Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-12-01
A WOnlan's wit.

truth of the following story, which was origi
nalIy published in the guisc of fiction
"Carolina A., a good looking,
finely proportioncd young lady, lived as a
lady s.maid with fa.hionablo Young widow
Quo evening, after having assisted at her mis-
tress's toilet for a dinner party, she amused
herself, before putting away the various arti
clcs scattered about the room in trying on
pair Of silk stockings and dress shoes belong
ing to her mistress, and having done So she
viewed her well turned limbs with compaccn.
cy, saying aloud There's leg for stock.
ing, and there's foot for shoe Having
satisfied herself as to their symmetry, she di-
vested herself of her borrowed plumcs, put
the room to rights, and waited the return of
her mistress, whom she saw in bed That
was the last time she saw her alive She
was found in the morning murdered in her
bed, the jewel case and plate chest broken
open and robbed. The robbcr and murderer
left no trace by which he could be captured,
and, in spite of the most diligent search, es.
capped Three years after, Carolina was en-.
gagged in similar capacity by lady, who took
her to Paris. She had most forgotten the
murder, aud, if she thought of it, it was not
with any hope of discovering the criminal.
"It happened that she was walking in one
of the public promcnadcs one afternoon, when,
as she passed group IF men, she heard these
words There's a leg for stocking, and
there's foot for shoe lu moment the
events Of the evening before her mistress was
murdered flashed OH her memory. And now
for her marvellous presence Of mind Pre-
tending not to have heard anything, she CLAN.
ccd sideways at the group of men. She saw
there were three, but she could not tell which
Of them had spoken. She walked slowly by
them, then she stopped in an undccidcdman.
uer, and finally turned back, and. walking up
to them, she asked to be directed to certain
street. AS she expected, all of them had
word for her, and among the voices she casily
recognized the one that had just spoken
Their language and looks were both very free,
but she only told thcm that they were very i'm
pertinent, and that she would get tho iuforma.
ton she wanted from tho first gcndarme.
"Shc thus avertcd suspicion lit they watch
cd her speaking to policeman. The next
difficulty was how to inform gcndarmc what
she wanted she had only been a fortnight
in France, and know scarcely French word.
She, however, carried a pocket dictionary
with her to assist in making purchases and as
n means of acquiring little French. Going
over to bench, she sat down, and, scratch
ing through the dictionary, found the words
she wanted, and she then wrote them with q
pencil on the hyleaf of the dictionary. The
sentence ran thus: Gcndarmcs jc auoir
IcSoin u0us arrcstcr IN mcur.tcr. The
grammar was not very correct, as dictionaries
do not teach syntax; bnt the gcndarmc un-
derstood it, and in another minute held the
murderer in his grasp lie was aftcrward
convicted and hung on tho girls testimony.
STATE Survivors, ASSOCIATION. The
following officers have been elected at the
late meeting in Columbia, to serve for the Gu.
suing year:
President General Wade Hampton. Vice
Presidents, Cen II. III. Anderson, Gen. j.
b. Kershaw, General S. McGowan, Major
II. G. Barker, Gen. M. G. Butler, and Gen.
Arthur Nj. Manigault. Secretary, Colonel
~. c. Haskell. Treasurer, Captain w. X.
Bachman.
The Chair then announced the following
persons re appoirtc ted on the Executive Board
for the ensuing year:
Executive Board-Col Edward McCrady,
General Ellison Capcrs, General James Con-
ncr, Col j. w. McCutchcn, Colonel w. III.
Wallace, Colonel j. Ii. Rion, Col. g. Irvine
Walker.
The following resolution reported by
committee of fifteen Of which Gen. Kershaw
was Chairman, was unanimously adopted
RcsoiOctl, That at no timo has this associa.
ton given countcnancc or encouragement to
any organizations or combinations for the
purpose of violating the established laws of
the land, or the rights Of any person thercun
der, and hereby earnestly and solcmnly de-
clare their disproval Of all such organizations,
if any there be, existing in this State. Res.
pectful!y submitted.
Resolutions were adopted looking to the
establishment Of high school for tho educa.
ton of Confederate orphans and also for tho
Confederate lone in Charleston.
a very able address was delivered before
the Association on Friday night, by Cen
Early after which the Association partook of
sumptuous rcpast prepared in Mckcnzic's
best STYLE
How 70 RAISE LARGE PoRKERs.-To
produce large hogs they must be fed from
birth as much as they will cat. 1t will not
do to let them shirk for themselves in the
SUMNER and then expect to make large hogs
of them, "as fat as buttcr," by feeding them
few weeks in tho fall. A writer on hogs
says "Thc finest porkcrs l ever saw wcre
kept growing right along through every day
of their lives till slaughtered. More is com.
monty lost in winter than at any other time
Sec that they have dry, warm, sheltered
plaoo- plenty of good clean litter to keep
tbo,n yarm---a very regular supply of whole.