Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-01-21

vapGah, Ca, held large and enthusiastic
meeting last week, for deliberating upon the
momentous question of the day Among the
resolutions adopted we find the following:
That looking forward to tiule when all
ties which now connect us with the Northern
States of this Confederocy may be severed,
and considering that prudence as we'll as
proper regard for the interest of our own
section demand that all our domestic resources
should be fostered and developed, we earnest
ly recommend,
lst-Direct Foreign Trade.
2d-The Patronage of Southern Commerce
and Manufactures
3d-Education of Southern Schools and
Colleges
4th-Patronogc to Southern Authors and
Editors.
5th-Thc employment of Southern teach
ers, and the use OF Southern school books.
6th--Non intercourse with ali cities and
sections at the North inimical to slavery and
Southern institutions.
And to secure respect to these recommon-
,dations we individually and collectively pledge
ourselves in all cases, to prefer in our busi-
ness, or for our use, the natural and artificial
productions of the South to all others, and
goods of foreign origin which have been i'm.
ported directly into a Southern port, to those
OF the same character, imported through the
Northern port.
FoR a FIT OF IDLENEss.-C Count the tick
ing of clock; do this for one hour, and You
will be glad to pull eff your coat the next and
60 to work.
For Fit of Extravaganza and Folly. Go
to the workhousc and speak with the inmates
| of Jail, and you will be convinced
Who makes his bed of brar and thorn
Must be content to lie forlorn
For Fit of Ambition Go into the
churchyard and read the gravestoncs; they
will tell you the end of ambition. The grave
will soon be yuur bed chamber, the earth your
pillow; corruption your father, and the worm
your mother and sister.
For a Fit Of Rcpining. Look about for
the halt and blind, and visit the bed-riddcn,
and the afflicted and derNngcd and they will
make you ashamed of complaining of your
lighter afilictious.
CAN TRAVEL LIKE PIzEN-Thc electric
telegraph is bound to remain a mystery to the
million, and ludlcrous conceptions of its mo-
duS opernnai, which some of the most igno-
rant people have formed, arc as mirth provo
king as anything out of Rabolais or Smolett.
The last illustration of this that has fallen
under onr eyes, is the following story from
the Pittsburg journal:
| Not long since, an old lady entered OReil-
lys Office in this city and said she had mes
sage to send to Wheeling. In few minutes
her note was deposited in dumb waiter and
ascondcd in mysterious manner through the
ceiling.
Yes ma'am," answered the clerk
/" never was there" continued she, "but
1T hardly seems possible that their town is in
that direction. When will get an answer,
Mr. Telegraph p
81 can scarcely tell maam; it may be two
or three hours"
The old lady went away and returned in
| exactly two hours, Just as she entered the
door the dumb waiter came down through the
ceiling
"Therc is your answer, ma'am," said the
clerk
The old lady took the neat yellow envelope
in her hands, with a smile of mingled gratif-
cation and astonishmcnt.
" Now that beats ALL exclaimed she,
bless my heart. All the way from Wheel
ing, and the wafer still wet That is an awk-
ward looking box, but it can travel like pi-
zen"