Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-09-16
A Scene at the Fair.

! Va ,'o6oj ouo SFl WIN Sl4tcen auburn
cur!s hanging down around hor hond.
They had scarcely settled themselves and
looked fingers Whe she cautiously observed:
"I 'sposo they havo soda wator in this
town."
~ 'sposo," be repliod, "but the last thing
before we started promised your mothor
not to lot you drink any soda water. It's
the worst thing in tho world to bring on
consumption"
Sho was quiet for a moment, and then,
pointing to tho left, remarked:
u SEQ that Sarah is eating peanuts. 1
'spose they havo peanuts in this town?''
IVY all, yes, but your mother cautioned
me tho last thing not to buy amp peanuts
tor you. Tho shucks aro apt to get in your
wlndpilpe. The Queen of Holland was
ohoked to death in that way"
Pretty soon boy oamo along with some
fruit, and tho young woman felt obliged to
say:
"Thcm apples and pears look awful
nico."
"Yes, they do" replied the prudent lovor
"but promised your mother at the depot,
not to buy any fruit for you. Them apples
look Moe; but if you get the toothaoho
started on you, then the whole afternoon is
| busted"
The young man had just commenced to
take comfort again when she iunocently re.
| marked:
"Whon came up hero last Summer
with Jim, he bought mo morn two ponnds
of candy."
eyes, and what was the reult of it?' ho
demanded. "You fell down the cellar that
very week, and didn't Jim have to light
out last Winter for Dustin in tho school
house door?"
She got down to wator, and with
considerable sarcasm in her voice she in
qurcd:
81 can hnvo q drink of water, can't I?
Mother didn't say anything against that,
did she2"
oval, no, not exactly" he slowly re-
Piled, "but she gin me on appealing look as
the cars moved off samo os to soY it ought to
be kind O. warmish water, if anv!
You sot hero and I'll borrow dipper
somewhere.
u.S sh0 al sGt apa d. il ysap u1eer
ting his arm around her.
GooD SENsE.-A farmers wife writes a
bit of sound sense to newspaper when she
says that many Of the women who complain
so aorcly of their domestic labor, would find
their burdens lightcncd immensely if they
and each member of their families, would
put everything they use in its place the
moment they arc done with it. A good
many people, besides farmers wives, would
profit by laying this advice to heart. OBJ
households, has taught us TINT not having n
Il 1oG 20 ~, cor - IL.
life, or ncgIccting to replace things on
their proper nail or shelf, wastes more time
and sours moro tcmpcrs than all other
causes combined. There should be place
for every dish and implement used in the
kitchen; for tho scissors, thread, needle aud
materials for sewing, and it is an casy
matter to train ono's self and children to
careful and tidy habits about clothes. We
should not make allowance for the disordcrlY
ways Of men that tho writer alluded to does
She appears to havo given them up 90 hopeless
! careless and provoking; but thcro s no OK
cuso for tho man who, when places arc
provided for them, tosscs aside boots for
his tired wife to pick up; reads tho paper
and throws it wide open upon tho floor,
and strows his soilcd linen about tho
sleoping room. 1t is thoughtlcss to add 40
much to tho housewives caros and labors,
but it is also selfish and unkind. Evory ono
knows tho difference between tho guest who
takes books from their shelves and scatters
them all over tho house, borrows thmbIes
and scissors and carries them off in her
pocket, or leaves us to hunt for them
through tho house after her departure,
end the carcful obscrvant person who is no
more prigish than tho other, but who puts
things in their right places. Tho ono
rasps our nerves and temper, and tho other
fits dcftly into household ways snd causes
us to mourn her departure. Tho same lack
of order is observable in the frcqucntcrs
of roading rooms. One will leave oycry
paper and pamphlet ho touches askew nnd
in jumble, perhaps carried to another table
than tho one to which it belongs, whie
the second render will leave tho tabc in as
good order as he found it, and tighten tho
tasks of the Librarian by habit that costs
nothing ut oil. Women should sec to it
that their children, boys os we'll us girls
form orderly habits in childhood, and they
will never forget thom. In this matter as
in all others, example is worth moro tban
prcccpt.
Hon. Geo. ID. Tillman has bcon unnni--
mously nominated for recollection to Con-
! gross from tho 5th District.
"Now, then" said shrowd old farmer,
Gas tho timn for agricultural fairs draws
nigh, tho committees arc huuting round for
lawyers and c!ergymen ond politicians to ad.
| dress tho farmers and toll 'em how to cnrry