Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, May 21, 1859, Image 4
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1 Love this Glowing Southern Clime1
love t Si in glowing Southern dime,
Willi >kies so wiltilv hripM :
Where reigns out' constant sweel spring lime,
So lull ill' fuli'l <letiglil :
Wlicro flowers are blooming nil the venr,
As beautifully full*,
As if tlie Moral i|iiecn limi mn?lo
Her frnjjrtini palace I here.
1
love the Southern solictor'* note,
The 1?iliny zephyr's hrenth.
Where perfumetl strains oT miuic float,
From out tlie forest's depth;
Where blithesome hearts nre warm ami true,
As ever lireatlied a grayer.
At.'il wliere enchanting pleasures woo
The soul to linger there.
I love the Southern twilight hour,
ii urcailies u noiy spell,
While musing 'neiilli the orange bower,
()r in some I airy ?loll ;
I love its slurry heavens l?v night,
lisilewy moonlit eyes,
Whore Luna's silvery beams of light,
(i Ion in through the orange leaves.
You speak to me i?f happy homes,
Kar in the snowy North :
] know I he heart where'er it roams,
Will love its native hearth ;
Kut say, is not this Southern clime.
So beautifully fair.
More lovely iu itssweet spring lime
Thau au^lii you cherish there?
vx&mrY.
The Trials and Tribulations of Country '
Postmasters.
WHAT IS EN PITTED OVTHEM AND HOW TIIEY j
AUK PAID Pull IT.
Df all men who work luird ami got nearest I
to no pay a.t all, who get very few coppers \
post ma ters deserve to be first named. The |
fees allowed by law would not pay a woman I
4*.... l.~- l l I . r ' -
nvi uuuuiu in inoKing up the quarterly |
transcripts. They are shamefully small. I
The money consideration would never induce
any one to take the office, hut that anything
which will convert the leisure moments
of the day into three-cent pieces or even copper
coin, is welcomed hv persons who are
hound to get something ahead?at whatever
honorable cost. Ic carries precious little honor
with it.
Tim ~r 1?
w n.-im?ruig a gratuity to govern- 1
ment?or rather of slaving without any rod- I
sidcrntion in behalf of the government, and i
licing, willing or unwilling, the tool of a party
whom half the neighborhood believes cor- j
nipt, ami liablo to the mortification of ejectment,
without shadow of ofteneo, at the will .
of the Postmaster General, doos not confer)
great honor upon the incumbent in anv part
of the country with which we are familiar.
Nor has it privileges worth buying at their
cost. The Postmaster is supposed to receive
and scml his letters vijke. Hot it is only
those on 1'twtOffieo business tlmtaro so transmitted?unless,
indeed, he puts blinders on
bis conscience, and being his own judge,
construes any which concerns his own interests
to bo of that nature. This is a curious
perversion of our legislative wisdom. Members
of Congress may scml home copies of the
"Census," bushels of bound "Messages"
..,.i <>it.i?i "? " -- -
*uu 4. an.Mii, ??moc ueports," ?\irty linen for
tho laundress, ami boxes of fresh fruit from
tlio Southern markets, and no questions asked.
Hut the poor unpaid Postmaster if lie
nends his love, which weighs nothing, to -his
wife at the next post office, mus. write on the
envelope "On 1'oat Official Business and
makes himself meaner in his own eyes, or hr."
the precious franking privilege.
Hut let us see what Ills Inlnir is, ami what j
his pay. Suppose him to live in some quiet j
farming town, where the quiet would ho Sun- |
day-like on all days hut for the daily appear; I
ance of the railroad cars, lie receives and j
tends a daily mail each way. It is not often
l,n> ?].? 1 - r 1
. mm villi UU IOUI1U Wild HVOS
directly on the line of the railroad and next
to the depot. llut whatever his distance, lie
ran receive no extra pay for mail carriage.?
That would construe him into a mail carrier?a
thinjj which a postmaster is under
strict penalties forbidden to he. However
distant or near, ho must be on hand at the
moment that the oars arrive. The leathern j
hag must not be entrusted for one moment to !
an unsworn officer. If tho engine breaks
down ho must wait till she is mended and the
arrival made. If she runs ahead of time, he
is not excusnblo for his tardiness, 'tis his
business to take tho mail when it comes.?
llo must not stop to shoe his horse or buy a
ppool of cotton on his way home.
When the mail arrives in town the people
have a right to their mail matter. Tbo law
now is vcrv strict. Ho must open the bug
in a private room, with 110 one at hand but a
sworn ilcputy?he must do it himself?not
his wife, nor Ins grown-up daughter. If anybody's
weekly is lacking, there is a row.?
The subscriber must have seen through the
lattice-work every bundle that was taken
out, and noticed that his was not in the com- ;
??ny, or our postmaster is suspected. Is he
U business man, he loves 1 get the earliest
jiawis, and see first of all how wheat ami pox.i
I* r .
uiiucs sen now. js tiio missing paper a literary
one, our Postmaster's daughter loves to
*oad lovG'Ktorui.s, and it is known that she 1ms
$oad the lirst part of "The Last Kiss," or,
* The Miser'* daughter," which was " to he
>ontinuod" in thia huiiiWi. If n letter does
not conic, "why doesn't it come?" is the
ciuestion which our Postmaster must explain.
