Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-11-05


in the New Orleans Christian Advocate,
we take the following incident:
We stopped at Barila Springs for
emigrants. Two ladies came down to the
stage to talk with Mrs. p The oldest
said she was moving simply to follow her
daughter; the daughter said she was fol-
lowing her husband. | inquired into their
history little. They had moved from
Tennessee 10 Mississippi; then to Texas,
now to California.
said, 81 suppose you will so next to
the Sandwich Islands?"
The young one replied with some spirit,
"If [ ever get to California, you may bet
your bottom dollar that I'll never move
again"
"Thc emigration from Texas to Cali
fornia is very heavy. The Atlantic States
yield thousands to Texas; and Te&ls in
her turn, sends them to the Pacific and
to my establishment find scores here about
to como back to Texas"
FASHIONABLE WoMEN.-An energetic
and truthful writer thus sums up the un-
| happy life of fashionable women Fashion
kills more women than toll and sorrow =
Obedience to fashion is a greater transgres.
sion OF woman's nature, a greater injury to
her physical and mental constitution, than
the hardships of poverty and neglect. The
kitchen maid is hearty and strong when
her lady has to be nurscd like a sick baby
1t Is sad fact that fashion -pampered wo-
men are almost worthless for all ends of
human life. They have but little force of
character; they have still less power of
moral will, and quite as little physical en-
crgy. They live for no great purpose in
lifc-thcy accomplish no great ends.
They arc dollforms in the hands of mil
liners and servants, to be dressed and fed
to order. They dress nobody; they feed
nobody; they instruct nobody; they bless
nobody. They set no rich examples of
virtue and womanly life. If they rear chill
drcn, servants and nurses Go all, save to
give them birth. And when reared, what
do the children amount to who ever heard
of fashionable womans child exhibiting
any virtue and power of mind for which it
became eminent? Head the biographies
of our great and good men and women
Not one of them had fashionable mother.
They nearly all sprang from strong-mind-
| cd women who had about as much to
do with fashion, as with the changing
clouds
DOMESTIC LlFE.-IIc cannot be an un-
happy man who has the love and smile of
woman to accompany him in every depart-
ment of life. The world may look dark and
cherries wthout-encmies may gather in
his path, but when he returns to the fire.
side, and feels the tender love of woman, he
forgcts his cares and troubles, and is com
paratively happy man. He is but half pre-
pared for the journey of life who takes not
with him that friend who will forsako him
in no emcrgcncy-whow will divide His sor-
rows-increase his joys-lift the veil from
his heart, and throw sunshincamid the dark
est scenes. No, that man cannot be miscr-
able who has such companion, be he ever
so poor, dcspiscd and troddcn upon by the
world.
y MoTuER's INFLUENCE.- How touch
ing the tribute of the Hon. Il. III. Benton
to his mothers influence.
My mother asked me never to use
tobacco. have never touched it from
that time to the present day; she asked
me not TO game, and have never gamblcd
and | cannot tell who is winning and who
is losing in games that can be played. She
admonished me, too, against hard drinking :;
and whatever capacity for endurance j
have at present, and whatever usefulness
| may attain in life, have attributed to
having complied with her correct wishes.
When / was seven years of age, she asked
me not to drink, and then | made rcso
luton OF total abstinence at time when
| was sole constituent member of my own
body, and shat ! bave a1hearcd toit through
all time, owe it to my mother"
Observation-Disclosures is as hcalthful
to tho body as gladncss is to the mind
and there is not a more beautiful spectacle
than smiling face, when you know iG is
the true index of the soul within. We do
notspeak of that species ofidiotic laughter
which is sure to follow the exhibition of
any low trick, or the uttcrancc of any
course Jest but that genial outburst that
enlNeRs the social circle when men. like
true philosophers, forget their pnst cares,
and put off till themorrow all apprehcnsons
regarding the future.
A Sun PIcTuRE-What a pity chill
dren should over grow up. The other day,
passing through an entry of one of our
public buildings, we saw two little BOYS,
OF She ages Of about six and eight, with
their arms about each others necks ex
changing kiss after kiss. 1t was such a
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