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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-11-29
Tile Spirit OF Work.

The spirit Of Christ was the spirit of
work. Whether he was talking to tho
fisherman on the beach, or preaching to the
sailors on the dock, or addressing tho rustcs
amid the mountains, or spending the summer
evenings in tho village. He was always
busy. Hewing in tho carpenter shop, help
ing tho lame man to walk without any
orutch; curing the chiId's fits; providing
rations for hungry host. IIo was very
busy. The hardy men that pulled out the
net from Gennesaret, full of Aoundcring
treasures; the shepherds who hunted up the
grassy plots for their focks to Dibblo at;
tho shipwright thumping away in tho dock,
yardsj the winemakers of En gcndi dipping
up the juice from the vat and pouring it
into the goat skins-none of these wcro half
so busy as he whose hands and head and
heart were all full of tho worlds work
From the day on which hc stepped out from
the caravansary of Bethlehem, to the day
when he set his cross in the socket on tho
bloody mount, it was work, work, work az.
tho way.
1t is not 30 with us, not so with you, not
40 with me. We want tho burden to be
light if we are to carry 1t, tho church pew
soft if we are to sit in it, tho worI; easy if
wo arc to perform it, the sphere brilliant if
wc arc to move in it, the religious service
short if VIC arc to survive it. On tho way
to heaven, rock us, fan US, sing us to sleep,
dandle us on tho tips Of your fingers, hand
US out Of this dusty world toward heaven
on kid gloves and under silken sun shaici
Oh! for more of that spirit which ntarts o
man hcavcpward, determined to got himself
and to take everybody else with him. BUSY
in the private circle, busy in tho Sur
school, busy in church, busy cvcrywhc
m
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-11-29
WALHALA SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29 1877

the energiziug power Of oliver. 1t will be
suicidal to do 80. Its RECOMMENDATION would
make resumption easy aud settle two ques-
tions at onoe-the silver question aud re-
sumption. II would give US moro peace,
and do more than anything else to animate
the internal economy aud inspire thrifty
condition Of those industries which; after
oil, ore the heart and soul of nation, what.
ever gold has to say about it.
Ieichmond Dispatch.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-11-29

Hc was praising her beautiful hair, and
begging for one tiny curl, when her littlo
brother said: ooh, my! faint nothing now.
You just ought to have seen how long it
hangs down whom she hangs it on the side Of
tho table TO comb it." Then thoy laughed,
and she called her littlo brother cuto little
angel, and when the young man was going
and heard that boy yelling, he thought tho
lad was taken suddenly III.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-11-29

"Nlassa," said the black steward to his
captain, and they fell in with homcward
bound vessel, 81 wish you would writo
few lines for me to do old woman, cause I
can't write" The good naturcd skipper
complied, and wrote all that Pompcv
dictated. AS the captain was about to seal
up the letter, Pompcy reminded him thut
hc had omitted to say "Plcase 'scusc De bad
writin' and spelin'"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-11-29

A Scotchman being examined by hin
minister, was asked: "What kind of a man
was Adam?" ooh, jist liko ithor folk"
The minister Insisted on having moro
special description of the first man, and
pressed for moro explanation. "Well,"
said the Scot, "nncbody got onythipg by
him, and many lost"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-11-29

A story is told of shrcwdish Scotch
woman who tried to wcan her husband from
tho public house by employing her brother
to act the part OF ghost, and frigh,cn j Johu
on his way home "Who aro you?" said
the gudcman, as the arportioa rose before
him from behind bns',. 81 ain apid
.Miok," was the reply. Como ava, yaan.'7
GIPE'ohn, nothing daunted; "gie's sha...
sn''s',ed snh that .d; p married to sister OF
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-11-29

81 do not know what you mean BY not
being an lrishman," said gentleman who
was about hiring a boy, "but you were born
in Ireland" Och, your honor, if that's all,'
said the boy, "small blame to that Suppose
your cat was to have kittens in tho oven,
would they be loavcs of brcad?"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-11-29

"Plcase accept lock of my hair" said
bachelor to handsome widow whom no
was wooing. "lladn't you better give me
the whole wig?" she sarcastically asked; to
which he responded: "lou arc very biting,
madam, considering that your teeth are
porcelain"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-11-29

