Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-03-10
a Good Result from Kindness


cinity short time since, and which is worth
repeating, in evidence Of the moral truthful.
ness Of chat familiar text 4" cast thy bread
opon the waters, and thou shalt receive it at-
ter many days"
The poor and the frai arc tempted on every
side. Not a week, not day goes by that
hundreds OF human beings de- not hesitate at
the two paths, tempted BY poverty and ne
ccSSIty, TO choose the wrong, and not urged
by the still small voice Within to adhere to
the right. 1t is at such moments that kind
ness, sympathy and assistance are al-powcr
full
Only few days since an aged citizen of
Philadelphia was waited upon by stranger
who asked to have few moments of conycr
Sa5ion with him in private The opportunity
was offered with great chccrfulncss. The
Western mcrchant-for such, in fact, he was
was ushcred into the parlor of the Philadcl.
phian, when something like the following
conversation took place:
g You seem to have forgotten me, Mr. III 2"
/ 81 have an indiStinct recollection of hay
ing seen You before, and the tone of your
voice IS not unfamiliar; but beyond this my
memory fails"
My name is Charles B, and twenty
y,ors ago was an inmate of Philadcphit
l.,
noyolcnt kind-heartcd visitor"
remember, rcmcmber," said the 9th
or, frightening, smiling and grasping the hand
of the stranger; "you look 50 well, have i'm
proved so greatly, that | hope, nay, feel
satisfied that all has gone right with YOU"
Gear trcMbled in the eye of the other Mt
So cordial and kind recognition; his voice
/ failed fora momcnt-but then rallying again
/ ne proceeded to tell his story. At the age of
fifteen he was a neglected orphan, and with
Zine natural talents, cheerful dispositions and
a good heart, he was thrown into the society
OF the vile and disSolutc, in one Of the most
wrctchcd sections of Philadelphia county
There, in connection with several other lands,
equally deserted on miSled he committed, was
arrested for, tried and convicted of petty theft.
While in prison he was visited again by the
! Philadelphia philanthropist, whosucccedcd, not
only In cradlcating the vicious views he had
lmbIbed, but in showing him the folly of vice,
and the certainty of its punishment, and in
spring him with determination to act cor
recty thc momcn, ne should be released
The visitor was satisfied with his sincerity, and
gradually took deep interest in his case
ut the expiration of his sentence, he proyi-
>dod him with means and having stated all
the facts in confidential manner to a friend
in Che West, obtained him situation in n
flourlshing city in that section of the Union.
The youth was overwhelmed with gratitude.
lie had found friend for the first time in his
brief career. lis course from that moment
was onward. He speedily Won the confidence
! ot his employer, on whose death, ten years
] after he succeeded to large share in his bus
! mess.
am now he said, "an equal partner
IN the reputable and prosperous house of ---
and Co., of --, and have visited phia-
dolphin, not only on business, but with the
object of seeking OFT and returning my heart
warm acknowledgements to my early. nv
ever chcriscd my often remembered bene-
| factor"
The old merchant wept with joy at such a
! reform and acknowledged that this single in
/ cdcnt had repaid him for the hours and davs
and weeks he had devoted, always praycrfully,
to the blessed cause of kindness and prison
reform.
SIMPLICITY OF DNEss. s.-Prcntcc of tho
Louisville Jowr0aI, speaks thus to his read
. crs
" hose who think that in order to dress
well 1T is necessary to dress extravaeantlv
and S'Wdlly make great mistake. Moth
ing SO well becomes the feminine beauty
as simplicity. We have seen many Il re-
markaby fine hcrSon robbed OF it's fine effect
by being ovcrdrcsscd Nothing is more un
becoming than overloaded beauty. The sim
flIt1iy OF the classic taste is seen in the old
statues and pictures, painted by men of very
superior artistic genius In Athens, the la
dies were not goudily but simply arraycd, and
we dodbt whether any ladies' excited more ad-
! miration.
So also thcnob'c Old Roman mnFrons, whose