Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-05-04


berry Monday, and after talking awhile on
general subjects they drifted into the usual
channel Of remarkable occurrences" Mr..
Doug. Burton told Of a gourd vioe that grew
on Sandy Run several yeart ago that bore
fifteen hundred gourds. The man who owned
the vine bad the gourds oounted BY some Of
the most reliable men Of the neighborhuud,
and thore were actually fifteen hundred OF
them Several gentleman Of the county can
bear testimony to tho fact.
District Attorney Melton may seem a
little inconsistent now and then. In 1879 to
1915 be did not make much Of IN effort to
sindicato the "supremacy ofths law" Then
when he accepted tho present oflce he was q
very mild and conservative man, but now he
is as decided S,alwart as Guiseau. All
that is easil. explained. Melton is oonsis.
tent. Judge Bryan cannot hold bis place on
tho Bench much longer. lie can retro now
on foil pay. When he 10 out Of the way q
sncoes'or has to be appointed, and who stands
q better chance than Samuel w. Mel
toni wise man is samuel 10 bis goaera>
tion, and he always, both ia poaoe and war,
had eye open for Samuel's advancement.
1t Is open now.-Spartan
"A gentleman from Candolaria," saws
the Carson tNev appeal. "infurms W that
tho smalless baby in the world wns born in
that camp ut noon on the Sd instant. The
father is miner in the employ ot the North.
ern Belle mino, ard weigls 100 pounds Tho
mother is a stout healthy woman. weighing
perhaps l60 p.-nds. The child is male.
no perfectl, formed as human being cuu lie.
but upon it's birth only weighed eight ounces,
lts face is about the size Of q horse ohe.tDut
and the siSe Of its limbs may be imagined
when we sny that ring worn on the little
finger Of it's mother was en>iIy elipped over
its f"ot nearly up to the knee. Our informan,
states that it was the opinion of the attend
ing physician that the child would live ant
prosper in gnod healsh. notwithstanding iss
diminutive proportions. The midget is 90
small that three OF its size GOULD play
hide and seek in oigar box. This 10 believed
to be the smalles, baby ever born"
-Presiden, LincoIn's bndy ia said to bo
petrifed The form, and even the features.
ore preserved.
Franklin j. Moses. late Governor Of
South Carolina, is on his way to tho peni.
tentiary, and yot President Arthur's admin
istration. is exceedingly an1ious to destroy
the Democratic party in that State and re-
peat the Republican experiment of robbery
and spuliation.
The International Dslillery Company Of
Nuin Inwn fho 4,
lerv in the word. 1t has dnilv capacity Of
l 1000 bushels. making Sc 600 gallons of
spirits ench day, the tux upon which amounts
to $50 400.
The New York World wants to know
what would probably have been tho ruling
Of Judge Bind, had tho verdici in the Acton
case heen for acquittal but protested by two
negro jurors. lie would hive issued a rule
against the nlhcr ten to show cause why their
names should not he Btricken from the list of
Jurors.
Cincinnati is the most drunken CITY on
his cnntinen', from oil accounts Men, wn-
men md children share in the debauchment
The Gazetfe estimates thnt the equivalent of
me hundred thousand men are idle from one
10 three days per week on account of Sunday
lrunkennesA.
AT n plowiug match at Inverness,
scn'iand. the 0:her daV. q prize wns offered
!" the plnwmnn who had been n total nbstainer
from Intoxicating liquors for tho longeet pe-
rl"d. Tho pl"wmen were quite frank and
,he prize was awarded to one who hnd not
drunk since dinner, two hnurs before
nd vet Scotland is spoken Of as pious
country.
The Rev. Dr.. Talmnge occupied his
Tabernacle Sunday morning G,r
he first time since his recent vieit to the
s"uth lie said TINT his trip was a pleasant
que aud that the kindness shown him by the
Southern pe 're would never DO furgotten by
im. lie .p"ke of The blooming trees and
bright l'Wers. mnnv specimens Of which b,
intended bringing Norh. but on his way the
plants ~iIhe ed duy by day. aud us they died
ne ~as obliged to discard them. But" he
said. the fragrance Of the hospi,y.lity Of
he Snothern pepple will never die in nv
heurt."