Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-02-19
The Bachelors soliloouy.

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! Returning home by close of day.
Who gently chides my long DELAY.
Aud BY my side delights to stay? 49,,
Nobody.
Who sets for me the easy clair.
Sets out the rOont With Meatest care
Aud lay my slippers ready there?
Nobody.
WhoregulatGS the cheerful fire.
And piles the blasting fuel higher.
Aud bids me draw my chair still nj cher
Nobody.
When sickncSs racks my feeble frame,
Ana grief distracts my iovcred brain,
WHO sympathiscs with my pain
Nobody.
RENoLrTIoNARY ANECDOTES One of
the regiments in the battle of Ben..npton.
was commanded by colonel who, when at
homc,w WAS Il deacon. He was calm. Sc
date, dcterminate man, and went to the bat
tie because he was impcllcd by "A sense
OF duty. Ills whole parish was in his
regiment; so was his beloved pastor, with
out whose presence and blessing, they
scarcely Thought themselves i'm way to
prosper The colonel was ordered by Gen.
Stark to reinforce Que of the wings, which
WAS suffering severely. He marched at
the instant with his forces, but as SLOWLY
and composcdly as ifho had been ,nar5hinI
to conference meeting. The officer in
command of the corps to be relieved, fear
ing that he should be compelled to give
way, sent to hasten the colonel. "Tcll
'cm we're coming" said he, and marched
steadily on. A second messenger came.
with the intelligence that the wing was
beginning to fall back. "Thut will make
room for us. Tell EN- we're coming" re-
piled the colonel, with mmovcd coumtcn-
ance and unaccelcratcd pacc, A third
message reached him. Just as his troops en-
ergcd from behind colpicc, in full view
OF tho enemy, whose balls now began TO
whlstlcabout them. "IIalt ~ commanded
the colonel; "form column and attend
prayers. And there, in the face of the
enemy, did the regiment pause while sol
cmn prayer was offered for their success
in the deadly Struggle they were about to
begin. Prayer being ended, the colonel
addressed his men in speech Which, for
brcNity, conciscncsS and vgor, may bear
comparison with any that Cesar or Napo-
Icon ever addressed to their troops. "Sol-
dlcrs, said he, "o,rr wives and chilhrcn
are in the rear, the lIesSans are in front.
give it to them They did "givo it to
them" and that band of foreign mcrccna-
rics melted away before those christian
soldiers as the hosts of the uncircumciscd
PIilistincs melted away before the armies
of Israel '-Rce. ,. Hi.y n White.
DlDN'T Walking in the country
one mnring, in carly Spring time, VIC seated
ourscIt to rest on n large stone near an orch.
ardgatc Very soon we observed Il large man
hanging to the topmost limbs of small an
rIc-hcc, with one hand while with the other
he was cutting off twi5s and branches. We
batc him good morning lie answered cheer
fully and we vcnturcd to hint that the tree
lie had climbed bore a heavy burden. Yes"
he said, the trees all need pruning; but
can only attend to few of them The 9th.
crS wouldn't bear my weight"
why don't you ftsten Your saw to
pole, stand on the ground, and prunc such
limbs rs must euuire it % wenskcI
well. | deciare," he answered. CHAT
would do diGn'tthink ofit."
There wasa valuable lesson in that confess
sion--"l didn't think of it," 1T explained
why, in many respects, the farmer was not
prosperous. lie was hard worker He
cndcavored to be economical; but lie was
',""'' pNl''hu. iIlS OTCnafu UIun I weld
abundantly -hscHttlc had disease .ran
was often poor--and he could only sell Mt n
low price, because hc didn't think. lie had
never learned forcthought-- lie did not know
what 1T is to considcr-hc did not understand
how jddlcious hcad-work assists handwork.
Didn't think; thatis the sorry explanation
OF much error. of many crime, of uany
failure, of many hardship aud an abuse.
Little boys and girls, bear in mind that
whatever advantage You may have at home
III school. III business, or in society, unless
you think. you" lives will he sad, and your
efforts unsuccessful. Learn, then whilcyou
arc young the art of thinking. TO be great
ana good, you must understand the art of
reflection as well as appreciate Tie pleasures
OF memory.
How RAIN is FORMED. TO under
stand the philosophy of this phenomenon
essential to the very existence of plants and
animals, few facts derived from obscrva-
ton and long train of experiments, must
be remembered With the atmosphere ey-
crywhcre, at all times, at the full temper
aturc,w we should never have any rain, hail
or snow. The water absorbed by it in
evaporation from the sea and the emth's
surface would descend in an imperceptiblc
vapor. or cease to be absorbed by the air
when it was once fully saturated. The
absorbing power of the atmosphere, and
consequently its capability To retain numid.