Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-12-10
VOL, V..'..."NO. 9
The Honest LAWYER.

hasti!y taking oil his hat. a.
"Yes, sir, that's my business what can
do Tor you"
Why something of job, I reckon. The
1act s, have got into little trouble, and
want bit of help" And he took out five
dollor bill and laid iton the table
tokingit. :.
,olieut- -aJyhy don't you take it? I don't
cqll u pay, butsssomthiog to begin with
kind of wedge what do you call it
Lnwyer-"A retention fee, presume
j osot {aRs + "J"sssoj BY tyou are my lawyers,
Lawycr-"Not quite So fast, iRyou plcase.
State your case, and then I viii tcll you who-
,hcr or not viii take the fttcntion fee" st
Ccnt-Why, Mister, the case is simply
this Last spring | was doing little busi.
ness by way of selling meat. So [ bought a
yoke of oxen of old Major Fafnsworth.
was to have them for one hundred dollars"
Lawycr--"F cry well; what became of the
oxen ?'
ent,--"Rutchcred and sold out, to bo
sure"
lazy; ddn,;wyer-%By -'wBy you2
Lawyer where's the troubc?"
Clicnt-"Why, they say, that as I only
gave my note for hem, need not pay it, and
L want you to hf p me to get clear of t."
"Lawyer-I- ow do you expect me to do
it 2"
Cllcnt-"Plail as day, man; just say, Gen
tiemcn OF the jury. this young man was not
of age when ho gave Maj. Farnsworth the
note, and therefore, in law, the note is good
for nothing; that's all p ~,
Lawyor--f'And it was really so'?V
nt-"Exactly."
Lawycr--"IIow came Maj Farrswo,th to
let you have the oxen 2"
"Client-"O, the Goodl1 old man never
suspected that was under age" Eg
Lawyer-"What did you get for the oxen
in selling them out!
Client-"Why somewhere between one
hundred and thirty and one hundred and for
ty dollars They worc noble fellows"
Lawyer-"And so you want nc to help YOU
cheat that honest old ,nan out of these oxen,
simply because the law, this human mper
lection, gives you the opportunity to do it!
40, SIT; put up your retention foe. l prom
sed my dying mother never to do such
thing, and will die first. And as for you.
il wanted to help you to the State prison,
could take no course so sure as to what YOU
propose to pay nc for doing. And !cpend
upon it, the lawyer who does help you will be
your worst enemy. Plead minority! No,
sir; so pay for your oxen honestly, and act
on the principle that, let what will come, YOU
Will be an honest man !"
nGa- An old man in Canterbury, Is years
of age, died recently and was buried in suit
Of clothes which he procured when young
man, and had worn constantly as Sunday
sat for more than half century. He had
been married four times, and on each of these
occasions wore the same suit
s~----
IHoUGHT AND LANaUAaE.-A perfect
thought will always clothe itself in appropri-
ate language; and when people suppose that
lhey are In want of words to express them.
selves, they are really in want of thought
have only got hold of q part of thought in.
stead OF the complete thought, and are ia
difficulty about the clothing of an uniformed
thing. DC Rctz says that strong emotions
find their uttcrancc in monysyllnbics and tho
language of the poor in grief is often of ear,s-
estncss and simplicity rising to eloaucncc.
'Out of the fullncss of the heart the mounth
spcaEcth.'
POWER IN A WoMAN's EYE-.{ lady,
when tho conversation turned on dynamics.
asked the late George Stephenson, the ccIe-
bratcd engineer: "What do you consider
the most powerful force in nature ?" Will
soon answer that question: said he: "it is
the eye OF n woman, (to the man that loves
her,) for if woman look with affection on
nan, should he 90 to the uttcrmost ends of
the earth, the recollection OF thar lool, ,r;ll
bring him back"
a CHICAGO paper tells story Of election
night, which it thinks shows the onterprisesof
young Chicago. A party Of boys were seen /,
getting together tho material for . bonfire
When they were asked what was the news.
they replied that they had none. awe don't
dabblc in politics. We build the fire so that
when the nows comes we can sell it out to the
side that boats,"
ACCOUNTS are given Of now oil, made
from the yoks of eggs, and said 10 DO much
employed by the German colonist of South
Russia for curing cuts, bruises, etc. The
eggs are boiled hard the yolks removed and
crushed, and then placed over fire and stir.
red carefully till the whole substances is 81,
the point OF catching fire, when tho oil sebae'
rates, and may be poured OFF, rs IS sigsbsER4t
SAID an ambitious youtl,onc day to u young
lady, "Don't you think I'D tbettor dive nv