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DR. PaTRICK'8 COTTON PRESS
pTb? undersigned Agent for Ornngoburg
"County begs leave to call the attention of
COTTOtf PLANTERS to tho same, and
would advise evory ono in need of a COT
TON TRESS to purohaeo a patent at onoo.
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nt the Store of J. W. Patrick & Co., R?ssel ;
Street Orangoburg C. ft.," S. C., where a
nmOetv ?Im*?', bot > seen, or address Copt. Je ff
STORES Gen'l Agent Midway 8. C. '
* j< 1 J.' W. PATRICK, Agt.
Orangcburg County S. C.
i?U^ ; 1873*
The Farmer and Merchant.
Who Needs "Backbone"?Views of
a Country Merchant.
Editors Milwaukee. Journal of Com
merce :?I not ice in your issuo of Octo
ber 22d, on interesting column called
"Good Reading for Farmers." It con
tained Bcvernl letters from the files of
Milwaukee merchants, showing that
dealers of the country are slow in meet
ing their accounts because the farmers
of the West won't pay their store bills
until they can tell their wheat at a price
that will suit them. One letter, ad
dressed to tho M Iwaukee Journal of
Commerce, and signed "Country Mer
chant," appeals eloqtieotly to tho far
mers to sell a portion of thoir crops,
evcu at a sacrifice, and pay the country
dealer for tho sugar, tea, ooffeo, pork
and dry-goods that they have been oat
ing up aud wearing out all summer and
that he oiccs for. That letter is so full
of truth and sound suggestion that I
hope you will let me quota it here in
full. I will here say that I i\i^h that
every one of tho fifteen hundred news
papers of the northwest would place the
contents of this letter before their read
ers. There is not a word in it that any
honest and reasonable (armer, who pays
his debts (like every other class of busi
uess men) exactly wheu they fall due
. nd whether it is entirely convenient,
for them or not could object to. And I
believe that it would make a great
many furmcrs who are unbusiness like
aud really dishoucst without meaning
to be so, reflect a little and see bow
mean t.hoy are in this matter and how
much harm thoy are doing to tho busi
ncs-s interests of the whole country from
Suu Prairie to New York Citv. and bnn.
ujuoii thoy arc injuring themselves. It
every one of yo> r exchanges in Wucou
sin, Iowa, Minnesota,. Michigan and
Illinois, would copy this letter o>
?'Country Merchant," I /enow it would
save millions of dollars this winter to
Milwaukee, Chicago and New York. It
would prevent innumerable failures, and
take the teeth out of tho wolf, "hard
times," that is abroad in the laud
deranging tho machinery in finance
stopping manufacturing industries, lower
ing tho market for produce, aud threate
ing the very homes of farmers them
:-elves. Here uro
views of a country merchant.
Su.s PBAiaiB, Wis., Oct. 14, 1873.
Editors AtihcauJcec Journal of Com
merce :?We havo at all times been told
that the agricultural communities, which
mean the farmers, are thegreat bulwark
and backbone of the country. We
willingly concede that it is true. In
politics thoy say who shall rule and
they send who they will to fill our halls
of legislature, seals in congress, pre
sidential and judicial ohairs ; and when
they move in organized bodies, as they
uow arc doing, they create an influence
that intimidates and frightens our grout
railroad kings. They say, thus fur have
your land grabbing schemes, subsidies
and theft of the public domain gone,
but they shall go no farther. Wo do
not suy they are wrong. So far, so
good ! But let us look a little farther
und sco what is tho duty of tho hour.
Where ought we to look for the com
mercial honor of our country 1 Most
ussuredly in the backbone of our country.
Wo look for it; do we find it whore,
moro than any where else, wo ought to
find it?
What is i tho courso pursued by a
largo majority ol our farming common
ity?
In tho spring the country merchant
goes into tho market aud buys his stock
of goods, fills up his Btorc ; aud Messrs.
