Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-11-02
Translated from the German.
The Crab and the Fox.


crab crwed from the brook ont un,,
the green grass OF a meadow, and there "farti
Sumptunusly" A fox happening to be i,
'n't hc'ghborhood, saw the crab crecpin-
along slowly, and thus scornlully salutcd him:
sir Crab, now why do you travel so lazi.
iy low long time do you intend to occu-
py IN crossing the meadow? ItSseems to me
as II you might journey better backward than
tarwurd.'
But the crab was no blockhead, and ;mmc.
diatcly retorcd, g Mr. Fox, YOU do not know
my nature | am we'll born and cstimablc.
am sw'ltsr and nimbler tLan you and your
rae race; ;: Mr. Fox have you a mind to, writ y
:" :os; s9"s4 4b'S|z;sPEcr:ug. 7; S
be en'ttir'e.lSlIE l7rn INSTANT tho NM, !,
w - ~" ~nse to commence the issue in this city.
! other, 1t wosl, t" lie styled TIE DAILY CHRON.
US. want OF a live. earnest, ,.symratLe'
| Ia ha! s felt in the community; and, il.
foy.. in contempt. wish of large number of tie
The crab resumed ems. we make our deIui
good start If you will Gar"naa With a4Epuld sus'ai"
run at ALL"
And how much of start Did this
inquired the fox "a
"Just the length of foxT returned til.
crab. You step in front IF me, and will
stand behind you, 50 thae$our hind feet may
touch my nose, and when say Now be otF!'
| then we will begin to run"
| The fox was much pleased with this dis
course and said, 81 will obey you to the ict-
ter" And then he drew up, with his great
bushy tail fronting the crab. This the crab
grabbed with his claws, unperccivcd by the
| fox, and called out " Now be off,"
| And the fox DID run, rs he had never be.
fore run in all his subunary career, SO that
the soles of his feet itchcd. And now when
| the goal was reached, he turned himself about
quickly and shouted, where are you now,
MIR. Crab? How long will you stayW
But the crab, who now stood nearer tho
goal than the fox, cried out behind him, "Mr.
Fox, what do you mean by this talk {? have
been standing here for some time and waiting
for YOU Why are you so tardy?'
The fox drew in his tail and hastily depart
ed from that locality
TIE "Spartan" chronicles the continuance
of deep religious feeling in Spartanburg
District. 1t states that on last Sunday week
| fsty-two persons were baptized at Mount Zion
| Church. and estimates that nearly three hum
dred persons have been added to the Baptist
| Churches Of that District in the last six weeks.
! >----.
THREE Of the Fejee Islands have been
mortgneed to the United States They are
called Nlaturi, Ambiliki and Naitri and come
into our cluchs because the king cannot
scrapo mp monoy enough to pay certaiu Aner-s q
lean claims. The American eagle certaiuly,
has marked fondness for fresh fields and
pastures new.
| WoRTH REMEMBERING" If man faiut
away says +" Halls journal of Health,n
instead of yelling out like savage, or run.
ming to him to lift him up lay him at full
length on his back on the floor, loose the
clothing, push the crowd away, so as to nlow
the air to reach him, and let him alone.-
Dashing water over person in simple faint
ing fit is a barbarity. The philosophy of a
fainting fit is that the heart fails to send the
proper supply of blood to the brain. If the
person is erect, thai blood has to be thrown
up hill; but if lying down. it has to be pro-
jectcd horizontally, which requires less power,
as is apparent.
AYouNG man in Southwestern Missouri
has committed suicide in amanncr to excite
the envy Of Partisan. Flo put himself at all
angle Of n Virginia rail fencc," and using
an axe,helye as lever, he raised the fence,
put his head under it and causing his neck to
broken by the falling weight Of fence tim
Der,