An Alabama man refused to accept
certain bank bills rendered him, because
the mules engraved upon them were not
properly gcarcd. lie said that the cngraver
had put the breeching UPON the lead mules
instead of those at tho wheels, which made
G very grave state affairs going dorm hill.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-11-29

President Mott, once conversing with tho
late General Davis and Wlrth, said the
latter: ''Worth, what do you do when in
writing you como to q word you do not
know how to spell?' The General an
swered, 81 60 to the dictionary and find out
how to spell it," Then said the clever
Mott, ooh! you don't know anything about
it. I've better way than that. 1 write
itso badly that nobody can tell how it's
spellcd!'
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-11-29
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY, OF 00@MIslEa
In the Court or Probate.

SSSuN ST VS9uNl8Gb
In the Court Or Probate.
Sarah llGnnicatt, sding for herself and others,
Plaintiffs, vs. the children of Wm. Hunnicutt
and others, Defendants.
DY virtue of an order to me directed by tho
- Probate Court will sell to the highest
bidder, before the court house door in Walhalla,
between the legal hours of sale, on MONDAY,
the Sd day Of December next, the following
described property. to wit:
All that Piece, Parcel or Tract of Land, con-
sisting Of two small traots, situate lying and
being in the county aforesaid, on the waters of
Martins Creek, near Seneca City, containing
one hundred acfcs, more or less, adj dining lands
Of Thomas Harper, zachariah hinton and
others.
Terms Of Sale as Follows:
One.third cash; balance on O credit of ono
year with interest from date, the purchase
money to be secured by the bond of the pur-
chaser, good personal security, and mortgage
OF the promises. Purchaser to pay for papers.
j. II. ROBINS,
Sheriff Oconee County.
Nov. 3, 1877 51-4
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-11-29

God and Christ and heaven. Oh, Christian
men ADD women, watch, pray, study, COM
pare, work. Un toward the prize. Con-
tinue faithfully in tho conflict till you have
gained the last victory. Higher and higher
till you have reached tho celestial bill.
Crowns radiant and immortal for all tho
victors; but death eternal to every dcscrtcr.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-11-29

The Philadelphia Times rcbukcs tho cal,
lcrs upon Sharon to resign thus: "IIe
bought his place in the Senate, paid for it
like little man, and he regards it as part
of his assets to draw upon for pleasure or
profit, just as he regards his mining stocks,
which keep him at the Sanfrancisco exchange
to gamble in them. When the State elects
senator he owes service to the party; when
party crowds n man into the Sanatc i.s
owes service to the party; but when Scnn-
torship ia hidden for and taken by contract,
tho holder may deem it his own to enjoy or
neglect, as may suit his humor. True, it's
not very high standard of public morals
or statesmanship, but it's the fashion of tho
day in Pennsylvania and Nevada, and what
arc VIC going to do about it.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-11-29

PULvERIzING Observation-Disclosures that
lump of manure be plowcd under the soil
weighing six or eight pounds, how much of
its virtues are lost to crops in CONSEQUENCE
of being in compact form? Probably
thrce-fourths of it-that is, if it were finely
pulverized, and spread over square yard
OF land, its benefit to the crop would be
three times as much as in the lumpy state.
Farmers, perhaps, do not consider that when
they spread stable dung upon their lands
they can proftably employ hand to break
it up as fine as possible, with reasonable labor
on it. A load of dung is worth, as it lies
in the yard, 50. When spread in tho
field, man can pulvcrizc or fine it well in
half an hour, nnd this operation will cost,
say five cents while the benefit to tho crop
will be one dollar, or near it, think I nm
safe in saying. A largo clod of manure
has enough fertility in it to fcrtilize, say 20
wheat plants, but if left unbrokcn it would
not, probably, reach over two or three; and
so it is with all grain crops. Nor is there
any crop that would not be benefited BY tho
finng of stable dung. Some farmers break
and tinc manure when spread with harrow,
and it is very speedy way of doing it,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-11-29
THE SUN.
NEW YORK.

