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THE GIRL WITH THE CALICO DRESS.
BT ROBERT JOSSELIX.
A fig for your upper-ten girls,
With their velvets and satins and laces,
Their diamonds and rubies and pearls,
And their milliner figures and faces ;
They may shine at a party or ball,
Emblazoned with half they possess,
But give me in place of them all,
My girl with the calico dress.
v She is plump as a partridge, and fair
As the rose in its earliest bloom,
Her teeth will with ivory compare,
And her breath with the clover perfume.
Her step is as free and as light
As the fawn's whom the hunters hard press,
And her eye is as soft audas bright,
- My girl with the calico dress.
Your dandies and foplings may sneer,
At her simple and modest attire,
But the ch&rins she permits to appear,
Would set a whole iceburg on fire!
She can dance, but she never allows
The hugging, the squeeze and caress,
She is saving all these for ber spouse,
WW _M at
my gin wuu iuc wttutu uicss.
She is cheerful warm-hearted and true,
And kind to her father and mother,
She studies how much she can do
For her sweet little sisters and brother..
If you want a companion for life,
To comfort, enliven and bless,
She is just the right sort for a wife,
My girl with the calico dress.
Jnntsiitjj fleeing.
THE BABY'S SHIRT.
'We was all preparing,' said Mrs. Jones,
'to go to the wedding.' ?I was going, father
was going, the gals was going, and we was
going to take the baby. But cotnc to dress
the baby, couldn't find the baby's shirt! I'd
laid a clean one out of the drawers a purpose,
I knowd jist where I'd put it, but
come to look for'fc, 'twas gone.
'For mercy's sake V says I, 'galls,' says I,
'has any on ye seen that baby's shirt ?' .
?Of course, none on 'cm has seen it; and
I looked and looked and looked and looked
and looked again, but 'twaut nowhere to be
found. It's the strangest thing in all uatur!'
says I, 'here I had that shirt in uiy hand not
more'n ten minutes ago, and now it's gone
nobody can tell where! I never seed the
beat? 'Gals,' says I, 'do look around, can't
ye?' But fretting wouldn't Pud it; so I
givo up, and went to the bureau, and fiuished
up another shirt, and put it onto the baby;
and at last, we was ready for a start.
Father'd harnessed up the double team
?we drove the old white mare then, and
the gals and all was having a good time, going
to see Mary Ann married; but somehow
I couldn't get over that shirt ? 'Twan't the
shirt so much, but to have anything spirited
away, right from uudcr my face and eyes so,
'twas provoking.
'What ye thinking about mother ?' says
Sophrony, 'what makes ye so sober?' says
she.
'I'm. pestered to death, thinking about
that are shirt,' says I. 'One of you must a
took it, I'm sartin,' says I.
'Now, ma,' says Sophrony, says she, 'you
. needn't say that,' says she; and as I'd laid
onto her a good many times, she was beginning
to get vexed ; and so we had it back
and forth all about that baby's shirt, till we
got to the wedding.
"Seeing company kinder put it out of my
mind, and I was giving good natur'd agin;
though I couldn't help saying to myself every
few minutes, 'What could a become of that
oKirt V' fill lfict tli<*r stnnr? nn tn he mar
ried, and I forgot all about it.
Mary Ann was a real modest creeter, and
was more'n half frightened to death, when
she came into the room with Stephen, and
the minister told 'em to jine hands. She fust
give her left hand to Stephen. "Your other
hand," says the minister, says he ; and poor
Steve, he was so bashful too, he didn't know
what he was about; he thought 'twas his
mistake, and thatthe minister meant him, so
he give Mary Ann his left hand. That
wouldn't do, any way, a left handed marriage
all round; but by this time they did'nt know
what they was about, and Mary Ann j'ined
her right hand with his left, then the left
with his right, then both their left hands
again till I was all of a fidget, and thought
they never would git fixed. Mary Ann looked
red as a turkey, and to make matters
worse, she began to cough to turn it off, I
suppose, and called for a glass of water. The
minister had jist been drinking, and the
tumbler stood right there; and I was so
nervous, and in such a hurry to see it all
over with, I ketched up the tumbler, and run
with it to her; for I thought to goodness she
was going to faint. She undertook to drink
?I don't know how it happened, but the
tnmbler slipped, and gracious me ! if between
us both we didn't spill the water all over her
collar and sleeve. I was dre'ful flustered;
for it looked as though 'twas my fault; and
the fust thing I did was to out with my handkerchief,
and give it to Mary Ann, it was
nicely done up, she took it and shook it out,
the folks had held in putty well up to that
time, but then such a giggle and laugh as
there was. I didn't know what had give 'iu
such a start, till I looked and see I'd give
Mary Ann that baby's shirt !'
Here Mrs. Jones, who is a very fleshy
woman, undulated and shook like a mighty
jelly, with her mirth; and it was some time
before she could proceed with her narrative.
"Why," said she, with tears of laughter
running down her cheeks, 'I'd tucked it into
my dress pocket for a handkerchief.?
That came of being absent minded, and in
a fidget.
'And Mary Ann and Stephen?were they
married after all.'
