Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-10-30
pcksNs COURT HOUSE, S. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 80, 1853
Caught on the Jury.

The following, which we have heard told
as fact some time ago, is too good To be
lost, and may be beneficial to some gentle
man who has young unsuspccting wife:
y certain man, who lived about ten miles
from X, was in the habit of going to
town about once week and getting on a
regular spree, and would not return dntil
he had time to "cool off," which was gen
orally two or three days. His wife was ig-
noraut of the cause OF his staying out so
long, and suffered greatly from anxiety
about his welfare. When he would return
of course his con6ding wife would inquire
what had been the matter with him, and
the inyarblc reply was, 4" that he was
caught on the jury, and could not get off"
Having gathered his corn and placed it
i'll large heap, he, according to custom,
determined to call in his ncighbors and
lave a real corn shucking frolic So he
gave Ned, faithful servant, a Jug and an
order to go TO town and get gallon of
whskey necessary on such occasions.
Ned mounted amulc, and was soon in town
and equipped with the whiskcy. romounted
and set out for home, all buoyant with the
! prospect of fun st Sucking"
When he had proceeded few hundred
yards from town he concluded to try the
4" stuff" and, not satisfied with once, he
kept trying until the world turned round
so fast that he turned off the mule and there
he went to sleep and the mule to grazing
1t was now nearly night, and when Ned
awoke it was Just before the break of day,
and so dark that he was unable to make
any star towards home until light AS
soon as his bewidcrmcnt had subsidized so
that he could get the "point," he started
with an empty jug, the whisEcy having run
out and afoot for hcmule had gone home
of course he was contemplating the ap-
plication of a " two year old hickory" or Il
piece of twisted cowhidc as he went on at
the rate of twoforty. Ned reached home
about breakfast time, and "fetchcd up
at the back door with decidedly guilty
countenancc.
"What in the thunder have you been at,
you black rascal, said his master
Ned, knowing his masters excuse to his
wife when he got on a spree, determined
to tell the truth ifhe died for it, and said
Well, massa, to tell de trur, was kotcl
on the jury and couldn't gitoff"
EXTRAoRDINARY YAFFAIR.-An attcmpt
atsucide in the Fourth District was atten
ded with some Of the drollcst incidents VIC
ever heard of:
a big, stout German, named Anthony
Behler, cotton-tier ut one of the uptown
cotton presses, having been afflicted with
the @ red monkeys" alias delirium tremens
Tor the last week orso concluded to Z" shuf-
fie off this mortal coil" Going into the
shocma'' ''er's shop of his brother-in-la,7, on
Josephine street, between Annunciation
and Chippewa, he seized shoemakers knife
returned tothe front door step, and there
slashed away at his throat lie then ran
back into the shop, and when the neigh
bor8, who had seen his bloody act, rushed
III front of the door to see him, he had ta-
ken bottle of wine, rammed the neck OF
the bottle into the hole of his throat, and
stood up composedly and let the wine CUR
| glei as the blood trickled out This NAV
seem incredible, but it is vouched for by
the different witnesses, 1t was almost as
odd proceeding as that of st. Denis, who
according to faithful Irish historian, kiss
ed his own head after it had been chop
pad oil
The unhappy victim ofintcmperancc, it
subsequently appeared, had not cut his Jug
ular vein, but had still cut his throat very
badly; 1t was stated to us that his windpipc
must have been cut. 1t was uncertain
whether he would recover or die.
AZ o. Crescent
Domestic HAPPINESS. Depend on it.,
there's great deal of domestic happiness
in well dressed mutton chop, or tidy
breakfast table. Men grog sated ofmusic.
are often too wearied for conversation, how
ever intellcctuol but they can always ap-
preciate awellswcpt hearth and smiling
comfort A wonan may love her husband
devotedly, may sacrifice fortune, friends,
family, country forhim--she may have the
genius of a Sappho, the enchanting beau.
ties of Armida, but, melancholy fact, if
with these she fail to make his home COM
Portable, his heart will inevitably escape her.
Aud women I've so entirely in the afFec.
tions, that, without love, their affections
are void Better submit, then, to house
hold tastes, than doom yourself to love.
less'home. Women of the higher order of
mind will not rnn this risk; they know
that their feminine, their domestic duties
are their first duties.
JEALOUS OF THE CoMEr.-.Fhe edito,
of the Now Orleans Crescent, gets off tn,
following, Gin his weather article If til,
fth, which is decidedly good:
The celestial attractions Just after sun.
down are fine, for Venus and the Comet
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