Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-04-17
A Critic 'Taken Down.

In Saintsyille, a very quiet town In one
ofthe Middle States, Squire Williamson
rcigns as Supreipe Judge in all matters of
taste, especially in the fae arts. He sets
up to be the most knowing mana IN town,
notin law only, but in all departments of
science. Now and then he overshoots the
mark, One of the neighbofs, an iltcllt
gent mechanic, having a fne taste for nat
ural history, spent q great deal of lis s;;Sio
end labor in prepalipga a cabinet of stuffed
birds, Arranging them as esnattirnl as life
on perchcs around his shop. The Squire
was very fod;l 81 dropping Ia from time to
time to find fault With the arrangement of
the specniehs@ He admitted the skill of
the man in slSiuninS and stufing them, but
the habit,of the. bird was notie ieSactg hit in
the way he stands,s s. V, - ~
"Why8 8dontJ op5followt patueY the
Squire, would ask, and grppble at,the work
to show his, own nlacguaintanc with a sub
ject of which he was ignorant a,s,pF8 q -,
Rogers, the bird faneier, ,wasyexed atthes'
| Squire's criticisms and dsel fcouceit, aud res
solved upon fixing him; Afriend fromthc
country neiday brough HIM a Rfso@l Of.
beautiful plamage and Rogers gladly took ID
ofhim, ,andset it np in one corner of theshop
onashelfa, Presently the eSqaipowaspassing;
heasked himiny His eye caught sight of
tho new addition TO his cabinet, and he ex-,
claimed: W is'9 teS'51'tf
4'IfSy, hey, Rogers AsasPIeadfi specimen
that2, Elegantly stuffed, hcyl q. But, Rog-
ers, who ever saw: an owl, with his head
tucked appin.that kind ofa way .. Hollow:
nature, man. .Hcsp t.r5,s srai e .y'i'ssgn' 'rs
''Perhaps, p,said Rogers, "you could fix
the head as owls are accpstomed TO hold
| them .l.s .. .Ntn' ? g
SIC, be, spre ]. cam replied the Squire x
and mounting a chair he,reached sup. to.
the bird to straighteh out his head q. But
| his o%lspip did dsnot'@ait to- be pulled; he.
! darted out his bill and gave the Squire $
forefngcra a grip that he will carry, the mark
of for many day. Ealing back, out, of
the chair in his fright, and seeing d smile
of satisfactionon Rogers, he sawpat, once
| thatAro1lmd- 6uen sold. Dne old owl l-luuked
! on as wise MS ajudge, and the Squire was
compelled to give in; but he insisted Tint
g9$ls in the woods or In a barn do not hold
4 their heads as. this rascal does in the cabiE
net. s,-r-sF. sl .,a,s 49,, s :,
a .LAuGnTEp,A Laughter.is not altogether
I n foolish thing Sometimes, there is wis.
dom in it, SolomoEhimselfatlnits "there
/ is a time to laugh, y s7woB as a time u,
mourn: Man only lylqughs@a.lnah; the high4
est organized being and hcnce the defni-
| ton that has been proposed of ",,NIah, "a
laughing animal, Certainly, it defines
him as well as a cooking animolS q. 9tool
making animal, = a., ,HmoueY-1iaIiinr.sa ami
'mal, (" 'poltical-animal y or such like. .-l
4 Laughter very often shows the bright side
! ofa man, 1T brings out his happier nature,
4 and shows of &nat sort of stuff he is really
made. Somehow we feel .as if we never
thoroughly, know q au,until we hear, him
laugh. We dosnot feel "at home1ewith
Mni till then. $Wc do not ilean mere srigz
j ger, but a good, round, hearty laugh. The
solemn, soberSisage, like a Sunday s dress
htells nothing Of the real nian l-, He maybe
very silly, or very profoupdj very cross, or
livery jolly, gllet.ushear him laugh, and NE
can dccipher him at once, and tell how his
heart beats We are disposed to suspect
the man who never laughs AtalFeSents,
there is a 'repulsion about him which VIC
capqot get over. .IIayatcr says, lShun
that. man who never laughs, who .dislikes
music, or the ghd.,faeeso I'd childa, 4. This
P is what everybody feelsyand none more than
children; who are quick at reading cha1ac-
tcrs ); and their strong instinct rarely de-
cee{iyeS them ~ y sBSath,leooQ, 81, i,,g
MY learned friend" observed an advo-
cate during recent trial, q practices his
arguments before a glass; "Better prac-
tise them before glass than5afterag glass, !"
was thercply, - 80. !, s. y q
,,B4cHELoRs are not entirely lost to the
refinement Of sentiment, for the foliowiing
toast was given byao9e of them at "a, cele-
bration "The Laties--sweet briers- In
the garden Of life. fSsS ~ y
sss1eI SKY, 1DfE johnson, did YOU ,heaf
bout. de cat,Iepsy dat befel, I,hiilis2ss Sob
course /, IsdidnSt;; what was sit.?,s yftsYou
seepde doctorordered, a. blisteron.her .ciist
well, as.she h9dn'tsno cllist, no how she
put 'uhson de bandbox, and it dFaw6d her
new new pink bonneEall out Oh ghape, and split
,uia intitel8 x 1870 80, 'ss - -. 60
"A DOMESTIC, newly engaged, presented
! TO his smester, one morning, q. pair of boots,
| the, leg of enc of which was, much loncef
than the Other. allow comes itthat, these
boots are not of the same lengtf?a &lsf
| rally don't khow, sir, but what bothers mo
the 5;moshis,s that the pair down stairs arc
IN the same fTSsl @ ,Sgye1.,a aS ejsSstgbsss
or I'm not home from the, pfarty to- )
lllight q clock, !" said a husband Il, his
i baff o,s' II ~ =