'Dear me, yes !' said Mrs. Jones; 'and it
x J ?. i. U. il.. x jj: T
turueu uut tu ue tue gayvsi weuuiug jl ever
'tended/
'And the baby's shirt, Mrs. Jones ?'
'La, me!' said Mrs. Jones, diow young
folks do ask yuestions. Everybody agreed
I ought to make Mary Ann a present on't?'
'Well, Mrs. Jones V
'Well,' said Mrs. Jones, ''twan't long
\fore she found a use for't. And that's the
end of the story.'
A Poor Rule that won't Work both
Ways.?A countryman once went into an
Ordinary's office and enquired if that was
the 'place where people git license to git
married.' Upon being answered in the affirmative^
he said he'd 'take one,' and enquired
the price. The gbliging official said:
'Well the legal fee is 81.50, but gentlemen
give whatever they please ' 'Wal,' says the
countryman, 'that's kind ov you,' at the same
time throwing down a quarter. That ordinary
was handsomely sold.
JK^A hen-pecked husband declared that the
longer be lived the more he was smitten.
COURT INCIDENTS.
Oq a certain occasion the counsel took !
some exception to the ruling of the court on j
a certain point, and a despute arose. 'If the
Court please/ said the counsel' I wish to
refer to this book a moment/ at the same
time picking up a law volume.
'There's no use o' your referring to any
books/ exclaimed the Court, angrily, I have
decided the p'int!'
'But your Honor ' persisted the attorney.
'Now I don't want to hear anything further
on the subject/ yelled the Court, 'I tell
you again, I have decided the p'int!'
'I know that/ was the rejoinder. 'I'm
satisfied that?but this is a volume of Blackstone?I'm
certain he differs with your
Honor, and I only want to show you what a
i d n fool Blackstone was!'
'Ah, that indeed !' exclaimed the Court!
j smiling all over, 'now you begin to talk.
On a similar occasion the affair did not i
cud so happily.
The court decided a point adverse to the
views of the counsel. Cousel was stubborn,
and insisted that the Court was wrong.
'I tell you I am right!' yelled the Court,
with flashing eyes.
'I tell you, you are not !' retorted the
p.rmnspl.
?I am right!' reiterated the Court, <d?11 !
a nigger if I ain't!'
'I say you ain't !' |
'I say you ain't! persisted the counsel.
'Crier!' yelled the Judge, 'I adjourn this
court for ten minutes!' And Jumping from
the bench, he pitched into the counsel, and
after a very lively little fight, placed him
hors He comlat, -after which business was
again resumed, but it was not long before
another misunderstanding arose.
'Crier,' said the Court, *we will adjourn
this time for twenty minutes !' And he was
about taking off his coat, when the counsel
said,
'Never mind, Judge, keep your seat?the
p'int yielded?my thumb's is out o' jint, and
I've sprained my shoulder !'
BGf 'Have you heard the story about No.
288 ?' inquired the facetious Mr C., addressing
his fun-loving neighbor 13.
'No, I have not.' replied B., 'let's have
it.'
'It is too gross,' replied C., hesitatingly.
'Oh, never mind, I can stand it; let me
have it by all means,' eagerly exclaimed B.
?I tell you it is too gross.'
'All the better, it will just suit me; I
like such jokes ; just shut the door there,
and let me bear it.'
Can't do that, for G. stands there listening
to hear me sell you.'
'Well, if you're going to sell me, I should
like to know how you're going to do it.?
Let's hear whatyour288 is, that's too gross.'
'You have heard it twice already,' replied
C., with a grin. 'I tell you 288, being
twice 144, is tico gross.'
Logical ?'Cxsar,' said a negro to a colored
friend of his, 'what do you tink is de
most useful ob dc comets?de sun or de
moon ?'
'Well, Clem, I don't know dat I shall be
able to answer dat question, seen' as how I
nebcr had much book larnin'.'
'Well, Cmsar, I spect dc moon orter take
de fust rank in dat partiklar.'
j 'Why so, nigger V
'Because de moon shine in de night when
we need de light, and de sun shine in de day
time, when de light am obno konsequence.'
'Well, Clotn, you is de most lamed darkey
I eber seed. T guess you used to sweep out.
a school house for a libin.'
J8??" Good reasons for not fighting duels are
iu demand about these times, and we recall
none better than the one given by the celebrated
French duelist by the name of Kvremont.
He had approached a perfumed dandy,
and being disgusted with the aroma that
met his nose, he exclaimed :
?ITow shockingly that man smells !'
The sweet-scented party resolved to snuff
the insulter's blood, and sent him a challenge,
which the wily and witty duelist declined in
these words:
'Were you to kill me you would not smell
the less: and were I to kill you, you would
smell the more!'
Drawing a Pension.?'Well, my lad,
where are you traveling this stormy weather
alone?' asked an inquisitive landlord in the
north of Vermont, during the last war, of a
boy whose father was engaged in smuggling,
aud had sent him, young as he was, with an
important message, in advance of the party.
'Going to draw my pension/ was the reply.
'Pension V echoed the astonished landlord,
'what does so small a boy as you draw a pension
for ?' 'Minding my own business and
letting that of others alone.'
