Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-07-08


clock, a considerable rain had fallen there
abouts, especially Just below in the Prickly
Pear Valley, and that Il water spout had fall
en- near, aud n Mr. Blake had his team, two
horses, killed by lightning, and burnt his hat
brim without seriously iniuring him. We
never saw such vivid and angry pyrotcchnic
displays. AS we are u0w again in Helena,
| on 10th, we propose to end our notes on Mon
tana. And as we were not sent to "spy out
the land, arc not rcsonsibe to any for our
future course or views, and shall not dictate
to any as to theirs. Some view from one
stand .Doint, some from another; but mine
shall be u plain, unvarnishcd, impartial tale,
"For there is nothing so kingly as Kindness,
And nothing so royal as truth:
There is rothin,. sacred as honor,
And nothing 50 loyal us love"
And if VIC should be guilty Of tautology or
repetition, YOU must make all necessary allow
anccs, as VIC have generally written without
notes, and have not seen what we have writ.
ten, and as our medley has been often ndict-
cd on railroad car, OH stage, wagon, or in tic
shade OF an aspen, Il spruce, Balm Of Glcnd,
or the green Swarl Not Il page has been re-
written, not Il sheet OF foolScnp charged, not
often word altered; yon may readily see
that often we make jargon, bnt what is.
"wrt is writ aud no more need Ic said
here on that point
The climate of Montana is singular one
10 csc can appreciate it urlcSs they expori-
cncc i; ; no one can describe il, so rs to make
1t lntclIlglb!c for pnrcncss ana hcnlthincss. -
We arc Of the opinion that few. if any could
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,lrv ,L;s Won w;, Gnd fro,, o,n ,,,ano 10 10 No
o,Lo, ma ;snI,.oJ c.sos ~, r,,., =,
n,onn, Iy,;nI !. soIan,n ,l,o c.Sn o,,I ,,'
ron. ,,,o.is e. 81 nm ,,nn, ....n ,L, r,n.
and you lnn't 90 awny w;tl,out ,hcm and yo,
urc nn. ,,r.ol for y6,,r Observation-Disclosures Lrt
Ills set down n; 20 DIV Won ar, ..nr, ne
,u.l; " to morrow ,,,y s,,;l;c III II vo,, w,nt
10 lSh, hrnt. nrosncc, or dance vo, viii Gnd
the first man Won come across will co win
yon. But lille drunkenness, or what we
call ..rowlyisn :" tie Ipst "l,un)op row.
wc s,w ,,aS .ot in IN s;onth C.,r,,ir, Yo,
hear uorn Of NAT ,ow vol,,,r orsccr, ,onon
arc If tho drinkino Eo,,scs II ,his conutrr
Somc have an lido, tbot NJ tho Wcst was
filed nm w;,h v,y,hnnGo ana cut thyo,ts ,nl
general disorder nrovoi,ni ~ Of ,b;s ,hcy
may diso|usc ,hc;r minds Thc ,.Far VAST
is not settled nc was 'rcxoa .. an cor,y d,y
when men run away for crima on} r,nna r.
.hot raoio, thc, m osvl,m Th;s connt,v
is settled bv Niroinipns, Mjssoui,ns' and
from many other States. Who were Good mon
ana .rrr ,,~t ,bc rcbslion ostroc;Isa ,hn,n
others equally as rooi and tr.c. came hcfo+c
and since the war. for General Intelligence
and shrcwdncss. we find thc,, NOT bchind onv
and nerhans. tho c,imoto has some cncct
u, tho mind as VOL us oovcrn;nr thc Goa.
sons oh We don't know ,lnt wc need saw
that tho seasons have any .sroycrror." for i
seems 10 us tL,t thov arc s.runuino lo,;scn
now. Snow, rain, wind and heat. hin dav
or two; rain las: NIGHT pleasan. to day Tbo
climate, as a general thing, is too Jry in sun.
mer for almost any c,on without irrirotion.
Indian corn docs not mature to onythino
worth attention in the Territory
| oats hurley, Irish potatoes and cabbage being
| the principal raync crops F.; melons nor but
/ few of the harder vegetables arc worth ot-
| tention. No orchards-thc fruits used arc
1 the canned, except those that are Indigenous
.