ir, that you should have regarded it essential ) the complete discharge of what you have een pleased to denominate a " duty to yourjlf," to impeach the authority of such a timeonored custom, inestimably prized by the rcat popular heart of South Carolina, and hose sanctity she had thought no son of hcr's orn upon her soill, or having formed tnat re. ition voluntarily,, under her Constitution, ould ever have denied or invaded. Until c o i i j iL.i a /? r r>u renisca w ao so, mat portion 01 your im- i icdiatc fellow-citizens whom you have termed catechiscrs " will certainly believe that you 9 ill, on reflection, withdraw tlio cpibet, as P astily and unworthily applied, and that you a ill yield obedience at once to the tubstantial J3 ad salutary principles of true democracy, 11 liich, until your disavowal shall appear' they c ill be reluctantly compelled to regard you as- r iviug sneered, and repudiated. Nor are they ? > be driven from this belief, notwithstanding 11 ley are aware that you have not been educa- ^ d in the great " Democratic School" of polics, and entertain, for some of its teachings, * least, that contempt which is inculcated by * hat, in the estimate of some, is a loftier and ore commanding creed, whose practices bett become a magnificent and splendid governeut. They are the more desirous, too, that leir expectation in this respect should be v latified tor the reason that your publio career s but just iu its dawn, for the conduct of which, :cordiug to sound a;.d acceptable doctrines, r iey feel a solicitude commensurate with an t "dent personal friendship and the substantial s ilidity as well as brilliancy of your moral and s tcllectual endowments. They wouid not s her wise have approached you with their in- ii ilriov II..,I I...,, nnt li.lt sinccrulv and deeD- a anxious to retail) your rare powers of elo- a fence, your very exalted abilities and Eeul in f ipport of tlio colors under which they had s ippoaed you were enlisted, and undar which 1 ey were doing battle at his mo.st grave and I omerjtous juncture of aflair?, no idle curiosi- r y or pragmatic impulse would have induced hem to disturb your repose, or to interfere vith the complacency of your thoughts and lopes. The idea of useless annoyance was far from heir minds when they addressed you. It is rue, they had personal feelings to gratify; but hose personal feelings were all warmly favorable to your individual as well as political advancement, and nothing could have conferred ipon them greater happiness ilian to have been ible to contribute their modicum of influence :o the accomplishment of both, could they have lone so consistently with their views of the ust policy and honor of the State. At the nomcnt they took the step they did, they were lot conscious, nor are they yet conscious, after lie perusal of your reply, and after the reflec- \ ion to which it gave rise, of having been acted i m bv anv motive, or bv any power contrary to hese feelings, or of having in view the promo- ; :ion of any man or men, as you seem to insin-1 late, who were ambitious to fill your place, un- I ler the belief that it could be " more worthily illcd by themselves." Certainly and inanifesty, it was unjust and ungenerous that such an Imputation should have been hinted by you, af- i ler they had plainly avowed their object in ad- j Iressing you, on the face of their letter. No, i ?ir, It was their uneasiness (and as it has unfortunately turned out, that uneasiness was too i [veil founded^ as to your present party con- [ acction, to winch your Barnwell letter most nat- ; irally gave rise, whose doctrines to them appeared to be palpably incompatible with your ipproval of the resolutions of the Richland "southern Rights Association of the 22d of March last, and your repeated, strong and pointed declarations, which alone induce them wli UpLil c4 UUilt'OpUUUCUUC VT1LU JrUUUU iwc ouir ect. It is true, in according to you sincerely ind justly high powers of mind, which they ivere anxious to keep engaged on their side of :he present great contest which is being waged n the State, they did not intend to admit their lid was absolutely essential to their triumph in t ; nor that the humble agency of other citisens, their true political friends, would not lvail them as eflectually as? would your more ittractive and dashing qualities. They felt hat it would be indelicate to institute a comparison between your endowments as a statesnan, admitted to be distinguished, and those if others, who might be induced to serve them, ind whose position had never rendered cquivo 2ul, and it suffices them now, to know, after four very unexpected and regretted loss, that here are not wantiner cither talents, eloquence. jr patriotism in the Congressional District, on which a call may be made at the proper time and in the proper lbrm, to accept the vastly important trust of