Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, February 07, 1856, Image 4
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, ALL MANKIND ARE BARBERS.
I'll prove to you, my friend, I hope,
That none a doubt can harber,
That all the world's a barbor shop,
And every man a barber.
Some shave to make themselves look neat,
And some because 'tis funny;
And brokers shave you in the street,
And only shave for money. .
Some shave their foreheads sliok and clean,
If with low heads they're bothered.
' But then 'tis plainly to be seen,
That they're the ones that lathered.
To court a girl with eloquence,
The dandy never frets her:
But lathers her with compliment,
And shaves her when he gets her.
The maidens also, now and then,
Who are so fond of sporting,
8oft soap the shallow minded men,
And shave 'em while they're courting.
Btit men and girle who thus will boast.
Of soaping while they tarried,
Will find at last with bitter cost,
That both gotsh&vod when married.
HOW NED LOST HIS BREECHES.
It was in the latter part of Jane, in the year
185?, that business called me to that section
of our State called the "Free State of Gasoon.
ade," aud it was during my stay there that the
scene I am about to relate occurred. It was
on a Saturday evening, and the day warm
(very peculiar to this olimate at that season of
. the year,) that I approaohed the residence (as
I afterwards learned) of one of the first settlers
of that part of the country. I hallowed to
know if I could stay until Monday. The old
gentleman yes, and invited me to alight?
" *; called one of the servants to take my horse,
.. and leading the way, conducted me to the
I house, an$ soon made me feel at home. The
L1 welcome reminded me of boyhood days, when
L if you were welcomed, it was a welcome in*
!' deed. The dwelling was of a primitive kind,
consisting of two log cabins, about fifteen by
. eighteen feet square, with a passage between,
and one story high. The ceiling was made of
loose clapboords, laid on nnhewed joists; and
the floor was made of puncheons hewed out of
linn trees^ The door reminded me of the log
cabin campaign of 1840?"the string of the
latch was never pulled in." The chimney corresponded
with the rest of the building. The
^ furniture was rather better than is usual for
that section, and the house and its inmates
wore an air of neatness and cheerfulness that
is not often found in our cities.
The family consisted of the old gentleman,
Mr. E. B., his wife, two sons, and a daughter;
the rest of the children had all got married
and left home long since. The daughter, Nancy
(that was her name,) was about that age
when girls usually hesitato to tell, and therefore
I will not. She was as fine a specimen of
a girl as you would wish to meet; and you
could see from her eye that she could enjoy a
laugh as well as any one.
Sunday morning, the old gentleman and
myself took a stroll around the farm, which I
found to be a good one of the sort, and pretty
well stocked, especially with hounds, of which
he had at least a dozen?five of them puppies.
I am particular as to the hounds, for the sequel
will show that puppies are sometimes as
mischievous in the country as the same animal
__is in the city.
At 11 o'clock we all went to church?I gallanted
Miss Nancy; but on my return I found
she had caught a beau?being a married man,
however, I did not take on much about it.?
Ned Sowers (the name of the beau) was an
original in his way, and stood in his boots, aboufc
five feet ten, black hair and eyeB, and
looked as suple as an eel. His sinewy form
was encased in a suit of homespun, colored
with walnut bark; his under garments were
also home-made and appeared to be made of
rather tough material for Ned's comfort Ned,
like all young men in love, as soon as supper
was over, sat up to Nancy like a sick kitten to
a hot brick on a cold day. I chatted with the
'old folks; but being desirous of getting an early
start, I soon retired loan adjoining room
and went to bed. The bedstead was a lowposted
one, the foot of which was towards the
door. What time Ned came to bed (for he
slept with me,) is more than I know; but it
must have been late, judging from the lateness
o1f the hour wh^^Baie, or rather jumped up.
All the family were up and stirring. I had
been to the stable to atteud to my horse?had
just returned and advanced a few feet in the
passage, when I met one of the puppies dragging
Ned's breeches, and before I had time to
arrest him, I heard a noise in the room in
which I had slept. I hastened to the door,
when Miss Nancy rushed by me, sifter in hand,
and her face as red as a coal of fire with blushes.
I looked in, and there was poor Ned, fast
to the bedpost. He had awoke just in time to
get a glimpse of his departing pants, and in
leaping from the bed to recover them, his flaxen
garment caught on the post. But before I
could render him any assistance the flax gave
way to Ned's herculean effo'ts, and down he
oame on the floor. He sprang to his feet, and
out he rushed in hot pursuit. But puppy, by
this time, was under the floor. Poor Ned hesitated
but a moment, and straightening himself
up, he cast one last lingering look towards
the hole into which puppy crawled
with his pants, and then as if gathering him-;
self up for a mighty effort, he struck out for j
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high) his flaxen garment streaming in his [
wake, and was spread out over the corn as if i
it was hung out to dry. Scarcely had he got |
under full headway, ere the old hounjJ spied [
him, and sounded the alarm, and then in hot!
pursuit joined the whole pack. Ned had a !
mile to run, half way through the corn, and he !
saw, if he did not reach home, he was a gone !
case.
Away Ned scampered over corn stalks, bush '
and briar, his hair floated majestically on the ;
breeze, and his yellow flag, now only fastened j
to his neck, sweeping the tassels of corn.? j
Yelp! yelp ! followed the pack of hounds, like !
as many demons on his trail, reminding one ofj
the adventures of Tarn O'Shanter with the
witches.
By this time the whole family were out j
watching the chase. Nancy screamed and
laughed, and laughed and screamed again,
while the old man yelled, 'Go it Ned, for
Sweet Lip's gaining on yon?shirt tail's trump, '
and dogs are arter it!'
Ned reached a pond?he plunges in?the
hounds don't like water, so they go round.?
Now he is safe ! But no ! they have made the
circuit and are after him again ! Ky-yi, bow
wow-wow, yelled old Sweet Lip, as she made
a desperate bound at Ned's flag, just as he
reached his own door and escaped into the
house.
The roar of laughter, the yelping of the
hounds, and Ned's flaxen garment streaming
in the wind, produced one of the most ludicrous
scenes I ever witnessed.
