Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-10-16

'NhI'N WIN VIC NOltIlullOIlS OI MANY
friends, and accept of the nomination as
candidate before the citizens of RuggviIle,
to represent them in the general assembly.
] belong to no party-I'm a Southern man,
| shall 90 with the State. If the States
right, l will be right, if the State shall he
wrong, will be wrong. Respectfully,
PELEG SQUEELEG.
So Pclcg run
An IN2IDEHT.-eA touching case was
presented to the consideration and charity
ofonc of the good Samaritans who now take
care of the sick, relieve the destitute, and
feed the starving. A boy was discovered
in the morning, lying in the grass of Clai-
borne street, evidently bright and intclli-
gent but sick. a man who has the feel.
ings of kindness strongly developed, went
to him, shook him by the shoulder, and
asked him what he was doing there p
" Waiting for God to come for me-" said
he. What do you mcan?" said the gen
tlcman, touched by the pathetic tone of the
answer and the condition of the boy, in
whose eye and flushed face he saw the evil
dcnccs of the fever. Good sent for mo
thcr and father, and little brother" said
he, "and took them away to his home up
IN the sky, and mother told me when she
was sick that God would take care of me.
| have no home, nobody to give me any,
thing, and so | came out here and have been
looking SO long up in the Sky for God to
come and take care of nc, as mother said
he would. He will come, won't he? Mo-
thcr never told me a lic" "Ycs, my lad"
SAID the man, overcome with emotion, "h he
has sent me to take care of YOU" You
should have seen his eyes flash and the
smile of triumph break over his face as he
said, Z" Mother never told nc lie, sir, but
you've been so long on the way" What
a lesson of trust, and how this incident
shows the effect fncvcr dccciving children
with idle tales AS the poor mother expcc-
ted when she told her son Good would
take care of him." lie did, by touching the
heart of this benevolent man with com
passion and love to the little stranger.
IN o. Paper.
You WILL BE WANTED. Take cour-
age young man. What if you arc but an
humble and obscure apprcnticc-a poor
neglected orphana scoif and a by-word
to the thoughtlcss and gay, who despisc
virtue in rags because of its tattcls Have
you an intclligentmind all untutored though
it be. Have you virtuous aim, pure
desire, an honest heart !? Depend upon it,,
one of these days you will be wanted
The time may be long deferred. You
may grow to manhood, and you may event
ually reach your prime, ere the call is made
but virtuous aims, pure desires, and hon
est hearts arc too few and sacred not to be
pprccatcd-not to be wanted.
Your virtues shall not always be hidden;
your poverty shall not always wrap YOU
about as with mantle obscurity shall
not always veil you from the multitude
BE chvalric in your combat with circum-
stances. BE ever active, however small
may be your sphere of action. 1t will ccr-
tainly enlarge with every moment and your
influence will have double incitcment
In the worlds broad fold of battle,
In the bivouac of life,
he not like dumb driven cattle,
Bea hero in the strife.
Work on, for surely you will be wanted
and then comes your reward. Lean upon
the sacred verify 81 have never seen the
righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging
bread" Meyer despair, for the lives of
good men abU;''A!a;##:;!j ), 2how that often when
the clouds arc blackest, and the tcmpest
is fierccst and hope faintest, still small
voice" will be heard saying, Come hith-
cr, you are wantcd," and all your powers
will find employment. Therefore, take
heart, young man, for ere long "you will
be wanted.
WHEELING ONES SELF.-Going to din
ner the other day, we saw little fellow,
about two years old, sitting in wheelbar-
row and trying to wheel himself. IT struck
us that many people in this world are of
ten caught iii the same act, and we shall
always think hereafter When We see
business man trusting everything to his
clerks, and yet expecting to get along-hcs
sitting in Il wheclbarrow and trying to
wheel himself, When we see profess
ional man better acquainted with every
thing else than his profession, always star
ting some new scheme, and never attend
ing to his calling, his wardrobe and credit
will soon designate him as sitting in
whcclbarrow and trying to wheel himself
When we see farmer with an over abun-
dance ofhired help, trusting everything to
their management, his fences down, imple-
mentS out Ofrcpair, and land suffering for
want ofproper tillase--too proud or too
lazy to take Oft his coat and 60 to work
he's sitting in wheclbarrow and trying to
wheel himself. w
a MIDsnIpMAN csked priest to tell him
the difference between priest and jack
ass. The priest gave it up. "One wears