Alas! poor Postmaster! on hini fulls the
hlatno of correspondents negligence. of the
law's rates, of blundering clerks in new'a
offices, of everything for which his ingenuity
cannot devise a most plausible and excellent
excuse.
IJut nine out of ton of tho letters that come
aro j'.ot cii!!n:! fo!* IU :? .?? ?
man, and when lie l-itlcH out taken olong tl?e
t>?okago of thorn. Unlucky follow, while l?o
ant. one culls for Ii'ih letter, and tho postDiistroMH
ennnot And it. Now is there a raw,
ami foro ntlliction in tho houso. 'J'lio baby
has been to tho lx>.. uml torn it, or the wrong
man has tnkon it. Tlic henevolent postman
goes on, however, distributing the treasures.
f!:l.0 Cpntaio is thankful, hut has not tho
jmlfdimp to pay i)jjn with. Ho charges it.
Tlio widow cpu'fc Ut-ko change?but flie
doesn't want hin^ to ^hungo it?and she forgets
it. 'fho Sipiiro's In a dunning Uttor,
i\ml after rpjuling it, "refused to take it."?. I
'l'hprfc is ft n)uss that will disturb the litir- j
jnonoy of tho families. Miss tftkos hers with
judignnnt eyos t\iu| rfttos him oti finding that
tho BOnling-wnx is crushed?.-.his girls Imvo
broken it ftnd |>CC]>0<1 into lior secrets. Tho
young folks never speak tngothor ng'iin.?
I-hnrgos nre nk his own risk, ftud It taktw a
day to collect throo shillings'worth of thorn.
fin. it i? iiino to mnkft up the ittftil. 11 < ;
lips n dozen or twenty letters to send, throo 1
of ihein to write enclosing monoy tocity now*pnpovs
for which ho is hold responsible to
the i??ibfieribor$. Tho^e three he frank*. If
other pontinftMcrs nrc careless in handling,
CtWrilfiH il> delivering, boys in conveying,
[ clerks in entering, outliers in crediting* nnd
mail men in di*|mttiliing tlio papers in return
Ii*e is tlio dishonest villain who did it, nnd
deserves condign punishment. This humllo
uf three he can put 'together, ami. perhaps,
add two or three moro, \vhieh go to the Minis
city, as " distributing ollice." The others
cnch to different qimrtors. Kaeli must
lie entered, its^afe. mto, and postage, on a
way-bill, each vrny-bill coprcd into the nooount
current, then wrnppcu around tbe letter.
ami both wrapped in brown papor,
tied, and directed. If* lie lnakeH too froo
ro(|uisiton for paper and twine, the Postmaster
("tenend liiu) back that he must
use the ohl wrappors UnHl "Hhrty have four directions
on them, and save tho picocs of
twine that come to his ollieo. lie grows exccedingly
economical under tho reproof.
i Mice a quarter there comes n job as is
a job. Kroni bis accounts of mails rccciv- j
ctl and sent Avitli sepcrate accounts ?of pa-1
pers received, ho must make clean trail-1
scripts; it takes many an imperial folio of i
close writing, for it must tell the history
of every letter that has been through his i
hands, lie must make out lus accounts!
with the department,?and errors are not
permitted in that accounts. The*! nSl
must bo wrapped in separate bundles, and
the post-bills that wrapped the letters received
for the quarter in another, and nil j
transmitted to Washington. l>nt thcorig- i
inal accounts be must keep in bis ownolliec
.safely?J j Is sole vouchers for official honesty
forever.
What does this slnve of the petty princes
at Washington get for bis trouble? A
stun so small that our readers would not
ealeulate it with the law before them for
the weekly amount. For such nn office as
we have described, it would not he over
87 a month ! If ever there was a jusl demand
for increased rates in nnv department
of public service, there is in this.?
Tlrcrcisan irct now pending OongrcsMonal
action which does something for their rc-1
lief. Let it he passed by all means, or else
pass a resolution honestly confessing that
the policy ofticvernfnenfc is to get all it
can from its faithful servant and give as'
little in payment as they will possily consou
t to work for.
Science of Things FnmilliarWhy
is rain water soft? Because it is uot
impregnated with earth and minerals.
Why is it more easy to wash soft water than
with hard ? Because soft water unites freely
with soap and dissolves it. instoml i>T !?
composing it as lianl water does.
\\ hy do wood a&hes make hard water .soft?
1st, liecause the carbonic acid of wooil allies
combines with the snlphato of lime in the
hard water, converts it into chalk ; 2d,
wood ashes also convert $om? of the soluble
salts of water into insoluble, and throw tlwiu
down as a sediment by which the water remain?
more pure.
Why has rain water such an unplonfant
smell when it is collected in a rain tub or
tank? because it is impregnated with domitniiiwcil
nrt?nii'n> -I.-.I e? ?>
j c...wv ..IivwvvI o naciiicu IIUII1 UIC
roofs, ttces, or. the casks in \v|iich it is collected.
llow docs blowing hot fiwids make thcin
cooi? It wases the air which has been heated
hy food to change wore rabidly, nn<l give
place to fresh .cool air. ,
Why d > ladies fan themselves in hot weather
? That fresh particles of air may be
brought in contact with their face by the action
of the fun ; and as every fresh particle
of air absorbs some heat from the skin, this
constant change makes them cool.
boos n fan cool the air? Xo, it makes the
air hotter, by imp-ATting to it the heat from
our fare : hut it cools our face by transfer- \
ring its heat to the air.
