Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-05-27
9 The Queen Of Bounty Land"

The Queen OF Bounty Land"
Hall, Exile from this Bounteous
Land,
Whose borders TEEN with ships we'll
manned
Attack of foemen to Withstand
And vanquish all intriguers!
Now from the royal throne" we saw
Some trying hard to pick flaw
Rebellionl Yes, a great hurrah,
In the village of the Omegas.
The sachem Of this mighty tribe,
(Whose name just here we'll not
ascribe)
Made-ah, funny to describe
A bomb composed Of powder;
SO proud was this sagacious swell
or this his first linguistic shell,
His name he carved thereon to tell
The nations, sound the louder.
He hurled 1t at our sovereign's head;
His peerless name he burned instead,
For this great ball was minus lead,
And only shocked her dignity.
With .Saturnalian noise and shout
The whole Omega tribe rushed out,
So sure that they had put to rout
"The queen" with their malignity.
Tho to such sarcastic wit unused,
With calm sangfroid she sat and
mused.
Nor was she in the least confused
Till-Bum! bum! bum. What?
Thunder?
No; twas the gun Of Grun. She
yearned
To know which way the muzzle turn
cd.
For seldom vain hath powder burned
In this veteran rotunda.
Like the Midianitish host Of old,
Who fought each man his fellow
bold,
Thus giving victory as foretold
Unto the Hebrew Unity,
The Richlandites, of pround renown,
Now gladly lay their armor down.,
Subdued by one Of their own "town, :"
(Recently "COMMUNITY.")
The battles DER, the victory ours;
We now would help them "hunt"
their "fiowers;"
We'd search through crannies, din
giles, bowers
Alas! for Richards laurels.
Some budded forth and quick Re-
treated,
Some roots iii Bounty,s soil deep
seated,
All! devastated land, defeated,
There's naught e'er gained by
quarrels.
We'd bid her rise now, dry her tears;
A presage glance through future
81 years &s
Lo, Hon. II. r. H. appears,
In great preponderation.
A full-f1edged lawyer now Is he
Perhaps has won the last degree,
Or Judge o,erscourts of common plea,
Who wins our admiration.
And by his eloquence sublime
He charms the folk of every cline;
Much changed is he by flight of time,
And knowledge learned of Expsr.-
Has changed from rustic swain to
sage,
Has passed through each successive
stage tA
From beardless youth to ripened age,
And learned more of expedience;
OF kings and queens learned not to
prate
When pleading cases for the State,
Ias learned himself to under-rate,
Instead of vice versa.
/ w hSh lhio Sldu ycdi oltdll IOll dIOuHu
Old Richlond then may be town"
| And famed for lawyers Of renown,
| Tho we've seen no late precursor.
Now light from darkness shines more
| bright,
Nor could nor would we dim that
| light, Is
But bid this brilliant satellite
Shine forth--we bear no malice.
Oh may Its bright effulgent rays
illuminate, but never daze,
Queen Bounty Lands expectant gaze,
| Like Aurora Borealis.
We appreciated your refrain"
Now, hoping to hear from you again,
Friend Exile" we remain,
Respectfully yours, E. M. %.
p. S. Richland and Bounty Land
remind us Of two sisters who had
their pictures taken. One, relating
the fact to lady of our acquaint-
ance, said: "Me and sister both had
our picters struck this morning and
marry one Of us never felt it." SO
now we've had our pictures struck
and neither Of us feels any after
effects.