A., B., C, nod perhaps a hundred more
of tho backbone of tho country, come
aud make their purchnsei through the
summer for themselves aud their fami
lies, with* the distinct understanding
thut when they get in their crops they
will puy their accounts. Some of these
farmers aro well olf?rieb ! worth four
times us much as the man whose sugar,
coffee, pork, tea, &o., thoy aro eating
through tho season ! In tho full they
harvest their bountiful crops. Their
bins stacks aud barns groan with their
well filled contents; aad tho poor
country merchant who it may bo ia
"hard up" to pay his creditor, und want
ing to replenish his stock, meekly asks
for bis money according to agreement,
tu nine cases out of ten what answer
does he get ? Here is whore the "com
mercial honor" of tho backbone com es
in. He ii told that wheat has gone off
fire to ten cents and that till the prico
advances the farmer will hold his wheat.
Tho agreement to pay when ho "got off
his wheat" meant when ho sold it, &o,;
that he was able to pay interest, &c'.",
and the mevchant must wait. As the
poor merchant who owes in Milwaukee,
Chicago, New York or Boston cannot
sustain himself on his kind of commer
ciul honor, he goes to protest, loses his
ciedit, becomes a bankrupt, or near it,
ai d all because ho is afraid of offending
his backbone constituents by insisting
on what is only his just due.
We venture to say that of all our
farmers, mechanics, manufacturers aud
professional men, the least oommercial
honor is to be found in the agricultural
communities of the country. If you do
not believe it ask almost any of the
country merchants doing a credit busi
ncss. Now, farmers of Wisconsin, Iowa,
and Minnesota, what is your duty? Are
you so privileged and favored a class of
community that all of the world outside
of yourselves aro expected to be prompt
in their dealings and honorable in their
engagements, while you can flout to the
winds every sentiment of integrity and
fair dealing, because, forsooth, the price
of wheat is not satisfactory and you arc
able to hold your wheat, or can go to
nuothcr store to buy ynur goods, beoauso
the merchant needs what you owe him.
Gcntlemcu, pay your debU! I'ay
your country merchants! Give him the
means to keep his credit good. Don't
let him go to his bod night after night
to toss on his pillow thinking where the
"money is coming from the next few
days to keep him from being drivcu to
tho wull. Aye ! with your bins full of
cash whaut, even ut a sacrifkc, pay vcur..
,Ul>*-> ? I ay ror Waat you have eaten
and arc wearing out. thut he owes for !
And then, gentlemen, you will have a
right (and not till then) to stand up in
your Granges and talk about elevating
the position, socially, of tho agricultural
community of our country.
Yours, Country Merchant.
This is what "Country Merchant"
has to say to the farmers, and I hope
farmers will read it aud heed it. Now
I have a word or two to say to "Country
Merchant." lie talks of "backbone. '
How much "backbone" has he ? Let
us see. He says :
As the poor merchant who owes in
Milwaukee, Chicago, New York or
Boston cannot sustain himself on this
kind of commercial honor, he goes to
protest, lo?os his credit becomes a bank
rupt, or near it, all because he is afraid
of offending his backbone constituents
by insisting on what is only his just
due.
Right here is the trouble. The
country merchaut is "afraid of offend
ing" his farmer customer, so he lets him
drag in his payments, while he goes
whining to his creditor beonuso he can't
collect what is due him. Does Country
Merchant try to collect? Does he
insist upon gotting what is his just duo,
just when it is due? Docs he crowd
Squire Corucrib, and tell him he must
coiuc to tiuio or have the lawyers and
the sheriff after him ? In short, does
Country Merchant himself show the
least particlo of "backbone" in his doal
ings with his well-to do obstreperous
farmer customer ? No, sir. Mr
Country Merchant is ^afraid of offend
ing." Ho begs and whines for pay
from Squiro Cornciib, and goes on sell
ing moro goods to that l.ono^t yooman
who was never known to sell a bushel of
wheat on a raising market because ho
always expects it is going higher, and
who never pays Country Merchant until
ho gets ready. Whon absolute want
and commercial dishonor stare him in
tt'0 faco, Country Morohant perhaps
whines so hard that Squiro Cornorib
gets mad and says: "Woll if Smith
don't want to trust me, Jonos will."