Why is there always ft strong drtift under I
the door ami through the crevices on each 1
side? Hecanse cohl air rushes from the hall j
to supply the void in the room caused 1 ?y the |
cscojie of warm air up the chimney,&c.
Why is there always a strong draft through
the keyhole of a door 2 lSucause the air in
the room we ocnpy is warmer than the air in \
the hall ; therefore the air from the hall j
rushes through the keyhole into tlic room,
and causes a draft.
Why is there always a draft through the
window crevices? IJecause the external air,
being colder than the air of the room wo occupy.
rushes through the window ere\ ices to
supply the deficiency eauscd by- the escape of
the warm air up the chimney.
If Villi nni>l> H,n Itiu-ni" - ?' 1 ?
_. J v..t. .w? Vi ni|Q 11 Ml 4| M IIIUHW
there is more draft thnn if you open tlie upper
snsh. Kxplain tlic reason of tliis. If the
lower ssi*h he open, the cold external air will
rush freely into tho room and cause i\ great
draft inward ; hut if the upper husIi he open,
the heated air of the room rushes out, and,
of course, there will he loss draft inward.
Why is a room best ventillufod by opening
tlie upper sash ? Uecnuso the hot vitiated
air, which always ascends toward the coiling,
can escape more easily.
Hv which m<>nnu i? ?? hnf wwtrfh
"J ? .vuu. ...Uil llUIVRly
cooled?by opening the tipper or lower
sash ? A hot * >om is cool led tnoro quickly
by opening the lower saslt, because the outer
air can enter tnoro freely into the lower
part of tho room whore it is colder.
Why does tho wind dry damp linen ? Because
dry wind, like a dry sponge, imbibe*
the particles of vapor from tho surface of the
linen as fast a? they aro formed.
Which is tho hottest place in a church or
chapel ? The gallery.
Why is the gallery of all public places hotter
than the lower parts of tho buildings ?
Because the heated air of tho building ascends,
and all tho cold air which con enter
through tho doors and windows keeps to the
iloor till it h?s b??eon?r honied.
On tiik OvHKit sldk.?Once in a happy
homo, a sweet bright baby died. On
the evening oftho day, when tlte children
gathered around their mother, all sitting
very sorrowful, Alice, the eldest said ;
" Mother, you took nil thocave of the
bnhy while she was here, and you carried
and held her iu your arms nil the while .she
was ill ; now, mother, who took her on the
other side?"
"On the other side of what, Alice ?"
(< On the other side of death; who took
the bnhy on the other side mother '! Hhe
wag 80 little, she could*not ^o nlono."
" Jesus met *.cr there," answered the
<< 14 ir~ ---! - ?-.i- I-..I ?
Iiuwivi. it in 111; will) IOOK 111(10 Oil 11 dfen
in Ills amis to UIohh them, mid said,
" Suft'cr little children to conic unto nic and
forbid them not, for of hiu.-Ii is the kingdom
of (Tqiivon. 11 o t^ok the bnhyou the other
nide."
Wii vt in the ditforcneo between a sailor
nnd a tidier? One tars his ropee?, the other
pitches hit* tent,
Sentence of a Woman to Death
A K VK(,'TI NO HOKN K.
Mrs. Mnry lluvtun?*, u vefy pretty vouHg
German woman, was sentenced in Albany,
N'. V., to bohunpton tho 27th of April;
for poisoning her husband, wliivh #>lr? did
to make way for n lover and country man
of how. The Albany Journal Hays:
Xf.-.. ?'
i iturningwas#rorciglitintol'ourfcsooii
after.Judge 11uIt'ih took his sent. Shu
was dressed in n purple do Inine dross,
with a liglvt plaid shawl, nud wore u black
| velvet lint, n veil partially concealing her
face, nnd when alio took her scat behind
j tho district Attorney, burst into tears.?
Notwithstanding no notice hnd been made
S of tho time Xvhen the .)udgo wonld pass
I sentence upon tho unfortunate wotnon, the
I <-onrt room was crowded. Among the
j crowd were many ladies.
I The .I udgo called upon the prisoner to
j rise and say anything, if she could, against
| the sentence about to be pronounced on
1 her. VoT !\ wliHo tlmm ?-i>" '* > ? .<?? ??* ?? ??
- "? ;
Mrs. 11. sobbing and weeping njost pile-1
ously, bcr fneo buried in bor bands. Ju
I about one miuutc she responded as follows
:
All I bave to say is that T am not guilty
of tlic tnnrder of my husband. 1 have
said so before, and I say it again. This j
man Khinodman will confoss it over my j
dead body."
After an interval of a few seconds Judge
Harris addressed the prisoner a* follows: I
" I desire to say * few words to yon lie- '
fore proceeding to perform the awful duty
devolving upon mo. First of all, 1 would ,
have you dismiss all complaint of hardship I
and to reconcile yourself to your fate. 1 i
will not say a w<?rd to add a single p>mg to
i your wretchedness. You have received
j the most heartfelt pity and conunlsseration
of all. You have the sympathy of all
outraged in this trial. There is not one j
I am persuaded, who feels tho least tin
kindness towards you. Hut you must J
recollect that it is necessary, however painful
it may he, that the murderer must lose
her life in order that the lives of others,
who do not offend, may be saved. The
law of (!od and the law of man alike command
it; and if you feel it is hard, as I
have no doubt you do, then remember how
it was for that man unoffending, to have
I tiiat 111o taken from him. Ko.nicniber the j
terrible agonies of that night of hi.s nwful
(loath, and ns I en id before, endeavor, to
bring your feelings to believe, that this is
just.
