Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-05-31


tall raw boncd recruit, was put OF
/ drillby little coeksparrow ofan officer
as every command was given to him, he
would look down to see his commander
and was as often admonished to hold up
his head. Repeated admonitions of this
kind at length had the effect to induce
the recruit to raise his head at least to a
level with the setting sun, and the officer
ordered him to keep it there. "What,
always?" was the inquiry. Eyes, al
waysp was the stern reply. "Then, good
by, leftenant: / shall never see you
againl
SceTon DEGREES. When the Unirer-
sity of ST. Andrews sold her honors, a
certain minister, wko deemed that his
ministraiions would be more acceptable
and more useful if he possessed what the
Germans call the doctors hat, put els in
his purse, and went to ST. Andrews to
purchase for himself degree" His
manservant accompanied him, and was
present when his master was formally
admitted to his long desired honor. On.
his return, "the doctor" sent for his
want and addressed him somewhat as
follows: "Noo, Saunders, yell aye be
sure to ca me the doctor;' and gin ony-
body spiers at you about me, yc'll be aye
sure to say the doctors in his study, or
the doctors engaged, or the doctor will
sec you in a crack" "That a depends"
was the reply, "whcther ye ca me doctor
too. (The reverend doctor started J Ay
IT'S just so" continued the other; "for
when fand that it cost sac little, 1 cen
got diploma myself. Sac yell just be
good enought to say, Doctor, put on some
Goals, or doctor bring the whiskey and
hot water, and gin onybody spiers at We
about me yell be sure to say the doctors
in the stable, or, the doctors in the pantry
Or the doctors digging potatoes, as the
case may be-"
TALKING Our-"Chidren and fools"
says the old adage, always tell the truth
"Mother sent me-" said little girl to
neighbor "to ask you to come and take
tea with her this evening" "Did she
say at what time, my dear?" "No ma'am;
she only sad THAT she would ask you, and
then the thing would be off her mind; that
was all she saidr
A lrwycr once jeeringly asked Qua
ker, if he could tell the difference between
also and tihewise "Oh, yes" said the
Quaker pcrtly, "Erskskine is greatlaw-
yer; his talents are admired by every one;
you are lawyer also but III lke-Uise.
Il WESTERN WoMAN.-1 correspond
ent of a Detroit paper describes a western
woman whose feats ofindustry willdoubt-
less be regarded as fabulous by many of
our delicate and do-nothing city ladies.
1t seems that during the past winter and
spring, her husband having gone to Cali
fornia, besides taking care OF FIVE cheren,
the eldest a girl twelve years of age, and
her eldest boy only FIVE years old, the
youngest, an infant at the breast, she has
woven seven hundred yards of satinct
and shawls; made eight hundred pounds
of maple sugar; cut and drawn from the
forest, all the wood the family needed du-
ring the winter and chopped the same at
the door; attended to the milling and ira
ding fifteen miles from home, with an OK
team, driving it herself, and taking all the
care of them and her six COWS and eleven
sheep, when at home. above all she is
only about thirty-fvc years of age, very
modest and urcssuming, and has no idea
that she has accomplished any thing
more than any indl strious woman may,
with ordinary diligence and good health.
How, in the world Ca, the husband of
such wife me- d to 60 to California in
search of wealth?
The clouds may drop down titles and
estatcs-wealth may seek us---but wis
dom must be sought
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