Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, August 06, 1857, Image 4
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POPPING THE QUESTION.
Mehitable Merit, a young lady of thirtynine
who had never had a chance to change
the alternative character of her name, was
seated over the fire in her little sitting room,
when a knock was heard, and who should
make his appearance but Solomon Periwinkle.
"Goodness, Gracious," thought she. "I
wonder what he's come for?can it be?"
But we won't divulge the thought that
passed through the old maid's mind.
"How do you do, Miss Merit?"
"Pretty well, thank you, Mr. Periwinkle.
Not but I feel a little lonely now and then."
"You see as I was coming by, I thought
I'd step in and ask you a question about
?about?"
"I suppose," thought Mehitable, "he
means about the state of my heart."
"The fact is,*" said Solomon, who was
rather bashful, "I feel a little delicate about
asking, but I hope you won't think it r
strange ?"
"0 no," simpered Mehitable, "I don't I
think it at all strange, and in fact I have e
expecting it." b
"0," said Solomon, rather surprised, "I t
believe you have in your possession some- t
thing of mine." r
"His heart he means," said Mehitable a- q
side. "Well, sir," she continued, aloud, "it
may afford you pleasure to learn that you *
have mioe in return. It is fully and entirely
your own." n
What ! I got your umbrella !" exclaim- p
ed Solomon, in amazement. "I think you h
must be mistaken, and I don't think I'd like s
to exchange ra^ne for it, for mine was given ?
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Die. "X Deg jour paruuu, ouiu iuc mo- comfitted
old maid, "but I made a mistake. 1
I quite forgot your umbrella which I borrowed
some time ago. Here it is, I was thinking
of something else." p
"If," said Solomon, "there's anything of a
yours that I have got, I shall be happy to o
return it?" tl
"Well no, its no matter," stammered Ma- f<
hitable coloring. "Good morning." C
MM* . V
A Manifestation of Stubbornness, h
?On the Reading Turnpike, just this side n
of the St. George's Brewery, within the
corporate limits, there is a very bad spot in y
the road. For some distance there is just si
room enough for a wagon to pass over. Go
to either side of that and you plunge into a
holes. About six o'clock, evening before v
last, a stone wagon and a buggy, going in si
opposite directions, met on this part of the
road.
'Turn off,' said the owner of the buggy, h
'I won't do it,' replied the stone-hauler. s<
'My wagon is very heavily loaded, and if I g<
was once to get the vehicle into those holes, b
I could never get it out.'
'Your wagon is stout and can stand the
rubs,' said the man in the buggy. 'Drive
out of the way and let me pass.' 0
'I won't do it,' responded the teamster, ti
'I shall wait until you go by.' w
<50 snail 1, said tne man id ine nuggy.
The dispute by this time attracted quite a st
crowd, who were much aruused at the stub- ?
bornuess of the two. The teamster was in- 31
vited to a beer-house to take a drink, and 0]
accepted the invitation; the owner of the 11
buggy was befriended with a newspaper, bi
and throwing himself back endeavored to n
beguile away the hours as pleasantly as pos- w
sible. Both declared their determination
not to drive off the smooth part of the road. J1
Seven o'clock came, and both vehicles
were still there. The teamster had drunk n
several glasses of beer, and the occupant of 01
the buggy had devoured the contents of two
or three newspapers. Eight o'clock came,
and they were in the same position, as stubborn
as ever. The teamster, however grew '
impatient; his horses were tired and hun- 1,1
gry; yet he did not want to knock under.? ^
At last a lucky thought struck him. He S(
proceeded to the road, unhitched his horses,
and rode home, leaving his wagon standing "
in the road. The owner of the buggy was .
completely out-generaled. He had to give 1S
way or remain in the road all night. Giving
the teamster a hearty curse, he drove his
buggy over the hazardous part of the road,
and started homeward, a very mad individual.?
Cincinnati Commercial.