A Stumper.?Children ask some curious
questions. We have a little boy in 'Our
House," who came home from Sabbathschool
one day, and meeting his mother, the
following dialogue took place :?'Mamma !'
'Well, my dear.' 'Mamma, the teacher says
people are all made of dust?' 'Yes, my
dear, so the Bible says.' 'Well, mamma, are
white people made of dust ?' 'Yes.' 'Well,
then, I 'spose colored people arc made of
coal dust, a hit they ?'
S&" 'I am astonished at your honor's decision
!' said a young lawyer to a judge who
had decreed against him.' 'This remark
cannot be permitted/ said the judge, and
an aDolosrv will be necessary on vour Dart.'?
r cw * ~ j A
'Permit me,' said the senior counsel, 'to offer
an excuse for my young friend; he is
new in these matters, and when he has practised
as long before your honor as I have, ,
he will be astonished at nothing!'
K3F Ouce on a time, a Dutchman and a
Frenchman were traveling in Pennsylvania, '
when their horse lost a shoe. They drove
up to a blacksmith's shop, and no one being :
in, they proceeded to the house to enquire. :
The Frenchman rapped and called out: 'Is J
de smitty wittin V 'Shtand pack/ says
Hauns, 'let me shpeak. Isht der plack
smit's shop in der house.' 1
S&" "My brudder," said a waggish colored
man to a crowd, "in all affliction, in all ob
your troubles, dar is one place you can always
find sympathy."
"Whar? Whar?" ;
"In de dictionary," he replied, rolling his (
eyes skyward.
a?-"Thomas, spell weather," said a school- <
master to one of his pupils. I
"W-i-e-t-h-i-o-u-r, weather. i
"Well," said the teacher, "I think this j
is the worst spell of weather we have had i
since Christmas?bad as the season has 1
been." i
Jitd, jfun ? Jfancj).1,
? The man who "took the floor" has beeu |
arrested for stealing lumber.
? <1 have passed through great hardships/ !'
as the schooner said after sailing through a J
fleet of iron steamships.
? Simon, seated beside his sweetheart, fishing
: "Sally, I wish I was a fish and you was
bait, Lordee, how I'd bite 1"
? When the Irishman first tried peaches, (
he said he liked their flavor, but the seeds (
lay hard in his stomach.
?A man must possess fire in himself be- i
fore he can kindle up electricity that thrills i
the great popular heart;
? We converse with thosowlte through 1
flowers; with those we worship through the 1
stars. 1
? Melancholy falls upon a conteuted life :'
like a drop of ink upon white paper, which
is not the less a stain because it carries no
meaning.
? The authorities at Sau Francisco recent- (
ly ordered that all bar-rooms should be closed
mi t i __j _ I
at midnight, lney were cioscu; anu, iu
five minutes, opened for the next day.
? 'Sally,' said a fellow to a girl who had
red hair, 'keep away from me, or you will
set me afire.' 'No danger of that,' was the
answer, you are too green to burn.'
? A person was boasting that he had
sprung from a high family in Ireland. 'Yes/
said a bystander, ?I have seen some of the
family so high that their feet could not touch
the ground.'
? Misfortune and misconduct were born
twins. Our faults are oft the parent of our
woes, and he who mostdcclnims at the world's
frown, has generally done his best to earn
it. i
? A good book and a good woman arc ex- j
cellent things for those who know how just- 1
ly lo appreciate their value. There are men, i
however, who judge both from the beauty |
of their covering.
? The editor of the Louisville Journal
says that the shape of a kiss is el///itical.?
This must be derived from the sensation one
experiences when enjoying the luxury; for
it is certainly a-lip. tickle.
? Pious parent, who had just finished whipping
a child three years old. ''Now, my
child, I hope you will be good, so that I shall
not have to whip you again." Child?"If
you must whip any one, you'd better whip
one of yoiirsize." j
? What man in his right senses, that has |
wherewithal to live free, would make himself t
a slave for superfluities? What does that I
man want that has enough ? or what is he !
the better for abundance that can never be j.
satisfied ? ,
? A gentleman bragging of having killed <
a young panther whose tail was 'three feet s
long,'Brown observed that the animal died i
seasonably, as the tail was long enough 'not i
to be continued.' Brown is a sly joker.
? In the Senate of New York, on Friday i
last, a petition was presented from Randall I
Breed, asking that his name might be clian- i
ged to Lyman Breed Raudall. The rcasou ]
given was that the lady he wished to marry
had an objection to the Breed. <
? 'May I leave a few tracts V asked a incd- i
ical missionary of a lady, who responded to
his knock. 'Leave some tracks?certainly '
you may,' said she, lookiug at him most bo- I
nignly over her specs; 'leave them with the 1
heel towards the house, if you please.' 1
? A lad who had lately gone to service, '
having had salad served up every day for a ]
week, ran away, because, said he, 'they ]
made me cat grass in the summer, and I was
afraid they would make mc cat hay in the ,!
winter, so I war off.'
? A daguerreotype taker, a few days since, j |
exhibited a likeness of a lady which he had ,
takeu to her husband, and asked him if it j
was not a very good one. "Very," was the j
reply, "and I ouly wish my wife was like it
?silent."
