Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1851-03-29
~ From Arthurs Homo Gazette. l.y
COUNTRY EXPERIENCE,
PETER MULRooNEy 4 ME COW
ny sYLyANvs URBAN, rnk YOUNGER.

I lildt NiSluceu me, ,alleri The affair OF
the carriage, to send Peter Mulroo-
ney TO market with "a cow for sale.
Certainly warnings enough to put
me on my guard, for, it was only
week previous, that Ihad said to
| him, la -.a..,.. h#NIa8
H. PeteE want you o,ake barrel
and sprinkle little round every i'll
OF corn Be careful not 10 miss ANY,
'lslt .morthar plaster, yer honor
names! Where will l be aflher find
| mo- Plaster Of Paris. You will
ind several barrels Gift in the barn.
iIBelIad; 5%t tha;s s.!hiranga; 6 ~
way. lsthem Plastero' Parish Och!
sure thought them was whate
eFIonf7 What, SO heavy as that7'
'Ayeh!' SAID Peter. ''Tis Ameri-
key S a dhroll country. And what
'ud know but the flour 'ud be,heavy,
where the rivers is as broad as saas
III the ould country; and the purity
birds has got paint Oil their wings
'Well, never mind; take barrel of
plaster, and sprinkle a little round
each hill of corn. Now don't letme
have any mistakes; will be down TO
see how you are coming on as soon
as l can possibly leave here
What 'ud yer honor be dom that
for. Sure il S asy work anyhowl'
- Irue, you make terrible blunders,
Peter, sou etimes.'
'Isitthe carriage We manel' said
Peter, with a droIl look out of the
corner of his eye. 'Faix, il was yer
honoftould me TO do the same.,
lf'Nhatl grease the carriage all
over OF course, / meant nothing
else but the axles.' s'f ~ Shs
,.'A Arrah' said Peter, is ii the
likes of me to'conthradict raal gen
ileman2 But sure We niver said a
| blIssed word about the axles; and
what 'Id 4 be'g6otl for i'll didn't
obey me ordthersl'
Haitian hour after this, Peter came
to me and told me he had completed
his work. i
What aIready1' said l. You
surely cannot have sprinkled the
whole of three bushels of plaster in
this short time
oh, begorra! may be doesn't be
working hard all that same time
tits impossible you can have done
as l ordered you; for it would have
taken any Of the other hands nearly
halfa day. 's, fo4a4lam tIuI
a'Them,s nag,irs, the haythensll re-
sponded Peter with look of con
tempt l uH a3A aolu 10 4Us
Still Twas not satisfied; sol walk
ed over to the field, and md the
condition of things to be iGst exactly
what | feared. Instead ofsprinkling
ahouta a gillrofI plaster around each
hill Peter had applied from quart
TO hall gallon, so thata duantiiyaofI
plaster sufficient to have dresSep four
ecress was expended upon a plotofI
ground nobmuch biggerfhan city
garden. of course / gotno CORN
+ vEkJlatever possessed me after this
toalltrustl him with the sale of a cow
Lido notreeollect.lWl did lso, howeg-l
err and this was theresult.ul 41y4nsiI
ldei had9started withthe Cowbe.
fore day. and ,sliouldlfhave Feturned,,
with ordinary diligencu1 byitwo1ols
clock in the afternoon; butts was notI
until several hours after that time |,
that became seriously uneasy.s He
Waspsuallyactiye enough, t0o, but, 4
thought it probable, iRy going 10 town.,
he might have met. with, some of,his
c9untrymen, aEainithat way beende
talned.sA 5lsjBu 5aB .4auaGpis kuol.
al lengthfritiwRs towards sunset
/. -rffsipnnei one cried out thatthe straw
berry COW q was cDining back; and /
sure epopgls there she, was, .iearing
up the lane towards the barn, cover7b
ed with mud and dust, and with her
eyes lookingvas red anstiangry as if
she had Just escapedlbeing bated bya
crowd OF dogs; / had the poor, ,forTh
Torn looking creature, into The. yard,
and thsn locked for Peter, bit for q
long time no Peter, was to, be seem
AfleT, d while, however, saw him 7
colpiiRg slowly up the lape, with bisl
fat dTawp, oyer his eyes, and his ]
hands behind his back and lpreseutlE,I,
! could bear HIM sigbiDg and igE0ap-1 /
llngS asif 5he greatest distress inag /
'i' ff,tttts.ySti3 ,ggItlluGqyl9u dsihlu y I'D.
What IS the nlea ming eiRll, thisi' I
said III What on earth have you'll
been doingltp The, cewl1. ~ 'fgsI ~
is il what have been sloinf \, Ooh !
wlrral %SiEFa hat wilt # dot Ena,li
muftlefed-.Illnl kllt entigelyly Och, 4