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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-05-19
An Interesting Letter from ion
tana Territory. ~.


Wo take the liberty of publishing the fol-
lowing lotter from ono Of Oconeo's sons,
which will no doubt bo road with interest by
our readers:
WILLOW CREEk, MONTANA TERRITORY,
April 25ll, 1881.
Messrs. Editors Keo,ces Courier--- Ge,tles
mea' Enclosed you will find $40 to pay for
tho COURIER. do not know just how my
account stands with, you, but do know,
however. that want tho COURIER and exa
pect to keep it paid for.
Whilst it was 80 dreadful cold hero last
winter, our thermometer pointing from 80 to
45 degrees below zero for three long months,
became completely demoralized and thor
oughly disgusted with my Rocky Mountain
home, but now. since tho warm and gonial
rays Of tho spring sun has thawed me out
again, think thero is 20 such place rs
Montana on the sunny side of terra frma.
1t is tho beet poor mnn's country on earth.
There is now two railroads boing located
by or near my place, the Utah Northern and
the Northern Pacific Roads, which will both
likely be,bult. So you see Willow Greek IL
soon likely not to be far from anywhere.
Wishing you and all my Walalla friends
evory happiness anI all prosperity, remain
very respectfully,
DANIEL p. ROBINS.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-05-19
Tho State to be Represented il
the international Cotton Ex-
position in Atlanta. ..

CoLUMDlA, May l4.-Thc Commissioner of
Agriculture has determined from this time
forward to make every exertiIn to have the
State we'll represented at tho International
Cotton Exposition at Atlanta in, Octobcr next.
Although the object of the exhibition is pri-
marily to advance tho interests Of cotton cul-
turo and manufactures. it is understood that
exhibits Of other interests If the States will
be received. In accordance with tbia nfor.
nation Col. Butler is making preparations to
secure display Of tho entire industrial re-
ources OF the State. In addition to tho cx-
pectcd exhibition Of $50 or 200 specimens of
fine sea island aud upland cotton. and The
fabrics manu- facturcd from them there will
DO according to the crude plans already
formed, full cabinets OF agricultural pro-
ducts, minerals, phosphate deposits. native
woods, &c.. for which largo space will bo
secured. There will be also largo photo.
graphs Of tho large cotton mills Of tho State
and Of the phosphate mills, dredges Sc.
Fino maps Of the State and Of the const sur
vcy will also be exhibited. Publications
showing the advantages and resources Of the
State will be distributed in numbers. and f
the handbook in preparation now is not ready
pamphlets will be printed to take its place.
In brief, it is designed to give the State that
advertisement of her SOIL climate and pro.
duclion which she did not have Mt tho Con-
Centennial exhibition, and by which great
good can be accomplished at moderate cx-
pcnsc. These plaus will have to receive tho
endorsement of the Board of Agr;,u)t3., 70 md
nn appropriation from th.eir cunda hnt IN
view of tho unqncs. .ton..,u!c bcrcGts to no OBJ
tanned rom no outlay thcrc can DO no doubt
'hat ..'c .,oard will make tho necessary ap-
rrGpriation. Tho people all over tho State
can contribute greatly to tho success of the
eShihi, BY furnishing specimens, 80 10 tho
department.. In this connection it is worth
repeating that the Board, at its last meeting,
authorized tho appointment Of committee Of
three practical and capable citizens to exams
inc the machinery exhibited at tho Exposi-
ton, and report on their rolativo value to tho
Departments.
y brick store on the public square at Spar.
tanburg was struck by lightning on tho 18th
instant. tearing of part of the ceiling Of tho
sccond story.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-05-19

helpmeets inlifo. fits barely entering on
the.threshhold Of rlifc,in,ago, but in 6apactty
and grade of instruction itranks as o STAN
dard institution. Students to riso in their
olasses Or graduate arc compelled to apply
themsolses and stand woll both during tho
torn and at tho examination. Having moi
ther the advantages of endowment nor tho
prestige mud influence of o long roll Of grad.
uates. 1t must rise and live by intrinsic merit
as an educator. and DR.. Smeltzer, its founder
and President, adds to the experience of
thirty years Of teaching tho strotoss atten-
tion to tho progress and department of his
scholars. Wo believe young institutions
struggling for existence are apt to turn out
better scholars than older and moro favored
ones, for tho former must depend for patron
ago solely on skill in teaching and We feel
sure no parent. who graduates his daughters
hore, will feel that the time or money ex.
peudcd has been lost. Fs'ii ,N
Tho catalogue for tho year now drawing to
close shows the following gratifying exhibit:
In tho Collegiate Department Al students as
follows: s in tho senior class, II in the inter
mediate and 25 in tho Junior. In tho prc-
paratory department SO as follows: Academic
25, primary II and juvenile class 44, aggre.
eating an attendance Of l24.
Adger College, also, has been we'll patrons
lied this year, though as yet we have not re-
ceived u catalogue. It has on able corps of
experienced professors and with proper pat
ronngo for a few years will become source
Of great usefulness. Both these colleges
should be sustained liberally by our people,
as tho value Of their presence and influence
in our county cannot DO estimated in dollars.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-05-19
Tho SOlicitOrship,

