Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-02-04

AZ home he meeteth starving wife,
moroau he lcadeth n lepers life;
uney s!T"sgIe against fearful odds
VINO no VIII NOT DOW TO tue people gods
ti'''cs anu 1,.n uoiihrs uo'lats ana Dimes
NA '''t"S p0'"'' INC "0rS' Oh crimes
SO ret your wealth. no matter howl
( No questions asked of tho rich, | trow
Steal by night and steal by day.
doing all in II legal way)
Join the church and never forsakc her,
learn to can't and insnl yonr Makers
BE hypocritc liar, knovc and fool.
But don't be poor--romember the rule
Dimes and dollars dollars aud dimes!
AN empty pockets the worst of crimes
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1he LAtIAe hlFoS VhaC clhg 10 ClVlhzaucn.
WORD FOR THE BOYS.
There many varieties of little birds that
seem to cling to the progress Ufc fertilization, while
the larger birds and most of the birds of game
! iiy before 1T. The sparrow, the robin, the blue
bird, the mocking bird tho tomtit and the wren
are OF the former class, with many others whose
little co%nomcn's S arc not ut pen s point Just
now, but whose cheerful notes are associated
with the chunSctul seasons as intimately as arc
the various flowers that succeed each other in
the march of the months. These little fcath-
cred denizcns of the air arc nll. as some writer
hnS well observed part OF plan---a plan dis
paying inc goodness OF the "reHt Creator IN ITS
ten thousand ramfcations. They charm the
grove and tie garden with their little throats;
ana thus Is their pastlmc. They pounco upon
/ tue millions OF insects that inicSt the flowers
and the fruits and the vegetables of the good
mother earth, and tins IS their allotted task for
me dement, OF man. What melody superior TO
thS ont,guShing OF our forest choristcrs! What
occupation more useful than this toiling of our
niue nG iShtWlnged scavenScrs
Inns much py way OF introduction to rcmon-
'S'rance we are called upon to make, against the
ru,nlcss obstruction OF the Iiue birds by certain
o'npr pPcuS; yG'ept niue boys. we are given
10 no such sickly sGntimcntality as would pre-
c'94e youth from the legitimate sports of the
nc'u' fNr rom It, 70 to the woods and the
ulS'ant meadows ana bWng down the wild tur-
NY AZ" '"c P"ruiuSG us yc liSt' ior thcy arc
uue p'r"s OF Snmc--'hey iced upon the crops
@Mnlcn @ man iHoor mas toStereo-rthcy are not
c"-workcrs with the Lords OF Creation-and
e.tS ",p m 'l'chISu 10 DC inc ioUu OF any VINO can
EatHh W,ti Inem. mem Dur spare the little BIRDS, whose
l'Vle @ ZONES arc scarcely covered with flesh
enough TO keep them animntc|whose little bills
are Always at work upon the Larvae that gcncr-
a.o "esiIuc'iSn TO Shrub and blossom, to garden
"iu i nelu. spare on spare the singing BIRDS
"no GcuSe from thelr iaDcrs only to make " vo-
cnl 81, a.I thc near ar Sp"re the poor winter birds
on"v use ito E'nen ohly 10 wittcr from their
'"uN. pu''t s'e"S III SratItudc Tor some GENIAL
outpV's' V oi SuhSh'nc' Especially spare them
"';TuI ,'II ~ your motnGr nouSG ana garden She
VII W 1nHilH you IN 6eh"'fof the little birds And
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onG, wi 'ne way VnanN you IN IKE manner? And
wiz noI 'hH1 c;'reiul ana thonghtiul ola gentle
nun nun WI" iecus 'nc o.rdies ua'ly with crumbs
y" .'e sum 'siuc vi MS hcuSe-rows, thank you
100 Ana that other admirer OF natures inno-
S cent Deauves' VINO mas almost domesucated his
niue "liu "arpcrs In mat thick oak grove
wh'ch ), SURROUNDS ms pleasant cottage In the
"oou VIII ne not also thank you An, yes,
you r VII spare tto niue D'r0s orSntcyed boys
Vi i1useneiu, when you come 10 th'hK OF what
SoG "'u uo'..s' anu mhui" you are "gSrIeVihS'
-A"o'lcr N3Iu rarucuiarly IN !" sweet qui-
on c"u"orS vailase l'Ee eI ours, IL DehoEyes every
tcli tbn hors 70 eo e sHn1o t 'G "en
their snort in sportsman's fashion. So viii oll
the " old folks at home" enjoy their own with
out tnolestotion; so will the little home birds
thriye and be happy, robins and all SO will
sun pssiic ahhoynmceS 3c DaulSne' ana yet
o Gs9vu om pWyT SUI, 'u scope i0r hc"i'nul
How much better this would bc than to have
them come popping their guns about the dwell,
ings and yards of tho villagers, startling the
horses OF passers,by, soaring away all the birds,
anu ana ge'thG at last only the poorest Kind of
I"S IIOc, Wy w. w. saw ,'rIie i''.Gw she otncr
his friends and nerhoSs rclot;ycs orc ylccp;n m
solemn stiffness their last LONG slcep, he Mas
thoughlcssIy killing tile robins that quietly
sought shelter amid the graves. Now what says
the the pretty song OF certain knd'henrtcd poet?
r. me u" OrH rr ., n p,ruS tnat loye ne best;
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