Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, September 03, 1857, Image 4
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HOOPS.
DEDICATED TO THI "LORDS OE CREATION."
Yes, hoop, hurrah! ye noble lords,
We'll join you in the shout.
And trust that ere the echo dies,.
You'll learn what you're about.
* Vhre les Hoops! 0 let it ring,
On hill-top and in rale,
For we would spread their glory far?
These skeletons of whale.
0 blame us not because we wear
The thing that you detest,
- For remember, 'tis a way we hare,
To wear what we like best.
- And if you cannot bear to see Our
flounces hate their day, ' **' *
Just turn your modest heads aside,
And look another way. -
What if it is a foreign mode ? You're
not behind us far.
You show it in your short-toed .boots,
And all the clothes you wear.
And we have as muoh right to hoops
As any of you men
Have a right to curl your pet goatees?
A la Napolienne!
Ye married lords, with woful phiz,
Who oast your eyes askant,
.... When teasing wife to take them off,
She sharply says "I shant,"
tto, and in penitence ana wars,
Bow down those heads of thine, ~ '
And mourn that all jour sins can't hide
'Neath woman's crinoline ?
Ye single lords! "tis distance lends
Enchantment to the view,"
And we would keep jou all at baj,
To prove the saying true;
For w e have found too oft, alas,
Despise your lordly pride,
There's many a snakey tongue behind
The grass that grows outside.
And as to those great bugger-boos,
The more that you shall dread 'em,
And the louder you shall preach 'em down,
The wider we will spread 'em.
If that won't do, then hearken thiB?
With flounces far unfurled,
We will start you 8ll to Jordon,
And monopolixe the world!
STEALING WATER-MELONS.
Ab Ashley was a real, live Hoosier, notorious
for everything in general, and stealing
melons in particular. In melon time, he
was the dread of the whole neighborhood ;
for when he visited a patch, he made it a
rule never to leavemntfl it was entirely destroyed.
This was a singular trait in his
character?something unaccountable?for,
aside from this, he was considered one of the
best fellows in the world. Stealing melons
and plundering catches, seemed to be a part
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of his nature, for it was evident that it did
not arise from any niggardly disposition or
selfish motives. He was a real open hearted
kind of an individual, always growing more
melons than anybody else, and giving them
away more freely than anybody else. They
were no objeot to him, yet he could not resist
the temptation to steal from his neighbors,
just for the fun of the thing. . But, as
some one has said, 'it is a long lane that has
no turn and likewise, had Ab followed up
the practice of stealing melons all his life,
he would have got to be a melon thief of
long standing. But such a state of things
was not destined to last always?<A change
came o'er the spirit of his dream.' I recollect
once, in melon season, some three or
four youngsters called at Ab's house, and
after telling him of the 'fine patch' that
Deacon Aikers had, proposed to visit it.?
Ab was on haud without a moment's hesitancy,
and so the company set out as soon as
it was fairly dark. Before proceeding further,
I may say of Ab, in the language of
the poet, 'He loved whiskey,' as well as he
did melons; and as the boys in whose company
he was, had looked to the future and
brought along a bountiful supply of the 'good
critter,' he was soon enjoying himself hugely.
Round and round went the black bottle,
and on and on went the company. They
soon got to be very merry?so much so that
apparently they paid no attention to road or
path, but went right through the woods and
brush, the same as if they had been walking J
on a barn floor. At length, after winding |
about in various ways, and overcoming many
obstacles, such as fallen 'trees and worm
fences,' that lay in their route, they arrived
at the patch, and pitched over the enclosure.
Ye gods, what a sight! There lay the huge
melons, so tnicK tnat our adventurers could
scarcely walk for them. There they lay,
great mealy, 'red cores/ apparently calling
out in their own language, 'Arise, slash and
eat!' They were none of your little, long,
'wizzled up' things, such as find their way
to the market stands, and which one would
suppose had fallen from the vine in a fit of
of the 'blue devils / but they were great,
plump, jolly, good natured fellows, many of
which were already showing their rdd interior,
having, apparently, burst their sides
with laughter. Ab was right in his glory,
and so, hauling out his jack knife, he fell
to slashing around with a vengeance. The
others followed his example, and very soon
there was sad havoc in the melon patch.