P. S.?Since then I have seen one of Nan-1:
cy's brothers, and he informed that was Ned's
last visit; but the young man added, that any
man that oould out run old Sweet Lip was good
enough for any gal.
PREDICTIONS FOR NEW YEAR.
According to the wise heads and soothsayers
of the present day, the year of our Lord
1850 is to be an eventful one. We extract
the following sagacious predictions, which
will doubtless be fulfilled :
"Through the whole course of the coming
year, whenever the moon wanes the night will
grow dark. On several occasions, during the
year, the sun will rise before certain people
discover it, and set before they have hnished
the day's work. It is quite likely that when
there is no business doing, many will be heard
to complain of hard times, but it is equally cer
tain that all who hang themselves will esoape
starvation. If bustles and hoops go out of
fashion, a church pew will hold more than
three ladies. If dandies wear their beards,
there will be less work for the barhers, and he
who wears mustaches will have something to
sneeze at. There will be many eclipses of virtue,
some visible and others invisible. Whosoever
is in love, will think his mistress is a
perfect angel, and will only find out the truth
of his suspicion by getting marriefl. Many
delicate ladies, whom no one would suspect,
will be kissed without telling their ma's.?
There will be more books published than will
find purchasers, more rhymes written than will
find readers, and more bills made than will
find payers. If the incumbent of a fat office
should die, there will be a dozen feet ready to
step into one pair of shoes. If any young lady
should happen to blush, she will be apt to
look red in the face, without the use of paint;
if she dream of a youDg man three nights in
sucaession, it will be a sign of something; if
she dream of him four times, or have the toothache,
it is ten to one she will be a long time
in getting either of them out of her head.?
Many people will drink more strong liquor
than will be necessary to keep them sober, and
take more medicine than will be requisite to
the enjoyment of good health. Dinners and
entertainments will be given to those who have
enough at home, and the poor will receive
much advice gratis, legal and medical excepted.
The publio debts of the repudiating
StateB will verv Drobablv attend private con
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tracts in this latitude. He who marries this
year will run a great risk, especially if he does
it in a hurry, He who steals a match gives
tatlers occasion to gossip, and will be apt to
involve himself and bride in disagreeable relations.
There will be a great noise all over the
country when it thunders, and a tremendous
dust will be kicked up occasionally by the
coach-horses. Many young ladies, who hope
for it but little expect it, will be married; and
many who anticipate that glorious consummation,
will be doomed to wait another year.?
Finally, there exists little doubt, this will be
a "most wonderful" year, surpassing in interest
all that have preceded it. Politicians will
make fools of themselves; pettifoggers will
make fools of others; and women with pretty
faces make fools of both. The world will go
round as usual, and come baek to the place
whence it set out, as will many a man who engages
in business. There will be great cry
and little wool, at the sheering of pigs and
meeting of Congress.
MAKING A NEEDLE.
I wonder if any little girl who may read this
ever thought how many people are all the time
at work in making the things which she every
day uses. What can be more common, and
you may think, more simple, than a needle!
Yet, if you do not know it, I can tell you that
it takes a great many persons to make a needle
and a good deal of time too.
In going over the premises we must pass
hither and thither and walk iuto the next
street and back again, and take a drive to a
mill, in order to see the whole process. We
find one chamber of the shop is hung round
with coils of bright wire, of all thicknesses,
from the stout kinds used for codfish hooks
to that of the finest cambrio needles. In a
room below, bits of wire the length of two
needles are cut by a vast pair of shears fixed
in the wall. A bundle has been cut off; the
bits needs straightening, for they havo just
come off from coils. The bundle is thrown
into a red-hot furnace; and then taken out and
rolled backward and forward on a table until
the wires are straight. This process is called
"rubbing straight." We saw a mill for grinding
needles. We go down and find a needle
pointer seated on his bench. He takes up
two dozen or so of the wires and rolls them between
his thumb and fingers, with their ends
on the grindston, first one end and then the
other. We have now the wires straight and
pointed at both ends. Next is a machine
which flattens and gutters the heads of ten
thousand needles iu an hour. Observe the
little gutters at the lmad of your needle. Next
comes the punching of the eyes, and the boy
who does it, punches eight thoueand an hour,
and he does it so fast your eyes can hardly
keep pace with him. The splitting follows,
which is running a fine wire through a dozen,
perhaps, of these twiu needles.
A woman, with a little anvil before her,
files between the heads and seperatea them.?
They are now complete needles, but rough
and rusty, and what is worse, they easily bend.
A poor needle, you will say. But the hardening
comes next. They are heated in batches
in a furnace, and when red-hot, are thrown in
a pan of cold water. Next, they must be tern-!
pered; and this is done by rooling them backward
and forward on a hot-metal plate. The
polishing still remains to be done. On a ve
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ber of forty or fifty thousand. Emery dust is
strewed over them, oil is sprinkled, aud the
cloth is then rolled up, and with several others
of the same kind, thrown into a sort of j
wash pot to roll to and fro for twelve hours or
more. They oome out dirty enough; but after
rinsing in clean hot water, and a tossing iu i
saw dust, they look as bright as can be, and I
are ready to be sorted and put up for sale.?
But the sorting aud doing up in papers, you j
may imagine, is quite a work by itself.
EFFECTS OF HEAT ITFON MEAT. !
A well cooked piece of meat should be full I
of its own juice or natural gravcy. In roast- !
ing, therefore, it should be exposed to a quick |
fire, that the external surface may be made to J
contract at once, and the albumen to coagu-1
late, before the juice has had time to escape :
within. And so in boiling. When a piece ofi
beef or mutton is plunged into boiling water, I
the outer part contracts, the albumen, which i
is near the surface, coagulates, and the internal
juice is prevented either from escaping into
the water by which it is surrounded, or
from being diluted or weakened by the admiB- :
sion of water among it. When cut up, there- j
fore, the meat yields much gravy, and is rich
in flavor. Hence a bcefstake or a mutton chop j
is done quickly and over a quu k fire, that the |
natural juices may be retained. On the other I
hand, if the meat be exposed to a slow fire, its
pores remain open, the juice continues to flow
from within, as it has dried from the surface,
and flesh pines, and becomes dry, hard and
unsavory. Or if it be put into cold or tepid
water, which is afterwards gradually brought
to a boil, much of the albumen is extracted
before it coagulates, the natural juices for the
most part flow out, and the meat is served in a
nearly tasteless state. Hence to prepare good
boiled meet, it should be put at once into water
already brought to a boil. But to make
beef tea, mntton broth, and other meat soups,
the flesh should be put into cold water, and
this afterwards very slowly warmed, and finally
boiled. The advantage derived from simmering,
a term not unfrequent in cookery books,
depends very much upon the effects of slow
boiling as above explained.?Chemistry of
Common Life.