? "Mamma, if we cross the bridge atnight ,
must we pay toll?" "Of course, my dear, ]
why do you ask ?" "Why, because the riv- ,
er will have gone home to sleep." "Oh!
the river never sleeps." "Then why has it ^
a bed, mamma ?' '
.. . 1
? Dibdin had a horse which he called (
Graphy. "Very odd name said Oxberry.? j
"Not at all," responded Tom; when I (
bought him, it was a Buy-a-graphy; when I |
mount him, it is Top-o-gnrphy; and when I (
want him to go, it is Gcc-ho-graphy !" ,
? A tailor, while travelling on the lakes, <
was lately asked by a Yankee where he lived, t
aud what his business was, &c., to which he t
replied that he lived in Toledo, and that his <
profession was "sitting on the right side of s
poverty, and jerking out the cords of afflic- t
tiou." c
?It is fortunate that the gentlemen's fash- i
ions do not keep pace with the ladies', or c
else by this time, their hats would have s
dwindled down to the size of a charity boy's t
muffin cap, and their trowsers would have s
swollen out to double the size of a Turks aud c
a Dutchman's stitched together!
? A darkie having been to California, thus i
speaks of his introduction to San Francis- s
co :?"As soon as dey landed in the ribbar, 1
dar moufs began to water to be land, and 11
soon as dey waded to de shore, dey did'nt f
see any goold, but dey fouud such a large 1
supply of noffin to eat, dat dar gums cracked t
like baked clay in a brick-yard." c
? To give brilliancy to the eyes, shut them ':
early at night, aud open them early in the ;
morning; let the mind be constantly intent j ^
on the acquisition of human knowledge, or ; c
the exercise of benevolent feelings. This j ^
will scarcely ever fail to impart to the eyes j ^
an intelligent and amiable expression. j E
? A gentleman was walking down street a ; ?
few days since in company with two young
men who felt uncommonly smart. One ask- .
ed how he felt, situated between two such j
I fAll/.?rn Hn AMMAtnAD V iTTa/ll ' QQ1/J Tin I ^
Large lUiiutYD ao uuiacivco i "xcwij oui?
(why like a sharp between ttoo flats.' Wonder
if they understood the key ? ^
? Gov. Clark, of New York, was being ^
shaved the other day, when the barber ac- y
cidently tweaked his nose a little too hard: ^
"Pardon me," said he, very naturally. "Put j,
your hand in my coat pocket and pull one
aut," said the kind-hearted Governor. "I'll C(
511 it up for you when you are done." ^
? The attention of a little girl having been u
called to a rose-bush, on whose topmost stem ci
the oldest rose was fading, whilst below and g(
tround it three beautiful crimson buds were b
just unfolding their charms, she at once and ai
artlessly exclaimed to her brother: ((See,
Willie, these little buds have just awakened bc
in time to kiss their mother before she dies!" fa
^farmer's Department.
FARMERS DISCONTENTED.
Tliere is an intrinsic desire in the breast
cf most persons to leave the noise and confusion
of crowded places, and retire at some
time to the peaceful village and the quiet of
rural life. The tradesman and artizan, weary
of their confinement, long for a wider field
of action, while the merchant harrassed by
the exposure of his property to the fickle
elements, and the danger to those who go
down to the sea in ships, sees in the distance
the evening of his days embellished by the
comforts clustering around a home in the
country.
Others possesss taste for a home on the
farm from early youth, and when separated
from it, are ever elevating the old roof tree
md the happy haunts of childhood above all
the pomp and glitter of cities, and the trappings
of fashionable life.
For us, the farm has ever bad this charm,
ind its implements are familiar to our hands,
md the opinions we express have been formed
on the farm, while engaged in its labors
i'.J enjoying its pleasures. We look back
to its tenovatcd precincts w ith as much ten- j
der solicitude as does the graduate to his be- |
loved alma mater, and live over our youth J
iguin in the recollections of its delightful la- '
bors, scenes and recreations. Hut sincg those |
times, great changes have taken place in the j
modes of cultivating the soil, as in most of j
the businesses men pursue. Facilities in !
printing and publishing have kept pace with j
Dther improvements of the age. The exact j
3xpcrimcnts of the scholar, the accurate ob- j
?ervations of the farmer, dissertations, pamphlets
and newspapers have been multiplied
without number,"through the magic power of
the press. Iu these have been discussed the
manual operations of the farm j the plowing,
planting, haying, draining, subsoiling, and
nature of the soil; and, although much may i
well be said upon each of these fruitful topics,
we shall not occupy the space with more
than a casual reference to any of them.
It was oncd supposed that the profits of
:hc farm, and the beauty of the homestead,
depended upon the hands, alone. That error
has had its day, wrought its evil and departad,
we trust, never to return. A better
opinion now prevails, that labor to be profitlble,
must be guided by intelligence, and it
is of the importance of that intelligence that
we propose to speak.
On the rugged mountains and beautifully
weepiog vales of New Kngland?on the I
broad prairies of the West, and tho sunny ajres
of the South, the same causes are oporiting
against an earnest aud hearty love of!
rural life, and its occupations.