1919 NEW 4OKk. 1878.
AS tho time approaches for tho renewal Of
subscriptions. TIE SUN would remind its
friends and we'll -wishers everywhere. that it
is again q cnndidute for their consideration
and support Upon it's record for the past
ten years it relics for q continuance Of the
hearty sympathy and generous cooperation
which have hitherto been extended to it from
every quarter of tho Union.
The Daily Sun is four page sheet of
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Tho Sunday edition of The SUN is Nh
eight page sheet Of Sc columns. W hile giving
tho news Of tho day, It also contains d large
amount Of literary and miscellaneous matter
specially prepared for it. TIE SUNDAY SUN
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year.
The Weekly Sun,
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circulates throughout tho United States, tho
Cnnadas. and beyond. Ninety thousand
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considered. makes it tho cheapest, newspaper
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wo will send an extra copy free. Address
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New York City.
November G, 1877 5l-8
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-11-29
A. j. w. LAND,
TAILOR,
November G, 1877

"C@f TJnio11, q. O.
rTNLIE undersigned has opened Tailor Shop
i in West Union, where he will tnke
pleasure in waiting upon customers. ffo cuts
and makes garments in tho best and latest
styles. Also, renoyntos and cuts for castoA
m6rs. A. j. w. LAND.
Nov. +, r877 5O.3,n
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-11-02

Mr.. THOMAS c. BEDFORD, Of this
county, is the candidate Of the N, A.
party for Sheriff. This party Is now
playing upon the ignorance and preju'
dice Of the colored people for support,
and II Mr.. Bedford expects to be elect
ed, his hope Is that his election will be
accomplished by these means. He
knows that he has no support among
mis- own people, for his most Intimate
and trusted friends have informed him
that be Is in a wrong position, and that
his action is looked upon as treachery
to intelligent well-to-do people Of the
county OF both races. He has formed
an alliance of honor with men Of bad
repute from the old stinking Radical
party TO secure an Office Of profit He
is attempting to betray his county for
price. The men who have hitherto had
some respect for him, must now finch
when they shake him by the hand
for they must feel that q man
who would sell his county i.
worthy of little respect. This feeling
would not be so intensified but for The
fact that he attempted to do this very
thing once before, and that while the
whole people of the State were making
a struggle that might have been defeat
ed By his course. We remember wher
the Chairman OF the State Executive
Committee came here to ask this mar
of principle to come down, and that hC
did come down after he got his price
We are now making another struggle
10 preserve The fruits Of that great vic
tory, aud again this man rushes 10 th'
front to endanger the result. He hai
no excuse under Heaven for his course
for he had just as much right to put hi
claims before our party as any man il
It. He was not disgraced as he ough
to have been by his former action, anc
our party is therefore compelled I,
fight this man, who, while he claims t,
be friend 10 this people, has prove,
by his acts that be is q truitor 10 hi
psriy aud to his race.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-11-02

Of the Court that has been held in
years. The Court opened frequently at
as early an hour as 8 o'clock In the
morning aud held until far In the night,
say from fourteen to sixteen hours, and
upon no one has toe labor been greater
than upon that energetic aud faithful
officer, r. V. Booth, Esq, District At
torney, who has ever been Jealous In
the discharge OF his very onerous du.
ties, for during the first fifteen days Of
the term the grand jury was in session,
and of necessity occupied consider.
able portion OF his time, aud
in the midst, not unfrequently,
OF the trial Of important cases.
But be was equal TO the emer-
gency. It will probably be conceded
that no Bar In our State can boast Of o
better array Of criminal lawyers than
ours, yet not unfrequently during the
term Of Court just ended, was be called
upon to confront from four 10 Ave Of
the very best material OF the Bar, who
were ARA, ed against him for the de-
fense-and this IN the midst Of
his other duties. The people Of War.
rem county owe more, probably, to Mr..
Booth, than to any other one person for
the suppression Of crime which we now
begin 10 see, our worthy Judge, who
Is ever alive to the enforcement Of the
law, not excepted. For any one who
witnesses the earnest, jealous, and o.
the same time conscientir us prosecution
Of criminalp, by him, will be slow 4
commit crime, knowing that he 10 10
prosecute them. He knows no friends
whel they are presented to the bar oi
the Court, charged with having com
mitted an offense against the laws o.
our State, and II the evidence warrants
II, he will use ell his powers to convlc
them, be they friend or foe, neighbOI
or stranger.
The Sheriff has certainly had his hand
full since the first day OF the term, fo
with his ordinary duties devolving up
on him and his assistants, In attending
to the duties Of the Court and Crane
Jury, there has been drawn sever
special venires, amounting Ia the aggre
gate 10 about three hundred persons Il
be summoned, many of whom lived II
the country in; addition to ell o
which, his Office assistants have beef
busy settling taxes, for taxes were du
and payable on the first day Of October
Aud last but not least, Circuit Clerl
DEMO and his efficient assistant, Gee
f. Brown, Jr., who cannot be commend
ed too highly for the promptnCss an,
thoroughness with which they dis
charged their duties. The CirCui
Clerks office as now filed, is eminent
business office, but under the heavlel
pressure, we have always found the ia
cumbent and his deputy courteous an
obliging, and we dare say this is th
experience of every one who has ha
transactions with them.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-11-02
Attorney General Dsvens Explains
Hayes'a Civil Service Order.

