Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-11-16
TREES.

his door; he commends him for his
taste, exclaim ny, "When you have
nothing better to do Jock, beaye
sticking out tree Jock, twill grow
when you're asieep Jock. There
is no little philosophyin This declara-
ton. You plant a tree--gve it that
gentle nlrturng which ltmay fora
short time neetl andit will ever after
reward YOU with its foliage and is
sha le. Yor s.eep, and it stead y
advances, in its growth the perlec-
ON OF beauty. You go away for
months perhaps for years, and il for
gets no TO grow an on your return
your heart is gladdened by its fair
proportions. ,,c..4 ~t-r
| And a tree is property. Who will
no give few dollars more for
farm house, beneath the shade of
whose ornamental trees, his children
can play, or his cattle slumber in the
noon tide heat! And how can the
occupant of a village house make
better investment ola few dollars,
than in attaching 10 his house, those
oynamen which eve'y man of tasts
so eagerycovets! A few green SO Is
will change an unsighly sanl bank
into beauty, where the eye may res
with pleasure and where the foot
may love to linger; few hours
work in spring monng MY give
to yourhome Inc ricile5l ornaments a
nome can have, tempertng the hsrce
blaze OF The summer sun. and break
ing up the fury of thew w n'er storm,
Property is worth more in beau
tifu!, weli-shadel village, than on a
bleak sunburni. unsightiy pan. H
who has no regard ior tie appear,
ance 9th own pren Mise not only
$ nks the Va ue OF his own properly,
but also sinks the value of he proper
ly Of his neighbors. No one likes TO
live in the sight of ugliness. On the
other han |, hewlo makes his own
home lractive, contr.bu rs to the ri
sing vauc of al the region around
He is thus a pubhc beneIactor, con
ribuimg moi merely to The gra;ilica-
ton oFihe tas Of those who look
/, upon his Improvements, but a !ding
tothe real marketable vaue of the
property IN his vicinity.
RECIPRoCAL SYMpATHY.-Nearly
halt a century ago, when a coach run
daily between Gla ,gow aud Green
ock, by Pa,sely, on IL forenoon, when
a lite pasI Bishopton a lady ma
coach noticed a boy walking bare
iooied seemingly tired, and struggling
with tender feet. She de,ire.i The
coachnan 10 take him up give him
seat, an she would pay lorIt. When
th' y arrived al he nm in Greenock,
she inquired of the boy what was his
object coming there-he said he
WISHED to be a sailor, and hoped
some of the captains would engage
him. She gave him half a crown
w he'd him success, AMI charged
him 10 behave weil.-Twen y years
aE er this, the coach return ng 10
Glasgow in the afternoon, en- the
same road, w en- near Bishop on, a
sea captain obse we'd an old lady on
the road, walking very SOW, fat gnel
and weary.-he ordered the coac. r.
man 10 put her N The coach, a. the e
was an empty seat, and he woul |
ray for her. I'm ned a'e.y afie when
chang ng horses at Bisnopton, the
passengers were saunter;ng about,
excep; ;he capai and cd laly, VITO
remained in the coach. The old
| .aly lhanke him for his kin l.y feel
ing towards her, as she was now una
be to lay for "A seat,-he. said, she
had always sympa hy for weary pc
destrans, since he himse.f Yves IN
that state when "A boy. TWEEN y years
ago. near this very, place, when
tender hearted lady ordered the
coachman 10 take him up and paid
for his seat. "Well do remember
thai incident" said she, Il am ihap
lady, but my lot in LIE has changed
! was then in lepenlent; now 1 am
reduced 10 poverty by The do.ngs Of
proilgai son. = howhapp' lana,
said he captain, Hthai lhave been
successful in my enterprises, and am
returning home to 1--we on my fortune;
J an from tn S day / shall b,nl my
: self and heirs 10 s,ippy you with
/ twenty-five, pounds per annum till
your death.
SAyANAH, Nov. 7-6,6 p m.
Ho,ah-too.chee, one of the Arkan-
sas De egation, has brought in The
two wives and n.ne children of SAM
Jones, Chs whoe family.J and lhey