Having satisfied his appetite, Ab fell
stamping and crushing open all that came in
his way. The other boys hesitated to participate
at first, urging that it was really too
bad to treat the old Beacon in such a manner;
but Ab swore that it was good enough
for the old hypocrite, and that he would not
leave as long as there was a melon with a
whole hide. Finding there was no stopping
him, they lent a hand to the performance,
and very soon every melon was destroyed ;
and not only that, but the vines were pulled
up and heaped in one corner of the patch.
Now, said Ab, mounting the pile, which
was some five or six feet high, give me the
black bottle, and let me drink the old Deacon's
health?that good man, in honor of
whom we've just erected this monument.
The bottle was passed up, and Ab began
?Deacon Aikers?May he live to plant
many a patch like this, and may Ab Ashley
and his friends have the honor of harvestin'
it for 'em.
Hats went round three times, after which
the bottle started, and made a like number
of revolutions.
Now fetch me that pole yonder, till I erect
a standard, to show that a man has been to the
summit, and then the work'll be complete,
Aid Alt
The pole was brought, and after tearing a
strip off an old cotton hand-kerchief and attaching
it to the end of the pole, Ab stuck it
up in the pile of vines, dismounted, and all
started for home. In a space of time truly
incredible, they arrived at Ab's residence.
Ab pressed his friends to stay till morning,
but they would not hear of it. Some pressing
business, of course, prevented; and so
they set out, leaving him to snooze off the
bad effects of bad whiskey.
Early next morning, Ab Ashley was aroused
from his sound slumber by one of his
little sons running to his bed, and calling
out: Pap, pap, pap I Get up, quick?quicker
1 Some'n's hooked all er?'er water melyonsl
What! exclaimed Ah.
Why, some?some?Bome'n hooked nil 'er
watermelyons an?an?*n smashed em up!Ab
arose cursing and swearing, vowing
that he'd find some clue by which to identi- i
fy the villians, and then they might.look out j
for rough times. He went to the.patch?
what a sight presented itself! Not a whole
melon, nor even a vine, was left?all had
met a total destruction. ' -
Where'n thunder and lightnin eOtild'I a
been last night, that I didn't hear the infer*
nal villains f It's lucky for em Ididi'tfreaf
em, or some of 'em'd been dead now. What
could they a done with the vines ? said he.
Casting hi8 eyes along the fence; he discovered
the vines nioely piled up, like a
small hay stack. From the top of the pile
stood a pole, with a strip of red flag floating
from-the end of It: AB started towards it;
bat before proceeding many steps, be stopped
andTbegan to think. Something seemed
to be coming up in bis mind. At last he
muttered to himself, Can it all be a dream ? j
or did I actually do it ? Waiting a little longer,
he said, No, bv thunder, it's no dream !
Them cussed boys *a been a playin off on
me. Blast their infernal whiskey, I wish
they had it all in their cussed in'ards, red
hot! Mind, I tell you, I'll be even with
em, if it takes me a hundred years from now,
and then came an awful volley of curses,
such as never could appear in print. He
j fairly blubbered right out with rage.
I It was, indeed, true?the boys had been
playing off on him?for after getting him a
little tight, they had brought him back to
j his own melon patch; and under the impression
that it was Deacon Aiker's, he had destroyed
it. It is said that Ab Ashley was
never known to assist in plundering of a
I melon-patch after that eventful night. It
cured him.
. DB. JOHNSON'S PUDDING.
An artist, who made an excursion to Scotland
went the same ground described by the
learned tourists, Dr. Johnson and Boswell,
and perceiving a storm threatening, made
the best of his way to a small building. He
arrived in time at a neat little inn, aud was
received by a respectable man and his wife,
who did all iq their power to make him comfortable.
He found the landlord, full of anecdote,
of whioh the "following may serve as
a specimen:
" coir! fVio lfinrllnrrl <<fchl8 inn W38 for
merly kept by Andrew Macgregor, a relation
of mine, and these hard bottom chairs in
which we are sitting were years ago filled by
the great tourist Dr. Johnson and Boswell,
traveling like the lion and the jackal. Bos*
well generally preceded the Dootor in search
of food, and being much pleased with the
looks of the house, followed his nose intotbe
larder, where he saw a fine leg of mutton.?
