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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-06-09

thcr's family used to do with the advice
of a physician in six years. But one day
when my wife told me she thought it
would be well to weigh our food before
we eat it, lest we should eat too much or
too little, and that ,Sancuorjous advised it
for good reasons, got such disgust to
our scheme that resolved gradually to
abandon it. am now convinced of the
truth of Il saying Of a rational medical
writer, 'onc or more things must happen
to every human body--to live temperate
ly, to use exercise, to take physic, or be
sick And l am pretty certain that if L
and my family persevere in the two for
mcr courses, we need not be in danger of
the two last"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-06-09
A AFRICA

What q wonderful continent it is, thus
rounded, smooth-shored Africa; known
from the earliest dawn Of time, yet SO un-
known; the granary Of nations, yet ster-
lie and fruitless as the sea; swarming with
life, yet dazzling the eyes of the Moon
men with its vast tracts of glittering
sand. North America, first seen but the
other day, has been probed .fiom end to
end; its gallant and restive Philips, Pom
taics, 3Eecumthes, and Montezumas have
been bridled and broken by the white
man; but Africa has sent no Cortez, nor
even a De Soto or La Sale, "wringing fa-
yors from fate" as Santa Anna has it.
Some solitary Mungo Park, or faithful
Lander, or persevering Burckhardt, alone
has tried to read the secret of the moth
er Of civilization, the gray-haired Africa
Ii we seek a land Of romance and mys-
terry what quarter of the globe can com
pare with that chsbolds the pyramids;
the giant Theban temples, on one roof of
which clusters a modern village, the
solemn, hewn mountain cliff of Sphinx:
the ruins Of Carthage; the Nile, with it's
hidden sources; the Niger, with its un-
known outlot; the heaven bearing Atlas;
the dimly seen mountains of the moon?
There Joseph, rose roinontic lIy to be
the ruler of millions; theke Moses, float
ing in his cradle, is saved, S. the purest
spirit of romance, by a kings daughter,
and, like the hero Of some earlier chival-
Hry Arthur and Merlin ii one, breaks the
the bonds Of his people and Pounds anew
and mighty nation: there was the home.
of Dido, Of Hannibal, the scene Of Scipio's
triunphs, Jugurtha's CRIMES; there lived
.Ttutulian, Athanasius and Augustine;
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SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE.
The New Orleans Picavune saws.

We notice with pleasure the increas
ing number of cotton factories springine
up in the South. We have already q
goodly number scattered through North
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Missis-
slppi, and hear of others in contempla-
ton. In this laudable work we saw s,qo
ahead p =
We notice neat little enterprise irs
the manufacture Of our greatsstapie, ssas
stated in the Natchez Courier:
The Mississippi Manufacturing Com
pany at Dfaine Mills, Choctaw county
is now IN, successful operation, Welding q :
large dividend 1t has now 500 spindles
IN operation, which consume daiiv 500
pounds of spun thread. The cost of the
cotton consumed every day is $l5, other
expenses $40, making in all $50. The
manufactured article sells readily at 25
cents, making the wholc product Of tho
'splndlcs s56 per day What a splendid
myestnent.
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'Got any fodder?'
'Yes-fodder!'

