Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-07-11

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That trembles at no tyrnnt'snod
"a soul that fears no one but God, sS-
And thus can smile atcorse or ban; g."
This is the soul that makes a man.
Charley's Misfortunes with his Hat.
BY HAZEL GREEN. ESQ. ~.
"When | was young lad just begin
| ming to think about the girls" said Char
ley, 81 was monstrous pious, and went 10
meeting every Sunday but | have since
come TO the conclusion that !, was not as
much for the concern / felt for the good
Of my soul" as il was for the sake of gazing
about the room, and thinking to myself
which girl was the prettiest, and which
one lwould rather marry.
"Well. one day singled out n girl who
thought eclipsed all creation for beauty !;
in fact. | was soon head owe, heels in love
with her But few minutes sufficed for
pop the question, and, if possible. 10 strike
bargain immediately. | was all in a trem
BILE. The sermon seemed week long, and
very uninteresling. Many, no doubt, were
praying for their neighbors children, but
with me it was quite different-l was pray
ing for the meeting to brenk.
At length the meeting did break and
broke with it--for MY hat; but to nv SUR.
prise and modification, | could not find it
until after the object of my affections had
gotten so far the start of me, that il would
have required quite an effort to have over
taken her. Besides, there was another con
sidemtion--my hat had been under fnot,
and was so badly soled, that / WAS rather
ac har ,ol IL NJ: N
these things into consideration, resolved to
wait for the next opportunity.
From that time was changed chap
could think of nothing but the girl i had
seen at meeting. except it was that Of per.
suading the governor" to buy me n new
suit of Sunday clothes The old lady sided
with me in This last particular, and between
us both we succeeded in carrying our points.
was rugged out in style--cloth coat, satin
vest, cashmere pants, and. 10 crown all, a
beaver that cost ave dollars
This will fix things" thought I ''could
but see hel now, might set her down as
mine"
In few evenings, there was prayers
meeting at " Union meeting house." and /,
with my new 6xings, wended my way thith-
el; {; not, however, until my molhes had Civ
en- me much good advice concerning the
management of my new rigging more par
ticulmly the head, us had but short Time
before got my cd one crushed up at meet
ing.
had not been 10 the meeting house long,
before her whom most nnxiously expected.
came in; and from thence until the services
were concluded, | was in a sea Of trouble,
lest some fellow should cut me out, or some.
thing of The kind.
as soon &s !he congregation Was Aia-
missed, ''yoiiod her, and off we started.
When we reached her home the sun was
just setting, and So to be lIannerlv, her old
dad asked me to stay all night" had
no objections, and after supper was over,
told Betty Qor that was the girls name
that I'd like to chat with her little more.
She had no objections, bat said we must 90
to the kitchen. as the old folks didn't like 10
be disturbed by light in the "big room"
whanthey were to bed. To all this con
sented Of course, and so we were soon on
The very best Of terms. should have been.
extremely happy, but for one cause.-the
stamp Of plenty, in the form of grease, was
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the room, excepting the chairs upon which
we sat, and consequently was much troub,
led about my new hat. What should do
with il? l did not want to have grease
upon it--no, that would never do Final.
ly, resolved to keep ii on my head, iudg.
ing thai to be the safest place Being thus
relieved of my greatest embarrassment
went about the work of counting in real
earnest. rar
Alter many fine things had been said, and
marriage contract had been partially en-
tered into, ] proposed kiss. You may be
sure she refused, but ] insisted IA scuffie
ensned, which lasted until she>was complete
ly exhausted. Being unable TO hold out
longer, she turned up her pretty lips and
said /" If you must kiss me-~here, but
don't youever undertake such thing again
--you brute" ft',f7.- Z.
stopped over TO perform the operation,
when, all of q sudden, | felt an unusual
lighlness about my head Before / had
time to think whether Tswas going to faint
or not. heard ahnd Of splashing about
my feet. and castingrmy eyes downward. L
Saw-great HeaVensl what. did see ?--
There lay my 6ve:dollar hat, completely in,.
mefsed in, a'filthy compound Of dish.wafer,
cucumber paals, tater" skins, and the
Lord knows what besides, that had been acL
cumulated in tub, under the fascinating
cognomen of "swill." ~