Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-01-08

dtteness, his feet on the earth, his head
he stars, helping her to hold her soul
in right, to stand firm against the
j Rents Of frivolty, vanity, impatienoe,
encouragement. helping to pre-
pod nature, to develop her energy,
ostlate her thought, to utilize her be-
Re6ienoe, to exalt and illumine her life,-
there is the essence of marriage. Its love is
founded on respect, at the very momont Of
merging self in another. It's love is mutual,
equally giving and receiving at every instant
OF its action. There s neither dependence
nor independence, but tintordependenco Years
cannot weaken its bonds, distance cannot sun.
der them. 1t is a love which vanquishes the
grave, land transGgures death itself into life,
GRHAr INVENTION OR Discovery
HOUSES MADE FIRE-pRoor.-The now thea
ire Della Logge, in Florence, is now compile
ted. All of tho timber and wood work in
that theAtre was prepared by the Borghi
process; al! tho coverings Of tho seats and all
tho scenery were thus made non ,inAammable,
and, that no doubt might linger as to the per.
feot safety Of the building, two days before
it was open to the public, some inflammable
material was carried on tho stage, aud an at
tempt was made to set the theatre on fire..
which ignorniniously and totally failcd The
proprietor Of the theatre invited his friends
to witness tho experiment; the stage waa
SGT with drawing-room scene, the wings and
back being of ordinary scenery, and to this
fire was applied, and evory ono left the stage.
Tho flames spread quickly, consumed the
scenery which had not been subject to Bor-
ghIs process, and thon stopped short and
died out, leaving the prepared substances in
pereeptiblo oven to the most fastidous nos
trils, although night after night the theatre
has been crowded, and tho temperature has
been high. .-NcsO Yorh World.
BUTTER FROM FIVE Cows.-Ephralm
Psnrose of Berks county, Pa, sold from five
COWS 1,l23a pounds Of butter in one year,
commencing May 1st, 1867, when they were
first Put to pasture. Thoy were native cattle.
indicating no striking marks of any PARTICULAR
breed, but Of medium size and we'll built
One weeks trial gave III, III, 1O4, and two
pounds eaoh. Tho one giving III had
hor first calf, and tho two giving 8 pounds
had been MIXED about throe months before
the trial. The family, always consisting Of
six persons, and sometimes moro, used freely
of milk, oream and butter from tho same
COWS. The butter used, they think, was nos
loss than four pounds week, making ths
yield from each cow about ESQ pounds. Their
food consisting OF meadow grass, clover and
timothy, and they always had acccss to run
ming water. During the winter they had as
much clover and timothy hay as they would
cat, and about 81 quarts Of bran twice day
They also had pumpkins tho carly part Of
winter. The stable was warm, cleaned daily,
and vol! Uttered With straw The cows were
oarded, curricd or brushed all tho year
The above is not given because of the OK
traordinary yield, but is proportionably moro
than is obtained in large dairics undcr muoh
stronger feeding, at loast in concentrated food.
The care taken in cleanliness was doubtless Of
much benefit. It is common saying that
with horses currying is half tho food why
then will not tho Same care taken with oattlo
be equally beneficial 2--Practtcal Farn,or.
CHEAP IoR HousE.--A correspondent If
tho "Rural Now Yorker" says: "We would
challenge better house for preserving Ice
than tho following, which with US, now holds
ice three years old Our house il above
ground, doublo-boarded on tho sides, with
only board roof. Tho ioe is packed in pieces
two feet square, leaving about six inches
spaoo botwoon the ice and siding. We then
cover aides and top Of the ice with saw dust.
I If anything can beat this for koeping ioos lei
us know, and very large doubts remover Nd
need Of making, ottha. top air,bght; oars j.
open, to the atmosphere"