Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, April 23, 1859, Image 4
TOSfiSY. 1
c? "nrrnii .1 "*. 1
If I Could havo my Way.
BY MRS. VALKNT1NK ROllERT#.
if I could have my way,
Whnt custom* 1-would break,
IVliat fashions I'd dmlrov,
And nic? new Ijvwb I'd make ;
Husbands should never t'uino.
And wivo* should hold the away Writ
blessed times they'd be,
If 1 could havo my way.
If I could have my way,
I'll toll you wliut I'd Jo;
I'd have tlio single wed.
Ami all the married true ;
No doubl3 tlion should exist. i
No husbands dura nay " Nay,"
Whfllo'er Ids wifo should ask,
If I could have my way. j
I'd Iihvo a law enforced,
That then no gcntloman, .
Without his wife's consent, j
Should stuv out after ten :
No wife should venture then '
An Angry word to sn.v? ;
For Indies all arejdeasod ]
It' they but have their way,
Old bachelors I'd tux? |
No matter higli or low?
They'd soon g<*( married then, ' ,
Were taxes levied so :
Old maids I'd pension well;
For this with truth 1 say, I '
They would not single dwell, . i
If they could have their way. ! ,
Hitf nli! 'tis vain to wish ! ! 1
So, since it cannot be, j '
A word of good ndviec, , \
Dour gents, pvny tnkc of mo :?
If woman's smiles arc dear,
You've hut kind words to wiyj I
Ne'er tear that she will frown, ; j
So let her have her way.
VARIETY. |j
The Step-Mother. j ]
BY ANSA C0lt\ RITCHIE. I .
Stop-mother! V'nmusieally jars the '
word upon the ear I A sense of something i l
harsh and chilling strikes against the heart i i
at the sound. The vision of a place 11- I
tmrped ?of children thrust from their fa-1
t'.ver's kiree?of old aud pleasant ways put I
aside and all thiuj^s rendered strange and
new in the family home, is conjured up with
its utterance.
hot that not. he thou wh<"' hast boritc a
stop-mothov'etitle iwith. achwondrouMgrace '
that it becomes ennobled in thy person.?
Jivo it melody onuglit from tho music of
thy accordant life ! Stand forth in the purple
light of my thoughts, draped with the
sweet and snored memories which cling
about thy lovely presence, that I may puint <
thee fitly. If the lines be but tnte, the
tintiug faithful, the portrait thine, it shall
wipe away the long reproach from the name
of " ste{>-danic,n and cmb ilm it in the (Vagrant
aroma of gratitudeaud reverence and
most tender "love.
The waves ot" twenty years?or more?
i _ii -i . i *1- < -1
11.i\ i; liiciu-u iu my iocl upon mc shores ot :
time, since, first, with pleading eye# and |
timid mien, thou tookcst the plaoo a paint- ,
ed niothor left unfilled. Her children, not j
ungraciously?it. may ho with forbearing j
kindness?made room for thee beside the
crowded hearth?but could they welcome
even the host of earth to that dear seat
which she of Heaven had sanctified ? .No
voice could call theo " mother," the tender
epithet seemed sacrilege upon her children's
lips. The stranger was respected as their
lamer s enoieR?-Tor his sake valued, not j
behivcd and honored fov her own.
Was not thy gentle spirit sad and ill at
ease, setting among those half-averted faces,
sons and daughters of one whose holy foot- '
prints Jtlrou Uadst come to press out,with !
thy faltering foot ' Tliey asked not?knew
not?the hand of him whose wisdom none
dare question, placed there in th?;r midst '
?the inevitable was accepted as tht endurable.
How mild and nieelc thou wert?h?;*v
doubtful of thyself?bow all unconscious
of thy own surpassing virtues 1 So unassu- \
imng that t-!iou could'st not think tho noblest
act of tliinc was bettor than the common
deeds of others. Kvor blushing at
thyself, the vory wit, that'flashod upon thy j
lips, because the bubbling fonnt within i
could not express its sparkling gu?lv, was j
uttered in a tone that migfit Cfleape the eav.
Thus shcinkingl> in thy new Orbit didst
thou move, thy Hfo with unpretentious
goodness rounded.
Soon?very soon?tho holv
% ,, 0 ^
that ensphered thy soul, was rait within
that homo. One face turned lovingly thy
way?one heart Expanded wide to let thee 1
in'?one little hand was placed eoufvl i r*gl y ,
in thine?one guileless head pillowed itself <
upon thy ftroaSt and sought a mother's lost (
caresses tiieu\ ("idtlhouu'a piitO instinct, <
that has quicker knowledge of the good 1
and true than older and more dull percep- '
tions, found out. maternal throbs in the
" step-mother's heart and proclaimed them
with responsivetenderness. Theyoilngqst (
darling of the house??-shc who has been ^
lifted up to *it upon a mother's doi)th-hed (
?-who hud rceoivcd upon her hi u less,brow
(ho glorifying h;ilo of a. mother's dyirig (
Kinilo, (dh ! prdaions and mysterious benf- .
.sou that haW illumined and onriehcd her |
lifbwltli manifold Wej#dngs**from that hoor .
to this !) 'twas she?^hftC llttfo'Tihihi?who 1
knew and loved thcc fir.it I Quj?kly another
and another face turned towards tlico ,
?anothy and arvothor hf.nrt ftfecloncd to
let thee in?atlother, and another lunul ,
grasped thine with warm and trusting chis|>
and formed a sacred compact never to Uc
broken.