What does Country Merchant do then ?
lie Bits down und writes an eloquent
plea to his oily croditor, placing all the
blamo upon his farmor customers. I
?eil you, Mr. Editor, Country Morchan
is just ns much to blamo for the bad
bu8ino8s habits of tho farmor as tho far
mor himself. The fannor never oxpects
to pay his debt at a definite time brean->o
ho has never been obliged to. Coun'ry
Merchant assert his righta. Lot him
Gght for thorn. Let him determine not
te go to the wall booauao tho former
customer who is richer than ho won't
pay his just due.".. Let him not bo
"afraid of offending." Let Jura, inform.
Squire Corncrib that he shall not get
another yard oi" goods or a gallon of
kero?cno on arc lit until ho squares his
old account. Let him tell Squiro Corn
crib to go to JoT/es, or any other place,
to do his trading until ho can walk up
and pay his little bills like a rcspoctable
business man. f Let him place his ac
count, if need be/ in tho hands of young
Law Calf. [
If Squire Cornorib is the man wc take
him to be, be "-?l rcBpcct and honor a
creditor who adopts a manly course like
this. The farn?r is, altor all, to some
extent a ratiouf.il being. Ho is not
much woree, if| not mueh better, than
tho rost of uiunk^d. Ho will bully and
despise his creditor if his creditor will
let him, and h^- will respect him if he
won't. Th? farmer is slow and irregular
and business likoiubout paying bis debts,
becauso he has/never boon taught any
better. It is thofbusiuos3 of the country
mcrcbnnt to tn^'.oh him that a debt is
a debt, and tha* it must be paid when
payracut was premised, whether wheat
is two dollars or a dollar five. Tho
country merchant is, in my opinion, the
man who stands, most in ricsd of "back
bone.''
Yours Re.<jpectfullj,
City Merc ant.
Milwaukee, Oct., 30.
Rules for U e Care of Sheep.
The general aj ent of the American
Emigrant Comp ihy gives the follow
ing: J
1. Keep eheepylry under foot with
litter. This is cyan more uccessary thau
roofiug. Never 1st them stand or lie iu
mud or snow. \
2. Take up.'.aiPb; jphms early in the
} ..v.iiiiyrrrj-iinir'KCep rhcu/ uji uffi.il Dcooiu
ber W-t, following, when they may be
turned out.
W Drop or take out tho lowest b ro,
thus saving broken limbs.
4. Count every day.
5. Begin gruiniug with tbc groatesl
care, and use the Miiulleat quantity at
first.
G. If a ewe lose her lamb, milk her
daily, for u few days, and mis h little
alum with her salt.
7. Let no bogs eat with tha sheep, in
the spring.
8. Give the lambs a little milk feed in
time of weaniug.
9. Never frighten sheep if possible to
avoid it.
10. Sow rye for weak ones in cold
weather if you can.
3.1. Separate all weak, or thin, or
fiickt from those utrong, in the fall, and
giro ibem special care.
12. If anj slicep is hurt, catch, it at
once nnd wash the wuuud; and if it is
fly time, apply spirits of turpentine daily
and always wash with something beul
ing. If a limb is broken bind it up
with splinters, tightly, loosening as the
limb swells.
I'd. Keep a number of good bells on
the sheep.
24. Do not lot the sheep spoil their
wool with cbaff or burs.
15. Cut tag locks in early spriug.
16. Vor scours givo pulverized alum
in wheat bran; prevent by taking care iu
changing dry for grecu feed,
17. If ono is lame, examine the loot,
clean out between the boold, pare the
hoof if unsound, and apply tobacco with
blue vitrol, boilod in a little wator
18. Shear at once any sheep commune
ing to sbed its wool, unless the weather
is too severe, autl save oavufully the
pelt of any sheep that dios.
19. Have at least ono good work by
you for reforrcnoo. This will bo money
in your pocket.
ma??a- ????????
Immigration,
Captain Erank Molchers, of Cbarlos
ton, publishos the following card:
"Tbc Rev. Mr Robert Ncu:nann, mis
sionnry of Castle Garden, New York
having oomo to tho South, under tbo
direction of tbo commissioners of immi
gratiou of New York, for tbo purposo of
seeking a new field for tbo immigrants
arriving daily, is desirous of plaoing a
few hundred families in South Caroli
do,
"Uudor tbo auspices of tbo German
Society of Charleston, the undersignod,
therefore calls upou tbo plantors, farm
ers and otbors who desire to have some
of tbeso luborors, to writo immodiutoly
and designato what kind of laborer^ thoy
wibIi whole families, or single labo
rers, Germans or Italians, craftsmen
or farm laborers.
