Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-09-15
Ellen are Observing Won.

Ia one OF the suburban towns, a Sabbath
school tenchcr had very fine class of boys
Most of them were from wealthy famlies.-
One of them was the son of II poor widow
who had to sew, it might bc said, almost day
and night, to keep her young family together.
Our teacher had again and again observed
lone light shining brightly at late hours frnm
the window of that mothers room, and then
would come trooping through his mind tho
words of that refrain of Tom Hoods song,
"S'itch, stitch stitch" The teacher had
taught his boys to take OFF their caps to him
and to each other, rs he did to them, so that
he and they were quito marked feature of
the village
| One d,y, Boston merchant was walking
past tho school room with our teacher, when
the pupils were coming out They tumblcd
ont usual, and rushed hccdlcssly by onr
| teacher aud his friend all but one THAT
was the widows son. lie raised his can SO
politely, 1t took the merchants attention at
once.
why what finc, we'll bred lad !" said he
eyes said the teacher. sand he is the
| on'" son Of a poor widow, who is working her.
| self to death to prepare him TO. place in
your store or that of some other good man"
"And she shall not work in vain" replied
the merchant.
Both turned at once, repaired to the wild.
ow's room, and the merchant engaged the
lad in his store. Now he is n rtner with
him in thriving business and all from that
one act Of good breeding We leave off ns
We began Few of you children who walk
our streets have the faintest conception of the
number of persons who are observing yon,
and are really taking an interest in yuu BY
and by, perhaps you may get some flint idea
OF it when you aspire to enter life as one of
us. Then if yon have been one of those who
hnve been winning, day by day. golden opin
ions doors will open, perhaps. quicker and
wider thnn you expected. - Boston transcript.
| "WHEsMEy HAS USED HIM Ur."-Thcre
is scarcely community or neiyhborllood
from Maine TO Oregon where this saying is
not used almost every day in the year, aud
altogether too truly. a subject Of this kind
is to be found in almost every town, The
merchant has failed and whiskcy has done it,
The lawyer with brilliant talont and Il largo
business has fallen below tho range OF reSpeo.
liability and confidence; whiskey was the
cause. The politician with bright prospects
before him has played out, and the account is
charged to whiskey. The Judge, of talent,
age and responsibility, is The subject OF pri-
vale and ncghborhood talk. His enemies
point with derision, and his friends hang their
heads in shame, aud whiskey has done il -
That kindhearled neghhor aud hard work
ing man has become pest to society and
trouble 10 his family. Whiskey has bea,
him. Whskey wil! beat any man living.
and that is what il is made for
/ A WoRD TO GIRLs.-The woman who is
Indifferent to her looks is no true woman
God meant woman to be attractive, to look
well, to please, and it is one of her duties to
carry out this intention Of her Maker. But
that dress is to do 1t all, and to suifco,is more
than / can be brought to believe. just be.
cause do Iove to see girls look well, rs well
as live TO some purpose. would urge upon
them such a course Of reading and study as
will confer such charms as no modesty can
supply. N p. Willis wrote once q very pret.
ty paragraph OH tho power of education to
beantify. That it absolutely chiseled the
features; that no had seen many clumsy
nose and thick pair Of lips so modified by
thought and by awakened sentiments as to be
nnrecognizable. And be put it on tho ground
that we so often sec people, homely and un-
attractive n youth, bloom in middle life into
q aoftened Indian summero! good and mel
low tonos.