Tho Greenvillo News, commenting on the
question, ''Who will succeed Judge Thomson?"
and if Col. Cothran bc appointed Judge, who
will succeed him as Solicitor, puts forward the
claims Of tho Grccnvile bar for ability and
fitness for both positions. This is all right and
fair, and VIC will not deny but that the bar at
Greenyillc could well fill both positions But
whom it says, "From this point Of view it is
needless to make any comment, and therefore,
fairly assuming that Grcenvilc County is fully
prepared to supply the talent and ability the
two positions in question demand, tho ground
taken that in oil appointments Of this character,
since the redemption of the State from Radical
misrulc, this county has been severely left out
i'll the cold, seems certainly not an unreasonable
one when adduccd as strengthening the claims
Of those who, in that prime necessity requisite
fitness, cannot be gainsad," &c differ with our
contemporary MS to the claims of Greenville.
Since reconstruction Grcenvilio has had by
election the office Of Solicitor for eight years
and has had resident Judge for some time.
In olden times tho county also had several rep
resentatives on the benoh. Hbbcville, since re-
construction, has had the election of q Solicitor
for Two terms, Circuit Judge, Supreme
SourL JuuSe, u congressman uhu u Couilcr Ol
tho Laws. This grand old county was carly
settled and has done much for the bench and
bar as we'll as for The political progress of our
State, and wo rejoice in her honored names hut
she has enjoyed her full quota Of Office, boil,
before and since reconstruction, so far as her
claims rest on location. Anderson County has
enjoyed The Solici,orship before reconstruction
for thirty or more years, in the persons Of Judges
Reed and Whitner and had two native Judges.
On the score Of being left out she has no strong
claims Neither OF the two other strong Demo
cratic counties of tho Circuit, Oconce and
Pickens, has enjoyed any prominent olico in
the State. They have been used 10 ~. MI hors
in Office aud at every election r,vo rouol ~,
large m"joritics for Democracy and rood 90
vernmcn'' Heretofore they have not pressed
the;r clair.=, but VIC think on the score of
merit Or on the respective rights of competing
counties to tho Office Of Solicitor, the claims Of
MIR. j. S. Werner stand equal in merit and
superior in location to any 0: the other counties,
except Pckens which has no aspirant in the
field. These upper counties were settled late
and their educational facilities in the past have
been less favorable than other counties, but
these difficulties have passed away and their
claims should bc considered.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-05-19
Mass Meeting Of Sunday Schools


On Sunday, May 20,h, tho Sunday schools OF
Walhalla will meet ut the Baptist Church at /
o'clock =. NJ. The following programme has been
agreed upon by the different Supcrintendcuts
J. ". Strbing, Presiding Officer.
l. Music by The schools.
2 Prayer by Rev. j. p. Smcl,zer.
8. Music.
L. Address Is mnutcs) by Rev. G. II. Carter
s. Music.
G. Address Is minutcs) by Col. II. a. Thomp-
son.
T. Music.
8. Address Is minutcs) by Prof. S. p. Doozcr.
8. Music
10. Prayer by Rev. S. l.. Morris.
II. Doxology.
II. Benedc:on by Rev. G. II. Garter
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-05-19
Commencement Exercises of the
Walhalla Female College.

