Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-05-12

'hc iuluTei lOr IL you, take your foot from
the present standing. and thrust it forward to-
"'ru. to-morrow $ event, you are in a restless
condition 1t is like refusing to qucnch your
present thirst by fearing you will want to drink
the next day. If it be we'll to day, il is mad
! ness TO make die present miserable by fearing
that 1T may be i'll tomorrow lie, therefore,
is wise who enjoys as much as possible and
II only that day S trouble leans upon him. il
is singular andfpitc. "Suficicnt 20 tho dav
is the evil tlcrcoC;' sufficient. but not infolc.
rabIe. But if we look abroad. and brino into
one days thoughts The evil of many. certain
and unccrtoin, what will bo, and what will
never DC, our load win be us intoicrab!c Ns it
is reasonable 1856
l. y REVEREND doctor of Georgia has rather
slow delivery, which was tho occasion of an
amusing scene in the chapel of tho I.unatic
| Asylum. He was preaching, aud illustm-
ting his subject by the case of a man condemn
ed to be hung, and ropricvcd under the gal
lows. llo went on to describe the gathering
OF the crowd, the bringing out of the prison.
cr, his remarks under the galows, the appear
fance of the executioncr, the adjustment g..
the halter, the preparation to let fall the ,aat-
form, and Just then the appearance IN the
distance of the dustcovcrcd courie, tho il.
ded horse, the waving kandkcrch' 4, the com
motion in the crowd. At this lriliiny point
when v, every one was liStcn' * m brcathless
silence, the doctor bccap !. little nrol;v
one ot the lunaticS co'nd hold in no longer; ;
he arose IN tho cor -;regaton, and shouted
Hurry, doctor, 'or mcrcy's sake. hur,, ),
They'll hang tb' man before YOU got there ~
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TIE MYETEaY.-Two darkics had bouuht
aa'qu;a,nt'ty OF picked pork in partnership :;
out SAP '-aying no place to put his portion iu,
consents to intrust tho whole to j Julius's keen
ing. I'hc next morning they met, when Sam
sad Z" Good,mornin', Julius Anything hap
: PHn strange OF mysterious down in your wi
clnity, lately y " Yass, Sam; most strange
thug happen at my house yesterastnglt. =
/ MI mystery-all mystery to me" :" Ah ,TJu
Illus, what was dat~ "Well, Sam, Il tolc
you now. Dis mornin' I went down into dc
cellar for to get n piece Oh hog far dis darky *
breakfast and put nay hand down into de
brine an felt round, hut no pork tarc-al
gone, couldn't tell what bcwcnt with it; SO
turned up dc bar, an, Sam, true as preach
IN dc rats eat n hole car fIoo dc bottom OBJ
dc barI and dragged de porl; all out!p Sam
YVES petriIcdwith astonishmcnt, but presently
said, "Why didn't dc brine run out OBJ dc
same hole p Ah, Sam, dats,de mystery
/ dqt% dc mystery "
HALE OF THAT, II You PLEAsE"-
When Young Hodge first came UP to town
his father told him it would be polite. when
! beng helped at dimncr, To say to the host
+" Half of that, if you please" 1t so hap
p@ned that Mt the first dinner to Which he was
invited, sucking pig was one of the dishes
The host, pointing with hiskuifa to the young
porker, asked, "Wcll, M Hodge, will you
have this. our fnyorte dish, or hnuach Of NUT,
ton z. Upon which, recolIectimg his lesson
he replied, . Half of that, If you please, TO
4 the CONSERVATION ofnll present.
How TO LIVE WELI-Goocl meals at mod
eratc intervals, and the stomach left at rest
between. Some interyal-an interval of ac
tive exercise is bcst-betwcen books and food
y leisure hour for dinner aud cheerful con.
versation after it. \ short nap. for those who
need or like 1t, after dinncr. Light occupa-
1 ton in the evenng--Gtrrature, or correspon-
dence, with more or less social intercourse
music, or other recreation. Phcse itPc each
and all highly desirable; but the most indis
pensablc OF all as 8kGenuous and various cxef.
cise--.Hss 4Mnnhf%sfs"n. ., ~
~ YcuNo lady being addressed by gentle
man much older than herself, observed to him.
U'i"t lho oHiH objection she mad TO n union
with him was the probability of his dying be-
fore her and leaving hcrto the sorrows of wild
owhood. To which he made the apt and deli
catcly complimentary reply, (" Blessed is the
man who hath "a virtuous wife, for the number
of his days shall be doubled.'
GOOSE WITHOUT FEATuERS.-A goose
that sees another drink will do the same though
he is not thirsty. The custom of drinking
far company, when drinking is dispcnsablc
and p;ejudicial, seems,to ,bc case of the same
kind, ana 20 put man, feathers only except.
ed, upon a footi2,g with goose.
NAY / be married, mar" said lovely
girl Of fifteen, to her mother, the other morn
ing. "Alorred - exclaimed the astoRjshod
matron, "what put such ain idea into your
headY' Little Emily, here, has never seen
a wedding and II! ike to amuse the ehild5'
replied the obliging sister, with fascinating
simplicity. ~l.
THOSE two celebrated divines and scholars,
Drs South and Sherlock, were dispu,ing on
some religious subject, when the latter ac-
cused the other Of using wit in the controver-
sy "sWcil, said South, "supposc II had
pleased God to give you wit, what wolId you
have done ?" 2 -,
1 Till we are about to leave the = Md wo
do not perceive how much it contains to -ex.
cite our interest and admirationi: the sunsets
appear to us farloyelier then they weroin 9th
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