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^ W:^ . " ' ^ ^ "^>7? <- - - -j- -A - ' * - ?*^?? ^ VOLUME 29. CAMDEN", SOUTH-CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 3. 1870. NUMBER 29. i ? jfcl: ac crnvmifp | -en A -o.-Nyr-Ff!T??! MISCELLANY. jo - it From the Western Horn#. How Johnny got a Christmas ia< Turkey. t0( BY HARRY E. GILLETTE. ha "Johnny, what in the world are you Da crying so for?" "Why ma, you know to-morrow is yj, Christmast and Fred Shaw says everybody must have a turkey on Christmas, jni and we aiot agoing to- have any. Oh pe dear! oh dear !" S0) Now Johnny,"don't cry about that; ac Fred Shaw told you a wrong story, bu when he said everybody must have a tur- all key. Besides all that we going to have a nice bread pudding, with raisins iu it, 0w and some mashed potatoes, which you vrc like so well." go ' Well, that aint turkey, is it?" said Tohnnv. lookiuir reproachfully at his Va " """ ' O C ? y mother. iii< Of course not, but tlico it is almost 8tr as good, and a turkey would cost a dollar or more, aud you know we must asl uot spend so much money. I will give you a whole dime in the moruing, to spend as you like." it! The thought of having a whole dime all his own, soon dried his tears, for let on me tell you, Johnny's mother was a poor widow, consequently Juhuny never had many dimes. p()< "Now, Johnny," said Mrs. Folders, tui after Johnny had dried his tears, "you can go out and play awhile, but don't coi be gone very long." as Johnny took his cap and scarf down from the peg, (Johnny was very order- Fy ly boy,) and rushed out of the house in high glee; to enjoy the fuo of catching Ch rides on passing sleigl.s, as otfly boys of Fr eight and ten know how to enjoy. , After Johnny had rode and run till ofi "* ~Tie was somewhat tired, he stoped in < front of a largo confectiouary shi-p, an< gaziag in at the nice thiugs so tempt- < lingly di-plnyed, and wondering what am he had best bay with his dime on the thy morrow. So intent was his gaze in the n < shop, that he had never once saw the 1 big fat uian who wore a tall bat and I<\, huge over-shoes, hurrying down street, at as if his life was to stake; and Lecamsc < he was so large, and Johnny so small, ny and he didn't see liirn, till he had trip 1 ped Johnny entirely eff his feet with wa one of his big over shoes, and laid him sprallingon the pavement. Assoon as f0i ho saw wh it he had doDe, he turned 0f round, and helped Johnny to his feet clo Asking him, "did I hurt you much my fur little man?" Johnny answered with a faint "No sir," but seeing tears in his eyes the big man reached bis baud in str his pocket, and pulled out 6ve cents clr and gave him, ar>d hurried on fasti r Pn thau ever, as if to uiake up lost time. 8er J oh nny stood looking after him as he hurried, wondering if lie ever got cold, af^ when he thought he saw something fall str Irom his pocket. Johnny rushed after 'ca hint as fast as his legs 10 ild carry lrim; or when he reached the spot he found it an( to be a curious little bundle of red and 'ori green papers; thinking it might be something valuable, he hastened on as fast he could, hoping to overtake the cal man, but soon saw him euter a large be building, which Johnny thought wai a P? bank. we Johnny hurried up to the door, and was just going to enter, when he saw ^ printed iu large letters ou the door: ^cc 'No admittance except on buisiness." ar< Johnny was afraid to go in, so he waited ^ outside, to see if some oue wouldn't . come out soon. He had Dot long to V1J wait, for soon the great door opened, ^as and out stepped the very man he was looking for, looking pale and frighten- firi ed. He was about hurryiDg off in the H; same direction he had come, when Jo Johnny interruoted with, "Please sir, de did you drop this? I thought I saw it M fall from your pocket." res The man looked around quite sharp, kn '.txti? a i:..l 9 V., " >v OBI is lit uiy 111 LIU ujuu ; uujrvu nau? more money ?" foi "Ob, sir;" said JohnDj, coloring, J? "here is something you dropped. Where did you find it?" he asked catching ly Johnny by the hand. I saw you drop it on the sidewalk, and thinking it might be something you