Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-06-13

and rode away upon the billowy air; how,
now and then, a squirrel, red aud sleek,
With snowy throat, flashed chattering along
the devious rails thereto, and flashed away,
again or gray rabbit, with little noise.
less leaps and listening ears, took. hurried
draughts and sqnatted among tho alders
till the painting dog had tapped the nectar
| of .wayside spring, a-s. y,&,.,.,
There, where the maple Its crown,
a lazy gate isswingingin is the,wind, sole rel.
| ics of fence that struggled round q home,
OF which the weedy, tangled hollow alone
gives proof II may have, been, some Ra-
chel dwelt thereto, who met a second Ja-
cob at the spring, and Fancy listens forthe
words they, said, not found in Ovids art
| OF lope"-Tthe maid amatron and the ma,
uon dead. I, m .!5.f..' s..a
| And then strollipg thoughtfplly !, along,
whore the track grows dim, and lossesit,
self in the grass,swe come to the ~beeches.
whereto, we like TO think, glad, children
once made pilgrimage That ,chafed aud
sturdy limb, just there, has borne weight
more precious than lis leaves. :. Upon that
stout, old arm, swayed to and fro, like Ca
nares n. arings swung clusters of laughing.
girls and boys; and in long rows and hand.
IN hand, made bows and "courtesies" to,
the passing traveller, while tattcrcd hats, of
straw and wool tossed here and there. pro.
claimed the coming stage. All, there were,
days when over the old road, ran the vel
low, mud stained coach l,boripg up lis
mills, and pitching along its log ways, and
lurching in It's deep, worn tracks, aud rat
tI'ng down its sleeps, and splsshing through
Es md al, .
rooiiess dwelling whose clapboards rattle
in the winl, behold "4the stage house, of
the elder time, Day after day., from the
neighboripgs hill, the drivers horn blown
sharp and shrill, proclaimed his coming :.
gallantly he brought to, before that low,
browed stoop, through whose broken floor
weeds are growing. What rat,Iing of
bolts and axles, aud jingling ofchains there
were, as ne drew up, and with what pro.
iessioonal air, he gathered the ribbons in one
hand and the Alexandrino lash slipped
poiselessly through his fingers, and eSplo,
ded like a witch's laugh between the two
ears OF the off leader. Very grand people
used to get out Of that stage, sometimes,
aaa s@s SIss 9aase as grand were the dinners that
Then il WAS, that the blacksmith, in his dus.
ty shop across the road, was ,wont,to' lean.
upon his hammer, aud discuss the merits
of whee-borse and leader; you can see,
even to this day, the burned aud blackened
"S .a, ~ o'y seen Swhra, Mlere Ne Isea 10
9es tnsa.e. has.,a - lne S'i'''hy ana Ehe man
''o GlI;I} VSntI uNoe ie'palns. 1.
u So.'io','nes ,waiiqer oue 70 me
III 'M ~ i2"o, ""9 woo"9er Mhere u 'eads' ana
Mn9s,e' S1la,,s 20 !ne emu o. me wofid ana we
"Ilsny 20 Jol,' sne," ,ua CONJECTURE; 70 thleK
MnaS o'"t1 e,.'eu H,ey Ne'e, lhat' axe ~,
,iasF' -. p'aJ?'y 'us sue'' way NltoSSil t.e'
caR;no @ sDp hns M99us ana @ loneq 'ne,5
uapas ,.na. ~ - npl%k @!a. soeau.y ana
,h Inat :, ge''As !. g,aet ou'es ula pass along
n's iota Wos5 las,g'ser eehoea ana wiiay
?eS.s "SN.l 'oune' hoY canvas oSefeo Wa'ps
aoat n many g camp eau were - sca'terSd to@aEaS me
Issfy tsnts ,o sni;a.o inea Do aa'9nSn 9gS .ne
naiign, 5i5 and nondSrnms sanna y So ysa' a s' ~,
wag ,s Var ANA ra,:.-r..J 81 la.t hn, fawar s
than they went. ~
This was The topte of ,bern netbans 70 bo
founded eitiesin the bTavs p yonno, ,Ss,i IL
future sinews and Ia con,;ns II rnna. 81 nsw' ~
" welded nairs bound fo, re i, Lar Canaan.
of murdeters hastenine fyom ibe bne ana
cry ly Across lis beaten rack the deer Ger have ave
dashed. tho indian no;soiass s,oIe ibo Far.
est shadows fallen NJ biob noon yVesi.
ward il went. 10 some oreot Ioke i,ev saS;d
where fields ali ready foT Tia ,nlonob Grew
green to.tbe wnier's edSes. wLere snT2;6o,ss 2,s
Game early and an IAN Satn S,ns syed sp.I
! late. Romance nassed hat way and hand