Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-01-16

/ gun toleel ltalIeuuy, MY toes 1elt as ii num-
urs wur a nibblin ut una cold streak run
up and down my back like lizard with a
turkey hen after him in setting time, and my
stummicS was hot and on-satsfed like"
( The Chances of Life.
| We have an old document in our posses
sion which contains some interesting infor
nation, uuknown to many, and rarely en-
eountcrcd in the papers Among other
things, it contains table exhibiting the
average age attained bypcrsons employed
| in the various popular professions of the
day. In this particular, as in most others,
the farmers have the advantage over the
rest of mankind, as their average is sixty
five. Next upon the docket come the
judges and justices of the peace, the dieni-
ty ofwhoso lives is heightened out to sixty
four. Following, then, inmediately in the
category of longevity is the bank officer,
who sums up his account at the age ofsix-
| ty-three. Public officers cling to their cx-
istence with as much pertinacity as they re-
tain their places--they never resign their
Offices, but life forsakes them at fiftv-six.-
Coopers, although they seem to stave thro'
life, hang on till they are ffty-eight- The
! good works of the clcrgymen follow them
at ntty-nNe. Nhipwrigh', hIUters, lawyers,
and ropemokers (some very appropriately
go together at the age of ffty-four. The
"Village Blacksmith" like most of his CO.
temporarics, dies at fifty-one Butchers fol-
low their bloody career for precisely half a
century. Carpenters.are brought to the scat
fold at forty-nine. Masons realize their
cry OF "Mort !" at the age of forty-seven.
Traders cease their speculations at forty-six.
Jewellers are disgusted with the tinscl of
life at forty-four. Bakers, manufacturers,
and various mechanics, die at forty-three.
The painters yield to their choice at forty
two. The brittle thread of the tailor's life
is broken at forty.one. Editors, like all
other beings who come under the special
admiration of the gods, die comparatively
young--they accomplish their errand of
4 mercy at forty. The musician rcdeoms his
last note and plays his dying fall at thirty
nine. The professional dancer shuffies off
his mortal coil also at thirty-nine. Prin-
tcB become dead matter at thirty eight
The machinst is usually blown up at thirty.
SIX. The teacher dismisses his scholars at
| the earl y age of thirty four, and the clerk is
even shorter lived, for hc must needs pre-
pare his balancc-shect at thirty-three. No
account is given of the average longevity
OF wealthy unclcs; the inference is fair,
therefore, that they are immortal
SOME one says that dogs bark with such
zeal when one enters their masters yard,
that cone would suppose they owned the
premises, and that their master was only a
boarder."
KEEP Your MouTn SUR Never olIa,y
the action of respiration tobe carried Oh tl,ro'
the mouth The nasal passages are clearly
the medium through which respiration was
| by our Creator designed to be carried on
"God brcathcdjinto mans nOstrils the breath
OF life" previous to his becoming n living
creature. Thedillerence IN the exhaustion of
strength by a long walk with the mouth firm
! ly closed, and respiration carried on through
the nostrils instead of through the mouth, is
lnconceivabc to those who have never tried
the experiment. 1t is said that the habit of
carrying on the work Of inspiration and ex-
| piration through the mouth is the origin of
/ almost all diseases Of the throat and lungs.
PERHous PRopERTY.--A negro fisher
man in Norfolk, Va, came one day to his
master, and said
Nlasso, want to buy myself free-7-I
got f ee hundred dollars, sir; pay 9at
down, and gib you dc rest when.I male
am"
/" Very well, Tom, said his mastor. oyou
have been a faithful fellow, and | will com
ply w,th your wish"
The money was accordingly paid. and
the inchoate freedom of Tom commenced.
| A S,w days afterwards Tom went out to
fish IN company with fellow servant, and
there care up blow which capsized the
fishing sNaok, and drowned Toms cops
paniOn. The next day Tom came 10 his
master, and said
Massa, Echange my minCl sir I don't
want to buy myself any more, sir.-.plcase
pay me back my money, SIR
8 Why Tonls said bisnnster, Wyos have
already paid . large portion Of the price,
and ~ industry IN your .proftabie calling,
| yon WIN som earn and pay the residue. and
you had better carry on your original mi.
! tentione"
No n1assa, vas Toms eeohoinfoalrc.
/ | jjolneler, z ID ruddep hab mx,mOneV baok
Niger prSperty TOY ensartiH, gir
as soul In heaven may lock back On
earth. and smile at It's past sorrows, SO, even
here, IL may rise to sphere where imaY
\ took down on the storm that once threateli.
cd to oyerwhelm u.
] Observation-Disclosures of wealxness which
we make IN bnploring 10 bo relieved from
hunger and from temptation, Is surely wise
lyputin orr daily prayer Think Of It,
| you who are rich, and take heed how YOU