We assume the fact, that great discontent
jxists iD relation to that life : that young men
ind young women are dissatisfied with the
3mploymcnts of the farm, and are seeking in
speculative schemes that aliment for the
mind, which they have failed to find in rural
occupations, and n qulot homo,
If we can suggest a remedy for this evil, j
we shall deem it of more importance than to
throw new light on the common business of
the fields, and the barn, or to enforce any
principles of vegetable or animal existence.
Large numbers commence farming, without
other capital than their own physical
force, directed by their native good sense.?
rhcy succeed in establishing a pleasant
home, and in educating and rearing a family,
through long patient industry, and careful
economy; and this is the manner in which
those engaged in mercantile affairs, who
have become wealthy, have acquired that \
wealth, by interrupted effort, both in acquiring
and saving. And the cases are some- i
what rare, where the fanner of good health
ind habits, fails of establishing an attractive
home, and acquiring a competence; wKile it
has been ascertained that out of every one
hundred who have eutercd upon mercantile
pursuits in the largest city of New England,
jpwards of ninety have failed. The startliner
but well authenticated fact should have
, ,
in influence on young men embarking in i
justness, and upon young women, too, about
making alliances which can ODly end with
life; for they are equally interested in the
welfare and happiness of the family.
Farm work requires a capital in coin, in
talents, and in muscle and sinew, as well as
In mcrchandizingand navigating the ships of
'omuierce. "When this capital is invested,
farm work is no more a labor of drudgery
:han any other?it is not half so much. If
;his be drudgery, what shall we call the
n X -C 1 JiL. f\ i !
mnnnemcut ui um liin-uiuuu uiju iiiw v.uurt- i
oom, or the judge's beuch ? What the i
lull routine of the merchant's duties behind |
he counter, with his daily liability to pro- j
csted notes and bankruptcy ? What the i
laily task of the mechanic,happy if hia rolca;ed
after a ten hour's toil, or that of operaors
in the cotton-iuill, summoned by bell
tnd encased in codes of regulations ? No?
tis not the employment of the fields that is
Irudgery?it is the man's mind that is enilaved.
That mind does not spring from
he sod, buoyant with life and intelligence, j
icarching and inquiring in the wonderful j
iperations above, beneath and around him.
Let him turn his thoughts to Chemistry in
ts relation to his employment, and he will
oon be convinced, that no man has yet lived
oug enough to understand the strange yet
icautiful operations constantly carried on in
lis trees, plants, flowers, and animals. The
awyer is tied to his terms, and the merchant
o his counter; the physician to his never- j
leasing horse-mill rounds, the clergyman to j
lis parish, and the mechanic to his bench.
Jut the farmer breathes the free winds of
leaven on his hills, and drinks from the
rystal springs that flow through his valleys,
rhe first beams of the morning sun touches
lis brow amid the waving grain of his garlished
fields, while he bathes his feet in the
old dews that have gathered upon the bening
grass. He reclines at noon in the shade
fhis oldtrees, and walks among his spring
ag corn, or prohts by tbe cneertul criticisms
f his wife and children upon his garden !
ulture, as they stroll among the plants he is j
earing. He goes to mill or to market at I'
rill; attends the Country Fair in autumn
rith his fat oxen, lusty steers, or mammoth
egetables; takes a premium on orchards,
og meadows, or corn and cabbages, while
is wife bears off the palm for making the
est butter, and his unmarried daughters reeive
the silver goblet for the best loaf of
'heaten bread. He finds a day to look in .
pon the General Court; or, perchance, is a
onstituent part of that honorable body himjlf.
He is tho man to conduct the town <
usiness, for a referee, for a juror, or for j
ay other honorable calling. ,
While cultivating the fields, he'is in the <
>hool-room of nature, and it is his own (
wit if he does not study her ways, and
; make Iicr subserve his purposes. She calls , ?
; to him from her mountains, and valleys, and j
' streams, from the uir that cools his heated -
brow, and the dust beneath his feet. She , J
pleads constantly for bis attention through
; the birds of the air, and the beasts of the J
; field, in the change of the seasons, in show- I <
' ers, sunshine, frost and vapor. Is there no 1
voice in these, to him who tills the ground (c
or fells the forest? Arc these all a sealed
boolc to him, because lie is a tiller of the
soil ? If so, he should awaken to their per- In
petual call, be led to a consideration of the
delights which arc hourly offered to bis c\
mind, aud rejoice in the gratiti"' that he is H
permitted to be free upon the aete3 which ?J
he is gladdening by bis care.?X. E. Far- ^
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su
ORDINANCE. *
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Tntendant nnd War- af
dens of the Town of Yorkvillc, iu Council c],
assembled, r.nd by tl;c authority of the same, That,
from and after the publication of this Ordinance js
if any person or persons shall fire a gun, pistol or 0I]
other firc-urms within three hundred yards of the
public streets of Yorkvillc, he, she or they shall, gu
upon conviction, pay a fiue of five dollars for each cx
offence, nc
2. lie it further Ordained, by the authority aforesaid,
That if any person or persons, owning or ?
