Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-10-03
Profanity.

1TOlduliY.
BY MARY FORREST.
This is omphatically an age of kissing,
Everybody kisses eocry body. Since the
anti-fastidious days when the old woman
salutcd her COW, such time of promiscu-
GUS and inordnate lip-servicc was never
knovn. The sign and seal ola '"strange
intelligence" has become Kissing and by
word; the plaything of witlings; the tool
of satyrs, the lost jewel of the elect.
Zcnobia's kiss is the "long and silent
throb of her inmost tsoul-unexprcssed aud
ineXpressible, save to those divmely akin;
but the chances to be one in the indiscrimi-
nate circle, and, as each member drops off,
must bend her stately head to the puppet
pcrformance-th kiss all round which
would be most appropriately accompanied
by the elegant air of
$3.50 "Pop! goes tho Weasel"
Penelope herself is obliged to look sharply
to the dew on her lips, or ten to one it will
be spirited away on some graceless NOUS
mche The malady grows, and is becoming
epidemic and chronic.
That last evening, at the W-------s, the
last stout woman in the fle of leavc-takcrs
we'll nigh finished me. Heus and Juno !
what au expressionlcss, cavernous mouth
yawhed over mine Nectar and anlbrosia !!
what q moist explosion For the next six
weeks / will not kiss a friend In the
meantime the dews of heaven, the milk
fed lips" of babies, and my hearts best
prayers will perhaps bring back the raw
ished privilege.
A kiss Should be one of the holiest dc.
monstrations of the soul; it should have a
voceless eloquonco, an electric tranquility,
an electric reserve. II has no such thing
1t pops good morning, it sputters good
evening; whizzes and fzzlcs on the rieht
hand, and on the left, here, there and eve
rywhcrc. We are kept constantly on the
defensive At last marked, cornered, aud
set upon, we plant our teeth hard, and
abide the shock as best we can. 1t is a
high-handcd sacrilcge, and | actU enter my
protest.
p KISS rs no moro an unconsldered triflc,
tobe rudely filched-torn worm and beat
irSs from its nestling place, and fritted from
mouth to mouth-than is the purcst prayer
| offer, which God keep stilfinviolatel II
@e.@oufd preserve this gift sweet and
! holy token, beautiful and sanctifed to the
beloved, we must use it wisely, with q no.
bic charincss -Nce York Ledger.
INTEREsTINd TWIAT. Mrs. Hudson is
on trial at Sparta, GA, for killing Mr..
Bass. The only evidence of much force
was,a youth of some twelve years Of age,
the son of Mr.. Bass. He stated that Mrs.
Hudson came to his fathers on the morn.
ing of the I'd instant aud went into the
ki@hen. Bass followed her, and asked il
She wanted to shoot at him again, rubbing
his fist in her face. She drew pistol, and
Bass retreatcd behind the door, she follow.
ed and shot him in the left breast. He
died instantly. We suppose other witness
es must have been before the court, favora
bic to the prisoner, as they admitted her tc
bail in the nominal SUN of $500 Hei
father, Mr.. Josiah Collins, who is a planter
i.oftrespectnble means, stood her security
Her husband, Mr.. Joseph Hudson, is no&
in DIilledgeyille Jail for shooting a man al
the. city ferry. She demsaned herself du
! ring the trial as one who had about as much
interest init AZ any of the by-standers.-
She appears to be about 25 years Of age
and is good looking =
| BAYARp TAYLOR tells a good story Of :
Yankee who. in Walking along tle street,
of st. Petersburg one mGddy DAY, met tiit
Grand Dnke C0pstahiiee. The side WALL
was DOT vide epougbfor two persons tt
pass, and the stfeet was very eoepin 9th
1 @herenpon the Americao took a silver rou
| blefIom bis pocket, shook il In Ills cf5seo
fband, and cried out: Crown or.tail l'
sGfowo e gnessedrtho Grand Duke.
"Yopr Hieh1ess has won" said the Ame
tipan, looking ut the Fouble and steupint
iOto the mud. The next day tio Ai0eFioaE
WIS invited by the Grand Duke to diuner