Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-08-18

the day of an eclipse, when the inhab;t-
ants of Paris were without doors, provid
ed with telescopes and pieces of smoked
glass, an Enghshman was seen driving
furiously in a.fiacre along one of the prin,
cipal streets.
."Where does ray lord wish to go?"
said the driver.
''To see the eclipscT' exclaimed the
Englishman. thrusting his head out Of
the coach window; "only drive up as
near as possible, for am short sighted"
CENSUS OF CHARLEsroN.-We are
indebted to G. w. Simons, ESQ.,, census
taker for st. Phillips and st. Michaels,
for II statement of the white population
in these Parishes. 1t is as follows:
In the city, I3,95s
In the neck, d a8e
1884
BY the census takea under the direc-
ton of our municipal authorities a few
months since, the white population of the
city was l4,le7; making difference Of
229, which can be readily accounted for
by the number of absentees usual at this
season of the year.-Mercury.
CUcUMBERs.-When a cucumber is
taken from the vine, let it be cut off with
knife, leaving about an eighth of an inch
ct the cucumber remaining to the stem
upon which it grew, then slit the stem
with knife from its end to the vine,
leaving particle Of the cucumber 70 each
division, and as many sfits or divisions as
are made in it, there will be new cucum-
bers, as large and as fine as those that
grow in the natural way.-Agriculharist,
Strange as the above may seem, per-
son assures us he has repeatedly succeed
ed in the experiment; but the second
growth will not be as fair or as large as
the first.-Nes0 Haven Register.
CAUTION Never enter sick room in a
state Of perspnstlon, as the moment YOU
become cool your pores absorb. Do not
approach contagious diseases with an
empty stomach, nor sit between the sick
and the fire, because the heat attracts the
thin vapor,
n Startling Resurrect;ca-T The N. Y.
Mirror relates the following instaac.. of a
woman Prematurely hurried to the grave
some time 81 'ce under the impression that
she had died of cholera, and rescued by
her husband. Who can tell how many
have thus been buried alive and left to
die without discovery of the revolving
fact?
A poor man. residing in the upper part
of the city, left home at the usual hour
some davs since, to perform his daily la
Dor; and on returning in the afternoon,
found that his wife had been seized with
cholera during the forenoon and convey
ed to the hospital in 18th street He i'm
mediately went there, and as he entered
the place, six coffins were carried out to
be conveyed to Potter's Field. The poor
fellow proceeded to the room and en-.
quired for his wife, vixen he was inform
ed that she was dead, and that one of the
coffins he had passed contained her body,
but which Of them they could not tell, as
no marks are plceed upon them to dis.
tinguish one from the other. The man.
in an agony of grief, stuted in pursuit of
the conveyance, and accompanied it to
Pottsr's Field, when he picsded so hard
30 be permitted TO look once Anore upon
the face of his wife that permission vas
given, and the coffins were opened.
When the body Of the woman was ex-
posed, he seized it frantically in his arms
and embraced it fondly to his bosom.
For a moment he fancied he felt the beat
ing Of her heart, and seizing her wrist,
he vclaimed, my God, she livesr' At
that moment the woman opened her eyes
and recognized her husband; she was
conveyed home, and is now quite reeov-
cred. If this be true-and our informant
affirms that it is--what frightful reflec-
ton it conjures up, that perhaps others,
bearing only the semblanee ofdeath, have
been prematurely hurried to the grave.
We see it stated in one of our exchange
papers, that the physician of the hospital
where the above thrilling occurrence !s
said to have taken place. positively con-
tradicts it. 1funtrue, the publication a &c
the statement is almost inexcusable. l.
Char. Courier.