having in charge any horse or mule, shall permit 0p
such horse or mule to run at large in any of the en
streets of Yorkvillc, he, she or they shall forfeit co
and pay to the Town Council of said town the f0,
sum of one dollar for every day such horse or ,
mule shall be permitted to run at large. j
j. lie it further Ordained, That, for the purpose
of preventing encroachments npon side-walks, the _
owner, owners or occupant of any lot within the
corporate limits of the town are hereby prohibited
from setting-out any tree or trees in frout of
such lot, out of the line now fixed nnd established; -*
under a penalty of One dollar for every twenty- y
four hours such tree or trees nmy remain so set- an
out. mJ
4. Be it further Ordnined. That a tax of five yf(
per cent, be imposed on all sales made within the Qu
corporate limits of the town by itinerant auction- bit
eers?the amount of sales to be returned on Wc
oath, and the tax to be paid, by such Auctioneer <
to the Intcndant, before ten o'olook in the evening rie
of each day upon which such sales shall be made; pr
and upon each nnd every failure to render a return c/r/
in the manner thus provided for, such Auctioneers yu
oKnll nm' niv tn the Town Council a sum I nr*
not exceeding Twenty Dollars, to be collected in j j
the mode now provided for by law. to,
5. Be it farther Ordained, That each and every j _
person, residing within the corporate limits of >
the town, liable to Patrol duty, may commute for
the performance of such duty by the payment of
One Dollar and fifty cents; provided said commutation
be paid on or before the first day of April p
next; and all persons refusing or failing to pay *
such commutation within the time specified, shall Ofi
be held liable to Patrol duty, and for non-perforra- Dis
ance thereof, to such fines and penalties.as are W.
now provided by law. Pal
6. Be it further Ordained, That all Ordinances SP
or clauses of Ordinances repugnant to this Ordi- elli
nance be, and thoy are horeby repealed. or i
Done and Ratified under the oorporate seal of the on
town, on the 9th day of March, in the year 3
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 8?
fifty-seven.
F. II. 8IMRIL, Intendant. HT
Joseph Herndox, Clerk.
March 12 10 8t Cai
? ?> ens
In Equity?York. S
Bxparte, Miranda Kent, by next friend?Petition T1
to settle funds. j
JL. KENT residing beyond the limits of the did
State; On motion of Witherspoon, Pro. Pet. for
[t is ordered that J. L. Kent, the husband of the J
Petitioner, do plead, answer, or demur thereto, on
)r before the 6th day of June, and on failure to HT
lo so, that judgment, pro confesto, will be enter- A
id against him. JNO. L. MILLER, a C
($6) C. U. Y- D. tbe
March 5 9 3m <
DECLARATION
INDEPENDENCE/]
FIRST OF JANUARY, 185?! ! *
ol^'IIEN in (lie course of human events it (
T V becomes necessary for one one people" to *
ave a house and go to another?this is, therefore,
i cite and admonish all men that I,
MILES JOHNSON,
ive moved my SADDLE aud HARNESS FACOllY
to WE IK ART & WALKER'S NEW CARIAGE
SHOP, where can be found as good and r
lieap an assortment of home-made Saddles and S
harness as can be happened upon anywhere this
dc of Mason & Dixon's Line, together with Mar- *
ngals, Halters, Collars, Wagon-Saddles and fi
lurness, Whips, Bridle-Bits, Mountings, and eve- 8
^ thing in the line.) ?
And if you desire your old Saddles and Harness I
?juvenatcd. just "bring 'em in!" b
I, MILES JOHNSON, thank you, gentlemen, |
>r your custom, and will endeavor with might 5
nd main and talent and strict attention and a y
rorapt fulfilment of contracts, to deserve and n
btain a continuance of this great popularity.? I
fhen you visit York, give me a call, before buy- H
ig a storc-suddle nnd soforth. I AM NOT AT I
HE CORNER ; but if you want the real article |
Dine up to iVEIKART & WALKEIVS building, 1
oil see the stock. Come, gentle Muse! and in
lis great cause, give me aid?to wit:?
Come gentlemen, come one and nil,
And give the undersigned a call;
E'en though perchance you nothing buy, I
Yet'twill be well you'll not deny, [
To please your taste and feast your eye. L
You always may expect to find C
Horse trapping* hero of every kind?
Each part made ready to your hand, ,
From bridlc-bit to crupper-band. J
And be it clearly understood, '
All's handsome, lasting, cheap and good i
Signed, MILES JOHNSON.
Jan 15 2 tf
FRESH AND RARE!
THE LATEST "
FANCY STYLES.
6. R, RATCHFORD,
a AS just opened, FRESH from Charleston, a
varied and beautiful assortment of Dress and C
URNISIIING GOODS, consisting of all the latest ^
SPRING STYLES FOR 1857, c
mong these the Ladies will find the most appro- P
sd patterns of Dress Silks, Bareges, &c; and an
isortment of ~
1 HATS & BONNETS, k
nbracing at least 40 styles, which has never been
(celled in this market. He has also provided
ir Gentlemen an equally varried stock of _
SPRING STYLES OP I
SI, ft ill STEAff HATS; 1
id a few pieces of very fine CLOTHS and CASIMERES;
with a general variety of new Goods 1
i his line. i
These goods having been purchased for the pur- a
ise, especially, of informing the public in regard
i the very
a iPA&yiAtur i
. iaftgr^nivns, ,
tey -will be displayed for nothing, and sold at a ve g
r moderate advance abovo cost. Ladies and k
entleman arc invited to call and examine them tl
t the NEW STORE IN THE LINDSEY BUILING.