might want, I W{ ran after you j I have been waiting for th u to come ont, so that 1 might givi to you." "You have done bravely my littli 3, a:.d you shall be rewarded." Hi jk a dollar out of his wallet, an< nding it to Johnny, asked him hi me "Jonathan Folders, sir." "Well, Johnny, you may hear frori ; again." With these words he stepped bacl to the building, leaving Johnny in t rfecf state of bewilderment. Hi jn became conscious however, he hat lollar all his own, and Chat dollar woulc y the thing he wautcd the;most o others, namely, a big fat turkey. A few minutes later, Johnny wai ncr of the wished-for turkey, ant iut trudging home as fast as he coulc He was entering the gate to his owr rd, as Fred Shaw was coming out o: 5 gate ou the opposite sidtj of the eet. -y "Hj! John ! what have you there?' ied Fred. "A turkey," said John proudly. " \ turkey ! who would have thoughj Oh, I i-ce now, Johnny, that turkcj ist have beeu brother or sister to the c old Job u ed to own." ' Why 7" asked Johnny. * "Simply because it is so confounded nr. Oh. vou iustoujrht to see oui key, its three times as fat as that." "I don't believe it Fred Shaw, there aldn't be a turkey three times as fai this," said J ibtiny eyeing his prize. "Johnuy, Johnny," called Mrs. lders from the door, "Come in." "Goo I night, I wish you a merry ristmas over your poor turkey," said rd. Johnny's only aoswer was the slam the gate, and rushed iuLt^tJiflJtouiie. 'Why, Jonathan Folders! Where 1 how did you get that turkey ?" "Down town, mother, down town,*" 1 Johnny broke, into a wild dance it would have done credit to a Shaw} brave. "How? when? where?' said Mrs ldcrs, looking first at Johnny, then the turkey. "Why, jou see, mother," said Juhu, and he told her all the s'ory. "I think," said his mother, "the man s Mr. Williams, the banker." Johnny awoke curly next morning ar.d ind by hid bedside a nice new pair skates, a new sled and new suit ol tlics. Thus was Johnny rewarded his houesty. The Dvino Never Weft.?It is a iking fact-the dying never weep. The ele of sobbing, agonized hcar'8 around oT o duces not a tear. Is it that he is inisiblc and si iff already in the chill ol solution? That cannot be, for lit ;s for his father's hand, as if to gain ength in the mortal struggle, and ns on the breast of mother, brother sisters, with s ill conscious affection; i just before expiring, at eve, after a ig day's converse with the Angle ol Summons, he says to his oldest bro,*r?the last audible good night ol th?"Kiss 1110?kiss me !" It must because the dying have reached a iut too deep for earthly crying and cping. They are face to face witli jher and holier beings, with the Fa er in Heaven, and his angel throng I on by the Son himself; and whai 3 the griefs of a morning, tears of j ing farewell?be it that they art ed by the dearest on earth?in thai lion bright of immortal life and ever ting reunion The death of another member of the m of the great slandering house ol lrper Brothers is aunounced. Mr seph Wesley Harper died at his rcsi nee iu New York on Monday morning r. Harper conducted the literary cor ipondeuce of the houso, and was wel own to authors in this country anc iropc. The only two surviving of th( ir brothers vh> f^uided the firm ar< hn and Fletcher Harper. An absconding wife is thus pathctical appealed to in a "Personal" column ane, jour absence will ruin all. Thinl jour children, jour parents, jour bus nd. Keturu, return; all maj jet bi ill. At anj rate, enclose the kej o e cupboard where the gin is." ' e Struck Dead Gambling. The number of persons who hav e died suddenly in gambling houses i e this city during the past year bos bee 3 remarkable. At 17 Ann street is s gambling hell, kept by a man generall known among the fraternity as "Uocl 1 John." One night, about six montl since, a young man dressed in th i height of fashion, with gold watch an x diamond pin and rings, entered an i began to gamble. He was unlucky, an 1 rapidly lost his money; then he stake i his watch, and that, too, followed hi f money. His diamond pin was nes risked, and still fortune was agaim | * ? mi? v. r 3 Dim. J HUD J1U IUU& IIUUI ma ungvi 1 beautiful solitaire