Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-11-27

dent, to remove tho hat from the L ,s,,s lN y. !.
it under the left arm, make Pre- 80 5
and pass the compliments of tbes1sPK q 4 -
Among the students was Tom Uevoe, an
eccentric fellow. His father was rich, apd
as Tom was always " flush of money" the
height of his ambition was to sport gold
headed cane and gallant the old Greek pro-
fcssor's daughters.
The term student, which he boro in com
mon with the other members of the college,
was a sad misnomer. Toms mind was
more deeply cngrossed with backgammon,
checkers, and cold sedgc," than with his
mathematics, and lie was moro deeply read
in tl lore of Chesterfield, than in that of
Homer and Virgil. In fact, he was shall
ow-brained, lily-haudod fop, and, as may
be supposed, a great favorite with a certain
class of ladies who mistake i,npcrincncc
for wit, and fine clothes and affected man
ncrs for refinement and solid accomplish
mcntS.
But to our tale. Tom was one day walk
ing down street arm in arm with his friend,
John Smith, who had spice of the wag
about him. seeing the President few
PAGES before them, Tom hastily inquired
"Smith, what is 'good morning, sir,
in Latin 7"
"Ego sam &~ltus," was the reply, with
out moments hesitation.
Meeting the President, Tom, after the
most approvc, style of donkoyism at the
same time maNing profound salaam, greet
cd him with
"E,y0 sun, au}tuS !"
am aware of it, responded the Pres
idcnt, making a slight bow.
This proving rather unsatisfactory, Tom
posted off to the room of his friend Bylcs,
whom he salutcd with
Deacon, what is the translation of this
sentence" Eyo sum Stuitu< 2"
] am fool - responded the unsophis-
ticntcd " deacon"
This told tho whole story AS novel wri-
tcrs say, Toms feelings may be more easily
imagined than described.
Whether the students bored him about
it or not, and whether the professors daugh-
tcrs ever heard of it or not, 'dcponcnt say
eth rot" but history rccordeth that the
next fat t,bottomcd boat that went down the
Ohio bore Tom as passenger.
ToucuINo ScENE-Last week, Miss
Mary Ann Gunn, aged 16 or II, a pupil
at the Institute for the Blind, in this city,
somewhat suddenly deceased. She had re-
comfy embraced religion, and during the
lucid intervals of her illness, expressed her
self willing to dic-indecd anxious to " de-
part and be with Christ" She gave dircc-
tions in regard to her funeral obscquics--
desired the Rev. DR.. Boring to preach her
funeral, and that "The night ofthc Grave"
and Mount Vernon" should be sung By
her associates on the OCCASION The func-
raj scene was one of touching, thrilling in
tercst. Around the cold remains of the
departed, were groopcd hersorrowing, sight
less companions, singing the favorite re-
QUEENS of one they had never seen, but had
learned to love, and whose voice was miss
ing from its wontcd place and whose eyes,
though never permitted to look out upon
the brightness of Garth, wor low unveiled
and permitted to gaze with rapture and de-
light upon the undimmcd and unfading
glorics of the Spirit world, "with the saints
in light" now mingling her voice with
theirs in the song of Redemption. How
awful'y mysterious must such an event be
to one born blind, and who has never look
ed upon the cold, inanimato form, the wind
lug sheet, the coffin, the tomb -4Nocon
(Ga,) Jownal &c, Messenger.
Freak OF CoMMERCE.-Wc have heretofore
spoken, says the st. Louis Democrat of the
large quantities of cotton received here and
passing up this way from Memphis by river
boats, on its way to tho eastern markets.
Quantities of it have gone eastward by the
Ohio and Mississippi Rail Road. and by the
Tcrrc Hauto and Alton; but the following
item from IA Chicago paper shows now route
for this article:
"CoTToN IS KING" The first nStnlment
of ten thousand bales of cotton from st. Lou
Ia to Boston via the Illinois and Michigan
canal to this port, and the lakes by Culling-
wood propellcrs, reached this city yesterday,
and was being transferred at Spencer & Co.'s
deck This is the first shipment of the kind
and of the same extent that ever from the
cotton growing region sought market by the
way of Chicago and the Lakes.
THE RIGHT Sort OF MISSIONARIES. S.
A Missionary in the Greek Nation, writing
to the Southwestern Baptist, says:
There are but two white Baptist preach
ers sent here as missionaries, both in feeble
health; and so delicate are they, that if
welded together, they would make but one
small shadow. We need at least two 9th
era with large bones and brains-nlon who
can take hold of the world without gloves,
and yubf, ufn nd I,n i