j eS-)Ouuer!
Move haint got any,
'This is had,' thought I--'my poor
horse-I viii have to turn him loose, and |
L might rs we'll tie him up | continued
to reflect, as on looking around / could
not see blade of grass within the cir
cut of mile. 4 had best hitch him
to the post-take a hurried snack, and
ride on to the next house-but first let
me see what they can give me.
All the time / was occupied with
these reflections, the three men had re-
manned silent and motionless, except
when one or the other of them would
raise his hand and bring it down with a
smart slap over his cheek, or along his
thigh, or behind his ear, as though one
and all of them had been afflicted with
the malady of st. Yitus.
! Il was, at first, startled with these de-
monstrations, but upon little reflection,
| / perceived that my saturnine friends
were only killing mosquitoes.
Have you got any ham and eggs"
asked, at length.
Got any ham and eggs?' echoed tho
original speaker, with an emphasis, tina
clearly betokened surprise.
+ 'Yes-ham and eggs repeated /.
< Move haint got any
q 3 "a pity thought II was fond Q
: ham and eggs; have you got any chick
$ ems, then?'
n 'Chickens?'
:, yes, said 1, chickens
e Move haint got any chickens, neer
l. chicken
II well, have you got any meat?'
l. Got any meat?'
IL 'Yes-any sort of meat-beef, por
mutton, or Xe2ecovered, one feiiJara-l
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hungry. y
Move haint got any
Have you any bread, then?' =
ANY bread?'
y. Yes, bread-a piece of lead and a
glass Of watel-that, top>nungry man.
Move haint eerho bread
well, my frieSS have you got any
thing to eat ofany kind?
'AnvtbnsCo eat of any kind?'
anything Pm as hungry as a
wolf3
NO, we haint got nothing to eat of
neery kind
well. old fellow, will you tell me how
the devil you do here, any how?'
Very well, thank ye, stronger, how
de yer deo, yerself?'
q gave a violent wrench at the bride
which brought my horse round like a
pivot, and digging the spurs into his
sides, | headed him at the road. But
the poor beast did not need any driving;
for, whether he had been satisfied by
his own inspection of the place, or wheth-
er he had understood the conversation,
ne broke into desperate gallop, and did
not stop until we had reached the top of a
long hill Here / had the curiosity to
turn round in the saddle, and look back;
and, to my astonishment, the three men
were still seated Just as / had left them;
and | really believe that they ore sitting
there to this day!--Ndyne Reds neW
soork, War Lit6.'
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-06-09
LETTER TO COUNTRY GIRLS,

Tor careful to wear srnr-oLn
serve her complexion, you say she is
"proud and stuck up" But it is YOU
who are proud. You have an idea You
look well enough at any rate. So you
just make yourself as rough and coarse
as ever you can, by way of being indie
pendent. Your hands grow as stiff and
hard as if you held plough and swung
ascythe, and when you take a needle
you can scarcely feel it in your fingers.
This is wrong. There are many things
which women ought to do, which require
their hands to be soft and plable, and
they should be careful to keep them SO.
IN order to make them useful Every
woman who lives in the country should
knit herself pair of woolen gloves, with
long fingers closed at the tops-not mits
to let the fingers get hard. There should
be piece of ribbed work at the wrists to
make them stay on. When you use
your hoe, rake or broom, put on your
gloves-when you take hold of skillet,
pot, or kettle handle, take cloth to keep
your hands from being hardened. When
you wash clothes or dishes, do not have
wafer SO hot as to feel unpleasant. Many
girls scald their hands until they can put
them into water almost boiling. Such
hands are unfit to use a needle or pin.
I'Ihey are not so good to hold baby or
dress a wound. Take care of your
hands, and do not forget your faces.
have seen many country girls who at six
teen had compilations like alabaster, and
at twenty-six their faces would look like
a runnet bag that had hung six weeks in
the chimney corner.
One reason of this is, they do not wear
a bonnet to protect them from the sun.
Another reason is, the habit of baking
their faces before a wood fire. have
seen women stand before great roastr. /,
tre and cook, u-.til thought their brains
were as well stewed as chickens and
they would get so used to it that they
would make no attempt to shield their
heads from the heat. Nay, they would
sit down in the evening and bake their
faces by the hour: and this is oneof the
reasons why American w,nuen grow old.
withered and wrinkled fifteen years be.
fore their time. But another and the
greatest reasonis, your diet. People in
this country live too well and eat too
much hot bread and meat. Country
people usually eat richer food than those
who live in the cities, and that is reason
why, with all their fresh am. their average
age is little greater than that of city
folks. Thousands of beautiful, bloomin1
country girls, make old saIlow faced wo.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-06-09

