Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-08-13
WAR0E IW ,
Chango for a Hundred.
BY ALBANY FoNBLANQuE.

II was markct-day in great noisy ma.
nutacturing town not many miles renewed
from Lancashire, and confines of that
ncighbUrng country so celebrated for the
" cutcncss' of its inhabitants. The rail
ways had brought in thousands of people
that morning, from all parts of the adia-
cent country, most for business, some for
pleasure, some for a convenient mixture of
both. Men came in to make money, and
made it or not, according to circumstances;
their wives and daughters came in to spend
money, and found no difficulty in accom-
plishing their object others came in for
other purposes Gas will appear before the
conclusion of this faithful Darrativc,) and
were equally successful in carrying them
out
In the Exchange, merchants and cotton
spinncrs, brokers and agents throngcd to-
gcthcr and were as busy as bees i'm a hive,
What were they doing? All! that | can,
not say. Hundreds of thousands of pounds,
| am told, change owners on markct-dav
IN this same EXchange, without scrap OF
writing, or earnest, to bind the bargains.
Who can toll what great transactions were
being clenchcd Perhaps some one was
buying up all the cotton i'll Liverpool /; per-
haps the money was being found in some
invention that will provide broadcloth at
sixpence a-yard; perhaps that vulgar
looking old fellow, to whom all are touch
ing their hats, on account of his rcputcd
wealth, is buying what he knows very well
he never will be able to pay for; and who
knows but that those sanctiiicd individuals
in white ncckcloths are contracting for Il
supply of thread, bearing lie upon its
/. label, in order to cheat the poor scanstrcsS
of her due Such things are done, we
know, thanks to that much viificd tri-
bunal-IIer Majcsty's High Court of
Chanceyy
But we have little to do with the En-
change and those who frcquentct it. This
great town, which is to be nanclcss, for
certain sufficient rcasOns-gocs to dinner at
two clock, eats Il great deal of cold meat,
and drinks agreat deal of wine aud be-
ing town of inferior organization, castro,
nomicolly speaking, is not afflicted with
those trghtful consequences from which
any other town of more fashionable and
dysrcctic habits would suffer. Conse.
quently for about one~hour after the time
| have named, there is alull in the transac-
tion of business; and then, whilst the
bees arc on their return to thcirwork, much
shopping takes place
The principal jewellers in this namclcSs
town are Mcssrs. Elephant and Castle, and
goodly sight their shop-window affords
upon market t-day, especially when tho old
year is at lis last gasp, and all the "prctty-
prcttics' for new years gifts are exhibited
in glittcring rows therein SO thinks an
elderly gentleman from the country, a
Clergyman of the Church of England cvi-
IDENTITY, from his &potless white ncckcloth,
snug chin, and the heavy gold seals that
hang, mora maiorum, after the fashion of
our ancestors, from his fob. There is a
woll to-do crcaking in his carefully polished
boots, and a smile upon his ruddy checks
that bodies we'll; he is altogether the sort
of person at whose table you would like to
have place, and in whose will you would
have no objection to find your name.
Mr.. Elephant Castle, his partner, is at
homc) has high respect for the cloth, so
he bows profoundly to the clergyman as he
enters, and his reverence, who is urbanity
itself, bows TO Mr. Elephant in return.
The iewcllcr is charmed. Poltcncss is not
IL SIaplC IOiHiiiCGity Ill tniS HamclcSS town.
Great is its wealth; but the magic "tup-
pence a-wcck" which in some other quart
crs is devoted to the acquisition of man
ncrs, has been but sparingy expended by
the parents Of tho present generation of its
dcnizcns. Mr.. Elephant knows gentle
man when he secs one; and sending his
young man to wait uLon some other Gus.
toner, attends to the stranger himself
he simplo-mindcd pastor at once states
his GRAND. Thursday is New Years Day
and Mrs. Ducimcr must have her accus
toned present What shall it be? Some
thing useful, you know, and very cxpcn
size, not more than thirty, or perhaps for
ty pounds.
Ii is pleasant to hear the good men
speak of money! 1t is clear that Ire pri
yes it only as the means of giving pleasure
to others.
Many valuable trinkcts are exhibited for
selection; but are rejected with CORES.
ponding number Of smiles by Mr.. Dglci.
der, as critics" At last very solid
gold watch with cllaipR and pendants,
heavy and plain, fit for the wife of bish-
op, is prodaccd and appovcd Fifty pounds