Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-01-19

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The track on tho Augusta and Knox.
vile Railroad has been laid for distance
Of ~ milcs, or within two miles Of Dorn's
Mines.
| ANNOYANCE AVOIDED. Gray hairs ard
honorable, bat their premature appearance is
annoying. Parker's Hair Balsam prevents
tho annoyance by promptly restoring its
Hon. G. 9. Clay died at his residence
near Huntsville, Ala, last week. Flo was
! United States Scuator from Alabama,
before the war aud Confederate States
Senator afterwards.
Ex President Zachary Taylor's daughter
| has just lately received from tho Treasury
OF the United States, tho sum of $4,000.
1hlsis the exact balance due on the unex.
prcd. term Of hor fathers Presidency. Shc
| resides in Virginia.
Forty years ago tho consumption Of spir-.
It's in the Province Of Ontario was fiyo
gallons per head; now it is only one and o
half gallons. Tho cost to the oonsume Of
'iquo;g in Canada is SlS,000,000 annually,
and for every dollar expended for religious
purposes 81 arc squandered on whiskey.
LIVING WIrNEssEs.-Th hundreds of
hearty and healthy looking mon, women and
children, that have been rescued from beds
OF pain, sickness and we'll nigh doath by
Parkcr's Ginger Tonic, arc tho best evidences
n the world pi its sterling merit and worth.
You viii find such III almost every commas-
| nifty.
When woman gots frightened at night,
she pulls the bed covers over her head, says
she is scared, aud goes to sleep; but with
man i! is different. lie says he is not
afraid, pushes the covers down, and lies
trcmbing!y awake for two or three hours,
siranins his ears at every sound.
The story is told Of canny Scot, Who.
having recently lost his wife, was rccoiving
the ccmmiseration Of friend. "You have
a great trial, Mr.. Campbell" EYES, sir,
you may well say that" was tho reply.
.And then pausing, with a shake of his;
head: "Not only was it great trial, but let
nc tell you, matter Of varra considerable
expense"
An old topper, who onco attended tho cx.
hibition where o learned professor caused
several explosions to take plaoo among
gases produced from water, said: "You
don't catch mo putting much water into mySs
liquor after this l had no idea that wateEa
vas 50 dangerous, though l never takG
much Of i.'' .dM
Very recently conf pie applied for az.
vorce before an Indiana Judge. Tho suit
was grantcd. But after tho result was an
noUuocd, the Judge noticed that tho di-
yoroed couple greeted cach other veryl
aisec'ionatcly. lie called them back and,
after some questioning, learned that they
did not really wish to be divorced, but that
the mother in-lnw insisted on it, Ho at.
oncc annullcd tho decree aud gave the
mothcr<in law piece Of his mind
The following Is said to be summary
of lugcrsoll's religious creed: There is
only one way to be saved, and that is to act
in harmony with your suuoundings-td
live in accordance with the facts of yours
being. Under all tho circumstances, woJ
arc reminded Of Mrs. Partngton's amiablea
way Of giving her view Of total dcpravity,a
namc!y: tha. It was very good doctrine ifss
one could only live up to it. Ingcrsoll ISL
consistent, to say the least Of it. lie IiVes
up to his doctrine, or rather do,cn to IL.
a Washington dispatch says that Mr.. q
oSV' iilc iaS IecciFSu Uoua uuo prOpOSl- ID
ton from medical gentleman for tho bodya
OF Chas. j. Gutcau. This gentleman, g
whose name Scoyile declines to make pub.tS:
lie at present, has Offered to pay down i'm.
modiatcly $1,000, tho amount of tho pur a
chase money, on condition that he shalIvas
haze the body Of the prisoner, as soon as &
tho cxactions Of Tho law have been met,
TO dispose of as lie shall SEQ fit. He alsoS
agrees to tako his chances of waiting die Is
month or twenty years for tho oonsummas
ton Of the bargain. This somewhat liberat.ls
proposition was submitted to Guiteau andy
it seemed to impress him quito favorably.a 81
After rcnco,ing for moment, no susgested:s q
III think ! ought to bring more than thSss sSS
Perhaps somo othor fellow viii offer So, ,000s ~
then oan pay my debts, and if have HoEs
get new trial that miserable Ccrkhill caiSSs kSS
bring on a lot of fellows just to swear ,hoSxSS
much [ owe them.' 2s
The dealers in fertilizers arc now adverse
tisipg. The market will soon opon. IRE
wise farmer will now lay bis plans HssSSl|
should settle the matter as to tho nutnbafSz]
Of acres Of cotton he will plant, thon hs<
should decide rs to the kind of fcrtiiixel3%| y
he will use. AS soon as this is don6 h& Us
should purchase at onco, SO as not to be-
nyod as many were last spring. Ifetn6sH
compost heaps arc to ho madc, the aoitif|
phosphate should be secured, 80 that stb5S88a
spare days could be employed in prcpaEfGeaS'
he heaps. If your land has consdorab{os} {
AMOUNT of vegetable matter in it, then you s
will not nocd ammoniated manurcs; 8lhN$S