The following is the programme for The
commencement exercises Of tho Wnlhnln
Female College:
Sunday, June II. II O'Clock a. NJ, Bacs
calnnreate Sermon by Roy w. j. Mckay, of
Mayesvile, S. O..
AT 8 P. NJ. sermon to students Of both
colleges, by Rev. j. Hawkins, ~. NJ, Pros
pcFity, S. @.
Monday, 18th, p. NJ, exhibition of Pro.
paratory department.
Thursday, 10Th, 10 A. A., address be fore
tile Philophrcnnn Society, hy Rev. j. Il.
Sigh, Prosperity, s. c., and essays from,
three ladies Of the society.
Ats P. NJ, meeting OF Board of WalI,allo
Female College.
Ats p. A., Essays from Senior Glass and
comforting Of degrees.
"WoaEN NEVER TmwK"--lf tho grabbed
old bachelor ~ho uttered this sentiment could
but witness tho intense thought deep study
and thorough investigation Of women in de-
tormining tho best medicines to keep their
families we'll, and would note their sagacity
and wisdom in selecting Hop Bittors as the
best, and demonstrating it by keeping their
families in perpetual health, at a mere nomi-
nal expense, ho would bo forced to noknowlS
edge that such scntimonts arc baseloss and
false. -Ifcayune
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-05-19

IKE the good old State from which this Stove
IL takes its name, the VIRGINIA stands in tho
fore rank. 1t is unique in design, matls heavy
and solid, and is especially adapted to meet the
wants OF the individual or the dealer. 1t was
never known TO fail! 1t has been improved this
year: the design made TO conform TO The present
style, and particularly adapted to meet The de-
mand for first class cook stove nt n low price.
II, has all the improvements of tho New
Emerald. Thousands have been sold and the
demand still unabated.
Fonr sizes-No. Z cash, S22.50; on time,
$50. Other sizes in same proportion.
For sale by
yOEHN C. JsgGRkHEEs,
West Union.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-05-19

Judge Wallace has sent white man to the
penitcntiary for three months for carrying CON
cealcd weapons.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-05-19

DR. Joseph Bellingcr, Of Barnwo II, committed
suicidoihy taking morphine OH tho 18th instant
No cause is assigned for this rash not.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-05-19
"A Hot Time In 'Washington.-.

WASHINGTON, D. O., May 15.-The Roberts
SOD case, like tho weather, becomes hotter
eve"y day. Notwithstanding tho unanimous
resolve Of the Republican Senators at thoir
last caucus to harmonize things at all hazards,
things don't harmonize. On the contrary,
wider between the President and Mr.. Oonk-
ling and !, their respective followers. All
efforts have como to naught. The fact Is
that to harmonize is impossible simply be.
cause it means tho surrender of one party or
the olhor Mr.. Oonkling cunt surrender and
Mr.. Garfield won't surrender, and there is au
end to tho whole matter Of compromise. The
rnmors to any other purpose are not we'll
founded. ;; The >Presideprial !. backbone is
stiffer thun ever. Robertson Is u bitter pill
but the Senate will have to tako it. They
must mako up their minds. most Senators,
to range alongside of Conklng or Garfield.
and either drop tho Courtesy of tho Senate"
OF tho Federal Olficos In their respective States.
And Yhoveperaheard'of. of.~as.Repnblican NGons.
gressIian preferring courtesy Of any kind to
Oilico!? It is beloved tho Robertson case
will cpmo up enrly inithe week.
Senator Kellogg insists ,uponf pushing his
resolution relative to his demand for the
history Of every employee Of the civil ser.
vico, including their backers. It is we'll
known that hundreds of appointments have
been madc where the -appointce has been
credit ed to Southern Stntes when he has
mover get foot beyond Mason aud Dixon's
States, excepting Maryland and Virginia,
have not enjoyed half thoir legitimate pro
rata quota OF Federal appointments. The op.
position to Kcllogg's proposition is partly duo
to tho reluctance Of cortnn Congressman to
bo shown up us hackers Of somo departmental
women.
TbnR So.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-05-19

Tho Baltimore San says prohibition now
prevails in nearly half tho counties Of
Maryland. and tho wave Of temperance is
spreading ut G. ~ election. I'D
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-05-19
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
ocOn9e COuntv.

gents Wanted FOR tho best and fnstesk
n selling Pictorial Books and Bibles. Prices
reduced 33 per cent National Publishing Co.,
Atlanta, Ga mar 3. lG.3m
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-05-19
Columbia and Greenvillo Railroad
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE,

COLUMBIA, S. G., May II, 1881. /,
On and after Monday, May 10th,
1881, the Passenger Trains will run as
herewith indicated upon this road and lis
branches daily, except Sundays:
MAIN STEM.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-05-19

y brick store on the public square at Spar
tanburs was struck by lightning on tho 18th
instant. tearing of part of the ceiling Of tho
second story.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-05-19
IL office, &C! !, !, ,

- " " 49, ~
MY wife, VINE CRANE. having leftimy bed
Nl and board wihoutFcause, aliSpersbns are
notified not to harbor her, and thSt Isswill not
pay any debts contracted by her. ~
ANDERSON CRANE.
May 10, 1851 k27-2t ).
The Portland daily press., 1881-09-13

OPTICAL Goods. GLASS Eyes in Grenf
" Variety of Shape aud Color, The best maze.
6. II. FARLEY. No. a gxchange street.
The Portland daily press., 1881-09-13
Rakings.

