Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-09-24


AN OID WHEAT GsowEB's ExpzRIENoE.
ASssjor Philip saysiu The ''Dfaine Farmer -
"gor the arss eight or scu ysars shss,I far.
med Il myself 1was much psrpiexed by wheat
icing smutsy, and tried thsvariotts remedies
then 10 use, but with no success. I took
some six Bushels, which Was quite smutty, aod
vent 70 ueighboriug townto mill, 4 There
I1saw one Of the most successful wheat grow.
ers In Flanklin county, and he gave me the
following remedy Take large tub, sufficient
to bold the atnonns wanted to be used put
in the wheat aud wash clean then drain off
the water, gil again with clean water, so as to
cover the wheat. Then dissolve two ounces Of
blue sitsol 70 each ,bsshel, and turn into the
tub stir sltoge.her and lot the same stand twen-
,ty'Yoaf hoaiS. and then SOW the seed.
'rr"In following ont the directions given above,
the first year prepared six bushels to SOW 4
certain piece Of ground, and there was not
enough by about one peck. I won't anG got
that, washed It, and sowed the same, but with.
out being soaked in the preparation Of yitriol.
The result was, tho last sowed grew at least
one-fourth smut while that prepared with
vitriol grew not one head Or kernel of smut
that could be found. I have followed the
foregoing rule myself for the last thirty years,
and have induced many others to do the same,
and always with the same result"
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THE remarkable sermon of the venerable
Father Hysoiuth, aad for the delivery of
which he has been summoned to Rome, oon.
oludes with che following strong sentences
'tDo you know the way Prussia triumphed 10
the field of battle? Twas not becanse there
,wss lack Of bravery on their side; II was
not the efsot Of that wondrot;s, weapon, for
the acquisition Of which men are now so ca.
ger; but il was because the assailant was bot.
ter educated than the assailed, and mad su-
perior religious training; it was because
every Prussian soldier had Bible in his Gap
or helmet. In other places have asserted,
and assert it again here, that which oonsti
tutcs the strength Of Protestant nations is,
that when the people come from their work,
they enter the family circle, and sitting BY
their hearths, read the Bible aud the nation.
al poetry. We are behind hand with Frotcs-
tant nations, especially with those that dwell
beyond the Atlantic and the Straits of, Dover
4 have ssedden English sqi Ion two oocasions,
hnd have come to the conviction that the
strength of that country is from the, Bible"
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! DRINKINa WHIhE EA Na.-A recent
contributor to the "Herald of Health,s con.
! iders the practice Of drinking during meals
I'm injurious one and argues his cause thus:
Whoever, contrary to his usual icustbm,
lFill turn down, his glass ipt 8tbe begin.
hing ofsa meal, and not make use of it till
he close, may perceive that q, great ,mpny
Consequences flow from SO simple an action.
fln the FIRST place, the only aid 70 smnastication
md deglutition, apart from thoiteeth aud
pngue, will be the saliva, .qf' which, from
png disuss, there probably will. not besthe
| esired abundance. The time occupied in
, isposiug Of mouthfuf Of food viii thus be
!, Folonged,} and the character Of the food
, Jake q greater impression ION the palAteE9N
, The stomach will not be treated;to oata
, ct Of half-drowed morsels, but at propeE,ip-
i rvals TO we'll prepared material for digestion
here will ben haste, no boltlng The teh-
uoy 70 stuff,and oyerloaa tho stoaaShi Will
checked or fairly oysrcolh olhe+44atsleastahere
+ III be leisure to eensid der whether asaeis eat
q too much. It is needless TO ado. that
ose changes Soaid ebs in the nterest Of
'od breeding as thdsabiS,, ,,ishass ibsiHg few
iugs mora sspplsiyb thin tie sight Sfa
fson whq. darts q. bis food, igulpsI doSh
Jan instant and, betoye i is fairly depgsitsd
]nuraaa n IifIS 0AI Hs 9Mt2ssfsl&
WHY, de young ladies wb;Isesf,| ,ttheis fssese
soause shey, think the powder viii make
em ga off; 6i93ni5} .rj"i9SD ~
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