Free Seats in Churches.?Where c
pews in fashionable churches (?yas7tio?jai?c
churches!"?do but think of them !) are put
up at auction, what chance is there for a person
of moderate means to obtain a seat ?? ^
The acute observer and eminent philosopher
"Doesticks" well sets forth the evils of Q
the pew auction system. He attended a
crowded one :
<<I very soon discovered," he says, "that r
no <deadheads' were allowed on this line,
c
anA if a man rnnldn't nav. be was nnt off
"uu - w? r~v? ? r? ? ^
the train. After some preliminary chat about
the foreign news, the state of the mar- g
kets, the hope of a revival of religion, the
rise in 'Erie,' the progress of the work of g
grace, and the price of pork, the lowly ones
gathered around, and the sale began. Those
pews nearest the pulpit, or perhaps I should
say, those seats near the locomotive, were ^
sold first; they brought seventy, eighty, and
even one hundred and twenty dollars premium
; the price was to be paid merely for a
choice of seats, in addition to the regular f
rent. I instantly saw that I hadn't money s
enough to take a first class cabin passage, ^
but hoped there might be a place for me ^
somewhere. Jones bought a ticket, and
Smith, and Tompkins; but there was not a ^
single seat come down to my pile; and I ;
felt I must give up the journey, or find a c
cheaper conveyance, for I certainly couldn't j(
afford to go to heaven at such exoribitant ^
rates." a
He makes a little "calculation," and finds
that to be saved at that chuich would be a
greater expense to him than his sins had \
ever been: "Prayers cost me forty cents an i
hour, and sermons four dollars and a half g
apiece; and if I'm as great a sinner as the t
minister says I am, it would break the JLSank \
of England to get me 'into the fold unless f
they can get a heavy discount, I fear I shall i
have to go to the devil."?Knickerbocker %
Magazine. t
In the good old town of Milford, Connecticut,
where the elm trees are covered j
with moss or something like it, and the peo- I
pie are so quiet and stay-at-home-tive that r
some of them have never been out of the i a
town since they were born into it, there lives a
a dry, sly old justice of the peace named E
Higgins, who will have a joke when he can, u
even when dealing out justice according to o
his notion of right and wrong?for it's little
of Uw that Squire Higgins knows. The eth
;r day a loafer was tried before him, and
)0)ids were required for his appearance at
;he next county court. "Who is your boud ?"
lemanded Higgins of the culprit. "I am,
iir," said loafer No. 2; stepping out from the
:rowd, and looking enough like the prison;r
to be his brother. Higgins, the justice,
:yed him a second or so, and thundered out,
'We didn't ask for vaga-/>oju/, it's another
irticle we want; you won't answer at all;
rou can go." He went; and loafer No. 1
vent to jail.
A B'hoy at School.?One of the juveliles,
though considerably advanced, preicnted
himself, not long since, for admission
o a public school near the Dry Dock. He
vas shown to a seat, and in the course of
he morning the master resolved to enter ino
a little examination of the youth's capac
ties and knowledge, prior to assigning him
o a class. Calling to the b'hoy to stand
ip, he asked :
"Do you know anything of grammar ?"
"I don't know anything else !"
"Very well! Now attend?in the beginling
God made the world; parse world."
All the b'hoy knew of grammar was what
le had heard that very morning from differnt
classes reciting around him?but he had
teen taught that when he was fighting in
he dark, he must strike straight out from
he shoulder right and left, and would be all
ight. "Parse world.?" he drawled out in[uiringly,
so as to gain time.
"Yes! In the beginning God made the
rorld?parse world."
"Wall, world is the biggest kind of a noun,
aasculine, gender, all sorts of tenses, past,
resent and future, and"?slapping his
lands down on the desk with a force that
hook the building?"/1*governed by God !
iTow fotch your Sunday school scholars, old
ioss, and see if they can beat that."?
Veto York fie.
How hk Lost his Hair.?A Norfolk paer
tells the following story: Uri Orgood
nd Jonathan Aiken were on opposite sides
f politics last Fall, in Grundy County, and
he fight between them?they were running
Congress?grew warm and desperate.
)ne day when they met on the stump, Uri,
rhose head was bald, and should therefore
ave been cooler, in the midst of his indigation
turned upon Jonathan and said :
"I think, Sir, you have but one idea in
our head, and that is a very small one, if- it
hould swell, it would burst it."
Whereat Jonathan grew red in the face,
nd looking for a moment at the bare and
enerable head of his opponent, asked if he
lould say what he thought of him ?
"Say on," said Uri.
"Well, I think you haven't one in your
ead, and never had; there's been one
jratching around on the outside, trying to
et in, till it has scratched all the hair off,
ut it's never got in and never will."
Uri was silent.
"Pat and the Know Nothings."?
'ne afternoon, last September, during the
me of the great political excitement, as I
as wending my way homeward along the
harf, my attention was called to a new
earn process for loadiug and discharging
le freights from the holds of vessels. Whilst
dmiring the beautiful machinery then in
peration, with its innumerable wheels spinand
buzzinc around, performing the la
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or of some twenty men. my eyes fell upon a
tther distressed looking son of Erin, from
hom I heard the following soliloquy:
"Ah !" he exclaimed, "you whirly gig
ou ; it is yourself that takes the bread out
F twenty of me honest countrymen's mouths
my day you work; but be Jabers there is
ae consolation after all: You can't vote
te Know Nothing ticket!"
What kept Rory from Confession.?
iVhat may be the cause,' said an Irish cuite
to his parish clerk,?'what keeps Rory
I'Kegan from confession and from the church
:rvice, Peter Murphy ?'
A sad matter it is yer honor?it's himself
lat's got in a bad way ony how.' ?
