Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-01-19
Letter from Georgia.

NEW ERA, GA. January II. 1S93.
DEAR COURIER: The weather is right
cool" One of the most protracted spells
of cold weather known to this section is
now upon us. Indeed it is a Northern
latitude in Southern Cline" The reads
have been frozen for weeks. The fleecy
snowflakes have patted against the win
dow panes ever and anon; the mountains
loom up minus the dusky splendor, like
cresty pile of thunder heads the
air is piercing; the icicles are pointed.
and busting Tugaloo river is frozen over.
The windy zephyrs seem to sing a
requiem of blizzard dirges, blighting, bit
ing and blasting to all animated nature.
The mercury has hovered around zero,
having been down to on Monday morn
ing.
This weather is fine on the soil. AMI
other things being equal omens
good crop year, especially for
wheat. We could often raise good
crop of wheat if it was not fer the rust.
1t is no trouble to prevent all the fail
ures of wheat raising in this country,
except rust That can only be cured or
prevented by dry, snowy, icy, freezing
weather. SO if we could only manage
to SOW on these cold years wheat would
be a remunerative crop. Hence this
locates wheat to be a Northern grain.
Orr Tribble is dead. He had just been
elected a County Commissioner and no
doubt contracted cold during the cam
paign that ended in Ia grippe, fever and
congestion of the bowels, and death. He
was good farmer, great worker IN
church or other work and will be greatly
missed. Tie best of physicians of Lavo-
MIA, viz: Jones, Bonner and Lester, and
McJunkin, of Toccoa, were called, but
the monster death proved too much for
their skill. 1t is lamentable that so
many OF our ablest physicians fail in such
cases, and we can see but one cause, and
that is the lack of correct thesis or theory.
Fair Play in luck. The patrons of
Fair Play High School have secured tire
services of Mr.. Joe Grant as principal
and his estimabie sister as assistant, from
Clarksville. Ga. Mr.. Grant is young
lawyer, and from his address will no
doubt prove adequate to the task of
teaching the young idea how to shoot" +"
The teachers vocation is very import
ant one; tits of vital Importance. Preach
ing and teaching are very close akin.
Two words are very essential-responsi-
bility and obligation-the former on the
teachers part, the latter on the Students.
Oh, teachers, remember your response
bility! and, students, remember your
obligation, and your vocation Is sue
cess right now. Training is nearly every
thing. Train up child in the way he
shall go and when he gets old he will not
depart therefrom, SO says Solomon. Some
one asked Emerson, the naturalist, when
was the proper time to commence train
ing the young? His reply was: Five
hundred years before BIRTH a hint to
the wise is sufficient.
Gov. Tillman is in favor of schools of
technology. This principle ought to
hide multitude of faults and cover the
gubernatcrial chair with halo Of ever
lasting honor.
The dispensary may make an improve
ment on prohibition, bnt pharmacy or
medical lore is the rock on which the
ship of temperance has been wrecked
ever since Timothy was advised to take
a little wine for his stomach's sake.
Stimulants simply destroy vitality instead
of giving it. 1t is unfriendly to the
human organism, and every dose is only
spasmodic and leaves the system in a
demoralized state. B.F.K.