Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-04-05
WALHALLA, s. &. :
THURSDAY, April ,, 1900.
Our Washington Letter.

WASHINGTON, ID. O., March 81, l00O.--
Editors Courier: When every thing else
has been thrasled over for news this
swarm Of sour-faccd haunts who rrcdomi.
nate and manipulate all the corn1orcs
and galleries about the Senate chamber.
can and will resort to most any thing to
chatter about, as tho enclosed will show
and claim IL il done at the request of
somc literary club up in Michigan. Wcl,
it won't lose any hair on our Uncle Bcn'S
Uranium or cause him to lose any slccp
by calling him the homclcst baby in the
bunch, which is not true, and if it was,
there is Lincoln and many of our great
men of tho past whose pictures one
would not mistake from some Greek god.
and as has often been remarked in the
past, this conglomcration of fuss, fcath-
ers and cheap cologne does more to clog
tho wheels of making than any one
thing else, and nc refined and educated
stranger has been heard to make very
uncomplimcntary remarks on leaving the
building, no doubt taking this rabbc to
bc fair sample of Washington'S upper
crust top dressing, stulling or whatever
yod wish to call it, as it has many names
Still there is war and rumors Of war in
our land, but let us hope il is only rumor
1t is with pleasure that announce our
little friend, Dresden Smith, is now a
full fcathcrcd member of the National
Typographical Union. This guarantees
tho printer protection and better pay
generally, and let us wish him ail the
success possible and pray that he may
steer clear of the first organization which
camo so near cnguling him, known over
in Swamp Poodle rs the Federation and
Dread Of Our Mothcr-ro-B Be, and conSoli-
dation and combine of hearts and hands.
Such attacks as this are dangerous and
only find relief in tho divorce mills out
III Dakota. Protection is a good thug.
and nearly all the industries lind here
10 DO protected. 1t came out not long
since that even the coois down in blood
field, South Washington, have what is
known as tho "Afro American Young
Mems Chicken Endcavor" The police
have used every cndcavor to suppress il.
but to no avail so far
fresh as usual. 1t seems he is to be a
Brigadicr General in the regular army.
to DC put in command of the Department
OF the Lakes. The same can be said of
Gen. Lee, who will command the Dcpart
ment OF the Missouri or Columbia, boil:
of which are without commanders nj
present.
The conspiracy TO kill Gocbcl in Ken.
tucky is slowly unravclng. Sergeant
Golden, tho turncoat, now claims Dick
Jones, cOlorcd, did the shooting. and
this set of Molly McGuircS will now
hang half the negroes in the State to .sci
ont and then claim the one hundred
thousand dollars rev ri.
The market gardeners association of
New York was given the contract to fur
niSh over fifteen million packs of Garden
and Hover seeds for the year 1901. and
get but little over SOS, 600 for them.
regret very much to- diSappont those
who had written me to send them diner.
ent kinds OF seeds. did the bcy,
could, but failed to get them. suppose
the supply was out and the few did get
seemed to have been left over from
Noah's Ark, and | was ashamed TO send
them.
Iho boys arc all we'll.
am, with best wishes, Iur