February 26,1867. 8 tf
mm, dies aid his. i
A NEW SUPPLY.
rHE Subscribers respectfully call the attention
of the citizens of York, and the adjacent B
>unties of North Carolina, to their now stock of C
resh and Genuine n'
MEDICINES, i
nbracing nearly every article usually kept in ,
RUG STORES. Our stook is very large and va- |
ed, offering cxoellent opportunities to the Physian,
Planter and Merchant, who will do well to ?'
ill arid examine for themselves.
All our preparations are in accordance with the
^escribed rules of the U. S. Pharmacopia. It
mil be our particular care to faithfully represent h
te quality of every article sold by us. - n<
Our purchases are made under circumstances et
tabling us to soli upon terms and at prices the
ost accommodating. Our stock consists of Drugs, fl
<?dicines, Chemicals, Dye- Woods and Dye-Stuffs,
ils, raints, and Painter's Articles-, Varniskss,
rindow-Glass and Putty; Glassware; JSnglish, A- ^
erican and French Perjumery; Toilet and Shauing
Hips; Tooth, Flesh and Hair Brushes;
Surgical and Dental Instruments;
russos, Supporters and Bandages; Spices, Snuffs, A
ine Chewing Tobaoco ; Cigars of finest flavor;
iperior Inks; Pure Wines, Fancy Articles, &c.
B?*k, Prescriptions carefully dispensed. Goods 1
refully packed and forwarded as directed. 1
IPrompt attention given to all orders, "?g n<
L. P. BARNETT & CO. ai
April 10 16 tf to
0f
salue:* of
MUJS SURSUJUiiEU, desiring to retire from b<
L the Printing business, offers for sale the en- or
re Establishment known as THE CAROLINA pr
[MES, to which is connected a well-conditioned bt
)B OFFICE. . . ' pi
The Times (Daily, Tri-weekly and Weekly isies,)
is in a prosperous condition, enjoying a re- pt
fair circulation and a large advertising patron- tii
;c. The Job Office is in good order, containing t?
mndance of material for the execution of any ui
nss of work, and is liberally patronized. ic
The Press department, containing three Presses, th
also complete, and worked by steam, running to
ie Adams and one Cylinder Press. of
As Printer to the House of Representatives, the wi
ibscriber has made ample arrangements for the ad
:ectition of its work, which affords ample remu- pi
iration, and properly managed cannot fail to ti<
vc a handsome profit. pi
As the subscriber has determined to sell, an be
portunity is afforded those who may desire to cu
gage in Journalism to secure one of the best co
nditioned and prosperous establishments to be th
and in the South, at very low figures. Ni
For further information, address the subscriber in
Columbia, S. C. E. H. BRITTON. so
Feb 12 6 tf an
LAW BLANKS!" I
?7"E have on hand, and are prepared to supply let
v at short notice, at the ENQUIRER Office, to
kinds of LAWYERS' BLANKS in general de- do
ind, printed on good paper and neatly pressed, in
; offer them at 75 cents " $ quire. Single half
lire 50 cents. As we have incurred considera!
outlay to'enablc us to furnish a good article,
will sell for CASH and CASH ONLY.
Our present stock consists of the following va- _
ties, viz: Sum Pro; Pi. Pa.; /V. Pa. on Sum.
o.; Copy Writ in Case; Copy Writ in Debt; Deration
on Account; Declaration on Promissory
itc; Declaration on Bond or Seated Note ; Sub- (
na Writs; Subpoena Tickets, <j"C.
Jgy" Orders from a distance promptly attended
if accompanied by the CASH!
WARLICK'S
PATENT PLOW.
^ ? JAMES II. FERGUSON takes *
this method of informing the
Planters of Chester and York
itricts, that he has purchased the right of T.
Woodward, to manufacture and sell Warlick's
tent Plow in the aforesaid Districts. R. W.
URRIER is my lawfully constituted and trav- fT
ng Agent, of whom the Plows can be procured, A
apply at my manufactory near Beckhamville, at 1
Fishing Creek. JAMES II. FERGUSON. ord
iTamaL K fl 1 r (mi
UUl l'li U if +J JTA
^Chester Standard copy till forbid. Hi
'IIE FRIENDS OF CAPTAIN A. ?"
STILWELL, respectfully announce him as a j
ididate for SHERIFF of York District at the
uing election.
