Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-11-06

| Appear half so lovely at rout or at ball.
AS gaily convened at the work covered table,
Each chcerfully active and playing her part,
! Beguiling the task with q song or fable
And plying the needle with exquisite art,
The bright little needle, the swift flying needle,
The needle directed by beauty and art.
Died Poor.
(" 1t was a sad funeral to me-" said the
speaker, +" the saddest L have attended for
| years.
"That of Edmonsou p
"Yes."
{" How did he die %
Poor-poor as povcrty-his life was
one long struggle with the world, and at
every disadvantage. Fortune mocked him
al! the while with golden promises that
were destined never to know fulGlment."
Yet he was patient and enduring" re-
marked one of the company.
Patient as a Christian-endurinp as n
martyr" was answered. "Poor man
He was worthy of better fate. He ought
to have succeeded, forhe deserved success.
Did he not succeed ?" questioned the
one who had spoken of his perseverance,
and endurance.
4" No, sir; he died poor, as have Just
said Nothing that he put his hand to
ever succeeded. A strange fatality SEEM
ed to attend every enterprise"
was with him in his lost moments"
said the other, "and thought he died rich"
No; he has left nothing behind" was
replied. "rhc heirs will have no con-
Germ as to the administration of the estate"
I" He left good namc,' said one, "and
that is something"
And legacy of noble deeds that were
done IN the name of humanity" remarked
another.
Lessons of patience in suffering; of
hope in diversity; of heavenly confidence
when no sun-beams fell upon his bewilder-
ing path, was the testimony of another.
And high trust, manly courage, heroic
fortitude"
"Then he died rich !" was the emphat
ic declaration Richer than the million
aire who went to his long home the same
day, miserable raupcr in all but gold. A
sad funeral, did you say? No, my friend,
1T was rather triumphal procession Not
the burial of human clod, but the cere-
monials attendant on the translation of an
angel. Did not succeed Why his whole
life was series of successes. In every
conflict he came off the victor, and now
the vctors crown is on his brow. And
grasping, soulless, selfish man, with share
OF brains, may gather in money, and learn
the art of keeping it; but not one in hun
drcd can bravely conquer in the battle of
life as Edmonson has conquered and, step
forth from the ranks of men Christian
hero. No, no; he did not die poor, but
rich-rich in neighborly love, and rich in
celestial affections And his heirs have
an interest in the administration of the es-
tate. A large property has oecn left, aud
let them sec to it that they do not lose the
precious things through false estimates and
Ignorant depreciations."
" You have new way of estimating the
wealth of man" said the one who had at
first expressed sympathy for the deceased.
4" Is it not the right way? There are
higher things to gain in this world Than
wealth that perishes. Riches of priceless
value that ever reward the true merchant
who trades for wisdom, buying it with the
silver of truth and the gold of love. He
dies rich who can take his treasure with
HIM to the new land where he is to abide
forever; and he who has to leave all behind
on which ne has placed affection, dies poor
indeed. Our friend died richer than
Girard or an Astor; his monument is built
Of good deeds and noble examples. twill
abide foreyer.-T. s. Arthur.
LUTIoN.-Irrcsolutio is habit
which creeps upon its victim with fatal "a
clity 1t is not vicious but it leads to vice.
and many a fine heart has paid the penalty
oft at tho scaffold. Trfing as it appears in
the wavering steps of the young, as they grow
older its form changes to that ofa hideous
monster, which leads them to destruction with
their eyes OPEN The idler, the spendthrift,
the epicurean and the drunkard, are among
its victims. Perhaps in the latter, its effects
appear in the most hideous form. lie knows
that tho goblet which he is about to drain is
poison yet he swallows it, He knows, for
the example of thousands has painted it in
glaring colors, thatit will deadcn all his fac
ulties, take the strength from his limbs ard
| the happiness from his heart, oppress hin.
with foul disease, and hurry his progress to
dishonored grave, yet ne drains it under
species of dreadful spell, like that by which
small creatures are said to approach and leap
into the jaws of the loathsome serpent, whose
iiendish eyes have fascinated them. How
beautiful and manly is that power by which
the resolute man passes unmoved through
these dangers.
A SMUGGLER's NARRATIvE.-We shall be,
my dear madam" soid tole fellow passen-
ger in the Dieppe boat. taking out my watch
but Keeping my eye steadily upon her, eve
shall be in less than ten minutes ut the Gus
kns. A "A n