'Och, Peter,' said the curate, 'is it De_
??
m!
'Worse, ye may depend,' said the worthy
lerk.
'Sowl o' me, I trust it's not Atheism, or
le like o' that, Peter,' exclaimed the pastor.
'Worse.'
'An, what in the name o' nature can it be!'
ried the astonished minister.
"By the powers, it's rheumatism,' replied
'eter Murphy, 'an' so it is.'
A Frightened Poet.?N. P. Willis has
ad a ghost encounter at Idlewild. Waking
i the night, he saw something at the foot
f hi^bed. The figure was in a human form,
nd waved its arms. Ever and anon it would
well into unnatural proportions, and then
aise both arms towards the ceiling. Willis
onfesses that he was frightened. He rose
rith sweat drops on his brow, nerved bimelf
to the extreme of daring, approached the
gure and clutched it?when lo! it was his
wn silk shirt? It had been hung near the
Dot of his bed, over a furnace register. The
olumn of air occasionally inflated this shirt,
nd hence the ghost!
An ingenious paragraph' to let the world
:now that the dainty Idlewalkerwearsa "silk
hirt."
IST A Western editor vents his rage as
ollows: We would say to the rascal who
tole our shirt off the pole while we lay in
ied waiting for it to dry, that we sincerely
lope that the collar my cut his throat."
Served him right, say we. No business
o have a shirt. A pretty editor, this to be
odulging in such luxuries. We expect the
lext thing, to hear of the extravagant felow
aspiring to wear stockings and furred
lats! Oh, the avarice, unreasonableness
,nd extravagance of some folks!
A Witness.?A boy eight years old, beng
offered as a witness at a Justice Court
n Boston, was examined as to his undertanding
the nature of an oath. The Jusice
inquired?"Do you know anything a
>out hell ?" The boy scratching his head
'or a moment, and looking at the Justice
nnocently replied?"1N0 sir,: no i never
cas there in my life!" He was allowed to
estify.
"Chasing the Hoop."?The Saratoga
Yews says : This has always been a favoraile
amusement among the children, but is
iow no uncommon thiDg to see in our streets
, half a dozen young men "chasiDg hoops"
t the same time. We apprehend that there
aust be much more in hoops than there
ised to be. Who knows ? Gentlemen are
nly permitted to answer.
9ST An ungodly man diggeth up evil.
jfart, Jfiut & jfaitcg. I
? Now is the time to improve yourself.
? The fire that "went out" has not returned.
? What dc we often drop, yet never stoop I
to pick up ? A hint.
? Pride breakfasted with Plenty, dined
with Poverty, and supped with Infamy.
? Punch teaches book-keeping in three
words?"Never lend them."
? "The eyes of your beloved, after she has
been crying," Punch calls "ornamental fretwork."
? A correspondent of the Carolina Spartan
nominates Ex-Gov. James II. Adams,
for the U. S. Senate.
? Punch sajs "a secret, warranted to keep i
in any climate, is a woman's age." Horrid
Punch!
? Shakspeare says, '-'Frailty, thy name is
woman." A French translation has it, "Madamoiselle
Frailty is the name of the lady."
? During a recent storm, in De Soto County,
Miss., the lightning struck ten negroes
at one dash, one of them seriously.
? One of Walker's men, who had a Costa
Rican bayonet at his breast, refused to ask
for mercy because Americans can't take j
Spanish quartrrs now.
? Dobbs says that people who endorse
notes, are called "sureties," for this reason,
that in nine cases out of ten they are "sure,"
to be called upon for the money
? A little girl, addressing her sister, ask
ed : "What was tne cnaos, ra was reauiug
about, to-day?" To which the latter replied
: " 'Twas a great pile of nothing, and no
place to put it in."
? A company of ladies, the other day, discussed
the following question ; "What is the
great duty of man ?" One of them contend-1
ed, with success, that it was to pay dry-goods
bills!
? Near the depot were several Irish draymen.
Thinking to quiz them, a gentleman
shouted to one, "Has the railroad got in ?"
"One ind has, sir," was the prompt response.
? Knowledge will not be acquired without
pains and application. It is troublesome
and keep digging for pure waters ; but. when
once you come to the spring, they rise up,
and meet you.
? An "unfortunate" clergyman undertook
to "give out a hymn," in which the word
doxology occurred; but as he could not get
hold of the word, he requested the congregation
to sing four verses and a sockdologer.
? "Pa, what is the interest of a kiss ?" asked
a sweet sixteen of her sire. "Well, really,
I don't know. Why do you ask ?" "Hecause
John borrowed a kiss of me, last night,
and said he'd pay it back with interest after
we were married."
? Visitors at Niagara Falls will remember
a staircase on the west side of Goat Island
called "Biddle Staircase." Some one asked
a friend why it was called that name. "Because
it wound up the bank," Was the on
swer.