BOSTON, Oct. Attorney. General Dew
ems. writing from Washington. excusing
himself from active participation 10
the campaign, says; II learn, with
great surprise and regret, that any Repub-
llcan officials hesitate either 70 speak or
vote, alleging as Q reason the Prealdenve
recent Civil Service order. In distinct
terms, that order states that the right OF
officials to vote and express their vieWa
on public questions, either orally or
through the press, is not denied, provided
| Il does not interfere with the discharge Of
their official duties, II such gentlemen
choose not to vote, or not to express or en-.
force their views In support OF the prinol-
ples Of the Republican party, either orally
or otherwise, they at least should not give
a reason for such q course which is not JUS
tified by the order referred to, and which
| 10 slmplg a perverslon Of It,"
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-11-02

SOUND ADVICE TO CoLoRED PEo.
PLE.-Fred Douglass gives the follow
ing sound advice TO his people: "The
very best thing the white people can do
for US is 10 stop doing for us, and let
us do for ourselves. They have done
so much for Us that they have nearly
undone US. If we can't live honestly
by our own labor, then we ought Ia
die. The question with MS is, will We
work as hard for ourselves as we did
for our masters? II we doRt we will
go TO the wall, for liberty is as essen
TALLY q state Of hard work as slavery 4
Of disgraceful sloth. It Is only by hare
labor that we can ever catch up will
the white race, and by initiating ihei
virtues instead of vices. Emigration
| is delusion and q sham. The whit
race is everywhere on the face Of th
globe, and we could not get away from
them II we would"
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-11-02

ELECTIONS will be held November Q,
in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jer-
sey, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mary
land, Virginia, Wisconsin, Mississippi,
Nebraska, Illinois and Georgia. In all
these States, except Pennsylvania, Illl-
nois and Nebraska, Legislatures are 10
be chosen; and in Georgia, Maryland,
New York and Wisconsin, the new
Legislatures will elect United States
Senators. 1t is certain that we will
hold our own in Maryland and Geor'
giO, and it is very probable that we viii
gain one Senator in New York and ont
in Wisconsin. New York went Dem
ocratic in the Presidential election, ant
Wisconsin went Radical by only 6,l4l
A change anything like that which oc
Cured in Ohio, will give US Che Stat
by 10000 majority.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-11-02

CONGRESSMAN SMALLs (cOlored,) Of
South Carolina, under indictment for
bribery, went to Altorney-Genersl
Devens the other day, thinking be was
q man like Taft, and asked him to pre-.
vent his prosecution In South Carolina.
Devens declined to call for "troops," as
Taft was In The habit Of doing. and
SmAlls, who took q bribe Of 5000,
will have to 60 under like the other
thieving scoundrels who have been
representing the Republican party In
South CaroIlna.-[ Courier.J Journal.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-11-02
Married.

