Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-08-28

WONDERS OF ADVERTISING. That ad.
tising, intclligently carried on, work wou.s
dcrs, is an established fact. We present n
fow circumstance:
A Minnesota editor says that man came
into his Office to ndvortisc for his lost doe, and
that sroh was tho wonderful power of advcr-
Using, the dog walked into his Office while he
was writing the advertisement.
A man in Cincinnati once advertised for
wife, and tho next day he received letters
from twenty seven husbands, saying ho might
have theirs.
A London paper has advertised, moro than
once, "Two sisters wont washing" awe
hope they may get it, was tho disrospectful
remark Of all who read the notices
A broker, who adaortscd all kinds Of 8 ocks
for sale, received letter soon after ordering
half q gross of satin elastic.
Wisconsin, editor says that he advertised
in his papor for q boy, and the next morning
ho found one Weighing ten pounds on his door
step.
AN ORDINARY SMOKER consumes daily
the average amount Of cents worth of to-
bacco, 90 cents per month of 80 days, or
$40 95 i'll the entire year of SOS days
IIo will use four boxes Of matches at a cent
q piece, and, at least, pipes per month or $
ccnts worth more. Hence ccnts per mouth,
or 81 cents per annum must be added The
grand total thea, in one twelve month is Sill,
rs, without counting burned clothing and
wasted time. Thus, if a family be composed
of father and two SONS who arc smokers.
thcrc is an annual expense Of $685. in all
This sum would purchase u lis lbs. Of bread
at two and half cents per lb., or fully enough
to fcod five children Whom laboring mon
get alarmed at the prospect Of tho Poor House
for themselves and their families, let thcm
th.nk OF this.
| TIE editor of one Of our Michigan cx-
| changes threatens to ku Klux his delinquent
subscriber. Hear him ''Somc Of our sub.
scribcrs forgot TO pay up this spring. The
secret serpent has hissed Pay up! Bloody
bill! The yallcr collins grin Pay your sub
scr:ptions promptly The fi'i.xlcd cat news /!
Death to traitors! Two dollars year! Your
doo,n is scaled! I1!K!!K!tl
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"FIRE Jour sui,s" said q poor laborne man
il Detroit, while The Radicals were T. ;iryinc
Grants nomination. You can't foo! me
any onGcr. voted your ticket until it takes
three dollars TO buy what used 10 get for
seventy Eve cents, end now think it's about
| time for change
a SHARP grocer, when customer, who
was buying a gallon Of molasscs, remarked
that good dc@l remained in the measure nftcr
it VS. turned, explained tho faot b. sa7inc,
"Thcrc was Just about the same quantity i..
ne measure before drew yours sir
/ Corn planted tive feet opart, c:,ci way, will
give ,742 hils'o The acre; five by four, a.
us; five by three, $50; four By fouv, g.
622; fou: by three $3.50; three nnd half
by three md halls, s,b.! thrcc by three,
5,St6.
CD THE TAXns. Nearly Ri the
members of the carpcl-bag circus have drawn
'hc.r pay FOR their very valuable services ron.
dcicd tc State. Some Of them Insisted on
not taking the Patton notes, 70. fear they
wouldn pass, and when tod that the notes
would q 'o'st ray taxes, tho reply is. ooh.
d---n the taxes, | havu't got any to pay"
h,aiYomcty A1vc,timy
A WESTERN ctiito. thus delivers himself:
owe would sly the Individual who stole our
shirt of tho pole while we were lying ia bed
waiting for it to dry, that wo sincerely hope
tho collar may cut his throat"
SOME years. agoa clergyman WAS preaching
to large audience in wild part of Illinois,
and an'ouncod soE his text, In my fathers
house ere many mansions"
lie had hardly read the words when IN old
coon nsood up and said
81 tell you folks that, lie I know his
father well. He ligos dl!eon miles from old
Keniyck III on old loo, ooh;,, on,1 lJ,nr, o;n,1