Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-07-21
( " a R r II P!Y.,
Farm Life.

To be constantly saying that tue occupa-
ton Of the agricuturist is an honorable ono,
would be like telling tic literary world that
Punch, WAS at times disposed to be facctous,
or pcrsistcnly reminding ministers that the
cause of Christ which they advocate is right.
cons. Though we admit there are cheats and
SNinllcrs among farmers, VIC arc prone to be-
licvc that as class, they are from their natu-
raj surroundings more honest than any other
class of people. To use the words of thc'im-
mortal Washington, Agriculture is tho most
hoalthfu, most useful, and most noble employ
mcnt Of man" Constant employment in the
open air gives the farmer constitutional health
mud vigor as tn" primal motive power which
sets and sustains in motion all other business
and social relations of man. lie daily wor-
chips in Gods own temple, whose Foundation
mails are the everlasting hills; whose pillars
arc cloud piercing mountains; whose roof Of
ether blue is the star-lit dome above us win
dows are curtained by clouds ever changing in
hue and texture, bordcrcd by gold and silver
and richer than Tyrian purple; whose floors
arc carpctcd with the living green of the
meadows and the hues Of forest and flowers
whose music is heard in the rcvcrbcrating
ron Of the thundcr's voice, in the unccasing
murnur Of the sea, the dcafening roar of the
mighty cataract, in the drowsy lullaby Of the
silvcry rvnlct, in the brcczes as they whisper
through the forest groves, or shrek wildly
amid the weird branches of the monarch oak,
natures own 4Eo!can.
1t is true that there are stern, hard practi-
liabilities. in farming. 1t is not constant hol-
iday. 40 the young man just commencing
it is especially so, as in nine cases out of ten
he hasa mortgage to lift or some heavy debt to
1,,,.
in his business, 10 contend single handed
against these difficulties were indeed toll,
somc task were it not for the brighter visions
Of the future, thoughts of happy home, a
cheerful fireside, broad acres, we'll stocked
stables, aud granarics filed to plcntitudc, Of
all which he can sny with an honest manly
pride they arc mine; by the labor of my brain
aud sweat Of my brow l. carucd thcm and
muscle. and makes light his footsteps as he
hastens joyfully, hopefully through his daily
, round of toll
Farming like all other business, to be con.
ductca prolitably must be conducted in sys-
tcmatic, business like manner. Exact ac
counts should be kept of all business transac
tions. Those branches Of husbandry that dc
not pay cash profit, should be immcdiatoy
have II thorough trial. Very much depend.
on the man MS to whether he will succeed o.
not at farming a man of thorough going
business habits will succeed in almost any vo
cation Of life that he may see fit to pursue
pevsistently and though he knows compare
lively nothing Of agriculture, he will succeed
much better than your makc-shift man who
though born and bred on q farm knows
only enough of his business to growl at moth
er earth because she refuses to reward his
wrctchcd attempts ut husbandry by bounte-
GUS crops. a person should never involve
himself in more land than he has abundant
capital to operate successfully. If he have
an idea of carrying OH a farm for profit, at
the same time spending an unlimited amount
OF time dabbling in other trades and profrs-
slons; he had better leave it alone, for it will
prove a thankless job. A tritc old saying,
Z" the best manure for his land is the owner $
foot"
a KEEN NIGGEn TRIcK-.A somewhat
notorious nigger, in Cincinpati, has immense
~ shocked the aristocratic sensbilitcs and
:" oil factories Of divers of his wealthy radi-
cal friends, by purchasing valuable piece of
property on Seventh street, west Of Elm, for
which he gave S22,S00 1t is in one of the
most arlstocratic ncighborhoods of the city
in front of it, several palatia mansions; on
each side of it, several more of the same and
all the rich and proud occupants, including
the niggcr, intensely ''loyal"
There is not nigger in the whole West,
or in the South, who oan boast of such fine
"burcan,' or such surroundings of aristocrat.
ic hoVal'sts! The Bnrncts the Groesbecks
the (rcencs, 60, are in front and on each
sde--rih jewels encirclng Mach set. But,
strange Fiat whole proud, loyal ncighbor-
nood Of aristocracy and money is as much ex-
cited and unncrvcd as if all the inspired 6dors
aud rich perfumes from Araby, or "Africl
the best," had just aoatcd in upon their as
tonishcd senses. Oh some vagrant orient gale
In plain modern phrase, +" thorc's "a niHyc,
in Mat od-pilo," and the great concern is
how to get him out or what to do with him