Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-03-05

oSeS"' hea'c"' anu WIN gushing tears, cried
aloud, Stop. Gabriel! Step, Gabriel! Stop,
ere YOU enter the sacred portals. and yet carr
with you the news If one sinner converted ia
God. iie then in the most simplc, but sner.
gctie language, described what he called a
Snyi"nr's dying love to sinful men, 80 thai
almost the whole assen bly, melted into .cnrs.
This address was accompanied with such ami.
mated yet natural %actiun, that it surpassed
'nnytl' n | ever saw or heard in any other
preacher @
lIap!y for the Church would it be, if MI
It's ministers We're NJ heartily cngngpd IN their
work as t. feel for souls us Wlitc6eld did
BRITISH i'uipt.
origin OF ths Gridlron In Making Fr.ema-
In years gone t,y. say forty or more. there
lived, in the city Of Gotham, II jolly good no II.
whose physical man hctnkcncd that he wus no
idle workman ut seasons Of rcfr.sIln.cnt, and
his full f"ce denoted that good hun.or and \
relish for jokes wlcttcd his appetite for bibbi.
bles as vel! as eat"hlcs. This jolly good host
WIS n Precursor. and lis hotel was n rcsur,
Tor the men bers of the craft to while AWAY
their leisure time, where they were received
with Il smiling welcome, aud ,hpirindulucnces
seasoned with II harry jest or some lively an.
erd"tr. Among tie 'nen brrs Of the lodge to
which our g'"d hst WINS attached, was one. "A
tailor by profession, who fully cou,llcd him
IN pr"nks and jokes. and when they met some
mischief was sure to be coniurtcd-sou,e pInn
devised for meirimcnt Mt suI,,c ones cxneusc.
Among the inmates of the hotel wns II very
worthy young nan. a me hattie, employed in
the 'cigIh"rlood, boarding there for convcn.
icncs. This young man had n desire to learn
the mysteries IF Frecnnson,y. and requested
the ln1dlord to rdvisc hin. the course to pursue
to which, he readily agreed. as the young man
was every way worthy to beconc u member
Of tile fT"tcf"tify. The application was mace,
and everything was satisfactory. Prior to lis
initiatinn, he concluded to make lis deLm in
the lolge in n new outfit, and lie engaged a
new suit from our july goud tailor, to be fin
isled on the night Of the initintinn. The
tailor. being cogniz"nt Of his customers nppli-
cation to be made II Mason. and d~ivininy The
purpose for which the suit ut clothes WIS or
dercd. hea the suggestion nf the host. devised
n plan for so,ne sport ON the occasion. The
worthy hosts wife, it was known. Lad some
%curi"ns views concerning the mystic order.
and brlie' @ ! it was not altogether for hrn,f...
inl or charitable purposes the Masnns met in
their lodges. The tnil,r prep; rcd IL piece of
cloth. and seorcl,ed it in stripes us if it had
been burnt on a .ridirn this he neatly brs.
ted to the sent Of tho runtalonns. The clothes
arrived in due time, and soon encnscd rhe
physical man of the candidate for initiation.
He presented himself before the host before 20.
: ing to the lodge, who, in the presence Of lis
better half, appearing to admire the new suit,
and, inspecting the lower prrt Of his cont. re.
m,rkei, :ilow veryo msiieratel" loud enough
for his ap',se to ho,r, and left tho hnuse az.
cnmpihied ny the candida'c The next day
tho clothing was 81 scly examined. aud before
the close of the week there were few of the
ildy's acqi.intances, whose husbands were
known ~ bp III ,sonS, who did not see those
p.ntalmDns. 1t must not be supposed there
were M secret converse. inns, in %rclatiun to
mixing. NJ SONS. tnfter retiring at night, be.
tween the gorl hest and his brttcr. half. She
g,nd sui, seri,ns and moralizing. lie. una.
bio to coptain his laughter. and striving to
proye'lt givin. %offenss. Tho circn Instance
gayo .~Geoasion FIR such. talk. among the vooi
wives in t Q neighbour oi. In du,. ii ne the
pi.cclo Of cloth which II ID or atc,l no little OK
element wis removed md the young man
rsmtinaii igipran,o Of the p%racti,al joke T;
the subject b ,iny Of ~ deliolte nature. could
not be- O nnuriclsei to HIN by those who
believed hiu tb have been u victim to SOME
cruel ceremony. 1t wa this. 'circunst .nco
which gave such extensive currency to the
belief that a gridir ~ was a necessary imple
,nent in NJ .sonie initiation.
s. stsass FIN rinse Democrat.
GWntr.AMsI Ffe Fat?--T,ere Is only
one method by wl'icha young nan o,n dis.
cover VII, p %,.itinn IN lifts hs is best fitted 10
ooSapy! IT. may be na,lida ! t'pl,nsn lead.
to cy,tr,l. or his t,lsiit my s.. simply exccu.
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