Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-01-28
Good Humor.

Good Humor.
Only move along in the world with YOUR
heart and hand open, and you will find scores
of individuals whose smile will speak to that
of yours and whose hands will be eager to
grasp your proh'ercd welcome. | make these
the condtious because much depends upon
the mood man is in, whether he perceive in
another those qualities that arc lacking in
himself. Any one inclined to grumble mt the
disappointment and vcxatons of life will soon
discover that the society in which he moves is
speedily innoculatcd by the contagion, and
that they in turn arc prone to aggravate his
! splcnctic mood by vomiting their hatred upon
him as the cause of all their discontentmcnt
| have frequently met with those who on
the spur of the moment, had voted "the
! plcasantest people in the world" simply from
| the fact that | was in the best of humor with
myself on the occasion, and therefore in the
excess of my Joy, was unable to be in any but
the best of humor with others; and so from
this personal experience ! have argued that
when we are disposed to find fault with 9th
ers, the cause of the fault frequently lies
! within ourselves
Good humor is not to be acquired without
somewhat Of sclf.sacrlcc. There arc aspcr.
ties in our nature, possibly innate, that years
of patient toll and watchGulncss only can
smooth down. For instance, there are some
mouths that seemingly were formed for no.
thing but routng, as others are apparently
incapable of anything but distributing smiles
and kisses So that the former, in order to
receive the cordial reception Of the latter ma
med, must be taught to soften down line or
two, and cut loose from all such tangling ALI
ances, Friendships by the-by, are never so
lasting as when cmbnlmcd by the recollection
of sunny smile and a warm kiss
Much of physical as well as moral deform-
ity is to be concealed by steady vein of hu-
NOR running through ones character | have
in my mind at this moment friend who,
while so badly crippled in one of his limbs
as to almost entirely confnc him within doors,
is yet possessed of one of the most humorous
tcmpciaments | ever met with To be sure,
I've had his sad moments, as he often confosscs,
! yet still, at his business and in his family, he
is the incarnation of good humor, and thus.
in n measure, mitigatcs the knowledge of
detormitv that otherwise would be painful to
contemplate
They arc clever set of fcllows-thcsc hu.
morists-thcy who laugh and shout the loud
est, and always lift load from your heart cv-
cry time you see their merry countcnanccs;
good-naturcd fellows, who " take the world as
it comcs,' and go through life as though they
had no other desire than that of Keeping the
world in good SPIRITS giving the cold shoul-
der to Escuapius, and only looking in at the
undertaken when, physically, they are unable
to laugh any longer.
Philadelphia BuYctm
MAIL RonBERY AND ARnrsr.-On Sat
urday morning last, Wm. NJ McMahan, post
master at Lavinda, about nine miles from
town, on the Laurcns Road was arrested on
a charge of robbing the mail Suspicion
having been directed to the quarter in qucs-
ton by recent occurrences, Mr. IT, P Shall
cross, an efficient and energetic agent of the
l'ost Office Department. laid plans for the
! purpose OF asccrtalnng whether the suspi-
clons were based upon true grounds. SO
we'll were these plans laid, that the result
showed indlsputablc evidence of guilt on the
part of the suspected party, who was immcd-
ately arrested. The offence consisted in the
abstraction OF stamps and cnvclops intended
for other Offices on the line At prelimi-
nary cXanl. alton held in the evening, it was
! proved that he had been i'll the habit of ira
ding off an unusual number of F. o. envel-
opes and stamps for goods purchased from
sundry merchants. On default of bail, which
was fixed at 1000, the accused was com
mittcd to jail to await his trial at the ensuing
term Of the United States Court.
[GrecnoWe Pantot I'm.
TIE REMAINs OF CoprtE.-Thc Salem
! (Oho) aboltionists arc about to dsinter the
body OF Coppie, recently hung at Charlcstown,
and buried near Salem, with a view of hayino
apubllc funeral, with such other dcmonstra,
tions as the exigencics Of the case ms call