Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-12-18


was II economical2 Because tuition was
free, and board was necessarily less than $8
per week. But an annual trip hither aud
back home was pretty heavy tuition, aud
while boys might learn much there from
books, were the plastic minds not more or
less imbuod with ideas that, alienated them
from their native State7 If at least $500,
annually are paid to defray travelling ex-
penses of these seventeen, boys, is not
enough money paid out this way every
year by the parents of South Carolina
youths to more than re-establish our State
College and make it tho dina Mater of all
these and hundreds Of others of our rising
generation2 These and suudry other kin
dred questions were ruminated, but before
could answer them oil satisfactorily the
brakeman at tho car Dried out, "Now York
City,"
Sunday was spent iu Now York and
Brooklyn, end went to hear Talmage.
His church is built after the style of a
theatre, and seats comfortably 2 2,000persons.
If so, there were 2,100 there last Sunday,
for every aisle was full of persons sitting On
camp stools. That portion of the stage
upon which arc tho shifting scenes of
theatre is occupied by tho organ. The
width of tho stage aud about ten feet back
from tho footlights is the pulpit, or--as
Talmage called 1.-THE platform. 1t was
tho Sunday after "Thanksgiving," and on
either end of the ''platform" was lime
tree in full bearing, and between these were
specimens Of broad leaf palms, cacti and
other plants growing in tubs. Throughout
the length Of tho platform bearing against
the organ stood largo sheaves of ripo grain.
Dangling from tho edge Of the "platform"
were all sorts, sizes and oolors of corn with
the shuck drawn off tho ear and fastened
upon the edge Of the floor of the "plat-
FORM" All around tho church were bou-
quets Of ripe grain and corn.
Tho singing in this church is grand
indeed. Ono voice, or an organ, could not
lead that immense assemblage, nearly all of
whom slug as if thoy were paid for it. 1
pitied somo of their bronchial tubes. But
leader they must have, and honco q
pedestal about thirty inches high is located
near the end of the "platform," and on this
q preocntor mounts at tho close of the read
ing Of tho hymn, aud, waving his hand to
the congregation to rise, places a beautiful
silver oornct to his mouth and leads off
most sweety. It is necessity, ond is
played as such, for tho musician gives not
on extra note or sound, but simply substi-
tutes tho instrument for leading voice.
Talmage road the hymn "Hold tho Fort"
aud at tho CLOSE somewhat tragoall3 said,
"Thut's tho war cry, let us shout it as if
VIC were in BATTLE" They obeyed orders.
lie then prayed, and oamo near making
his petition universal. Ho prayed for the
world, the country, tho city, tho merchant,
lawyer, clerk and hod carrier, but, standing
as he was to tho waist among tho products
of tho farm, he never uttered word in
behalf of tho unfortunate farmer. Truly
the farmer is ignored in both church and
State.
The Doctors text was from Proverbs
XIII and 9th verse. When he read tho
text, he appended, "yes and think they
often 60 tho other way" (an audible litter
over the ohuroh). Ho began by saying
.NIoney is golden breasted bird, with
silver head, that may perch upon sho family
altar, the parlor table, the factors desk
&c.. &c., aud may without warming take
wings and fly away. He then said The
money of Wall street had we'll nigh ruined
tho country, for it was tho richest street in
tho world except Lombard street, London,
aud he "intended to run tho ploughsharc
through it this morning aud if the team
held out ho would upturn the very curb
stones from end to end.'' Along this zig
gag line was built in 1856 wall to protect
the colonists from the incursions Of The
savages, and tho path that led along this
wall is now Wall street, New York. He
did not plough very deep, for although he
had much to say about the "tip top swim
dleism,' and other similar extreme express
slons concerning the corruption of that
street, he said no same space in the world
could show as largo lot of men who had
withstood temptation, and who had lived
and died unsoathed by tho tongue of scan.
dal. He said all nations had their seasons
OF monetary excitement. Holland had her
"tulip boom," when tulips sold for thous
ands of dollars, and ono because it was tho
only one of its kind in all Holland, brought
Sl,0OO,O00. Franco had her "booln" when
John Law organized companies to traus,
port tho gold mines of Peru to France.
And staid old England had her "boom' in
1858 when gold being discovered in Amc-
RIGA, millions wcro invested 10 stock compa-
MES to tako mines and all over to England.
"But it was left for America, which had
tho highest mountains, the largest rivers,
and tho deepest harbors to cap tho climax of
'boom" when the young man in Wost
Pehnsy ylvania, boring we'll, 'struok OIL,
and selling his land for half million Of
dollars, oamo down to Philadelphia, stopped
at tho Continental Hotel, ordered dinner
and aftcr eating it, threw down $4,000
check to the hotel keeper md remarked,