Growing or adult fowls drink great deal,
if they have pure water by them constantly.
If this drink be clean and accessible, they
visit the tank or fountain often-milk is
healthy and profitable.
| find no difficulty now in attaining an av-
erage crop of Is to 80 bushels OF corn on
large areas, where few years agoI was sat
isfied with crop of so bushels per acre for
a small area. Mr.. Bowditch, by very severe
pruning, averaged last year on field OF II
acres, to which no hand labor had been ap-
piled, 100 measured bushels per acre.-Dr.
E. l.. Sturtevant.
Mr.. Harris Lewis, examining once sam
pie Of milk drawn from an unclean udder
by a dirty man in foul stable, remarked
that there was little too much manure to
be called pure milk, and not quite enough
for good fertilizer.
Muck is a valuable addition to poor,
sandy land it gives a better color and sub
stance to the soil, absorbs and retains
warmth and moisture, for which both rasp-
berry and blackberry roots show great par
TALLY by following the muck deposit and
making a more vigorous growth there than
elsewhere.
If those farmers whose farms are soils un-
derlaid with clay would sell one-quarter or
one-half of their land and put the proceeds
into the iudicious thorough tile drainage Of
the rest, they would make more money
from the one-half of the original farm under
improvement than they now do from the
whole area.
Nothing is more deadly to injurious in
sects than oil; it ebstructs their respiratory
organs, which are situated on the sides OF
the abdomen. To mix oils with water, first
combine them with milk. then dilute to the
desired degree with water. Hot water is
one Of the simplest and cheapest remedies,
always effectual.
The Portland daily press., 1881-09-13

Oscar wilde the utterly too too poet Of London,
has nnhlsbed a volume OF his poems which are quite
TOO awfuIly remarkable for-one thing and noher
especially the latter. We append sample whieh
The Portland daily press., 1881-09-13
BOSTON u MAINE RAILROAD.
FALL ARRANGEmENT.

COS and after Monday, Sept
sssss5Esisss5s} AZ, 1881, Gsassenger Tras.s
s.-az---za--EOs B0sToN at els, 8. As am
10 and 500 =. M, arriving at Boston al io.45
a. M, l.l5, 6.io, 1000 P. m: Returning. leave
arriving AZ Portland at ~ 20 $780, 800 and IL 90
4. Is Portland for scarborough sseach
amd PINE Pesns, at 6.15. S.45. 1925, a, M,
orchard Beach, SAGE, and Biddeford, at
6.l5, S.45, 1925 a. m. 1850, 40. $50 and
500 p. M. For nenneSunk at 9. 10, $40 a. m.
I1O {. so and &. 90 p. IA. For North sSerwick,
snissson EuEis, Great Fails, Dover, Exeter,
RaverhiEi, Lawrence AND Lowell, al 6.l5,
I. 40 M, /. 10 and 500 p. m. Eor Wells and
Fer Rochester, Farnsington, N. H., and
AEfop Bay, at 6.l5, 8.45 a. m. and LILO, p.
anG Concord, ". h, (via Lawrence1 at s.46
o. IN; via New Market Junction) at 6. 10 a. m. and
ITO p. IN. Morning Train leaves Aennebunh
Cor Portland at 7.25.
Parlor Cars on trains leaving Portland at 45 q.
M, 10 and GOO p. m. Returning on trains leay-
ing Boston at $50 a. m, l2.5o and f.oo p. M.
SsaTBar Gar @esss scared i'm advance af
Depos Ticker Ofice.
The Lilo y. N. train from Portland connecss
VIII sound Eskne Steamers for New York
and all raj lines for the West. The 900 p. m.
rain sonDects with Rail Hsines feF New
i ~-E and the @eush and West.
NoTE-The l. 10 p. IN. train from Portland will
not stop at Scarborough Beach or inc Point. The
8 90 p. M. train will not stop at these stations ex
cept t. take passengers Ior Doston, anc bne o.oV
a. IN train from Boston will stop only to leave
passengers taken west of Biddeford.
sUhsBAY TRAINS Leave Portland for
Boston and Way Stations at LOO p. m. Boston
for Portland at 600 p. m.
Trains on Boston B Maine road connect with ali
steamers running between Portland and Bangor
Rocklsnd, Mt Desert, Machias Eastport, Calais, St
John and Halifax. Also connect with Grand Trunk
trains at Grand Trunk Station and Maine Central
aaG Portland h Ogdens5urg trains at Transfer SITS
sisns
Ali trains stop at Exeter ton minutes for refresh
mepfs First class Dining Rooms at Portland,
THROTTGH TICKETS to oil points West and
sorn nav be had Of M. L.. williams, Ticket
Agent, Boston q Maine Depot, and at Union
Fgiictes SDfsice. 40 Exchange st.
JAS. 7. FURBER, Gen. SIps.
g. 81. STEVENS. Gen. Agent. Portland.
se1O dtr
The Portland daily press., 1881-09-13
Keen Dwellings, Dry.