and divers Others Of ofHGn, Gl,.'S oNDD ,D,r, 49,
My wife spent all the time she coTU,l S1U.
spare from the economy of her household
in studying them, and as soon as NV
store was shut up in the evening, | edi-
lied myself with few receipts from nv
Dispensatory.
"As soon as spring arrived my dear
wife informed me that she found il posi-
lively enjoined by some of our writer's
that we must swallow large dose of
cream of tartar and birthstone, to be ta-
ken every evening for three weeks, in
molasses this the whole family complied
with first myself, who, being the head
OF the family, [ reckon first my wife,
my brother Dick, who lives with me, my
son and my daughter, my negro boy, and
the servant maid. This cure we ali went
through to the entire satisfaction of nv
wife, who had the pleasure to find her
medicine had the desired effect.
"Soon after this the contagion of read
ing medical books spread through all my
family, and scarce day passed but some
OF them made use of some medicine or
other. My poor brother Dick, after he
had permission to read my books, had ac-
CURED detected countenance, the cause
OF which / could not conceive. At last
he broke silence: Brother, said he, (sup-
posing that had read more than himself J
feel my pulse; think | have too much
blood had not l. better get bled? you
know that if too much gets into the head
itsproduccs apoplexy: the symptoms of
Its appearance, says Buchan, are Yemar-
kable rcdness in the face, and YOU see
that is exactly the case with me. could
not but laugh at him he was indeed red
in the face, but such redness as indicated
the very offspring of health. Our maid,
from an education at a country school,
had learned to read ;she earnestly reques-
ted her mistress to lend hera doctor book
to read on Sunday afternoon. This reas-
enable request was granted; but, poor
creature beng not of the fairest com
plexlon in the world, she in little while
became quite low spirited, and finding
my wife and me alone one evening she
came in, and ventured to express herself
thus: La |! mistress; 1 am concerned and
afraid shall get the yellow iaunders, as
begin to look yellow in the face De-
cency prevented my smiling for awhile,
but when she had left the room could
not but enjoy a laugh, My negro boy
is always eating roasted onions fora cold,
but as he cannot read, he has luckily es-
capped every other disorder. One night
as we were about going to bed my wife
desired me in the most serious manner
that if she should ever be taken with a
locked jaw that should rub her Jaw with
musk, as she was convinced, from com.
pairing her arguments of variety of au.
thors, that this was the best remedy. /
told her there was no danger OF such an
event, as / had Dir, Cullen's " ord for it
that it seldom attacked females indeed,
4 am convinced that a lock jawed lady IS
s'o,'o ayis IN terris.
Hitherto our family medicines were
psed5 with confidence and satisfaction Oh
all sides, till / considered one day that
our family, without doctor, had ectist:rn.
ed more medicine in ore year thar my fse
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-06-09
nocr.oRs' BILLS.

The folly of dabbling in medicine is
very pleasantly hit off in the following
humorous piece:
"About four years ago was happily
married to very prudent lady, and, be-
ing of the same disposition myself, we
made very prudent couple. Some time
after our marriage my wife told me that
doctors bills were very high, and as we
could not always expect to be free from
disease, she thought it best to purchase
some doctors books, 'and thus, said she
with smile, we can steal their trade at
once This agreed to, and made it my
particular business to attend all auctions
of books, in order to buy medical books
at the lowest rate. In fine, in less than
twelve months had bought couple of
'Dispensatories, Buchan's Family Physi-
cian, two or three trcatises on the art OF
preserving health, by different authors
seven treatises on the diseases of children
H. Also, SUGAR, coSSFfRns, ns's09htsst 0hGsat.n note ;5
r.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-06-09