? "Sir," said Tom's father, "you should
have a place for everything." "Well," replied
the junior, "I have a great many places
for everything." The bump of "order" was
in the decendant?"wit" in the ascendant
of that cranium.
? A transcendental preacher took for his
text, "Feed my lambs." A plain farmer
quainly remarked to him, on coming out of
the church, "A very good text, sir, hut you
should take care not to put hay so high in
the rack that lambs can't reach it."
? Tho editor of the Battlc-uxc of Freedom
and Tomahaick of Liberty, writing from
Philadelphia, after hearing Miss Louisa Pyne
sing the song of the "Skylark," says : "Her
voice is delicious, pure as the moonlight,
and as tender as a three shilling-shirt." ?
A Yankee went to market to buy sausages.
He held out a liok to his dog, but be
refused to eat. "What is the matter with
them saussages ?" angrily inquired the dealer.
"0," said the Yankee, "I've nothing
agin' 'em, only dog won't eat dog, that's all."
? A correspondent says that the Fremont
and Dayton flag, used at Stockbridgc, Madison
county, during last fall's campaign, has
been hung up this spring in a corn field as a
"scare crow." Doubtless it proved efficacious,
if crows know anything of politics.
? "Please, sir," said a beggar to Scroggs
the other day, "couldn't you give me a iittle
something ? I'm a bricklayer, but had a bad
fall when at work at my business, and have
to live on charity, sir." "Nonsense," answered
Scroggs, "I had not only a bad fall,
at my business, but a bad winter, too, and
not much of a spring. I think you ought
to give tne something!"
? Tables have been published of the births,
deaths, ana marriages, in a single year, in
England and Wales, of some of the more
numerous of those English families whose
surnames are derived from occupation. It
appears from these statistics, which are reliable,
that every year 5,588 Smiths are
born, 4,044 Smiths die, and 3,005 Smiths,
determined to preserve the Smith family
from extinction, do marry.
? The professions of the signers of the
Declaration of Independence were as follows:
Printers, 1; Lawyers, 19; Physicians, 5 j
Farmers, 6; Merchants, 6; Shoemakers, 1;
Gentlemen, 6; Sailors, 1; Ministers, 1;
Surveyors, 1; Soldiers, 1. The place of
nativity of the signers was as follows : Massachusetts,
9; Virginia, 8; Pennsylvania,
G ; Maryland, 5; Rhode Island, 2 ; Maine,
1; Connecticut, 2; New York, 3j New Jer-1
sey, 3; Scotland, 2; South Wales, 1. Benjamin
Franklin, aged 71, was the oldest,
and Eldridge Gerry, aged 32, the youngest
of the signers. Stephen Hopkins, aged 69,
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Thomas Jefferson, aged 33, the next youngest.
? Persons about to marry, who wish to
know the proper age, are referred co the following
precedents: Adam and Eve, 0;
Shakespeare, 18; Ben. Johnson, 21; Walker,
22; Franklin, 24 ; Mozart, 25; Kenier,
Fuller, Johnson, Burk, Scott, 26; Tycho,
Brahe, Byrou, Washington, Wellington,
Bonaparte, 27; Penn, Sterne, 28 ; Linnaeus,
Nelson, 29; Burns, 30; Chaucer, Hogarth,
Peel, 32; Wadsworth, Davy, 33; Aristotle,
36; Sir William Jones, 37; Wilberforce,
38, Luther, 42; Addison, 44; Wesley,
Young, 46; Swift, 49; Buffon, 55; Old
Parr (last time,) 120. If Adam and Eve j
got married before-they were a year old, and j
the veteran Parr buckled with a widow at
120, bachelors and spinsters may wed at any
age they like, and find shelter under great
names for either early marriage or late.
jfarmer's Department.
From the Xew Englaixl Farmer.
KIND TREATMENT TO -HORSES. !
"A merciful mau is merciful to his beast,"
Every wise man, every economical man of
understanding, is likewise merciful to them.
Abusive treatment of horses, and cruel management
and usage of them, are a waste and
destruction of property; whilst the kind
care, and merciful and judicious management
of animals, preserve their spirits, and
strength and lives, and thus preserve their
value.
The horse is, by nature, well disposed ; is
easily trained, when treated kindly by a
person capable of instructing him ; by one
that can inmart to the horse an idea of what
he is to do, and how he is to do what may
be desired of him. He is also some-what
excitable, irritable and timid. Excitement
and fear arc destructive and injurious to the
animal as to the human frame. The horse,
especially, will be more docile under kind
than cruel treatment. Whatever labors are
performed and exertions made under the
whip, are usually so much to the injury of
the horse, thus forced to exertion. Whatever
excess of loading a horse is forced to
draw, under the lash, above what he can
easily draw, is so much to his injury. Whatever
increase of speed.is gained by the rider
or driver, by the aid or instrumentality of
the whip or spur, is only an advantage for
the time being, and to the future disadvantage
of the owner. It is a wearing way of
the strength and life of the animal to force
his speed beyond his voluntary and natural
swiftness of motion. To compel him to
draw more than he can easily draw, injures
his value also. It is economy, and wisdom,
and humanity, and mercy too, to carry light
loads for the team. If a person wishes to
transport much weight of materials, he
should have a horse of suitable size, or a
number of horses to move the bad easily.