What wr.s the tnlinnmn thiit drew thefle .<
alien heart* until they moved around thine
ojvn, harmonious as tho ?tnri ahout their
ukin? W!ion mr>t'iia>vi? afrstl^linr) gnino Cruil
one of tlint group upon the couch of pain,
thine was the cdDling haniT upon the throbbing
brow?thine the voice that fell in j
soothing cadence on the car?thine the
patient mintotering that brought relief and - ]
pence. W firth sorrow bowed another to the
earth, thou wert the first to atop and lift
the. fallen head upon thy knees, and bind ,
with flklH the bleeding wound.s?arid kindle |
up thy smile of fiope; until it irteltcd and i
# f
.ffifasiaiL. i v jl,. ; ...
rolled back tho mists from off the clouded
Spirit.
0 rare combination of high attributes
tlmt formed the setting of that puisaant
magnet-jewel worn within thy breast! A
forbearing spirit?lenient eye?kindly judgment?<|uiet
dignity?bending humility?
life-pervading swectuoss of Christian char!?..
! nl.. I..1 ?
unfailing magic !
Ere long thcro camo an Ik ur to te?t the
strength o'f thy dear witchery, to break the
spoil or make it stronger. A baby daughter
came to lift her wailing voice and plead
for infant suffrages?to stretch her feeble
iiruis, demanding her full share of the kind
father's love?to look up wondering into
ill those faces gathered round her cradlebed,
and claim them as brothers and sisters.
I'hcn was the newly-made mother's triumph
perfected?then was the band, her gentie
iiands had woven, tried and cemented. The
'iny being that was rockcd by throbs of
mch tumultuous gladness, as it lay upon
licr breast, was welcomed as no half sister
in her step-children's love, but taken wholly
gladly to their unsealed hearts.
And when another and othor cherub ;
cjirl was sent to swell the band of sisters.
?ach little hand soon forged a new. and !
dlillillir lint' ill t.liuf Innn .....1 I
P <...u
nado it d enrov as it ma do its circle wider.
And lips thatoould not frame the hallowed
vord, when thou didst cross that thresh)ld,
called thee u mother " now and felt It'
Van no wrong to her in h&tven !
[A: y. Lc<brr. '
doobs to tiik ears and iieaiu.?a.!
udicious writer, wise, some will say in the j
world's ways, has said, how profoundly 1 ,
cave you to judge, that,, to employ his
jwn language, " there aro two doors Inside j
lis ears, a right-hand door leading to the j
iieort, aud a left-hand >Joor, with tl broad I
ind steep passage out into the open air. j
This last door rooeiv.es all ugliness, pro-1
fanity, vulgarity, misehicf-uiakitig, which i
ciwl.ivtt.k. n ?- ? ' -j- ? - " 1
?j?jt uuu iiiuumt'ivv;tt f)iiwsiu? ui nun.
lie then coutinuoK : " Judicious toaoh'crs
and indttlgcint parents, save young urchins
a. world of trouble by a couvonient deafness.
1 Jankers and brokers often are extremely
hard of hearing, when unsafe borrowers
arc iitiportunate. I never hear a
man who run ft after me in *ln> Ktmot hnwl. I
ing mv natno at tho top of his voice; nor
them that "talk evil of those who nrc nro
sent; nor those who give me unasked advic.o
a lion t my affairs; nor those who talk
largely about things of which tlmy 'tre ig- i
Dorant. If there are sounds of kinduoss, i
of mirth, of love, open fly my ears ! But
temper, or harshness, or hatred, or vulgarity,
or flattery, .shut them. If you keep
yevr garden gate shut, your flowers and
fruit, will be sate. If you keep your door I
closed, no thief will run off with your silver;
and if you keep your ears shut, your
heart will lose neither ',ts flowers nor its
treasures.'*
Is there uota vast, deal of philosophy, in
of all thiri? It teaches that the heart and
the car should over be open to tho reception
of the good md the true, and closed
hermetically to nil that is impure and fordid.
Oould we all follow his advice, how !
very soon Would this world of men he trans- I
formed iuto a hefivcu lit for the residence
of
Tus Loss or Eaki.y Pukityof ChaHacteB?Over
the beauty of the plum and the apricot,
there grows u bloOtn and beauty more ex.
rjuisite than tiic fruit itself ?a soft deJieate
plush that overspreads it? hluidimg oh^ek.?
Now if you fltriko your hand over that, and
it is oneo gone, it. is gono forever, fc.v it novor
grows but o::. ?. Tako the flower that bangs
in tho morning impoarlcd in dew?arrayed
us no queenly Woman evor wan arrayed with
jewels. Once shake it so that the beads will
roll off", and you may sprinkle wator over It
as carefully as you please, yet it can never
be made again what it was when tho dew
fell silently upon it from heaven 1 On a fr<>s
ty morping you n.iy Sec the panes of glass
Covored V>ith lan''.s jape, mountains, lukes,
trees, blending in beauty, fantastic picture.
Now lay your band upon tin? glass, and by,
the scratch of*your finger, or by tlio warmth
of the -your pa\m), all tin? dcliealfl-tracc'ry will
be obliterated !\ Si> thorn SaSn vn.nl, ..i.......
?> "T vanity
and purify t?f character, which when once
touched hii^I tlcHlcil, can never be restored :
a fringe more delicate than frost-work, and
which whon torn or broken, will never bo reeinbroideml.
A man who has spotted and
spoiled his garments in youth, though he may
seek to make them white again# can never
wholly do it, even were ho k> wasli them with
his tears. When a young man leaves his father's
house, with the blessings of his m<">thir'sr
tears still.wet upon Jiis forehead, if he
>nce loses that early purity of cbataefcr, it is
v loss that he can never make whole again,
such is the consocjucjuarofcriine. Its effects.
*,annot he eradicated: it can only be forgiv;n.
