Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-11-24

rcd noses III have you arrested on tho spot
Conductor here! here This white oyc
rascal has got my portemonnaie and Joe
minncrature, aud he huggcd me and he
sot my pocket handkerchief and all the turno
vcrs that marm put in for dinner, and M,
pockets clean gone Oh, dear! dear l wisi
I'D staid ut homo
Don't believe word she says !" crict
Joshua, "Sho's lying She's tho one that
been stealing! She picked my pocket O
everything but fathers watch and six cen
plug of tobacco! Somebody search her p
Dear Suz I'am ashamed of myself! I wa.
so sarting | could cut my own fodder, m,
look out my p's and Qs! How do wisl
marm was here She'd know just what t,
do III see if can't do something !" an,
Joshua began to climb over the back of til,
seats into the aisle.
The girl seized him by the coat tails. "No
you dou't!' screamed she, tnot by long
chalk You think you're wwine to get of
with my things, do ycW I'll let ye know tt
to the contrary You'll wish your cake
dough, if you don't deliver up thcm portclno
nac and minneraturc Stop him there, som,
one Of you! Hes gwne to iumpt off tn,
kccrs with my salcrblcs And TIL die if h,
shall! I'll go myself! Conductor he's 20
Joc's minncrature that cost nine shillings will
his hair frizzed and his ruilllcd linen bosom
ca shirt on to him | say, stop him
by this time the whole car full Of passcn
gers were aroused to the condition of things
and rs is natural in such cases, there was di
vision of opinion Some took sides with Josh
ua, and some with the lady
An elderly woman in pcctaclcs-cviacatl
one Of the strong minded species, planted hc1
back firmly against the door, elcctually barring
the cgrcss.
Joshua's senses began to be slightly mud
died. y half score of people were heading
him off, and that terrible young lady in pink
dress was clinging to his coat skirts, and his
pocket was gone. lie felt desperate.
"Stand aside, every one of you y he cried
10 the people before him; and just then tho
ears gave lungc. as cars are in the habit o.
doing, and Joshua went head first against the
stomach of fat woman who had risen to SCI
what tho matter was
The woman went over, Joshua, went over
SO did The young lady in pink, and the Who'll,
crowd fell on tho scat where a very loving
couple and lap dog were rcposing.
The scat was s1uclchcd, SO were the lovers
and the dog, and the cry rose fast and flu
rious-
"a collision! There is collision p
! Everybody sprang to their feet and sczct
their carpet bags and TIC comedy might hav
become tragedy, if the conductor had no
Just then appeared and restored order.
lie Shook Joshua, and ordered the youn,
lady to sit down and behave herself.
Joshua took off his hat to scratch his head
and 10 out dropped the missing pockc,book
Our hero flung up both hands in ccstacy.
" lIooray !" cried he; "its found Hal
Columby Y. plurbus Union Three cheer
for the Constitution and the Union %
And they were given with will.
And about the same time the conducto
picked ur nondcscript looking bag from tn
floor. The young lady in pink rushed for
ward and seized it.
"My pocket. my pocket! 1t must hav
united and slipped OF! on, naintt L happy
And Joc's minncraturc all slf, !"
"1.eL's shake hands !" said Joshua ar
preaching her. :" haint pickpockct am
you haint = pickpockct; and by golly, II
have n kiss on it,
And he did.
In TIE Holy LAND. "A band of P]ym,
outh Rock adrcnurcrs, embracing men, VIC
men and children, 1856 in number have emf
grated to the Holy Land taking with then
building material for small village The
were kindly received by the Turkish Govern
mcnt, an order being issued that they SHOULD
land their goods free of duty. Having thu
sought and occupied the hos pitality of stran
gers, their next step is to write back to thei
friends in this country, in the following char
acteristic style
The air is generally clear and mild Eve
rything is lovely but the natives. who arc in
dolcnt, trcachcrous, and bloody OF the va
rious races who curse the land with THEN" pres
cnce, the Turks are the least vicious. but thei
their bigotry is so intense, and their assump
ton of superiority 50 offensive that even the,
are more to be feared than trusted The mis-
chief which the Greeks, Arabs, Egyptians an,
others pcrpctrac for plunder the Turks per
| pctratc in Blind 2aal for religion. Surround