Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-11-10
ESygOne Costumes.

kneo.breeohes, silk stockings, long ruffics aud
shoes. Here is gentleman whose whole in-
genuity for a month has been expended in.
oentriving and adjusting the NJ ~ Of his wi. y.
hero is another in plum colored satin coat aud
peach.colored small-clothcs, talking TO his
ncighbor in colors equally bright aud varied.
Here third is grinding the high.baok
chair on which he is sitting with the hilt of
his diamond studded sword. One is aston.
lshed how the gentlemen of those days could
have taken the air ut all Their silk and sat
in dresses would not keep them warm or
fence off the weather; their three corncrcd
hats, not made for the head but the hand, af.
fordcd no protection from tho rain, or from
the long cutters and water spouts, which shot
their contents from the roofs of the soaking
houses into the streets below, on the heads
of unwary passengers. Then, those wigs
worn universally by all classes, high or low.
No matter how poor the man, or how low his
finances, wig was Indispensable. No cit.
zen on Sabbath, no clerk, no skillfu me-
chanio, would thirk Of appearing without
his appcndagc lie would just as soon have
thought of walking about in his nightcap, or
in no clothes at all, as show himself abroad
without his wig. Those were the days when
BARRIERS 9ourishcd; when tho spruce appren.
ticc brought home his Master's wig careful.
ly suspended on species If light block, his
last puff Of powder and last turn of the cu,ls
ready for church on the Sabbath morning.
All, those wigs what CONSERVATION did they
make among the ladies How many rich
widow, how many proud hciress, whom no
protestation could move, yielded to the
charms of handsome wig The barbcrs
wcrc the most important men in England
Nay, so universal was the fashion, so ind;s
pensablc was this ornament, that, as | have
heard my father say, it gave rise to particu
lar occupation. The Jews used to go about
the streets with bags full of wigs, crying.out,
IA dip for a penny" That is, every one who
paid him penny dipped his hand in the bag
and took his chance of the first wig that came
up. 1t would happen that the man fshcd up
wig too big or too small, or q black, haired
Im1nr- .sus ~Teo} wrg, 6 rilv.-. .s.f,srsv ~. -a
most outrageous fit, in which no decent citi-
zen or artizan could appear. Why then he
gave another penny and dipped again and
no doubt in this, as in all other lotteries, he
found moro blanks than prizes. In those
days wigs afforded great temptations to thieves.
In the ill.lighted streets the gentleman re-
turning from some place of amusement or
from Il oarouse-for men were not very tom
perate thcn-was rich prize; if he had gam
bcd away his money his wig was more valua-
bic than his watch. a brawny fellow, some
times with two or three more, is passing
with basket at his back he seems gar
dencr or porter on his way to Convent Gar
den-tho great centre of public amusoments.
In this basket little boy is concealed, who
suddenly clutches at tho wig of tho unsus-
pecting passer-by, and the wig and boy dis
appear in a moment. These things look like
fables; they arc facts of past age, not far
removed. If We cannot realize them, it is
because our own times and manners, though
so near, have driftcd away from them, and
seem much further from them than they are.
SoUTH CARoLINA SECURITIES IN NEW
YoeK.-Thc New York Hcrald's financial
review, of Saturday, says:
The ncy South Caroinas again went off
quite suddenly, but the decline brought buy
crs and reaction. The market for tho
South Carolinas seems in process Of manipu
lation to allow the "ahorts" to cover, and
hence, doubtless, the origin of rumcr our
rent to day that new per cent loan had
made its appearance. The State obligations
are per cents, per cents and 6 per cents
A per cent. bond, even if covcrtly issued
wonld be valueless in this market, as it would
not bo IN good delivery" according to the
rules of the Stock Exchange, and no banker
or broker in the country would deal in Sc
curity thus dcbarred from negotiation.
TRUTlI FROM The OTHER SIDE.-From
late issue of the Beaufort Republican we cx-
tract the following
"'Fhc editor of the Daily Union, has work
cd himself into fever heat regarding the Ku
Klux bands, which, according to his state.
mcnt, arc as countless in number, as the clans
of McGrcgor lie sees them in his dreams,
in his waking hours, and his howlings thclcat,
are frightful. We can tell him how to treat
such cases to produce permanent cure
Wipe out the present administration from tho
Governor down to the thieving Legislature, and
from thence through all the minor appoint
mcnts, clean them away, and thorc will be
no Ku. Klux horrors to frighton his diseased
Imagination"
THE PoRT ROYAL RAILROAD 1t is graf.
flying, says tho Beaufort Times, of Saturday,
to report progress on the above road. The
track has been completed to near Salt Water
Bridge, and will be fairly in our midst before
many weeks. Already tho Shrek of the To-
comotive, as it rattles along, connecting these
isolated islands with tho centres of enterprise,
can be distinctly heard waking in our mind
vivid fancics of tho good time coming, when
the resources and advantages of this district
will be thoroughly appreciated