Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1872-01-05


a. A Moe CHRISTIAN comM1afiHHY. The
!ssaSsas L. sfss s'ss'
Nevada:
| Pieohe issAe county peat q, Lipoplp ;Gouns
Great AmesosS Bsss: saa stustsd beswsee sss
bare mountains, looking over a bare, dry
pyl~ago sSassoia at Jgf soats psr saiIoS| ,Sl
i There aFepbQqt Nopsth.ogsaad. two hundred
people here, the half Of whom. have been in
I State Prison Gtage aha higRwaS robbers,
&c.D and the restoughtto boz Our grave.
are ed atS seSd scY atara e xnF03 3.sss sSs Two
The rest all died With their boots on--sh,.,
mostly; some cut One shooting scrape took
led TON Gossn, 'aftet reoeivi6g GossisS fire.
fTheress nolaw.p Any one feeling aggrieved,
seeks redress chiefly with his pistol. Its
been q, close game for me several times
got out in the leg once, but am here vet.
sleep with a big bull dog, Henry rife,
and a six shooter. The mines (silverl employ
about six hundred men, about one hundred
are In arrest, the rest are blaokguards of the
worst klnd--cattle thieves, renegade Nor.
mons, and men who are banished from society
BY their crimes end are ready forgapythipg.
1t is three hur cd miles to railroad or tele.
graph; werhave, three stages, week and one
mail. I've'done very Well 1hefe ana Would
have saved some money, but two of my part.
ners in a claim were killed, and i can't go, on
alone. My life has been attempted itwiceIby
the party9whot killed my partners. Iadon't
| allow any man to scare me if L can layo, a
show; but when it gets down to cases where
you dare not sit by a window OF. by, an open,
door after dark, it's time 70 jump the game.
If ever get back to California I think I'll
stay thore; anyway, I've got enough Of this
kind OF living I'm tired Of packing six
shooter around all day Butt lent as hope,
less os it seems the future Of this plhoid it,
tie village; form q few weeks all the natives
Will be disposed of-"shot, mostly; some
cut"--and then yrtuous new settlers Gun be.
gin the settlcmont again. N iGtqusa
THE IR1stI ELEs1ENr --The home loves of
tho Irish peorle id America have passed into
n proverb. aud here is on American recos1il
tion of the sentiment from the Boston :. Ro
mems journal :CE ,ly!, 'yy,tt rS'sg#
EVERYBODY Knows how tho self denying
Irish people of our country deny themselves
almost every luxury to send home little
money to ireland to help brother, sister,
parent orfricnd to come out. to America sbdt,
1t will surprise many to know that in 1870
the amout so sent was $2,600,0 900 in gold, of
which sl,66S. 100 wos for prepared messages
During the last twentythree years the sum
OF S816, 100000 has been SO disposed Of, be.
sides what was sent through private channels.
Whom we reflect that nearly all this vast sum
of money WAS earped by the hardest and most
!nonial drudgery that it was tho ,realh
blood of the servants of our happy land who
will gainsay the statement Cthatsnots nation, or
fragment of nation on the page Of history,
has ever excelIcd the Irish iii surmounting
the evils of poverty, gnoraneeandsstupid leg,
lslatlon, or more patiently worked to obtain
more sublime result-tho betterng of their
seoca! and physical condition? All honor to
the race that has won arerown in peace sse.t
oond to none ever acquired in war;
The YEAR 1872 This yesaaiaSscs Contains fif,y-
two Sundays September and December
each begins on Sunday january, April, and
July, on Monday October is the only month
! beginning on Tuesday. Consequently we
have five Thursdays, which will not occur
again until the yeur 1900. In the year / $50,
February will have five Sundays, which will
not occur again until the year 1920, The
year l87 lbegup on Sunday and will end on
Sunday. This will occur again 10 1882 and
every eleventh year thereafter. flgG
Ey Do not be above your business no
matter what that calling may be, but strive
to be the best in that line. He who turns
up his nose at his work 1uarrcs with his
bread and butter. He is poor smith who
quarrels with his own sparks; sherc is no
shame about any honest calling; don't be
afraid of soiling your hands; there is plenty
of soap to bo had All trades are good to
traders. Above all things avoid lazincss -
There is plenty to do in this world for every
pair of hands placed upon It, and VIC must 90
to work thnt tho world will be richer because
of our having lived in it. 'r1
&T- To the long list of ftes tompests,
earthquakes, tornadoes and volcanic eruptions
for the year 1871 is already distinguished,
is now to be added the fall of d thunderbolt,
which occurred near Ihangara, in, India
We are sold by the India Times that s1ho
ground was literelIy cut up il consequence,
and all the huts standing there, as, we'll as
their inmates, wore swallowed up in the
chasm." 1t is tho first time such thing
has occurred in the land. ,
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