If a person wishes to travel at the rate of
ten miles an hour, he should have an animal
that can transport him easily at that rate,
and not keep a horse that cannot easily go
more than eight miles an hour, and force
him ten miles an hour with a whip. The
nnntinnnl snnnnin? of the whip excites and
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worries the horse. The horse, to labor much,
or travel much, should be well nourished
and cared for. Some persons arc so unwise
and inhuman?have so Jittle knowledge of
economy, and are so ignorant of their own
interests, as to think it more profitable to
miserably and cheaply provide and care for
the horse, and-force him to work or to speed
with the whip, than to spare the whip and
increase the feed.
It is pleasing to notice that the horse railroad
companies have dispensed with the use
of the whip. That instrument of cruelty and
injury is not seen upon the car. It is more
pleasant to ride in the car, because the car
is not pained with the frequent abusive or
unwise use of the whip. In the days of
omnibusses, the whip was more brutally or
cruelly used than now. It is agreeable to
walk or ride in Tremont Street now, as the
cars have banished, almost entirely the use
of the whip. Drivers of other carriages do
not, seemingly, dare use the whip so much
there as formerly. The whip has ever been
highly injurious to omnibus horses. If a
man has a slow horse, it is to be b vd that
he will exchange him for a more speedy one;
or a weak one for a strong one, if he desires
more strength or speed, rather than use the
whip to effect a desire. P.
Value of Peas and Beans.?These
articles, says an exchange, have been found,
by chemical analysis, to abound in nitrogen.
The inference has been that they would be
onnnnrfinor ttiA ivnstr* nf
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the muscles of animals, and it has been suggested
that they would be particularly useful
in the production of wool. They are evidently
valuable for these purposes, but not the
less valuable for the production of fat.?
Those persons who have used peas for fattening
hogs, consider them worth as much
as Indian corn. In districts where that
grain is not grown, very fine pork is produced
from peas. Dickson, in his work "On
the breeding of Live Stock," states that a
sweep stakes was entered into between five
East Lothiatu farmers, to be claimed by one
who should be prouounced the best feeder
of cattle. Forty cattle of the same breed,
and in equal condition, were divided between
them, as fairly as possible. They
were put up together the second week in
September, and killed at Christmas following.
The winner of the stakes fed his cattle
wholly on boiled beans with hay.
A Recipe Worth one Thousand Dollars.?Take
1 pound of sal soda and a half
pound of unslacked lime, put them in a gallon
of water and boil twenty minutes; let it
stand till cool, then drain off, and put it in a
stone jug or jar. Soak your dirty clothes
over night, or until they are well wet through,
then wring them out and rub on plenty of
soap, and in one boiler of clothes, well covered
over with water, add one teaspoonful
of the washing fluid. Boil half an hour briskly
then wash them thoroughly through one
suds, and rinse through water, and your
clothes will look better than the old way of
washing twice before boiling. This is an
invaluable recipe, and I do want every poor
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tirea woman ro try it. ? unim wim a pmeut
wash tub to do the little rubbing, the washer-woman
might take the old Bible and compose
herself on the lounge, and let the washing
do itself.
The woman who can keep a secret has
known this a year or two, but her husband
told it while on an electioneering tour. So
says the Ohio Cultivator.
Removing and Preventing Rust.?
Some persons employ an acid to remove rust
from knives; this should never be done under
any circumstances. Nothing surpasses
rotten stone and oil for scouring knives and
forks. To prevent stoves and grates from
rusting during summer, if placed in damp
situations, give them a tnin coat of lard and
rosin melted together, in the proportions of
three parts of the formerto one of the latter.
Elder "Wine.?Two quarts of water, one
quart of elderberry juice, three and a half
pounds brown sugar. Let it stand in a
warm place a week or more until it ferments,
then remove it to the cellar and in a month
strain it, rinse the jug or cask, and pour it
back. It will be fit for use in two or three
months, but improves by age.
jjSylf any one speaks evil of you, let your
life be so virtuous that none will believe him.
Love.?A little world within itself, intimately
connected with shovel and tongs, |
Cmjjfraitfc Column.
From the Spirit of the .Age.
HOW TO INSURE THE SUCCESS OF
TEMPERANCE.
