Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-06-01

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5. Buy small india rubber, blanket (only
$1.50) to lay OH the ground, or; to. throw over
your shoulders when on guard. duty during q
/, ruin storm. Nest of the eastern troops are
PROV led with these. Straw to lie upon is
not always to be had. &
4. The best military hut in use is the light
coorcd soft felt; tho crown being sufficiently
high to allow spnce for air over the brain.--s
You can fastcn it up rs a continental in fair
! weather, or turn it down when it is vet or
very SUNNY %.
| 5. Let your beard grow, so as to protect the
throat and lungs.
9. Keep your entire person clean; this
! prevents tcvcrs and bowel complaints in, warm
/ climates. Wash your body cuch day if posi-
bic Avoid strong coffee and oily. meat.-
I. these 0o"cthcr with neglect in keeping the
skin rlran) cost many, Il soldier his, life in
! Mexico
| I. sudden check of perspi,rtion by chill
I ~ or night mir often c!iuscs fever and death
| Wtru thus exposed donot forget your blanket
| AN OH SOLDIER"
EACrs ABOUT Mules 1t is well known
that the more spirit :; horse has the more liza
bic he is to w'"'r himself out under bad treat
mrnt, mean if ho has driver that is care
less or one that is impatient aud petulant.--
Horses. as general thug have more life
'bout them than mares. and mules are sim
"r-in this regard This is the reason why
mare mules arc preferred for the Sduthcr,.
| nH''rt and l"rsc "a u!cS in ilr Nutl J here
| 'N 9 difference h,,wt,n !, run tllyil. lis nwu
tenin al'd Trusting thrl, will crrclrSs hand
lfrr rs own use | rcfr lpr~r ,nul,,s. for.
h'> dos the adA autaec in tln ir lmttrr ambition
the annoyance o! iiavin. tenn so often in
heat is avoided. There is no use III dcnyi,p
that mules, more than hocs.,s arc naturally
disposed to misohicf- f--surh as Jumping
fences tearing down gates, Citing out
o. the stable, jumping an young animals, etc.
lhc only preventive is to accuStoil them.
fion' the first. to strong Enclosures and good
flXtnrcs That mules arc moro npt to kick
than horses, | can hardly endorse, vet per
llaps it is not worth while to deny. To pail
'''tr the case. must say that they are not
commonly handled and pcttcd, when young
horses arc; hence the habit is not corrected.
y nu!c dislikcs and fears stangcr. lie
rr"dily shows obedience to one master, md
soon becomes attached to him This disnosi-
tom though apparent to SOME horses is not
so common MS with mules. There is another
particular in which he differs from horse
In drizzly, damp day, however lively in
horse vii ho nn H. I,.'.. ru ~ "'''st u
nm .,,,,v - wy '''"""' ''' u" excuse 10
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PATIENCE IN MI1.KISG-A writer in Tho
Ohio Farmer says that II COW wax curcd of
holding, up her milk hy patiently milinu nm.
til she ceased to hold it ; and by continurm
the practice she has become an easy REQ u!ar
miller. and a good COW.
SOUrI Carolina is largely rppr.scntcd in
Virginia, not only bv her direct contributions
but by volunteers enrolled in con,nanics from
Georgia. Alabama and Louisiana. They will
all act as the Fairfield company did'in Mexi.
the Gallant i;c,to,nn+ I'W r,',,. !'o'''1 ~ VI
mcn1hcr hove wLora ,,,,,,., go" g.. 0','N nc-
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TIE WAY TT WoRKs-" Nonopy ITuRr."
The Mercantile Agency. in this citv.. rc.
ports: One huntl,ca nmd frc /ailuyes IN
Nrr Iorh IN ./6u1@cn drys of the present
month Wonder if the scccss;on IF tho
:. IT, I'', ,.".or ~, "'cc'eo '"e prosperity ot
'''' o""'"''r'''" AImp"''"m " me- Ho'f"'
'""'fcSf"" Courier.
!, ,>,o c,,~ r,o,,u, m,
feSp""dent OF the Mobile Eneni"g Ncms, af-
'er sPeco'"t'ng upon the time of the opening
o. '' nrc upon hort p1ckens s"ys: :" Bu' com
in saying thatin sixty hours nftrr the % 'firsts
qua is fred there will not bc Il Yankee left