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

and washed-combed and brushed
and brushed and combed again; but in
spite of our good intentions to the contrary,
we felt awful bad But to make the best
we could of a bad business, we sat down to
a tempting breakfast, which we really did
relish astonishingly, for man with our
feelings. The breakfast refreshed us very
much, in fact we felt altogether like new
man.
After paying ''minc host" the damages,
and bidding our friends adicu, we again
took our old place on the mail stage, and
faced towards Old Pcndlcton. At the word
"gee-ang" we were off "quick kcr than rain,
or at least quicker than rain that day
There was nothing worthy of note transpir-
ed on our long and tedious ride from Wal
halla to Pendleton. We hove in sight of
the time honored village of Pendleton at
about | o'clock, and found our friend, Mr..
CAMPBELL, as of old, ready and willing to
We were truly glad to see the spirit of i'm
provemcnt manifested by the good people
of this place, as itnow is, Wenotieod new
houses going up, besides various other items
| OF Improvement of minor import, which we
would gladly notice, if time and space would
admit We could hear nothing else tall ed
about here, but the election which had lust
passed off; in fact, we have heard but lit
tie else talked about for months passed. -
We were really getting heartily sick and
tired of it. Soon after supper, or tea, if
you like it better, we told the landlord to
have us called in time to go off on the cars
the next morning, and then we sought the
repose which our wearied body and harass-
ed mind was so much in need Of We were
soon dead to the world and all things there
in, and only lived in our dreams. 1t ap-
peared to us that we had just got comfort
ably to sleep, when we were aroused by a
confounded black imp of the African race,
who was pulling and tugging at us, and
telling us that we would just be in time for
| the train. Had VIC acted on our first i'm
pulse, we should have got up and knocked
the black rascal down, but one moment S
reflection brought us to the very sage con
cluslon, that it the time had really arrived
for the departure of the cars, that he, no
more than any one else, could have prevent
ed it, so we got up and made our way as
fast as possible to the depot, and reached
there just in time. AS we stepped on the
platform, the conductor cried out, call
aboard! % and away we went like the wind,
on the Blue Ridge Railroad We had
scarcely time to get comfortably seated and
admire the smoothness of this road, before
we reached Anderson g. H. They make
the very best of time oa this road, and it
cannot be exceled for smoothness by any
other road in the State.
/ After passing through the usual amount
of dust, smoke and cinders, we reached the
capitol at | o'clock the same day we left
Pendlcton, where we remained two days.
Our space will not permit us to say what
we saw, what we heard and what we learn
ed, whilst at this beautiful city. BY the
snlne route, auti, bj bb Sha samo ooaa72iy;aacc
we again reached Old Pendleton, where we
again stopped for the night.
Early the next morning, we had the
pleasure of meeting and congratulating our
lately elected representative to Congress,
Col. JOHN ID, AsHMoRE, and was sorry to
hear him complaining of bad health
Wonderif "Capt, Chaw" couldn't now give
thegiews of the people more accurately than
he did some two months ago. What say
you, friend Capt. 2" Beat again, ell?
Fork over the cigars, and say no more about
it. We again found our old conveyance,
the mail coach, which set us down again,
safe aud sound, at Tunnel Hill, from which
| place we took private conveyance of our
own, propelled by physical power, which
brought as home In good time, though con-
siderably tired and jaded GEORGE.
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