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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-07-04
Judge Muckcy as IA Circuit gudsc.

The June term of the Circuit Court,
Judge Mackey presiding, closed last cvon-
ing. 1t has been memorable term, both
as to tho amount of business accomplished
and tho manner OF it's accomplishment.
1t is All open secret that The bar were pre-
pared TO SEQ in Judge Maokcy but ap cratic
force, vigorous but misdircc.cd-- sort of
Judicial comet. The result has proved that
this view was not a correct forecast Of tho
administration Of the law by the presidiug
Judge who has just ended his first term on
the circuit Gcnoh of Charleston. He has
disposed Of nearly six hundred causes in
the Sessions and Common Pleas in the short
period of twcntyono working days, sitting,
however, on an average ten hours per day.
There has not been any exception taken to
any charge that he has made or a single
mis- ua or any appeal from any Judgment
that he has rendered in any case upon the
calendar. But eleven causes will 20 oycr.to
the next term and they are continued by
numerous decisions have been rendered iu
special proceedings by Inandamus and in.
Junction, and in cases submitted to dotcr.-
niue the jurisdiction Of the Masters, Trial
Justices aud Clerk OF Court. Judge
hachCy VIII carry Win MIN f9S openly
expressed well dcnc Of tho bar and tho
people Of Charleston, and this without re-.
gard to race or political nililiution IF he
has committed an error, it will be found ia
his too great lenicncy in his sentences pro :
nounced by him in criminal cases, espc-
cially offcnscs against the person. Wc arc
not disposed, however, TO harshly critioise
judge who has been frank enough to confess
in open court that he probably erred on the
side of mercy, because ho himself had been
more thun once the beneficiary Of that divine
attribute. Wc understand Judge NIackoy
desires to be understood that he made this
allusion in a political sense from con-
sciousnoss of the generous treatment ho has
received at thc hands Of the public and of
the press, who have been
''ro his faults little blind,
Aud 10 his virtues very kind" !
We deem thcso words of commentator
due to public officer who is evidently
earnest and impartial in the discharge of his
duties. s.-Jourmal Of Commerce.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-07-04
aca. Rc:asasss Yysny tiac Fence Law
S2a0ss,t2 F,c Changed.
TuoALoo lIo,lE, juno q 1878

'ctAi-OV i1uMEJ u uHc ~ 1910.
Ed'tors Keowee Courier: What is every
bod;y's business is nobody's business, is a
tritc saying often verified where the COM
muuity at large is concerned, and this seems
to be The case in regard to changing the
present fence law in this county as an
individual feel much interest in the farming
interest Of Oconcc County aud anything
that will tend to advance the cause of good
husbanary in the way of cconomising labor
aud strengthening the bone and sincw of
our county, should be advocated and i'm
pressed on the minds of the people by
using the best argument in its favor. This
| propose doing by presenting few facts
OF my own experience, aud otherwise
through tic columns Of your valuable
paper, in regard to fencing in The stock
Instead Of the crop. I hold that no Que
eau nuke stock raising us . surplus compete
with cotton within tho cotton belt or ada.
cent thereto. Therefore, tho ruisirg OF
stock by fencing them into the forest, cspo,
| cln!'y since he people have quit burning
the woods, with view to success, is one of
the tollicS, that running in the old rut
instead of keeping up with a progressive
| age, will always fail TO rcnGnoratc its ahvo-.
! Gates. There arc many farmers who think
thr pr1cticc Of feeding cattle and sowing
oss with f;"assoa and clover, for tic purpose
Q; supplying their dasics, impracticab!c. ]
nc9er have wcnt to the expcuse of sowing
grasses and clover ior my cattle with vicw
of increasing miIk and butter, but have
ncvcr failed 10 raise rs fine specimens of
The different clovcrs as over saw grow in
| Virginia, and ali that is necessary to raise
clover is TO prepare your land bJ en,ohing
aud pn'7crizing the soil previous to sowing,
but ! have mainly kept up my milch COWS
on old field pastures since tho war and
find The following advantages resulting
thrcl.on viz:
lat. Cattlo arc prevented from roaming
SO much and consequently accumulate more
miI.
| %. You know just where to lind your
| COWS and they never lie out of nights, and
| th!s has tendency 70 ncrcusc the quantity
! Of mills
81 You Dispense with the trouble OF
orlviog UP your cows every night aud can
weon your calves and got the milk.
ltb. Ey having your lots near your stalls
you can train your mioh COWS to como to
their stalls as readily as you can your hogs
to come for their feed night and morning.
5tl. 1t is a well known faot that
passional influences SO affect tho mammury
| glands 10 cases of extreme anger or fear,
Sc., that the milk of mothers given to
Infants, while thus affected, produce spasms
apd cvcn death, and the same rule would
hold good in the case Of mad cows milk;
at least, 1 would much rather uso COWS
milk that was kindly treated, to Que that
had been driy ven and run and stoned, as is
always tho case when driven. Cows arc
never rritatod when called up, but always
when driven up.
9th. by keeping your COWS in their
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-07-04

