Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-07-30

knock her down before could secure her.
Gas soon as SUIT was bound | took a wet
rag, and gave his face washing that cured
all the smallpox in very few moments.
lie came out as fresh as a rose bush after
a shower. The very first place we exam
incd was under the bed, where we found
two bundles done up in old Quilts. We
pulled EN- out and opened 'cm, and found
,he peddlers whole stock. SUIT Manse
had supposed that case ofsmall pox would
be safeguard against any outsider poking
IN under that bed; and if it hadn't hap.
pcned that I'd had the critter and SO
wasn't afraid of it, the valuablcs might
have been laid there in safety till he rot
chance to move 'em, which he probably
meant to do as soon as it was proper for
him to get well
g, | remained in the cot to keep guard,
while Smith went after help Sut sworc
and begged, and offered me all he got if
"a let him go, but | made no words will,
hnn. L waited until Smith returned.
which he did in company with a score of
the villagers, and then we carried the pri.
soncrs and their plumber up to the tavern
dcnce to convict SUIT Mange of the inur-
der , and robbery. 1t was as plain as day.
The clothes he had worn that night at the
tavern were found all spattercd with blood,
and we found the locust, too, close by his
cot, from which the club was cut. But
the smallpox and the articles under the
bed were enough in themselves. IIowcy-
or, he was convicted, and in two weeks bc
was hanged, and before he died he not only
confessed that he murdered the peddler.
but he said he had killed and robbed a GOOD
many men III different parts of the country.
Ills wife was convicted at the same time,
and sentenced to Imprisonment for life.
That's the only case ofsmall-pox ever
doctorcd, but | think, all things considered,
[ managed it pretty well. Don't (ou ~
"Ycs," said I.
p, Then let's go at the trout again" said
Tim. And ut them we went.
"GQT LEFT.-A genuine touch of wo.
mans nature, as we'll as human nature.
pcrvadcs the following
a comfortable old couple sat n scat or
two in front of us on the railroad dnrino
one OF the hottest days last summer. The
journey was evidently one of the events of
their lives, and their curiosity excited the
attention OF the passengers. At a way sta
ton the old gentleman stepped out to get
a drink, or to buy doughnut and heard the |
bell only in time to rush to the door of the
eating house and see the train move off
without him. The old lady in her seat had
been fidgcting, looking out of the window
in her anxiety for his return, and when she
saw his plight, his frantic Gestures for the
train to stop, as it swept farther and farther
away, she exclaimed
There, my old man has got left he
has there sec, he has p "Wa'n," she
sitting back in her seat again,
yoa GET ga6 e if my ay4Hs Hss 4ssH Sas Ma nov
he's gone and got left; and I'm glad ont"
Her candid reflection on the accident, and
the evident satisfaction she felt in the fact
that it was the old man.. and not herself. |
that was left was greeted with n round of
applause. Not few of the ladies in the
car were delighted that it was the old man
and not the old woman who made the blum
der, and had "gone and got left"
DoN'T TRUST TO YOUR DIcTIoNARY.-l
y German, whose English education had
been somewhat neglected, obtained an in
terview with an English lady, who, having
recently lost her husband must Gas he in
his unwashcd German condition took for
be open to new offers, and accor
dinghy opened his business thus -" iiigh |
born madam, since your husband have kick
ed de bucket" -"Sirw p interrupted
the lady, astonishcd and displcascd. cd.-sOh
pardon nine, ten Thousand pardon -
Now l make new beginning-quite oder
beginning. Madam since Your husband
have cut his stick" 1t may be sun
posed that this did not mend matters and
reading so much in the lady's countenance,
the German drew out an octave dictionary,
and said, pcrspiring with shame at having
a second time missed fire, "Madam, since
your husband have gone to Kingdom come
-" This he said besecchingly; but the
lady was past propitiation this time, and
rapidly moved towards the door. Things
had now reached a crisis and if some
thing were not done quickly the game was
up. Now, therefore, taking last hurried
look at his dictionary, the German flew af-
ter the lady, crying out, in voice of des
pair, Madam, since your husband-your
most respected husband-have hoped de
twig-" This was his sheet-anchor and
as this also came home, of course the poor
man was totally wrecked. 1t turned out
that the dictionary he had used, (Aruolds
we think,) awork of one hundred and fif-