Delegates to the Southern : Congress. No position or party of your fel- i low-citizens can, with truth or propriety, de- ! aounce such a determination as the result of u party ranjc," or as indicative of a harsh and : unjustifiable spirit of proscription. It is well ' expected that a gentleman of your intelligence J ind understanding would he able readily to command language wholly unobajectionple, and , especially unequivocally expressive of the real ; causes which have led to the corresponehce j under review ; anc to employ the terms " party rage," " blind fury,1' ,' first victim to be im- i inolated," and the like, may subject you to ' the suspicion (of course erroneous) of a design to court popular favor by appeals to gen- 1 crous natures to save you from the rod of the j persecutor, belbre its inflictions had been 1 threatened. Doubtless, sir, " words are grave things,' and the expression of " regret" for i confessed " inaptitude in their use," is to be commended for its modes/y and frankness, and must bo received as the amplest apology you jan make for their very inappropriate introluction. But, the truth is, the public caunot 5e persuaded that any one is more capable ban yourself of discriminatiug at once beween a just and houcst conviction of an euightencd trecman, that the opinions of an nstirant for public distinction are repugnant to he general good, and that therefore he cannot :onsent to advance him, and the passions of a nan " led by the influence of party rage," locking " victims for immolation" and which vill not be " satiated with one poor offering." rhe one is to be recomendcd and lauded as a vorthy depository of the invaluable franchise f suffrage, altogether safe as a component >art of the great body politic ; whilst the othir belongs to the category of the odious proeriptionist, whose ignorant bigotry is ever dan;erous to the ascendency of txne merit, and .vailable, enlightened qualities in the public onncfls. Pardon us, if wc disclaim belongng to the latter, and believe that we are sinere when wc declare that neither " party age," nor " blind fury," nor the wantonness f proscription, nor the desire of " victims for minolation, lends us or drives us; but true i levotion to the best iuterests of our State. Shortly, the writer will invite your attention i o some furthe comments on your recent epis- j les in perhaps a more important aspect. Palmetto. THE STORM IN FLORIDA. The Floridian 1ms a long account of the storm vhoso effects were more disastrous than in this ection. It says: 'Oil Friday evening last a lurid and threat- I ling horizon attracted universal attention in own, and the wentherwise prognosticated a torm. About six o'clock there was a violent quail from the Southeast, and a tremendous bower. In a little while the squall ceased, but t continued to rain copiously all the night, till ibout five Saturday morning. Commencing igain at 8 1-2, the wind also began to rise rom the Eastward, the horizon to thicken up? cuds to fly and every sign to betoken "a blow." rherain poureddownliterallintor.rents.withon^occasional slight intermissions, till about sunise on Saturday morning. By twelve o'clock, S --I - - noon, on Saturday, the wind had veered to the Southeast and was blowing a gale. At one, the tree9 began to give way?at two, still veering Southward, the blasts were rapidly increasing in violence, and worse evidently coming. From three to six or half past, the cry was 'stand from under.' Tall forest oaks were uprooted or rudely snapped asunder?China trees stood no chance?fences were prostrated?tin roofing peeled up like paper?roofs torn up?brickbats flying?and altogether such a general scatteration taking place as is not often seen: From six to ten o'clock there was no increase in the force of the gale, but, if anything, an abatement. Fron ten to two it piped up again and blew "great guns." The night was too dark to note the mischief in progress, except as it happened jnstaiouud one; but the howling, hissing, whistling, moaning and groaning of the blasts were very welll calculated to excite lively apprekoitoiAn r\C nranoro 1 le 11 on ""We are glad to hear that all are safe at the Light House, and that the house and premises have suffered no material damage. The breakwater is caried away in two places, hut the damage is supposed not to exceed $1,500. "There wiro besides the keeper's family some six or eight visitors at the Light House. They had, of course, a most anxious and alarming time, till about ten o'clock Saturday night, when the veeri g of the wind a little to the westward permitted the water to recede, and they returned to the keeper's house. Daring the hight of the gale and sea, the Light House shook to its lowest stone, and the terror and discomfort of the fugitives was generally increased by the forcing in of the iron door, and the spray dashing up into the structure. THE