Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-03-26
To Farmers SONG.

. g.. . P""p ne IuGuFG. MANY
propose TO change their e%mploymeuts in hope
OF iighter labor, lucrative returns, and. rs
they imagine, a more honorable position
especially many farmers' sons, weary with
tue labor and the monotonous life Of the farm,
arc turning their faces towards the citv. or 70
light employa.ents in tho country, and arc
dreaming Of = life of prosperity and ease, and
ultimate independence. TO suoh we commend
tho following sensible remarks Of General
r%atrlek' made ct the last Annual Meeting of
. she New York Agricultural Society:
"Only a few Of oar children are follovin
il" our Footsteps. The old folks are lef. alone
with failing health and increasing years mspy
are compelled to sell out the homestead and
I'VE IN the village, where it is possible to live
a'one. Our young men. arc showing = great
"ver''ea to hoaoss toll. Often, il thsy re.
us'n On tho fara, they are more Interested IN
i"'t hofses than in training sAeers. Othess
engage in triAina, ~uadixai6ed occupations.
suoh as selling maps, books, patent rights, or
even clothes pins. They are attracted bv
genteel ways and habits. At tho best thew
SOCK commercial adventures, aad through this
means sudden and great riches. Can they
not read their fate by the wrecks Of thousands
in the city Of New York who attempted tho
same thing. Hor able. bodied, strong vouuy
nae" to quit tho fara and engage in suoh ri.
Hing pursuits NJ have been sarned. or ia a..
tempt where thousands fail, in a oity occun,.
e''s, they should be ashaaiod. Whenever Ia.
nor III any country is considered dishonor.bls
the doom of that nation is sealed. Until ths
Idea prevails that labor is honorable. there ,au
be no bright hope before us. When We 6nd
y country Divided into small estates, aud zach
proprietor labnrs with his own hands. ~. b.ve
a happy people. Under small komeete.as
grew up those people before which the world
trcmbled when they buokled on their swords
the ancient Romans. Look at the )arrs
plantation" of the South, with degraded labo
rers, and you need not ask the rcsult Conn.
tries are cultivated, not according to the;r TOR.
t'''ty, but according to liberty. Agriculture
is the ess'" at the happiness Of y State, aud
Is 's the most honorable nv we'll as the most
ancis.'t of all professions"
THS "New York Herald" says Parson
Hro~n'ow prasf Hts the most extraordinary
picture of physical debility that was ever be.
fore witnessed in any legislative assembly
Ihad. Stevens might have been considcrca
~heh brought into the Senate Chamber on
men s shoulders to take this place among the
managers III the memorable day. of the i'm
Peac'ment trial. the best Illustration np TO that
time preseHted of the triumph Of intellectu-
u viii over n shattered and PROSTATE bodily
or2anis:a but Brownlow's appearance shows
even greater Indications of physical wreck
and ruin, and yet the latter lacks nothing Of
the same uncomfortable mental Are and cner-
~ that marked to his latest moments the char.
actcr OF the Great Commoner. When taking
the oath, Brownlow lay buck in his chair. his
mead bent down, his face shiriyellcd, ghastly
and OF unearthly hue, his hands clasped in
pony v'ce-liked grasp, and his whole appear.
a"ce indicative of great physical depression.
AS Mr. Colfax read the oath the poor old
farSon raised his feeble arm, which 81 ook
with palsy and dropped every moment to his
sac. Assistant Scrgeant.at, Arms Bassett went
over and sustained his arm through the re-
''alndcr of the ceremony though the old man
made one or two desperate efforts by himself
20 sustain the right arm by propping 1t with
his lett hand. After he had taken the oath
the Parson stretched forth his hand for GLASS
'f water, which shook widely before it reach.
his lips. The ordeal, slight as it seems.
completely exhausted him.
REVENUE FROM THE SouTH.-The New !
ork Heraf7' of a few days since, publishes d
ne amount of taxes collected by the United a
states from tho ten Southern States for thu +
'scal year ending on the 3Oth of last June.
rom this statement we find that louisiana
contributed tho largest amount Sc. 1913, 948-
nd Florida the smallcst-$ 4G, 9GG-to tho
evenue of the government. The next )aro.
st sum was collected from Gcorgiu, which
'a'd into the Treasury for the last twelve
'onths' despite Of Congressional reconstruc.
ION, despite .Bullock's manipulation of tho y
credit, despite the great obstacles arts.
~ from the want of a settled government. a
no handsome sum Of IS, 5l5, 95S. ',
OFFIoL SEEKERs. The "Ncw York
ines supposes that the million mon who