Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-05-02
MB@CgAL AMY !.
From Gra6am's Magazine.


Squire Longbow sincerely mourned the
loss Of his wife Internally and externally.
Externally, he was one of the strongest
mourners l ever saw. He wore weed,
floating from his hat, nearly a. foot long
1t was ihe longest weed that had ever been
mounted at Puddleford; but our readers
isssst not forget who Squire Longbow WIS;
a istrate, and leading man ii coniinri-
nityz And while the reader is about IL, he
may also recolIect that the SQUIRE, is not
the only man, east or west, who has ven-
tured upoha little ostenfation over the
grave of the departed- woman either.
Who was to be the next Mrs Longbow?
That was the question. The public, indeed,
asked il long before the Squire. ,Wllo was
tohaye the honor of presidinga theSquire's
table What woman was 10 he nlaoed at
the head of society,,in Puddleford2 The
Snipcses and Beagles, Aunt Sonora, Aunt
Graves, and Sister Abigail, and scores of
Others, all began to specnlateupon this i'm .
portant subject Even Turtle and Bates in
dulged ina few general remarks. (.
Aunt Sonora gave II as her mind, sathe
Squire ought TO be pretty sIeety how he
married anybody, kase iflie cot Que ofilom
fiipper.tergibbet sort o, wiinrnen, she'd turn
the whole house ensile ont, and he'd be one
oftbesmost uiiserablestaof all men, She
said "if he know'd what WAS good Tor him !.
51ss, he'd iess JEST k;eep clear of all the voli6S-
gals that were fqssing and Fighting round
him, and go right nfor sone old stand. kS
of a woman, that know'd how TO take the
hrnnt of things but ,Iois anne, 2 continued
Aunt Sonora, ''there'a,n doing nothing
with these old wiiowers--tissy;Tea ali ike
my Uncle Jo,i who .tnarriedin a hurry, and
repentsd aRerwardsA- the poor dear
me nwipsses and BSeaaies; s who Who, It will
he recollected, belonged TO a clique that
had in times past, warred against Louobosy
&Co., "tho't it would be shameful for the
Squire to marry at al 10 would be an In.
suit agin the memory ofpoor old Mrs.
Longbow, who was dead and gonep [SonTe
people. you know. reader, abuse the living.
,lbut defend fhe dead.y "Andsifthe Squire
phould marry ttey should think for heff
part, that she'd rise up out of her grave,
and haunt him She could beser sleep
easy, If she knowd that the Squire had got
some other woman, wil5 as eating her
preserves, and wearing out her clothes, and
lording 1t over the house like all possess'd /"
Other opinions wefe expressed by other
persons--in fact, the Squire's widoyliood
was the great concern of Pdddleford. t'IIe
was 80 we'll on 90 do, ? as Aunt Sonora used
to call its that ho was considered great
"catch.p - %tit%
After a'few weeks Of sorrow, the Squire
himself really began 70 entertain notions of
inatrimoEy. II istrlie, he had passed the
ags Of sixty, and 1t required great effort
to get UP a sufficient amount Of romance to
carry out such an enterptiset Symphonic
began, bowever,fto wax streug. The first
Alan6ing Indication WAS bis attendance al
ehaseb. The Squire Lad always been a
kind If heather, 10 this respect, and bad
fer many years set a poor example but
people, who want to marry, will 90 to-
church, Whether this ia. done 10 est ip a
reputation os4simplys to, take a. survey ef
the unappEoprisssa female stock yet re-
naininG ofl hand. Iscannot saw.
The Squire was 9 6xed 5pp amazingly,
the first tIine ! eaw him at i cllurclI His
hslf bad been cut, and thoroughly creased.
HIS sbirtYcollar covered his earsj and his
boots ashonesiiksse mirror. Aunt goRoya
said he looked "eugn,ost IA good as new,o
Amt Graves was - the choiFtbat day and.
She sung as she l,eyersang before She
hlowed eN2'he heavy stratus Of tnusics:4
straias ibE Afled her on Der toes--slifeetly
.i9te Squire honghowss face. MThether
Aunt Graves bad my designs 10 ihis, IA mora
than Lean say bittsg uotieed. sone tNiaoes
about the. Sqeiyss lips ana r. slaenys wink
Of TIE eye, ,tlfat lo0kedsa lililsiiks magnet.
ts.psaa ]. was riglieslspA ioo, thaa such an