It is a stain of *>!ccd that wo can i.vvcr
nake white, and which ean bo washed away
>nly in the blood of Christ that " olcahsctli
Vom all sin '. '
Know-Xotuimusm.?The editor of a
is,,*.....:.. ..... i.i.-'.v ti . e n * '
jiuuigia ji.ijjui yvvii lULiHU 111U IOIlOWlUg OMU,'ersatibu
on the re-opening of the tdavc
rnde:
" Clem *l'so tclf yofn,. if th>y gwine to
feasors to fetch d<Jm 'po.rteu niggers
jher .lis Way, which T hear day be, dare'll
t*o a J'un in dc family, sure. Spec dey
want us to 'nociate wid dem niggora on
quality* Neber dp it, sore,"
'.'8am dun yo\i raly think dy'll fotoh
clem niggers here
" For sartin, Clem?T henrd ninssa yay
ilare frag five thousand 'ported Souf, tn
Uarpiiua, and half of doiu now ready in
dis Stirte . I tell you, Clem, if one of deru
forin, nnt' lizpd niggertj cyde'ljltev to'soeinte
wid thirf ohijc, ho is )io\n de wrong
patch PToniethlo, will hit him liko a^male
kicked him for-Martin and it won't bo dat !
A flAftttOfiOUH Dorbot*, bemfe e ailed to
ihaVo Aronolaos. a.skcd birrf.' /f,!L>xv jil&tli I
[ shave you?" " in siloii^W/' W;m the icp'y
__ ^
"Spkakino of shaving." uai<l ;t pretty riv)
0 an obrinrnter ohl bnuhelor, "f mhouM think
ihnt a pair of handsome eyes would be t}>c>
jewt r^irrer to ?b?u'e by" " Ye? many a poor
el low )?ns bocn shnvct) by IMh," lie-replied.
* ^
'4HL 'I.,' ~ -
Never Tell a Lis
OlnMren, ami old pursbns aswoll, o\i?h
always to speak .tho tfuth from u love of
doing right, aud a loathing of vrrvufy-?
Hut it sometimes strenghtens upright aims
tokuow that houesty is also tho best policy,
aud that ono who uniformly adheres
to tho truth is cort-ain in tho end to prosper.
The following story froy* tho Nc\V
/'I : I- t - - - ? '
?iji iv \'iiiuuiuiu ima a moral iorour young
readers.
Two country lads enmo at an fcarly hour
to a market town, and after arranging their
little statids, eat down to wait 1 > customers.
Otio was furnished with fruits and
vegetables of the boy's own raising, and tho
other supplied wilb cIuiub and fish. '1'he
market hours passed along, and each little
merchant saw with pleasure his storo steadily
decreasing, and an equivalent in silver
pieces, s'uiuliig in his littlo moucy cup.
The lust melon lay on llarvy's stand, when
a gentleman came by, and. placing his hand
upon it said " What a fine largo melon.
I think I must have it for my dinner.?
What do you ask for it my boy.
"T'ic nekm is the last I have, sir; and
though it look* vory fair, tlioro is ait utw
sound ppot on the other aide," euid the boy
tnruing it over."
" So there is," said the* uiun ; I think 1
I will not take it. But,' lie added, look- j
in'p into tho boys fine open countenance.,
" is it your business like to point out the
defects of your fruits to customers ?"
" It is better thuu being dishonest, sir,"
said the boy, modestly.
"You are right, my little fellow, always
ro.nieniber that principle, and you will find
favor with Hod and 11.11:1 also. You have
nothing else I wish for this morning, but j
1 shall remember your little stand In fu- J
nili'. yvru iuchc eiams tresu 7' ho. continued
turning to Ben Wilson's stand.
" Yes, sir ; fresh this morniug. 1 caught
tlioin myself," was the reply; and a purchase
being made, the gentlemen went on
his way.
"Harry, what a fool you was to show
the gentleman that spot in the melon.?
Now you can take it home for your pains
or throw it away.
II ow much wiser is he about those clams !
T caught yesterday. F<Md them at the
same prioo J did tho.fresh onus. He!
would bnve nover lookoJ at the melon j
until bo had gone away."
<i l}.,~ I 1.1 ?? *-I' - i?
x mmiu uuii icu a ne, oracr one i
either, for twice vrhat I have earned tins j
morniug.. Besides, I shall be better oil'in i
the end, for I have gained a customer and
you have lost one."
And so it proved, for the next day the '
gentleman bought nearly all his fruit and i
vegetables of Harry, but never invested I
another penny at the Htand of his neighbor.
Thus the season passed; the gentleman
iinding lie could get a good ;g ticle
from Harry, continuiUy patronized hi til,
and youictinres talked a fpw mi mites with
11i 111 nhmit liic Ka?a? 4
mill? iui>Ulti HUJICi? it LI 11 jllWJIUUlS. '
To become a racrcliaut was hia.great uttibition.
And when the winter cftme on, the |
gentleman, wanting a trusty boy for bis J
store, decided on giving the place to Unr- !
ry. Steadily and surely ho advanced in j
tlio confidence of his employer, until, having
passod through various gradations of!
clerkship, he beeftrtio at length one of the
honored partners in the firm.
Human- 1.iff,.-?-Swiftly glide our years
?they follow each other like the waves of
ocean. Mertiory culls ap the persons we i
onoo knew, tlie adcncy in which wc once |
were actors ; they appear before the mind
like tho phantoms of a night vision. Hebold
the boy rejoicing in the gaycty of his
soul?-the wii^eis of finjQ cannot roll too
rapidly for lii in-the light of hope dances in |
his eye?the smihof expectation plays up-1
on nix up?ne loous turwarU to loug years
' f joy to coiuc?his spirit buru# within hiui
when ho hears of groat moa and mighty
deeds?ho wants to l? a man?lie. longs to
mount the hill of ambition, to tread the
path of honor, to hear the shout of applause.
