Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-11-02
How "Joe1 Swillivan'9 Looks at
Things.

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SINEcuR City, October, 9th Alunday, 1882
MIsruR EDDITToR I sect my sclf with Pen
in hand to poast you about how Sinecur is
glltln on. You muse paper men say you allwais
want to heer from oil quarters of the Globe, On
| recon Sneour is one quarter, cf It is hne
quarter. Wa!hally no is big plasc, fur tha
sed it had surcus tother day an recon it is
one Of tho fore quarters. But Sinecur can beet
Walhally, for Sincour had q candidate for South
Carlina tresrer an he sbowd hear abot munth
ago an had big crowd, but believe frum what
tha 50 his show is busted. Sinccur is ahed of
Walhally in nuther way, fur Sinecur had
Grcenback meetin. Thay was not menny at it,
but it counts one agnst Walha.ly, an Sinecur
did have Greenback club, hut think that fell,
fur the plank tha put in thcr natform was sand
out of GoTgy timber IN tha could not SLANT ON
1t. l wus unce Greenbacer, fur thought it
mcnt mummy, fur wanted all tho Greenbacks
that NUS cunin 10 me an node of too that ovid
me fur work dun too years ago on thought
Of we coutd git more Greenbaoks mite git my
mummy. Tha owd me fur lecshunccring fur un,
an this time soon seed thar was somthin els
rong, fur tha sed that tho wood Civ Mo offs
IN that tha wood send it by the mnle, an went
to Mir. Ramsy an axed him eff ther wus airy
oils cum fur me an he laft nm shook his he'd IN
have been buck three times sense, an yister-
day he told me I was fool an that all the
Offices had dun cum long ago IN So jest quit,
fur CT can't gil Office that will do to SLANT.
ON won't work for um.
We or nifty bissy now pickin cotton nm sich
like an have three schools, but tha wont keep
school Saturdays. Tha 80 its no use, tho child
ren wont learn an That three schhos five dais
IN the weak is the snmc rs one school fifteen
dais in the weak, an recon tha No, fur thu all
socm to be cdicatcd pcple. So eff any of you
hef got children cf you send EN- here you will
git fifteen dais to The weak.
Peple is actin nifty purity here now, fur tha
sn there is goin to be court in few dais up
where you live ut Walhaly, an peplo rs ginc-
raj thing don't like 10 shnvo to 60 to court an be
a1ed, gilty OF not gltyP recon its good
thing tha havo courts, fur il n,akco folks tell OF,
one an other, an right thar is whar Snecur is
he'd of Walhally, for sinecur don't have TOO.
feed any prisners ] heard sum of the Wal
hally pcple wanted the jale moved to Sinecur,
but don't think we could STANTON sich q
flntform as that, fur eff we oan git the Tresry
here we wont want no jale IN / don't no but
what thur is too or three men hero that would
be glad Of tha Good git it here. Tha so it wood
help out the plaoo an recon II wood. Don't
you? But some sais eff thu was 10 fetch the
Yresry here that The man that fetched IL would
have to have nifty strong flatrorm to Slant- on.
You Walhaly folks makes heap Of fun of us
foll hpf soo oil m.
hear on you will oil be wanting too cum hear
an putin up Barron, but you must fust git O
''proest' Too put il under, fur Mr.. Slantin Sod
in his letter ut exceptanoe hnt he put up under
one. don't no whar you can git um, but if The
Judge Gums too court you might AK him If no
noes Of emmy, fer don't no Of emmy accept the
one Dir. SIantin is usin. IF you Walhally folks
conclude to muve down hear you neadn't fetch
the jale ner court honse, fer tho Treasry is as
much as VIC want an VIC ar goin too have it,
believe have writ about all tho nuso an if
you don't anser this by the fust mole an let me
no you get II wont rite TO you emmy more.
Yours. JOEL SwILLIyAA.
7. 81 forgot too tel you that the peple in
Sinecur is byin heap Nv cotton, but tba wont
keep IL. Tha send 1t rite of. recken when
tina look at it tha find out IL was not the sort iha
wanted on tha do like peple dus when tha git q
hoss that's goin blne-git shet of him. Us.
Elections will be held in thirty~three
States Of this Union on the 7th of Novem-
Der, other for State officers and Congress
men, or foy the latter only.
Robert 8. Garnette, of Virginis, was tho
first Confederate General killed in the war.
lie was killed at Carriok's Ford, on Cheat
river, July II, 1851.
The South wants factories ond the west
wants cheap manufactured articles, and
both sections orc rapidly tending to tbcir
respective Protection and Free Trade theo.
ries, regardless Of old party lines.