Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-10-28


But haven't give IL up yet by no means
HANCOCK is going to DO eleoted. My faith
woulden't remove mountains, but it's grea,
comfort to me. I had letter Yesterday
from friend in Indiana who voted fol
Porter, but he says he is going to vote fol
aao 1ock, and he knows OF lots of folks OF
tho same mind. He says ho likes Porter
better than Landors, for ho is whole
souled big hearted man, aud got meuy a
vote outside Of his party His opinion is
that tho Democrats will have the nox,
President, and tho Republicans tho mo
Jority 10 both houses of Congress. Maybe
We will have to compromise on that, don't
know. I'm going to be recouciled any
way end not give up the ship. Reckon
can stay at homo aud mako corn and
cotton, and frolio with tho children, and
ruminate on tho uncertainties of life and
bask In the sunshine of the fsmily queen.
She don't care for politics, sho don't; no,
body has ever been able to convince her
that Northern Democrat amt a Yankee,
and she has about US much respect for
one os tho other. "But," suid I. nmv
dear, tho Northern Democrats want to
restore constitutional government aud"
"Nover mind the government" said she;
"lct them restore my furniture and carpets
aud pay us for our negroes. The govern
ment don't need restoring. It's Ill q
squabblc for office" "But then you know"
said J "Gcnoral Hancock might give ME
little fat office that would" "Take you
away from hnme," suid she, sand leave
me and the children alone. Office is poor
thing; when man gets one, everybody il
envious of hm, and he has to give away
about half his salary to keep his populuri-
ty We've got good home and We ar,
getting along in years, md think VIC had
better stay here aud be as happy as wo can.
Don't you, John Anderson, my joel" and
she placed her soft hand SO gently ond
lovingly on my frosty brow, nv rev
crcncd head, that | haven't thought
about Office since I'm going to camp
right here DR.. Taimugc has been
preaching sermon lately on married
folks and he says that its the way the
women do that drives their husbands of
at night to the club houses and tho stores and
the loafing places about town; sa, they don't
swecten up on 'cm like they did before
they was married, dout como to tue door to
meet 'em-do't dress neat at homo aud
set up straisht- don't play the piano, but
sorter give up aud arc always complaining
about something or scolding the children or
servants. We'll, maybe that is so to some
extent, but my observation is tha. most of
thcm fcllcrs went to tho club houses and
lonfed around before they were married.
I've knowp men to quit home and 90 up
town or down town every uight because
they said they was in the way while tho
children were being washed and nut to
bed. My wife, Mrs Arp, taught mo
long tims ago that a man could perform
those little Offices about as well as
woman, and if they are his children he
ought to be willing to do it. There the
poor woman sits aud scws and nurses the
children all the day long, tciug up the cut
fingers aud stamped toes, and doctoring
the toothacho, and leg ache, and stomach
ache, and fixing 'cm something to cat, and
helping 'cm in II thousand ways, while
the lord of the house is chatting with
his customers or sitting in his Office with
his feet upon the table or against the
and another Teller lust like
him ii doing the same thing, aud they
talk and swap lies, and laugh, and carry on
'nd its cha, ha, ha,' and !" he, he, hc,"
aud 'ho, ho, no." md about dark he
stretches an| yawns aud says, "Wcll,
must go home; lis about my supper time"
aud Brother Talmagc wants his poor wife
to be watching at the window and when
she sees him coming she must run out and
meet him twixt the house and gate and
kiss him on his old smoky lips and say,
'Oh, my dear, my darling, I'm so glad YOU
have come Well that's ali right, 1 |
reckon if woman amt got nothing else
10 think about but fitting herself for heaven,
but to my opiuion man ought 10 20 home
a little sooner than he does, and take little
more Interest in things when ho gets there.
Women are heap better than men if thcy
get half u chance. They were created
better. They begin the world better in
their infancy. Little girls don't 20 round
throwing rocks at birds aud shooting sling
shots at The chickcus and running the
calves all over the lot and setting the dogs
on the barn cats and breaking up pigeons
nests and all that. Never saw bow that
didn't want to shoot gun and kill some
thing. It's a wondcr TO mo that these
kind tender hearted girls will have nnv-
thing to do with them, but it seems like
they will, and | reckon it's all right, but
II l was young margin woman I would
DC mighty particular about mating with
Teller round town who belonged to half q
dozen socitics of one sort or another and
was out every tight. If wanted man
all to myself would look out for some
farmer boy who would take nc to the