Another tiling I would have you feel, I
fuar, very much fear from the strong sympathy
in your behalf, and the great cftbrts
of your counsel, that strong hopes inav be
excited that you may escape. This is
dreadful?it i* appalling to see one so
young as you doomed to a certain and
speedy death, and that, too, not by the I
..II..* ? e > i . * I
nimiiiu Mi ui zroyiuenee, tnai uv tno judgment
of the luw. (jive up any hope you
limy have of escape. Suppose by executive
clemency, this sentence should he
commuted, and you fsent to the State Prison
for life. What better would it be for 1
you? I know, although branded as you
; are, you could still enjoy the presence
| and smiles of your family, in the gloomy j
. retirement of a prison, what would life be I
| worth <oyou* is it not as well to die? I1
I know?and you know bettevtlia? 1 do how ill v I
V j
prepared you arc for that thing. It is not1
all of man to die; there is a life after j
death aild that life is unending. What a j
work you have to do in the short period |
left you ! You have a soul, that will not
die on the gallows ! It will live forever;
and let nic assure you that man cannot save
it. There is a being that can gave your
.soul. (!o to the Savior?your Savior;
confess guilt and seek forgiveness of that
Savior, whose mercies are boundless, and j
I who saved one and carried him iqto Pars- j
j disc?a thief on the cross with him ! Oh ! j
; do not tlii-j nilvioo i
I "0'vvw ' *vv' , vv,fc 1V1 o*1 v" j
i ness by repentance nnd fmtli. '
' The judgment of the Court is, that you
i Mary llartung, be confined in the county
I jnil until tho 27th of April, ami on that
I day between the hours of 10 o'clock in the
| morning and 2 in afternoon, you be hung
by the neck until you are dead ! And may
I Mod it) the fullness of his mercy save your
! soul !"
Immediately after the sentence was pm)
nouneed the prisoner was taken from court
| in charge of the Sheriff. Judge Harris
I was much affected white addressing tlu>
-'V ? *"""
prisoner, and at the close of his remarks
lie could not restrain his feelings. Very
many in the court room were moved to
tears, ns well they might have been for it
Was one of the most affecting scenes we
ever witnessed.
A FamiiTKi j. Scknk.?Yesterday morning,
on the roof of a three story house on
Water-street, a young man was standing on
the comb of the roof, repairing a chimney
when, the shingles being wot and slippery,
he lost his foothold, and slid slowly down,
feet foremost, to the caves. Two or three
persons wlio witnessed the accident, turned
away sick with terror. Although the man
-jr..-a l ? ! ? - 1 tit m
i umuo tvti j uuu;i w gum n nolo, lie moved
slowly down, and wan only checked from
falling on the pavement below by n water
spout against which his feet came in
contact. IJut for this frail obstruction, ho
must have been dashed into a shapeless
mass. Without uttering a cry for help,
the young man kicked off his shoes, and
i proceeded to ascend, which he succccded
' in doing, and went to work at his chimney
again, apparently uncouccrncd about an
i^..i _i.r_i. u.-.i
uuiuvilb 1VIIIVI1 11 i 111 IllilUU 1.1113 UyC-Wl(llCM8CH
sick with terror.? Wheeling ( l?.) paper.
ItoniiED uv his Bride.?The St. Louis Republican
tells a story of a you.i Jinan of tlmt
city Who recently toll in lovo with a liandnomo
young woman in Cincinnati mai'ried
her, brought lior to St. Louis. took lodgings
in a hotel, &c. The bridegroom, next niornin^
lvft tho room, wlion idio rilloil his pockets
of?200 in coin, a doubled ca*ed gold watch,
and other property, and vamosed tho ranchc.
The Republican says ?hi? is a voting woman
nineteen or twenty years of age, and that in
her flight she left behind sonic papers which
showed her to havo boon divorced from a former
hu&bund at C'auandai^ua, N. V., in 1855!
Soul Conflict!.
Doftirtcri! but ntfvcr divlionvtenodi
HepuUed! bill iiuuoiii|uerod in will,
Upon dreary dixcointituroH building
Her virtue'* stroug battleineuts still,
The noul in tlie fiogo of temptations
Yields not unto fraud, nor to might ;
t'nquelled by tlio rush of the \ias.si?nn
Moreno 'mid the tuiiuilth of fights!
She noes a urntnl prize in the diMnucc.
Klio hears iv gluil souml of ncclaTnis,
Tlio crown wrought of lu.urols immortal,
The nmsic fur sweeter than fume's.
Ami so, 'gainst the rush of Che passions,
She lifts the broad buckler of right,
j\h<! se, Ihrengh the glAftms of t captations, j
She walks in n splendor of light !
My Scissort.
11Y FitANCIS DANK I1AOK.
" (Joed morning, Mrs. Wicks ; I hope 11
see you well this morning," j
(i Well, yes, I tun pretty well, all bnl tnY
hands."
