Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-09-22


pid. Men say, with a shrug, sAny. body
could liase told YOU that flour would fall, >
Il never knew such season That tobacco
WAS not down. 4 am surprised that you
held on so long, pork was certain to be
fiat sAsehild might have known that
oats would not continue at that price.
Let the, quotations show, Il rise for some
time, aud fortunes fayofitcs meet quick
salcwiti, large advance, and the wiscacres,
with a knowing wink, will tell you, Il al
ways thought thntyoung man was smart.
'Hc always seemed to have turn for
business 4 told you. that individual
would make a fortune. SO ways The
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The WIrh's INrLrENcE on nEn HTS.
nAND's FoRrcNE.~-A woman has her
husband fortunes in herpowcr because
she MAJ. OF she may not, ns she plcascs,
conform to his circumstances. This is
her first duty, and it ought TO bc her
pride, No passion for luxury or display
ought fora moment 10 tempt her to devi-
ate in the lcnst degree from this line of
conduct She will find her respectable
ty in it. Any other course is wrctchcd-
ness ITSELF and inevitably leads TO ruin
Nothing can be more miserable than the
struggle to keep up appearance. If it
could succerdit would costmore than it
is worth; as it never can, its failure in
wolves the experimentation Some
oc tlo s,,lI,,,,,.+ o,.l,;L;,;o,,c &c ,,,,,,.,,
virtue have been made by women, who
have been precipitated suddenly from
wealth and splcncor 70 absolute want.
Then mans fortunes are in n manner
in the hands of his wife, inasmuch as his
own power of cxcrtion depends on her.
His moral strength is inconceivably in
creased by her sympathy, her counsel,
her aid She can aid him immensely by
relieving him of every care which she is
capable of taking upon herself His
own ewn employments are usually such
as to require bis whole time and his
whole mind a good wifcwill never suf-
fer her husbands attention TO be distract
ed by dctails,to which her own time and
talents arc adequate. If she be prompted
by true affection and good sense, she will
perceive when his spirits arc loInc down
and overwhelmed. She Of al hGman
beings, can best minister TO It's needs. y
Forthe sick soul her nursing is quite as
sovereign, as it is for corpoycal ills. If
it be weary, in her assiduity i; finds re-
pose and refreshment. Ifit lie hawnsscd
and worn TO morbid irlitGli!itv, her
gentle tones steal over it with a soothing
more potent than the most cyauisitc
music. IF every enterprise hcc lead, and
hope itself almost cxtirg guished, her pa.
tienco and forttudc have tloypowcr to
lekiniio themin the heart, and he again
goes forth to renew the encounter with
the tolls end troubles of life.
DEATH OF CAMPBELL, THE PoEr.-A
writcrin the North British Review gives
a touching description of the closing scene
of Campbell's earthly career q contcm-
porary well remarks that, to utter the
printed in italics below, furnish
cs the best commentary upon the putty
OF the life he had spent:
con the 10th he was able to converse
more freely but his strength had become
more reduced, and on being assisted to
change his posture, he fell back in the
bed inscnsiblc Conversation was cari-
ed on iii The room in whispers; and Camp
bell uttered a few sentences so unconncc-
ted, that his friends were doubtful whrth-
cr he was conscious or not of what was
going on in his presence, and had recourse
to an artiiice to learn. One of them spoke
Of the poem of lIohcnlindcn, and pretend
ng to forget the authors name, said he
had heard it was by Mr, Robinson.
Campbell SAW the trick, wasanlnsed, and
said playful ly, but in a calm and distinct
tone, "No; it was one Thorn Campbell" !"
The poet had7-as far as a poctcan- be!
come foryearsindifferent to 'posthumous
rame. In 1893, five years before this
time. he had beenspcaking to soule friends
N Edinburg on the subject When
think of the existence which slss i Conn
nepce when the stone is laid over my
lead, how can literary fame appear to me
Ito any onc---but as nothing. I Jeliere
cdea 7 am gone, justice viN Dc done 10 me
n This ,ray---Htat I was pure ,cyiter. It
IS an inerpre$SiJie comfort, at my time of
J; IL, 10 bo ,,JJo fo IooJ. I,.L c,.,,y f,oI yJ.xt