Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1872-01-19
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Paul II. Ifayne thelve|I known Southern
popi ppe~injsesnoos Of e ifJ ss Aitsn sSu,h
Caroliua, iowa favofiii1e resort for !Syuidsfrom
the Nor,E eddring the yiutef moS,hs, aud for
the coust planters irehe suanncrs.s Aikan,ut
tho time referred to was The resort Of trap.
pe,s and ffsahtersa,se, wagonera from tlc
mountain counties, rOusd farmers ga gam
Once Ia sko fall e., of ..,ls3y, wrhes MrA H.,
there came into Aiken ali old trappefs aud
hunter from tue nciu,,hSriHeStnte Of GeoEsia.
for the purpose Of sclli9g S>store Of skips4ai,d
choice venisup hams, which (acconp paaied by
his sony 10 bid l"borious' y6arriea thithsF ia
rough springess GaSE r, "'@ &A
Sam 0geg4ry-the soldllnan's name-was
known to solDe persons in ,she willnge as
straightforward. honest, siaple hearted Meth
odist, an individual " few wEas, And as
easy, on p,osA occasiorA, to deal with az pn
anspoied etBld. Though seventy years Of
age he was upright ~ pine, tall in stature.
with undi.ninishcd muscular vigor npdv>ac
tivity. Yfc'son, then twenty nine or thirty,
was, in the uiinutcst particular the vqryaitn.
egc Of his. .fu.ller, except GDat hetoppsa. the
elder by couple Of inches, although old
Gregory $ss' upward Of six bcet 'Eigh. |'sas,
1t was ''sae day" upon which these two
found themselves ming,u@ ~ith WHIT, to
their woodland eyes, seemed quite crowd,
among the shops ann ware Houses of Niksn
A merchant, Will. whom Gregory had Speen
accustomed to treat in the disposition oof
hides and ha,ns, having left thesplace, our
hunter WIS compelled to seek Custom else,
where. lle went from shop to shop, ex
llibiting specimens Of his stock in trade, but
luck was against him; ho could obtain no
purchasers upon any thing like fair terms
At length he came to IN establishment
which, supposing it to ben grocery. he caro-.
lessly entered. his son just behind him. IL
was not grocery, however, but,a notorious
bar.room, kept by a fellow who rejoced in
tho nickname Of ''Bully Bob," one of those
desperadoea who infest all now societies, and
are the terror Of the v.rtuous andelnoffensive.
Bully Bob was even worso than his class
in general. Having grown rich in the sale
ofliquors, he waxed outrageously impertincnt
organized 'body guard" of "Mohawks,
who obeyed his slightest nod, and were the
pests of the soberer portion Ut the community
bo;h night and day. One of the bul!y's rules
Gas sternly carried out as the laws of the
Medes and Persians) was that no man, wo
man, or child should enter this bar, no nut
ter how or when, without being made t.
drink
In this uuhallowed place, and in the pres
enco Of tho handy legged, beetle browed
broad:c6eated, and fiery 1osed genius Of thu
samoA Ath9 g GfeHcSy9 ppA STOOD, lookihgaboa
themisn thhtloAtSS s.b4wildkr9d way Shaructsr
is.c of the backwoodslnan in town or city
aud the effect Of which II half industrious
.Woll, syrspssr.7 7 gypryeg Rblts Robsjyei
yo going 70 stop thar all day? VISITS the
likker?" ..4ss . tp..-
Old Sam explained in his simple, limo
cencetwdy thht1,eshad bIade stnistake'as "a
the place, and that .,f,,6t was HuthoriJ emt:y'
(poinsingsto hissdn1 1"nor'i his dad (that's me
soyis| ;" e; vgdsS'93| s. 3|'kssF yss PoteyY pne49!
Whereuponoh he tasaed to- ; the, door,, and
seemed about to leave "Nons Ut that, noH!'
yelled Bully Bob, leapng the couhtSa o.ac
locking the door instantly. the lkeyfpf;yh,ct
he put into his pockett "You d I'd old cuss,
he continued, "BuGmaAeyel swilln pint 0
whiskssy nes.., md pay double for it to boot i
Help Wis b'dife,nna. Bully Bob WAS sup
portedby balfs iozen Of fhi4srecklesaimyrni
donsDiAhdsf0 asmnpeo resistance seemed 9iliau
moss. That did not strike the Gregorys how
ever. After recovering frd,nlu iitsie naturi,,
surprise at thgpgrapsscsedIp,Ni.ie butte w.
demanded their free.iop; LET US gol" sri
es; essyss ?eSy ,Sss fSsi' s
taxed hIs,s.Rlss }}Sshiad. VA t,iY bsr, s.sna "a
soarsiRsssn ,lsSsas sBisp p&.Ief San vhecle
nfoufid hpt niIte ltali iberately, end Walked e.
ward a. aobankadhob thaSf was open, beokonin
Jem to fstlow. But three Of BobS t.AIo
hawks put themselves coolly in his woy. :
"No use, ola)Sa5 0M obsgs thapGWh
provoking grin.
"Do no yon're bfi'--
4,s sa.AHd g9n'il ,niYeg begehiS'-i aoIT
pipea aanoshsr,,vithianoIs Isisii acceny and th
tie fiaas;shaoft ID fhueha Stick9oae'thd) han oi'
perhspsiyrwas .hg tiheJf Or insajt cothfvey
ed in this NOV sft W1t6jeR rqased Ad Srer
oyy's blood; but certiS, s 81 f,pt shei inex
instanf SsKad dashed bis ippytsss yjv6tyusl
aside and Nigh. have gfaAsa.bs door. an'
! 8. b !st ~.