Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-09-17

five or,stxs Bandfea under my slirt, viii
dried Hide Of a bulls tall, and gin nle tGe .re
naihder the nbxt day with q Bsgiaf whip
| what he borrowed from, "a fellor while he was
waterin' his horses wqgoner gotl sorry TO.
me. ahd h6llereasfof mo to turh my, begsins
and sqaliin' into first rate runnin,' which
imujatsly did; thanks to thes here ham strings,
aud the last lick missed mo about ten foot.
| AMUSING SCENE IN Court - Last Hoek
in ono Of the New Orleans courts, negro
vas called as a witness, The judge, who i.
noted for his austerity; held out the book anc
!Itho witness Mas sworn, snd was, Of course
I,,oexpected to kiss the book. But the witness,
Fwas unused to criminal proceedings, aud On
tcrtaihed curious idea, Of the manner aud
!, ',,propriety Of swearing, aud stood erect; y,
"Why doa't you kissS" demanded the
magistrate. = ''lSt "t''.
|, "ySar!" AZ
E Amt yop going to kiss ?" was again in.
quired. s'1ST3 sS}S as1.s8i IS
sStSarW repeated the astouished dsrkoy,
Eeyidently mistakipg the meaning Of the court
and surprised beyond measure at such an IN in
| vitation. ,t1sibi.sts.s s.s.s
4 "Kellila'ss,J tell yos,p' Ftbsndarsd the Judge.
| 81" Yes sarl yes sarn exclaimed the fright.
ened and trembling durkay, nerying himself
Stcssha contemplated embrace, aud without
more ado the long arms of the son of Ham
were thrown /, around the, judicial neck, and
before he could be prevented stentorian
smaok resoundcd through the court room.
mQait you beayt--help holp r. shouted
thSmsgistrate. But Che witness cpioyed the
'Iluxury, aud the embrace was renewed with
sunction .ifT4.s q, sinn'n~ta. 'nsan li.w 7,'i
IT. stake him off, .pks him of p cried the
court, while the loud shouts of the spectators
testified their appreciation Of the fun A,
riast, however, the officers of the court inter
fered'and the 'halfstrangled judge was res
cued from the clasp Of the liberal witness
| A SOLDIER, WAS going of the field too has
thy when the provost guard cried;
! "Haltp
i ~Stn,sa ~%sast.a / !, !, ' ,<<ifl. IL
Il "No."
IL "Sick2a u sgas ~ sg
'li "No."
4 "Whst's The matter 7";a se@ogW
I ~ am scared aud want 70 20 to the rear 4
rally aa,4 t,. IL "a M
II ANEdao VERDIor.--Iu Alabama not LONG
since, they tried a fellow for stealing hogs.
THE jury, ,after hsariag the testimony, retired
to the woods to make up their verdict. In
short time they returned with verdict o
"Gulty Of hog stealth 10 the fuss degree
The Judge told them that they should hav'
assessed ts' q the value Of the hogs; that ther
was no degree in stealing; and that tho,
must return and bring the verdict ia sprops
form, ~ 10 After some deliberation old Tin
, Tarpin nrnrnsnd 60 ---;.. 90. .h~ -e.a;at, 90.
they returned to the court house, Old Tiu
handed the verdict to the clerk, and the cler
read as follows: owe, the jury, pusillanei
mously doth find the defendcnt guilty 10 th
SUM Of one dollar and half 10 favor Of tn
, hogs"
:. IL "A o'iIONTp ~ oulcIcu some DC
. cuniary embarrassments closed business, an
y the senior member gave to thd public the fol
lowing note: e,,4& [yNt,N I'd.
q "Dc dissolution Of co parsis heretofore re
y sisting twixt me and Moses Jdes in do bs,
: ber professun, am heretofore raolved. Pu.
.r sons who oes must pay do scriberA Dem uha
= de firm oes must call on Jones, \ de firm /;
y insolved."5siS aT25l9 12h3} t45~J
r,E BURNING W1rcnEs- -D1assab |;
2 |lnot the only place where "vitces" wore
4 bburned. On the .3Oth of May, III, Joar
) Tof Arc was burned at Rheims as a(itch,--
'a hat Geneva, in 1913 -~s'Gfs 4s5ds "a
ID ,wercAt cAtharaaa -Ts..es were burned. h1ss5
.p c,- c,;-sraft 1raft vas gil the rage in Ponnsy ~,
asI0nlYnineteen stitches were burned IN H. H..
3 r09S o2's but forty i've or atty more oo,A on y
them.slvss toSbs p6.s.s.sd fSths as,i, I 'ea
dtIfthe people Of h1assachusest, ,bonla ,Sl ~
az lnonssss oonffassioa now, we think s. "A.
aInumbsr I oouId.boS found. Barrinsm,oss j. Y
1ng!lsh historian estimates that AZ mar,
|1plrty thousand witches were executed !;
lingand 9ga in two hundred years, and in soo,
and thousands Of witches have been cen tr;ad :