A warm, dry atmosphere is not unwhole-
some, but when cloudy or rainy weather
-L-saGs a sultrY air which dampens every
thing around US, The atmospnvto may be
loaded with germs of disease, and fire is
needed to destroy them. The walls, the cell
ings and the floors of apartments should
never be allowed to become damp. Some
times hen the warmth of the air is oppres-
sive, fire is more necessary to protect us than
in the cold winter, and the rooms of dwell
ing should never be left without means of
warming and drying Investigations have
shown that many of the most fatal diseases
are caused by the germs Of vegetable life,
and that a humid atmosphere is NOR favor
able for their propagation.
Apartments exposed to the full action. of
the sun may be less comfortable in hot
weather than those from which the SUMS
rays are excluded, but they are more whole
some, and when contagious diseases prevail
in closely built cities it is found that in
mates of houses on that side of the street
exposed to the sun are less liable to be at
tackled, while the greater number of sick are
always found where there is The least ex-
posture to the great disinfector the sun.
The Portland daily press., 1881-09-13
MUSIC TEACHERS

u n. KOIZSCHEEAR,
Il PIANO, ORGAN AND HARMONY,
Stockbridges Music Store
The Portland daily press., 1881-09-13
AGRICULTURAL
Pasture Grasses.


It is well known that the flavor and quail
ty Of the milk depends very much upon the
kind of food the animal eats, or III other
words certain kinds of food will un1aVora-
bly, affect the quality and flavor OF the milk,
while other kinds are efficient in promoting
the flavor of the milk, and also IN MAINTAIN
inc the health Of the animal. There is prob
ably no better food for mich COWS than that
furnished by rich old upland pastures Where
there is a variety of grasses ana where Inc
turf is thickly set such rlch OLD pastures;
free from weeds. where the heritage is thick,
sweet and nutritious, where a COW can get
her fill without hard labor and has ample
time to rest and rumnate, more nearly NIL
the conditions for successful dairying, SO lar
as feed is concerned, than any other we
know of.
The grasses or most of them, are social IN
their habits and the different varieties IKE
to grow up together, a condition very FAVOR
able to feeding for dairy purposes; the dlIier-
ent grasses seem to thrive better Wheh they
grow up together from the same SOD, ana
variety in her food is what COW requires
and must have to ensure the best results.
The practical farmer will understand this,
and in LAYING down his lands will take adj
vantage OF it, ifshe is seeking for the largest
product. II is almost impossible to form
good and continuous turf with the same
kind OF grass, because in such cases lnterme-
date plants decay and leave vacant spaces
which are filled with weeds or moss. In
seeding pastures, it is a good plan to SOW
those varieties that spring up in succession,
so that good fresh feed may be insured all
through the season.
The best pasture grasses embrace June or
blue grass, red top, wire grass, foul meadow,
orchard grass, besides clover and herds
grass. June grass is identical with the IA
NOUS Kentucky blue grass and is very yaln-
able as a pasture kind. 1t throws out dense
masses of leaves, is highly relished by cattle,
very nutritious and produces milk from
which superior butter may be made. Or
chard grass is early and also has the merit
of being. nutritious and highly productive.
It should be more generally used in seeding
pastures. Wire grass is worth very little as
hay unless cut quite early, but it is one OF
the best grasses for fattening, and cows
when feeding upon it yield milk Of the rich
est quality. Its stems remain green after
the seed is ripened The other varieties en-
umerated above are nutritious foods, and
taken altogether, a pasture seeded with all
these nutritious grasses in the right proper
tions, cannot fail Of producing satisfactory
results in milk, butter, cheese, muscle and
fat
The Portland daily press., 1881-09-13

J II. FoGG,
CouSsEILoR AT Law,
421a Exchange Street.