TWRTIiTiTTJ"G VERSES.
The circumstances which induced the writing
of the following touching and thrilling
lines are as follow : A young lady of New
York was in the habit of writing for the Philadelphia
Ledger on the subject of Temperance.
Her writing was so full of pathos, and evinced
such deep emotion of soul, that a friend
of hers accused her of being a maniac on the
subject of Temperance?whereupon she wrote
the following lines:
Go feel what I have felt.
Go bear wh01 have borne?
Sink'neath the blow a father dealt,
And, the oold world's proud scorne;
Then suffer on from year to year?
Thy sole relief the scorohing tear.
Go kneel as I have knelt,
Implore, beseech and pray?
Strive the besotted heart to melt,
The downward course to stay;
Be dashed with bitter curse aside,
Your prayers burlesqued, your tears defied.
Go weep as I have wept,
O'er a loved father's fall?
See every promised blessing swept?
Youth's sweetness turned to gall?
Life's fading flowers strewed all the way,
That brought me up to woman's day.
Qo see what I have Been,
Behold the strong man bowed?
"With gnashing teeth ; lips bathed in blood,
And oold and livid brow;
Qo catch his withered glance and see,
There mirrored his soul's misery.
Qo to thy mother's side,
And her crueh'd bosom cheer;
Thine own deep anguish hide;
Wipe from her cheek the bitter tear;
Mark her worn frame and wither'd brow;
The gray that streaks her dark hair now;
With fading frame and trembling limbs;
And trace the ruin back to him.
Whose plighted faith, in early youth,
Promised eternal love and truth,
But who forsworn, hath yielded up,
That promise to the cursed cup;
And led her down, through love and light,
And all that made her prospects bright,
And chain'a her there, 'mid want and strife,
That lowly thing, & drunkard's wife?
And stamp'd on ohildhood's brov so mild,
That with'ring blight, that drunkard's child.
Qo hear, and feel, and see, and know,
All that my soul hath felt and known,
Then look upon the wine-cup's glow,
See if its beauty can atone?
Think if its flavor you will try,
When all proclaim " tis drink and die 1"
Tell me I hate the bowl?
Hate is a feeble word ;
I loathe?abhor?my very soul,
With strong disgust is stirr'd,
When I Bee, or hear, or tell,
Of the dark beverage of bell !
MISCELANEOTJS RECEIPTS.
To Cure Hams.?When you are smoking
your hams occasionally throw upon the fire a
haadfull of China berries, and it will be found
a preventive against skippers. So says a gentlemen
who has seen it sufficiently tested in
South Alabama.
Pineapple Jelly.?Pare and grate the
pineapple, and put it into the preserving pan,
with one pound of fine white sugar to every
pound of the fruit; Rtir it and boil it until it
is well mixed and thickens sufficiently; then
strain it, pour it into the jars, and when it
has become cool, cover the jellies with paper
wet in brandy, cover the jars tightly, and
treat them as apple jelly.
Scotch Cake. Stir to a pint of cream a pound
of sugar and three-quarters of a pound of butter,
put in the juice and grated rind of lemon,
a wine glaBS of brandy. Seperate the whites
and yolks of nine eggs, beat them to a froth,
and stir them into the cake, then add a pound
of sifted flour, and just before it is put in the
oake pans, a pound of seeded raisins.
For the Cure of Croup.?A piece of
fresh lard, as large as a butternut, rubbed
with sugar, in the same way that butter and
sugar are prepared for the dressing of puddings,
divided in three parts, and given at intervals
of 20 minutes, will relieve any case of
croup not already allowed to progress to the
fatal point.
A Light Pie Crust.?A light pic crust
may be made by rubbing into one pound of
flour two ounces of butter worked into a cream,
and one spoonful of carbonate soda; dissolve
with water, half a spoonful of tartaric acid,
and pour it over the ingredients, quickly adding
a sufficiency of water to make it the proper
stiffness for pie crust. This is still better
when a well beaten ogg is added to the flour,
&c , before the water is put in.
Cuolic in Horses.?Dissolve, in a quart
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saturate the liquid, and drench the animal
thoroughly until you discover symptoms of relief.
This is a simple and effectual remedy,
and has been successfully applied in cases of
hots.
To Clean Silver.?Dissolve two teaspoonsful
of powdered alum in a quart of moderately
strong ley, stir in a gill of soft soap, and remove
the scum that may rise to the surface.?
After washing the silver in hot water, take a
sponge, and cover every article with this mixture.
When dry, wash the articles in warm
soap suds?wipe dry, and brighten with whiting
and spirits.
To Remove Black Spots from Plate.
Boil the articles in three pints of water, with
an ounce of calcined hartshorn, drain by the
fire, and polish with solft liuen rags which have
been boiled in the same liquid and afterwards
dried, using purified whiting as the plate
powder.
To Clean Gold Chains.?A correspondent
says: "Some of your readers may be
pleased to know that a gold chain washed in
soap and water, with a few drops of hartshorn
in it, and afterwars dried in sawdust, will Jook
equal to a new one
To Keep a Stove Bright.?If yon wish
to keep a stove as bright as a coach body by
only two applications a year, make weak alum
water, and mix your British Lustre with it;
let the stove be cold, brush with the mixture,
then take a dry bru^h and dry lustre, and rub
the stove until perfectly dry. Should any
part, before polished, become so dry as to look
grey, moisten it with a wet brush, and proceed
as above.
To Cure Warts.?Bind a leaf of hotiw* j
leek, from which you have removed the skin,
upon a wart a few nights in succession, and
then see where your warts is.
