Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-02-26

VALUABLE TABtE..-We find the follow.
ing excellent table in the Ottowa, ILL.,, States
man, which farmers will do woll to paste into
q scrap-book for future reference
5 yards wido by 968 yards long contain l
acre.
10 yards wide by 4s4 yards long contain /
aero.
20 yards wide by 242 yards long contain
40 yards wide by 12l yards long contain l
acre.
80 yards wide by COZ yards long contain /
aero.
70 yards wido by Go.1o yards long contain
/ acre.
2so feet wide by 1913 feet long contain /
aero.
44o feet wide by 90 feet long contain l
acre.
ITO feet wido by 800 feet long contain l
acro.
60 foot wide by 726 feet long contain l
aore.
l20 feet wide by 1863 feet long contain l
acre.
$40 feet wide by 1917 feet long contain. ]
acre.
O!NlollhN IhNDAtDS.- ChrlStlan
pound weighs sixteen ounces, and is at least
evenly balanced.
A christian yard is thirty.si ii inches and is
not shortened by the handling of a stick.
A christian ton is two thousand pounds,
and is not roughly judged but conscicntiously
weighed.
A christian bushel contains two hundred
and thirty-onc cubit inches and is filled
brimful.
A christian days work is ten hours and is
diligently and faithfully engaged in tho en-
ploycr's business.
A christian bargain and sale is one in which
thorc is neither cheating for profit nor lying
for gain.-LiUtiny Epistic.
TIE HEBREw S-ABBATn.-I'hc "Isracl-
ite," the organ Of tho Jews at Cincinnati, in
late issue, makes the following suggestion:
"In order that VIC may have a day of rest,
q real Sabbath, which can be observed by all
lsreal, we propose to adopt that day which is
set apart by hundreds of .%.illions, nay the
whole civilized world, for physical rest and
tho worship of God. Let our prayers and
thanksgiyings, with theirs, ascend to His
throne on the same day, Sunday"
CHEAP REsTAURANTs.-It is asserted that
there is not another city in the United States
where tho same amount and. variety of good
food can be obtained for so little money as in
San Francisco. In ono restaurant Of that
city over one thousand persons take their meals
daily, at an expense Of ten cents each, and
with wine and dessert for twenty-five cents.
Green turtle steak, bread and butter and eel
cry arc mentioned as prominent articles in the
bill Of faro, which is served up in good style,
with clean, napkins and tablccloths.
A CORRESPONDENT writes thus about tho
United States Senate: cit is only a few
weeks since one of the members was expelled
for the fourth time from a temperance society /;
another has recently been shown to be deep
in half a dozen land swindlcs. [ could name
a dozen who have become millionaires under
very suspicious circumstances, and now comes
another corruption smelling quite as strong
as any Of its predecessors"
THE Siamesc Twins are in Liverpool. They
will make a tour of the United Kingdom as a
show before going to Paris to. be cut apart
1t will be dear cut to them, we opine. They
will be parted below to meet above-in
Kingdom conc.
IT seems to be pretty generally conceded that
MIR. Johnson, on retiring from the Presidency.
will plunge at once into the political atugglos
of Tennessee and it seems to be equally well
understood that if he does, he will make live
ly times for everybody concerned.
IT was recently stated in open court that
Commodore Vanderbilt once made 10000
900 by one days operations-tbc largest SUI,
probably over mado in the Same time by a
single individual.
A LITTLE quack doctor was called in to sec
a sick child, looked ct tho ohild-felt its
pulse and shook his head. 81 do not exact.
ly understand tho child's case" said he,
" but l tell you what I can do I cnn, give
it some medicine that will throw himinto fits
[ am som Oh fits /"