He ordered it to be roasted with the utmost
expedient, and gave particular orders for a
nice pudding. 'Now,' says he, 'make the
best.of all puddings.' Elated with his good
kick he immediately went out iu search of
his friend, and saw the giant of learning
slowly advancing on a'pony.
'My dear sir,' said Boswell, out of breath
with joy, 'good news! X have just bespoke
at a comfortable and clean inn here, a delicious
leg of mutton; it is getting ready,,
and I flatter my3elf that we shall have an
excellent meal.' 'And I hope,'said he, 'you
have bespoke a pudding." 'Sir, you will
have your favorite puddiDg,' replied the other.
Johnson got off his poney, and the poor
animal, relieved of the giant, smelt his way
into the stable. Boswell ushered the Doctor
into the house, and left to prepare for his
delicious treat. Johnson, feeling" his coat
rather damp from the mist of the moutains,
went into the kitchen, and threw his upper
garment over a chair before the fire. He sat
on a hob, near a little boy, who was very
busy attending to the meat. Johnson did
not like the appearance of his head?he
shifted the hasting ladel from one hand to
the other hand was never idle?and he
thought he saw, at the same time, something
full on the meat, upon which he determined
to eat no mutton that day. The
dinner announced, 'my dear Doctor, here
comes the mutton?what a picture.' done to
a turn ; and looks beautifully brown!' The
Doctor tittered. After a short grace, Bos
well said:
'I suppose I am to carve, as usual ! "What
part shall I help you to ?' The Doctor replied?
'My dear Bozy, I did not like to tell you
before, but I am determined to abstain from
meat to-day."
'Oh dear, this is a great disappointment
said Bozy.
Boswell commenced the attack, and made
the first cut at the mutton. 'How the gravy
runs, what fine-flavored fat; so nice and
brown, too. Oh, sir, you would have relished
this fine piece of mutton.
The meat being removed, in came the
long-wished-for pudding. The Doctor looking
joyous, fell eagerly to, and in a few minutes
nearly finished the pudding. The table
was cleared and Bozy said :
'Doctor, whil'st I was eatiDg the mutton
you seemed frequently inclined to laugh,
pray tell what tickled your fancy.'
The Doctor then literally told him all that
had happened at the kitchen fire about the
boy and the basting. Boswell turned as pale
as a parsnip, and sick of himself and the
company, darted out of the room. Somewhat
relieved, on returning, he insisted on
seeing the dirty little rascally boy, whom he
reprimanded before Johnson. The poor boy
cried?the Doctor laughed.
'You little sniveling hound,'said Boswell.
'when you basted the meat, why did you not
put on the cap I saw you in this morning ?' j
<1 couldn't, sir,' said the boy.
'No! Why couldn't you ?' said Boswell.
'Because mammy took it from me to boil
the pudding in.'
Measure for Measure.?A friend tells
us the following anecdote, which we pronounce
decidedly good : 'One of the store- i
keepers of this place, a few days since, purchased
of an Irish woman a quantity of butter
thn liimns nf whir?h intpndpr? fnr nminde
he 'weighed in the balance and found wanting.'
'Sure it's your own fault if they are
light,' said Biddy, in reply to the complaint j
of the buyer, 'its your own fault, sir?for !
wasn't it a pound of soap I bought here myself,
that I had in the other end of the scale
when I weighed 'em !' The storekeeper had
nothing more to say on the subject.
Queer things happen sometimes, even
in lunatic asylums. A rough fellow passing
Worcester establishment, noticed at the window
n old acquaintance, and bawled out to
him, "Hello, old fellow, what are you in for?"
"Voting for Fillmore !" was the prompt reply.
The enquirer sloped?he had probably done
it himsolf
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Jfari, Jfttit & Jfancg.
? Many persons talk.like philosophers and
live like fools. ,
t?The man who made an impression on the j
heart of a coquette, has taken out a patent
for stone-cutting.
