Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-11-19

Collection OF thoughts III memory .! JIMMIE anil
BELLE. son nnd daughter uI JAMls and Sus "
CRAWFORD. nhU 'lie.i .. Dy srntrr. hcnr ..eu,e(
tom b. I.-rhe first nj o'ciuck T. NJ. t,a
3is oi July. the other ni O'Clock tile iuituw,np)
morning august lst. 1919. y
Autumn w,tn lfs sahred leaves l,ng nnd Il, inc
aroimi us. vlviiiy recalls those nveL ones io 80
latey passed away ns the grass o The field, ana
~hote glory ia led ns the flowers oi the u,ornIl,r
None cuu.d enter that HON from whence lh.Ir
sunny smiles have lied nLnuni realizing an nw,uI
ctlam'y NH entered the dwelling We c.,,i.I not
"nh"oit sympathy iruin such hrreavtmtn NJ. ,pr
seldoh' 'hs hn atl'ciiOn $" hra, tr:i.ng nrinitr
iainy liIal mInthcr ten mi sse.l l,l I, h,.us.
hou anu when s"neni. ,a ,Uuul nh re sue I,s
'efoshea mem 'rIiis Of tr irpatr. i. Une q, une
LOOKS "'er Tn 10 lc imu lri cniLucu
anu earmen tthoy w"r.. anlt.e I'D II iucxsw lich
"hoe aoinei ne b1iiht'u' I vs. o l'r dear
ones. Ion :! 'ase ire holy mj..ht ,. communion
with ,huse inoso o crs are no ~ re hpurl,ud
whose ~ ais nrhnnd tn nen ID 81 % are no unucr
hl'ea 'or hhilehf ';,ion Ionty ng .rs roun these
memories th0ug is are cha. Incu namy to that
bright inner't"se The, hav. gone 10 po.sess. nilL
hea'eH be;ulics NJ rr attractive o Lrr since they
are therr. In cernal songs ,.s ri.u ~ louder,
sweccrs ains. tecnuse the yo.cv OF her ,urnuu
nELLt, whose mlsc glad'Irmcd her rmrtil, home is
now ihlhRinS III tho ynIns vi q Whine rutrd
fhrong about tho tia0ne Of gnlY. Nor is II the
chcrrnilness oil oih'r days tmnt irrui,n es ihut
">"N' o""n'o""heo H6 ne en- o : ms nome. u
s"Iie Of sorro" sIenls over every ie.liurp--tre
sounds swrrtt to h,s eir are llusl,tu liz henrs only
their faint echoes through the cham rrs D, memo.
~ aistant an" ihu'o''tct, yet, charming his
thoughts Ohck TO tile time wien MS circle w,ls IN.
nfoKen anu no llinb was missing fr0.n his i ok /"
We Will first speak oil BILLIE the ,,ir cren,ure
fouHd VINO 30 many virtues clung just twenty
summers hat taSne,i upon her aud on the eve or
WpmulII ood, blusinp al her ow n ,yc,uess none
Saw hes "u 10 admire h.r. ,sI,e nnpw her bu, 10
love- Beins the luui . het inthcr's he,r, u, !,
rece'Ye'' the advantages wealth can give, and wus
Cultivated ia In'ci,sct AMI poIlshpd by society In
au''tlon 10 inns, SHE vas refined by nn,ure and
neuti'ui ory0rd The power vi words To ,pjl ,e,,,
', lurktd III her SOFT cyes--p nysu about her mir
h'gh Drow-.tonehel iIcr rosy cheuk--s,,, uuun hor
tor"' nps--hgheu her golden halr aud fingered
FeHHu her ioru. fca! visible was il IN All th,ngs
8oDi'l hbr -pu' most OF nli III her riacur--here
purity aat enthrOned Arlcnl und ,nnuc.n, m
lrp jeslinx. no dark susp cions oi to ,n,..r,iy n
others '8psIt er sIul. thus con Itu,ed sIie ina AZ
ured them by htr own Hu,,e,cs. na ,.re, hsiley,nu
then 60 y AMI tr ,e ~ ll3rI t:' anr,n,,eart. .d uu
low tho ties or Kindred end trienuslIn wy,s ;o
her sacI. u. H'l.'0
'"Her n1mo was o inscribed on the cLnrch
boks 0i eHrlD --trDm al over scrupl lo,,s i,nr of
her hiness In this yfie trred, Tor nplitter,Dp ltt
ters u must have been written in the I.anbs hook
OF lifo. Being ,housitiu anl OF y ppns,ye mnJ
she showed from ohi'dho0d. NyeAfuiugs alter me
truth as II is In sus. Gods holy book was her
solsce IN esory trouble; her apmpanion 10 the ear
ly morning and ner last duty boiyre retiring! or,
ten have l watched her ~ nv. Bndnlgl,t hour.
.ering over its sacred pages. When Bhe Thought
no eye save one was upon Ipr-S-lal hive thought
when Hhe closed lts lids and kpet in duplication