Raised Cake.?Six cups of raised dough,
four eggs, two cups of sugar, two of butter, or
sweet fried meat fat, spice as you please, and
add raisins.
Cure for Corns.?A correspondent writes
that a pint of alcohol poured in bis boots caused
all his corn and calluses to peel off, leaving
his skin smooth and soft.
THE MOTHER'S MISSION.
bt l. viboinia fbench.
A child of Beauty rare
Stood on the marble threshold all alone.
Deep azure was his eye, and gold his hair,
And musical his tone.
A iilondni* Amrofol nino VvA ftlnfV
Though which the sunbeam sparkled bright and soft,
With rich prismatic hue,
Then lightly laughed the boy, so young and fair,
Ac.d forth upon the summer's morning air,
Ilis shining bubbles blew.
"Mamma! mamma!" he cries;
His dimpled fingers hold a crimson stain,
His shattered pipe upon the marble lies,
Like drops of summer rain!
With hurrying feet his mother's side he seeks,
The big tears coursiug down his pallid cheeks, ,
"Ob, mamma, see! what makes
My fingers hurt ? See how the red blood pours,
Oh! take mo up, and fold my hand in yours,
Feel, mamma, how it aches!"
The star-eyed evening wove
Her mantle of the gold and crimson cloud,
When by the river-side, and through the grove,
A youth, and maiden proud,
Came slowly straying on. Like jewel-showers
Through which in smiling April's hopeful hours
The amber sunlight shone,
His passion words fell fast, he seemed to pray
That she would, name the hour when he might say
"My beautiful, my own!"
Gray twilight closed. The noon
Looked wan amid her clouds as tho' she felt
That sorrow which to mortals come so soon.
The youth had lowly knelt
Down by his mother's side, his bright young head
Was pillowed on her bosom, and he said,
"Oh! mother, sorrow wakes
rPnn oovlc in mv amil ?where shall it re9t?
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Oh! take my cast-off heart to thy warm breast,
Feel, mother, how it aches 1"
Oat from the brassy sky
Upon the dusty city's toiling mart
The noontide sun looked down with piercing eye,
And on her secret heart
Where, goading on a host of Mammon's slaves,
Forgetful of his early loves' sweet graves,
In the wild hunt for gold,?
Forgetting Qod in sordid, craving quest;
A man in his meridian stood possessed
Of treasuries untold.
There is an humble street
Where stnnds a modest cottage; all between
Grow tall chrysanthemums and asters sweet
With shrubs of evergreen.
Uere comes the bankrupt worldling now to meet
His mother's pitying eye: low at her feet
His shattered being shakes ;
"All's lost, my mother?ruined now,
Oh ! press your cooling hand on my burning brow,
And feel, how sad it aches!"
The idol of the crowd,
One stood, with Autumn's flush upon his soul,
Upbreaking from bis heart a thousand proud
Tumultuous throbbings roll;
And he has left behind him in the race
Of hot Ambition for the pride of place
The morning land of youth,
The heights of honor, manhood's noble dower,
And struggling on, still for pomp and power,
The stainless shores of Truth.
Deep in his dungeon cell,
The traitor prone upon the flinty floor,
Seemed counting o'er the moments as they fell,
He muttered "Nevermore
Shall morning come to cheer my fearful doom,
No little ray of hope to pierce the gloom
In which my spirit quakes:
Mother! forgive; but she is dead,?thank God
She cannot feel beneath the graveyard sod,
How this wrung spirit aches ?
No, no! there's not an hour
In which some karkened spirit doth not turn
Back (like the chalice of the sungod's flower,)
To thato'erflowing urn, *
? * it a i?i. i ? jfL*
A moiners 10V0,? me purest, i>eai auu urai
That ever on the pilgrim's pathway burst.
Oli! happy childron take
And deeply drink, for never will the gleams
Of such a fountain open on your dreams,
Until you sleep in death and by the streams
Of Paradise awake!
Forest Home, 1856.
Jonathan's Hunting Excursion.?'Did
you ever hear of the scrape I and uncle Zeikel
had ducking on't on the Connecticut river ?'
asked Jonathan Timbertoes, while amusing
his old Dutch hostess, who had agreed to entertain
him in consideration of a bran new tin
milk pan.
'No, I never did?do tell it.'
'Well, you must know that I and uncle Zeikel
took it into our heads to go a gunning arter
ducks, in father's skiff; so in we got and
sculled down the river ; a proper sight of ducks
flew backward and forward, I tell ye, and
baime-by a few of them lit down on the marsh
and went to feeding on muscles. I catched
up my powder horn to prime, and it slipped
right out of my hand and sunk to the bottom
of the river. The water was amazinly clear,
and I could see it on the bottom. Now I
couldn't swim a jot, so I sez to Uncle Zeke,
you're a pretty clever fellow?jest let me take
your powder horn to prime; and don't you think
the stingy critter wouldn't. Well, sez I, you're
a pretty good diver, and if you'll dive and get
it, I'll give you a primin'.
'I thought he'd leave his powder here, but he
didn't, but-stuck it in his pocket, and down
he went; and there he staid.'
Here the old lady opened her eyes with
wonder, and apauseofsometirao.ensued, when
Jonathan added?
'I looked down, and what do you think the
critter was doine?'
'Lord/ exclaimed the old woman, 'I'm sure
I don't know.'
'There he was, sitting right on ihe bottom
of the river, pourin' out of my horn intohis'n !'
MODERN MEANING OF OLD WORDS.
Suggestion?Advice given by a servant to
his employer.
Young Man's best Companion?He who
j takes him home when he cannot take himself
, home.
Rights of the People?The exclusive privilage
of grumbling at imaginary oppression.
Rates?A kind of tax so called, because no
one pays them without grumbling at them.
Oversight?To leave your old umbrella in a
newsroom, and bring away a new one.
Guilt?In no sense, innocence.
Science?to tie a canuister to a dog's tail,
and observe whether he runs East or West.
Unfortunate Man?One born with a con
j OUlCliUC.
Abstineuce Man?One who never tastes wine
or spirits, at home.