CALDwELL-FERBIDAY-At Green.
field, Indiana, October 1, 1877, by Rev,
Father Bessonies, at the Catholic church,
indianapolis, Mr.. DAVID E. CALDWELL,
editor OF the Msrshall County Republican,
Plymouth, Ind, aud Mira. BETTE II. FER.
RIDAY, OF VIcksburg, Mise, formerly Of
New Orleans. sister to DR.. j. NJ. Hunt, an
eminent physician OF Nlcksburg, and
closely related with Judge David S. Good.
ing and DIR. N. h. Howard, OF Greenfield,
| Indiana.
With the above we clip from the
Warsaw IndiAniAu, tho following oom-
plimentary notice, from which we are
glad TO see that our fair former towns
woman has secured q husband worthy
the guerdon Of her charms of mind and
person, and with the Indianian, we beg
10 tender the gallant groom and lovely
bride our sincere congratulations and
best wishes.
Aud so our old and highly esteemed
friend, Caldwell, has joined the great army
OF benedicts and foTsaking his bachelor
friends, has launched forth on the tea Of
matrimony. Journallstically we have
known Mr. C. for a number OF years, and
we can vOuch for his ability as an editor
far above the average standard; one who
is warmly attached to the profession he
has chosen, and one who, in the social cir
Gle, owing to his natural, gentlemanly en-
dowments, II lsa real pleasure to meet
| We extend our warm well wishes 10 he
pair over the event recorded above, and
extend congratulations to our old friend In
securing a bride possessing so much
beauty and 80 many accomplishments as
does the lady OF his choice. Nothing but
peace, prosperity and true happiness can
follow union seemingly so swallowed up
IN feliclt0us surroundings, and we can do
no less than fling the IndIanlan's Journal
istic "old slipper" after the pair In the lull
belief that IL viii prove an omen Of good
luck to q bride and groom 80 well lifted to
journey together through life.
"Fair bride, wreath for thee,
OF sweet and gentle flowers;
For welded love was pure and free,
In Eden's happy bowers.
"Pure bride, prayer for thee,
That oil thy hopes possessing,
Thy soul may praise her God, and HI
May crown thee with his blessing"
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-11-02
FRANCE
MacNahon and He MIaIsloFs-A Plan taP
Thsm 10 sssp Dswn Gracefully.

Then 10 Step DsWH GFaesSally.
LONDON, Oct. ga Paris correspondent
of the Times telegraphs that MacMahon
has fallen under the influence OF those who
are determined 70 resist the viii Of the nar
tion, but the Cabinet dlsagrees about how
far such resistance ought 20 be carried,
Duke DeBreglle, President OF the Council
and Minister OF Justice, Duke DeCa1es,
Minister OF Foreign Affairs, General BeEs
thould, Minister Of War, and Wis.,
count DeMeux, Minister OF Agriculture,
might 60 as far as Q second dissolution OF
the Chamber OF Deputies, but Il the Sen
ate refused then they would resign, There
are others who dream Of establishing q
Dictatorship on the ruins Of the Constitu.
tlOn. The correspondent does not believe
President McMaL on will follow them that
far. Well informed Conservatives think
that 4 majority OF the Cabinet will be
pleased to have the Senate refuse
second dissolution, and thereby anora
them opportunity TO bow 70 the will Of the
Senate instead Of the Chamber Of Depus
ties. The correspondent adds; "lt euch
10 really the idea Of the Government
think the Senate will be disposed 70 facil-
Itate their Tetreat."-tNOte.-t may DO
remembered Qambetta, In his recent
speech at Chateau Chinon, bitterly af.
tackled the Empire and the BonapaFtlsess
but spoke In 9 very concillatoTy tone q
other parties, and predicted eventual al
lance between them and the Republicans
when present partiSanship had time 70
oO0l
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-11-02
TIE Republicans of the Senate havc

TIE Republicans of the Senate have
virtually repudiated the action OF
President Hayes IL the Louisiana mat.
ter The President, it will be remem.
bered sent a Commission TO Louisiana,
that blocked out Legislature which
recognized Nichols and elected Spot.
for to tho United States Senate. ln
the Senate, Ben Hill offered a resolu,
ton to recognize aud accept as fiuaI
the settlement made by the State Of
Louisiana, that is, the settlement made
by the Legislature above alluded To-
Republicans voted against this resolu'
ton, and 1t was lost. This means
delay, but for what purpose no one car
tell, unless it is because the Radicals
wish to see the result Of the November
elections.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-11-02

TIE colored people cannot afford to
vote for the few renegades from our par.
ty who wish to forward their purposes
by this aid. The white people will re-
gard such support by the cOlored peo-
pie as an evidence that nothing done
for them Is appreciated.