Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-10-27

| VINO seopls 10 entertaln the travelling pubic
more for their company than for profit, if we
may judge from his merely nominal charges.
Hngratitude 10 Parents.
There is proverb that ga father can moro
casily maintain six children, than six children
one father" J,uthcr relates this story: !, +,
There was ouee father who gave up every
thing to his childrcn-his house, his fields
and goods-and expected that for this his
children would support him.f But after he
had been some time with his son, the latter
grew tired Of him, and said to him, "Fathcr,
have had a son born to nc this night, and
here, where your arm-chair stands, the era
die must come ; will you not, perhaps, go to
| my brother, who has a larger room z"
I After he had been somo time with tho SEQ.
ond son, he also grow tired of him, and said,
'Fathcr, you like a, warm rooui, and that
hurts my head. Won't you 90 to my broth
or tho baker I" The father went aud after
| lie had been some time with tho third son,
he also found him troublesome, aud said to
him, "Father, the pcoplc run in and out here
oil day, as if it wcro pigeon. house, and you
cannot have your MONDAY sleep would you
| not be better off at my sister Katc's, near
the town wall2".- )- -. r--,
| The old man remarked how the wind blew
and said to- limsclf ""Yos, I will do so ;
| will go and try it with my daughter. Wo-
men hays, softer hearts" But after he had
spent some time, with Ills daughter, she grew
weary of him, and said she was always SO
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| steep stairs, apa at her sister Tisabeth's
there were no stairs to descend, as she lived
on tho ground floor. :.
1 Eor the sake Of peace tho old man asscn
ted, and went to his other daughter But
| after some time she too WIS tired of him, and
told him by a third person that her house
near the water was too damp for man who
suffered with gout, and her sister, the grave.
diggers wifo, at St. Johns, had much dricr
lodgings. The old man himself thought she
was right, and went outside the gate to his youn-
gcst daughter, Helen. But after he had been
three days with l,er, her little son said to his
grandfather, "Mo;hcr said yesterday to cous
III Elizabeth that tl'cro was no bcttcr cham
Der for you than such q one as father digs"
These words broke the old mans heart, so
that he sank back in his chair and died.
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WuoA, TrB.--,An Industrious frugal old
farmer lived on the Etowah River some yoars
ago. and to save forage, was in the habit Of
taking his dattle to the bank Of the river, to
let them feed on the cane which grew in
great abundance. lie had an old, roguish
steer, named "Tib," which he rode for tho
sake of convenience, aud the rest of tho cat
tlo would follow whithcrsoeyer he won't On
ono occasion the old farmer had mounted
"Tib" and led tho cattlo to tho cane brake
whore they were browsing quietly and con.
tentcdly But this pleasant state Of things
was destined to be of short duration, for soon
a crowd of boys from tho town near by, were
seen OH tho grounds with guns on their
shoulders, snnocenily looking for game They
knew CRIB we'll and were not ignorant Of
his aversion to gun ponder. "Tib's" rider
was also aware Of tho fact that hc wouldn't
stand fire. Such being tho case, the bows
wore earnestly warned not to shoot anywhere
pear him, and they emphatically declared that
they would, not, but that solemn promise was
broken, for soon loud report was heard in
the thickot near "Tibs" head, and that YOU
know was the signal for tho stampede that
followed. "Tib" raised his head and tail, and
went for the house, some distance away, with
the rest Of the cattle close OF lis heels. The
dust rolled in Clouds tho bells ratified, and the
old man, form bent forward, clung to srTibs"
withers, as lie bounced up and down on tho
back of tho flying beast, he ever and anon
oawed out. IN an earnest, rcproachful tone,
"Wo.o'o lib told you not to shoot p
Cartcrsvsl!c, Efpress.
GD" Dere is an illustration of feminine
wisdomg Two married. ladies chatting about
their husbands: "Wlidt!, says ono Of them
"you permit your husband to smoke in your
| rooms ?' HCcrtnin]v do but bo snonlo h;e