Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-06-25
Invocation to the Summer Rain.

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The dropping lilly pine in vain
10 feel that dewy touch of thine
To drink thy freshness once again,
., gentle, gentle Summer rain.
In ircas, tire landscape quiverpg HES,
The cattle paut beneath the treo
Though parching mir and purple skies
The earth looks up in vain for thee:
For thee, for thee, ii looks in vain,
u, gentle, gentle Summer rain.
Come thou, and brm the meadow streams,
And soften all the hills with mist
., falling dew from burning dreams
by thee Shall herb and flower be kissed
And earth shall bless thee yet again,
o, gentle, gentle Summer rain.
A STUMpEn STumPED. Tho subioimed
anecdotc of dcmagoguc candidate, for
the Legislature of a Western State, has
been sent hv correspondent:
"Thero was a stump speaking," and
Abner G. d. had the platform enlight-
ening Z" the untcrrlicd long and loudly
" Fellow citizcus," said he, "I now come
to Il slandcrouS runner which has been most
daStardly circulated against nc, from one
end of the country to the other My enc
mics, not content with endeavoring to ruin
my political prospects, have, assassin.likc
attempted to blast my good name by their
insidiOus reports" q 'Abncr' then stated
what the rumor was, and continued 81
rejoice, fellowcitzcns, to have it in my
power instantly to fnstcn the lie upon this
malicious and astrocious slandcrcr [ see
among yow, oae of the most cstimablc cit
lzens of this country, whose character
for thc truth and integrity is above qucs
ton. Squire .Schooer, to whom | alludc,
10 trI wit oil 4 n
on him here to state whether this rumor is
true or false. pause for a reply" Where
upon Squire Schoolcr slowly arose, and in
his. strong, slow and sonorous voice said
"I rather think you did it, Abher.".-
You old scoundrcl" exclaimed Abncr,
why do you interrupt me while Pm dis
cussing great constitutional questions, with
your low PERSONALITIES? Aud he accompan,
ed his obligatory exclamation with such
IL surge" of ;,sticulaton that he stepped
back beyond the platform, fell backward
on big dog, amid the hows OF which and
the dcaicning foars of the sovcrcigns,"
the meeting was clectually broken up"
TIE habit of eating fast and carclcssly
is supposed TO have poralyzcd Napoleon ON
two of the most critical occasions of his
litc-tlc battles of Borodno and Lcipsic.
which he might have converted into deci
sivc and influential victories by pushing his
advantages as he was won't On each of
those occasions he is known to have been
suffering from indigestion. On the third
day of the battle of Dresden, too, the Ger
man novelist, Hoffman, who was present
III the town, asserts that the Emperor would
have done more than he did, but for the
effects of shoulder of mutton, stuffed
| with onions.
| TIE Use OF KlND WoHDS.-Ncxt to afrec.
tion> which ought to be sacred to tho congo.
( NAL spirit, comes Kindness, which ought to
| bc $ sliown in our dealings with all The un-
| kind WORT altered rc for relief than to
wound, troubles ,h, vatcrs of u spirit that
was tranquil before, ID clouds, darkness,
and IT may be tempeSts mar the beauty of
another lln. And so VIC chafc, wound. and
wrong each otherno for design but Simply
because VIC suffer our hearts to be oppressed
with doubt, disIuietudc impatient longings
| alter things of this world which Providence
sees fit to withhold.
Let ms be wiser than this wiser and lust
cr. Let us compel ourselves to speak pleas
antly. and so rciro in from all reproduction nf
our unhappy conditions of mind. This will
come back to us good from our simple effort
to repress an evilin ourselves. Speak kind.
| ~ to all kindly even in reproof. Words ut
tered in frctfulness or anger, rarely do any
| good; they mar the spirit instead of giving
itstrength forright action A single pleasant
word may fll heart with sunshine. WHY
then not scatter pleasant words? 1t is one
OF the cheapest ways Of doing good. Even
If you are too selfish to help others With your
money, your time, or good Offices. spare them
q few kind words, as you move ON through
life. and twill DC so much on the right side
when your final account is made up.
Why Is young lady like bill of OK
change Because she ought to be +" sets
tied when she arrives at maturity.
lF women were jurors, as some of them
claim they ought TO be, what chance would
ugly old fellows stand dwhen indicted?
A TUNNEL, through the earth, from
New England to New Zealand, would be
eight thousand miles long.
AN india rubber shipw exclaimed an
old sailor, who had been listening 10 a des.
cription of such proposed inytuton, "that
never would do because it would rub out all
the lines of latitude and longitude, to saw
nothing of the cquatorw
AN old lady was highly delighted and odi-
lied by view of the vessels on Long Island
Sound towing their boats astcrn, and eS.
claimed. liew perfect are all the works of
natur! Even the great big ships have all
got their little ones ruhnin' along after 'cm,
just as playful as lambs"
Mr.. PULLUp, coming hone late, "prettv
fuli, finds the walking slippery, and ex-