** Your hands' what's tho matter with
your hands; not been scalding them I j
HOJK! f"
" No! worse tliftu thai; I got them :ill !
blistered up by trying to cut out tlie chil- i
dren's fall clothes, with my old scissors ; i
I'vo had them these ten years, and they '
are just as dull as a hoe, and cvciytimc I j
I cut :i rAiiniliiluiiit ?li i-f <?r <>?' 1
! - ? ? ~j ? vt ? vi 4/niiiO)
I've jwst S*cU a time ot'its Ku.hu n Wizard
i.s sewing for mo now, and 1 wanted to get
my cutting done while my hand was in, no
I just wanted to see if you woidd lend me
your large nice tailor's scissors ft day or I
two, for 1 won't do anything with initio in '
a week."
" llcnllv, Mrs. Wicks, T would like to :
accommodate you, hut I am very busy with |
mino just now, cutting rngs for my carpet, i
and could not possibly spare theni without j
great inconvenience." I
" Well, i don't L'linn* vlii< I'll <!<? T
oan't cut out any more with mine, anil Susan
has only two weeks to stay. Do you,
know of any one who lia.s n good p;- that
I couM jret ?"
" 1 could hnrdly got alo> ,? without nunc
for a single day, without feeling the want
of them '{"
" What did yonr'si cwlT,>
" Two dollars and a half."
H #H_. Ill i ? ?'? *
-- j -j dinars ana n n:ut?goodness :?
Mr. Wicks Would no more lot mo have money
to buy such a pair of scissors than he'd
fly."
"Oh, T think you are mistaken?1 have
always thought >fr. WicksvoTy indttljivnt."
"There's where yon arc altogether mistaken.
I hardly ever ask liiin tor money
but what he says so nothing 'o hurt my
feelings, and 1 often do without things that
1 really need, rathet than have any wonls. |
Why yesterday [asked him for money to I
get trimmings for my and Hosinn's fall ;
bonnet, ami it was all 1 could do to get it 1
out of him."
"J low inneh did it require to lit your
bonnet for the winter?"
" ()nly 8"): it would cost $10, you know,
to get us .both new ones."
" And you have the money in your possession?'*
<l Yes,, nnd we thought we would get
trimmings at (?Pant's. That beautiful royal
purple with the orange edge?a love of a
ribbon, and so ehcap?only .seventy-five
( ruts a viiril."
" My dear Mrs. "Wicks, lot mo give you !
a now idea. Would your husband com- j
plain if you should trim your hnnnet with
ribbon worth half that sum, and appropriate
the balance to the purchase of a good
pair of scissors '{"
" No, of course ho would not, but who,
I'd like to know, is going tn make themselves
the town talk for the sake of gratifying
a husband's whims !"
" Do it. to gratify yourself, to n'dd to your
own eouifort- Mv !
J "t ..........I. UI.U
nil, will not c6st one dollar and a half, and
1 don't believe the town will trouble itself
one bit about it. Town talk or no talk,
you inn)- be pure I'll never ran about with
my fingers in rags while I can save the
price of a pair of scissors in one bonnet
trimming. Now don't be offended, Mrs.
Wicks; I know you think you can't get
along any other way than just as you do ;
but if you only nniko the vfTort to economise
in your articles of dress, &c., you will !
soon find youft^f'fRnply supplied with all j
these little household conveniences, which j
juu in wiiiii/, aim inty worn lor it, your
husband will uot make half the objection
to furnishing mono) for usefulness thut ho
now docs for the purchasing of non-essentials,"
" X?m, there is neighbor Pcnnynum's
wife, flourishing in a fifteen dollar crapc
shawl, but her girl complains thut she. has
to borrow wash-tubs weekly, and that .Mrs.
Pennyiuau sftys it Is all Mr Penhymau'f
fault."
"Why, Mrs.'Smith, I thought you was a
Woman's .Might Woman."
" And so L am ; but T assure you I am
no advocate, of tfmttitn'u 5iiina#!/?? n.?.J
-- ' - " ?j'Wv*' ",,vl ""V > I
and while I feel that the laW of the land
and common justice greatly oppresses women,
and also feel that she oftentimes oppresses
herself, and lays heavier burdens
upon her own heart, then she herself is willing
to bear, and to excuse her own weakness
of purpose, her own foolish love of display,
lays all the blame upon her husband
who would willingly indulge every reasonable
desire, and only frowns when ungencr
ouh demands ore made upon his moans."
" Well, I don't know, Mr. Wicks seems
moro willing to givo mo money for dress
than anything else."
" Is that not beeauso lie does not feel at
liberty to deny any personal gratification j ;
because bo feels that be'can make you happier
thus than in any other way '{ Try the
experiment, Mrs. Wicks; tell him you
will rcscrvo half your usual expenses for
household conveniences, and if he will not
fill your purse with a liioro cheerful heart,
I am much mistaken."
" Begin on the scissors, and if he makes
one word of objection, I will ugree to change
with you a week, ami wear my hands to
blisters on yoiir old ones."
" Good morning, Mrs. Wicks."
" Mrs. Wicks went hoiuo; and her bus
j band came into tlitmor ; tlie tttut tiling tlin
attracted his attention was ti beautiful pail
of polished sdlssors, worth not less thai
two dollars.
?' Whoso arc these??been borrowing
o i. v"
i II , PiU (111 .