?l?. Prussia, males are not permitted to
marry under Jicenty-fivt, nor females under
twenty-two years of age. '
? A poor Irish woman who was afraid of
her intemperate husbind, declared that she
feared he would commit suicide on her.
M '*
' ? The man who attempted' to catch the
speaker's eye with a steel trap, was ordered
to take the floor by the Setgeant-at-arms.
? <iYou see how bald I am, and I don't
wear a wig." "True,,.sir," replied the servant,
"an empty barn requires po .thatch !"
? "The world,"inost admirably remarked
Horace Walpole, rtis a cbrtinedy to those
who think, and a tragedy Co those who feci."
? Wealth without friends, is like li fe without
health; the one is an uncomfortable fortune,
the other a miserable being.
? The darkest and most contemptible ignorance
is that of not knowing ones's self; .
that all we have.and all we ezcell in, is the
gift of God.
? There are in the English language 20,500
nouns, 40 pronouns, 9,200 adjectives,
8,000 verbs, 69 inteijections, &c. In all,
there about 46,000 words.
? A raw Irishman, on his first sight of a
locomotive, declared it was the devil. 'No.'
said "his companion,'""it's only a steainbtitfl;
hunting for wather." > c
? It is with certain good qualities as with
the senses; those who are entirely deprived
of them can neither appreciate nor comprehend
them.
? Somebody says a wife should be like
roasted lamb?tender and nicely dressed.?
Somebody else wickedly adds?"and without
sauce "
? ATrtn/iTT an/1 fJmo the heaviest bur
dens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals
are those who have more of either than
they know how use. T . ?
Wedlock without love is like a feast of
dishes?a mere show and deception. We
would sooner wed an almshouse than a female
minusaheart. Well, we would.
? Prosperity is the only test that a vnlgar
man can pass through. If a man has anything
mean in his disposition, a little good
luck is sure to bring it out.
? There are some minds which, like the
vulture's eye, can pass heedlessly over the
beanties of the verdant meadow, and spy only
the carrion that lies rotting in the corner.
? I say, Pat, what are you about?sweeping
out that room ?" "No," answered Pat,
"I am sweeping the dirt, and leaving the
room."
? Why is a printer like a hen ? Because
he sets awhile, Ji-atches out newspapers and
then lays his type in the case. The fellow
who perpetrated the above is a bad egg.
? The less a man knows the more easily
he is tickled. A thread-bare joke, uttered
by a second rate clown, will keep a bench of
blockheads in laughter for a week.
? An antiquary is a person who busies
himself in collecting the trnsh which Time
has flung away, and endeavoring to preserve
what Time has forgotten.
? It is an extraordinary fact ^that when
people come to what is commonly called
"high words," they generally use "low language."
? Somebody said that if nature had designed
man to be a drunkard, she would
have constructed him like a churn, so that
the more he drank the more firmly he would
stand.
? We learn toleration from children ; for
no man can have his whiskers pulled by a
ydung brat, without feeling what an intoler
able nuisance be most have been as a child
himself.
? "Mr. D.," observed Mr. B., in a recent
trial, 'practises his arguments before a glass.'
"Better practise them before a glass than
afrcr a glass," was the courteous retort x>f
the able lawyer.
? Guard, if it be possible, your friends
from injuring you, lest they, by so doing,
become your bitterest enemies, never forgiving
the wrongs they have themselves inflicted.
? The truest sentiment ever read at a public
dinner was : "Hoops and the Equator?
Crinoline and the Equinoctial line, God
bless 'em ! The one encircles the earth, the
other the heavens!"
? The rules to form a young man are to
talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone up
on what has passed in company, to distrust
one's own opinions, and value others that
deserve it.
? The Culpepper Observer says : "Wanted
at this office, an editor who can please
everybody. Also, a foreman who can so arrange
the paper as to have every man's advertisement
to head the column."
? Dr. Cousin having heard the famous T.
Fuller repeat verses on a scolding wife, was
so delighted with them as to request a copy;
but Fuller told him a copy was needless, as
he had the original."
? John B. Stanley, of Florida, is the
greatest hunter of the age. Besides his almost
daily presence on his plantation, during
the last twenty-five years, he has killed at
least ten thousand deer, one hundred wolves,
sixty panthers and twelve bears.