'It was a maxim of O'Conncll's that if
you would strongly impress anything upon
the public mind, it must be reiterated over
and over again, that in fact, you must never
tire of the repetition. That great observer
of human nature was well aware of the necessity
of kcepingsteadily before men's minds
the purpose they had in view; and by acting
on this principle during his lifetime he succeeded
in a most wouderful manner in concentrating
the feelings of his countrymen,
and combining them for a great purpose,
which he deemed of paramount importance.
He did not live long enough in the posses
sion of vigor of mind and body to secure the
realization of the darling object of his life;
but he did, to prove the great value of a
steady persistence in the pursuits of one object
if we would succeed in securing for it a
large amount of public sympathy. The object
which this great man sought to attain
was only popular with a section of his countrymen;
and yet it is a wonderful fact in the
history of our time that, by the adoption of
reiteration, when it was applied to an object
in which numbers sympathised, he did succeed
in gathering around him such an amount
of power as at one time made it appear more
than probable that what seemed impossible
to many was not far from realization.
We seek to apply th's law of progress to a
question upon which all are united, but
which, perhaps as much as any other question
that has ever been agitated, peeds the
constant repetition of its paramount importance
as a remedial agent for the attainment
of human happiness; because the impediment
it seeks to remove out of the way, is founded
in the universal appetite for the poison alcohol,
which all admit is tht cause of much
calamity to the human race, but which, be1
' 1 1 f_ it.
cause it nas so entrencnea useii m iHe customs
and habits of daily life, requires an extraordinary
amount of energy to grapple
with and overcome.
Twenty years of labor?of continuous and
great labor on the part of a few?have been
expended in efforts to induce mankind to put
away their greatest enemy; but while they
listen to and admit the force of our arguments,
and freely acknowledge that alcohol
is a destroyer of human happiness to an incalculable
extent, yet they still sip the delicious
poison, and unlike the unhappy victims
of music of the Syrens, allow themselves
to be turned into swine.
Alcohol is the direct and inveterate foe of
the human constitution, and yet the passion
for it is so great, man deludes himself into
the belief that he may use it with impunity.
Sience in vain holds up the lamp of truth to
the unwise ones, who reject reason and suffer
appetite to be their guide. Experience points
her steady finger to the past and says in vain,
to the multitude, 'Open your eyes and behold
abundant evidence of the madness of seeking
health or happiness in the wine-cup.'?
The numberless diseases which lurk beneath
its brim are boldly encountered by thoughtless
and feeble age for the momentry pleasure
it affords, regardless of the warning
voices of science and experience, which exclaim
that danger and death are near.
With such facts as these ever before the
mind of the temperance Reformer, he knows
full well that he must continually keep sounding
the alarm; and, although his usual labors
are exercised among those who smile
at his pains, and who oftentimes ridicule his
anxiety to do them good, yet he must not
become fainthearted or weary; he has a good
and noble purpose in view, and whatever
difficulties may arise to thwart and retard
his work, it will in the end succeed. lie
may have this assured confidence frQiu the
conviction that man is a progressive being?
that it is not an empty sound?that civilization
is onward, and that, therefore, the day
is coming in which a more enlightened peo
pie will not permit the demon alcohol to do
his devilish work any longer in the world.'
BEWARE OF BRANDY.
We warn the good people of this city, who
occasionally take a little "for the stomach's
sake," to beware how they drink brandy, or
we should rather say the red liquid which is
handed out to thom at tavern counters under
that name. It is a well-knowif fact that
there is scarcely a bar-room in the city, however
extensive, elegant or pretentious, that
contains a drop of the genuine article. Indeed,
very little of it comes into the country
from France, and what does come commands
an almost fabulous price?a price so great
at any rate, as to exclude it almost entirely
from the retail trade. Indeed, even with the
best will to sell a good article, the tavern
keeper cannot surely get it. The article
which he buys under custom house lock, and
which unquestionably has come from France,
is nothing more than a portion of the millions
of gallons of "pure spirits," i. e. alcohol,
which has been exported from this country
to receive in France its cooling and its
flavor from the essential "oil of Cognac,"
and then to be imported back. This is no
illusion, but a fact of daily practice, and
would be safe to conclude, that any glass
which you may take up at any bar it town,
is nothing but colored pure spirits, flavored
with a few drops of the poisonous oil alluded
to. The same may be said of the stuff that is
furnished you in demijohns from the wholesale
groceries and liquor dealers, for family
use, at the rate of five, six, and seven dollars
a gallon.
