Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-10-22
What Rlapters Should do with their Mdd-

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'a The "New Orie,ns Picayune" expects plan :
ters TO have surplus of money at the end Of
this season. II advises them how 70 spend
it: Jp7 &'- 1i&f 80 3
Z The plauter should determine 70 increase
the wealth Of his plausation, and consequently
his own Should no do IL merely by expeu.
Gaive building, he may not effeos this, forif his
land becomes poor, purchasers will not buy
merely to enjoy his builds. 11fb
But The improves the fertility of his land,
and though this may not Be needed, procures
che, meaus for thu u,oss thorough cultivation
and the most economical saving Of che crops,
,set ont standard fruit trees Of the best and
most profitable sorts, etc., no will etFectually
add permanent value to his property, which
will adhere to it though adverse seasous may
temporarily tend to dsheartsn him.
So, the MERCHANT and tradesman should In.
es. Of their not gains in railroads, factories
and other enterprises in their respective local.
ties, thus increasing their real estate, which
they certainly should acquire, and add to the
business prosperity and acceptability to ira
ders Of thoir respective localities.
/. One Of the faults Of the Southern people
has bsen their indisposition to make loca, i'm
provements, and to build up their fortunes at
their respective homes, They make money,
but they lose i; they are flush for d while,
hit aeon fhav ora ..o:.
The farm of the planter, and the city Of
the merchant alike show. improvidenoe and
their fortunes are not perennian but merely
annual plants, and the seed in perpetual dan
ger of being lost Well for them, Indeed
that it happens not, that like Jonah's gourd,
these may spring up some day and flourish
awhile, and then die suddenly from lack Of
soil and excess Of heat upon it.
We must amend this. We must beget a
spirit Of home improvement both in country
and city, in the former by making our lands
richer or developing and refining their riches,
and in the latter by bringing into them -ail.
ways and promoting manufactures withiu
them. 4 a-
Then mey We put for our respective use
"palatial residences;" but palacee do not DO.
fit deserts or solftudss, and these we will make
Of our plantations aud towns If we continue
i4npcrvious TO the demands Of improvement
aud enterprise. .l
Tue UNIVERSE Shows US Gop-The pro
found theologiaus have long taught us that
the universe is not only the creature, but, 10
high sense the image and child Of God, aud
show forth his attributes in che ali of nature
from the star to the flower, from man, who
is little lower than the angels, to the insect Of
an hours span. According to this idea eacl,
creature show us something of the mind Of
God, anu we are therefore to study the struct.
ure aud instincts end habits and uses Of all
cresfures reverently, and read thsra % part,
o. the book Of nature, the word Of God.
II ~ vast and pictorial is that alphabet Of
Creation, as you may read il here and there
in Sature, or see it gathered in some great
collection OF creatures like thas now in our
city! What variety, compass and power IN
oil that range Of life, from the gentle lamb to
the untamabie yona ! from the little guinea
pig to the hugo elephant g from the wes
mouse tothe great lion from the chastefine
parrot to tho solemn owl; from the cold aud
wing o,os,dile % the tall end frisky si
rsfe from The aent.o dser to the blooi
thirsty tigerl The grahdest Of these erts
lures say little orao.hing !; and thslt silence,
that IS perhaps The reason of their beidg
sometimes woEshiped as mysterious, should
| nd us to study them more carefully, and
real Gods mind within them Gods mipd
Is eininently shown ia animals instinct, and
d idral history Is vast iliusttation 81 tho ID.
tHlirct Of The Creator That the apimais rea.
SIN is man toes "a the highest sense h va can.
a"t say But II ID worry clear that tae,rs, l.
inaoh roasoni Ia them, and Inaapy os theirr mo.
ives and acts are infailible, aad show certain.
ly where, man, is, ia doubt, as in tho bird 8
fresight, Of tho season, and the migration, of
birds and ashes. There 10 reason ia animals
that DO not seern To stop 20 reason, D. and IL IL
more Gods mind than their own.---Dr. o..
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