Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-08-07
MISCELLANY.
Fruit from the South.


y New York paper of Saturday last, in
its review of the ''family markets" for tho
week, says:
The running of steamboat lines between
this city and the Southern ports is rcvolu-
tionizing the whole fruit and vegetable bus
incss of our markets. In former years, the
Jersey and Long Island farmers rcapcd rich
harvests from the sale of their carly vcgcta-
blcs in New York, and they dictntcd terms
to our dealers. Within few years, how
ever, all this been changed, and now our
market is filled with the productions of
Southern States for months before our far
mcrs have reaped their crops Every year
adds to the extent and Importance of this
business, and large amounts of capital have
been invested in the lands adjacent to Sa-
vannah, Ga, Charleston, S. c., and Nor
folk, Va. Potatoes, tomatoes, cucumbcrs,
green peas, string beans aud tumips, arc
among the articles most dealt in. The pc
riod Of the supply of each variety is on the
average doubled, extending to our citizens,
at amodcratc cost luxuricS formerly enjoy
ed but for a brief period. The peach trade
is now to be added to the others 1t seems
that the peach orchards of the South have
been very fruitful this year, and great num-
bers of them have found their way to this
city. 1t is n noticeable fact that the peach
es from the extreme South are very hardy,
much more so than those from more North
ern climes. Thus the peaches that arrived
here from Savannah and Charleston, last
Tuesday week, were sold in the market yes
terday, i'll good condition; while those
which came in the steamer from Norfolk,
last Thursday evening, had to be thrown
away. A week is as long as it is safe to
keep jersey peaches after having been gath
cred from the trees, but these Southern
peaches are good for two weeks This is
said to be due to the practice they have in
the South of planting the almond tree and
grating the peach upon it. Some of these
peaches have very fine flavor.
From statement published by Drew &
French, we learn the following fact:
The Hon. VIM. Gregg of Kalmia, South
Carolina, shipped the first peaches from the
far South III 1855, consigned to +. A. Will
kinson, of Washington Market. The en-
terprise of Mr.. Gregg proved success, and
the business has increased to such an extent,
that the last Charleston steamer brought to
bushels each, besides considerable lots to
other parties. Mr. Gregg sent $50 of the
number. The trip usually occupies about
forty-cight hours, besides the inland travel
of l3O miles, and n large part of the fruit
arrives in pretty good ordcr-some of it
quite fresh and luscious.
There have been so far about 800 box
cs from Charleston and 500 from Savannah.
Yesterday there were but few peaches in
market, the anticipated supply from Nor
folk having been spoiled.
THAcKERy says that "Whcn man is
in love with one woman in a family, it is
astonishing how fond he becomes of every
person connected with it, He ingratiatcs
hir elf with the maids he is blind with
the outler; he interests himself with the
footman; he runs on errands for the daueh-
ters; he gives and lends money to the youn-
gcst son at College; he pats little dogs,
which he would kick otherwise he smiles
at s.ories which would make him break out
in yawns were they uttered by any one
but papa; he drinks sweet Port wine, for
which he would curse the steward and
the whole committee at club; he bears
even with the cantankerous old maiden
aunt; he beats time when darling little
Fanny performs her piece on the piano
and smiles when wicked, lively little Bob.
by upsets the coffee over his shirt"
HORACE WALPoLE once said un my
youth ! thought ofwriting a satire on man
kind-but now in my age, think should
write an apology for them"
The following extraordinary example of
ecccntricity is related by a Swedish Jour
nal: "Dr. Rhuders, physician, has set to
music che palpitotions and irregular beat
ings OF the heart of female, who is pa
tient in the hospital at Upsal This dis
ease, written in musical notes with duavers
and se'ni-quavers, forms" says the journal
ga kind Of waltz, and is one of the curiosi
tiea in pathological anatomy"