Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-10-19
Modern Dictionary.
.tar-A clear fuid, once used as Q drlnk


IIonesty-An exsellontt o.ntsi siaba trrnips. i.
Rural little horse that is continually
running away, especially when uS'u " -
males a.. .,aown in che
mouth" and only finds nd stNESer NHst' people
by takiDgaf.=-A expression used By man and
,v;fe at the fommcnccmcn of quarrel
' Policeyhn--A man employed by the cor.
,or,tiouto sleep in the open air.
yhin--A ludicrous transactions in which
o,cb PARTY thinks he cheated the other.
o"|Joctor-A man who kills you to day to
lave you from dying tomorrow.
Author-A dealer in words, who often gets
paid in his own coin.
Friend-A person who will not assist you
before he knows you will love and excuse
him.
Edtor-A poor wretch who ompties his
brain to gill his stomach
Wealth-The most respectable quality of
vuJB JBSesnet-A purely imaginative skeleton
to GSS(UHhige-Evcrybody. yet nopoay-vuu.,
Jury-Twclvc prisoners in box, to try
one or more at the bar.
States Evidcnce--A wretch who is par.
doned for being bascr than his comrades
Public Abuse-The mud with which every
traveller is spattcrcd on the road to destruc-
ton.
NIodcsty-A beautiful flower that aourishcs
i'll secret places.
Lawycr.-A learned gentleman, who res
cues your estate from your enemy, and keeps
it himself.
The Gravc-An ugly hole in the ground,
which lovers and poets wish they were in
but take uncommon means to keep out of.
Moncy--Thc god Of the nineteenth centu
ry.
WHAT will the President do if Congress
tries to suspend him, pending impeachment?
Here is the answer his organs gives:
9. In respect to what the President would
do if approached in either of these directions,
we have not thought it worth while to consid-
or, but naturally suppose that he would not
willingly submit to the degradation of the
Executive office thus, however he might feel
disposed to make any personal sacrifice to
maintain public harmony. "--N,dionat Intel.
Uyenccr.
TIE " Anderson Intclligcnccr states that
John II. NlcCili was shot by freedman, at
the residence OF Mr.. j. p Tucker, in that
District, on Saturday night, 2lst ult., and
only survived few hours after receiving the
shot From all accounts this was horrible
murder.
MoDESTY you would add lustrc to
your accomplishments, study modest behav-
ior. TO excel in anything valuable is great,
but to be above conccit, on account Of ones
accomplishments, is greater. Consider if you
have natural gifts, you owe them to Divine
bounty. If you have improved your under
-;1~".';"" nph et"aiea ~irino, YOU have only
done your duty, and there suculs little ,casonn
for vanity.
A NAN in Hendricks County, Indiana,
named james Adams, ate thirty-two peaches,
potato, and drank two gallons of buttcrmilk.
He leaves widow
a COMMISSION has been appointed by the
Russian Ministry of Justice to examine the
question of the abolition of Imprisonment for
debt in the empire
4 MAJORITY Of the registered voters in
Alabama have decided in favor of calling a
convention.
THEY have giant in Missouri who is seven
feet seven and II half inches high. He served
In tho confederate army.
PEKIN, China, has discovered petroleum
bearing region 800 miles square near by, and
purposes to have the oil fever.
lr is announced that the trial of Jefferson
Davis is certain to take place in November.
Counsel on both sides are ready.
THE Chinese claim to have discovered
America from the West thousand years be-
fore Columbus.
THE reported inhuman treatment of the
body of Maximilian turns out to have been
fabrication.
THE only fruit which grows in every eli
mate is the strawberry. 1t is the only fruit
which, somewhere on the earth, is picked cy.
cry day the year round.
Religious Notice.
The following are the Appointments of Rev.
A. B. STEPHENS, Presiding Elder for the Green.
vile District Of the South CaroIinn Conference,
NJ. n. Church South. 4th Quarter:
GrccnDttle ,Sation--4th Sunday, and Satur.
day before. il September. Assessment $3.50,
RetdpWte Grcut-5th Sunday and Saturday
before, in September, at Ipar. Assessment
5000.
H.