Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-05-14

August at farthcst, in which event tho time
lost just previous, during and subsequent to
the election will not be severely felt.
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TIE Washington Chronicle, of Monday,
says: "Goyornor r. X. Scott, of South Car.
olina, has arrived in this city, and is stopping
at Wizards. lie is en- route for Cincinnati
and Louisville, where he will moet other gen.
tlcmen of South Carolina, who visit those cit
les in the interest Of the Blue Ridge Railroad,
which is a short link of road through the Blue
Ridge Mountains, connecting Anderson, South
Carolina, with Knoxville, Tennessee. When
completed, this road will give the shortest
route from tho great West to tho South At
lantic sea.coast, and will do much to develop
the commercial and agricultural resources of
both South Carolina and sections of other ada
cent States. This will be tho nearest and best
route to tho seaboard for very large section
OF the Western country, for the produce Of
which it opens an outlet never INSTRUCTED by
ice, whence there is direct and short communi-
cation with one of the most important of our
foreign markets, either to buy or sell in the
West Indies"
a BETTER CURRENcY.-Wc are told by a
Northern exchange that we are soon to have
currency that it will be impossible to counter
felt, and the old paper fractional and other
wise, will be called in and destroyed. The
only paper money that has ever dcfcd the
skill of countcrfcitcrs is that issued by the
Bank of England. If We can mattel, it FIR
safety, we shall be a prosperous people.
LEE IN III WHITE IIoUsE-The differ
cncc between Grant and johnson is in nothing
more evident than in their relations with mon
OF the rebellion. Grant may invite Lee to
dinner, may appoint Longstrect to high office,
may otherwise favor Southern men onco our
foes, but there is no fear in the country that
by these steps the sharp limo of distinction
between loyalty and treason will be rubbed
out or even blurred but johnson could not
do half this without twice the suspicion of his
motives and tcndcncy.-Ncw York Herald.
SOUTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL MAaA-
zINE.-Thc State Agricultural Society, yes
terday, endorsed, rs it's official organ, an
agricultural magazine, to be published by
Walker, Evans and Cogswcll, Of Charleston.
The fist numbcr of the magazine will appear
about the lst of August, and the name of the
publishers is a sufficient guaranty that this
ong felt want IF South Carolina is about to
be we'll supplied.
OIL N CorroN.-Thc Columbus (Ga.)
Enquirer says: "Thc announcement that
the late destructive fire in Madison was prob
ably caused by the contact Of cotton material
with oil, ought to admonish the public of the
dangerof such a contact. Mr.. n. D. Brown,
whose mechanical experience and observation
are valuable, informs us that if cotton is sat.
urated with boiled oil and afterwards exposed
to tho sunshine, it will ignite in fiftcon min
utes and, that its ignition, when left in the
shade aftor such q sturation, though a slower
process, is hardly less certain. He has known
several instances of combustion produced by
the saiiration of raw cotton and cotton goods
10 oil, both when afterwards thrown out into
the sunshine and when left in n house. No
doubt there are other light substances nearly
as liable as cotton to take fire after contact
with oil. The terrible disaster at Madison
should put all persons on their guard against
accidents from the same CAUSE.
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IMPROVING U COMMON FowLs.-A SO.
lection Of cockerels for stock birds may be
made by the time they weigh one and a half
or two pounds, and arc fit to market as broil.
crs. Large, full. breasted, broad. backed, fiat
iron shaped, stronglimbcd, small headed birds
should be chosen. They will Of course be to-
ken from the earliest broods, and thus come
from the best early laying hens. It makes a
great difference in the stock what eggs are
hatohed; those Of many hens ought never to
be Matched. It rarely pays to winter more
than twice, any but very superior hens, of
choice breeds, and raising we'll marked chick
ems. Keep only choice hons ovor wintcr, but
thin out the ranks and fill them with young
pullcts.
In selecting pul1ets ono should DO guided
by the character Of the hen tha. ,a3i tho egg
in each particular case, if possible by their
large size, carly maturity, perfection Of gene.
raj characteristics and by their health and vi.