Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-11-09

butcher me in thisway7 I'm laid up
for a'week or two, and for nothing
III was to save your life, DEAR Is
Save thunder!'8 y IAhI aEY.tE
'H-u-s,hll there, do for heavens
sake be quiet. Every thing depends
upon it.'io uofasg knB .9sI HalA ~
with a gest,iregofimpatience G-r-4.
shut his eyes, teeth andlhands. and
lay perfectly still for some time,
Thenshenturned his face TO the wall.
mutteriDg in low, petulant voice.
'Foo bad! Too ibadl'N
Ihadnot erred in my first and last
impressions of. G--'s disease,
neither had DR.. S., although
he used a very extraordina y mode
of treatment. The facts ofthe case
Were these
c. had a weakness could
not taste wine or strong drink, with
out being tempted into excess.
Both himself and friends were
mortified and grieved al this; and
they, by admonition, and he, by good
resolutions, tried 20 bring about re-,
form. But to see was to taste and
to fall. At last his friends urged him
10 shut himself up at home for GER
tain time. and see if total abstinence
would not give him strength. He
got on pretty well for few days,
particularly so as the coachman kept
welhhllcd bottle for him in the car
riage-house, to which he nor unf,e.
qtrcntly resorted; hut atoo ardent de-
votion 10 his bottle brought on The
supposed apop,exy.
DR.. Sr7v-7 was right in,his mode
Of treating The disea G, and did not
err i'll suppos,ng. that I would reach
the predisposition. The bcure was
eGectual. 10 kept g,Get on the
subject and bore his shaved head
upon his shoulders with as much
philosophy as he, could muster. A
wig, after the, sores made by the Bis
ter had disappeared, concealed the
BARRIERS work, until his own hair
grew aga'n4-he never ventured on
vine or brandy again, for fear Of apo
p'NSl 8a u so a.idW }oHb
Fashions seem > TO b. changing in
n. York The Day Book says, for
ladiesrdhe emodelo of elegance Of form
is the mcagefcSt simplicity. Redun-
dancies of every kind are remorslcss-
| lylpared away, and the di ess is mere
ly the easiest and most convenient of
covering wrapped care!essly about
the form and dropping in languid and
tell-tale folds TO the ground. The
change has been sudden and striking.
The Day Book says, farther, that the
length Of skirts is altogether abomi-
nable and not to be tolerated. "They
not only hide the peetty feet they
should never more than threaten to
invade, and collect incredible quanti-
ties of dirt and rubbish, but they are
an absolute and very serious incon.
venience in walking. Indeed, you
must see young lady making her
| first appearance on The stage. in a
train dress, if you would realize The
awkwardness Of !ocomoIion implied
by the present rage for long dresses.
Ii is a fashion at all times annoy ng
and distressing, and one for which
we in vain endeavor 10 discover one
substantial reason That S our idea,
exactly. ol .ia
An o!d man still lives in Sheffield
who remembers when the news of
the Bunker Hill battle reached the
town, and tells the following story:
The rumors of the glorious fight
spread like wild-fre among the sca,-
tered farm-houses. The men and
boys, without known exception,
met in theiostree the same evening
and erected liberty pole. That
very night it was cut down! Suspi-
cion fastened upon one of the princ;-
pal and proudest men in the town
who was known TO hold Tory sentl-
ments. The indignant people fe.as.
sembled, erected new pofe, seized
upon the suspected man, made him
confess his treason and his accom-
plice, anno:nted his forehead with
tar, and crowned him with feathers,
and then, having formed doub!el line,
compelled HIM TO pass between The
files and ask in turn the pardon Of
every man and boy in town. The
humbIcr inliyidual, who had been
hired to fell the liberty pole, was
then faounted bare-backed uponla
raw-Eoned horse. and solparaded