" So," rcpliod Mrs Wicks, "I blisterei
my hands yesterday with my old ones, am
rjust concluded I would wear my old Ins
winter trimmings, and liavc mo a ^rood pail
of scissors to do my work with. Don't yoi
think they are nice ones '! I thought vol
would not euro how 1 spout my money.'
Iler voice wus kinder than nsuu.
" Qt"coilrse not. lie replied. Nothing
farther wus said. In the evening i ostein
of going out lie drew his chair l?y tin
work-stand.
" Ain't yott .going down street ?" sail
Rosina.
" No,. I believe not to night; I like the
click of your Ma's new scissors, and if
go down stoct 1 am afraid they will los<
their phasant tone,"
Mrs. Wic.ks did not look up ; her hoar
was full for just tlicu :i little roll of " roy
al purple with orange edge," " olieup a
seventy-fiyo cents," loci into her lap.
Pimit\iui.iTV ov Munivino.?A fahlo in
sorted in a paper, which appeared in the As
sunince Magazine exhibits results of a rath
er a startling character. In the first t\v<
<miiinineniaI neriods?'20 1."> nmi OA.MO 11 <
probability of a widower marrying in uveal
is three times as great as that of ft bachelor
at .">0, it in m\tvly four times as great; frou
HO to (.'?. it is nearly five times as great?ah<
it ii orenses. until at 00 thochauocofti wid
owe. marrying >? a year is 11 times greatet
than that of a bachelor. It is furious to re
inarK, irt'Di tnis mine, now eontirmetl cithei
class liocnnc:! in in c mdition of life; how
little likely, nftcr a lew years, is a bachelot
to break through Ins settle! habits and solitary
condition; and. on the; other hand. how
readily bi proportion d?>es a husband contract
a second marriage, who has prematurely been
deprived "I" his partner. After the ago of .".0,
the probability of a bachelor marrying in n
year diminishes in rapid ratio. The proba
bility at o"> is not much more than half thai
at lit), and nearly the same proportion existf
between each ipiin<|tienial peri id afterwards
A JIwikrnjas Ii>i?t come to hoc tho Xinga
in, ami while lie giir.'el upon it, a IViomI aukcil
him if it wa< nut the most wonderful thing
ho had ever seen. To whieli he replied,
" Xover a hit. man : never a l?it! Sure. it'.?
no wonder at all that the water should fall
down there, for I'd like to know what eouhl
hinder it."'
A PK.nso.N recently retu.ncd from Washington)
in l'eply ton (jucstioii of where he
litul been replied, " I have been after an
oflioe, and got the refusal of it."
Woman's Kioiits.?A woman abont tn
sign a deed, the Judge a*ked her whether or
not her husband compelled her to sign!?
' lie compel me!" said the nmazon, " no,
nor twenty like him !"
" What ha? been "j our business V" said n
judge t? n prisoner at the liar. "Whv, yom
honor. I used {<) be a dentist?now, ;i
pugilist: then I put teeth in?now 1 kiiuoit
em out."
FfiW buys Itro horn with talents that oxcoli
hut nil ivre capable of living well.
Celebration.
'IMIK Soeoirl Anniversary of the Modern Kidghl
1 Templars. at Twelve Milct.'amp tlrouiul, will
be ?clebra(cd h' that place on ;lie fourth Saturday
of this month. Several good speakers art
expeoieil to deliver A <h Jesses on the occasi ?'i.
There will lie a I'lC Nit- DINNKK on the occasion,
lit which all arc invited to conic and partake.
We especially invito id I 'i'cmjieraiicc organizations
and all wlioarc friendly t<> ihecatisc
.* it it it ?ii v"i i |?ri-*uiirw. i i|^l>vuvvy
>*l??n will I'c formed at 10 o'clock A. Mi, at i lie
Tetajierancis Hull, nml proceed frotir ifiornSfc.ii
tliv t? rucclvcflie tulilreKme.
Coiiio nno, come all! utul 1i<j\|i ns to voll tut
Tcmpfiniico null.
COM MITTHH OP Ar.HAXrtK.Ul^'M.
Mny 7, 18-V.t 42
UUISKiN VIIjMS MARBLE YAfll>.
suhsevibor hna on hand nml 1* eonI
stantly receiving ? large aiul varied assortment
of
American and Italian Marblo,
To which ho wouhlcall the attention of those
in want <>f a suitable Monument. to mark tlx
spot where repose the remains of tlmir departed
relatives ami friends. Carving ami
lettering of all kinds neatly and prou\ptl\
executed.
fib#" Particular attention paid to orders
mail. JAMKS M. ALLKX. '
Greenville C. II., S. L\, Kol/. '22 ul-tf
a. u. lie rotors to l> <i Wosttield, (Jowor
Cox, Markly ?fc Co.. l>r. M B Karlo, W II
Watson, Esq., Col I) llokc, 11 McKay, Esq.
Of. W CLARK,
HAS OrKNKD A T.AIUiK ASSOUTMKNT 01
Confectionary,
IX tlio Brick Building, next door to E. B
Benson & Soil's Store, embracing Can
dies. Nut;', Pickles, Fruits, Oystors, and 11
variety of other i/ooil thimjs.
^'IliAUS. of various brands.
ALU AND I'ORTElt.
?AI mo?
