Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-05-25


lsfur yc, a new sensashunr-zan l'bolicvcd it, for
begun, to feal it already. My toes felt like
littel mimcrs wurs q nib!ins at 'cnl--.a cold
streak run up and down my back like q. .liard
/ with a,turkey hen after him in. settin time,.
my hart felt. hot and onsatisfied like, an then
Id cut old>Soups throat, if she d hintcd at
needsessity for SIGH operashup Then she
pored ont ten or twelve blue papers ov tho SO.
dy intern big tunbler, md about tho saim
number oy whito ,wuns inter tutlerommblcr,
and put bi 0hto pint Of water on both of chi,
md 'sturd 'eur both up with her finger, lookin
| rs sollun, as a ole jacknss in n sno storm,
when the foddci's all gin out. She hilt wun
&hiloshe told mc.to drink luther. swalcr.
ed it at wunl run--tastcd saltyalike, ] thot
it %ur part NV tho scnsashun. But i wur
mistaken, NIL ovthc cusscd nfufnel scnsaslun
wnr to cum, aud it wcrnt long at it, hoss, I'll
tell yer. Then she. gin nc luther tumblor,
and sent it afterthe fust, racc hoss fashun.
.."ln bout a mint and half / thot l'd
swallered a thrashin ,ncrshccn in full blast,
ura couple ofbull dogs, and they bad sot in.
ter fitin. seed that T.wur cotchcd agin~-
same 'famerly disposition to n,aik cusscd fools
ov themselves cvry chancc-so i broke for mi
hoss. stole look back, and thar Sicily ny
on her back in the porch, a scrcan,in with laf-
fin her heals up in the tir, kickin NV them
together like she WIS tryin to. Kick her slip.
pcrs off. But / had no time til look thon, so
the rode from mo to the house was full of
foam, two feet wido and four inches deep
looked like it had bin n snoin- poppin, and
hssin, and a bilin, like tub Of hot sope suds.
had gethcred a cherry tree lin as run, an
| lit a strpddle Of my hoss, a whirpin and
| kckip like mad. This, with the skccry nos-
es l made for wur II whisln, an hissin,
an sputterin, outer mouth, nose and eyes,
like 9 stcmc injine), sot him to rarn aud CO.
Torting like lie wus skccrcd out'n his ccnscs
Well, he went. The founl roald, and the ole
black hoss flew He Jest mizzlcd- scared nj
tn doth and So wur l. So We greed on the
put ov' the greatest distance in the smallest
time.
81 amcd fur Doctur Goodmans at the Iii
wasscc Copper Mines, to git sumthin to stop
tho cxploshun in my inards. met scrkit
rider on his travels towards n fried chicken
and a hat full of ball biskits. AS cum tarin
pray fur. nc, but bein as Iprcftrd fisck to
prayer, in mi pccooliar sittywashun ut TINT
time, jest rolled along. lie tuck skcer as
| cum nj on tn him, his faith puv out, an he
lodged hoss, saddilbcgs and ovcrkotc inter
"a
ter of'n a log when tarin big stcnmtoat cnms
along. AS he past ole man .Burnscs, Sicily
hailed him, and uxch him If he'd met any DO.
dy in hurry gwinc up the read. The poor
man thought perhaps he did and prhaps he
didn't, but he'd seed a site, NV spook NV n
gost, nv ole Bcclzcbub himself, ur the komit,
he didn't adxackly no which, but taken all
things tugcthcr, and the short time he Ind fur
prcparashnn, he thought he met crazy, long
legged, sliakin Quaker, n flecin fru,n the rath
to kun, on a.black and wliitc spotted hoss,
whippin oy him with a big brcsh and he'd
white beard what cum fr,im nj unto his eyes
to the pumn.il Of the saddle and then forkcd
an went to his nccs, and then sumtimcs drap-
ped in bunches as big MS lrow's nest to the
ground, and hearn a sound like rushin of
nifty waters, and he wur nightly exercised
about it any how Wclh guess he wur, an
so wur his fat boss, and wur ole blackey wust
exercised OVAL ov en- wur !, myself. Now,
George, all this beard and spots on the hoss,
and steam, and fire, and sno, and wire tails, is
oudaoious hrmbug. 1t all cum out'n my in
ards, droppin out'n my mouth without emmy
vomitin or effort, and cfit hadn't da busted
into more pieces than thar is aigs in big cat.
fish. The Luvongoods arc all confoundcd
fools, and dad amt the wust NV en-" j,
.7--' Il. -s'.--~ -, .-.' .4
TIE Duty OF ALL.-War, at best is :.
dredrul scourge. Most wars ordered or per-
mittcd by God, arc judicial punishmcnts for
the wickodness of a nation. Ofton nations
equally wicked, arc allowed TO execute His
purposes OF each other, and nations are some
times divided to scourge each section. Our
present case may be one Of this sort. Person
al wickcdncss has been rampant in the coun-
try for years. Political dcgcncracy, official
corruption, fraud trickcry, and moral degra-
dation have infested and ruined and peryert-
cd the govcrnmcnt. Weak, wicked men have
brought it to the prccipicc over which it has
tumblcd. Yet we cannot doubt that God has
mission for our country, yet uonccomplishcd.
Upon this land rests the Responsibility nnd
the, duty, Of spreading the lightland enlar-
ging the area Of civil and religious liberty
This perhaps, can be better done by two
OF three Republics. than by one.
God may chastisc us. What is our duty
in such a case? First, let us not fight
against God. He must be propitiated by re-
,pcntcnce, humility, and reformation. Resist
your enemies, but propitiutc Johov,h. lie
is just and mcrciful Repent towards God,
but fight for your country, for, your rights, for
your wives and your children. Fight, but
pray. Danish inten,rcrancc swearing and IL
ccntiousncss from your armies and your pco-
pic. If you must fight, yet repentand pray,
but fight, and, God will5hear and forgive. NJ.
f~. ~ IN G. Advocatc.