Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-04-17
a dollar or Two.

With cautious step as we tread our way through
This intricate world as other folks do,
Maywe still on our journey be able to view 4
/ The benevolent face of dollar or two;
For an excellent thing is dollar or two;
No friend is so true as dollar or two; i t&3S
I Thro' country and town, as we pass up and down
| No passports SO good as a5dollar or two
Would you read yourself out of fthobaolelorerew
And the hands OF q female, divinity sue Z =.
You inust always be ready the handsome to do,
Although it should cost you n dollar or two.
boye's arrows are ripped with dollar. or two
Andaifection is gained by dollar on two Z; y
Thehest aid you canmeetinadyancingy your suit
/ Is the eloqacnt chink of dollar or twolS h
ME The Holy City, XII -"
a beautiful country lay stretched along
the eastern shores of the GreatiSca.a q Noun
tains; reared their bold mhjestic9 outli6o
round about, and lifted their sublime heads
beneath a. sky of eloudless blue. 4 Hills.
elothedsand crowned with fraitfulness.ari
Yalcd the ,luxuriance of their Intervening
valleys. Plains and rivers, forests aud
lakes, were grouped in aneSer varied beau,
ty.1a Lofty cedars rose IN stately majesty,
and towering palms spread their swidc
bry lohes over cities aud thickly clustering
villages. Over its whole extent the land
| rejoiced and blossomed like the rose, and a.
| numerous population made itinstinet with
life, from its centre to its utmost borders. y
The chief cityof this delightful land was
built upon three emiuenccs, and surrounded
except on the north, bya deep valley, which
was again ,einbosomcd with hills, Power
looked down from her lofty towers, and
strength engirdled her with a rampant of
4 impregnable mountain Luxury held court,
within her walls, and wealth poured its
golden tide. into her BOSOM Splendor was
her dazzling sceptre, when the eastern sur
illuminated her marble palaces, and lit up
! her golden templej and beauty was her
| robe and diadem, when hnshed in, the
| silence of moonlight, she listened to, the
music of the brooks that sang their low,
] song at her feet. In her pride, she said,
1"I sit as queen among the nations, a
j lady of Kingdoms" and cxultiugly gloried
in the name byswhich she was called, "the
i perfection of beauty, tho joy of the whole
Garth Thus did Jerusalem sit enthroned,
/ amid the hills of hcrown glorious Canaan,
4 iproudly sovereign as an eagle upon hey
i lofty nest, magnificent as queen iDIher
1jewclled robes, and beautiful as Eve fnithe
!, midst of Paradise.g l7a,,.5
i 1t was time o.. lpt~rse Puphc interest
lin Jerusalem e1rrs temple, the progress of
,whS-s building had been anobject of para
-Fmount Importance in the mindof every is
praelite for seven years. was at length compile
l9ted, and the gathering thousands of Cana
au We're throngingto her capital, tobehold
the finished glory Of the gorgeous structure
which each had offered willingly to build
Iiand1to,attepd the Feast of its Dedication. {
ION the morrow, which was the eighth of
the seventh month, the solemnities were TO
tcominonee; for the Feast of lEabernacles
4 drew nigh, and it was the will of King
= Solomon that the people should observe
| the Feast of the Dedication for seven days
preceding the seven days. Of the yearly feast,
making fourteen days of uninterrupted re-
ljoioing. Moreover, as al, the eHraysgof
Enatonal solcmlity end Joy were destined to
bconvorgc to this very point, the lecnth of
the same nonthg}was the Great Dayrof
Atoncment, and theropening ofotlie ninth
EJubilee since the possession of Canaan. As
| the day declined, thousands had already
assembled, and were erecting, their tents IN.
Ethe valleys and matcRless enyirons OF Jeru-
Esalem, while esevory avenue to the city was
still alive with the8joyous multitudcs that
lwere pressing eirway thither. The tribes
of Asher and Napltali' swept through the
fertile plains of Esdraelon. The Joppa
road was lined with. its pilgrim bands, which
had gathered, from the, shores of the sea-
Family erfamily of the eysonssof. Reuben
wound about the sloping declivity of Olivct,
and company after company Still arrived by
the way of ,Jerico, waving brapehes of palm
trees in their. hands, AS each successive
band caught the first glimpse. of their be-
loved city, theifglad voices burst simulta-
neously forthin sacred song, and Jerusalem
was sought unto on. every sideby heradrai-
| ring sons and daughters, with JOY and praise,
thanksgiving and the voice of melody -
! Within the city walls all was fastivity
and fejoicing. Brother again met with
broth 5,and friend @ith'ffien{l; while eve
/ ~ citizen of Jerusalem prided himself upon
| the extent of his hospitafities, and the cost.
Illness ofshis entertainments The court of
every dwelling was.flled with guests, to
whom ats, cooling fountains and marble
payementsJ it's luxurious couches andsfFas
grant perfumes, presented a most inviting
Welcome. Servants moved to and fro, with
napkins and silver eYers, and the mastoY
OF the horss9 aITaYed in. his richest gar.
ments, t.rteously badea welcome to every
guest, and blessed him in the name of
2 SAANliHxeRBcnArING JoK ~ -Ifthereian
Of Charles II, it was customary wien
gentleman drank q lady s health,a to.tIlrosg