Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-05-01
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KEEP your SABBArH.~-4Be jealous on
this point. Whether you live in town or
country, resolve not to profane your Sab
bath, or in the end you win give over caring
for your soul. Thestepswh lead tothis /
are regular. Begin with not bonoring
Gods day, and you will not honor Gods
houscj cease to honor Gods book, and by
and-by you will give God no honor at all.
Let any one lay the foundation with no
Sabbath, and am not surprised if he fin
ishes with the topstone of no Cod 1t was
a remarkable sayingof Judge Hale, that of
all persons convicted of capital crimes while
he was upon the bench, he found few who
did not confess that they began their careor
of wickedness by neglect of the Sabbath,
a SIMpLEToN.-A devout but rather
simple Episcopaian noticed during the sea J
son of Lent, that the churcll-bcll was rung
every day, and not understanding it, he
turned one day to brother in The church,
and asked him why the bell rung SO often.
Why said his friend, it is Lent LENT,
who bas BORROWED itY he asked with
charming simplicity
MANY a true heart that would have como
back, like the dove to the ark, after the
first transgression, has been frightened be-
yond recallby the angry menace, the taunt,
the savage charity ofan untorgiving world.
A CHINESE maxim says. we require four
things for wemen-that virtue dwell in her
heart, that ,nodcsty play on her brow, that
sweetness flow from her lips, and industry
occupy her hands"
ONE of our Western editors, speaking ofa
large and fat contemporary, remarked that if
all flesh was grass, he must be a load of hay.
g. | suspect ] am," said the fat man, " from
the way the donkcys arc nibbling at me-"
A YOUNG American lady in Paris threatens
to sue President Buchanan for breach of
promise. She says that, dining at her faith
dear Miss, if ever | should become President
of the United States, you shall be mistress of
the White House."
THE Troy Times describes "blasted
hopes" to be "marrying woman with the
hopes of getting $4,000 with her, and
when the union is consummatcd to be pre-
scnted with a.bll for last years board"
A IUNArIc once informed his physician,
who was classifying cases of insanity, that
he had lost his wits by Watching politi-
clan, whose course was so crooked that it
turned his brain. -
A DUEL came off at Schenectady, recent
y, between two cXquistes They fought
with lucifcr matches, on the tow-path.-
One of the parties was slightly killed, and
the other mortolly frightened.
IMPUDENT little boy Ito very fat old gen
tlcman, who is trying to get along as fast as
he can but with very Indifferent success !
2" say, old fellow, you would get on jolly
site qui 'Ger if you would lie down on the
pavement aad let me roll you along"
He that cannot abide the storm without
flinching or quailing, strips himself in the
sunshine and lies down by the wuyside to be
overlooked and forgotten.
a WISE man ought to hope for the best, be
prepared for the worst, and bear with equa-
namity whatever may happen.
WE sleep, but the loom of life never stops.
and the pattern which was weaving when the
sun went down is weaN .ng when it comes up
tomorrow
AN freshman being asked, on late tri-
al, for certificate of his marriage, barred
his head, and exhibited huge scar which
looked as though it might have been made
with fire shovel. The evidence was salts
factory.
MANY men want wealth-not compe-
tence alone, but a fvc-story competence.
Everything subserves this; and religion
they would want as a sort of lightning rod
to their houses, to ward of, by and by, the
bolts of divine wrath.
WHAT gentleman can, with any sense of
propriety, ask fat woman to lean ON his
arm.
They have got fellow in Jail in Chica-
SO, for swindling. He dried snow and sold
it for salt.
Head Quarters,
FIFTH REGIMENT, S. C. M.-Ordcrs No. @.
A N Election will be held at the different Com
n pony MustergrOuilds on Friday 9TH May
next, in the list Battalion of said Regiment, for
MAJOR, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the
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