Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-10-30
For tho Girls.

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For tho Girls.
This item, which we tako from an ex-
change, is for the girls: "Tho blooming
and beautiful young lady, rose checked and
bright.cycd, who can darn stocking, mend
her own dresses, command regiment Of
pots and kettles, feed the pigs, milk the
COWS, and be a lady all at the same time, is
the girl that sensible young men are in quest
Of for wife. But your pining, wasp
waistcd, doll dressed, consumption mort
gagged, music. numbering, novel devouring
daughters of fashion and idlencss, you arc
no more fit for matrimony than pullet to
look after q trood Of fourteen chickens.
The truth is, my dear girls, you went less
restraint and moro liberty of action; moro
kitchen and less paror; more exercise and
less sofa; more pudding and less piano;
more frankncss and less mock modesty.
Loose your corsets and breathe tho puro
atmosphere, aud become something as good
and beautiful as nature designed"
BEAUTIFUL EXTRACT The glory of
summer has gone blythe beautiful green
ness has become withcrcd and dead. Were
this all-wcre there no associations Of moral
dcsolaion-of faded hopcs-of hearts with.
ering in the bosoms of the Livingstone
nected with the decaying scenery around
us, wo would not indulge in moments mel
ancholy. The seasons of flowers will come
again-tho streams will flow gracefully as
betorc-tho trees will again toss their cum.
brous heads of greenncss to the winding
rIvulct, the coming blossoms will start up
as the bidding of their guardian But tho
human heart has no change like that of
nature. "lt has no returning spring time"
Once blightcd in its hour of freshness, it
bears forever the mark of the spoilcr. The
dews of affo,tion may fall, and the gentle
rain Of sympathy be lavishcd upon it-but
the stone of blightcd feeling will never
again waken into lfe-nor the crushed
flowers Of hope blossom with their wontcd
beauty.
The MULE AND THE SMALL BoY.-A
Toy, apparently very much agitatcd, rushed
into the house yesterday and said to the lady:
81 don't want ter alarm yer, but I've got
big news. The man sent inc up from tho
livery stable to tell yer"
"Good hehvens, what is it?''
"Why, you know yer little boy Aleck,
what the man can't keep outon tho livery
stable round the corncr?'
eyes, wc?"
"l told Alcck just now not to 60 inter
tho stable among the horses, but he wouldn't
mind nc" -
ooh, dear! what has happcd?"
"Hc said he wanted to see what mulo
ud do when yer tickled its heels with
straw"
"Oh, heavens" gasped tho lady and
cluog to tho mantel for support.
"Woll, sir, yer boy Aleck got straw,
snuck up bchin' sorrel mule, tickled him
on the heels, an"
The lady started for the door.
can the blamo orittor never lifted
hoof," called tho boy "Ncycr as much as
switched his cnsscd tail. It's q mighty
good thing for Alcck that he didn't, too; an
thought Id come up and tell yer" And
he lodged out at tho side entrance.
a DISTANT THEOLOGICAL TARGET.
As ho was ascending the pulpit steps ono
of the elders button holcd him to whisper
an additional caution:
"Tho liquor dealer has just cone into
church, and ho gives us lift sometimes.
| | wish you would be particular not to alude
to tho whiskcy business or tho temperance
question"
Tho young minister, getting frightened
to see the moral ground thus steadily mar
rowing before him, inqurcd
"Whom or what shall preach against;
thcn?'
Tho elders reply came like ON air of
triumph:
"Preaoh against tho Mormous; thoy havo
not got friend in town."
INCREASE OF TIE MAIL SERvIcE-Tho
Postollicc Department is preparing tho pro-.
posal for carrying the mails in Ohio, Indi-,
ana, North and South Carolina, Gcorgia,
Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Kentucky
and Tennessee, which will be published 10
November, and tho opening will be in Feb,
ruary next The mail service, under theso
proposals, will about double, as on all routes
where tho service now is weekly it will DO
mi'wcckly, all semi-wcekly service will be
increased to triweckly, and all service to