Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-03-06


and where my flocks of sheep are pasturcd;
and the other two | am on the roads back
wards and forwards, my conveyance an old
Jersey wagon, with two trusty horses
There is one gap of eight miles on the road
without house, and another of twelve;
yet the way is not lonesome, never pass
over without seeing an abundance of deer, .
turkies, ducks, partridges, and the like; /
carry alongside of me double barrel gun,
a Sharpcs rife, aud one of Colts revolvers,
and some kind of game is sure to grace my
wagon both going and coming
My sheep now number some three thou.
sand, and finer flocks you never set ewes
upon in May hope to be able to count
upwards OF four thousand, as my lambs
come in April. L have, besides, a fine
gang OF brood mares, besides some forty
cows, and like the elder Mr.. Norval, "to
feed my flock and increase my store" is now
''my constant care" Did L not once tell
you that had much rather see my lambs
skipping upon the hills and playing in the
valleys than to witness the piroucttes and
entrcachats of the best corps de ballet that
ever existed If did not say as much to
you, it is nevertheless true
l have seen good deal in my day, jim
the world, the elephant, &C., but never
saw anything which afforded so much real
enjoyment as my hocks when doing well.
And since | have been here on the spot in
person, now nearly two years, / have had
extraordinary good luck; have not lost
two per cent. of my shcep per annun, and
when tell you that twenty per cent. is the
average loss the world over, YOU may well
imagine that my success is remarkable.
ces; have pastGaTSKt GaTSKtbiRG which sl produ
sand sheep and any number of horses and
cattle; and to see all this space covered is
now what [ am working for. / don't both
or my mind one moment about Kansas, or
brigham Young, or politics of any kind
don't care who is PrcSdcnt-fcar God and
hate the lndians-am Indifferent about
Walker and the dcvil-try to keep my feet
warm and head cool-and smoke my pipe
in peace with all mankind.
Here, Notwithstanding We occasionally
have cold and clustering norther, our
climate is delicious; am now writing, on
this lst January, y. ID. 1885, sitting in
my shirt sleeves, doors and windows wide
! open, no fire, and robins and other summer
birds singing in the green live oaks of my
| yard. Think of that, all munlcd up as YOU
are, and weep. And then here among the
mountains VIC have no fcvcrs, no chills, no
consumptions, no sickness of any kind
| There's balm in Texas.
| NATURES seed time is solcmnizcd be-
meath the yaulted cathedral sky; silent
dews, and gentle showers, and kindly sun
shine shed their sweet influence on the
tecming soil; springing verdure clothes the
plain; golden wavclots, driven by the west
wind, run over the joyous wheat-fcld; the
tall maize fiaunts in her crispy leaves and
nodding tassols; while we labor and while
we rest, while we wake and while we sleep,
Gods chemistry, which we cannot see, goes
on beneath the clouds; myriads and my
rlads of vital cells tcrment with elemental
life; germ and stalk, and leaf, and flower,
and silk and tasscl, and grain and fruit,
grow up from the common earth; the NOW
ing machine and the reaper-mute rivals
of human industry-perform their glad
some task the well-pled wagon brings
home the ripened treasures of the year;
the bow of promise fulfilled spans the fore
} ground of the picture, and the covenant is
3 redeemed, that while the earth remaineth,
summer and winter, aud heat and cold, and
day and night, and seed time and harvest
shall not fail.-Eecrca.
ADVANTAGE OF CHEWING TonAcco.-
When on the Fciee Island coast, Com.
Wilkes, Of the Exploring Expeditions fell
in with an intelligent savage, from whom
he learned that but short time before IL
vessel had come ashore in storm, and all
the crew had fallen into the hands of the
islanders. "And what did you do with
J themT 2" asked Wilkes, anxiously "Kill-
ed 'em all, . answered the savage "What
did you do with them after you lad killed
them Z" ''Eat EN- good" returned the
anthropophagos, grinning at the remcm-
brance of the horrible feast. "Did you eat
them all p asked the Commodore, feeling
exceedingly mwell "Yes, We eat ali but
one" "Aud why didn't you eat hiul?'
inquired the explorer, whose curiosity got
the better of his horror. Coos he taste too
much like tobacco. Couldn' cat no how
PooR LIvING.---A good Methodist min
istcr at the West, who lived on very small
salary was greatly troubled at the time to
get his quarterly instalmept. Hehad called
on his steward pumher of times, but had
each timo been put off with some excuse.
His wants at length becoming urgent, he
won't to his steward and told him that he
must have his money, as his family were
suffering for the necessaries Of life. aMon,
| cyl! replied the steward /" You preach
for money! / Thought You preached for
4 the good of souls I" q Sonls f,' ,,cn,inJ tho