Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1851-04-12
Economics.

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funny story is told of an old friend of
ours-one who, sick and tired of the
care and hustle of a city life, has re-
tired into the country and gone to
farming as the old saying is. His
land, albeit well situated and com
manding sundry romantic prospects,
IS not SO particularly fertile as some
we have seen--requ ring scientific
culture and a liberal use Of guano of
some sort 10 induce an abundant
yield. So far by way of fexplanation.
Once upon time, as the story
books say, our friend, being on Wis
1t TO the city, was attending an auc-
ton sale down town, and as it so
happened they were selling damaged
sausages at the time. There were
some eight or ten barrels of them,
and they were Just going at fifty
cents per barrel,' when the auction
eer, with all apparent seriousness, re-
marked that they were worth more
than that to manure land with. Here
was an idea. 'SiXty-two and a half
said our friend. Just a going at six
ty-two and a half cents-third and
last call--gonel retortedthe auction
eer-'Cash takes them at sixty-two
and half per barrel
To have them shipped for his coun
try seat was the immediate work G!
our friend, and as it was then plant
ing time, and the sausages, TO use a
common expression. were getting
no better fast, TO have them safe un-
der ground and out Of the way was
his next movement. He was about
10 plant a field Of several acres of
corn-the soil of the piney woods
specles-so, here was just the spot
ior inns new experiment i'll agricul
ture, this new wrinkle in the science
Of geoponcs. One link Of sausa-
ges being deemed amply sufficient,
that amount was placed in each hill,
accompanied by the usual number OF
kernels of corn and an occasional
pumpkin seed, and all were nicely
| covered over in the usual style
| Now, after promising that several
days have occurred since the corn
was planted, the sequel Of the story
shall be told in a dialogue between
our friend and one of his neighbors.
| Ncighbor.--'Well, friend, have
! you planted your corn!
Yes, several days since.
is it up yet!'
up! yes; up and gone the most OF
How is that?'
'Well, you see l bought lot Of
damaged sausages in Orleans the
other day, a smooth-tongued auc-
tionoor saying tl,ey would make ex.
cellent manure if nothing else.
brought the lot over, commenced
planting my corn at once as it was
time, placing a sausage in each hill
and
'Weii, and what?'
and felt satisfied that | had made
a good Job of it. Some days after
wards went out to the field to SCI
how my corn was coming on, and ;
pretty piece OF business have mad,
oftrying agricultural experiments
why, what was the matter!'
Matter! the first thing ! saw, be
fore reaching the field, was the d--s
lot Of dogs digging and scrdtchins
all ouer at. There were my dogs
and your dogs, and all the neighbors
! dogs, besides about three hundre,
strange dogs ] never set eyes on be
fore, and every one was hard at it
mining after the buried sausages.-
! Somehow or other the rascal
whelps had scented out the business
and they have dug up every hill b.
this time. If could set every do
of them on that rascally auctionee
I'd be satisfied
lNsUFFIcIENcY OF SCHOOL X NOW
L DG.-''The youth who fancies lin
self educated because he has full
= mastered over many branches ofmer
school-learning, is laboring unde
a deplorable and pcrilous deusioi
(, He may have learned all that til
school, seminaries, and even OF
miscalled universities, necessaril
teach, and still be piliably ignoral
. man, unable to earna weeks substal
ce to resist the promptings of a pc
verted appetite, or TO shield himse
from such common results of phys
cal depravity, as dyspepsia, hypt
3 chondria, and nervous derangemen
. A master of Greek and Hebre,
:, who knows not how TO grow pott
y toes, and can be tempted TO drow
I his reason i'm the Intoxicating bowl,