Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-07-31
Not am Uncommon case.

horse, plcthoric saddle bags and bauohty
'asouciancc indicated, stopped at a comfor.
table wayside inn in kentucky, one night
many years ago. The landlord was a ioyial
whole-souled fellow, as landlords were in
those days, and gave the stranger the best
entertainments his table and bar would af.
ford, as well as his own merry COMPANY 70
make him glad. Early in the morning the
stranger was up and looking around, when
he cspied rich bed of mint in the garden.
lle straightway sought Bonifacc, and in
cignant at what he supposed his inhospi-
tality IN setting plain whiskey before him
when the means of brewing nect,.. was 50
easy of access, he dragged him forth to the
spot, and pointing with his finger at the
mint he exclaimed =
j say landlord, will you be good enough
to say what that is ?'
\ bed of mint" said the somewhat as
tonishcd landlord.
And will you please tell me what is the
use of it?"
"Wcll, don't exactly know, 'cept the
old woman dries it sometime with the 9TH
er YARDS.
The Virginian almost turned pale at the
onornlty OF this assertion. so
And do you mean to tell me that YOU
don't know what a mint julep is?
"Not 'cept it's something like sage tea
stranger"
{" Sage tea! Go right along to the house
get bucket of ice, loaf sugar and your
best liquor"
The landlord obcycd, and the stranger
soon made his appearance with handful of
fragrant, dcwy mint, and then they brcwcd,
and drank again; breakfast was over, and
the strangers horse was brought out, only
to be ordered back Through the lvclons
day they brcwcd and drank one or two
neighbors dropped in, who were partakcrs,
and late in the night were their orgies kept
up; ere they made it bed time, the land
lord and his Virginia guest who had ini,
tiated him into the pleasant mysteries of
mint julcp, were sworn brothers, and when
the latter departed the next morning, Bon
ifacc eXactcd a pledge that he would stop
on his return, and stay as long as he pleas
ed, free of cost.
The strangers business, however, detan-
ned, him longer than he expected, and it
was the next summer before he came back.
Riding up late i'll the evening, he gave his
horse to an old negro who was at the gate,
and at the same time inquired:
"Wcll, Sam, how is your mastcr?"
/" Yondcr him come" said the negro,
pointing to a youth who was approaching.
" mean your old master, fool %
cod Massa him done dead dis three
months"
g" Dead What was the matter with
i'm? He was in fine health when left
lin.
Yes; but you see, Massa Stranger, one
+ dem Virginny gcmmans come long here
'st year, and show'd him how to cat grccns
n his liquor; he like it so well, he done
tuck it till it kill him." said the old dar-
icy, shaking his head
The stranger passed less iovial night
han OH his previous visit, and was off by
laybrcak next morning. He quoted lis
conscience, however, in the end, with the
election that "good things are sometimes
nisuscd."
CorToN FACroRIEs.-Th ST. Louis
Republican is giving an interesting and in
3tructivc series on the "manufactorios of
ST. Louis, from which we quote para
graph concerning the "Phmnix Cotton Fac
tory"
This factory is quite new, and is not yet
In full operation; yet, on our visit, we
found some sixty hands employed, and when
they get an addition finished which is now
in course of erection, and for which the
(cards and looms) is now on
hand, it will afford employment for about |
two hundred or two hundred and fifty
Here they manufacture cotton yarns, twinc,
cotton batting and caudle-wick Most of
the machinery used is made upon the prem
company having a complete ma
chine shop attached, with all the tools re-
qustc for the purpose. Among the OBJ
jects deserving special notice. is a new in.
vention OF one of the firm, which is design
ed to make glazed cotton batting, white or
colored, all of which is done by this ma
chincry at one and the same time 1t is
claimed by the inventor as the only thing
of the kind in existence, and to st. Louis |
belongs the invention. We were also
shown Il very simple and complete machine
for making the finer sort of candle-wick,
used for star candles. This, also, is an in
vcntion of one of the partners, and one,
too, that is an immense importance to our
trade.
SUIcIDE.-Last week q large number of .
suicides occurred in different places:
AT Waterbury, Conn, n German named |
Schmidst, took arsenic. Cause-icalousy
At Yinconnes, Ind, Benjamin Mattrix
took laudanum. Causc-unknown
At Richmond. Ind, Mrs. Elizabeth Bur.