Through the failure of the grape in France,
and the immense consumption of the article
of brandy in this country, not one-twentieth
part of the demand made upon France can
be supplied; and as the major part of this
demand is for high priced brandy, it will at
once be seen what perilous stuff, eveu the
most fastidious and careful drinkers arc obliged
to swallow. The only safe course is,
therefore, to abstain from calling for brandy
altogether. There is but little good in it,
even when it is best, and it has been saddled
upon us as a national drink, in place of the
comparatively harmless beverages chosen by
other nations, by a school of red-faced old
cocks, who with the profundity, if not the
sobriety of oracles, yoked our necks years ago
with the notion that a little brandy was "the j
best thing in the world for the stomach,"
especially after eating oysters, a double fal- j
lacy as has long ago been proved. We, therefore,
advise that brandy be permitted to go j
out of fashion?at least, while it is out of
the country.
Porter's y. Y. Spirit of the Times.
JVSF The ancient Greeks buried their j
dead in jars. Hence the origin of the ex- j
pression?"He's gone to pot." '
raw wo III.we
CAi^ATRO
IN ORDER TO KEEP UP WITH THE TIMES,
INQ STOVES inio general use, the subscribe]
North, where ho made a large selection of the best
above cut, "THE WONDER," fullyjnstifies its name
an Air Tight Cooking Stove, is not to be surpassed f
i-?? r.r.A ni.nni, . tho foot intra avp ?
lltrgc \J ICU3 auu OllVli^ UJuu^uv , ?HV particular
attention to a favorite called
Many of which have already been sold. It is an E
any other brought out. It has moveable long centr
a complete FARMER'S STOVE.
I have, however, every variety of COOK, PAR]
and put up without extra charge. It shall be my
struction of Patterns but in the smoothness of Cas
In connection the Establishment, I have, also,
A LARGE TI
Where every article in the line is kept on hand,
ROOFING AND GUTTERING.
The public are invited to call at the Show Room
be found all that is required for HOUSEHOLD 1
which will be sold, at WHOLESALE AND KETAI
Southern Country. J8Q7" Orders solicited, which s]
Yorkville, S. C., May 7, 1857. 1
IS
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at
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/ A RETIRED PHYSICIAN
/ VITHOSE sands of life had nearly run out,
I T T discovered while in the East Indies, a cerI
tain cure for Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis,
Coughs, Colds, and General Debility. The remedy
was discovered by him frhen his only child, a
daughter, was given up to die. He bad heard
much of the wonderful restorative and healing
qualities of preparations made from the East India
Ilemp, and the thought occurred to hitn that
he might make a remedy for his child. He studied
hard and succeeded in realizing his wishes.?
His child was cured, and is now alive and well.?
He has since administered the wonderful remedy
to thousands of sufferers in all parts of the
world, and he has never failed in making them
completely healthy and happy. Wishing to do as
much good as possible, he will send to such of his
afflicted fellow-beings as request it, this recipe,
with full and explicit directions for making it up
and successfully using it. He requires each applicant
to enclose him one shilling?three cents
to bo returned as postage on the recipe, and the
remainder to be applied to the payment ofthis
advertisement. Address,
Dr. II. JAMES, No. 19 Grand-st.
Jersey City, N. J.
N. B.?Dr. H. James has neither office nor agent
in New York, as some have pretended and I
advertised. The recipe is sent from so place i
but No. 19 Grand street, Jersey City, New /
Jersey. /
June 11, 23 3m /
jWprTntingT
TIIE PROPRIETORS of the ENQUIRER respectfully
inform their friends and the public
at large, that they are well prepared to execute
orders in the JOB PRINTING LINE, such as
PAMPHLETS, -I POSTERS,
HANDBILLS, ij BLANK NOTES,
BU3INES CARDS, ''LABELS,
LAW BLANKS, j, CIRCULARS,
. m-rnci T> _ : /~1 a m A T AnTTTG
JV1 AU'ISTXIAXXj o uu? wixiiuvuu jjU|
&C?, etc., &C?
B@r> All work entrusted to this establishment
will be neatly and expeditiously executed, and at
reasonable rates. Call at the ENQUIRER Office,"
ONE DOOR SOUTH OF THE P. OFFICE
.Jan. 1 1 tf.
Law blanks! ;
WE have on hand, and are prepared to supply
at short notice, at the ENQUIRER Office,
all kinds of LAWYERS' BLANKS in general demand,
priuted on good paper and neatly pressed.
We offer them at 75 cents quire. Single half
Quire 50 cents. As we have incurred considera- <
ble outlay totenable us to furnish a good article, i
we will sell for CASH and CASH ONLY. i
Our present stock consists of the following va- i
rieties, viz: Sum Pro; Pi. Pa.; Pi. Fa. on Sum. '
Pro.; Copy Writ in Case; Copy Writ in Debt; Declaration
on Account; Declaration on Promissory
Note; Declaration on Bond or Sealed Note ; Subpoena
Writs; Subpoena Tickets, <j-c.
