Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-12-12
Highlandcr's South.

We puoliSn OH inc nrSI piSc o
this issue three communications t,
the Richmond (Va) Di~. @tch
which purport to give n description
of Oconce County, our country, Gus.
toms, and pcculiaritics. We would
request our every reader to pcruSo
carefully this mongrcl production OF
"Crccd's' dcpravcd imagination
since its careful reading will be the
best rcfutation OF the many vile and
wilful ISLANDERS therein contained
Never was the old saw, "a little
learning is dangerous thing NOR,
strikingly illustrated than in this in.
stance, and in the sickcning attempt
to appear learned, witty and wise, h,
has drawn from iirs; to last on the
hallucinations of diseased imagina.
ton for the main facts of his wild
and wcired panorama.
We will instance only lcw par
ticulars. And first, the idea OF game
being SO plentiful in these parts tha,
one could get "hiS mct from III.
acoo7s." Indeed, this will hc welcome
news to all Oconccitcs Of "sportivc
proclivitics," but then the stern facts
stare them in the face tha, FRAY,
Blanche and Sweetheart would soon
be trophies OF the chase dead dogs
had even Mcr meat to come from
the woods, much less their masters
0, how the "'yrical mountainccr"
grccned this 'fcStivc \'irgnian :"
Again, what about "thrm pump
kins being cut into slices and hung
across rdgc-rolc or up again>, the
side of the house alongside the wihI-
cut art corn Skins .'' Wen, we re-
joice 10 know that The fertile valleys
of these glorious old mountains do
grow the pumpkin in all OF lis golden
beauty and perfection, but truth
N'ti I''liN 'lN w tlIl'Ili'It lIlt lItl
that this rich lcicacy cannu, now
be favored with the soup OF The
odorifrrous wildcat and coon skins,
for these animals have long since
"vamOoScl," never more with their
skins to alorn our mountain homes
--no--bcg parlon--wc should have
said "rail pens" But why use ridge
poles for our pumpkins, if we live in
"roH pens ;" What more easy than
to hang the pumpkins on the rails
And Just here is his vilcSt SANDER on
the "lliwhlanlcrS oi Ocunoc.' lis
true there are not many country
palaces with carved doors, but the
rural homes OF Oroncr are in the
main substantial and comfortable, rs
much SO, we dare say, rs in any
county oi the ''OlI Dominion" out
side OF her large cities and towns.
We defy "Crcra' to find one .rail
pen covered with stavrS;' and rvcn,
if some such hovcl, in which the in
mates exc ont Il miserable existence
could Dc found in some far off corner.
why seize upon il for n graphic de
scription Of our rural homes There
would he uSt rs mnch fairness in
selecting some low dive in Il dark
alley of the city OF Richmond and
graphically describing il ~ u sample
OF the homes in Virginia. Capitol.
Again he positively anil wiliullv
lies when he says, several couples |
met were married a, the early aces
Of twelve and seventeen wears the
girls twelve and the men seventeen.
This, | ~. told, occurs quite often
and carly marriages arc the rule.
Iudicrous mistakes are often made
ny your correspondent in taking
children, mothers, fathers, grand
mothers and grandialhcr> ior bro
theirs and sisters We no longer
wonder, for any man who has no
more 'horsr ScnSr" than to make
the ''lulicrouS mistake" OF taking
grandparents and grandchildren for
brothers and sisters, is more a subject
for the lunatic asylum than the cri
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