Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-01-15
A Lesson on Riches.

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frightened, and he spoke:
Mother, [ want to be rich"
Why do you want to be rich, my SON"
And the child said, Every one praises
the rich; every one asks after the rich
The stranger at our table yesterday asked
who was the richest man in our yiilagc.-
At school, there is boy who does not like
to learn. lie cannot say his lesson well.
Sometimes he speaks bad words. But the
other children do not blame him, for they
say he is wealthy boy"
Then the mother saw that the child was
in danger of thinking that wcalth MIGHT
take the place of goodness, and be an ex-
use Tor indolcncc, or cause them to be held
IN honor who lead unworthy lives So she
asked him
"Wha. is it to be rich?"
He answered, az do not know. Tell
me how to become rich, that all may ask
after me and praise me-"
TO become rich is to Get money. For
this you must wait until you become a man"
The boy looked sorrowful, and said E" Is
there not some otherway of becoming rich,
that may begin now ?"
She answered, '',The gain of money is
not the true wealth Fires may burn it,
the winds sweep it away, the moth may cat
| it, thcrust waste it, or the robbcr may make
it his prey. Men nrc worried with the
toll of getting it, but they leave it behind
them at Lass. They die, and carry nothing
away, The soul of the richest prince of
the earth gooth forth like that of the way
side bcggw, without garment Those
| who possess it are always praised by men,
but they do not receive the praise Of Cod"
"Thcn, said tho boy, "may | BEGIN
to gather this kind of riches or must |
wait until | am man ?"
Thc mOthcr laid her hand upon his little
head, and said "To-lay, ii you will hear
His voice; for He hath promised that those
who seek carly shall find"
And the child said "Tcach me how l
may become rich before God"
! Thon she looked tendcrly on him, and
said, knccl down every nighU and morn
ing, and ask that You may love the dear
Saviour and trust in Him. Obey his word,
and strive all the days of your life to do
good to all. SO, though yea may be poor
in the world, you shall be rich in faith, and
heir Of the kingdom of heaven"
| DESTROYING lNsECTS.-Sowing a g..r-
den with salt, at the rate of six or ei.ht
bushels to the acre, Will cause many in
sects to disappear, 1t should be done in
the autumn Digging the soil in the win
ter, and thus exposing it to thc frost, will
destroy many grubs, etc. Widc-mouthcd
bottles, partly filled with molasscs and wa
ter, and hung up int garden, make OK
ccllcnt traps for the moths, which arc the
parents OF many destructive vcrmn. Mr.
Downing mentions an acquaintance who
has thus canght and destroyed in single
season three bushels of insects, and pre-.
served his garden almost free from them.
A brightfire of resinous pine, tar, shavings,
or any other combustiblc, kimdlcd in tile
garden at night, on a platform erected for
the purpose, will attract and destroy mil
lions Birds arc among the best friends of
the gardener, and should by no means be
destroyed, although some of them may cat
a few rasberrics or cherries Toads live
almost entirely insects, and dono harm
IN a garden. Induce as many of them as
possible to make.it their home. Hens and
chickens should have access Whenever it
can safely be pcrmittcd
FORM OF TIE EARrH.-The earth be-
ing round like a ball, it fc ,ows that, at a
certain, distance; even though our vision can
reach much further its form will prevent
us from seeing objects even if its surface
were perfectly smooth. It has bccn calou-
lated that at six hundred yards an object
one inch high cannot be secn in straight
line; at nine hundned yards, two inches
at fourteen hundrcd yards, GXe inches; at
one mile, eight inches three miles, six
feet--so at that distance a man would be
invisible. In levcling, it is usual to allow
the tenth of an inch in every two hundred
yards, or eight inches in mile, for con
vexity.
Too NEAR THE flEDGE.-Tn a. village
of Picardy, after long sickness, a farmers
wife fell into a lothargy. Ter husband
was willing, good man, to believe her out of
PAIN and so, according ID the custom of
that country, she was wrapped in sheet
and carried out to be buried Bnt, asluck
would have ii, the hearers carriedh2r SO
near q hedge that the thorns pierced 1le
Sheet and. walked tlo, woman from her
trance. Somcyears after, shielded, in real
ity; and, as. the funeral passed along, the
husband would every now andthen call out,
Not too near the hedge, not too near the
hedge, neighbor."4
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AN attorney, about to furnish bill of