Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-09-27


!. Ms,, leonard T. Jones harvested and thrashed
100 bushels Of wheat from four bushels sowed.
: /. Rev. g. D. Lyon will preach at West Union
on Sabbath afternoon next at s O'clock.
I'VE upd6reta.tnd new sohadule will.ge into
effect on tho Greenvillo and Columbia Railroad
in o fow days. ),
We are indebted to Mr.. Wesley Ptohford
for mess Of roasting ears--tho first of the
season. The corn was Of tho ordinary kind.
,fhe. weather Is hot In Walhalla. How must
our Friends in tho middle and lower counties
feel?
Ono acre of wheat on the farm of J.:Y. Jones,
deceased, yielded 81 bushels of wheat. II
bushels Of seed was sown on tho acre.
Mr.. r. O. Strothor, of Wost Union. was
bitten by dog on last Saturday morning
not by ,mad-dog. however. IL.
We ore told Of q farmor in our county who,
in eleven daya, plowed ovcr IS acres Of corn
being Ave acres day.
The wheat crop all over the county is reported
to be unprecedentcdly good Old citizens arc
counting back for twenty years and foil to find
q better year for wheat
The town authorities of West Union hove
wisely passed. dog law, and tho killing
process goes into operation at once on oil dogs
that aro found upon tho streets without the
proper credentials.
Mr.. ]. Il. Hendrix is constantly adding some-
thing fresh to his stock. With his motto
'Quich sales and small profts"-you can afford
to trade with him and save money. Read his
advertisement.
Mr.. G. Joost, Of our town, sowed 1t bushels
of wheat and has thrashed with tho fail 273
bushels Of good clean wheat. A good yield and
far better than cotton growing.
If you want to sec superb patch of corn
stop and take look at Mr.. John Bremcr's on
Main street. 1Iu hos less than Of aorc
planted, and VIC believe hc will make 20 bushels
Of corn off of it, lie has also IN abundance of
choice grapes which will soon be ripcning.
Worms arc often the cause of great suffering
and disease in children, which frequently
terminates in death. One OR two doses of
Shriner's Indian Ycrmifuge will remove that
which causes the trouble and save tho livos of
the little ones.
Richland Presbyterian Church con boast of as
good a choir of young and cid people can be
found in any church, We believe, In tho county.
It was our pleasure recently 10 bo at ono of
their practices, and We must sny they gave us
some excellent music, singing in good time
and with the proper expression. Mr.. John W.
Zimmerman is the leader.
Tho entertainment at Biemann's I1otol on
last Thursday evening wis on enjoyable
affair. Tho poetry of motion was kept up
until after midnight The lemonade and
cakes were excellent. Nothing occurred to
mar tho pleasure or disturb the feelings OF
those present. Tho Indies looked exceedingly
well and the gentleman ditto.
A Y. NJ G. A. was organized ut Rock
Spring Methodist Church on last Snbbatl,
with the following officers: prcsident-G l.,
Moorhcad; Vice Presidcnt-N. 9. McDonald
Scctctary-A. J. Sigh; TrcasurcrM. Il
Hughes. The next meeting of the Associae
ton will be held at 0 O'Clock A. NJ, on the
third Sabbath Of this month
Wo had q pleasant call from Mr.. H. O.
Clark, Advertising agent of DR.. j. G. Aver \
Co., of Lowell, Mass. IIe is advertising
Ayers celebrated medicines, which have a
world wido reputation for their curc-all
properties. They are good. SEQ advertise
mcnL elsewhere in our columns.
The glorious 4lh Of July was announced in
our town by the firing Of cannon and the
noise Of small arms. The Mountanecr Fire
} Engine Company celebrated the day by grand
parade and other amusements appropriate
to the occasion. This is tho first observance
Of the day by our people for many long years
A mad-dog was killed by Mr.. G. Rochau on
Tuesday ovcningin the upper portion of our
town. The deceased canine is pronounced by
those who know te havo been a genuine mad-
dog. We still urge upon our town authorities
to take this dog question into serious consid,
oration. Outside of tho mad dog question II
Souid bo q great blessing fsome means could
he devised to get rid of the many worthless
ours and other species of the dog family that
now infest our streets and side walks to the
danger of pedestrians both day and night.
Let us have general dog killing,
It is rare that a man gets from person more
or something better than ho asks for. few
days ago We asked our Treasurer, Mr.. Porchcr,
for few peach seed Of q very early variety,
and he brought us sonic fine ripe peaches and
left us to .and the seed. Nothing 10th wo have
found thonm. We havo coming orchard Of
great variety, bought from several nurseries;
but as they failed 10 bear this year we desired