Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-02-05
How to sweeten the Gals.

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ry Is capital, but it takes the man to tell it,
This he does in some such words as these:
" BE you the druggcr?"
Well, | 'sposc so; sell drugs"
" Wall, hcv you got any of this here
sccntin stuff as the gals put on their hank
c'chcrs 2"
"Oh, yes" replied the druggist.
Wall, our gals gwinc to be married,
and she Gin me nine pence and told me to
invest the hull mount in sccntin' stuff, SOS
to make her sweet, if could find some to
suit so ifyou'vc mind, III Jest smell
round"
The Yankee smellcd around without be-
ing suited until the " druggcr" cot tired
OF him, and, taking down bottle Of harts.
horn, said:
I've got a sccntin' stuff chat will suit
you. A single drop on handkerchief will
stay for weeks, and you can't wash it OUT
but to get the strength of it, you must
take good biz smell"
IS that so, mister? Wall, lest hold
on mint till get breath, and when say
ncom, YOU put it under my smcllcr."
The hnrshorn, Of course knocked the
Yankee down, as liquor has many man.
Do you suppose he got up and snclt again.
.'o I'u"H"'u n;a'H u''''S NO! tic put rot
,"S up MS sleeves ana doubling up his lists,
w sS,u
e oE n''ue me S'nc,' ,m ''li'C cVerlaSt'n
na,,I i''p,;'' "'u no" -, II ''a"o you smell
''''''''o"c
HENRY VIII. DESIGNED to send noble
man on an embassy to Francis ! ot , ynrv
dangerous iuncturc but he bcrnod 70 hc
excused, saying, that such threatening
message TO SO hot t.hc,ded Prince &c Er,m
els l. might 90 near to cost him his life,
{" Fear not, :" slid old Harry. .if the Ercncl
King should offer to take away vour life
would revenge YOU, by tal;inuotI thc hoa1s
of many Frcnchmcn now in INV mower -
A." But among all these heads " rrnIicJ tho
nobcman, there may not be one that u,ny
fit my shoulders"
AN eminent spirit merchant IN Dublin,
",!no"''c'S' ,.m !" Il" lr!Sn pnper, that he has
sun S,ir,'' Pu,ht'ty OF the whisky on
."''i" ",!'c'i WAS crank by George w. when
!" l'"o''"'
pIcKIrD potr r-Nyo f,,rd ~. .
do.c going about without nny q crsJ;t ~"
1t strikes us we have socn Somcthinr l;,,o
it before but as it is it is ~ool and sLonlI
come before tho ,,oonlo
A certain younr l,Jv who was G,mors
for making GOOD nicl;lcd wohu,s and was
very fond of catinu them foo ono ec.,.om
discovered that her Jar was cmnty hcroya
she had fairly tasted her iayoritc picElc-
'oie called her servants to account, but
each denied having mcddled with her Jars.
and the good lady determined if nyssiblc IN
find ont the thief So she made .notbcr
fine LOT of nirklcs and vi. n,l tLn,,, an H.
shnlf IN thn ..,',, st,,,,,,.l, ,',N:' o'' ,','
T., .,aI =, ,"U %.,,'t '.o,''"",'' 1 NecP'''S oH'-
y ""'Ch upon tieIn. 10 hcr great sur
PRISE, she discovered no other than her pet
parrot to be the pilfercr of her pickle jars
She caught him hooking the walnuts with
his crooked beak. and in her nnocr sho
dashed unon him y n;tchc,. of bot u,,,,r
which clio ,L,nool aiI; ~
p"rDm S''I o''''.'''' 10 ''"re III ncF raha'-
fcring and appearance his bright feathers
all fell out. and he was long in this naked
conditions nurscd by the pity of his forgv-
ing mistress During this ncriod of nro-
baton, n venerable fr;cnd of thn l,d,, r,Lo
was mtc h,ld ono d.,v I,,,o .n ,.;I;t' ,'a,.
- II ~ p','' one u'y coHic 10 WISH hcr.
,,; ~, m"uu,ou ;.,, !u,',iy ,h'o tne pnrlor' and
mnm's .mDI upon 1 'nc PECK r OF tnc old gentle
aminine his bald head : tbcn CROWN" :" hnI I
der, he got upon his shoulder, and with
bcak upon the bald spot cried.
"So-so vou'vc hnnn ~ tbo r;oI.Iod