Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-05-07
Some OF. Franklin,s Maxims.
lie ihat 10y thf plow would thrive,
Himself R!ust either hold or drive

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The following from the pen of the great
Am.oricm philosopher, Dr. Franklin,
should be printed in letters of gold, and
hung up in every schoolroom, side by side
with the usual alb ab dog lat;n, and other
nonsense with which our childrcn's minds
arc cramncd, and which seems to be the
rule in our modern system of tuition
There will be time when professor
ship of political economy will be considered
as absolutely necessary to every school
But that time is not yet. At present we
have nothing but profusion and shameful
waste, on the one hnua, while ahicct pov-
crty, mcannesS of spirit, and total careless
ness, is too much observable on the other.
These arc the two extremes which charac-
terizc our present false state OF things in Il
physical point of vicw-all laid to the score
OF false training, from the highest to the
lowest. But hear what " Poor Richard"
says:
L plow deep while slugsurds sIccp,
and you shall have corn to sell and to keen.
Pride is as loud bcgger us Want,
and great deal more saucv.
Silk and satims, scarIcts and vclvcts,
put out the kitchen fire
4-Diligcnce is tie mother of good luck.
5--Pridc brcakfastcd with Plenty, dincd
with Poverty, and suppca with Infancy.
6-Extrayagancc and improvdcnce end
at the prison door
1T is easier to build two chimnics
than to keep one in fuel
8-lf you would know the value of mon.
ey, 60 and try to borrow somer.
ho ,,f.,
work than both of bis hands.
l0-Wlat maintains one voice would
bring up two children.
life that goes borrowing, returns
sorrowin@.
12-liathcr 50 to bed suppcrIcss tllan
rise in debt
13-Sloth, like rust, consumes faster
than labor wears.
IA life OF leisure and life of .a.i
ness are two different things.
l3TThrec removes arc as bad as a fire.
l6-Crcditors have better memories
than debtors.
l8--tfyou would haze your business
done, go; If not, send
l9--lt is foolish to lay out money in the
purchase ofrcpcntance.
i'uN W nav li!pu ilcttlGNl llCt, ana IL
will obligc thee to sell thy ncccssaricS.
f" These maxms by Dr. Franklin" saws
contemporary, though often printed
lose nothing of their value by repetition
TuE pAssovER.-'r The jewish festival of
Passover commences last Monday evening,
and is observed strictly by every luember ~
the Jewish persuason to commemorate their
miraculous deiiyerance from Egyptian bon.
daGe. The festival commences on the even.
ing of the fourteenth day Of the Hebrew
month Nissan, and is obscrl ed for eight dny..
The first, second, seventh and eighth dav4
are observed as days ofholy convention. and
days which manual labor is abslainetl irom.
The festival is throughout the worldiobs crvci
by every fsraelte with extreme rigor all
participating in offering mp Thanksgiving tn
their Deity for their dclvorancc &c. In Old
en- times. when tho 1sroclitcs dwclt in their
own land, the "raschol lamb" was sacrj
feed, according to the command in Holv
Witt. en the first two nights nf lie festival
the vow Of thanksgiving is rcsd IN every fam
lily with solemn interest. rhc Iest or the
holidays arc observed as the uguul ,J,wisl,
Fcstivals.--Ch. iahl
The best definition wcevor heard OF bear.
ing fdfe witness against yopr neighbor,"
was given ty little giSisi4f fscnool. Size said
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