Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-10-08
tFrom "Porter's Spirit of the Times u
Procuring Subject" and Shooting O.
Wild Beast Two Railroad Stories.
by HAZEL GREENE, ESQ,

/ Not long since. | had occasion to take Il
| trip out from Louisville. on the Jeiersonvillc
I and indianapolis Railroad which. by the
! way. il ono Of the best roads in the Wcst--
/ broad guoge, in good repair superior cars
! sleeping arrangements. aud obligins conduc-
tors. to say nothing of its comparative safety
| IN consequence of the skilful management of
I its efficient superintendent. A. s. Corruthers
! Esq. Soon after leaving the depot my atten-
tion was arrested by the conversation of two
old gcniicmen, who occupied an adjacent
| seat.
d" / believe YOU are from Louisville % said
one to the other.
Yes sir"
Anything now stirring with you?"
Well. no, nothing very particular that
can think of now; only one of our students
in the Medical College got into II queer and
/ not very profitable scrapc night before last" :"
"Ah, how wns that 2"
"Well, to tell you the truth. some three or
four of them took it into their heads that they
would 60 out to the "poor farm" near the
city, and procure for themselves n subject for
anatomical experiments, as thcy had heard
that a very desirable one had Just been
slowed away beneath the sod. So having
hired Old Black Sam - to meet them at the
! burial place, and carry their booty to the
city, they provided themselves with a bag
and the necessary implements. and set out
on their not very commenduhle errand
' In due time they had arrived at their
destination. but from sone cause or other they
could not find the grave of their anticinatcl
subject. 1t proved complete failure, and
so there seemed to be no alternative left them
hut to return to the city chop-falcn with the
unpleasant reflection that they had suffered
long and disagreeablc walk for nothing
80 say, b1ys,' sp Ike one Of the studenss
as bright idea seemed to fash across his
mind, "let us not give it up this way. If
wc cannot procure subject" let us, at
least, have q little fun. III get into the bag,
aud you can tie me up, and when Old Sam
comes to carry the dead man in. | think VIC
can arrange our cards 50 us to make good
thing of it,"
- CnpitNl! exclaimed tho others. and SO
the first speaker was carefully tied up in the
bag and deposited at suitable place in the
burial ground. after which they sauntcrcd
along down the road to meet the old darkcy
Sam soon came trudging along, not feel
ing firstrate over the Office he was about to
perform. but urging himself into it ley reflect
ing on the substantial reward in PROMISE
Tho locality of the subject was pointed out
to him. and entering the graveyard, he with
wool erect shoulGercd the bag, and started.
The students concealed themselves to await
| further results. On passed the ancient Eth-
opan, with long but .pcrccp,ibIy trcmuInus
steps, bringing MI his powers into rc1uisiton
IN order that he might be the sooner freed
from his diSagrocable task. y distance Of
some two hundred PAGES had been overcome.
when, t. MS utter horror, there came voice
out OF the bag. saying:
60 Sam, amt hcavyg
| Down came the burden with chug. and
away went the dnrkey down the road like a
PACK S'r"9E' never Tor once stopping to look
na'K uh''l nc was sale at home IN INC CITY.
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