Look at him again?he is now in the meridian
of life?earo has stamped tfvipklw
upon his brow*?disappointment has dimmed
the lustre of his eye?borrow has
thrown its gloom upon his Countonalice-~>lfe
looks bnek up:.n the iVAkhig/dreams of his
vonth, and" sighs for their futility: each
revolving year scorns to diminish something
rrom his Iiltltf stock of happine*.*, and he I
discovers, that the &c&eon of youth?when
(hi! pulse of anticipation beats high?in the |
ouly season of enjoyment. Who in he of j
aged locks? I lis form is bent, and totters
?his fo0tntcp? movo lnofo vapidly towftrdrf
the tomb?he lockfl back upon flic past-?'
his days appear to have been fow, and he
e&aCcs^es that* they were evil : the magnificence
of tho grout to him Vanity?$10
hilarity of youth, folly : ho conuidors how
woon the gloom of doath must overshadow
the one, and disappointment end the other:
the world pi events littje to attraot, and nothing
to dolight him < still, however, he
would linger in it;<*.Atill he would lengthen
out bis days j though of beauty's bloom,"
of " fancy'a Hafch, of " music's breath/'
he is forced to cxtlaim, " I have no pleagure
in them." A few years of hifirmity,
insanity, and pain, must consign him to
nr llift ?put"> 4 ?!.! 11 - - -
? ~- j ?>tv giHTv jv;u %j?ia wiio ono gny,
tho- gcrmrdua, tho high nouled hoy, who
beheld his Moetfdhift poth rtf life atVewed
with ttowars .without, h thorn. Such is
bunmn lift*; but such cannot be the ultimate
destiriifs of inan'
A Man' <ViTi|<n."r MoVkv.?A eentihrrmn,
Home fr'ixty milcf Mjlntf NVVf Or'lfnrift, \\'na nc<
f.'ostod by ? Htt-nh^pr, "Sir. have you nny
money about you'?"' " Yos,'* vrkd tho reply,
"I always nnvko it ^ point tp curry Home money
with mo, jnovft uv fon/i." " Woll," rojitinodXhe
strAn^or. "I wish to gn iiorosn tho
river; tuo larc is ten cunts. Would, y<??
i>lf?Koto acco>nw'udat<wno with tliatguui?""
'I'lic ?oi?U?roan, u look of \\olUaff'aotwl
4oi'|n*fm?, oxchnmcd, " Ffcr, do yoif
irtfin to way that voa lift V^n't ton ncOU?"??
"Yen, fir?I hovon'fc A cent," rnjoined tKo
stranger. " Well,?' r^ripwftded the tfontlci}inu,
"if you liavfcn't a Oflnt, it'll niak9 Tory
lntlc ?Iitl* r< 111:* on 'whloh sulo of the river
ypti arc," nnd cooly loft the strHngcr to Inn
own rtlk' lion, ^ |
? Sf ' ? ' ? 9 *
bAk k"
Theory and Practice,
| Oh, if there is fin earthly bii*a,
Move prccl6tisthun another,' i j
It !b when, with delight, you
when she sends ? flertiun lildffMua! oYit of
tho room, on tho important, eri uul of scoing
what hour Is indicated by the hand of j
tho family tiino-pleei) down ftftiii*? j
Certain individual behig lior brotho*.
? ? 'J? '
WJulo lnuRing lliiis, oi?o Supitpcr cvuj .<
Art l>y my lair ono's ?jklo I *(it< , :
T!io time at us u?(kr at haud to Joave, 80, pleating
Itiy nnu around .her .waist, I drew lier ne? ly.to
me, and, when in thoncVof implying '
my lijirt to hers,- .'he door waHioCtly ppQiio'f,
nnd hor rcspoctoil " Ma.'' appealed, aftned
with a broomtHick, ai!d, hefutu know where
1 was,
I was knocked into n jocKed hat.
Not a Drop More 'Thout It's Sweetened
Wo meet this t:ilo on its rounds. Wo i
arc not so sure we hate not sGen. it 'before. I
Dili it will bear-repetition, it in sd old.
Tweldy years ago, it was the euvtoni in
north-western Georgia, ns indeed it was I
throughout the soiMi-weiSt, for dry poods '
dealer^ to keep a barrel of "speriu'-'. in the j
haok room, ?nd to tre:it liberal customers'
to a erial whenever desired.
Killeus and Powbtlrry xvtife eJCfcV dfcAlcrtJ ]
in one of t!u* small towns indicated; and
tlu;y had for a customer a ohivvr, i'roHieking'old
fellow, named Joe Denny, who
drank whiskey in jnclevouco to watcV always.
and wlinse witW tv.-iu " flntli <?f
flush in Unit particular. The old cQitpbv
would come iu town, trade quite freely,
and :\a freely nnbibo tho spirits in the back
rtiom of the dealers wo have inuned.
On one occasion both tlie old nlan ..nd
old woman continued tlieir potations inordinately
; and as Miens observed that his
goodn Went better tho drunker the. old woman
became, he pressed her to drink.
At fast MiO refused, unless, he Wonld j
sweeten it with a little store ".sugar;"? |
Pillens indulged ho^and when tbeold people I
started 1tome in theevcninjjc lato,theoldinan '
fconld'searccl v njoulithis hor*0, and tho fiend J
wuenau actually to ucilltectuucl placed onthe I
pijlion Bcl)in<3 hiin. ITnppHy, she leaped
one way and hor huabiuul tho othcrj so '
that the gravitating point was between
them; as she oltfnpf to him inAtinctively, i
they passed out of tlie Viljape safely.'
jfteforo reftchiu^ tljeir houie, liow'over j
they had to cross a small eveok, and when
the.ii horso stepjrud ill to drink, tho old
lady, hnving reached nrteonseionsnesa, re-1
leased her hold and (juicily'lapsed into the
stream below.