Remorse The feeling of a pickpocket,
j caught in the act.
Precocity?The impertinence of your child.
Picturesque Object?Your neighbor's house
I on fire.
Love?An ingredient used in poetry.
Person ofRugular Habits?One who is carried
to bed tipsy every night.
'Home, sweet Home!'?A song.
Coward?One who considers circumstances.
Litigous fellow?One who will not submit
to be cheated.
S3* No proof of temperance?a man with
his hat off at midnight, explaining to a lamppost
the principles of his party.
i Paying Subscription for a Newspaper, :
is regarded by some people as very unimportaut'
: mutter. Tbey hffve au idea that the small a-!
i mount they owe, the printer cannot be greatly ;
in need of, and it will do to be paid whenever ;
' a surplus of money, is on hand for which they :
have no use, or whenever it is particularly !
convenient to do so. Some day they expect
to call and pay at the office, or they will wait
until a collector calls and if they have the
money, they will pay him. The argue, that if
the printer wants bis money very badly, he
will send for it?he will send from five to
twenty miles for two dollars, and if he waits
until the end of the year and pays a big commission
for collecting, that's his look out.?
This is the way many people who take newspapers
talk, but fortunately not all, not half of
the whole number, for if they did, there would
be an end to newspaper publishing except on
cash principle. Yes, there are too many
right-thinking people, who have a different an
honester view of their duty under the circumstances,
and it is them the printer has to rely
on for cash to carry on his business. It is to
be hoped, however, that subscribers generally
will soon adopt this correct course; that they
will pay promptly in advance for their papers,
and never allow the printer to send after it
and pay for geting it!?Exchange Paper.
Leap Yeae.?It must be recollected that
any woman during the present year can marry
any maushe pleases?provided he be willing.
One of the authorities?writing in 1600?lays
the law down as follows:
Albiet it is nowe become part of the common
lawe, in regard to social relations of life,
that as often as every bissextile year doth return,
the laydes have the sole priviliege, during
the time it continueth, of making love unto
the man, which they do either by wurdes
or lookes as to them it seemeth proper; and
moreover, no man will be entitled to the benefit
of the clergy who dothe refuse to accept
.1-- -cc c . u. ;n on? n;ca
me on era ui u. iuuvc, ur nuu uuciuc iu uuj mo*.
treat her proposal withe slight or contumely.
t&* Mrs. Parton (Fanny Fern) brings as
her dowry two daughters, and $25,000, coined
from her fertile brain. She is full fortythree,
erect, nimble, robust, with a keen flashing
eye, thin, grippy lip, pointed nose, and a
form that an artist might (and that many have)
admired. Rapid in movement, genteel in carriage,
accomplished, gay, ambitious, proud as
Lucifer, aristocratic with a ring, selfish, cold,
jealous, passionate?there she is a marvel to
others, and we doubt not to herself. Just emerged
from the harness of a divorce, she signalizes
her freedom by a new matrimonial servitude.
The "happy man" is James Parton, the author
of that highly inflammable and vermilion
work, the "Life of Horace Greedy."
fl^What are breeches of trust ? Trowsers
procured on tick.
C| t forkkijle inquirer
19
ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY MORHINO,
AT
Two Dollars per year, in Advance.
W8u To CtCBS of Ten, the paper will be furnish
ed, one year, for Fifteen Dollars?invariably in advance.
All subscriptions not specially limited at the
time of subscribing will be considered as made for an
indefinite period, and will be continued until all arrearages
are paid, or at the option of the Proprietors.
Subscriptions from other States must invariably be
accompanied with the cash or the name of some responsible
person known to us.
Advertisements will be inserted at One Dollar
per square for the first, and Thirty-seven-and-ahalf
Cents for each subsequent insertion?a square
to consist of twelve lines, Brevier, or less. Business
Cards, of a half-square or less, will be inserted at $5,
per year. For advertising Estrays Tolled, $2; Citations,
$2; Notices of Application to the Legislature,
$5; to be paid by the persons handing in the advertisements.
Monthly or Quarterly Advertisements
will be charged One Dollar per square, for each insertion.
Contracts by the year will be taken on liberal
terms?the contracts however, must in all cases
be confined to the immediate business of the firm or
individual contracting. All advertisements not having
the number of insertions marked on the margin,
will be continued until forbid and charged accordingly.
Obituary Notices exceeding one square in length,
will be charged for the overplus, at regular rateB.?
Tributes of Respect rated as advertisements.
THE LAW OF NEWSPAPERS.
1. Subscribers who do not give express notice to
the contrary, are considered as wishing to continue
their subscription.
2. If subscribers order the discontinuance of their
papers, the publisher can continue to send them until
all arrearages are paid.
3. If subscribers neglect or refuso to take their
papers from the office to which they are directed,
they are held responsible till they settle their bill,
and order the paper discoutinucd.
4. If any subscriber removes to another place
without informing the publisher, and their paper is
sent to the former direction, they are held rcsponsi
Die.
6. The Court has decided that refusing to take a
Newspaper from the office, or removing and leaving
it uncalled for, is prima fiacie evidence of an intentional
fraud.
thiTprincetonTress,
THE design of the inventor was to get up a Press
which would answer every requirement of the offer
made by Georoe Bruce, of New York, in 1851,
viz: cheap, light, easily managed, and capable of
throwing off at loast 500 sheets per hour.
This Press will throw off from 500 to 800 sheets
per hour, doing the work equal to any Cylinder Press.
The bed stands about 30 inches from the floor, and
is the most convenient of all Presses to mnke ready
the form on. It is adapted to jobbing, or book work,
as well as newspaper, and will register as well as
any other Cylinder Press. It requires, to work it,
a man to turn the fly wheel and a boy to feed the
sheets.
The Inking Apparatus is very complete, and differs
from the apparatus used in Cylinder Presses
generally, being more like that used in the Power
Platen Presses. Two rollers pass over the form
twice to each impression, taking ink for each sheet.
