Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-05-18
" And Then

Many years ago there was good man who
lived at one of the Italian universities. One
day young man ran up to him with face
beaming with joy and said that his greatest
given him permission to study law So
now 1 come" he added, 'to the law
school Of this University on account of it's
great fame and mean to spare no pains to
get through my studies MS well and quickly as
possible" In this way he went on talking
for long time. When at last he come to a
stop, the good man, who had been listening
to him with great patience said, Veil, and
when you have got through your course of
studies, what do you mean TO do then %
"Thcn shall take my Doctors degree"
said the young man
"And then? - asked st. Filippo Ncri again
And then" continued the youth "l
shall have number of difficult cases to man
age; and I shall catch peoples notice by my
eloquenco, my zeal, my learning, my acucncss,
and gain great reputation"
"And then - repeated the holy man.
And then" replied the youth "why,
then there cannot be a question, I shall be
promoted to some high Office or other besides,
shall make money and grow rich"
And then ~ repeated St. Filippo.
"And then" added the young lawyer,
" then shall live comfortably and lonoraLly,
in health and dignity, and shall be able to look
forward to happy old age"
Oh was not all this to look at things
sccn."
But the holy man had not done. Again he
asked " And then ?"
"And then" said the youth, with fatcr-
tering voice." and thcn-and thcn-then
shall die"
Here st. Flippo again lifted up his voice
colo a.
This last and then 2" was brought homc
by Gods Spirit to the young mans heart.
From that time he ceased to look at things
seen. He began to feel the power of things
unsccn.-Erchnngc.
ROWLAND HILL few years before his
death, made visit to an old friend, who said
to him, Mr.. Hill, it is Just sixty-iive years
since first heard you preach, and rcmcm-
Der your text and part of the sermon You
told us that many people were very squcam-
lsh about hearing ministers who preached the
Gospel. You said, Suppose you were hear
ing will read where you expected legacy
to be left you, would you employ the time OF
its reading in c,riticisinng the manner in which
the lawyer read it? No, you would not; YOU
would be all cars to hear whether anything
was left you, and how much That is the way
| would advise you to hear the Gospel
This was advice worth remembering three
score and five years. Because they have moi
learned the lesson thus taught by Rowland
Hill, thore are multitudcs who hear the Cos
pei very much in vain.
DEEP VS. SHALLOW PLowING.- com.
mittee Of the Illinois State Agricultural So.
cicty, in making their reports on farms, y
visited by them, says: "In making our OK.
animation through the State we took very
particular pains to inquire diligently into the
different modes Of cultivation, and to observe
the results; and in every instance, VIC found
where they were getting big crops they were
blowing deep; and where the system Of shall
low plowing wos pursued they had light crops
Another thing connected with deep culture
was, that the extremes Of wet or dry wcathc,
had far less effect than when they plowcd slal
low Again, with every man that plowcl
deep, We found that the hard times did no
seen to affect him, and we came to the con
plusion that the hard times lay within fou,
Inches Of the surface, and all who plow eight
20 ten inches soon root them out.
The lesson taught by penny postage thai
cheapness promotes popularity and profit, is
being enforced in railway travel Two lines
between Boston and Portland arc now engaged
in a competition as to which can carry pas
sengers at the cheapest rates. They have re-
duced their fares to some points to less than
half what was charged before tho war, and
each is making every effort to induce passcn.
gers to prefer one route over the other. The
consequence is that number of passengers
have trebed on both roads, and they arc max
ing more money than ever before Cant our
railway companies take a lesson from expc
ricncc of their Eastern rivals.
IF you invest money in tools, and thon leave
them exposed to the weather, it is tho same as
lenulnR. money to spandthrift without sennri