15 May 1855
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Newspaper
Camden Weekly Journal
Location
Camden, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1855
Page
1
A reflective verse fragment explores a departed beloved, the grave stillness, and memories under a southern sky. It recalls vows once whispered, the bloom of white roses, and silent scenes by streams and trees as the speaker contemplates absence and longing.
A household tale describes a house spider and a field spider clashing over a pest, with the larger spider dragging a smaller rival into a corner using web and rope techniques. A French anecdote about a cobbler’s furor over a shoe stall and a mysterious hireling follows, noting the tale’s long pedigree since the 1730s.
From Judge James’s collection this memoir recounts Col Kershaw of Camden an English merchant who settled Camden Pine Tree and built a vast trading network. He opposed British rule, faced exile and confiscation under Cornwallis and Rawdon, and returned to insolvency after the war despite earlier wealth.
The page offers fragmented vintage vignettes including moral reflections on a physician’s ethics, a boy’s admission of pinkeeping for a teacher, a violinist tale, a blind fiddler, a sermon anecdote, boat race banter, sleep complaints of an editor, stray lines by Eliza the Cook, and assorted humor notes. It reads like a 19th century miscellany with moral musings, jokes, and short verse snippets.
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