THIS standard article is COM
pounded with the greatest care.
Its effects are rs wonderful and
as satisfactory rs ever.
1t restores gray or faded hair to
its youthful color.
1t removes all cruptions, itching
and dandruT. 1t gives the head a
cooling, soothing sensation of great
comfort, and the scalp by it's use
becomes white and clean.
BY its tonic properties it restores
the capillary glands to their normal
vigor, preventing badness, and max
ing the hair grow thick and strong.
AS dressing, nothing has been
found SO cllcctual or desirable.
A. A. Hayes, M. D., State AS
saycr Of Massachusetts,, says, "The
constituents arc pure, and carefully
selected for excellent quality; and
consider il the BEST PREPARATION
for its intended purposes"
Price, Ono Dollar.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-07-04
BuleslJ!x17a es1a eaysa,'g Dye
FOE TIE: WHISPERS,

This elegant preparation may be
relied on to change the color Of the
beard from gray or any other un-
desirable shade, to brown or black,
at discretion. 1t is easily applied,
being in one preparation, and quick
ly and citcctually produces per
mancnt color, which will neither
rub nor wash of.
Manufactured by n. P. HAIL & CO.,
NASHUA, il. II.
Bold BY all Dsuggats, and Doaless IL Moa:cinos.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-07-04

| Stalls every night ana Keeping thCm Uttered
with muck, sail or leaves, and put the
manure thus saved on your turnips, in
stead Of peuning tho cows, you will never
fail ;c raise an abundance OF turnips fer
your milk COWS, if You have your land we'll
broken through the summer. 1t re-.
quircs fne, rich soil to enable small scc,.
to "kctch'
7th' by keeping up your stock, all sur,
plus stock would be dispensed with, ana
thus get rid Of such stock and give IN
opportunity for improving the breeds Of
hogs and cattle, which never can be done
as long us stock arc fenced into tic forest.
Sth. If the fence law is abolished it will
turcc everybody TO take care Of his mis-
chicrous stock, aud ns the lay now is mis-.
chicvons stock are turncd outside and
every noighbor has to fence against sael,
stock.
9th, Dy keeping milch COWS enclosed on
sopd grass lots and giving little dry rich
l'"d you rot only increase The gunaitty Of
milk and butter, but you increase the
q"olt'y Of the article, and, a'ac, the same
rule holds good in regard to the fcrtili&ing
accumula,ions Of your stalls, an item thai is
generally overlooked and undcrvalucd when
compared to guano with cotton option ut
fifteen cents per pound, Sc. We will now
notice tho contrast Of at least one case, and
many others might be brought to notice.
Mr. w. Il. Shclor sold milch COW to Mr..
Thomas White, Of Anderson Court House,
for sixty dollars, Qhis would DC rather a
fabulous price among scrub stock,) that
gave six gallons OF milk per day, and Mr.
White says he would not take one hundred
dollars for The COW, and said fifteen cents
per day betrayed the expenses Of fcclipg
this i.c mixer. This COW Saa but slightly
improved, except i'll good treatment. Many
OF our native cattle would give from four to
six gallons Of milk with good grass and
clover lots and pea and oat meal.
Milk and buttor are moro plentiful in tho
winter season with this treatment than in the
summer season, Is another proof in favor of
lcuclng up the stock rather than depending
Oh the forest for range. 1t is but little
trouble to care for one COW, and one COW
well fed is worth half dozen sorrily cared
for. In ante bellum days | have known
farmers to milk four or five COWS and there
be Il complaint of scarcity Of milk, willie
now, following up tic Improvements that
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-07-04
NO MATTER VINO, &C

