Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-06-26
a Yankee Boy.
A tourist tells tho followint,:

morly Of Boston. He has been a resident of
this section for about six years. During his
first few years hc was extensively engaged in
buying wool, and on ono occasion becoming
bcwildcred with. tho multiplicity of crooked
roads over the broad prairios, he rode up to
smull cabin inolosed in lump of locust trees,
and addressed white headed boy perched on
the top of q hen coop, with:
"I[alloa, boyW 2sl
81 reckon you are stranger" was tho 70.
spouse.
Look here, sonny"
amt your sonny"
No, not my sonny, but. if you will jump
down and como here I'll give you dime.
Tho boy sprang as if alighting from
wasp's nest, and coming up to tho stranger,
exclaimed.
"Wcll, old hoss; what is it?"
:" Two lost my way, and don't know whore
1 am. Can you tell me 2"
Ycs, you're on your horse"
Mr.. Lord laughed ut tho boys wit, and
handed him dime. The boy took tho mon
cy, looked up with mingled feelings of won.
der and delight and said
II reckon you must havo power mon
cy?"
"Why so, my boy"
Cause you squandcr it away 500
What's your fathers namc?" inquired
Mr.. Lord.
"Bil Jenk," was the reply.
C. All yes, l know him." exclaimed Mr..
Lord, "hc grows wool don't hc?"
No, but his sheep docs"
off you knew me, my lad, you would be
more respectful in your replies I am friend
Of your father; my name is Lord
"Oh, yes" exclaimed the astonishod lad
"Ivo heard pap read about you in the Biblc:"
he bawlcd out at the top of his lungs:
Mother, mother, the Lord is out here on
horseback, and has lost his way"
~ GAME pretty near being offended with
that man," said n to b, pointing to G as he
spoke. "Why?" because he called me
liar aud Knocked me down stairs. It
wouldn't have taken much moro to have made
mo real mad"
WOMAN is the only ty"n!t tlsI that man should
not resist. Z, sr-~rr
WHY is a washcrwoman one of the most
cruel creatures on earth :? Because she makes
regular practice of ringing and mangling
| the bosoms of men.
LovE.-Truc love is natural sacrament,
and if ever young man thanks heaven for
having saved what is good and noble in his
soul, it is when he thinks of offering it to
tho young lady ho loves.
a TENANT in the ncighborhood of the AS
tor house, was thus accostcd by his landlord:
Brown, | am going to raise your rent"
Brown replied, Z" Sir, 1 am very much obliged
to you, for | cannot raise it myself"
WOMAN, with all thy faults love thee
still, was the reply of husband to his scold-
ing wife" elf you didn't love the still
so well, I'd love you still BETTER" replied the
wife.
MA, if were to die and 90 to heaven,
should | wear my moirc antique dress pr
No, my love; VIC can scarcely suppose that
we shall wear the attire of this world in the
next" "Thcn toll me, ma; how would the
Lord know belonged to tho best society 2"
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THE editor of Kansas paper says the best
thing his cotemporary has got off during The
week is-a dirty shirt. The cotemporary re-
plies that he can't say as much as that for his
brother editor.
a LADY who has great horror of tobacco
got into tho Now Haven cars the other day,
and inquired of a male pcighbor:
"Do you chew tobacco, sir 2"
"No, ma'am, DON'T" was the reply, "but
[ can get you chaw if you want one"
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| Il CANADIAN Dutohman being advised to
rub his limbs woll with brandy for the rhcu-
matism, said he had heard of tho remedy,
but added, "I dush better as dat drinks
dc prandy, and den Irubs my leg nit do pot
tle."
A WESTERN editor says that in smoky
Pittsburg mon kiss each others wives, and
are able to tell which is their own only by the