Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-05-02
Our Daily Bread,

/ beggar.boy stopped at a rich nlaIs door =
lam housslcss aadfriondless, and faint and poor"
Said the beggar. boy, ms the teArdrop rolled
Dowabis thin check, blmched with want and cold
, "Qh give me crust from your board day,
/ help Che beggar boy on his way ~ -. - 4
Not crust nor cruiab, the rich maa said,
:" BE Oft, and work for your daily bread ~, s,s
| The rich man went to the parish church.
His face grew grave as he trod The porch-
Aud thethronging pooc, the 'untaught niass,
I Drew back TO let the rich man pass. s.
The service began-the choral hymn
| Arose, and swelled tlmo' the long aisles DIM,
Then the rich man knelt and the words he said
!, We're Give us this dny our daily bread
How Railroads injure Farmers.
Not long since, farmer in our State was
bitterly complaining of a railroad to one
who was connected with the management
of the road. "Why," said the farmer, al
vas fool enough TO take stock to the amount
Of five hundred dollars, and have lost ev.
cry cent of it, And besides, the cursed
thing runs through my farm"
And has greatly injured it, suppose, j"
added the other, smiling and looking The old
farmer full in the face.
"Injurcd i'll" replied the farmer. "To
be sureit has. Why, do you ask such a
foolish question:?
How much damage were you paid by
the corporaiion?" asked the other.
!" In tie neighborhood of six hundred
dollars" replied The farmer, "But it was
not half enough"
"',Of course not" added the railroad man
smiling. %Butpermit me ,oask you anoth.
er question. What could you have sold
your farm for dozen years ago ?'
SO was once offered twenty. five hundred
dollars" replied the farmer
/" And whit can you sell it for now - in
quired the other.
The farmer scratched his head and after
some hesitation. confessed he had been re.
Gently offered four thousand dollars.
"Just as | expected" was the reply of
the other, "let as figure up a moment, if
you please. You have lost FIVE hundred in
the stock, and received for land damages
six hundred, and the railroad has added to
the price Of your farm. nccording TO your
own showing, fifteen hundred. so You fairly
owe the road sixteen bundled dollars. Am
right?"
The farmer was compelledto confess he
hadmadc money out of the railroads. not
wilhstanding lie had lost FIVE hundred dol
lars in the original stock Thus it is, and
what shall we say of those croaking farmers
who never paid a cent for the making Of a
road, and whose farms have been nearly
doubled in value by it! There are hun.
dreds Of such, and yet they are constantly
heaping curses en- railroads and their man.
agement. l@
LADIES NAMES. .--Mafy, the comn,oncst
OF all names given to woman is yet one Of
the sweetest. Byron assures us that he
had an absolute passion for-it. It signifies
"exalted;" Maria and MareAthe latter
French--are only other forms ofMary, and
have the same, meaning, Martha signifies
bitterness" Anne, Anna, Hannah, and
probably Nancy, are from the same source,
and signify "kind." or gracious" Ellen
was originally Helen, the, Latin being Iele-
ma, and the French Helene 1.-The meaning
being. according to some, "dlluiing." and
according to Others, Zone who pilics" Jane
signifies the same as Anna. Sarah, or Sal.
ly, ga princess, and the morning star
Susan. "a lily;" Rebecca, "pldmp;" Lucy.
brightness of'aspcct,'' Louisa, or Louise
zone who protects" Frances Or Fanny
Crank oefret; Catherine, "putc or chastc;"
Caroline and Charlotte, "quceDs !" Sophn,
"wisdoni J" Emma. "lendel.;;" Margatet,
IN pearl or q daisy Elizabeth, and, Eliza
'irue;" Julia, Juliette. and Jalietla,, osoft
haired" Agnes. "chaste;p Amelia and
Amy, ,"beloyed; Clara, CLEAR or uiigh, "a
Eleanor, "an fruitful" Gertrude, "all
trnths" Grace, "favoy;" Laura, "a laurel"
Matilda, "a noble or brave maid I" Phoebe,
"lighl. life;p Amanda, "amMble;" Isabel,
"irne and lovely" J" Pauline, 'little one"
Olive. "Pe"ceg Edith. "Boppy."
Tnr laws Of Nature are just, but terrible.
There is no weak mercy in them. Cause
and consequence are inseparable and newt.
able. The elements have no forbearance.
The fire. burns, the water browns, the air
consumes. the earth buries, And perhaps
!! would be well for our race If the punish
ment Of crimes against the laws of man were
as inevitable as the punishment of crimes
against the laws Of Nature-were man as
unerringin his judgments as Nature
A LITTLE Swedish girl. who had shared
the heavenward impulse Of a late revival ol
religion in her native land, was lately walk.
ing with her father on a starry night, alb.
sorbed in contemplation Of the skies. On
being questioned ms to the occupation of hol
thoughts, she replied by expressing the fol
lowing conception, which is certainly very
domestic, but still more poetical, and mos
OF all. truthful. 81 was thinking" sic re