the romance of the Moors dwslt there;
the last breath of the sainted Louis of
France was drawn there; and but a year
has elapsed since the last shout of the
latest hero of romance, Abd-el-Kader,
came family across the Atlantic.
Africa is the home of the leviathan,
the behemoth, the unicorn, the giraffe,
the slight antelope, scarce bigger than a
cat, the earth-shalsing elephant, the unac-
countable lion, the all conqucring buffalo.
1t is the home too, of the mysterious
negro races, races yet lying dormant, in
the germ.
The Past, Present, and Future Of Afri-
ca arc alike wrapped in mystery Who
can tell us the childhood of dark -browed
Egypt, square-shouldered and encrgetic9
Jartharge, the England of the old worlds
ruler, has not even romancing Livy,
still less an unwearicd Niebuhr, to ex-
plain her rise, and untangle the mysteries
Of her constitution. OF all the vast in
terror, the Abyssianias and Sondons,
what do we know more than the Punic
merchants, who, like us, dealt there, Ia
king slaves; ivory, and gold?
LETTER TO COUNTRY GIRLS
Mrs Swisshelm, in late number of th'
Saturday Visiter," has the following let
ter to country girls. She talks "righ
1 out" to them: H.
You know I said that / could quilt al
most as fast as two of you. The reaso
is, I take care of my hands. One hal
of you are to proud to do this. Yo
y would not be caught putting q gloy
on to sweep, or hoe, or weed in I'll
garden, because you think it would loo
as if you wanted to be fine ladies.
K, you see any one take care of her hand
m it-, - S.i,sot-dy or -----,.,r bonnet to Or
.s:ol tho Continent of Europe az Der sasv t AZ
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-06-09
ODD-FELLOWSHIP
IS 1T WAS AND AS 1T is.

AS H WAS AND Ao II AS'
The great difference that is seen be-
tween the Odd-Fellowship of to-day, and
that of thirty years ago, cannot but strike
all who reflect upon it as most notable
fact. The many and great dangers
through which the Order has past during
the last quarter of a century, the new
features it has developed, the new capa-
bilities for good il has revealed and is
constantly revealing arc proofs that it
originated in providcntial design. The
first Odd Fellows were blind Instruments
in the hands of heaven; the humble arti-
sans who laid the foundation Of a glorious
temple; without knowing its object or de-
sign.
At first, Odd Fellowship presented as
poets decidedly Objectionable and immor-
al. 1t relieved many of the painful ne
cessities of life, it is true; but its moral
{ influence was entirely bad. Among the
by laws of Lodges of the first period we
find the following: eff any of the mem
bers think proper to meet with the officers
I on q Sunday evening, they are at liberty
- of by everNyiiiateed they pay for their owl
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-06-09

to do So 'pft9s,4f Free Dealer, after the
liquor, and come in thfroms msjtbbifiefS.e tbif eafs.e
In the bylaws of another Lodge the
following appears: zone pint of beer
shall be allowed to each brother on at
tending committee ofthis Lodge. Any
member sleeping, eating, swearing, sing
ing an indecent or political song, or civ
ing an indecent recitation, or betting wa
gers during Lodge hours, shall be fined
not less than than onc3shilling."
Now let one compare with the above.
the bylaws of our Order as it is to-day,
and see the immense progress it has made,
Even the most bitter opponents Of the,
Order do not bring any charges of in i'
morality against 1t, or express any fear at y
all ON this ground. On the contrary, il
is acknowledged ON all hands that its inb
huence is conservative of morality that
all its rules and obligations in this direc.
tlon are as strict as those of the Church,
Its true there arc bad men in the Or
der, and pity it is that it is true. But if
knavlsh Judases cannot be kept out of the
sacred pale of the Holy Church, how can
it be expected that Odd Fellowship. n
PNiNiJ oSNsAoi i'iotilutlOll, Gun De Tree OF
them?
The Order now asserts, and positively
insists upon every virtue, and denounccs
III earnest and indignant tones every vice:
while it seeks to relieve temporal suffer
ing and to meet many of the cruel per-
plexities and Inconvenience of life, it aims
to make men more moral, more fraternal.
more benevolent, and more upright. 1t
is worthy, therefore, the good will and
support of all good men. The humble
ness and obscurity of its origin, nor the
Objectionable attributes it at first exhibit
ed, should be remembered to its preiu-
dice. 1t is enough for us to know that
it has outgrowp them all and in this we
see an eyidence4hat divine and redeem
ing idea is enshrifisd within it, which will
shine more purely and brightly through
all the future, or until its great destiny
shall have been fulfilled Gazette and
Rule.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-06-09

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The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1849-11-08

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Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1849-03-16
a Buffalo Stampede.