diamond?and fo I which he was allowed dtre-hwdred do larsu And now he won. Fortuo i seemed to have changed and wassmilin ? ? f upon him. Evory bet he made he woo ; until his "stack of checks" was large thajj that held by the "bank." ' Suddenly his'head dropped-forwar on the table and he was dead. Of course r immediately all wna excitement an I coniusion around the table, dnrinj r which "Uncle John" quietly raked i ! : the checks aud closed the bank, am 1 *>?? u:?ie eft nnr tucreoy saviug ihluscu vyc* yu,wv which, the dead man had won. On th I inside of the ring was engraved th dead man's name. Ho was a young irtfc ' of good family*, and was to have tk*e : married next week. Ilia friends wer notified and took the body away, and i was given out that he had died sudden ly of heart disease while reading a pape at home. Far distant from this was th case of the poor devil who died in gambling hell in East Broadway, a shot i time aff>^ lie was one of the "rega l i?M " For twenty-vnam ho fmd boo i a constant hahifue of faro banks.? When he commenced, he was doiu a goad business, had a happy wife, an i was iri a fair way to fortune; when h died ho was a vagrant and outcast? his wife died of a broken heart Ion; ag11, his children had grown up in mi: i cry and vice, and he had no friends i the whole gr^at city, where he one bad hundreds c f them. The Coronc was noti&cd, an inquest was held, an verdict rendered that lie, too, had ?lic of lu-art disease, but do effurt wa made to conceal the fact of where h died. Ho had no wealthy friends o influential politicians to "see" the Cot 1 ouer aud press and "fix" things. N i one was harmed by the fact that IleDr Pettibone died suddenly in a fourth-rat 1 gambling hell in East Broadway. There have been at least half a doze other sudden deaths in faro banks i this city during the past year, to sa nothing of three who have coinmitte ' | suicide there. " Cor. PlatUburg Republican. , On Wednesday, Kith inst., Arnol Jackson arrested John Brown who ha t been dodging the officers of the law fo p these many mouths. When this sabl , official got his hand upon Juhu he sub f mittcd at once to fate, and asked th ; privilege of going by home to get soiu i clothes?a request, which, under th | circumstances wasreadily granted. Bu , John Brown of Back Swamp is a nia . of resources an i proved a little too muc ( for his ebony captor. While he wa t changing his clothes, a woman c tin , out of the house, walked through th , posse and went away. After allowin I John good time to get ready, the off . cials got impatient and went in to but ry him in his preparations; but non a inventus Johannes ! The bird was flown ' Arnold may comfort himself that he i not the first constable that ever lost prisoner in that way by a good deal. Marion Crescnt. 3 imot says tiosa uiiUDgs, ongnauy e cam fram NorWa, and I wish they had n origiowy stade thar. Tha are about az d unkallM for az a pane in the back. * a Tha cawbe. domesticated dreadful eazy; y that far az gittia in cubboards aod j e catin cl*es, and knawin pie is coDcera. ^ is The way to domesticate them that c I ereftejw, is to surround them gently ] d with Mteel trap j you kan reczuQ with j d themWVgreat advantage. Itats arc ] d migraUjHouB; they migrate whenever j d tha hayb a mind tew. Pizen is also ^ is good for raiej it softens thair whole ] :t moral natures. Cats hate rats, and rats j it hate calSj ^nd who don't? ( a I suppose there iz between 50 and 60 ] >r million ffiifiita in America?I quote en- i I- tirely fr0u> memory?and I don't sap- ^ o pose thero iz a single necessary rat in the g whole lot. This shows at a glance how ( i, many waste oats there iz. Eats enhance ] r in nnuJ&S faster than shos pegs do by macbiffije? One pare of healthy rai Biz ] d all that;^:ny man wants tu start the rat s, biziuess fith, and in ninety daze, withd out entyVmtlay, he will begin ta hay ] g rata?ria tjurnoph.' n R.a(s vit^red from enny platform yu d build.' art nnsDcakable cussid. ~ r. \ '? Plaint Oobn I?A word to farmers | 0 before the-crops are so "pitched" as to e crowd ont corn! Not one man in ten ] n makes enough corn, ^nd not one in a n hundred bps a sufficiency of small grain, 6 and none raise enough grass. Until 1 small grain and, the grasses are more '* liberally cultivated, the wants of tho r country demand a great deal more corn. > It is a mistaken idea that cotton plant6 ing, to the /Oxclusiou of grain crops, is a the ujo^t pftfitable system of farming. 