Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-04-13

plains Of Texas were once the happy
grazing grounds of the thousands Of
buffalo, elk, deer and the graceful
antelope, and also the feeding
grounds OF old Brer Wolf and old
Br'er Jack Rabbit. But along in the
70's the modern breech loader, the
| magazine and needle rifles were in
evidence and the American, the Red
Man and the Englishman soon
slaughtered and virtually eXterminat-
ed these noble God-given animals.
1t IS but natural that the old-ume
cowboy is passing away. Civiliza-
ton, with the great modern inven-
tions and improvements in agricul-
tural implements, has about destroy
ed the old Montana trail so long used
by the great herds Of cattle and the
thousands OF buffalo ranging down
In New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma
But, Mr.. Editor, you see the cowboy
dance caller is not the only one who
enjoys the old-time dance. Only a
few days ago President Taft and IN
Gle Joe Cannon, Speaker of the House,
made the old White House dance hall
ring. ! suppose they cut the high
tariff, stand pat, double shuttle, hee,
and toe, all round. l hope they had
a good time. | should think their
! dancing days we're over, but not so.
| have been reading the Life and
Letters OF Hon. John G. Calhoun, the
greatest statesman, except Thomas
| Jefferson, that America has ever
his wife and family at historic Fort
Hill Mr.. Calhoun says to his wife, IL
| am delighted that you are sending
! the boys and girls to the dancing
proper to send them; it will give
| them grace of carriage and ease Of
manner. Send them on to the dane
ing school" These great, illustrious
statesmen loved the dance hall scenes
of the glorious past.
Now. Mr.. Editor, let me make a
|
GUS dance, in reply to my cowboy
friend in Quanah, as to how and
when we so much enjoyed such fam
| GUS old scenes. in the last OF the
| late COS and in the early 7O's we as
| sembled at the old Lawrence Mill,
| which stood on the banks of the
beautiful keowee river, and from this
famous old mill it was equi-distance
from all points. Twas the last Of
July when we all met; 1t was good
| old summer time. You are like I'm
Gle Remus' little boy-you want to
know where and who these young
| bellies and beaux we've, and where
they came from. will tell you.
They were the handsome daughters
and sons Of the late Shareholders,
they were the elite and aristocracy
Of Old Pickens District and from An
derson District; they came from
historic Old Pendleton, old Fort Hill,
old Pickens, old Wayside. old Perry
vile, old Richland, old Bounty Land
and the grand old hills of Cane creek.
Perryville was the largest and only
town from Pendleton to Walhalla. We
had four splendid. old-time negro
iddlers, one tambourine, bones, tri-
angle, the famous and only skeleton
horse head | ever saw; have never
seen the like since nor before. This
| famous negro horse-head performer
| scraped the horse teeth with a piece
| of scooped-out hollow steel Of some
kind, which made tremendous
sound. which no living man could
| describe. No cowboy, no Red man,
had it at this famous old Lawrence
| no white man could tell it like we
Mill dance. The ladies wore, in the
| long-ago. hoop skirts. long ear
bobs, long gold chains. which they
wore around their handsome, swan
| like necks; high heel cloth CATERS
were much in evidence; young men
| wore high-heel boots, had speckled-
| backed watches. and the first paper
! collars were then the rage. We had
been dancing for some time when
| dinner was announced. The young
ladies we're there with the goods. and
no mistake. Dinner over, the dance
/ callers called out partners for the
last grand quadrille." The fddlers
and all let in; they played "O!d Miss
Sallic Gooden.' "Old Miss Black-eyed
Susan "Old Miss Nancy Rowland"
"Old Miss Mollie. Put the Kettle On"
and "Old Miss Jennie, Blow the Fire
| Strong Mike Dickson was at one