FROM "ReLASD cAsHELL, by CHARLES LEvER
1T ekaRccd that some years ago THAI |
made one of hunting party into the Rocky
Mountains, and finally as far as Pueblo
SaHto, de last sl&tioa before entering the
hunting grounds of the Camaches, very
fierce tribe, and one with whom all the
American Traders hare failed To establish
any relations of Friendship or eoma4eree.-
They care nothing for the inventions of civ
Iizatios, and, anlke all other Indians, pre-
fer their own bows and arrows TO firearms.
I'VE had been noay four days within
their boundary, and yet sever met one 0l the
tribe. Some, averred thatthey always learn
ed by the scouts wheucverany invasion look
place, and retired, ill they were in sufficient
force tie crush the ietruders. Others, who
proved better Informed, said that they were
hunting in remote tract several days
Journey distant. We were doUbiy Gisap-
pointed, for besides not seeing Tee Canaan
chcs, for which we had great curiosity,
we did not discover any game. he Two
or three trails we followed led To n"thlng-
nor could hoof-track to be seen ksr miles
and miles on the prairie. In this state OF dis
comfilure, we were sllu9g one evening
around our fires and debating with ourselves
whether to tura back or go on. when tho
dispute waxing warm between those o
different opinions, |, who hated all disa
greements of the kind. slipped quietly away
and throwing the bride on my horse.
selouifcr a solitary ramble over lhe prairie
II have tie whole scene before the hi
instant. The solemn desolaiion OF that dreary
track For scarcely had gone mile eve
what seemed to be a perfectly level PLAIN
when the swelling inequalities OF The groun
shut eul the watciIfres of my companions
and now there was nothing 10 be seen bu
the vast expanss cfland and sky, each co
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1849-03-16

UNCERTAINTY MADE CERTAIN Attorney Cen
eral Brown gives il as his opinion, that the Legs
Is;gse have constitutional power to organize sep
araie Supreme Court We respect tne opinion OF
Mr.. Brown Jest as much as we should any ones
who was as good Judge Of the constitution as he
Is aud no more The sooner the people d'sablse
themselves Of the notion that none but LAWYERS can
understand and interpret a plan document the bet
ter. the constitution and laws cant be nnde'
stood, j; is the lawyers fault for they have IN.
moulding ofthem. Legality is a part oil Inc lF'''
" that governs this country Medicine ana DiVh
lty complete the ,riaugle.-Free Democrat
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1849-03-16

Why SHALL WAR DEvoUR Our SUB
srANcE!-Dr. Lee asks abe following very
pointed and sensible question:
"When will the cultivators OF American
soil instruct their Representatives IN Con
gress to vote Que dollar TO teach the arts OF
peace and science and agriculture TO The
young men of the Republic, where they
now vote thousands 10 instruct them IN the
art Of shedding human blood by violence
or the science Of war;"
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1849-03-16

SENATEs may be cery useful. But how
does it happen that while they hardly ever
defeat = bad iaw--witness the annexation of
Texas-they are aluost sure to defeat
GOOD one-witness tie Homestead Exemp-
ton lay, which has just passed the House
in New York, and been defeated by the
Senate. Senates should either be made to
consist Of discreet ladies, or they should be
abolished. Men who have grown grey IN
iniquity are unfit to be Senators. Give US
Senate Of ma.rons. whose daughters ara
big enough TO take care Of themselves.