A Press of this description for newspaper and jobbing,
bed 44 by 28J inches, with Kdler mould, roller
stocks, blanket, flying and registering apparatus,
&c., complete, will be furnished for $500. If intended
for book work chiefly, an extra ink fountain will
be furnished for $20. The press, fly wheel, &e.,
will weigh about 2000 pounds. The sides, &c., are
iron. Length of frame, seven foot?height, to front
edge of feed beard, three feet six inches. Any size
! made to order.
j The following is the list of Sizes ami Pi ices as far
; as established:
Pod 28 by 20, $400. Pod 48 by 31, $680.
"20 24, 450. " 50 22, GOO.
" 44 284, 500. " 52 32, C25T
" 40 30* 540.
The beds will take chases their full breadth: and
within two inches of the length.
Terms.?One-half, cash: one half, note, at 4
I months, with approved security; or 24 per cent discount
for cash.
Boxing and Cartage, $13.
For more than three years the inventor of the above
Press has been improving it, working it all the
while, and ascertaining, with great care and expense,
the best mode of carrying out all the details?and he
flatters himself he has succeeded in perfecting it;
and is now manufacturing the Press himself. No
Pres3 will leave ht3 premises without being thoroughly
tested, and without it performs to the entire satisj
faction of the purchaser.
JOHN T. ROBINSON.
Princeton, N. J., Nov. 1855. 40 8m
P~ HYSICIANS SHOP FURNITURE,
Medical Saddle-Bags, Surgical Instruments &c.
Just Received by L. P. BARNETT & Co.
Nov 1 43 tf
BLUE8TONE, SULPHATE QUININE,
Iodine, Iodide-Potash, Morphine, Tannin &c.
For Sale by L. P. BARNETT & CO.
Nov 1 43 tf - I
AUCTION All CUpiH HISS. j
THE undersigned respectfully informs his friends |
and the public generally, that he will attend to 1
the sale of all kinds of PRODUCE, MERCHANDIZE,
NEGROES, STOCK, FURNITURE, aud eve- J 9
! rything that ran be sold, at a reasonble commission, i "
! All business entrusted to him will be promptly ttti
tended to and immediate returns made. j
' He returns his sincere thanks to the citizens of. J
rorkville and vicinity, for the liberal patronage o
heretofore bestowed upon him, and hopes by strict S
attention to business, to merit and share a contin- f
uance of the same. Address,
V. E McELHANEY, Auctioneer,
Yorkville, S. C. ?
REFERENCES: j
Yorkville.?W. I. Clawson, Jno. L. Miller, Dan'l If
Williams.
Chester.?A. G. Pagan & Co. d
Lancaster.?J. Cureton, J. H. Witherspoon.
North Carolina.?W. L. Irwin, R. Irwin.
Unionville.?W. J. Kecnan.
Yorkville, July 20,1855. 21 tf
jjtf^The Chester Standard, Fairfield Herald, Un- <
ionville Journal and Lancaster Ledger, will copy 3
fimoa -urooklv and forward accounts.
MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.
Columbia and Chester Mall.
Leaves daily (Sunday's excepted) at 8 A. M.
Arrives " ' " u at 3J P. M.
Spartanburg Mall.
Arrives Tuesday and Friday by 12 M.
Departs Tuesday and Friday at 1 P. M.
Earlivllle MaU.
Arrives every Tuesday by 4 P. M.
Departs every Wednesday at 6 A. M.
Newton Mail.
Arrives every Thursday by 8 P. SI.
Departs every Friday at 5 A. SI.
Camden Mall.
Arrives every Slonday and Thursday by
Departs every Monday and Thursday at
Lincoln Mall.
Arrives every Monday and Thursday by 7 P. M.
Departs every Tuesday and Friday at 6 A SI.
Charlotte MaU.
Arrives every Wednesday and Saturday by 6 P. M.
Departs evory Tuesday and Friday at 7 P. M.
Uaionville Mall.
Arrives every Wednesday and Saturday by 6 P. M. '
Departs Slonday and Thursday at G A. SI.
Shelby Mall.
Arrives every Slonday, Wednesday and Friday at '
6 P. M. |
Departs every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
at 6 A. SI.
W. R. ALEXANDER, P. .V. 1
Yorkville, Jan. 17, 1856.
South Carolina?York District.
IN THE COMMON PLEAS.
Wylie & Smith, vs. E. II. Moss.?Attachment. <
WHEREAS Uk ^'r.uitiff did on the 8th day of
September, tile his declaration against the
Defendant, who (as it is said) is absent from and
without the limits of this State, and has neither wife
nor attorney known within the same, upon whom a
copy of said declaration might be served: It is
tnereiore uraereu, tnat tne saia aerenaani ao appear
and plead to the said declaration, on or before the
28th day of September, which will be in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundrrd and fifty-six,
otherwise final and absolute judgment will then be
given and awarded against him.
JOHN G. ENLOE, c. c. c. pis.
Clerk's Office, York District, \
Sept. 27, 1855. / 39 lyq
South Carolina-York District'
IN THE COMMON PLEAS.
J. N. McElwee, Jr., vs. Jeremiah Howell.?Attachment.
T?7"HEREAS the plaintiff did on the 3th day of <
Y V September, 1855, file his declaration against
the defendant, who (as it is said) is absent from and
without the limits of this State, and has neither wife i
nor attorney known within the same, upon whom a
copy of said declaration might be served: It is
therefore Ordered, that the said defendant do appear
and plead to the said declaration, on or before the
28th day of September, which will be in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six,
otherwise final and absolute judgment will then be
given and awarded against him.
JOHN G. ENLOE, c c. c. pis.
Clerk's Office, York District, 1
Sept. 27tb, 1865. \.j 89-lyq
South Carolina-York District
IN THE COMMON PLEAS.
Wm. K. Hamilton, vs. Groen Nelson.?Attachment.
WHEREAS the Plaintiff did. on tho twentieth
day of April, 1855, file his declaration against
the defendant, who (as it is said) is absent from and
without the limits of this State, and has neither wife
nor attorney known within the same, upon whom a
copy of the said declaration might be served: It is
therefore Ordered, that tho said defendant do appear
and plead to the said declaration, on or before the
twenty first day of August, which will be in the :
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
fifty-six, otherwise final and absolute judgment will j
then be given and awarded against him.
