Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-10-02
Mechanics.

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! Importance OF mechanics to a community.
Not only docs present progress and advance
ment but tic permanent prosperity of ever,
town or city depends largely ON the mum
bcrnd churactcrofi it's mechanics. Where
ever we find mechanics, as class, occu-
pying an elevated position in community
-honorcd and respected for their moral
and intellectual worth us we'll as for their
energy and uniform department, there vou
Will surely find, not only brisk and lively
trade, but population free from most Of
those foprcrieS and follics which arc dcpcn
Grating and mpcyerishing the present gen
eration, 1t is . lainentuble fact--but hev
! erthecss it is q fNct--that it is common
thing in this country for moncyed snoby
and brainless fops to look down on mechan-
les as an inferior clous Of beings; End, un-
fortunately for the cacse of labor, many
mechanics encourage, rather than lepel with
disgust this assumption on the part of snob.
berry, because they refuse to exercise those
! Eoble elements with which God has cndow-
ed them, to rend asumder those tyrannical
bands with which, what is miscallcd social
life, has so long kept them fcttered. We
would have every mechanic in the land feel
his importance, and to realize that it is the
noble brotherhood, of which he is a part,
coupled with the cultivators of the soil,
that form the great basis upon which all
other int rests depend. Because your dai-
ly toll may confne you within the walls Of
small room, it is no reason why you should
remain ignorant of the principles of science
or The great truths of philosophy. Take
tor your guides some one of the immortal
| names tln bouc b,t Il
though passed from the scene of actual or
crations, have left their names embalmcd
in the hearts of coming gcneratous-an
determine to be men
To be good mechanic, the mind must
he cultivated as well us the muscles, for it
is impossible to excel in any branch, how
ever insignificant without some knowledge
of general laws. Whatever your business
may be, devote your whole time and attcn.
tlon to its prosecution; be diligcnt in your
researches after all the plausible aud prac-
teal improvements that may present them.
selves in your particular branch, that you
may not only add to your own reputation
and interest, but be enabled to give the
better satisfaction to those who sustain YOU.
And other interests should not lose sight
OF tho fact that the more they do to foster
and elevate the mechanical interests OF a
place, the more they do to push the nloc.
upward and onward. While these inter
ests langush, it cannot be expected that
trade and traffic should flourish.
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a.. nas.;hio vs ""u ~ "p"nuoH as carry
Tbo Inmno'. 49, "i.'S w.. 90 anu P,!rn- !n.
crlt tho ocnm;s;t;on II ao1 U I,, i,o.o u'iH, IN
he. nnd IF tho ,r"lJa wv" W,i' WI
nyoncr season for tho acnn;S;t;cSn ii; SV"ot'' ."'
~uarc h. no.sc1 IN its aLisn No. unr,t'' VI .s'''
Totc yicin Of ncoInotad oS,,not;a t;.u G'''o..u.
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ucat;on Tvcrv man?hos i DI i, liz ',lS 80 co.
He has ncr,lv 70 mse tbc lanoun@o m pUh%o pvh;o,,
he roads insiooI nf tho - ~"
hca,s--.to form his tosto Ernm tho h,s,
sneakers and nnct. og tho co,ntrr tn .noaa
Irc M, choice n]n,scs +, lie n,o,,, ~
to habtuote bimsclfto tbnirps So; ,l;m,, Gr
at the same timc. thc ncd,nti,. ,,ron;s;r37
and bombSst<,ybicb s.GSw ro,har 40 ",o no"I.
ness of a vain ambition than The nolisb ~
an educated mind f''
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I'VE MIND-Ihc human mind cannot
exist long without love and admiration;
al 3homt f.;t n"oU' io"u tIiae ,s sc"ttef