Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-02-05

following Saturday, got on the boat to-
come down here" Somethio' Kept ssyin,'
jesse White, you aiu't free man. 1t
bothered mo, and whom / saw one Of the
deok hands turn up, jug, wondered if
he had evor takeu tho pledge, aud when he
sgt the jug down, l walked around and
looked at it., took hold Of the corn cob
stopper, walked away and smelt my fugers.
went up on deck and sat, down ia front.
Pretty soon two men come out and sat down.
After awhile ono of them remarked: sThe
Governor Of North Carolina to tho Govornor
Of South Carolina,' and without flushing
4 the sentence, both men laughed and drank
out Of q big black bottlo, Thor was some.
thin, 10 that Governor business that took
mo- l had heard my father talk about it
and laugh had often heard It, but no
one had ever been positive what 1t was that
the Governor said, OILY that tho time
between drinks had been rather long.
| Pretty soon one of the men reached down,
took up the bottle, took out the cork, and
said: 'rha Governor of North Carolina said
to the Then both mon laughed and
drank. [ never felt SO curious in my life.
looked around at the trees on the bank,
and tho women who waved their handker-
chiefs at us as we passed. Those Governors
had a ring about them that tinglcd through
my blood Just then one Of them turned,
! held tho bottle up, and said: 'Tho Govern
or of North-,' before knew it l had hold
of tho bottle All thought about was t.,o
Goterhors, aud wnco the shadows of Ike,
Susan the pnrsonf and my Nife fitted
through my brain, the TWO Goveruors tall
aad grand, stnlked right UP and ran over
them, ,'Fhc Governor Of North Carolina
and I had taken another pull, and a
long oneng I begin to see the Governors 10
| their true light. thought they were the
best fellows in the world. The boat seemed
to be running a mile q minnit. and l didn't
Ecare what sho did so long as the Governors
we're with US. Well, boys, the Governors
| kept o rcmarkin', and kept pulin', aud
| by the time got to Little Rock, I was as
drunk as mule-a mink. got off the boat
ond yelled, 'Hoorab for the Governor Of
North Carolina and the first thing knew, I
found myself in sort Of prison. Fust
time I ever was drunk, aud I am sixty odd
vcars old" "a 80
DISTRIBUTION OF FIsH-Col. Butlct,
the Commissioner of Agriculture, has just
hid twelve thousand California salmon
placed Ia the streams e. aug the Air Line
RIlroad as follows;
Saluda River, 1000
IGnoreo River, 1000
Little River and Messy Creek, 1000
Martins Greek, three miles from
Seneca City, 1000
lp few days another shipment will be
made to other streams in the State. The
aboSc fish we're obtained from spawn or.
!erca by the commissioner il Ce:ohei last.
Tho spawn were shipped from McCIoud
River, California, and were hatchcd at
Magnolia, North Carolina. In the transfer
and distribution not moro than fifty deaths
occurred out of tho 10000. These fish
will return in three years to those same
streams to spawn. In this connection wo
would impress OF tho public tho importance
of observing the laws made for tho proteo-
ton Of fish Fish sluicea should be made
aud kept open in every stream in the State.
70 this cnd COL Butler ID daily making his
appointments Of fish wardens, of whom
there are to bo two in each county in the
State. The commissioner has also ordered
Shipment of the spawn of the land locked
salmon, to be hatched at Morganton by
Mr.. S. &. Worth, and they will be ready
for distribution at an carly day, provided
tho weather turns colder. This warm
weather is very unfavorable toN the distribu.
ton of fishes, Columbia Register.
TIE Results OF STOPPING a PAPER -
A certain man got mad at the editor and
stopped his paper. The next week he sold
all his corn four cents below tho market
price, then his property was sold for taxes be.
cause he didn't read tho Sheriffs sales; ho
lost $40 betting on Molly McCarty ten days
after Ten Brock hnd won the race; ho was
arrested and fined SO for going hunting on
Sunday, simply becauso he didn't know it
was Sunday; and ho paid $500 for lot of
forged notes that had boon advertised two
wooks and tho public cautioned not to nogo.
tiate them. lie then paid big Irishmap,
with n foot like derrick, to kick him all
tho way to the newspaper oflioc, whcrc no
|'paid for four years subscription in advance
and mndc tho editor sign an agreement to
knock him down and rob him if he ever or.
dered his paper stopped again.
StpERvIsoRs AND MARsIIALs ~ Wash.
ington telegram of tho 2G,h ultimo states
that bill was introduced into the House
on the day previous, by Mr.. SPRINGER, to
amend tho United States election laws. 1t
provides that Supervisors of Election, when