Drugs and Books for sale,
lie respectfully solicits a share of patron
age. J. W. CLAIIK.
i'ondloton, April 24, 1850 l< > i
Stale of'Soufli Carolina,
In Ikmitv.
J. M. I llack, ci. ul. |
vs. V Hill for raiiilion.
Isaac llice, of. nl. )
TI1K Complainants having filed tlioir toil! ill
I t Ills cane, nnil, it appealing there! i om tlint
.)nines .1. Itlack ; Margaret Crane, Harper Cram
Uiivii Crane, A, 1'. Prune, ami L. Orr Crane
representative* of Kliznbcth C'/ane, formerly
Kli/.nbcth Mack, defendants in tliiseaso, reside
from ami without the limits of this State : Ot
motion, it is ordered that the aforementioned
absent defendant? do appear and plead, aiiHWcl
or demur to complainants' said bill of complaint
within thrco months from this date; and, fail
ing to do so, an order pro confrtto will .bo tn
ken against them.
nnii't a. TifOMPfiO\.u s i'.n
Com'rrf Office, March 24,1850 Km.
* Estate Notioo.
4 PI SAL BOUlemenf of the K?(nto of Merril
i\ Carver, decoano'1, will bo nimlc hotorn till
Ordinary, at Pickens 0. !(., on Krhlay (ho JJOtl
day of July next. TIioh? having demands again*
Maid estate will present them )>y that'tiinc attes
tcil as tho law requires, and those indehtci
thereto must make pavment forthwith,
j. G. 8TKKLK, Adpi'r.
April 18, IoCiP 89 3m
i ] j E w'ELilT, GOZJ) & SILVER,
' | <JKAN BTK. FlSCftftSKKH,
i J waiiiniiH, s. c.,
HAS jdrtliiow t'ttftlrlicct frtiht York 1riln
.. 1 ilr..I - i. . . -r
- a a. u i.njiv. hum MViuiiiMii i^MU lllH'llI uj
W Atc JitN, JS:M I:I.UY.
1 | (Moth <101,D nml BltiYRh,) Otoeta, MdsfctioS*
1 j e.?, Ooinhtf. Hi uhIich; Knncy Article*, I'erfutneiyi
^ S<>:ip*,.<i<>hl Pen*, etc.; nil of which hu? beert
, I bought forC.\SII, nntl which lie otTct* f"f sal#
' on tho most accommodating tevmn.
1 | JfoCT He also It KIWI US WA'IVIIHS niul "?fci
i or articles in liis line, ami nolicilK thei>alronag(3
' i of the public. Ilix ntnml in none tin* miblld
*r|tinre, nt WAWiHllu, S.
Doe. 1">. 18">0 24 If
r __ . . , , +
I f. VC. NOIUtlH, Jl?. .f. MS. IIAltHIXON. Z C. IT1.1.IAM.
J NOinUK. IfAIUUSOX ,V. !'l Jill AIM,
Attoi'iicyt* at Linv,
1 AXI>
souciTons is eqi itv.
j | It'll.I. nltiMnl pvnmplly^B nil buptncpp*nl?Ua?
j ' 1? tc<l to ilicir cure. " -Mn. l'ri.MAM cuf* tvl
I wnyn i?c foiuui in the Umoe.
OFFICK AT riCKKNS C. II., S. C.
t | Sopt.J), 1880 ? _ tf1
1 Blno "Ridp-o Rnilronrl Co. in 8. (7.
Cll Attl.KSTON*. Fof?. 1'.'. 185;).
SUnSCHIliKUS to tlio Citnltnl Stock nro
hereby notHiocJ that the Eighteenth nml
Nineteenth Instalments ol": the old snbsrription.
ami Twenty*iivc per cunt. of the now
subscription, art'wpiiretl to be paitl as follows
:
The Eighteenth instalment on the 19th ilny
of April next.
The Nineteenth instnlmenton the 19tli ilny
of May next.
I Ten per rent, of tho now subscription on
; the I'.'iii ihiy of March mwt,
'1 Ten iter cent. of (he new Kiib.vcription on
(lie 19th ilnv of April n'ext.
Five percent', of the new subscription on
the 19th dnv of May next, llv ot*ilor.
AV.U. 11. FKIIONNKAP.
Feh. 19, :U Treftmirer. i
T>{11? I
IAJAUaiUlUDU Q A lllOf
von SA LK AT SAI. I'/illIT)' S'. c.x
, , 'P11KSK celebrated l'ills arc of vegetable
. ! 1 pound. I'rec from mercury or drugs of any
) kind. Tltoy are a sofiWoign rcmi'dy |?ir pain or
j nny iiuohs'iuchs in tlie body. or cost I veneM.?
' Skin diseases of any inveterate and painful eltarI
acter, sneh as erysipelas, fit It rlieunt. tetter nn<l
; summer boat. liaye been eradleutcd by tlicivu.se.
j These pills have eurcil t)ie rlicumnlic. I be ep|
| leptTc. tlie paralytic, niul tbe consumptive. I it
I . jaundice and all nIFcetions.of the liver, dyspepI
! sia. dysentery, and dinrrhnc, pleurisy. Middeit
I p.tin* mid jnlhuiimatioiis, female Mwlruelivus,
j scorbutic and serolfulous, eveji gouty "'id noil
ratgio nltections, lm o given way to the two of
iliis medicine ; mii<1 now. after Iweittv yours cx:
perienee, the puhlio estimation of Prandreth's
i Pills continue to increase. For Worms llriotdrelh'm
Pill." tiro i lie Iwhi vermifuge : tliey arc
j infallible. A little clilltt. nix yeftvs ?ld, for some
1 j weeks was drooping : its mother gnve it one of
1 nrandreth'K sugar coated pills: the next day
I there come away a worm rtixlcen inches long
i an I ns largo as a child* liuger. The child was
, well. And for Pleurisy nothing is better. Let
the people discard prejudice and trv them.
