Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-04-10
a Mule Bewitched.

Ef q Mule Bewitohed.
Tho popular idea seems to be that the
long-earcd tribe have been deprived of the
power of speech since tho days Of Balaam,
bntfwe had this morning ocular and auricu-
| lar proof OF the fnllacY Of this belief As we
were coming down Broad street, we noticed
a little this side of the Planters Hotel, a
crowd collected around the wagon of n coun-
tryman, and we stepped up to learn, if pos
| slblc, tue cause OF tho eXcitement
Tho wagon was drawn by q couple of
mules = one of them rather bad looking
specimen, who seemed to hail from a region
| where corn aud oats were rarities--the other
decidedly better looking, and giving pumis-
| taxable evidence, we thought of having been
better fed. The wagon was loaded with
that delightful esoulent so popular in the
| South-swcet potatoes. Prominent in the
crowd. we noticed little black-cved. gray,
haired man, who was busily engaged when
we came up, in negotiating trade for one of
the mules, and strange to say, for the poor
| est looking one.
Now, my friend" said the little man, al
want this mule Il have II first rate match
! Tor him, and want to mako out the, pair
How old is he?"
~ !" FIVE years last spring." promptly re,
q" Golly what lie |" cried the mule, prick
ing uphis ears
Country started-tho crowd looked fright
enod, and one or two colorcd gentlemen in
continently fed, as if the devil were of, tic
| party.
"Who-who was that ?" asked the dealer
IN potatoes at length, having somewhat re-
covered his voice and senses
Why, mcW promptly responded the
mule. :" What arc you lying about? You
know you have had inc fifteen years"
There, my friend" said the little man,
''your mule contra licts you-and he ought
to know his own age"
"Pll be darncd if | know what to make
of you or the MULE exclaimed the country
man, " know he's only five years old, for
L raised him myself"
There, you lie again " said the mule.
" Take thatW exclaimed the now infuria-
ted owner, forgetting his fenr for the moment,
and striking the animal over the mouth.
Don't do that again" cried the mule,
''or fll kick YOU" =.
| The countryman's eyes almost popped out
OF ms head, and there is no telling what
/ would have been the result, had not some
one arrived, who recognized the little man
as SignOr Blitz, the we'll kncwn Magician
1 and NcntrilOqust-which explained the mys-
terry, and relieved the countryman.-Aug,t
| Dispatch.
The following lines, so pregnanty and in
such small compass, express the debt of man
to woman, that we cannotforbcar publishing
them, though we havenot the permission of
the accomplished author (who touches moth
ing that he does not adorn) to do So They
should be committed to memory and carried
/ about as "Uade mecum," to remind the
Lords of creation Of all they owe to the softer
sex, that IT they cannot pay what they owe
they can at least be grateful:
.ScWoMA N.
Woman's soft hand my infant cradle sprond
Her gentle cares bedecked my bridal bed;r .
| By womanlctmy dying hours be nlnst---
Her love tho last fond solace as the first
A WESTERN Judge recently gave vent
to his dctestation of bad liquors, in the fol-
lowing charge: ''Gentlemen of the jury
Pure, unadulteratcd liquor is wholesome
and pleasant beverage, and as far as the
experience of the court extends, conduces
to health and longevity; but bad article
of liquor, gentlemen, or, what is worse, a
drugged article, cannot be tolerated; and
if dealers from below acM send up into this
beautiful country, so blessed with the smiles
of, benignant Creator, such u miserable
quality Of liquors, as the proof shows ttis
to be, in his Court Gentlemen of the jury,
they cannot recover"
A PRETTY girl and wild horse are liable
to do much mischief; for the one runs
away with fellows body, and the other
runs away with his heart
! A PERSON having asked how many "doo
days there were in year, received for
his answer, that it was impossible to number
them, as "every dog had his own day"
f PRAYINq ron An EMEMy.-A Yankee dea
cor. took occasion at a prayer meeting to put
up long petition OH behalf of n man with
whom lie had II quarrel. Somebody express.
i ing surprise, Why" observed the d ,con,
with chack!e do good TO Your enemies and
you heap Goals Of fire on their heads and
guess gave that fellow smart singing"
| a YOUNG Irish girl, who was rendering tes
timony against an individual in Il court of
tlaw, said, ''I am sure he never made his
mother smile" There is biography of un
kindness IN that sentence.
ELECTIVE JUDIcIARY.-A gentleman
speaking of Judges to the Courts, made one
sentence significant one. There is but
one step more, said he, to take, that is Ia
etccttte i,tty.
"ComE, Bill, it's teno clock, and think
4 we he'd better be going for it's time honest
folks were at home" "Well, yes, !" was thc
j answer ~ must be off, but you ncedn't
:, hurry on that account
/ THAT which is past is gone and irrevoca.
Il bln and tyivn nan hayo anouol - a. ...l