DR.. Holland says: "1hc fcoblcst girl,
believing in God and hereafter, is an
archangcl by tho side of the strongest man
who questions her simple faith, and mounts
on wings whore ho stumblcs in doubt and
distress, or sinks in darkness"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-07-04

Those passionate persons who carry their
heart in their mouth arc rather to be pitied
than feared; thoir thrcatonings serving no
other purpose than to forearm him that is
threatened.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-07-04

Plays and romanccs sell as wcll as books
of devotion; but with this difference: more
pcoplo read tho lormcr chan buy them, and
more buy the latteg than read thcm.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-07-04
Tic Low Country Problem solved

Some months ago we published tho report
OF tho committee on Coast Lands of the
Agricultural Society Of South Carolina,
in which was described new method
of cultivating oats and wheat in tho
low country. This method is tho result Of
experiments made by DR.. St. Julien Ravencl
with tho vctch or COW pea and the fertilizer
known as ash element There was every
reason to believe that by this method, at
moderate cost, paying crops could be raised
on tho almost worthless light and sandy
lands in the low-country This done, tho
great problem was solved. What was
theory is how practice Promise has
ripcncd Into performance Upon the ex..
perimenta farms ut the Atlantic and tho
Stono Phosphate Works the most cheering.
results have bccu obtained. At tho htlar,
tic Works the yield of oats, by Dr.. Ravenel's
mode Of culture, averages Al bushels to tho
acre, and from 9 to SO bushels of wheat to
the acre. At the Stono works the yield Of
oata was 81 bushels to tho acre. These
crops we're made on common land, or old
field. Taking the average yield of oats at
As bushels, worth so cents bushel in
market tho crop will produce s22. SO to the
acre In wheat, at 25 bushels, selling of
Sl.25, tho crop is worth S3l 25 an acre.
The land on which these crops arc mado is
not worth more than $5 an acre. if so much;
and by careful calculation the cost of oulti.
vation, including harvesting and preparing
for market, does rot exceed SIS an aore.
This is far moro profitable than cotton,
where upland cotton can hc grown, and
wheat aad oats have ;hc additional adyan-.
tngo that they need little cultivation, while
cotton Is IN all year crop. Tho Agricultu..
raj Society, with DR.. Raroncl, have solved
tho owconntry problcm, in demonstrating
that, on common land, net profit of from
81 to SIG an aero can be made by tho cult.
yation Of crops Which need comparatively
little working. aud arc especially adapted to
white labor 1t was great day for South
Carolina when tho value of tho phusphatic
nodules was discovered. 1t is a greater day
when it is shown that comfortable living
can 90 made on the old fields amid tho
broomscdsc Of lower South Carolina!
Charleston Ncms and Courier.
TnE ANr OF MAKING CorpEE.-Tho art
of making coffee consists IN observing ono
OF two simple thinss. First Of all, it should
be freshly ground; the ncxt thing is to draw
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-07-04

TnE ANr OF NAMING CorFEE.-Tho art
of making coffee consists in observing ono
OF two simple thinss. First Of all, it should
be freshly ground; the next thing is to draw
out tho fnll strength and aroma, and at tho
same time preserve the fluid perfectly
clear and free from grounds. The Frenoh
are generally allowed to be the best coffee
makers in the world, and thoy allow ono
ounce Of coifco to each coffee oupYul Of
water. Two pots arc used in the ,nakiog.
Into ono boiling wator is poured on ground
coffee and allowed to remain four or Eve
minutes, whom it is poured off as clear 90
possible. The grounds arc thon boiled
with tho remaining water for two or three
minutes, and both lots mixed together. To
make tho grounds settle half a .oupful of
cold water is sprinklcd over tho deoootion;
this dosconds to tho bottom, carrying tho
grounds with it. Coffee may be clarified
also by adding little white Of an egg.
Without content wo shalt fId it almost
as difficult to ploase others as OURSELVES.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-07-04

The superiority of somo mon is merely
local. They are great because their assooi.
atcs arc little.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-07-04

Without content wo shalt fid it almost
as difficult to ploase others as OURSELVES.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-27
EDITORIAL CONVENTION.