Orders from a distance promptly attended
to, if accompanied by the CASH! <
COD LIVER OIL.--A superior article
of pure Cod Liver Oil. For Sale by
L. P. BARNETT & CO.
Heme, combined i :
SE'S DEPOT.
which seem to dem&nd the introduction of COOKr
recently visited the principal Foundries in the
varieties, suited for this section of country. The
; and fgr "THE BELLE OF THE STATES,
or durability or beauty. They are perfectly made,
trong and cannot be cracked by heat. I would ask
181 HOIS?,
levated Oven for Baking, of greater capacity than
e pieces, to receive a large Boiler, which makes it
LOR and OFFICE STOVES, which I will deliver
pride and ambition to excel, not only in the contings,
and the manner in which they are mounted.
MACTORI,
or made to order. Particular attention paid to
s, in the eld "HARRIS BUILDING," where wiil
PURPOSES, such as JAPAN AND TIN-WARE,
&c? &c., aii
L, CHEAPER than has ever been offered in the
hall receive prompt attention.
WM, E. ROSE,
8 6mo
WME& IHWFIRV!
if 111 vJLULiU W Ulii IV JLilillil ,
THE SUBSCRIBER
JUST having returned from the North, would
respectfully invite his friends and the public
generally, to a rich assortment of articles usually
kept in his line of business, consisting in part of
the following:?
WATCHES.
Gold and Silver; JEWELRY of all kinds ; Spectacles,
Uold and Silver; Silver-Ware; Silver plated
Ware; Britannia-ware ; Waiters; Fancy Articles,
GUNS, PISTOLS,
Bowie-Knives, Walking-Sticks, Military Goods;
Clocks of various styles, &c., besides a great many
other articles too tedious to mention. Persons
in want of articles in my line, will find it to their
advantage to give me a call. I am determined to
SELL FOR CASH,
and for less than goods of the same kind can be
be had at retail, North or South.
REPAIRING
In the Watch and Jewelry line executed with neatness
and dispatch, at the shortest notice, by an
experienced workman.
Old Gold and Silver taken in exchange for
Goods.
E. M. KIRKPATRICK.
Dec 4 49 tf
SEWING MACHINES^
To Manufacturers, Planters and Private
Families.
IN purchasing such an article as a SEWING
MACHINE, the true policy is to buy the best.
I. M. SINGER & Co's GAZETTE, a beautiful
pictorial paper, contains full and reliable informatiou
about SEWING MACHINES, and answers
all questions that can be asked on the subject.?
All who read this paper will learn how to purchase
a Sewing Machine with which $1,000 a year,
clear profit, can be -made, and will be protected
from being imposed on by some of the humbug
Machines now before the public. Singer & Co.'s
Machine is arranged to do coarse and fine work of
every description. The Gazette may be obtained
gratis on application at any of Singer & Co's Offices.
A machine can be seen in operation at the
Tailor Shop of Mr. W. C. OWEN, of Yorkville,
S. C. L. M. GRIST, at the Enuhibsb Office, is
an authorized agent.
Singer & Co.'s Charleston Office, 324 King-st.
Principal Office, 323 Broadway, New York.
July 2, 1857. 26 tf
MUSIC! MUSIC!!
tttth
A LARGE and well-selected stock of PIANOS
from the best makers can be had at FACTORY
PRICES, at RAMSAY'S PIANO and MUSIC
STORE, COLUMBIA, S. C. Those who wish to
procure a very superior instrument can get a Hallett,
Davis & Co's PIANO, with the patent suspension
bridge and metallic bearings, now among the
best Pianos in the world. Try one, and if it does
not prove well; the price will be refunded. Every
Piano fully guaranteeed.
Mr. RAMSAY, being a practical Piano-maker
and an experienced dealer, can insure to his customers
a perfect instrument, and in the most perfect
order.
Bgk, No charge for boxing.
Also, on hand, Church and Parlor Melodeons,
Guitars, Violins, Accorueons, r-iuunas, canjos,
Strings &c., and a general assortment of the latest
and most approved Music.
Reference: Rev. J. M. Anderson, President of
Vorkville Female College; Prof. J. H. Whitney,
Professor of Music.
Sept 18 38 ly
PRESS FOR SALE.
WE have received instructions from the owner,
Mr. ROBINSON, to sell the PRINCETON
PRESS recently used in our office, at very
cheap rates. We exchanged this Press for a new
machine (a Princeton Press of larger dimensions)
at a merely nominal cost; and we can assure our
cotemporaries that it was laid aside for no fault
whatever. The Bed measures 44 by 28 inches.
Mr. ROBINSON promises to put it up in good
working order, and to furnish it with his recent
valuable improvements ; at a charge considerably
below the original cost. Our experience warrants
us in recommending it as the cheapest Press that
can be used in a flourishing country office; especially
so, as it is offered on accommodating terms.
For further particulars address,
L. M. GRIST, YorkviUt, S. C.
Jan 22 3 tf