Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-05-07
Sands Of Gold.

Laws arc like ~cobwebs, which NAV catch
small flies, but let wasps and hornets break
through.
A man who tells nothing, or who tells all,
Will equally have nothing told him.
The desire of appearing to be wise often
prevents our becoming 50.
There is nothing of which we are so liberal
as advice.
We had better appear to be what We are,
than affect to be what we are not.
Those who apply themselves too much to
little things, commonly become incapable of
great ones.
The misfortuncs of other people VIC all bear
with an heroic constancy.
The sure way to be cheated is to fancy our.
selves more cunning than others.
True cloquencc consists in saying all that
is proper aud nothing more.
We confess small faults in order to insinu.
ate that we have no great ones,
A SHORT LECTURE FOR YOUNG MEN.-
Keep good company or none. Never be idle.
If your hands cannot be u~sefully employed at.
tend to the cultivation of your mind. Always
speak the truth. Make few promises. Live
up to your engagements. Keep your own SC.
orets, if you have any. When you speak to
a person, look him in the face. Good com
pany and good conversation are the very sin.
cws of virtue. Good character is above all
things else. Your character cannot be cs.
entially injured, except by your owa acts
If one speaks evil of you, let your life be
such that mono will believe him. Drink no
kind of Intoxicating liquors. Always live,
misfortune accepted, within your income
When you retire to bed, think Of what you
have been doing during the day. Make no
haste to be rich, if you would prosper SIR
and steady gains give competency, with
guilty of mind. Never play at any kin.
game Of chance. Avoid temptation, through
fear you may not withstand it. Mover run in
to debt unless you see a way to get out again.
Neverborrow if you possibly can avoid it
Never speak evil of one. Be just before you
are generous. Keep yourself innocent, if
you would be happy. Save when you arc
young, to spend when you arc old.-Hunt's
Magazine.
A USEFUL TABLE-To aid farmers in or.
irving at accuracy in estimating the amount
of land in different fields under cultivation,
the following table is given by an agricultural
cotemporary:
Five yards wide 978 long contains l acre.
Ten yards wide by 484 yards long contains
/ acre.
Twenty yards wide by 242 yards long con-
tains l acre.
Forty yards wide by 121 yards long con-
tains l acre.
Eighty yards wide by Coz yards long con.
tains l acre.
Seventy yards wide by e9A yards long con.
tains l acre.
Two hundred and twenty feet wide by 1913
fcet long contains l acre.
-Four hundred and forty-feet wide 90 feot
long contains l acre.
Eleven feet wide by 1913 feet long contains
l acre.
Sixty feet wido by 726 feet long contains /
acre.
Ono hundred and twenty feet wide 1868
feet long contain 1 acre.
Two hundred and forty feet wide by 1911
feet long contains l acre.
In A TIanT PLAcE.-At L., on Sunday
evening, fatigued by his long journey, a wag-
oner and his son John drove the team into a
good range, and determined to pass the Sab
bath enjoying a season of worship with the
folks of the village. Wen the time for
worship arrived, John was set to watch tho
team, while the WAGNER went in with the
GROW i. The Preacher had hardly announced
his subject before tho old man foil flst asleep.
He sat against the partition in tho centre of
the body slip, while just against him, separa-
tod only by the very low partition, SGT o flesh,
lady, who seemed absorbed in tho sermon. -
She struggled hard with her feelings, until.
unable to control them any longer, she burst
out with q loud scream, and shouted at tho
top Of hor voice. rousing tho old man half
awake, who thrust his arm around her waist,
and Dried very 'smoothingly: "Wo Nance |
vol Here John, cut the belly band and loose
the breeohing-quick, or she'll tear every.
thing to piecesW It was oil the work Of a
moment, but tho sister forgot to shout, the