Oeeupied with his thoughts the old j
man did not perceive bis loss, but jnjrcvd
slowly homeward. Arrived thero, the
children anxiously inquired, for " ninnjmy," ]
but the old man could only say thivt she I
had been on tho "critter," and "the crit- i
l<m- Haun t KioKea up nary tuifo; fo Ih> I
coula'nt say where ?he mont be;" imcl
threw himself stupid upon the bed.
(Iiris and boys flew along tho road fcUc j
old inan '<> d come,yelling mammy] niatu-tj
my! but of course no nianuny responded.
When they. Arrived at the crock, the
oldest girl shouted:
" Yonder sho is, sitting down in tho creek 1"
And there alio was seated aomfortuhla in
tho water, which catt>ft nearly up to her
mouth. As who s>vnye?t back and forth, now
yielding Ao the impetuosity. of th?. stream,
and now residing it with sitae, streets, tho
mnddy fluid wn\;iii occasionally wet her lip?,
and each time it did so she Would faintly exclaim.
with a grim effort to smile:
'* iNot a drop inorc, ^ir. Jfdlona, 'tholjfc it'?
sweetened."
>\yd it in,t<> this romantic litlln incident in
thohfe of the venerable Mrs, Jtfe, Denny, that
we m e indebted for one of our most populai*
collotpiai phrases.
A PftRTtv Conceit.?We saw in tho par
lor of a fliondft very beautjful concoit. It
is. of course. tho fancy of a lad}', and consists
of the burr of a pino trecs. phvocd in a wjno
glass half full of wator, and from between
tho diiforont lavora of the burr are shootingcn,.h
i-. v-*. -i.. 1 .!< i p-- ?
i?/mm uri?iit, ui'ituiuui, ri'iru.sning.
For a little tiling, we havo sqcn nothing
that so pleased us with its benuty anjl
novelty. And the fleurcfc i? thl^tttio burr
w?' fount! dried and qpeped: the 'different
circles were sprinkled with glass. sec*!, and
it was placed in a \yine ^las-i with Wfttclr In
ns above, In ft few days the ftloistbro' and
nourishment ^uvo tlp? had lity and health,
the different circle* c'osod, and buried.within
the;nsclves the gri>H* seed, and a few days
mure gavp to the seed td*<> life, sprout, and
growth, and no,w a py.ri'vmi l of iiufhg gf'abn,
beautifully rePicvud by tho sombre hue of tho
burr, la the renylt?as pretty and i)6v?l a
parlour ornanieut as wo have for'ft" Irthg,
while so?j?. We (16 n6t know whoth'er the
ideawfts crlfNual with the lady, .hut jye do
know tliftt iU BUC0U88 is buftritiful.? Troj)
Times, it\XX ' *'!
" Mv srtn/' said a doting father* who {was
ixbont tnkinjr hia sort intu businosn, frhftt
shftll'bt" the style of the now ftrfjt?". " Well,
governor," s&id th6 twenty youth,
{Ook1ngMf> to findtm ?n*wor, "Id n't know.
1ii?ti<(ipp.?3i(> wecall it Jrthn fl. Sam]>1 in &
NFXttfdFf6'' v"*? 11 Xr ^ 'J ?*: * I
Mis& Lonp, ijinck ftiid fenYloBH
wit. (isked Mosen it ho know ft ccrt*iiu yuttnj;
man. "Know him? Oh. yen! I ought fo
know lint. I raided him from a pup." "Ah!"
8niu, M'iPH Taopjj;, "X didn't Jtnow you were
sy old ft our." Moses vjUod,
Oi,u iii.i/.ZAHn.-t-Kv^rybody nbnut Montgomery
knows "Old riliz/ard'." of l'ikft county.
fie is h'on'6 p( your one <>x or one bat;
men ; Oldlllifcaard la *;tifT ir> tlio world, lfr?
work* hin fifteen filing find nmko* hia rcvoii |
bftj^s to tfi6.1mnd. llo ftll by 1i;b own '
exertions, tqo.
AVbep tb? >'aili*oA<Ji (t1?o Mujjilp & (?irrird
Uvtldl wfiH first (tdk&l of hi hit} I'jHtlt'iuciit,
Old UlLzurd was 'lyjjfi yp fur it. TIjc lirieof
tlio -road would conic liotd'liig pUntn|jion, nnd }
dinponned at ill) tlio w(?r and ttyir.oi' l?i? wng- i
ou? tUf?>*gh tiie uriiirlos to Montgomery.? ;
Ono day an a^ent of tlie U. ii. 0f). culled up- J
All Him ti\dlr.friwn^ o.,?l a- I
M.iiov* ??.? ? iiimm rtuu
tlinsiasticnlly about thptprpenecUof tfio Mini I
to liiuo/ A? the akfcnl was about lravk?tfv lie
?lrew.lri<rHul?0VipJ>on book* *ntl ?i?i'<rl, "Well,
Mr. Bliazarii. whiit amount shall 'I putdowfi
h(? your mifcsefi prion t?rnnr ^rdat.ontorpfiHO?"
" NVul," f-oiil (rl.l H., ' I'vf jisl #>t thirteen
hirtiftrefr rhilT/ntfw l*n<t'fco<nl rail*, xplit out.
:;?nl l>y rho timo yon lolks'll wniit ' mi, I'll
abotrt n? ftiittw unite. Yon may put mo
flrit^n fu'r thr?<! tnounnnfl rnil?, finvhow."?
'"Wo <!o not wrtn't tho r:iH? Mr l^i;?-.1 "
xftifl the fluent, Hinilink ' w'o'winh 6ur friends
to purchase, or Hitherto help ijafutninh iron
railM. Wliftt.amount of mouav will yuu giro
u<j to help us get'iron rails ?
' .
* * %
" iron rail . b< durnod! ycr goiu to
inter stcb ummto/ai I?ko fl*irriva'a?*ncio* an
tjipt, I Hh^T)*'t gin ybr n dollar, lronruils!
