Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-03-19

triiiing is that ofprUflne swearing. Nochris.
tan VIII be found, and no gentleman should
he found taking the name of his God in vain
Yet. strange as it may seem, thcre are some
in all of our churcncs who arc in the habit of
sometimes swearing. and many all over our
. land. who would feel insultcd in high de-
gree, to be told that they are not gentlemen.
who swear so frequently that they are not
aware of how often their lips are polluted
with profanity. We have been called by
some, i'll dcrision, q nation of drunkards.-
May we not moro truthfully be called a ma
tion of swcarers. In our halls of Congress,
in our Legislatures oaths are common Our
great men, in the worlds eye, many Of them
perhaps majority Of thom, are great
swearcTs.
In the car, on the steamboat in the work
shop. ON the street, wherever the busy world
is moving, how seldom does an hour pass by,
without the ear h0yingto hear some horrid
oath. Why is this sinful habit SO common /?
Is it the mark of fine breeding to swear p
What good does it do to swear? Has the
swearcv forgotten that God has sold thou
shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God
in vain; for the Lord will not holtlshim guilt
less that takcth his name in vain" Covct-
BUSINESS, perjury, theft adultery and murder,
alike forbidden, arc not moro offensive to
God than swearing.
HC iOiluCI arc CIltilcS UnlIItSN nlTTtUig, ss1
latter is an insult to the Great Creator Of all
things How VIC would dcspisc ourselves to
be guilty ofpcrjury or stealing, and should
we not be ashamed of profanity? The time
was when the young swearer would blush,
and his own voice would starte him, as it
carried to his car his first efforts ut swearing
He made bad out at tho start. but now he
is i'll practice, he can curse like sailor"
We have heard a few women swear in our
life timc and it made usfeclqueor. 1t SCUM
dcd strange Reader. did you ever hear
woman swcor2 Swearers, how would you
like to hear Your wife, daughter sister,
mother curse or swear2" Have they not
as much rightto do so as you? Young man,
how would you feel to hear your sweetheart
swearing? Would you like it2 Does she
not hcaryou swear? Why not you hear hex?
David says Of the wicked, Z" His mouth is full
ofcursing," and again, "As he clothed him
self with cursing as with garment, which
coyereth him, so let it come into his bowels
like water, and like oil iii his bonos." Ma
tional calamity sometimes comes from swear
ing. Jeremiah says, because of swearing
the land mournoth." :" Under the Mosaic dis
pensation, was it ordered that" MS we'll the
stranger as he that is born in the land, when
hc blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall
he put to death" How many curse the
swcarcr nvokcs upon himself? IfGod should
answer his oaths according to their import.
how soon would ho be where his parchcd
tongue would need cooliug, without one drop
of watcr2 What an unruly member is the
tongue! 1.-The tongue can no man tame it
is an unruly evil of deadly poison. Oat of
the same mouth produceth blessing and cur
sing. These things ought not so to be-" Is
it not remarkable that the most favored and
intelligent of Gods creation should be the
most foul,mouthcd
Would it not be bcttcr for some, if they
were deprived the power of speech. than. to
have the power of abusing M they do. such
a noble gift? How dcpravcd that heart that
can relish swearing. "Who is wise man
aud endued with knowledge among you? lei
him show out OF good conversation his
works with mcckness of wisdom" Reader,
arc you in the habit of swearing? We beg
you to qpit it. Tune your tongue to better
uses. Rather use it in repeating the last
verse of thci9tll Psalm. Let the words of
my mouth and the meditation of my heart he
acceptable in thy sight. 0 Lord, my strength,
my Redcemcr.- = -iH0nt@ h'tcItigcNccr.
CuREosrrIEs OF IIuMAN FooD. Mankind
has been wonderfully ingenious from its in
fancy in the concocton edible varietics.-
Apart from baked human thighs in Fejee,
and boiled fingers in Sumntra there are sun
dry culinary, fashions still extant whichnust
be m0rrolously unintelligiblc to convention
allied appetite. Not that tappears strange
to eat ducks tongues in China, kangaroos in
Australia, or tho loose covering of the great
elk's nose in New Brunswick, Not oven
that it is startling to see an Esqimaux eating
his daYly ratons, twenty pounds in weight
of flesh and oil, or tho Iakut. competing in
voracity with q boa constructor. But who
would relish Il stew of rod ants in Burmah
a mlfhatchod egg in China, monkey cutlots
and parrot pies Mt Rio JaneirO, and bats in
Maahar, or polocats and prairie wolves in
North Amorca? y ct there can be little doubt
that thoscaro unwarrantuble prciudices.-
DR.. Shaw cnjoyed lion Mr.. Darwin had a
passion for puma; Or. Brooke makes affila-
Wit that melted bears grease is the most re-
freshiug potion. And how can we disLclcve,
after the testimony of Hippocratcs, MS to the
flavor of boiled dog2 If squirrels are edible
in the East, and rats in the West Ind,eS-ir
n sloth be good on the Amazon. and elephants
paws in South Africa, why should we com
passionate such races rs have lttc bocf or
mutton? for we may he quite sure that if,
as Montesquieu affirms, there arc valid
reasons for not eating pork, there arc reasons
quitoas uninipeachable for eating giraffe,
alpacha, mcrmaid's tails bustard and ana
conda, ,-Scic"lfc 4mericaa.
ScENEIN TILE ILLINoIs LEeIsTATURE.
st. Louis dispatches of Feb. 9th, say
that as the Governors private Secretary
entered the Hall of the Illinois House of
Representatives, the other day, to read the
apportionment bill veto, quite scene onsu-
ed. The Democrats attempted to drown
his voice by cries of order, but he conclu-
ded and gave it to page. 1t was snatch