Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-07-09


keep it in tune, for the ftin was gcttn
tolerable brisk. You're the one, thinks L,
and jist grabbed tho dough-tray and split
it open over his head! lie rottcd down,
right thar, and | padded him with one of
the pieces while | was q molifyn my
feelings i'll that way, his gall slip'd zip be-
hind me and fetchd me rake with the
pot-hooks. julie Sawyer was thar, and list
ancNod to her rite off, and nifty nice fito
it was. julie carried enuf har from her
he'd to make Il SITTER, and striped and check
ed her face nice, like partridge-net hung
on a white fence. She holcrcd for her
fiddler; he was too busy a rubbin his
bruises, SO when | thought julie had given
her plenty, pulled her off and put her
IN good humor by given her about as
many kisses us would cover barn door.
Well, | thought at last, if | had drink
Ia be about done, so | started for the
creek: and the first thing | saw was more
stars with my eyes shut than ever did
with them open. looked round and it
was the little fiddler's big brother! |
knowed what it meant, so we locked horns
without a word, that all alone, and | do
think we fit an hour. At last some fcllcrs
hcarn the jolts at the house, and they come
and dug us out, for we had fit into hole
whar big pine stump had burnt out, and
thar we was up to our girths gcggin away
face to face and no dodgin!
Well, it is now sixteen days since that
ito, and last mite julie picked gravels out
of my knees as big as squirrel shot. Luck
raytbcr run again me that mite, for didn't
lick cny body but the fiddler and had three
ttcs-- but julie licked her gall that's some
comfort, and suppose a fellcr cant always
win? Artcr my Gtc in the ground, we
made friends all around, Except the fid-
dler-hc's hot yct,) and danced and H.
quored at the tail of every reel till sun up,
when them that was sober cnuf went home
and them that was wounded staicd whar
they fell was in the list that was wound
ed, but could have got away if my bark
mill hadn't ground off the saplin and gone
lone without a parting word; SO Dick and
julie had to ride "Shanks mar" and a
rite pcart four-lcgcd nag she is oShc was
weak in two of hir legs, but Rothcr two
oh, my stars and possum dogs .Sthcy make
a man swullcr tobackcr j,st to look at en-,
and feel sortcr like June bug was crawlin
up his trowscs and the waistband too tito
for it to git out. Pm agoin to marry julie
| swar am, and sich cross Think of n
locomotive and a cotton gin Wo whoo.
pee !"
READING SERMoNs.-Rcv. DIR. John
Brown-a sketch Of whom has been given
in an extract from Prof Luhordes forth
coming history of the South Carolina Col
legc-ftty years ago was one of the most
effective eXtemporancous preachers in the
Southern Church But still he was so
modest and SO difident of himself that
when other ministers were present, he
greatly preferred that they should preach
After he mad entered upon his Profcssorship
in the College, lie relied less than ever up
on his cNtcmporancous powers, and was
ontrary to the ordinary usage
of the time-to carry his manuscript into
the pulpit, cSpcciallyon extraordinary occa-
Sions At meeting of the Prcsbytcry--
III Camden, we think-it dcvolvcd on him
to preach what was familiarly known as the
action sermon" that is, the sermon which
immediately preceded the administration
of the Lords supper, i'll which he confined
himself very closely to his written discourse.
One of his brethren, the Rev. John Cou-
sar, ut the close of the services, took DR..
IS. by the arm, and led him aside, saying
A." have favor to ask | want you to
give me the sermon you preached to day p"
Not diyining the object of the request,
DIR. Brown made some apology for it, say
ing " it was written in great haste, and lc-
giblc to no one but himself twill there
fore, be of no use to you" But, when
further pressed for the sermon, he asked
MIR. G. what he wanted with it. With
grea carnestncss, and looking him full in
the face, Mr.. Cousar replied, 81 want to
burn it, that you may never preach it again.
You might have electrified the people but,
instead of that, they sat listlcss and unfee-
ling all the while. | want to burn it, that
hereafter you may preach as you once did,
when you had Gods precious truths in
your mind and heart, and when you utter
cd them with power as solemn realities"
This incident DIR. Brown was accustom-
ed to rclatc to illustrate the subject at The
head of this article, and more especially to
exhibit one of the traits of character be-
longing to his rather eccentric, but fai. nful
friend and BROTHER Mr.. Cousar. - Central
Presbyterian.
A MAN WITH Four EYEs.-A new
wonder has been discovered in New York,
in the person of n man named Karl Saul,
who, it is asserte', has four eyes He has
one pair in the usual place and another in
the back of his head. A correspondent of
the Evening Post, who enjoys the acnuoin-