)ct 23 43 tf 1
_ ml
I7E ARE AUTHORIZED TO AN- "a
J NOUNCE SAMUEL E. MOORE as a Can- Qfl
ate for CLERK of the Court of Common Pleas j
York District, at the ensuing election. ?
uly 17 29 tf |J
HIE FRIENDS OF DANIEL WILLIAMS,
Esq., respectfully announce him as
Candidate for SHERIFF of York District, at FT
ensuing election. {
>ot 16 42 ft
*f. *
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
j
[*TE would inform the citizen# of YorkUkt.,
f * of the State, nnd visitors frotfiuhroad, thai
ar constantly increasing business has compelled
ar removal-from . "8 CROAD-STJRE^J*''io,th.e
ingnifieent find spacious "Brown Stone Building. '
The accommodations ond arrangements of this
'NEW DEPOT," are unsurpassed by . any similar
etablishment in the United States; and whilst it
rill afford facilities for keeping our usual large
took of . j
ilSCELLANEOUS BOOKS,
CHEAP PUBLICATIONS,
Ha?* &?oS
we also propose adding largely to our
JTOCfe OF STATIONERY;
nd thdse in want "bf LEDcTE^.^jbtmiwap; ASH
BOOKS, LETTER, NOTE, and CAP PAER,
&c., &c., will find it to dhelr advantage to
isitus. .'r v
1,0. COURTENAT & CO,,
BOOKSELLERS & STATIONERS.
Sign of the Newsboy."*
Charleston, Nov. 6, 1850. 45^-6m.
mis i niso
THE Sl'BSCRIBER ^
|"UST having returned from- the ^ North, would
9 respectfully invite his friends wid the public
enerally, to a rich assortment of articles usually
ept in his line of business, consisting in part of
10 following:?
WATCHES.
old and Silver; JEWELRY otaU kinds; Spcctales,
Gold and 8ilvcr; Silver-Ware; Silver plated
7are; Britannia-ware; Waiters; Fancy Articles,
6RJNS, PISTOLS,
owie-Knives, Walking-Sticks, Military Goodf;
locks of various styles, Ac., besides a great moy
other articles too tedious to mention. Persons
i want of articles in my line, will find it to their
ivantage to give me a calL I am determined to
SELL FOR CASH,
id for less than goods of the same kind can be
i had atk^ail, North or Sonth, r .
REPAIRmo
i the Watch and Jewelry line executed with neat;sa
and dispatch, at-the shortest notice, by an
cperienced workman. . - ;; ?
tdMOi.i ??.i .. i.?_
ITT vw VJVHU uuu uuvci IUECU in VAWiinuKy iuje ^
oods. ' ' 1
E. M. KIRKPATRICK. '
Dec 4 .49. tf a
PR0SPECTB8 OF
"THE SOUTH,"
DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER, PUBLISHED 4
RICHMOND, VA.
iEFORE the close of the present month, the
subscriber will issue the first number of & ?.
iwspnper which he proposes to publish in Daily
id Semi-weekly editions, and which he Intends
devote to the service of the South, the interests
' the State, and to the support of the principles
' the Democratic Party. Bat the paper will not
: so exclusively political, that its columns will
ily interest the politician; nor so subservient to
irty as to spare the misconduct of bad men ,~to
stray principle for the sake of power, or to desse
its convictions at the suggestion of expediency.
I shall endeavor to commend it to intelligent
irsons of all classes, by diligence in the collecon
of news, by imparting something of ag-icnliral,
commercial and literary interest to ra colnn3,
and byventnriDgan outspoken and emphatopinion
on the topics of the day, no matter what
e hazard of conflict with prejudice or of offence
the self-appointed feeders of party. The organ j
' no clique, iri the interest of no faction, and A
ith no partial purpose to serve, the paper will V
Idress itself to the honest judgment of the peoe,
and for support will rely upon the apareciajn
of energy and enterprise, and theirlove of
ain talk and independent opinion. There may
i particular individuals to whom this sort of disission
will not be very acceptable, but if I can
nciliate the favor of the masses, I may survive
e opposition of ignorant or interested critics.?
o doubt servile spirits will be shooked at my zeal
the defence of the South; still I have the conlatory
assurance that there are plenty of brave
id trao men in Virginia, upon whose sympatic
id support I may Mly with absolute security.?
id so believing, I embark upon the enterprise,
tli no misgiving as to the result.
"THE SOUTH" will be of equal sire with the
iding papers of the oity ; and will be furnished
subscribers at the following rates: Daily seven
liars a year, Semi-weekly five dollars?payable
advance. ? Money
may be sent by mail to the address of
ROGER A. PRYOR,
Editor and Proprietor.
Richmond, March'1857. 13 * : tf
|ili |Pri*4?|.' |
1HE PROPRIETORS of the ENQUIRER yes- 1
pectfully inform their friends and the public
largo, that they are well prepared to execute
ers iu the JOB PRINTING LINE, such as
.MPHLET8, vi POSTERS,
lND BILLS, ij BLANZ NOTES, x
SINESS CARDS, |l LABELS,
,W BLANKS, j CIRCULARS,
LOISTRATE'S Do. i CATALOGUES,
&C., (fee., &c?
|?S, All work entrusted to this establishment
1 be neatly and expeditiously executed, and at
sonable rates. Call at tbe ENQUIRER Office,
re DOOR SOUTH OF THE P. OFFICE
fan. 1 1 tf.
I ROWM'S AND MARIS' ESSENCE d
of JAMAICA GINGER. For Sale bjr M
L. P. BARNETt & CO.
IEAS.--A very superior article of Black and
Green Teas. For Sale by
L. P. BARNETT ft CO.