; fifc?' Sold hy W. S. K (i. P. W11.MA.MS, ut
ttalubritv, S. ut the usual price.
_ m April 211, lb-V.t 00 tf |
' Public Notieo j
IS hereby given that n final settlement of the
Jvstate of Joshua t'lmjmmn, doeeascd, will ho *d
I ntn<le in tlio Ordinary'sUtiicc, at I'iekens C. II.,
' | on ilie 1st Monday in Anuuel next. Those linv.
' in? demand* against said K.state must render i
! them to trto legally Hfteeted before Mint lime,
' ami those indebted thereto must make payment
! tn once.
MAM I.. CIl.Vl'MAN, Adm'r..
I ApWl i'J. 1 m.v.i ?m
j NOT IU I?.
I U> Mf'Bons intcK'Avdin the Kalhte nfJosinh
/I. Hl'ftfuy. (leeendftw will take notice Mint a
tiniij wH'leineiii of estate will be ninde in
the Ov*4l*niry's ollic#, at I'iekeim ('. II. on Mm
, 1 Mt Monday in .InlyTiftsl- Tlnv?c indebted to
this estate must make payment bv tlnrt time,
^ ami those having demands against it must pre
kuiii mem legally aueMeimeiore mat ?ii?v.
A A HON JUKI (i 3, Ailin'r.
I 28.JK^O 40 am
^iilaic of'Moulli Carol in ii,
IX RJl'lTV?I'ICKKNS.
j Rouoft Kirkucy, Ailin'r.
.v.i J Petition for Relief, &c
j Ituiiah M Kiiksey, el al. )
i I IT appearing to my Hatisfariion dial Isaiah M. )
: 1 KirLpov. J a red K. F. Kirksev and Mary !..
! ! M.V. Klrksoy, defendants in tiifn ease, r^tldt jj
- | vfhlir.it the limits of this State: On motion of
| j Orr, for Petitioner, it in ordered that these ali
, m ift defendants do nppc. in thin ('ouit, and
! jiieml, answer or demur to the .said petition, I
f I within three months from the publication here[
of, or an order pro conftuno Will be taken Against \
| them.
iiim i. .a. i iivurnuA, r.r.p i>.
J Com'rs Offi?o? Mnroh lilt, 1>'">'.I !)in
xoricEi. I
,4 FIXAIj Rottfomeutof the Katnto of Thou
^\_ Alexander, dwjOflSOd, will he 'Intel be- II
' tore the Ordinnry, at Pickens II., on Monday
tin: 13th dny of.Juno next. Persons interested
therein must govern themselves/\rcordingly.
Those indebted must pnv un.nnd
' those llttvlng demands npiinst saiil Kstato 1
must render them to me, legally attested, before
that daw
DAX'fj. Al.KX ANDl".It, F.x'Jr. 1
_teb. ?. 1 K V.I 20 Hm
MJalc oJ'SoiqIIs Carolina^
HfKI'.XK?IN K^UITV.
1$. W. Alil>oIt )
v?. > MiHforIUdief,&e.
J? M.Cictuhn.yfltid wife, el nl I
IX appearing to tny rtntlsfuclioii tlint Nonli Alibott
and Ji M> ('fctlahnw mid wll'o Mnrt)ia,
defendants in Ilii*i leiddo without the lhnltt?
of tliin Sluto: On motion of Norton, conipluiiimhi'h
Hotiiiltcr. it I* ordered tlint tlie void '
1 nhrtoiit defendants <1<> appear in tliis court mid ,
' plead, Answer or deintiv to compl n i tin lit *'h hii i?t I
- 1>IU of complaint, within three months frgni tho
tuldication hereof, or an oHer^rofcMwJull
o taken oh to them. , \ ?
nOU'T, A. THOMPSON,
\,t. irn wmcoi .?mrcii in'i.i yini"
itlO^KY! #mpjt
'PUB Book?, Accounts mid Notes, ngMjgjfeil tut
1 InHortol & Nurninn for I lie benefit m7t?Vfr
orcditori), nro in my bund* for Collcotion.?'$flili
IMcemliy of the civ ho rc<|iiir?? I lint (hey
bo nettled without delny.
J. E. Assignee.
Oct 8, Ift'iH 12 tr
, N0VIDU
j TS boroliy ghen that 1 will not 1?o re*porr??
i JL silde for intcrorton tho dixtributivo unare
t of Hilla Pawmm, in the Estntoof l>nnicl Moo
| dv, doccntfod, on nnd nf'ter this diito; nnd
l 1 ?I.S? l.~ .1?1 i
1 ? >!(?v miib iiimii v Mill W j'lnri III inir ui liutTe?toii
the sni<l vn rtf.nro.
BKNNKT* MOOUY, RxV,
Vcb. 23t 185'J 31 3?i
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