Well l*?v smo. who cvcr'heard of the like!"
j And so Old l}liv.znl'd loft Vfio R. H. Agent In
i disguht, mumbling t/> hiirtwlf tw bo went
i HWuy, 'Mryu mi la bo dumcd 1 "~+Mont{jom&y
cite ? - ij :f
A iiu k Woman.--A curious story of
conjugal alVoeitou is told by an .Illinois pn|)M
: ?&' Five .years ago a oavpontcr moved
from Hueyru's, Ohio, to Missouri, where
ho sold n pair of horses to, a stock buyer,
receiving (ill his pay in bills on i\ Kentucky
| byfik. WIimu J?q attepipcd to paps theiu
tlujy were found to be counterfoil, ,r.nd tbo
! carpenter w.is nrrestcq) the horse-dealer
[ swore !jc paid him in Indiana bill, ond the
mnn Was scutciK&d to ihc Penitentiary.?
Mi* wiW failing tVoblnin a')>nrdon, followi
ed the. hodse-dealer for tworind a half years,
j seeking evidence that he> Mot her husband,
j w(is the counterfeiter. At length h.or. efforts
were rewarded. At Newton, irtacehtly
he W?d taken sick. The wife told her fctory
to the physician, who dosed' his patient
...'..i ?? ...iji-!- - v. i .
.>v...,,<m>i niuii lum Him iic was nunut to
<Jic. The sick man was frightened, eont
for a miiiif?t<*r, *nd eoiifewed that he was
cdnneotod wifli n ginipr of counterfeiters,
mid hud paid the bad'hills to the carpenter.
Furnished wi^h proofs gfthls cotifWskm,
the wife returned to Missouri^ aoourcd tho
reloaso of hnr. husbillid, ftntl tlie riouple ore
notf residing in knrvxville,-flliiioiB."
Tiik Hu.vnows ob' J,iVK.-?-On cvory
side of us, hs wc procri'Ms through the
world, there arc ahado\Vs, but wc in:iy
avoid (Jieui, if wo choose, or make only
su.li use pf them as the wean; traveller
makes of the fhiftle tvlierc he reposes from
the t('!o F&oronWg rays of the. sun. Parkueys
has its use* as well as light', universal
nut uvc bet ug tuqiU up of friendly extremes.
The essential condition by which
we rceogtii/.e any object is its contradiction
to gome other object, to much this being the
; case, that we know light by darkness", truth
by falsehood, beauty by homeliness, and
j'jy-by Sorrow. These fa<jl? prove the iuI
finite wisyoiji with whioh (iod has ofdaiut
c'd ftll oxistlng thln:>s, and oven a faint recognition
of ilis over-ruling wisdom fcnn'
riot fail to assure us that tjio sltndows of
I ith. i..w.A M'i ? i
.?iv ...i?i; nivi. uw. j in}'sail as a loop
| avenue botwceu Meas, tlio centre a broad
I strip of ^rlorioub liulit, and on each side
' prloomy masses of dark hops; blit there isl no
j need of losjrig'our'vray, and tve. can nijirch
I up life's oroiid ovyhufe u? proudly (iw tlie
lloinau coliquei-qr iqarohea up to the tcin?'
.Jupiter,-throtigU tho streets of thv
i I'iiornal Ciiy.
1'vf.njno.?There are .two periods iu tlie
life of man, in which th<J evening hour S?* ,peeuliarfy
interestingvonth'and old a#e. Tn
voYuh.,. we,love its mellow moonlight, its m'dj
lions of st^rs. its soothing shade j\nd sweet ;
I serenity. Amid those scenes, we ean eom|
inune with those we love, and tmue the
j wreath of fiicud.-hip. while thore etc none to
bear witness b*it Uiq gorscuus hcou-ens, and
I spirits Unit hold their endipss Sabbath there.
| Wo look nbrosul on oreuliou, spread in tho
[ slumber of a inoonlijrht-socne around ; and.'
I wrapt in contemplation, fancy ,*? seo and
i boar the <vnving wings and molting songs of
o their and puree world*. 'T? accord* with tho
light (low of youthful spirits, thfc forvenoy of
fan'cy, and tho softer1 feolirtgi) of the heart;?
I'/Vening is also delightful to tiftuon* ngCt?
It nflbrds horn's of undisturbed thought. It
seems nn emblem iifthe culm ami trnfiqnil
close of n busy life, *ero?e and mild, with the
impress of its j^rent C^entm* tin stamped upon
it. It'SpreadA lis quiet wings above tho gYhe,
And seems that all Him 11 bo p'^ttco beyond it.
" Wtiv drtn't you h?l?i up your bead, as I
do ?'' askoil an arisfneralie lawyer' of a ster--.|
ling old farmor. " Squire," $aid tire furnior,
[ " luok at that field of grain. You noo that
j tliO vajua'plo heads arj> bowed down, while
1 those tvbo hnvfc nothing in them stand upright."
' ' ' . 4 t
Tnv: English drtfggifit* ncc about adopting
a hyxangulnr bottle,.wrtb dtiop Anting^,
fo put piiiftdps'tn, which aJjQ ?oUI by retail.
This 18 to prevent i>ite?on* .making mistake*,
by mottling hold ?bc y?rong bottle.
A? an nddjtlortnl Heeurity, the neck of the
bottle ia 60 contmetcJ that but a drop at. a
time can bo penved out. The very deliberate
and cautioiuf action tbns produced
will, it is believed, dotor any one from taking
overdoses of ine.dicinc; while it is difficult
to imngtne a case in whiuh a nerirm
could pour out and talvVthe whole cnutonts.
.ot'.opo. of Uirtfo JjyttloH iu iui?Uik<} fur.
thing clso. , \ . . .