? The force of emphasis, in giving meaning
to a sentence, is well illustrated by the
brief colloquy which we overheard, the other
day, between two persons : "Do you imagine
me a scoundrel, sir?" demanded one, indignantly.
"No, I do not imagine you to be
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one.
? A gentleman was promenading the street
with a blight little boy at his side, when the
little fellow cried out: "Oh, pa, there goes
an editor!" "Hush, hush !" said the father,
"don't make sport of the poor man?God
only knows what you may come to yet."?
What a compliment upon the fraternity!?
That man deserves?a button.
? A Western correspondent says: "I attended
a wedding a few day's since. Wishing
to say something becoming the occasion,
I approached the fair young bride in the
course of the evening, and after congratulating
her on her departure from the state of
single blessedness, I wished her a pleasant
voyage down the river of life. She said she
hoped so, but she heard there was a great
deal of fever on the river now?she hoped
they wouldn't oatoh it on the way down."
fanner's Department.! \
PENNT^TfiQi AND POUND WISE. g
There is-a farmer Pennywise with whom
I am acquainted, who will occasional)' raise a > y
good heifer) ?teer or colt for his neighbors
who keep.good breeds, .au'd he ji"by accident i <J
occasionally benefitted thereby'.'";9VTheu he j k
has such an animal in his flock, he is uppar- a
ently uneasy until it is disposed of; and af k
ter selling such an animal, a heifer for in- c
stance, you may hear something like the 1
following": * i
"Well, my dear, I have sold the big hei- c
fer for fifteen dollars; is that not a good price ?
for a heifer of her age ?" 1 r
"Good price, indeed!" his. wife would re- f
ply "you had better have sold two of them c
cathammed, crooked-legged, scrnwly thing k
that you always keep for cows. The reason 9
that our cattle always look so bad, and that a
we sell so little butter and cheese, is that a
you klways sell the best heifers." k
Poor woman ! I Ditv her. Her pride and
r v
ambition are injured, her children and self j
in rags, because her native industry and e- f
conomy are cramped by the foolish and nig- j
ardly policy of her husband.
The picture is reversed in Farmer Pound- \
wise who always keeps the best animals until ^
full grown; then, selecting his best breeders t
for his own uses, he sells the rest. If be s
has a good young horse, he will say that he
will make a fine team horse; if a marc, she t
will make^a fine breed mare. < v
' "And what will you do with that?" says 1
his neighbor, pointing to an ordinary, ani- ]
mal - - . (
* "Between you and I," says he, "I shall f
sell that colt the first chance. Such an ani- j
mal spoils the looks of the rest, and will not ]
pay for his keeping." * <
Thus he will sell his poor steers, heifers, 1
sheep, and pigs, at the first ofifer. If not j
sold, he would fatten those that would pay ]
the expense of fattening! Are there any |
cattle, sheep, or hogs that will, not pay the (
the expense of fattening! Reader, take i
some of each?of the real Pharnoh breed? 1
feed them until fat; keep an exact account t
of the expenses, and you can answer this l
question yourself. In this way Farmer 1
Poundwise always has valuable stock; his j
steers are ready sale and command a good t
price; his horses are the best in the neighborhood,
and the first to be looked at by purchasers.
So with all the animals he raises.
Pennywise, on the contrary, is thronged I
with an ill-shaped, worthless stock, that none '
buy or pay the expense of raising; which 1
are continually eating out his substance and '
making do return. Thus Pennywise drags 1
on a miserable life in the road to ruin, while 1
Poundwise moves easily and happily aloDg 1
in the road to wealth.?Maine Farmer. I
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From the New England Farmer. ,
FEEDING COWS ON PUMPKINS. 1
Mr. Editor :?I noticed a statement in a '
late number of the Farmer, to the effect that 1
pumpkin seeds dried up a cow's milk. This j
was something new to me, aud contrary to
the idea that I had always entertained, to
wit, that pumpkins were valuable to feed to ?
milch cows, therefore I resolved to ascertain '
the real value of that statement before taking
auy stock therein. Being unsuccessful in j
raising a crop of pumpkins myself, the past
season, I procured a few loads of one of my J
neighbors, who had a surplus, and commen- '
ced feeding them out to my cow, at the rate .
