Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-08-18
Poverty not a Curse

Poverty not Curse.
III there is any thing in the world that a
young man should be more thankful for than
another, it is the poverty which necessities
his starting III life under very great disad
vantagcs. Poverty is one of the b st tests of
human quality in existence. a triumnh
over it is like graduating with honor from,
West Point, 1t demonstrates stuff and STAN
i'm. 1t is certificate of worthy labor cred.
tably performed. A young man who can.
not stand the test is not worth any thing
He can never rise above drudge or pau.
per. a young man who camo, feel his will
harden MS the yoke of poverty passes upon
him, and pluck rise with every difficulty pov,
crty throws i'll his way, may as well retire
into some corner aud hide himself Poverty
saves thousand times moro men than it
ruins; for it only ruins those who are not
particularly worth saving, while it saves mul.
'itndes of those whom wealth would have
ruined. If &ay young man who re. is th',
Is so unfortunate rs to bc rich, | give him
my pity. pity you, my rich young friend,
because you are in danger You lack one
Stimulus to effect and excellence which vour
poor companion possesses You will be vcrv
apt, If You have a soft spot in your head, to
tLmN yourself above him, and that sort Of
thing makes you mean and INJURIES YOU
WITH full pockets and stomach, and fine linen
and broadcloth on your back, your heart and
soul p!uhctic, in the race of life YOU find
yourself surpassed by all the poor BOYS around
you before you know it, No, my boy, if YOU
arc poor, thank God and take courage; for lie
intends to give you chance to make some.
thing OF yourself If YOU had plenty of mo.
nney, ten chances to che it would spoil you
for all useful purposes, Do you lack cdu.
cation Have you been cut short in the
textbook! Remember that education, like
some other thing, docs not consist in the
multitude OF things a man possesses. What
can you do? That is the question that set
ties the business for you. DO you kn oy your
business DO you know men and how to
deal with them? Has your mind, by any
means whatsoever, received that discipline
which gives to its action power and facity?
II so, then you are more of Il man and thous-
and times better educated than the fellow
who graduates from college with his brains fullof
stuff that he cannot apply to the political hus.
mess OF li!c-stuif, the acquisition of which
has been IN no sense disciplinary process rs
far rs he is concerned There are very few
men in this world less than thirty years oc
age, and unmarried, can afford to be rich
One of the greatest benefits TO be rcapcd from
great financial disasters is the saving of
large crop of young mon.- Timothy Ittc0mJ
WHAT TIE CENSUS TAKERS SAW IN
PnILADELpnIA-Ihc Ledger says: The ia,
king of the census in some of The lower
wards exhibits many strange phases of hu-
man life, particularly in the vicinity of Bed.
ford, Small, and other streets Of like chauc.
ter. In the space from the south side of
South-strcct, to the north side of I'itzwatcr,
and between Twelfth and Thirteenth, streets,
the population foots up two thousand The
houses occupied by them are generally three
room buildings, and in most of them Il family
occupies each room; this is particularly the
case in one now, where the proprietor rents
them only by rooms. In some OF these hou-
scs the occupants appear to bc comfortable,
Notwithstanding their close quarters, but in
otl crs there appears to be difficulty in getting
along. In Emilinc street, which is the ne
gro quarter, may be found white woman
with husband formerly slave in Delaware,
and in another place two white mcu had the
honor Of giving the names of two colorcd wo.
men as their lawful wives. In some of the
cellars the most nbjcct poverty is apparent,
the occupants, black and white, fratcrnizin@
together, being engaged in bone and rag uick-
ing, the result Of the days labor being in one
corner Of their wretched ROOM while the in
dviduals occupy the other. The only furni-
turc in mary places being straw bed, wood
en- bench, and one or two articles for cooking
One family in small two story house rents
the cellar to !. colorcd family, and though the
whites in the upper portion arc extremely poor
they manage to take care of relative who
has been entirely blind for several years.
A THRILLING ROMANCE at the
close of glorious summer day-thc sun was
sinking to rcst behind distant log pen
the chickens were going to roost--thc bu!!
frogs were commencing their evening song
the polywoss, in their native mud-puddlcs
wcro preparing themselves for the shade of
night-and Sal and myself sat upon an old
and antiquatcd black log listening to the mu.
sic of nature, such as tree toads and now and
then the mellow music of distant jackass
was waited to our cars by gentle zephyrs that
sighed among the mullinstalks That camo
heavy laden with delicious odor The last
rays OF the setting sun, glancing from the
brass buttons cf solitary borseman, shonc