"Planters who have land fo? sale at
low prices or who desire to give a por
tiou of their land free to immigrants,
will also' pleaso state it, as a por
tiou of the immigrants have money
euough to start a farm if they get tho
laud gratia or on a long credit.
'?An opportunity presents itself hero
to draw the long desired immigrants to
our Stale, and if all act promptly, sovcr
al thousand good men may come here.
'?The undersigned is roady to devote
his time for the purpose, and only de
sires tho cooperation of the citizens of
the State.
"Franz Melchkrs,
"Editor btiUfscJic Zeitung "
All the papers in the State are respect
fully, requested to copy the above as of
ten as their liberality will dictate.
Tin; Value of a Newspaper.
A mechanic tolls an interesting story
of how he was induced to take a news
paper, aud what came of it, aa fol
lows:
Ton years ago I lived iu a town in
Indiana. Un returning home one night
?for I am a cur peutcr by trade?I saw
a littlo girl leave my door and I asked
my wife who she was. She said Mrs.
Harris had sent after their newspaper,
which my wife had borrowed. As we
sat dowu to ton my wife said to me:
"I wish you would subscribe for the
newswapcr; it is so much comfort to me
when you are away from home/
"I would like to do so,' said I, "but
you know I owe a payment on the house
and lot. It will be all I can do to meet
it.'
She replied : "If you take this pa
per I will sew for tho tailor to pay for
it.' S? '
I subscribed for the paper; it came in
due time to tho simp. While readeng
one noon and looking over it [ saw an
advertisement of the County Com urn
sioners to let a bridge that was to be
built. I put in a bid for the bridge, and
the job was awarded to me. on which I
cleared S.'i'M), which enabled tnc to pay
for my house aud lot easily, and for the
newspaper. If 1 had not subscribed for
tho newspaper I should nut have known
anything about the contract, and could
not have met my payment on my house
and lot A mechanic never loses any
tiling by taking a now.spnpcr.
German Domesticity.
"The simplicity of domestic life iu
Germany," says a writer, "has not been
overstated. My respect for the 'staff
of lilo' has wonderfully increased since
the introduction, for, with a bread and
butter diet from morning till night, I
find myself at the end of each meal
looking forward with avidity to the
next. To hear over bountiful American
tables of the five daily Gorman meals is
somewhat satiating, but when one gets
here he finds it is not a question of times
of outing, but how to get enough every
time. And so to dyspcplice and cloyed
American appetites \ say, Throw away
your drugs and tonics and tuku the first
.steamer to Germany. Tho intellectual
longings for n mastery of tho language
will bo quenched in tho moro im per a
tivo cravings of a lower order of nature.
Hut with this simple faro, which seems
sometimes hardly a fair exchange for
your generous supply of thalers, you
are troatcd to a good deal of affection,
introduced to all tho relations of the
family, and at the end of a few weeks
you find yourself with quite an extcn
sivc circle of acquaintances.'
Manners.
Manners aro more important than
money. A boy who is polite and pleas
ant in his manners will always have
friends, and will not often, make enemies
Good behaviour is essential to prosperi
ty. A boy fouls woll when ho does
well. If you wish to mako ovorybody
pleasant about you, and gain friends
wherever you go, cultivato good man
ners. Many boys hnvo pleasant man
ners for company, aud ugly inannors for
home.
Wo visited a small railroad to^n, not
long since, and were met at tho depot by
a little boy of about oloven or twelve
yeurs, who conducted us to tho houso of
his mother, and entcrtaiuod nud cared
for us, in tho absence of his father, with
us much polito attention and thoughtful
care, as the most cultivated gentleman
could have do no. Wq said this to his
molker wben wo loft h?r homo. "You
uro groatly blessed in your sob, ho is so
attentive and obligiug."
"Yes," sho said, "I can always depend
on Charley when his lather is absent.
