Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-03-09
Points on Woman.
EFrom an Essay in Erskine Student. ]

TFrom on Essay in Iirskine Studcnt.1
After man came woman.
And she has been after him ever since.
It costs moro to keep woman than three
dogs aud shot gun.
But she pays you back with interest
by giving you house full of children to
keep you awake OF night and smear molasess
candy OYER your Sunday coat.
Woman is the superior being in-Mas-
sachusetts.
There are about sixty thousand more Of
her sex than males in that State.
This accounts for tho terrified, hunted
down expression Of the single ulcn who
emigrate from the East
Woman was not created perfect.
She had her faults-such ns false hair,
false complexion, and so on.
But is great deal better than her ucigh-
Dor, and she knows it.
I've was woman.
Sho must have been model wife, too,
for it cost Adam nothing to keep her in
clothes.
Still, I don't think she was very happy.
She couldn't 60 to sewing circles and air
information about every body she knew, nor
exotic the envy of other ladies by wearing
her new winter bonnet to church
Neither could she hang over the back
fence and gossip with her ncighbor
All these privileges were donicd her.
Poor Eve. she's dead now.
And the fashion she inaugurated is dead
What beautiful example in simplicity
Of dress is shown some of the followers of
fashion by that domestic animal, the cat,
which rising in tho morning, washes its
face with its right hand, gives its tail three
Tremendous jerks, and is already dressed
for tho day.
Tho happicst period of woman's life
is when sho is making her wedding gar
ments.
TIE saddest is when her husband comes
homo late at nights and yclls to her frou,
the front door step to throw out handful
Of key holes OF different Sizes
There is some curiosity in feminine ma
thre
For instance, once knew young lady
who could easily pass another one on the
street without loking around to see what
she had on.
Poor thing she was blind.
The average age of woman is about
twenty-two.
She never lives to be very DID,
Some Of them look to be we'll advanced
in years, but you shouldn't judge by ap-
lIearances.
If you will take tho trouble to ask
woman how old she is you will get at the
real facts Of the case.
And discover that she is quito young.
She seldom passes her thrtieth birthday.
About that time she begins to tear out
certain leaves in tho old family Bible.
Women, as general thing, urc hard to
manage. know but one way to keep
woman in check.
And that is for her to dress in giugham.
FILIPINO TIE PENNY lie was asking
tho conductor hoS he managed to build
house and buy fast horse out of ffty
dollars month. "You scc," sad this
noble man, sometimes we get u way
passenger, who pays quarter or half
dollar for his fare. We'll, We fin the
money up--hoAds for the conductor and
tails for the company" "But," persisted
the investigator after truth, ''somctimes it
must turn up tails. What do you do theu7"
"Ob," replied the conductor, with on in.
effublo contempt, eve flip it up again" So
that passenger vent home and sold out his
railroad shares.
A Tennessee girl who found beau she
liked better didn't snop tho golden cord
with the old ono by suddenly returning his
letters and lcck of hair She scnt for him
und told him how it was, gave him SIS in
cash and 800 pounds of peanuts and took
her receipt in full Of al demands. Che
must havo heard of the Louisville girl
who, upon tho eve Of marriage, had bill
for carriage hire, of SS402 sent in by
discarded lover whioh had to be settled
before tho ceremony could proceed.
Greenv''le Ne'Ss:Tho latest railrond story
u that!tho Cydes propose to purchase tho the
S1un 'ue R;dns GaaS'a SaTo,a ,ho and complete the
the matter to q focus andgbuy tho State
the people at large would take taa fovor