The Wisconsin State Association OF
Editors and Publishers met in annual
convention at Madison on Monday eve
ming. AT the session Tuesday morn
ing Gov. Smith delivered an address of
cordial welcome to the capital city,
which was responded to by d. W. c.
Wilson. The following officers were
elected:
President, Sam Ryan, Jr., of The
Appleton Crescent; Secretary, E. D.
Coe, of The Whitewater Register;
Treasurer, David Atwood, of The
State Journal. On the afternoon an
excursion was taken on Lake Mendoza.
The last business session was held
Tuesday evening. Several obituary
papers were read. Wednesday morn
ing the members of the convention
started on an excursion to Ashland,
by special train of three Pullman cars,
where they expected to arrive in the
evening.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-27

The SCHOONER TUsCORA, on her
way from Traverse Bay to Chicago,
loaded with pavement stones, on the
21st instant, some place between Mil
waukee and Racine, sprang a leak, and
sunk when off Hyde Park. When the
leak was discovered the pumps were
Immediately manned and the schooner
kept free till off Kenosha when the
water commenced to gain on them.
When off Hyde Park she was brought
to anchor there being about three feet
Of water in the hold. Becoming appa-
rent that the vessel would sink the
captain, Frank Johnson, made prepar-
ations for the safety of those on board.
His wife was dashed to q scoW, and
With two Of the crew aboard she was
pulled away from the vessel, the re-
mainder Of the crew taking to the yaWl
boat, the captnin remaining on the
sinking vessel. Soon the schooner
Nassau, Capt. Frost, hove in sight and
picked up the men in the yawl boat.
Capt. Frost then attempted to pick up
the scow with the woman and two
sailors, but ran the frail craft down,
and passed on. The flashing which
bound the woman broke and ske was
washed away from her support, but
she managed to get hold Of the scoW
again, to which she chung, till rescued
by the steamer Chicago, which took up
the two sailers also, and took the cap
tain from the Tuscora, which sunk
soon after. AT six in the evening the
Chicago landed at Racine with Capt.
Johnson, his wife and the two sailors
There were seven persons all told on
the Tuscora and were all saved. The
Tuscora was q large three-masted
schooner, of 1T tons burthen, rated
A /, owned by Mr.. Plumstead Of Chi
cago, valued at $4,000, and without in
Surance.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-27


In the matter of the Estate of Betsey A. sa-
bins deceased
On reading and filing the petition of Della NJ
Smith representing among other things that
Betsey A. SabinS, late of Bristol. on the twenty
said, died interstate, leaving goods, chattels and
estate within this State, and that the said petit
toner is a daughter of said deceased, and pray
ing that administration Of said estate be to her
before the Judge Of this Court, on Monday, the
29th day OF July A. D. 1878, at 10 O'Clock 4. M
at his office in said County.
Ordered further, that n0tiee thereof be given
to the heirs of said deceased, and to ali persons
interested, by publishing copy of this order for
three successive weeks prior to said day Of hear
ing, in the 'Kenosha Telegraph weekly
newspaper published in the City Of Kenosla, in
said County
Dated Kenosha the twenty-fourtl
day of June A. D. 1878
Avs VOLNEY FRENCH, COUNTY Judge.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-27

The Potter Committee continues it's
sessions. Alexander H. Stevens said
the purpose fol which the committee
was created would terminate in either
farce or tragedy. It has evidently
been farce for long time. All the
witnesses have failed to establish what
was desired, but some of them have
established much that was not desired.
1t has been established by Judge Lee
Vissee,on of the electors of Louisiana,
that the Democrats attempted to bride
MIN to vote for Tilden, and by Mrs.
jerks, of La, that she dictated the
SO called Sherman letter, which was
written by some person as she dictated,
but she refused to tell who it was.
Mrs. jerks is far too much for the
committee. She nonplussee them every
way. And the laugh is constantly turn
ed upon them. The Democratic mem
bers of the committee, including Ger.
Butler, are tired, and the Democracy
OF the House is sick of it's job and wish
it off it's hands.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-27
ORIGIN OF A POPULAR SONG.