JOHN G. ENLOE, c. c. c. pls.
Clerk's Office, York Dist., Aug. 20, 1865. 83-yq (
IS. CIBl'S SC1DM YODIGIM \
THE SECOND TERM of this School will com- I
mence on MONDAY, the Vth of JANUARY.? ,
The course of instruction will embrace all the ele- i
mentary and higher branches of a THOROUGH |
English Education, with tho French Language. Mrs. j
G. has been engaged in the mental and moral culture
of young ladies for sevoral years past, and she
flatters herself that she possesses the experience so
essential to success and which time only can render.
terms per session op FI7r months.
For the Elementary Branches, $10.00
English Grammar, His.'ory, &c 12.00
Natural Philosophy and Botany, 15.00
The French Language and Embroidery 17.00
Dec 20 . 50 tf
JUST PUBLISHED BY
THE HOWARD ASSOCIATION, Philadelphia.? ;
".teport on Spermatorrhoea, or Seminal Weak- (
ness, Impotence, the Vice of Onanism, Masturba- j
tion, or Self-Abuse, and other Diseases of the Sexu- j
al Organs, with an account of tlie errors and deceptions
cf Quacks, and valuable advice to the afflicted, t
by Geo. R. Calhoun, M. D., Consulting Surgeon of j
the Howard Association, Philadelphia, Pa., abenev- (
olent Institution established by special endowment,
for the relief of the sick and distressed, afflicted
with "Virulent and Epidemic Diseases." A copy of ]
the above Report will be sent by mail (in a sealed <
envelope) free of charge, on the receipt of two <
stamps for postage. Address Dr. GEORGE R. CAL- I
HOUN, No. 2 South Ninth-St., Philadelphia, Pa. ; <
Dec. 13 49 tf j j
I <
TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS.?A Retir- t
ed Clergyman, restored to health in a few days,
after many years of great nervous suffering is anx- | (
ious to make known the means of cure. Will send i !
(free) the prescription used. Direct the Rev. JNO. | '
I M. DAGNALL, No. 69 Fulton-st., Brooklyn, N. Y. j1
Nov 22 45 8m
OX MARROW. POMADE, Tricopherous, j <
Kathairon, Carolina Hair Tonic, Chews Eau I I
| Lustrate Hair Tonic, Macassar and Bears Oil, with 1
j many other articles for beautifying and improving
I the hair. For sale by
L. P. BARNETT & Co. j
j Nov 1 43 tf | SINGLE
AND DOUBLE TRUSSES, i j
for adults, children and infants; Gents and La- 1 s
I dies Shoulder Braces, Supporters and Bandages. !,
i For Sale by L". P. DARNETT SfCO. I '
| Nov 1 43 tf . j
fiOLOGNE, &C.?\ fine assortment of Co- j
) logne? and Extract?, for the handkerchief; Fan- "
' ey and Tablet Soaps, Nail, Teeth, Hair and Flesh a
j Brushes. For sale by L. P. BARNETT.
| Nov 1 43 tf !
SELECT POWDERS. Extracts, Oums, ! Salt3,
and Ointments, Tinctures, Essences and
Essential Oils. Just Received and For Sale by
L. P. BARNETT & CO. j
Nov 1 43 tf [
ESSENCE OF COFFEE, Vea?t Powdets 1 t
and Hops. For sale by -L
I vov I F L. P. BARNETT & CO. ! a
I _ ? j e.
j ft LCE.--A Superior article of White and Cabi- .
I \T net Maker's Glue. For Sale by 1
L. P. BARNETT & Co. n
Nov 1 43 tf 0
l | fi
! r r.4VA.\A CIGARS.?Choice brands. For .,
I"1 sale by L. P. BARNETT & Co. j "
may 3 -17 tf |
RAPPING PAPER."?A lot of old ! ti
NEWSPAPERS for sale by the hundred En. I
<juir? at this Office. ^ 1
. _ , .... - ?
BROWNING & LEMAN,
IMPORTERS OF
French, British and German
DRY GOODS,
09 ami 211 King, Corner of Market-street
CHARLESTON, S. C.
IT EEP constantly on hand, and offer to their friends
IV and tho public generally, the largest assortment
f Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods in the Southern
tates. Their Stock is constantly, supplied with a
all assortment of
RICH DRESS GOODS
f all the newest varieties of style and Fabric, in
lilks, Tissues, Bareges, Grenadines, Muslins, 4c.?
Jombazines, Alpacas, and Mourning Goods of all
:ind8.
EMBROIDERIES and LACE GOODS, of every
leacription.
EVENING DRESS GOODS, of eveTy variety,
Gentlemen's and Boys' Wear. .
CLOTHS, Cassimers, Vestings, Linen Drills and
boatings, of best French Goods.
Satinets, Tweeds, Jeans, &c,
FOE FAMILY USE. . ;>
Rose. Whitnov and Bath Blanket* e-.
Red and White FLANNELS. "
English and American Cotton Flannels.
French, English ond American PRINTS and Cam*
brics. ;
Linens, of Riohardson's celebrated make, for
Sheetings, Shirtings, Pillow Cases, Table Panutek,
Doylies, Napkins, Towellings, B. E. and Huckaback
Diapers, Fruit Cloths, Apron Linens, &c.
CARPETING.
Ingrain, 8 Ply, Brussels, Tapestry and-VELVET.
British and American Floor t)il Cloths.
Wilton, Velvet and Azminster RUGS.
White and colored Mattings of all widths.
Stair Rods and STAIR CARPETINGS of all kinds.
CURTAIN MATERIALS.
Of every variety ha Silks, Satin and Worsted.
Curtain Cambrics and Muslins.
Embroidered Lace and Muslin Curtains. ' " . [
Gilt Cornices, Curtain Gimps, Holders," Loops,
Tassels, Drapery Cords, Bell Ropes, &c.
PLANTATION GOODS.
Blankets. Plains, Kerseys, Caps, &c. ' - Cotton
OSNABERGS, all of the best Southern
make.
All the above, with every other line of Dry Goods
which can be demanded, are of our own Direct Importation,
and are offered at the lowest Market Pri:cs
for cash or City acceptances. The one pice system
is strictly adherred to.