of half a bushel per day; she was then giv- 1
iogaboot eight quarts of milk per ?day, but
instead of this increasing the quantity, they
diminished it. I increased the feed to a (
bushel per day; still there was a decrease in '
the quantity of milk until the pumpkins froze 1
up, when she did not give but four quarts per ^
day. The cow did not fatten, and the rea- 1
son for the decrease in the quantity of milk, ^
I could in no way account for. When I 1
stopped feediog the pumpkins, I gave a pail- f
full of slop from the house, with two quarts 1
of oat meal per day, and in a short time, she r
was giving her former quantity; still I did 2
not think of the pumpkins doing the mis- ?
chief. When I read the statement iu your J
paper, I had commenced feeding boiled to
the cow, in addition to the slop and meal, ?
with the same effect on the milk as in the'
fall. I then took out all the seeds before
boiling, when, lo, the change ! Instead of i,
n> r u ?1!_ . I T 1_ I '
live quarts 01 mil*. per uay, 1 goi ueuriy uiue ^
in a short time. I again kept in the seeds,,
with precisely the same result as before.
Now this experiment establishes a fact, j
which, (to me at least,) is of importance.?
Probably there are some who knew the same
thing, years ago; and, perhaps, there are
others, some that, like myself, were not pos- ^
ted, to whom this will be of consequence.?
I also noticed while I left out the seeds, that
the cow made no extra quantity of urine, .
which all cattle invariably do, when fed on .
pumpkins, seed and all. If you see fit to ^
give this an insertion, it may be of benefit .
to some who have had no more experience
than myself. Yours, &c.,
Lebanon, N. II., 1856. ^
DESTROY YOUR WEEDS. h
It is a curious sight to see farmers fight ^
weeds all through the spring and summer a
and then letting all that escape go to seed
and spread their mischief throughout the v
fall! Look at any of our New England corn s
fields or 'tater patches in September, and lo ! 8
what choice assortment of pig-weeds, beg- a
gar-lice, and other of the weed tribe, flaunt 11
their seed-pods to the breeze, ready for any
amount of mischief in the spring ! h
Even in our gardens, wherein if any where a
an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of e
cure, are usually left to mature a wnueruess j v
of weeds every season, and not a blow struck 0
to remedy the matter, when blows would be r<
worth striking. It is true, some very prudent
proprietor may spend an hour or two 11
pulling up dock or burdocks, but instead of
exterminating them by fire and faggots he
throws them into the highway where hoof y
and wheel thrash them out, and the first tj
wind or rain is sure to scatter them broad- ((
cast over all the region round; and so next
year he has all his work to do over again. c
Now we hold that no good farmer or gardener
will ever let a weed go to seed in his jj
domain. Heave them out! Hoe them out
?out with them at any cost! The barnyard
and muck heap will be glad of them ; ^
and when secured green, they are worth
their weight in any kind of manure, hardly
excepting guano. But when the seeds are
ripe, then nothing but fire should be their n
portion.
There is an old story of a race of beings
who were doomed as a punishment, to pour u
water ia a seive till it should be full. Let
each farmer see too it, that the seive through h
which daily meal comes has no tares in its ei
bottom V?IAfc Hfattroted. aj
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ITRIKING TEMPERANCE STOBT. I
. The following striking temperance story
re find afloat in our exchanges :
Au intelligent wealthy man, who did not
Irink in sooiety, nor habitually, at home,
iu"d a room' in hiamansion in whiohj'M often
s three or four times a year, fcewotild gbrge
limself with liquor. Whon he found his
raving for rum coming on, he would lock
limself in that room till 'the scale':-was finshed.
The appearance of this room at the
lose of one of these sprees was disgustingly
ilthy. A friend who knew his habits reuonstrated
with him, but was told thaircortn
was impossible, so irresistible was his
raving l[oj rum at certain times: His friend
tegged him to try. His two sous, fifteen and
- .1- J iL.
cventeen years or age, earnestly preweu uro
ppeal. At last the man consented to try,
nd drawing from his pocket a key, said to
lis oldest son: - . - 'Here
is the key to the liqaor closet; will
rou take it and promise on no condition, and
or no violence with which I. may threaten
'on to give itnp when I demand it?'