cold Rosin the Bow" was the favor
tie universal song all around and about
here forty years ago, and it now comes
up again, and is the most popular of all
songs. The same may be said of the
first Of the op cratic songs, 'I'm Afoat,'
and Of the sweete st of species, if we
may so call it, 'Listen to the Mocking
Bird. "-Re0eiUe.
The name Of this song is not "Old
Rosin the Bow. it is cold Rossum,
the Beau" 1t was written by Colonel
w. III. Sparks, formerly of Natchez.
We think he told us he wrote the song
while resident of our city. Old Ros-
sum was somewhat after the Beau
Brummel order, and was a peculiar
friend Of the Colonel.
We met the Colonel at Atlanta last
Summer year ago-we had known
him from the days of our earliest child
hood-where he was boarding at the
Kimball House, with his young, beau
tiful and devoted wife. He was some
thing over so years of age, and seemed
as active and lively as though he were
but 40. He met the New State Press
Convention at that city, and his re-
markable store of information, anec.
dotes, life aud viyacity made him quite
a lion with them. We believe the Col
onel is now residing on his plantation
in Louisiana. Colonel J. P. WalWorth
and some others Of the elder citizens
of Natchez will remember the genial
and agreeable Colonel w. Fl. Sparks
lNatcHeS San.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-27
Is IT BRAIN WAVE" OR WHAT rs IT?

/ y IL DhA1N w hFuy UN w Hal lS III
THE REMARKABLE FULFILLMENT OF
sc. 81 PREDICTIONS - SOMETHING
/ FURTHER IN REGARD TO THEM.
TO the Marine Editor Of The Inter Ocean.l
| CHICAGO, June 19.-Who is "G." If
[ remember rightly there was a squib
in your paper, predicting the disaster,
the day before the news of the foun.
dering. Of the Jenkins with all hands
was received. Was that prediction by
&c. ?" Please answer.
! A NUMBER OF SAILOR SPIRITUALIsTS.
| The Jenkins prediction was by ct, =
us also have various other predictions
been. All his predictions have not
been printed, but every one that has
been sent us (many of which have been
printed) has been verified. We have
investigated thoroughly after the oc-
currenceS, and have learned to a GER
tainty that no dispatches were received
by him (or by anyone else) before our
own dispatches were received. When,
on recent occasion, the brig &C.
Breed, was understood in Chicago, and
all oyer the lakes, to be lost with all
hands, "G." volunteered the informal
ton that no disaster had occurred to
her-at least that:the crew were not
dead. 1t was too late at night to get
any Geographic communication, and in
the face OF what appeared to be con-
elusive evidence TO the contrary, we
risked it and announced in The Inter
Ocean that the crew were safe. And
later on the day we published that our
dispatches confirmed the safety of
both vessel and crew. In the case of
the schooner Magellan, the horrible
death of whose crew is still fresh in
the memory Of ALL c. put the marine
reporter of The Inter Ocean on the
track of the disaster, and he said good
many things in regard to that affair
that have not been printed. In regard
to the Kate L. Bruce, he claimed long
before her boat drifted ashore that she
had gone down, and that all hands had
persisted. He stated, too, that there
was collision, and that the collision
was the cause Of the disaster. Y ears
ago, when the writer was on the old
Republican CHE Inter Ocean succeed
ed the Republican,, &c" also made pre-
dictions, but we refused to listen to
him. We must say now that he is a.
most remarkable man, and that we do
not understand him any more than he
understands himself. He doesn't
know where his remarkable power
comes from, but calls his information
brain wave" The press generally,
will doubtless jeer at our faith in him,
but we can stand that, and &C." will
always have a respectful hearing.
Seeing that his last prediction (the
loss of the schooner James Scott has
been verified, numerous inquiries were
made yesterday Of our reporters as to
who he is and what he is. We have
also received a number Of letters in rel
gard to him, one Of which we have
given above, and partly answered. AS
to giving his full name, however, wei
are not permitted to do that. It must
suffice to say that he is we'll known in
marine circles in Chicago, but is not
known as 90 "
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-27
Ke1osha County COurt-In PROBATE,
STATE OF WISCONSIN,

STATE OF WISCONSIN, &c
KENosHA COUNTY, 81
In The Matter of the last VIII and testament of
William j. Powers.
On reading and filing the petition OF lansing
B Nichols executor Of the last will ana testa7
ment of said deceased representing among other
things that he has fully Observation-Disclosures
examining and allowing his account Of his ad
miniStrati0n, it is ordered that said account be
examined by the Judge Of this court ca Monday
the 8th dayo July 1878, at his office in the city
OF he1oSha and said county at one O'Clock p III.
of said day
and it is further ordered, that notice thereof
be given to all persons interested, by publishing
prior to said day OF examination in the KenoSha
Telegraph, a weekly newspaper published al
KenQShA city in the county of Ken0Sha and State
OF Wisconsin. VOLNEY FRENCH
County Judge.
Dated Kenosha the 10th day
OF June, A. ID. 1878. 2W3