""\Vipk," sni/i ft tyranieal husband fcd his
miichftl>lr<t*<( e(>n?ort, 'i wish vmV to make
intra piuroH\r!??jhosrm>f ." " I ?h?mM thij?k."
feplied ?lff, '.'Hint onw b"os >n\ as false tin
fcHiVX 1?, would he sutiL'iflut." Exit husband
in n bf'.wtf study, ' t
\ IttMI'U lJl<* /villi nt' 41? ' 1
wi ??o*r lliv lUI" j
lowing Hingulftr utlHtake wSd made at Dole, |
Frnne<rt TL wo peruana hud died lit |li(5 hospital
of that town, and wqre'to be buried
at the Hayie time The depofltetl wero n
young gkl and a soldier oT tho garrison.?
Both coflins being phieod along side of
each other, they woro wo concluded that
the young- girl-Mia abe'ompnuiod Ul hor Inst
home by a platoori of dntgaoiiB, with miliI
tavy hOndra'; whHi> the young Holdicr( covI
ored With a toall of flowora. nimw nmUnnu
I of purit y nnt) innoconcc, was-borrte on four
fcin i 11 In ofllionldcrs^rfpid followed by ft precision
of yotiijK gii'b, Tooitiiig jfntyori*. .
" Ma, ba#auii^yj?ot[bflbs.ij)i hcrinonth ?"
" No ; why du ton nsk'HUoh a^Mtlon ?"
" 'Cause,* that Icoflfi jnanj with A l?eap of
hair on hi?} fiioo, feoWhod and
said he wan going .tt tnJco W&G honey froui
her l'lp.-j; und ?ho ftftid, ' woll, niivtc hiifito P"
Ukckhy's Wllb ir , ,Smith, liftnri I
in^ strange hounds,. inquired of her now
servant if she. anor'o^ M? hc?*fclecp. "f
don't know marm-,'1 replied BocKy, innocently,
4<1 ne&r liy awaki loAg enough
to diekivc&" . ?
An Infllnnori, Jgoin^'to be ftnugod, brur<^cil
fhat tho rojpcs might ho tied\ond?| his
unnH iriBieaa or?ipilD(l l?i? throat, " TVrr,"
unid Pat, " I nnf nr> remnrkabty ticklish in
th<s throat,, that ifwctf there V\l eerlaiulv
til! inynelf with laughter."
JEWELRY, GOLD <& SILVER.
JEAN BTK. FISOHKSftBR,
Wullmlln, 8. C.,
HA.S just cow rehtvfted from New York with
a large and bountiful n*#ortnient of
WAWllVS, JKWFXBV, '
(Both qOLl) mikI Sil/VKU.) Clocks, Music Uoxi<3,
Coinb?, liriifllics, Fnjioy Articles, PwtfUmory,
Koajifl, OoM Vuns, etc.; all of wliicli hu* been
txuignt rot CASH, cvnil wnicli Do Offer* for sale
on lie most accommodating tcim*.
VST* Ho Blso llEl'AlltS WATCHES itnd 9th.
fcr articles in his line, ami Kolidilsthe putronngo
of tho public. Ilia (iUvnd is Hear the public
Square, at Wolhulla, 8. C*
pec. 16. i&50 2,4 tf_
J. Wi .Nohtltei, JU. j. W.-JJAlIIU8IIN. t. C. PUfcLtAM.
n oiVitis7ii a hi (i son E rri.i iam,
Atloviiv.vs ul tmv,
r * ? A Nt?
SOLICITOUS IN RQU1 TV.
\v ILL attend promptly to till busines* cuttunII
tod to their cure. >it.,{ci4M>i van
ways bo, .'mnd in the Oflico. .(
nvrirv at mcif t'\e n. n.'. e. c.
Sapt. V, 185G " X V ? _
Bluo Ridgo "Railroad Co. in S. C.
CH.vrti.MToii,* Fob. 10, 1859.
QVBSORIBKIIS to tho Ciytiitnl Stork nro
O heVehv tiotifled'tHftt tho Kightoeuthjiutl- /
'Nniotectitri limtnlmcnts of the old etolwcvip- /
tion, |ind Twenty-live per cent, of tt\c pe\r
subscription, are rgq&iiod to be paid na fol^v
Iovvr : jp ,
Tjie TCi^litcor.tJvi'nstalinciU on jinc lDtb day
'l.f A n'l?tl n.>v? ?3
The Xiiiotoc/fyh iiistalmenton tho 19th <hiy
of May next. $W "
Ton nor oeii? of tho now, pul>acrijitiun on
tho lU?ii tiny ol Mnreh nox*
Ton nor cent, of;, tho now subscription on
the M'tli tiny of April next.
Il'ivo per eeut. of tho new sulmo iption on
the 19th tiny of ^ny next. Uy ortl?r.
\YM." it. AMyUONNKAU.
Pol). 10, 3-1 . Troii*?ri*r.^
a. ?>!-.
JI 4t| l % ^ ? BT *1 II I??
"K. E. Alc^uiiiltr, Bup jvor vg, l'ict}tt?u . McKin>,
?vv, el. Bin.
T)l'UquJpCT to un ov<lcr nmclo by the ('ourt.nf
I Equity, in (lib i!umj, at .)unc torih, nil
tliij erciliioi-.s of iVeston MoKiituey arc Mqtiircd
to Oohic before file nud establish their ueiuwuU
Jiim ueeording l? l?iw. witliui ilirou
invlUbH frttn tliV tinte hqrcuf; otherwise, they
will be forever Ijnrreil.
}U)jVT. A. TIIOMl'SpN, c.k.p.I).
Oom'fli Ollic(\ .Ian. 1 1fl.il) :>><m
State ofMoutli Carolina*
IN KqUlTY?1'ICKKNB.
A "\ ?