HIDDEN TREASURE-A FAIRY TALE. BV MBS. T P. SMITII "A fairy tile, O mother!" exclaimed several little voices at once, as Mrs. J. tooK her seat at the accustomed hour, to tell the children a story. "Now, mother, do tell us a fairy tale, every body says they are the most entertaining, and yon know when Cousin M. sent Mary Howitt's fairy tales, she said fairy tales were quite fashionable." "Well," said the mother, "I had as lief tell a fairy tale as any other, but first tell me what you think is the meaning of "fairy," One replied, "beautiful being," another "did not know:" but the eldest boy said he thought fairies were "imaginary beings." Taking that for a definition, his mother then began the fairy tale called Tnr. HIDDEN TRF.ASt'KE. One evening, as a poor man and his wife, ...! 4 I. ? r\m tiv nltil/1 enn tirnpo 01H in?f *1 f tLn W1141 11%'U ?l o?A VUUUIVII) OKin?j5 ?? mv ! tJnor of their cottage, one of the children said, "O, father how poor we aro! I do wish a good fairy would conn* and tell us where we might find a great treasure. I gueses I would not sit all day idle any more, and have so little to eat." No sooner said than done, a beautiful woman, with radiant countenance, stood before them, who said, Little hoy, I heard your wish, and if you will obey my directions, you may find a great treasure." Then,turning to the man she said, "A treasure lies hid in your grounds; if you will seek for it, you will find, and may haw it; it is not more than three feet from the surface either, begin to-morrow to die for it." She then went away. The children clnpped their hands for joy, and the man and his wife could hardly credit their ears that they had really heard such a thing; for they were very poor indeed; though the man had a large tract of land, it was uncultivated, yielded nothing, barely sufficient pasturage for a poor cow, which afforded them almost the; only sure nourishment they had. They were poor, idle, discontented people,and the children half starved; so to be sure they were glad enough to hear the fairy's words, and could hardly wait till the next morning to begin to dig. They were up with the sun; those that could get shovels dug with them, those dint could not, worked with their hands. In n fews days they had dug a considerable of a place over, and several times they thought they had come upon the treasure, but it was only stones' they went 011 so for several weeks, but had not found the treasure. One night, as they sa: at the door, the beautiful fairy again appeared. "Well," said she, "you havn't found the treasure yet! No matter, dig away, you'll find, it some lime or other; meantime, Mr. Goodman, you must not let these litlle folks strive; get same corji, throw into the patch you have dug, and have some corn growing. I'll eonio again by and by? dig away, you'll find the treasure;' so she went away. "That's n capital idea,"said the father, (Goodman ) "I'll get some corn, and plant there tomorrow." So he did, and as thev dug for the treasure, it pleased them to sec how soon the corn sprung up, and ripened, and what a crop they had ; and the cornstalks made nice food for the cow, too. The mother dug for the treasure, sometimes, and having become accustomed to it, they all accomplished together quite a large piece in a short time; and soon the good fairy appeared again. She said "she knew they had not found the treasure yet, but she was ntraid the young childron had become tired of digging, and she thought tnev nau oei- j ter go into the woods, and get some wild strawberries, and put into the last piece they had dug; it was just the place to make strawberries very largo, and it would please them ; but dig on, said she, 3*00 will certainly find the treasure yet; so the next day, the children went and brought home baskets of strawberry roots, and planted a nice bed of them; then they dug away for the treasure. One dny they dug a terrible hard piece of tho land, and had to pull up some old treestumps nnd stones, &c., round a large cherry tree behind the house, and they wore very tired. Thnt night a traveller came thnt way, and had - to stop there over night, they live^ so far from any other bouse. As they had no barn, he | tied his horse to this cherry tree, and gave bim j his oats out of a bag he brought on bis back. The traveller went away next mprning, but in a few days they found that the oats the horse had spilled and scattered had sprung up iu the nicely.dug ground, and they had a little field of oats! This pleased Mr. Goodman very much, and when the good fairy next appeared he tohi her of it. "Oh, ves," she said, "it would be a good plan to plant something in each .place as . you dig it?she said next tithtf sheicame she ! would bring some seeds for them.