1 The luen jut*this section who have made . [* most farming are those who "tfave rnS^^wm^w'bswn. They not , only furnished cotton planters with ? those indispcnsihle articles, but fie- ; ^ quentlyheld mortgages o?'their lands i u for money loaned them! One fact of this sort fs worth a peck => of theories. If you would prosper, '* plant corn, sow small grain and culti- ] 0 vate the grasses. After these things l c arc done, devote tho remainder of your r time and labor to the productiou of j ^ cotton, and whatever it brings can be invested in railroad or factory stock, or '* loaned to cotton planters at high rates c What does it profit a man to make a 1 r thousand bales of cotton, if it takes all ( tho surplus after paying for labor and 0 fertilizers, to purchase corn, bacon and i ? other supplies which ought to have been ' c made at home ??Athens Watchman. ' n When Daniel Webster and his bro- < ther Ezekicl were together, they had y frequent literary disputes; and on ooc ' j occasion, after they had retired to bed, f they entered into a squabble about a , c rtain passage in oue of their school f books, and having risen to examine the ^ authorities in their possession, they set ^ their bedclothes on fire, and nearly de- ] ,r stroyed their father's dwelling. On e being questioned the next morning in regard to the accident, Daniel remarked, e that "they were in pursuit of light, but e got more than they wanted." e What Becomes of Old Shoes.? t . A contemporary answers this question ^ by stating that they are cut up in small [ pieces, and these are put for a couple of 1 days in chloride of Bulphur, whioh ' makes the leather very hard and brittle. " 1 1 After this is effected, the material is , or ^ ^ J .r washed with water, dried, ground to powder, and mixed with some subsf.a^ ^ which makes the particles adhere to- ' , gether, as sheHac, good glue, or thick ' , solution of gum. It is then pressed . ^ into moufds and shaped into combs, I buttons, knife-handles, and many other ' articles. It iv J. R. Pickett.?The-Chester correspondent of the Yorkvillo Enquirer, says : "The many friends of this popular and able Methodist divine, will be pained to learn that he is rapidly giving way under the infirmities of the 1 1 U/* ?a n^liufAi) arifVi Y\nrn1t*aia af UUUJf> X1C 13 iUUIUHi'A *T iWU ^U1 U t j uiu V* j tlic ri^ht sidi, and so severe is it at < times as to cause bis friends the most, ' alarm. When spoken to on the subject. of death, his invariable reply is: "Tell " , t me not bow a man bas died, but rather tell me how he has lived." t IlililQb Vf DVUBiiruiiui Charleston, Sept. 16, 1869. 3N and after THURSDAY, Septem- Ii jcr 16tb, the Trains of the S. C. R. R. will run as follows: DAY PASSENGER. . Leave Charleston 8.80 A.' M. ]J irrive at Augusta 4.45 P. M. ^ Leave Charleston 8.30 A. M. irrive at Columbia 4.40 P. M. Leave Augusta 8.00 A. M. Arrive at Charleston , 4.00 P. M. Leave Columbia 7.45 A. M. ' irrive at Charleston 4.00 P M. JAM DEN AND COLUMBIA?PASSENGER. Leave Camden 6.35 A. M. irrive at Columbia 11.00 A. M. 4 Leave Columbia 1.45 A. M. I irrive at Camden 6.00 P. M. I Rates of freight on Cotton from Camlen to New York, Philadelphia and Saltimore by Steamers: . 2 pothale from Camden to New York $ 5.25 " " " Philadelphia 4.25 ri " " " Baltimore 3.50 H. T. PEAK-E, Gen. Snpt. P' Jas. Jones, Agent. Sept 16. tf. CHAMPION \ . COTTON PLANTER! 1 Pateatefl liy J. Price, Jai 38, 1866. GOLD MEDAL Awarded at the Southern New Orleans . Fair, February, 1867: J HAVING TAKEN rhe First Premium Over Eleven Different Machines on Bxhibi- T tion; * THE * OUAMDIHM Dl AMTCD onnmi iuii i i_nn i lii -j Has bceo gotten np with a Fall Knowing rifOnftnn Planting, ?nd liwUn.. pronounced The Best Planter in Use. [t will do the w6ik, aod excels all oth- , srs heretofore iutroduccd for the following reasons-: 1st. It has an Iron Cutter which Dpens the score. , 2nd. It is fed from Two Hoppers by means of an Inverse Cylinder, thus planting One Row. 3d. It drops the Seed with Regularity, sowing it aloDg the score much better thau it can be done by Hand. 4th. It covers the Seed Lightly or Heavily, as Desired. ] 5th. Tho quantity of seed sown is regulated -by slides in tho Hoppers. 