Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-11-07


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itimeI But she looked we'll. ,pbc dress
wyasta|tol[ef.tq y sp. tho present fashion, i
oconomy, butsmhnnessl' IL ntu5tifed Of SEQ
ling her wear that dress. If sho were not
sblc to get u new silk dress, it would be
different, Wish I had the money. .she has
would Show people how to dress'.' ~.
"Girls, said their grandmalhma, "I am
affaid you are not oultiysting Very oharita.
bic dispositions. As the brown silk drcss'
seems to interest you,. let mo tell you q
| little affair connected Whit. i,
| "About two weeks ago Mrs. Harper
Ecolisdyou me.Q hsdjjust prepared togo
QUITO do sopolshoppipgs a86a proposed. to
Eaocompany mo. On our way homo she
informed me that she intended to purchase
| a how silk dress. While we woroI III the
Fshop examining some rich silks, Mrs.
| Winslow oano in. Seeing Mrs. Harper,
she informed her Of tho destitute condition
OIL family sho had Just Visited" Tho
father had been sick aud unable to work.
Tho mother had beon tdilihg to support lcf
fahily.Al She was NOW sick, aud three Of
her children. Ono was lying dead in the
house. They were so poor that they had
not suflioicnoy Of fuel or food Their
rent should have been paid in advance, but
on account of sickness tho fnthor had been
unable'to ndo SO. Tho landlord had con-
sonted to wait until the end Uf the mouth.
Tho father was still unable to pay aud tho
family werc threatened with being turned
into the street that very Day.
"NIrs. Harper asked if they were worthy
people, Mrs, ,Wioslow assurcd her they
were, and giving their, address she urged
Mrs. Harper TO visit them. Mrs. IIarper
had just docided to purchase dress pattern
from a costly piece of silk. "T will not
purchase the DIR, ss now she said 10 the
| shopn,on. And turning to me, she re-
murkcd:'I Il feel it my duty to visit these
| poor people and supply their necessities
before purchasing anything for myself.
Will you accompany mcY
| ~ did so. We found tho family in great
distress They were Christian people, aud
had beon praying to God to send them holp.
Mrs Harper Immediately paid tho rent
then duo, and another month in advance,
besides ordering fuel and food. Sho has
| siuce sent thcm many little articles of
comfort. Il feel BETTER sho said, tthan if
had bought new dress. l will make
over my old one and wear it at the we'd.
ding"
"And this is why Mrs. Harper wore 'that
old brown silk dress She is not mean, but
o noble, self denying, Christian woman.
And can safely say there is no ono TINT
am acquainted with who gives so freely ns
she does" n,
II had never heard Of her being benevo-
| lent boforc" ,.t
"Shc gives quietly, not nosipg it abroad.
| There arc mony families who owe the ncccs.
saries and comforts Of life to her bounty"
| .HI am glad you told us, grandmamma.
| The old brown silk dress will look beautiful
to me hereafter. And it will preach me u
lesson of charity charity 10 judgment and
charity, which is love, toward the poor"
/ .TooTn AcuE.-A man with the tooth
aohc Iioescn't onrc for any thing else. The
glories of the world pail on his taste, the won.
dsrs of oroaton seem as naught. The tooth
becomes volcano o. bcichi"g fury, and
the rest Of life hidden 10 a v;.,nud Of its bill
lowing smoke. You can't borrow anything
OF man with the toothachc You tel, him
that tho world travels at the rate of
thousand miles II minute, and it doscu't
startlc him in tho least. lie simply sroans.
You say to him, "MS S'fricnd, thcro arc stars
80 far of that their light hus not yet reached
this world, . but he don't mind it. He only
howls. You tell him that some of
thtc sun spots arc one hundred thousand
miles in diameter, and that one of them
would takc in Jupiter ut II mouthiul, bot it
is nothing to him. lie goes on swearing
aud weeping. Sometimes maus tooth
aches so hard, that several men have to
hold him down by main force while some
scientific fact is being communicated TO
him -Danbuy Ncsos.
oltii, -
TIE FOTuRE. fusuru falls under
the cognizohcc Of God alone We enroach
therefore upon his right, when VIC would
FUN foresce all which may happen to US,
and secure ourselves from it by our cares.
lfow much good is omitted. how many evils
caused, how many duties neglected, how
mauy truths suppressed, aud how many
acts OF injustice authorized, by these timo-
rous forecasts of what may happen, and
these faithless apprchcnsions concerning the
time to come! Letus do in season what God
then requires of us; aud let US trust to Him
for tho consequences The future timo,
which God would have us forcsce and pro-
vide for, is that of judgment aud eternity;
and it is this alone which wc will not fore