He is a groat holp and .oomfort to mo."
She said this as it did her heart good
to acknowledge tho cleverness of bcr
son.
The best manuers cost so little, and
are worth so much, that every boy can
have them.
Tho Wanderer's Prayer.
Oh a cold, dreary evening in autumn,
a small bey, poorly clad, yet cleanly and
tidy, with a pack upon bis back, knock
ed at the door of an old Quaker in the
town of S-. "Was Mr. Lanmen
at home?-' "Ycb." Tho boy wished
to see him, and he wns speedily ushered
into the host's presenco.
Friend Laninan was ono of tho
wealthiest men iu tho County, and
President of tho L-Valley
Railroad. The boy had come to see if
he could obtain a situation on the road
lie suid he was an orphan?his mothor
had been dead only two months, and bo
was now a homeless wanderer. Rut tho
lad was too small for the filling of any
placo within the Quaker's gift and bo
was forced to deny him. Still he lsked
the looks of the boy and said to him :
''Thee may stop iu my house to night
and on the iiorrow I will give thee the
name of two or three men in Philadcl
pbia, to whom thee may apply with as
surance of kind reception, at least. I
am sorry I havo no employment lor
thee."
Later iu the evening the old Quaker
wcut the rounds of his spacious mansiou,
lantern in hand, as was his wont, to seo
that all was safe, before retiring for the
uight. As he passed the door of tho
little chamber where tho poor wandering
orphan hud been plnccd to sleep, he
heard a voice. He stoppe? and listened
and distinguished tbc tones of a simple,
earnest prayer. He ?bent his ear nearer,
and heard theso words from tho boys
lips:
"0, Good Father in Heaven! help
me to help myself. Watch over me as
I watch over my conduct; and care for
mo us deeds shall merit! Bloss the
good man iu whose house T am sheltered,
and spare him long, that he may con
tinue his bounty to other suffering and
needy ones. Amk.n!
And the Quaker responded another
A men as he moved on ; and as he went
his way ho meditated. The boy had a
truo idea of the duties of life, aud pos
scssed a warm, grateful heart. "Iveri
ly believe the lad wil4 bo a treasure to
bis employer 1" was his concluding rofleo
tion.
When tho morning came, tbo old
Quaker had changed his mind oonccrn
ing his answer to the boy's application.
"Who learned theo how to pray ?"
asked Friend L.
"My mother, sir," was the soft reply.
Aud the rich brown eyes grow moist.
"And thee will uot forget thy mother's
couusels V,.1
"I cannot, for I know that my success
in lifo is dependent upou thoui,"
(,My boy thee may stay hero In my
house ; and very soon 1 will tako thee to
my office. Go now and get thy break
fast."
Friend L. was gathered to the spirit
harvest shortly alter tho breaking out of
the lato war; but he lived to see the
poor boy he had adopted ris-i, step by
step, until he finally assumed the ro
spinsiblo office which t he failing guar
dian could no longer hold. Aud to day
there iB no man more honored and re
spectod by hin friends, and none more
feared by gumblcrs aud evilminded
speculators in irresponsible stock, than
is the onco poor Wunderer?now presi
dent of ono of the best managed and
mo>t productive Railways in the United
States.
Tub Story of a Tramp.?The Troy
Whig of o recent morning tolls the fol
lowing story : "A great number of por
tons who aro known as ' tramps" aro at
present wandering about the city. A
part of these aro undoubtedly scoking
employment, whilo othors aro vagrants
from prcferouce and habit. On Monday
aftornoon ono of theso wanderers accosted
a Whig.-, representative on First street,
and said : "Can you tell a follow where
he can get work V Receiving a nega
tive reply, the miserable man related his
woes ns follows: "Stranger, I do not
want to go to tho poor house, but I at
afraid there is no help for it. X havo
traveled every atop of tho way from
Utica, and asked for work at every town,
nud of eery person, and boggod my
lodging and my food. I kept up my
courage, for I had heard tbat Trojr^as
a large manufacturing'placo; and I Was
sure, air, that I could get Eoinething to
do so that I could earn an honest living.
