Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-05-15
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II your neighbor reads tho COURIER ho
fought to pay for it.
Flirting with on old maid is what some
people would call sour mash.
A man can nevor be rich whose expenses
are greater than his income
Never be ashamed to own up when it ia
proven that you arc in the wrong.
Provisions are cheaper than ever before,
but the wherewih is harder to get.
A light shower of rain foil on Monday
night. We needed it badly and moro too.
Our winter clothes aro nearly gone and
summer does not appear to be near at hand.
Mr.. j. @. Neville has romoved with his
family to his old residence N West Union.
We hope to soc the timo when those who
attend divine worship will leave their tobacco
at home.
Norman & Bro. are preparing variety Of
summer drinks, such ns ginger pop, soda
water Go. .al.a
Tho boys o:c going in swimming, and the
next thing their heads will bc humming with
quinine pills.
Those are nice mornings for fellow to
:take q healthful exercise before breakfast
with garden hoe.
What should be dopo with the mnn who
would sell n setting hen" in market for
spring chicken'
Tho most difficult thing (ncxt to work)
some of the young men have to contend with
is the culture of q moustacho.
A trying time with an editor is " hen ho is
in hnmor to say something NICE and don't
know anything to say anything about.
Somo ono has remarked that it was lust as
easy to lore q rich girl rs poor one. We
have always supposed it was great deal
easier.
MIR. s. Porcher publishes notice Of tho
opening Of the tax books. Persons dcsring
ITO pay the frat installmcnt now have tho
opportunity.
If you want something new in the millinery
line call ut Mrs. M. Brny's. She is also pre-
pared to press and remodel in all tho mos.
fashionable shapes.
Tho average small boy thinks lie isl all
right if he can manage chew Of tobncoo or
smoke n cigar without getting sick. IIe
must initiate daddy, you know.
1t enough to mike an old bachelor 20 crazy
TO see tho pretty girls skip along the streets,
with their spring dresses and new hats, MS
gaily us q lot of lambs on gardcn-sward.
Love rules tho court. the camp, tho grove,
md earth below and heaven above. but it
never sowcd gray patch in the scat Of your
husbands black trousers. That isn't love-
That's revenge
May he "who tcmrcrs the wind to the
ehorn lamb" not overlook tho poor woman
who is married to n man who won't subscribe
for his county paper She is truly one net to
be forgotten.
Attention is directed to tho law card of
Mr.. Henry Pitchlord. who proposes 10 prac-
tico in Circuit and Probate Courts of the
State, and to attend to all legal business in
trusted to his care.
Some men never lnso their presence of
mind. In New York man threw his mother
in-lnw out Of II window in the fifth story of n
burning building. ana carried feather bed
down stairs in his arms.
1t is not merely the lack or money that
pinches and parnlyzes a preacher when his
charge fails 60 mako provision for his support,
but it is the feeling that his poopo arc indif-
ferent to his wants, that they caro- nothing
for him, that most effectually crushes his
spirit.
at this season Of the year every citizen
should see that his premises are clean and
void Of disease producing nuisances, have
wclls cleaned out, rooms and cclnrs yenti-
lated, dsinfectants applied where needed,
fences whitewashcd, 60 These arc matters
that should not be neglected.
1t will bo socn by the proceedings of th Q
committee arrointcd by tho various Sunday
Schools in town that VIC are to have on Fri-
day week, 23d instant, Union Sunday
School picnic nj John Kanfmann's planning
mill, near town. 1t is proposed to make tho
picnic Of q social character, and it will no
doubt DO enjoyed by Tho big folks as we'll as
tho little ones. All our people arc invited to
attend.
The Firemen ore making every necessary mr.
rnngement for pleasant time ON Friday next.
Prizes for tho two best shots in the company have
been purchased, and also several prizes for tho
lades. There will be prize offered for the
best cro4uet player, also for tho best rome
dancer amongst tho smaller ones. Tho boys
may Also expect their share of fun in the way
81 climbing the creased pole, eating clabbcr,
Imoasses, 60. &C., for prizes Our Fircmen
have never failed to haye good time and tho
same may bo expected this year.
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The May Party given by the intermediate