^ So they had ; another object for which to dig beside the finding of the treasure?to see the things growing. She was as good as her word, and brought the seeds, and thev had dug so well they could plant a great many melons and other nice things which they never had beforo in their, lives; and the soil was so good, and had been so riicely dug and turned over for the treasure, that ^the ! iilnntc crrowt er? rnrwltu and linonpil sn sivnh. I i s r-~v> "I"-.? ? that the next time she came she told them they had better stop digging a while, just til! they , could take care of the oats, strawberries, mel: ons, and otherthings. They had eaten as much ' of them as they wanted all the season, and | sold some to the neare*t houses, and now ,\jr. Goodman said they would go next week to the nearest market-town with the rest So they went. The market people said the strawberries were the largest they had ever seen, and their melons brought the highest price; and the mother surprised them all by showing a cheese sBe had made from the milk of their cowi which bad yieleded twice as much, having had better feed, the three youngest children had carried each two baskets of strawberries, (the baskets they ! made of iwillow twigs,) while the elder ones i and their father were loaded with melons, pears, i beans, corn, dec. and when they had sold tfjern | and come out of the town on their, way home, a | happier family, was never seen. They all had a handful ofmoney they earned themselves! W^cn they got home tffey sat round a table, and ppV ^ -II ?L?:_ u sHF uiig Hit turn iijuut'j upvn it out luvmug wonder and joy. They had never seen so mac}* in all their lives before: they were gp pleased, they had quiet forgotton the treasure they had dug so hard and so long for, tijl the fair^.^Lt her head in at the door. , . 0*.' 1 ' How beautiful your farra loolts!" said she, "and your cherry tree will bear bushels of nice cherries next seAson,.h<hv you have dug away all those stones and stumps from the roots.' Sle ; how long it is branching out! and' ttrh*l!ha#e I you here!" looking on the table;- "Motl?V! j silver! dollars! Ah!" said she, "Did I- notiiU l you there was n hidden incisure in your ground, that you irould certainly find, if you dug for ift this heap of money is the least part of the treaf* ure you have found by digging. . Mvwn iiw?* ucaiwuj ^uu nil na?c uc^winR how indu-trious and useful your children have become?ho?v hopelul and happy j*ou all are! Look at your farm now, where was nothing I but stumps and stones before you dug, is now. ; a garden and fields! Yes, you have found more | than one treasure?and, now, should you like ! to know my name? -I am called "Industry, or ! the Poor Man's Fairy.' I alwaj'8. know and tell where a treasure is, to all?children even, if they will listen to my voice and woijis; adieu, adiotr," and she kissed her hand^pd disappeared, leaving them still looking at the treasure they had found. . ? * The children thought this was such a nice fairy talc, and called 60 clamoufsl}* for another, that Mrs. S. told them she would think of another for the next evening, and if thd young folks who read this like it, she will write the next down for them to read in the Rejlector an?> Watchman. ! "Are sisters Sal and Nance resources PaT' j "No, my son, why do you ask that question?'' "Because I heard Uncle Josh say if you ! would only husband your resources that you'd i get along a great deal better tliAii you do, that's : *11. Pn '' - - . ,*po "Jemima, my dear, ain't there something the j matter with our child. I fear that ell ain^t I right with the poor dear thing. Do sed, tfiy ; dear.'' - 1 . !? ?V >>i' SC*"?? I , Spoken like a True. Woman.?At the Woman's Rights Convention at Akron, Pa., somesingular things were said and some qnite sen. sibie ones. A .young lady spoke as follows: f "For her part, 6he loved man, individually and collectively, better than women, and so, she was sure did every one of her sex, if they like her would utter their true sentimonts. She was more anxious for man's elevation and im| provement than for woman's, and so was every j true woman." 03r It is a well known fact that sweet thingB ! spoil the teeth; hence the early decay of ladle's teeth is accounted for?Cause: the sweetness of ther lips. A frieud at our elbow says that this is not the cnse, for it is notorious that those ladies that scold most are sure to lose their teeth first. +**1 i >? ' ' * ' * % " '* (?r To discover how many idle men there arc in a town, set two dog9 to fighting. It 1 never fails to draw 'em all out. '. ^ ,n.4> Now gentlemen, you see the enemy ? 'I hey i are ready to advance upon vou. Remember that ten thousand spectators witness us from yonder hills. Your mothers - your aistors look upon the field; and here comes the enemy. Let us run and protect them. I'm off! ? ?; *?j ..;sH "Tom, did'nt you sign the pledge " said an old acquaintance ot? seeing 1%m take a smash. "Why, yes," said Tom, "but yon knowsigns fail in a dry time."