Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-03-27
Economy.

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| Economy.
In these hard times, necessity suggcststo cyory
one the study of economy economy in every
Thing. When We consider tho immense sums
spent all through the country in articles not
really necessary for comfort, how much is cx-
pended moro than is necessary in order to
please our own or other peoples eyes, we arc
led to the conclusion that rigid economy,
generally observed among our people, fora few
years, would secure for them such start as
to enable them to recover, at no very distant
day, their former prosperity.
Economy does not consist only in re-
trenchlng superhuous expenses it implies
also management of those which arc neccs-
sary Economy and parsimony, however they
may appear to resemble each othcr, are very
different. Economy is that frugal manage
ment OF timo and means which adverse times
compel a sensible, honest man to adopt; but
parslrnony is the adoption of the samo rigid
frugality by man wull to do i'll tho world,
not from any necessity, but from the natural
meanness of his disposition, or the avaricious
desire OF adding to the wealth he already has
No poor man, in times like these, need be
ashamed of curtailing his personal or house
hold expenses so as to enable him to work
through the present and abide the future.
We sometimes tlink-pcrhaps the wish is
the father to the thought-that the late rev.
olution, however terrible in its effects and la.
mcntable in its results to our people, may
have been permitted by God not alone as a
punishment, but also as bles sing to the
South. We all know how many of our young
men possessed of noble and useful faculties
too, under tho old regime, were utterly use
less to the country. They hunted and they
fishcd, attended balls, and visited Watering
places in the season, but they practiccd no
trade or profession, and followed no occupa-
tion. They lived upon the labors of others,
and the very idleness of tho life they led too
often induced rccklessnoss and dissipation.
All that has passed away: The transition was
terrible, but it has passed forever. What
ever we may have thought while it existed
now that ~ !. 10 10 ~cnc we would not desire to
see it restored, even if it wcro possible.
Under the present system, every man must
work, or steal, or starvo. We take it for
granted that the majority will work for thero
arc mono that would prefer to staryc, though
there will always be somo who would rather
steal. Work, first necessity, will become q
habit, and, when found to be accompanied bv
corresponding advantages, will be adopted
from choice. In all civilized countries where
property is not tied down by law, tho indus.
trious men live and prospcr-the idlcrs die
out Let every man, then, go to work, and
live economically. The times at present NAV
be hard, but they will gradually become cast.
or, and, before we arc aware of it, we shall
find ourselves talking Of hard times as some
thing belonging to the pest.-Aiobi7e Aave,.
User & Register
blEs. JENKINS complained in tho evening
that tho turkey shc had eaten at Thanks
giving did not set we'll. Probably" said
jenkins, "It was not a hcn.turkoy."
Asa canalboat was passing under bridge.
the captain gave the usual warning, "Look
outp when little Frenchman, popping his
head out Of tho window received severe
thunp. He drew it back in great pet, anda
exclaimed "Deso Americans are queer pco-
PIE; dey say, Look ont when dey mean,
y AN exchange says rats and vcrtnin may
.bo driven out Of any building by:burning q
little ssulpher." We should like TO SEQ tho
2 experiment 8. s tried in the Capitol at Wash
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