Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-05-30
The Plough, I u4u.,,

&i5y - The Plough Nt
Clear the brown path to meet tue cohiters Sleaml
Lol on he comes behind his smoking tentlt
With tolls brightdew.1rops ON his sun hurut brow
The lord earth, the hero of the ploughl
First in the Held before the reddenipg sun.
Last in the shadows when the day Is done,
Line after line along the burning sod lai,s
Marks the broad acres where his feet have trod
Still where he trcads the stubborn clods divide,
The smooth, fresh ftirrow opens deep and wide:
Matted and dense the tangled turf uplenves,
Mellow and dark,the ridgy cornReld clenyes;
Upthe steep hillside where the laboring train
Stands the long tract that scores the level plain
Through the moist valleycoggcd with oozpg clay
,Thepatieut convoy breaks its destined way;
Atovery turn tho loosening chains Isesomnd
The swinging ploughslare circles gIiStening round
Till the wide field one billowy waste appears,
And wearied hands unbnd the painting steers.
WoMANs; EoIcE.-4-How consonp to,
the mind oppressed by heavy sorrow istlio,
voice of anam,abewomau! Like sacred mu-,
sic, itimparts tothe soul a feeling ofcelestial
serenity, and as gentle zephvN refreshes
the weared senses with its soft and mel
.lit1uous tones, Riches may avail muchiin
the hour OF. .aftlieton:; the friendship of man,
may alleviate for time tie bitterness of
woe but the angel voice of woman is ca
pable Of producing n lasting effect on the
heart, and communicates a sensation Of de-
Iicious composure which the mind had new
or before experienced oven in the moments
of its highest felicity.
CoSUHDRUMs.-"T Talking of conuudrums,"
said Old Hurricane, stretching himself all
over Social Hall, and sending out one of.
those mighty puffs of Havanas smoke which
had given him his name, "cau any of you
tell me when a ship may be said to be in
love 7" NC,ss t5s.,' e.
!" can tell you--T cam snapped out
Little Turtle. Its whom she wants to be
manned"
Just missed it," quoth Old Hurricane,
"hy a.nile and half Try it again.,
Who speaks 6rst2p W.
4" dc, sccondly," answered Lemons. at
is when, she wants .mate.n -a.A.i,r =,
/" ot,correct" replied Hurricane. "Thc
question is still open"
When she'sa ship Of great size" (sighs)
modestly propounded Mr.. Smoothly.
g" No." replied Hurricane.
"When she's tender to a man Of war;
SAID the Colonel, regarding thereHection of
his face in his boot.
7" Everthing but correct" responded Old
Hurricane"
~" When she's struck aback by heavy
swell" suggested Starlight.
'""Not as yet" said Hurricane. "Comc.
hurry along"
When she makes much of a fast sailor!'
cried Smashpipes,
Here there was greatgroan. md Smash
pipes WAS thrown out the window, p,
When peace was restored, Old IIurri-
cane " propelled" again
T.. on might have said. when she hugs
the wind, or when she runs down after q
consort.' or'something of that sort, but it
would't have been right. The real solution
is this--when she's attached to a buoy"
A BRcK OF a UEN.--T'he editor of The
Woonsocket Patriot makes merry over the
mistake of an old Shanghai hen of his that
has been Setting" for five weeks upon two
round stones and piece of brick "IIer
anxiety" qnoth he, dis no greater than ours
to know what she will hatch lfit proves
a brickyard, that hen is not for sale.
THERE is woman, youthful and onite
handsome, who visits the Baltimore Peni
CNc'y ud|, anu COHNeTSeS Wlln ner
husband for an hour or more through the
bars. Yet this man is serving ont a term
of years for having cut her throat--his
%ife's--and inflicted several stabs in her
breast. from the effects of which her life
was for long time despaired of. What
an evidence of love and constancy.
FInEARMs IN MISUNDERSTANDING is
from the late Assizes Of ripperary 4 "Pat-
rick Ryan, a young man of respectable ap.
pearancc indicted for unlawfully having 10
his possession, in a proclaimed district, a
pistol, was found guilty and sentenced to
be Imprisoned for twelve months."
"A MODEL WoMAH.-IIow many wives
would do well to emulate the virtue of the
Shawnee Indian woman, who was met by
man who asked her to look on bin and
ege him. Ny husband said she, "is
ever before my eyes, and hinders me from
seeing you or any one else !"
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