Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1851-04-26
Short Dresses.

has adopted the short dress and trow
sers,' and says in her paper ofthis
morning, that many of the women in
that place, (Seneca Falls) oppose the
change; others laugh; others still are
in favor; land many have already a
doptcd the dress" She closes the
article upon the subject as follows:
Those who think we look queer,
would do well to look back a few
years, to the time when they wore
ten or fifteen pounds of petticoat and
hustle around the body, and balloons
on their arms, and imagine which cut
the queerest figure, they or we. We
care not for the frowns of over fastid-
lous gentlemen; we have those of bet
ter taste and less questionable morals
TO sustains us, If men think thew
would be comfortable in long, heavy
skirts, let them put them on-we have
no objection. We are more comfor-
table without them, and so have left
them off We do not say we shall
wear this dress and no other, but we
shall wear it for common dress; and
we hope it may become so fashiona
BILE that we may wear it at all times,
and i'll all places, without being
thought singular. We have already
become so attached to it it that wa
dislike chang to short one
NAPoLEoN's CoAT OF MAIL
Just before Napoleon set out for Bel
gum, he sent for the cleverest arti-
san of his class in Paris, and deman.
ded of him whether he would en-
gage to makea coat of mail which
should be absolutely bullet-proof; {;
and that, if so, he might name his
own price for such work. The
man engaged to make the desired
object, i allowed, proper time, and
he named $4,000 francs as the price
of it. The bargain was concluded,
and i'll due time the work was pro-
duced, and the artizan honored with
a second audience Of the Emperor.
Now, (said his imperial majesty put
1t on The man did so. sAs / am
TO stake my life on ITS efficacy, YOU
will, l suppose, have no objection to
do the same And he took brace
of pistols and prepared to discharge
one of them at the breast of the as
tonlshed artist. There was no re
treating, however, and half dead with
fear, he stood the fire, and, to the in
finite credit Of his work, with perfect
Impunity. But the Emperor was not
content with one trial. He fred the
second pistol at the back of the ar
tist, aud afterwards discharged a
fowllng piece at another part Of him,
with similar effect. We'll, said the
Emperor, you have produced cap
ital work, undoubtedly. What is to
be the price of it!' Eighteen thous-
and francs was named as the agreed
SUN. There is an order for them,
sald the Emperor, and here is anoth-
er for an equal sum, for the fright 1
have given you
A. d. 1919. Winston predicted
that the comet would appear on
"Wednesday, 4th Oct, at five min
ntes past five in the morning, and
that the world would be DESTROYED
by fire, on the Friday following. His
reputation was high, and the comet
appeared. A number of persous got
mo the boats and barges on the
Thames, thinking the water the sa-
fest place. South Sea and India
stock fell. Acaptain Of Dutch ship
threw all his powder into the river,
that the ship might not be endanger
ed. At noon, after the comet had
appeared, it is said that more than
one hundred clergymen were ferried
over to Lambeth, to request that pro-
per prayers might be prepared, there
being none in the church service.
Peple believed that the day of iudg.
ment was at hand, and acted on this
belief, more as if some great tempo
rary evil was to be expected. On
Thursday more than 1000 kept mis-
tresses were publicly and legally
married. There was prodigious
run on the bank, and Sir Gilbert
Heathcote, at that time the head di-
rector, issued orders to all the fire
officersin London, requiring them to
keep good lookout, and have a par
tlcular lookout upon the Bank Of
England.----So'Ithey's Common Place
Book.
SEALL Mourn, ONE HUsBANDi-
LARGE, Two.-OI9 Gov. L., of Yer
mont, was one of the most inveter.
ate jokerS of the early times. One