6th. The operator can at all times j see the seed falling to the ground. 7th. It can be thrown out of gear in \ second, preventing the seed from falling while turning at the head lauds, or driving from one field to another G Every Cctton grower should have p ONE or MORE of these Machines. o The cost of the Machine is a trifle tl compared with its value. a Having secured the right for Kerihaw District for the above Machine, ivc arc prepared to fill orders for the tame. 5 One of the Machines will be on exhiaiton on SATURDAY next, and the mblic are invited to witness its practi- p sal operation. : D. L. DeSAUSSURE & CO. Jan. 27. tf J CAMPSEN MILLS FLOUR RECEIVED THE J 1st Premium at the So. Ca. State Fair in Columbia, 18G9. rhe undersigned offer to their country rriends and the public in general a -u..: j rr.nni? ^(lUIUUilliU pUIU U1 llt'iu Ui JL J J \S \J J* I We have on hand and are grinding ^ laity a full supply of choice Family Extra & Super Flour. X ALSO .Northern and Western Flour at lowest Market price. C Corn, Oats and Hay. p >,000 Bushels Prime White Corn. J ?,000 " ' Oats. F 500 Bales Prime Eastern and N. ! River Hay. JOHNCAMPSEN &CO, Charleston, S. C. J Dec. 16. 3m. C BOUTS AND SHOES, c LADIES, and Gentlemen's BOOTS Q and SHOES, of all qualities, and ]f superior make and finish. For sale j ]i low, by i C JAMES JONES. I . C Onion Sets. & Fur Pale by HODGSON <fc DUNLAP. 11 " 6*^'m ncrease your Cropa and iniprova you Soil by using PH(E^IX OUAHO, mported by us direct from the Phoenix ' Islands, South Pacific Ocean, Wilcox, Gibbs A Co.*i 1ANIPULATED GUANO, repaTed at Savartnah. Ga., and Char leston, S. C.. which has proved in soil thc^best Manure in use. FOR SALE BT WILCOX, GIBBS & CO, s Importers <? Dealers in EUANOS. 0 BAY STREET SAVANNAH OA. 4 EAsST BAY STREET, CHARLESTON 41 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA Ga.. Also, by Agent. For further particulars, address aa abova fo rcular, or subscribe to Southern Agricohul 1. st, published by W. C. Macmurphy A Co. Augusta and Savannah, Ga', at the low ice ot 25c per annum. We also keep Pure No. 1'Peruvian Guano, ' Dissolved Bonee, " Land Plaster. Dec. 2. 4m VEW FALL GOODS. M'IUA? A T.n Xr ItTTFUnV Offer to the public a CHOICE YABIETY OF 'ALL & WINTER GOODS, Embracing , Every Tiling Jusually found in a Retail Store, which they will sell at rHE LOWEST FIGURES For ? CASH, ' " ' .* ' Or in exchange for COUNTRY, PRODUCE. They invite particular attention to he following specialties: Ladies Dress Goods, Fancy Goods, Trimmings, N Hardware, Crockery, Glass Ware, Boots and Shoes, . Hats and Caps, ^fiadv-madfi Dlothinrf &c. &c. &c. &c. # , Feeliug satisfied that our Stock of, Soods is equal to any other bouse, in rices and styles, we respectfully invite Id customers and friends to examine he same, and to bring along with them 11 their neighbors and friends v Mcdonald & mccurry. Oct. 7. * tf Smoked Beef, Smoked Tongues, 'ickled Tongues, Fulton Market Beef, &c., list received and for sale by D. L. DeSAUSSURE, & CO. SUGAR CURED HAMS. I A A Very Choice SUGAR CURED LUUhAMS. Just received, and for Sale by D. L. DeSAUSSURE, & Co. COOKING WINES. 'ruit, Dried Frufts, Preserves, Jellies, Nuts, Candies, &c. IADKRIA, CHERK\ and TENERIFFE WINES, in Bottles and on Draught, for Cooking Purposes, 'ranges, Apples and Coconuts, itron, Figs, Prunes and Currants. RESERVES?A ssor te d. ELLIES?Assorted. Inglish Walnuts, Butter Nuts, Fiberta and Pecan Nuts. For Sale by D. L. DeSAUSSURE, & CO. 3UTTER, HAMS, &e. Ihoice Goshen Butter. rery Superior Sugar Cured Hams. Ihoice Java uud Laguiru and Rio Coffee. Irushed, Clarified and Raw Sugars, all grades. Ixtra Choice Syrup and Molasses. Ihoice Factory Chceso. Mckles plain and in Mustard, lolenion's genuine English Mustard, :c., ic. P. L. DeSAUSSURE, 4 CO. Pec. 23. tf,