Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-07-12

said-"Take this my lad, i'll remem-
brance ofme." AS Remenyi noticed
amongst these trifling jewels small
silver key, he returned it tothe Cen
eral, with the observation -sBut
this key you got from your wife;
cannot take it; my lady would be
displeased if you gave away what
you received from her as keepsake"
Take it only" said Gorgey, "after
what have done to-day. my wife in
no case will smile any more upon
mel"-Pulozky's Memoirs.
CALVIN IN SEARCH OF A WIFE,
In spite of the distressed state ofhis
Epecuniary affairs, CALVIN was at this
time looking for wife to help him
TO bear his burdens. Calvin in love
is indeed peculiar phase of his his,
tory. He had now arrived at the
sufficient mature age of thirty; and
as his magnatiions have never been
very susceptible, so in the business of
choosing helpnate, lie was guided
wholly by motives of prudence and
convenience. In fact, he left the
matter entirely to his friends, Just as
one would buy a horse Or any other
thing, giving them instructions as to
The sort of article he wanted Wri-
ting TO Farel, on the 10Th of Nav,
1889, he says: Il will now speak
more plainly about marriage. / know
not if any one mentioned to You her
whom wrote about before the de-
parture Of Michael; but | beseech
you to bear in mind what | seek for
IN a wife. am not one of your mad
KIND OF lovers, Weo doat even upe II
faults when once they are taken by
beauty of person. The only beauty
that entices me is that she be chaste,
obedient, humble, economical, pa,
tient; and that there is hope that she.
VIII be solicltous about my health.
If, therefore, you think il exped;ent
that should marry, bestir yourself,
lest somebody else anticipate you.
But if you think otherwise, let us
drop the subject altogether" From
another letter TO Farel, dated the 9th
OF February, $40, it appears that
young German lady, rich and of
noble birth, had been proposed 10
him. Both the brother of the lady
and his wife were anxious that Cal
Vn should espouse her. The latter,
however, scrupled on two grsunds:
because the lady was unacquaintcd
with French, and because was afraid
that she might think too much of her
birth and education. If the marri-
age was to take plaae, he insisted
that his bride should learn French;
but on her requiring time to consid-
eroithis, Calvin despatched his broth
er and a friend to fetch him home
another lady, and congratulated him
self on the escape he had made.*
1t appears, however,, from another
letter to the same friend, dated ON
the 2lst of June, [l54O, that this
match of which ne had thought so
highly, was also broken off; After
these failures, Calvin expressed a
doubt whether he should prosecute
his matrimonial project any further.
Soon afterwards, however, by the
advice of GBucer, he married Odolet;e
or ldelctte de Bures, the widow of
am A1nabaptist at Strasburgh, whom
he had converted. y y =
ldelette had several children by her
former marriage, in whom Calvin
seems tohave taken some interest.
by Calvin she had only one child,
who died shortly after his birth.
lHE FOLLY OF PRIDE.-The Rev.
Sydney Smith, for many years one of
the contributors to the great English
reviews, thus discourses on the folly
OF pride, in such creature as man:
AFTER all, take some quiet, sober
moment of life, and add together,
two ideas of pride and of man; be-
hold HIM, creature of a span high,
stalking through infinite space in all
1.-The grandeur of littleness. Perched
on a speck of the universe; every
wind ofheaven strikes into his blood
the GOODNESS of death; his soul floats
from hisbody like melody from the
the string; day andnight, as sdust from
the wheel, heis rolled along the hea
yens, through a labyrinth of worlds,
and all the creation of God are fla.
ming above and beneath. Is this the
creature TO make forhimsclf crown
OF glory to deny his own flesh, ia
mock at his fellow, sprung from that
dust to which both will soon return?
Does be not diel When he reasons,
IS ne never stopped by difficulticsi
When he actss is nc never tempted
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