Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-09-12

hour, he calls upon his first wife and asks
her for dinner, but she sends him to a sec.
ond, "whom he loves better" and she
| again to a third, ,unGl,he has run The gaunt-
let through them all with the same result.
Sometimes the ladies 90 so far as to iHflict
personal chastisement on their beard part,
in % while beat them severely. If this
strange tale did not come from one of the
most truthful of men, we would not give It
credence. We respectfully suggest to the
"strong- minded" land strong -handed) the
eSpediency, ii an immigration company is
thought impracticable, to getup Bolohda
Societies" here, and naturalize the usage of
the Zambese country among us. Any new
"ism' is sure to take for while, America
is tbecountry for 'islns" All new tangled
notions have a fair trial here, but then, It
it is the cradle of experimental ideas, it is
also the pitiless grave of those that have no
value 1t presents stern ordeal TO Try
every new theory.
The MANNERS OF 1857. 7.--tIs it proper
to wear boots on the mantle OF windowsill, !"
is question of social ethics which with
some may admit discussion The Boston
Courier thus discourses on the topic, and
incidentally reveals the fact that bad man
ners may be found even in New England
Owe took the liberty yesterday of adj
verting to the bad manners of the young
gentlemen who wore their hats during the
Promenade Concert at the Music Hail.
The head is not the only part of the human
frame through which badmanuers can be
manifested, We were at Mahant a few
days since, and on approaching the hotel
on its northern entrance, our eyes were at
once arrested by an aerial vision which fix
ed the wondering gaze. We saw pair of
French boots stuck out of window, and
projecting foot or two beyond the frame,
revealing zone of the trowscrs also The
boots were of patent leather, very well
made, and not much worn, and altogether
n very desirable article. Had the wcarer
been a boot maker, and had his purpose
been to advertise his wares, there would
have been a manifest propricty in the atti-
tude, which would have commanded the
immediate assent fall wellrcgulated minds
But we presume there was no such purpose
in his thoughts. Wcsupposc that the own
or OF the said boots was gentleman, in the
common and received sense of the word ;
or, at least, that nc would have fiercely re-
sentcd any insinuation to the contrary
/ But further we cannot say TO whom
they bolonged-whatm manner ofman he was
in what fashion the rest of the frame
that terminated in these pedal coverings
was disposed--at what exact point the hor-
'izontal ended and the perpendicular began
we are unable to affirm and the Just and
reasonable curiosity of our readers on these
points can never be gratified. The boots
were mysterious vision---a tantalizing
/ tragment-an aerial phantom suspended be-
tween heaven and earth. Considering the
| place where, and the time when, this grace
ful apparition was vouchsafed to the admir-
ing gaze, we thought it a fact worthyofbc-
ing chronicled. We regretted that we had
not the accomplishment of an artist, SO that
we could take the exact portraiture of the
phenomenon We can only paint it in
words. We set it down as one of those in
cidents which are worthy of being noted,
and preserved for the benefit. of the future
historian of New England civilization"
| ---aa - S-.---
GooD HUMoR,-Thore is nothing so
captivating to others, pleasing and salutary
to ourselves, as invariable good humor and
harmless pleasantly. 1t makes the very at
mosphere redolent with pleasure, and pro
NOTES our bodily comfort and health in a
manner totally unknown to renchaaS
''maids" OF. fifty, and morosc bachelors on
the wrong side of forty. The good-natur-
ed individual, with jocosencss, passes thro'
this mundane planet agreeable to himself
and his friends -strewing his path with a
fund OF wit and h,imor, and exercising a
beneficial effect on his acquaintance, by set
ting the good example Of taking tho world
easy, and exciting their risiblcs at times
very unceremoniously. The natural con
sequence is that such malady as the blues
is to him ilnheord of Lean, screwed up
ylsagcs, with MONEY written on every wrin-
kle, give way to the joyial countenance of
mlrth-the roguish twinklng eye, and sub
stantial form of more than ordinary rotund-
ity The habit of being pleasant is conta-
glous, and not only makes us "hcaIthy
wealthy, and wise, and lcngthens our lives
by promoting digestion and preventing the
dtscompo$ement of our mental equilibrium,
and produces the same result in others,
which should be,a sufficient inccntive for
us to keep continually in a spirit of ioyiali-
ty, and in that manner denote. the truth of
the popular adage, that "Good humor is
tho wine of life"
~ cry ToUcHING.4-H Hereis a touching
description of moonlight scene After
whirling sometime in tho elastic nazes of a
| waltz sGornelio and ~, nc ,If 49, . 4 -