Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1851-03-22
FoR nTnE COURIER

tuI Newspaper as being the present
history of the country;, and | regard
every jealous reader of the same. as
one that cares for, and takes much
interest in the improvements Of the
agem which he lives. IaIso regard
the columns Of the newspaper as the
proper medium through which the
editor, and contributor, may transmit
theirthoughts to thinking world.
which should be done prudently and
with a Specidt view 10 the good of
the reader. ] have read with inter
est, too,) several communications to
the Courier, but recollect to have
seen none from oar side Of HE Dis.
trlct therefore, ] llnimbly beg a place
in ITS columns ITO write ta The folks. :"
do not propose, ladies and gentle
men, TO work a miracle the first time
puff in the papers" but will
probably drop athougt that has not
occurred TO you. y ,,y,. ,,at
- . .#
is # moi very amusing Ca little ag-
gravatlng too) 10 witness Il igno7
rance manifested in the conduct of
manywho attend our mister-grounds,
law houses, school exhibitions, sc.
One may visit such places for no 9TH
er purpose, but TO interest and be IN
terested in the business Of the day +;
but, before his horse is pitched or un-
harnessed, two or three OF his neigh
bors are round him, and one, more
solicltous than the rest, steps9up and
says, "have you heard whatthey are
doing in Congress, about the war ?
I've been waning TO hear several
days, but ! could see no onethat took
the papers. went overto MIR. -----'s
last night, he takes the papers, but
he wasn't at home, and | l''lowed you
knowed' all about ii. ~ s,ts''st ''7es'-f.i
You may just commence and talk
till the ''led-line of your thoughts is in
a thousand pieces,N and probably
think of what the preacher said, "all
is vanity and vexation Of spirit, -
and you break off fromc7the confab
with a short ''yes, sin or mo, sir,
TO everything yotiIhear, till you are
entirely out oftheir reach. Well
there is a prospect now for better
times. You walk through the crowd
in The full practice of whahthe learn
ed would call courtesy or etiquette,
and directly one Of your best friends
Ia good neighbor, and a fine man,
too-steps up and touches you on the
arm, Come this way a minute, if
you please AS "a matter of course
you walk ont (about fifty YARDS with
hint ami with as much.grave consci-
entiousness too, as if you were calling
up your thoughts 10 wander in the
lone desert of Solitude. By-the-by,
your coloquist arrives at the place of
destination, al Wh.chpoln he finds an
old log-a stnmp~-or the corner of
the fence, and stops, clears up his
throat -4turns his hatto one side of his
head-+Iooks wildly rouiidfGpDh the
broad face Of natdFe lovely bower,
and says: See here, ! am somewhat
nestered, and IlwQpld bkaIiobyou to
Itell me something about matter5 y /
hearclqhe other day, that a man by
the name of Clay had passed 4 law
| That cotton shoyId fall 10 lhe South
and rise in the Norlb. / didn tmaSe
much this yeaEiand9 it would stand
me in handito get as sinuch fof' ii as
possible; but LII declart ] don't see
how I'm 70 get my, cotton aleaythere
this Spring:1-aud ifa body was To
putt ona steamboat, it would get
burnt up before ii got half way to
Augusta; SOL don't know what 10 do.
Look hereI they say all the steam
boats are ,buFatup but thresuand one
,ofithela isa little light thing that i
'sp5ss 'fwo horses can i5ulI oveta
most any groune, and not half, fty.
Have you heard anything of III, Yes,
yes, there is another things i had like
20 forgot thatsIwas over atonefofny
neighbours awhile yesterday, and he
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