I/O^ H3 1
vk. _ v Petition forJRclicf.
.1. I. iWu./u nl. J
ITuppOftring ty j?y *ati?factii>n that Jolm I.
I Drown, oni; of the defendants in thin ca?cf
resales without tlie limits of litis SiMc ; on motion
of J J .Not ion, for lVutionor, it in ordered,
tliiit the luud absent defendant, do appear. plend,
answerop aemut* itr w?UI Petttl<W? within tbr<?
mdnlhft from thin date, or the said petition will
be taken pto cm\fr**o as to him. ' \ *
UOli'f, A. THOMPSON, c.K.i-.n.
Ofom'r* (Ulice.'.Ian. 15. lHoW ;tm
NO rioK,
A JPJXAIj settlement of the Kited? of Tltna
/Vloxnmlcr, defeated, will tc ,|md before
thy Ordinary, tit Pickou&O. H., on Monday
t.lio l3ih day, of ?Junc iioxU Persons interested
tnarollJ UlllMt m>T(>rn hr> unl..r.Q
forjllngiy. Thyso \mi<$ted nmM pnv uo.ninl
thoce haying demand* n^iinst PuiA lytnto
nuiHt rontUr tlniu ttj o?c, legally nt tested, 1*l'ore
(hilt duy. *
DAAL. ALKXANpKU, E*V.
fch.7.1W9
Slnfc oI*8outli Cnvolitia,
l'ICKENS?l.N EQUrtr.
15. W. Abbott, i
- v?. > 0iH forll?Kcfy&c.
J. >f. 0?'C?aha\v and wlf(-, et nl J
IT appearing to my ftaiisfacf'OD that NobIi A1 bolt
anil J. Nr. Oi'ensbuvc antl wife Martin',
defendants in this ease, resfdu without the limits
of this Htfitij: Ort motioq of Norton, conplainant's
solicitor, it is otdQrcd tbHt (lie said
absent defendunta do appear in this court and
plead, answer or demur ti> complainant's jnid
nmoi compliant, wifiiiiltnrce fnontlm froih ll>?
puliliOdtioii hurc?>r, or nn or<lci'^?v> cotiftmo wiV
be tfikoti fb to tliefti.
t MU)1UT. A. THOMPSON, c.e..r.i>.
" rorn'ry^fti' '-. Marr'n 1859 r.,,,
MOStaV !
THK llooke, Accounth and Notes, fl?slgne<i I y
l?sortol k Nfcrinun for th<> tanetif of tho'if
crodilors, "nr" in my hmuts for eoHfcolion. 1f|,?
I1C0C?l)IV Of *\ir? tl.?l
- , ?-l ""J
us lewM without <l<rlnv.
J. K. *11A ROOD, Assignee.
Oct 8, Iftfift 1U tf
1'inftl Notice.
AFINAI. 8c(fTciheiit of the of lumr.s \V.
Conch, deccimod! vffitW ilmde in the
miry's Otfioc, ort Ftfiday "tire 15}jl of Aprf\
Airp?r?"" Indebted ihcfotcf nr<j Vc^ldrCd toi
Irfiike pifymcrit at onc<* t nnd tho** himnjtf ?lc?
mftrtda ngalh*t the w?5d Ki'tMte ftVdjkt render ih'eiu
to'mo, legally attested,' oni or, UVtlint day.
'( VnTIIIA J. 11KNDKJ0K8, ,Adm'x.
Jan. 10, J8.'?5t Vt ;<in
| ??;st .* . u >/"
ilUIlMl.
j I T,I. per-'oii? arfc hefrvby nriiiflvtl
U nny Not'ns iini'tc p'nyubfc ntuTo'rftip Act!,
i or bcnrcf"-?,or nVly NotC'V UivWi by WiV" imOpraiflnpd,
iiixyublc la otlicr wnjon*, tuitfi ftirtlier
! orUcrH. ? :v" '' r>. ' d . u.vm
; j?n. l'7. Wflft. ^ ' V 2<t " Hr
1WTIC6
IS hereby Kivc|i that t\ Jiriu] tu-ttlentPiVt of the
eatnt* of Joseph yh Igcc^iHed, fill b*
fWh'Ua hefo/q the Ordiniu"/, *' S'ioKtn* XV " ?n
}Ipntliiy*th?' Mi (luy of May hesi, IVrnqnc infcroHted
wfH tnfc'c i)otirt'un'J goTovn iImjui selves
accordingly. ' . ' * . '
V.'-V. Ifiitttuunu
. Jaif.20.-18M H?> 8m
'' ,7* mrrivfi ' '
fS hereby jmti) tlmfrl will tmt tte t^jfWin*
I. Millie ft>?- intOMJSt Oil (lie; diet Vi 1 111i\ s slmr?
o? HiJin l>uw?*c?r?. utf fV>? K?tato of iVrtipl
dy, deceased, on find nfior this date and
:ttat tb;s he plcr.'t in bsr of.-'&$cr
ost oil the 8<tfd fftntributivc rfftnre. - * V
kkn s m E*#rtc. .
FoW ?1 lKM 31 Xfc 3in
> 1>'. I ."' 't " > * * ?
i,, * . -.^1
A.,,. J.u *o? KMrtte ot
jnlmon Go*. fotfftt mwIc at
I ohco^ '.Phono having d^iuftuda tho
K?ta<a ntttfct' rondoi1 tn?p in lU-tfornirigto law.
Hy liis ftqut'it, (lie tint
liiuitls of MiC '/< TV Co* fot #n curly
inont. 1 prefer \t?fiding dp tlio eniato junt
n* soon an the l?<v will f,.'hViit, rf* far as I nun
cooccirncti n? one of the ndminiMrntor*.
J. It. m:Xj?Ult"n', Adin'r.
Feb. 22, 1859 31 if