Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-06-05
any how, .let tllat be whar-itwill.


changin quarters aud, gentlemen. I,m a
bar il. thar want nigh half.a bushel of the
stngln varmints ready to pitch into me
when the word 'go was gin,
"Well, " | reckon they got it, for ieall
hands started for our con,poau Some
on 'em hit She dogs--about a quart struck
me, and the rest charged on old brindle.
"This time, the dogs let off fust dead
bent for the old dcacon's, and as soon as old
brindle and could get under way, we fol-
lowed. And as | was only deck passenger
and had nothin to do with stccrin the craft
swore if J. had we shoud't have run that
clanne, no how.
"But, as said aforc, the dogs took the
lead-Brindlc and next, and the hornits
dreskly artor. The dogs yellin--brindlc
bellerin, and the hornets buzzin aud stingin.
| didn't say notlIih, for it warn't no use.
Swell, we'd got about two hundred yards
from the house, and the deacon beard us
and cum out. L seed him hold up his
hand and turn white, / reckoned he was
prayin' then, for he didn' 'teSpect to be call
ed for so soon, and it warn't long neither
atore the wholcacongregation, mon, women
and children, cum out; and then all liahds
went to yollin. A- ~
"HNone Of EN- had the. fust notion that
brindle and | belong to this world. / list
turned my head and passed the hull, con,
gregation seed therun would be up soon
for brindle couldnt turn a fence, that stood
dead, ahead f 'f.
"Wcll, we reached the fence, and I
went ashore over the old critters head, lam
din on 'tother side, and lay thar stunned
ltYarn thong afore some on EN- as war scar
ed, cum runnin to see whatI war. For all
hands kalkclutcd that the bull and belong.
cd together. But when Brindle walked OFF
by himself, theysecd how it war; and ono of
ems scd Mike Fink has got the wust of the
scrlmmage once in his life ,s..,.t
"Gentlemcn from that day dropped the
eourtin Dizziness, and never spoke to gal
since. And when my hunt is up ON this
yesrtb thar wont be any more Finks, and
it's all OWN to Deacon Smiths Brindle Bull !
LITTLE CoURrEs1Es,--7Ilow. much of
meaning, of fre6uetnent, ay, of Chrtstianity
itself, there is in those little incidental at
tentions and politencss whichgo great way
in making up hebcauty of life Z .:
VIZ. .hqve.known very many people
warm-hearted, and Scnnrous--who we ca
pable of almost any act of solf-sacrifice and
abncgation, who would never have conde-
scended to raise, their hat to a lady, or offer
her glass of water, before drinking them
selves. This is frequently the fault of
eoarse.grained nature, but perhaps most of.
ten the resultof early education. Indeed,
we always think a mans manners are the
living episue, known and read of all men =
OF his mothers. training. Habitual polite
ness can only makeya man thorough gen
tleman agwoman q true lady. Aud this
is most easily acquired in childhood, and in
ones own househould.> Ifa boy be respects
full and courteous to. his sisters, he will be
so to all women, 80 long as he lives but if
his Intercourse with them be coars6, care
less, abrupt, not softened and re6hed by a
thousand namelcss little attentions and gra-
ces, he will be rough, awliward-not fulfill
ing always the beantfuls injunction of the
Apostle, Be ye courteous toall men" Then
too, outward refinement influences and. sof.
tens the inward character; for it is,a law
of our being tMit expression intensifes the
emotionsiand feelings.a .-,;.,., ,fes;t'i. ~
But this work, after all, lies. with evory
motferiu the lanl-4ifi thewofld; and we
can only hope that these hints may influence
some to consider II. sRSS t1Efis18 ssif
S1,.l.a,s. 80 ~ ~ -s---4-4-----,'I r.a sr-,.
:. TIIE UNCERTAINTY CT THE LAW THE
Supreme Court of Massachusetts has had
before TIA railroad case which IS remafka.
bic for the number of times It. has been
tried, andthe different Views different iuries
have taken oft. The, plaintiff, with, her
husband auda younglady,had beento Brighr
ton mi the evening IN u sleigh, aud were re-
turning to theff home in Needhani, WHEN
they approached the, crossing of tho. main
road, inst as, the last Newton speccial train
came along, In attempting to cross, the
sleigh was struck by the train, end Mr., Shart
receiWedinjuries f,whiehhedied in a show
time. Mrs. Shaw was SO .batlly naa1led
that hsreniaincd' for several DAYS between
life and death, md recovered with the loss
of one arm and a portion of the other The
young lady was dragged along by tho train,
but most wonderfully escaped all serious
injury The case was tried, and a verdict
of $4,000 was rendered against the COM
pa,iy. The latter appealed and obtained
new trial. The second trial the jury in
crcascdthe damages TO sl80eo. = a second
time the defendants appealed and succeeded
in having he, verdict set aside, on, the
ground oferFoneous ruling The third tri-
al has Just now closed and the jury were
unable to agree npou tiny damages, and
were. discharged. = ~ Z, ~ -. ~ -
A ScoToH PRoFEssoR ON LADIES
RfSebETs. - Professor Blaclsie haspublisR.
cd antopttijon on this5iihp hpoFtant, s,ifjeet. -