My dear mother liven near Buffalo (horo
tho man began to weep), and sbc iS
expeoting mouoy from mo to pay tho
Cow dollars she owes for font, and to buy
coal and wood for the wiuter. My God,
sir, I wish I was dedd."HundredsLof
men who have been thrown out of'emr
ploy men t by the recent money panio
will, we fear, be obliged, like this manj
to seek tho shelter of tho!county poor*
ho?se." ? '
Right Kind of ?tatriniotty. [
l Ui OtojspUj 'id I 8ctvl$rrA
U'lH Iir.'^ bx^li /.Jl'VT
We advise all, of every condition, to,,
marry. It is no oxcuse to say tha times
arc herd. They have a saying in Ireland
that two can pull better 'aid stronger
than one, particularly if they pull cheer
fully together. Therefore, beginget
once. The harder.the times the greater
ucccssity for companionship comfort and
consolation. , V
The Ohristain Intelligonoer? treating
of "Suitableness in Marriag3,' remarks
that the marriage which is based on a
fair, mutual estimate of charaotor; which ?
is the unison of kiudred mind.-', the 0919.)
cur re i ico of two natures suited to each
other; the iutorbleudiug of two heitta
made one by pure and holy affection,
is indeed the.nearest approach to h?*;tr,
en that can be made on earth ? through,
any human relationship. Marriaga
does, indeed, iuvolvo so.much.fchat; Iha
wonder is that it should be treated sa
so lightly in common talk, and its esUta
often entered upon as though it woro
but a lottery, | with a few prizes and?
many blanks. . . . ^taWreai
BsSirtATifiB QOAIitTlES IN A Pttj?-?fc.
Of all the desirable qualities in a pig b
vigorous appetite is of the Oridt Impor
tance. A hag that will not eas is of tto
moro uso t han a mill that will not grind;
and it is undoubtedly true that the moro
a pig will cat in proportion to his ?izo,
provided he can digest rind assimilate itf
the moro profitable he will pr?vei? ?H *?
The noxt desirable quality .is, perhaps,:
quoitness of disposition. The blood la
derived from the food; and flesh is'de-i
rived from the blood. Animal force* la
derived frera the transformation of flellf.'
The more of this is used in unntoeJ?JflfP
motions, the grcator the demand on'tlrt^
rtomaeh, and the moro food will thero
be required inoroly to sustain tho vital
function?and the more frqqnently-flesh
is transformed and formed again-tho
tougher and less1 palatable ithacomcs.
This quality, quietness of disposition,!
combined with a sma'l amount of uffefttl
parts, or offal, 'has been the aim of all
modem breeders. Its importance will
readily be perooived, if we assume that
seveutyfive per cent, of the food is ordia
nrily consumed' to support tho vital
function, and (hat tho slight additional
demand of only one sixth moro food, b'
required for the extra offal parts aud un
necessary activity. _ Suoh a coarse, rest
less animal would gain in flesh and fat,"*
in proportion to the food consumed, only
h.\{f' asfliat as the quiet, refined animal.
To assume that a rough, oo.irso, savago, |
ill bred mongrel hog will requiror only
one sixth moro food than a quiet, refined,
well bred Berkshire, Essdx or Suffolk;/ia'
uot extravagant. ?
An American offiocr playod' a protok
ing practical ' jokr? m a riowly inarrledf
Peruvian officer at Callao, whoj with his
wife, \vas the most devoted and jealous
oflovera. He sent a noto to tho wire
that tho husband 'tvUs in the \\\hU of
going to boo a certain lady at a oeftefn
timo aud placo; ho also wrote to tha
husband that his wife was in tho hahit
of g*oing to tho same place at tho samo
hour to to meot a cortain gautlembb.
Maddenod by joalouBy'ea'oh went tcHne
appointed place at the samo titne.: Tho
wife went first,'and was : shown into ait
anteroom; the husband soon follovfrodi. *
Mutual rdoriminilions ensued', id the
mitist of which tho lady of tho tho h >uso '
a dress maker, camo in, and protested
sho had never soon oith.or'bf tho parties
before. Having found ont tho author
of the joke, thoy visited him with suoh
| effect that ho kept his l*d for V week,
a,u<l his oves were elosod tor a, foft^i^'ft ;