Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-04-13
a Few Extra Taxes.

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left of the same sort" of international taxes
that ought to be laid if they are not n.
For lending newspaper, $500
For eating hard crackers out of the army,
Is cents.
For kissing in the dark" z cents If
| the old folks are opposed, exempt from tax
For not bowling to a nigger ST.
For treating girls brother, 50 cents.
For playing cuchre with girl, rs cents.
When hearts are trumps," S,100.
For pulling cats tail, 10 cents
On every wo,nan's "ncw bonnet" 37A
cents.
For eating stake more than three times
day $500.
For counting the stripes in a baluoral SO
cents.
For not apprcciating John Browns"
song hourly, S1,00
On each filtration, 81 and upwards, accor-
ding to sighs.
For declining government conttnct, sIo,-
600.
For trying to light your cigar by the town
pump, 70 cents.
On every single lady over twenty, ST.
CIhis is usclcss--thcre isn't any
For reading the proceedings of Congress,
So cents a day. Summers speeches in full,
SO extra.
For swinging on the gate, 55 cents.
For playing jewshnrp, 2 cents tune,
with variations, cent extra
On the prctticst baby in the United, ST.
900. Az every woman thinks her baby the
pretticst this will realize an enormous sum
For trying to escape history" 2 cents
(Scc Presidents NIcssnge.)
For numbering piano. 81 day If there
arc any nervous people about the house 25
per cent. off.
On all roostcrs that crow over the elections.
SIS.
For drinking rye Coffee 2 ccnts drink.
Rye in any other shape, cent
For cheating the printer, $500 for each of.
fence.
For "putting on style without sense (not
ccnts) to back you, 3 cents (and bored y
For going to bed with your boots on so
cents.
DIAMOND CUT DI,MoNp.--T Frccport
1ll.) Journal tells this story of the just retri-
button that bcfcll fuithlcss I" lover"
y trader had been for some months court
ing young lady here, but concluded not to
marry her, and lately welded another fair
one. In order to secure himself against the
rejected sweetheart, who had serious claims
upon him, he transferred all his property to
his business partner, in the full confidence
that it would be returned to him whenever
he she uld indicate desire to that effect Up.
on learning the pcrGdy of her lover, the dis
carded young women sought redress, but in
vain; it was too late She however, succeed
ed in so frightening her betraycr as to lead
him to offer his partner 800 to marry her.
Nb.,, -,
performed. The lady now secured her re,
vcngc Her old lover thinking matters now
amicahy adjusted, intimatcd that he would
like to resume possession Of his worldly goo.'s.
10 his surprise, his partner disclaimcd all
idea of rclinquishing the property, saying he
considered it part of tho bargain, and was
perfectly satisfied that it should remain where
it was. Threats, tears and entrcatics were in
vain. The property was fairly and squarly
passed, and owner No. 2. cmphaticaliy re-.
fused to surrender.
FEMALE SUFFRAGE Certain startling
questions have recently sprung into life, and
are performing grand march around the
world Prominent among them, is " female
suffrage" and nothing is moro certain than
that women will be permitted to vote in less
than ten years. In this country it will come
sooner, but in England the picket line of
great thinkers are already agitating the uucs.
tion, and there the female will vote before
long. Here no man of commanding intellect
has broken ground for female suffrage, but we
have an awful clanor in favor of it from hosts
of noisy men and women. In England, how
ever, at the head Of the advocates of female
suffrage towers that intellectual giant, John
Stuart Mill bevon1 MI do,,ht tbo cro.to re