Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-09-17
VOL. IV.s"."NO. 4g

ihE fALL TRADE IN Day GooDs-The
general complaint of the New York merchants
Is that the fall trade is late this wear. Tb.
same thing, however, has been said at this
time for the last five years; and il is ovino
70 the natural chsngc tho whole country has
undergone and is daily undergoing. on this
SUBJECT the New York Post remarks::
haallroads are annihilatiug distance, the toll
egrnph annihilatcs time, and the remote We.t.
ern or Southern merchants no longer must
nur'y % the seacoast in j une t Iay in Install
ana winter stock. A great change has also
come over the business customs of Southern
States since the war. Ten or twelve years
ego 1t made hardly any difference 10 the
Southern merchant whether the ~nlante,s b.a
. good bad or indiferent oror, so far as Law.
ing IN goods was concerned. His stock musA
oe bought, aud if the planter had no cotton
ne mad credit, with either the merchants ~
h'' own commission agent, while the Southern
Merchant also had credit here, and used "a
too. 49,
All this has since changed. Credit i, no
longer the sole life ofthe Southern trade and
~ Is therefore natural that. the merchant
'nou'd require an assured prospect of asfes
such as he can only find in good crops, before
ne makes large purchases. Western mer.
chants are also, in the same way, moro u, anx
'ous OF late to cut the garment according "a
the cloth hence tho fall trade is neccssariiv
retarded until more is known of the prosnech
of the crops. m4'
Thus far our information zoe, Is show thai
tho Southern States win, as . Whole, ,b be BROS.
porous, not only in raising d, good CROP nol, taut
10 getting very full price for their product
The 'Wesse, farmers now have every y reason reason
to expect q bountiful harvest and fair n ,ris,,
particularly if they are not mislcd, as the,
we're last year, in boarding produce for a
higher market, Aa'' 0DI9aa n&@
IMPORTANT DECISION. Judge BRYAN lin
rendered . decision, in the case Of Gradv.
ha"thorre and others, that wien q member
OF a oo-partnership goes into bankruptcy his
oo'partners must go into bankruptcy also. Al.
though they may have committed no ACT az
Bankruptcy. A
SukFLowERs AS DfsINrEorANrs.-Fxpo.
rlments in France and Holland have shown
mat sunhowcrs, when planted on an extern
eive seals, will neutrslize the daleterious Ell.
fscts OF Calculations from marshes. This nlan
mas been tried with great success 10 the ifennv
districts near Rochefort, France, and the, ats
shorities Of Holland assert that ,nterm;ttant
fever has entirely disappeared from districts
where the sunfowers have been planted.
Though the above facts appear to. be proved.
3 Is not yet asoertained what effect the suna
" produces on the atmosphere, whether
1t generates "xygea, liko other plants Of rapid
sowth, or whether itdcstroys the animal and
vegetable germs Of miasms producing fever..4
10 PREVENT GUNS From Rusrr1Na.-rFor,
the pen eht OF such Of your readers as pride
bfoir0sihegisf vsRuaappss -iee.o tie faii . '"fisBs
Of no little experience aud which T tried on
his Recommendation aud found! to DO perfectly
satisfactory. It is az follows: 90 ozs, 6nsss
olive oil, l3,oz. spts of turpentine. Thiasi s
W 1aoUeu' On tho Buu DdtretS VIII q rags
also inside leaving them with the Dillon end
not rubbed ~offuntil wanted to be used - yThisa
during any damp weather, I en- sure Will
keep guns in first rate NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Field. Ia. 4sst ID ;aA3y
a WILD Boy IN IowA.-Considerable ex.s
o~itement exists in East Davenport aud Gill
bert Town, In consequence of a wild boy who
has been seen by several veraoious individuals
P p~rowling about the Toods at tho back of Judge,
2 Grants farm and on the rivers bank andsisl.
ands. About a week ago a man returning from
a shooting excuraion saw what he a. first took
for some wild animal ~orouchiag by Che bank
Of the river. It suddenly plunged in and
emerged with o fish, which it dovoured re-
! v~epously. Getting closer TO it he ssw thatii,
{ was q boy, apparently about fifteen orssixteep,
a entirely without clothes, and covered with
) light sandy hair Of a silky appearance. "A,
attempted TO approach il, but the ,crcatur,
became alarmed, and, taking TO the, water
: swamftoa ~neighboriug island audghid in IA
2 sedges. On returning home ho gave IND;
p nation aud close lookout has bsenn9 kept