All Goods are warranted, and orders filled with
promptness and the most careful attention.
BBOWNING & LEMAN.
March 29 12 lv
GREAT SOUTHERN REMEDY I
JACOB'S CORDIAL,
TOR ALL
Boioel Diseaset, Cholera, Dysentery, Diarrhea, Cholera
Morbus, Bilious Cholic, Cholera Infantum.
Also, admirably adapted to many diseases of ?
Females, especially painful menstruation.
The virtue* of Jacob's Cordial are too mil
known to require enconivnu.
1st. It cures the worst cases of Diarrhoea.
2d. It cures the worst form of Dysentery. "
3d. It cures California or Mexican Diarrhoea.
4th. It relieves the severest Colic'. '.c
6th. It cures Cholera Morbus,.
6th. It cures Cliolein. Infantum.
7th. It cures Painful Menstruation.
8 th. It relieves Pain in Back, and-Loins.
9th. It counteracts Nervousness and Despondency.
10th. It restores Irregularities.
11th. It dispels gloomy and Hysterical Feelings.
12th. It's an admirable Tonic.
a Few Short Extracts from Letters, Testimonials, 4c.
"I have used Jacob's Cordial in my family, and
have found it a most efficient, and in my judgment,
a valuable remedy."?Hon. Hibam Wabneh, Judge
of Supreme Court, Georgia.
"It gives me pleasure in being able to recommend
Jacob's Cordial?my own personal experience; and
the experience of my neighbors and friends around
me, is a sufficient guarantee for me to believe it to
be all that it purports to be, vit: a sovereign remedy."?W.
H. Usdjcbwood, Formerly Judge of Superior
Court, Cherokee Circuit.
"I take great pleasure in recommending this invaluable
medicine to all afflicted with bowel diseases,
for which I believe it to be a sovereign remedy
?decidedly superior to anything else ever tried by
me."?A. A. GaULDIKO. Detmtv G. M. of theflrend
Lodge of Georgia.
"I have used Jacob's Cordial in my family, and
this, with all I hear about it as a remedy by those
who have tried it, induces me to believe that it
stands at the bead of every preparation of the kind,
and I would recommend its use in the diseases for
which it is compounded."?Miles Q. Dobbins, Cashier
of the Bank of the State of Georgia, Griffin.
"If there is any credibility in human testimony,
Jacob's Cordial, must stand pre-eminent above all
other preparations for the cure of Bowel Diseases.?
From the mass of testimony in its favor coming
in from all quarters, it must be very far in advance
as a curative agent, of most if not all other patent
preparations.?a. Fleming, Cashier Marine and
Fire Insurance Bank, Griffin.
"This efficient remedy is travelling into celebrity
13 fast as Bonaparte pushed his columns into Kussia,
ind gaining commendation wherever oaed."?Georgia
Jeffertonian.
For sale by L. P. B ARNETT & Co., Yorkrille;
Patterson, Moore & Co., Fort Mill; J. Boss,
3andersville; Wylie & Smith, Hickory Grove; Daridson
& White, Bullochs Creek; Haviland, Harral
St Co., Charleston; Drs. Fisher & Heinitsh, Columt>ia,
and the principal Merchants and Druggist*
throughout the State.
W. W. BLISS & CO.,
Proprietors, 20 Beekman-st, New York.
Sept 20 ' 87 ly
M. JOHNSON & CO.
ALL ABOARD!
A T the word of command, M. JOHNSON took
HL passage on the Railroad for the cities of New
fork and Philadelphia, and purchased especiallyfor
his market a splendid assortment of articles in bis
ine of business. The firm are determined to emerge
their establishment and to keep on hand hereifter
a more extensive, carefully selected and finer
stock than ever before offered in this place. In the
itock now opening, will be found every variety, and
the best quality of ?
8ADDLEHY HARDWARE $
Harness Mountings of variona styles; Bridle-Bits,
it all kinds; Whips and Collars; Trunks, Valises,
Carpet-Bags, &c., &c., &c. They invite attention to
this Stock, and are confident that they are able, by
)ffering the best qualities at the lowest prices, to
give general satisfaction. As heretofore, they will
jontinue to fill orders for the
HOME MANUFACTURE
)f Saddles, Harness, Bridles &c., and are always
eady to do REPAIRING at the shortest notice and
n the most workmanlike manner. Their thanks are
Ine to their friends and the public generally for a
generous patronage, ami they hope by strict atten- ?
ion to business to merit and receive a continuance
>f public favor. Call at the store, formerly occn)iedby
Meek & Moore, opposite the ''Adickes Bail- A
ling." M. JOHNSON & CO. 1
Yorkville, Aug. 30, 1855. - , 34 Cm
Removal.
MESSRS. LINDSAY & TIIOMASSON announce
to their customers and the public that they
lave removed their establishment, temporarily to the
itore formerly occupied by them, one door North of
iVALKER'S HOTEL, where they are prepared to
icrve their friends as usual. They have now oa
land a goo.1 assortment ot
Drugs, Medicines, Dye-Stuffs, &e.,
nd all articles in meir nne 01 ine D?st quality, and
t reasonable prices.
J. F. LINDSAY,
D. H. TIIOMA8SON.
Yorkville, Mar. 1. 8 tf
drugsTnd medicines,
AT WHOLESALE OR KF.TAIL.
L. P. BARjVETT & Co.
A RE not? receiving a large addition to their stock.
\ consisting of DRUGS and CHEMICALS, Paints
nd Oils, Window Glass and Putty, Varnishes, Brusbj,
Combs, Soaps, Perfumery and Fancy Articles.
To Country Merchants and Physicians, we will
ffer liberal inducements, guaranteeing everything
s represented. We make our purchases with cask
f manufacturers and importers, and feel assured J
iat in most articles we can compete with any one in 1
ie State. We only ask an examination of our stock.
rompt attention given to all orders. Goods careilly
packed and forwarded as directed. Prescripons
accurately dispensed.
L. B. BARNETT & Co.
Yorkville, Oct, 80, 1866. 43 tf .
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