Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-06-25
From the Homo Journal.
The Original Mrs, Podhorn.

cation, written by Napoleon Podhorn. INV
late husband, in which he adyertiscs for n
wife. Knowing Podhorn's character. !
am induced to take my pen in hand. 60
write you concerning him; and, at tho
same time. TO suggest to the young ladies
OF your city not to put faith in what that
mansaays. lam the original Mrs. Podhorn,
but, thank fortune and the State of Penn
sylvania, (whore | obtained divorce |
am Mrs r. no longer. llayiny Been in-
innate, as | may say, for number of
years, with Pod Ialways called him Pod,
Tor short, though, goodness Knows. he is
short enough, both in regard to height and
temper, without abbreviating his namc)--
feel myself competent to describe him in
appropriate terms. To begin, then, Pod
morn is brute, and an unmittigatcd, mis-,
cradle sinner to boot. He is deception
personificd. He wears wig and false
teeth, and is every day ofsixty yeats of age,
though he cndeavors to palm himself off
for man of forty But his wripklcs be-
tray him. When ] married Podhorn,
was young and inexperienced girl / had
faith in mankind, and especially in Pod
horn himself; but have faith no longer in
any man savcny present husband-my be-
loved Hubby. Such contrast in the do.
nestle relations rs he is to Podhorn |
should not have believed it possible, had |
not experienced it. SO Kind, SO gentle
SO unassuming, 50 regardless of self, 50
tender of me, and, in short so entirely
the opposite of what Podhorn was, that
1T is source of great comfort to me and
m'ne-by mine rcfcrtomy daughter, Mrs.
Janbcrs,a sweet young woman, though steep
ed III poverty, in consequence of having
been dwinheritcd by her father, the miscr
bic Podhorn.) Podhon treated me shame
fully. | could not live with him on ac,
count of his behaviour He had vile
habit OF rising in themiddle # the night.
ana going to the pantry, wou' skim and
drink the cream from OFF tho milk intend
ed for coffee in the morning. / cntrcated,
and scoldcd, and threatened Mr.. Podhorn
gave him to understand that if he pcrsis-
ted III skimming the milk, uyht af.cr
night, should apply for a divorce. He
persisted, and | applied. / obtained the
divorce, and Podhorn his cream Aud
now to think that lie should desire to mar
ry Il young girl is prcpostcro,,s and trust
that none will be silly enough to reply en-
couragingly to his communication.
PoII.Y IIUBBY.
UNFORTUNATE SPECULATION OF A
PlcKpocKET.-A few days since lady on
a shopping excursion entered Broadway
stage and entered the only scat, of "six
ON side, that remained vacant. Seated
beside her was person, who, from his
courteous demeanor, his fashionable dress,
ana his costly jewclry, she Judged to be Il
man OF mcans'-whethcr lis OWE CT his
ncIghbors did not occur to hcr-and ap-
pnrcntiy not an Objectionable companions
du-voya@c for stage all full inside. -
a splendid diamond ring attracted her
particular observation.
Arrived at her dcstination-a icwclry
store-shc lcisurcly selected few articles
for purchase, but upon offering to pay the
the bill, made the unpleasant discovery
that her purse was missing She immc-
diatcly informed the shopkccpcr of her
loss, and described the incidents of her
mornings journey. She was informed
that her ncighbor of the consolidation
linc" was undoubtedly cheuuljer Ninduy-
t1e, that his brilliants were probably bogus,
but that the transfer of funds from her
pocket to his was real aud successful. -
She reluctantly adopted the conclusion but
anXlously commenced another search,
which twas supposed would extinguish
all hope of a mistake in the matter
This resulted in bringing to light, from
: an uncxplored corner of her pocket, the
: identical ring which had q short time be.
fore glttcrcd upon the hand of her liyh,
fingered friend, and which had slipped of
while he was committing the delicate oper
alton of picking her pocket
Her admiration of the trinkct was moi
in the least abatcd when, upon exanina
ton, 1t was pronounced to be worth fv,
hundred dollars
a POSITIVE odor of tobacco pervadeC
Mrs. Partington's rooms and she sought it.
origin She found Ike in the kitchen
witha beautiful mcrschaum that DIR. With
ington had given him, which he was puf
ling at with all the energy of the Grant
Turk She stood moment contemplatn.
the scene. "What have you got there
l Isaac? she asked, in gentle tone SNUFF
| ing the smeke ne though she liked it,
"a meerschaum," said Ike, removing tn,
amber montlipicce, and holding it out to
: wards her. "a mere sham," said she
looking at Il; " don't see any sham abou
r it, I'm sure; [ think it isvcry pretty ant
though / generally set my face agin any
thing of the kind, declare am almos
inclined to puff this myself as calumn,
of peace" She held the beautiful tub,
in her hand admiring, and then applied th'