Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-08-11

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! While they say . How dye do nay old fellow"
i They tnrn up their noses Ot girls in their nocks,
! And talk about hoops and long dresses,
at AN age when their fathers wore natures socks,
Nor dreamed of intrigucs and caresses;
They smoke, Chew tobacco bet. gamble, and swear,
And dance all the polkas and fancics,
with an easy assurance and languislng mir,
! That delights all the Bridgcts and Nnncics
o dear am frightened half out of my WITS
! With the hurry and hustle and stir;
The world, b. team progress, seems Knocked into
fts
And goes round with whix and whr;
Shall VIC never go back to the steady old pace,
/ And grow up and expand by degrees?
For now VIC rush OH as if running a race,
And the devil the hindmost would seize.
|
From the Cornhill Monthly.
"Take Tea ~
| Women of England have got a grievance
for you. A real, solid one, this time, believe
me. In exposing tho wrong of which you
are the unconscious victims, | shall incur the
deadly hostility of worthless, but numerous
class of my own scX, which, engaged in pain
full Struggle against the power of your numbcr-
less fnscnntinns, loses no opportunity of basely
cndeayoring to undermine it. Need | say
that | allude to the selfish youth of England
who will not marry on eight hundred year
Should another carpet bag be discovered some
cold November morning upon the coping
stones of Waterloo Bridge, containing another
dismcmbcred corpse, think oh think OF him
who is about to brave so hidcous fate in your
service! aud-incliung your graceful figures
we'll forward, so that it may not stain your
flowing robcs-drop tear upon hia memory.
In exposing the wrong of which you are ,',e
unconscious victims, Shall win the respect
and admiration Of the fcw--the happy few.
whose highest ambition is to be rockoncd
amongst your slaves From these demand
from the carpctbag aforcssid-rcccngc!
REVENGE! REYENGE!!
Reader, listen to the voice of wisdom. A
PRETTY GIRL Is NEVER so DANGEROUS AS
WHEN SHE Is MAKING TEA FuShi0n, that
incXorrGlc tyrant !-instigatcd by the mach
nations of the degraded beings | have be-
traycd-s driving ladies' from the tcatablc
Why is this? Simply and solely because they
quail before the mighty influence which wo-
man exercises from her throne behind the tea
urn Do they pretend that they do not care
about cup of tea? Go to any club you please
ut four o'clock any aftcmoon-be it in nurky
winter, or on the brightest summer duy-and
judge for yourself Is "tea" a meal to be
despiscd? | trow not Dinner is the male
amongst meals-tca the female Dinner is
heavy, prctcntious, and strong-tra elegant,
light aud insinuating. You may weave your
pet plot, make your little game and invite
these who are to play it to your grand dinner
feast them upon dozen courses, rcgalc them
with your " still y or "sparkling," bring out
tor them your rs port, give them peaches in
March, provide canvns.back duok0. Chinese
birds nests, butterflies tongues anything that
IL out of the common run, and very expensive
and nasty-ycu may go through the prelimi-
nariCa whilst discussing these daintics, you
may measure swords, chalk your cues, or deal
out the cards whilst slipping your wine in the
silent, sombre dining room; but, take my
word for it, it will be "in my lady's cham
bcr," amongst the glitter and hum of the
drawiug-room, and over cup of tea, that the
lungc that is to decide the match will be given;
the conqucrng red hazard madc or the odd
trick turned up. A cup of tea {! Gracious
goodness the mischief that has been done
over a cup of tea; the pretty little schemes
that it has hatchcd the friendships that it
has cemGntcd the fcuds that it has occa
stoned the pleasant thoughts that it has ere
atcd and the characters that it has washed
away. Who is, then, to tell me that an in
quiry into the manner in Which so potent a
herb is served can be out of place in this peri
odcal. or is of anything but tho deepest inter
est to mankind at large.
For myself, L utterly ahominate, dctcst,
and abjure the manner in which the tyrant
Fashion, instgated as aforesaid, orduins that
| should be obliged to " take tea" when
"ioin tho ladies'" after 2 dinner ra:ty.-
How am | served? Is there in some cozy
corner a table placed, covered with n snowy
cloth-witl Kissing rnpllccd in the midst
of glittering silver, and shnpely glass and
china-with the Eircst daughter of the
house, or even its stately mistress, presiding
thcreat No worse luck. Fashion has
dcthrorcd them. No little white hand wiclds
the sugartongs. No Kind matronly voice
demands whether prefer black tea to mixed,
or inquiries if | will take cream in my coffee
No pretty rounded arm presents me with the
decoction which my soul lovcth. No cloudy
stcry-called by prosaic milliners a sleeve,
but by ono regarded MS one of the many traps
for the hearts of the sons Of mon set by orr
elegapt modern costume-coyly revealing,
Emadly cmccoling, that polished limb-falls
ipt0' the slop basin, is reefcd coqucttshiy and
thereby rendered moro bcwitching than be,
FORE No. There is q clattcr at the door.
iand Jeamcs," staggering under the weight
of huge tray full Of cups, halEiled with
tea and coffee, breathing stcntoriously, sham
bles from guest to guest, followed by the
butler With hot milk, sugar and credin, on
waiter.fs:Is it TO be pretended that because
have dined well. suinptuously, | am not to
hAt, 6, L.