The boy knowing how furious his father
vas on these occasions declined the trust
The father then asked the younger son, a
>oy of uncommon nerve, the same question,
ind he promptly replied, 'I will.'
For a few weeks things went on smoothtly,
)ut one day the father came home at an
inusual hour. His manner betokened that
lis appetite was gnawing and craving.?
tie called his younger son and demanded
.he key to the Kquofrcloset, but was refused
irmly. The refusal maddened him, and
teiziDg some weapon, he sprang at his son.
For a moment he stood over him with glaring
jyes and insane with rage, but the young
lero never quailed. Fixing his firm hut
"earful eyes on his father, he said: 'Father,
[ promised you that I would not give you
;be key, no matter what violence you might
;hreaten ; and now you may kill me, but I
vill never give you that key I' Instantly the
veapon dropped from the man's hand, and
is he himself expressed .it, 'the appetite for '
iquor seemed to abandon me before the noble
irmness of my son.' He was reclaimed,
tod never fell. His cure was radieal and
horough.
GOING UP AND DOWN TOWN.
In every American town there is some
joint, the exact locality of whioh bas never
jeen definitely settled, which is to the denizes
thereof lcnown either as 'up' town, or
down' town. If an idler, a lounger or the
nan about town takes bis bat and cane for
i walk he very solemnly- informs yon that
le is going 'up town.' If a half grown boy,
four son for instance, has been out longer
.han you wish and you interrogate him therejpon,
he will very gravely inform you that
le has onl'v been 'down down,' and seems to
Iiink that a sufficient assurance for any fear
;hat you might entertain concering the propriety
of his conduct while absent. If your
lusband, madam, comes home late at night
?unusually late and you delicately hint that
jou would be gratified to know where in the
ound world he had been, he solemnly in- j
'orms you that he has%beeu 'up town,' and
fou may honestly wonder if your poor husband
has not had a tiresome, uphill business
>f it when yon see him mistake his cravat for
lis boots, placing the muddy boots on your
ine dressing table and setting his cravat on
he hearth!
This goiDg dotcn town and going up town
las ruined many a man. Years ago, our
mriosity prompted us to discover, if possible,
he precise geographical position of 'down
own*' Watchiug a chap who had sworn he
vas going there, we saw him bring up at a
niserable drinking saloon, and as he went no
father down, we very natilrally concluded
hat was the 'down town' terminus. And
uch is the case; the grogshop and the drinkng
saloon is the 'up' and 'down' of too maiy
of our town and villages, and the deni,ens
thereof are too often found going thitherward.
Beware ! young man, beware of these
aunts 'up town,' and 'down town': they are
langerous places to explore?many a noble
dventurer has been forever lost and your
ale may be as sad as theirs.?Age.
X - ' f * r *
Intemperance.?Many are the evils of
ifc, many the influences which lead.astray;
mt Intemperance stands chief among tliem'
11. It is a young Giant, striding through
he world, and scattering destruction all aong
his pathway. By his ruthless hand lives
nd fortunes are swept away, as it were in a
uoment; happy homes are made desolate,
nd once happy hearts lay withered beneath
tis touch.
That sweet pale face which often haunts
he drunkard?ofteu rising between him and
he tempting cup, is his wife's. Her form
3 now resting ptecefully beneath the sod, and
ie knows that n was his hand that wruug
he life-blood from her young heart, leaving
loughtbut desolation there. It was his hand
hat traced those lines of grief on her fair
irow, till bereft of all joy, she breathed out
ler days of misery with gladness; and the
ist. prayer that rose from her lips, was for
<Irunlenn husband!
Intemperance ! It is the demon of the
rorld. " And as it has ever done, so will it
till lead its victims for a while, through
cenes dazzling in their brightness, till the
ccursed habit is fastened upon him, then
he veil will be removed, but alas ! too late |
jr him ! The worm of the still'has secured j
is prey, winding every coil with tightness, :
nd then strikes the poisoned ft: g still deep- j
r, till his maddened prey rushes on, not
aring whither, and sinks beneath the waves
f 'darkness and oblivion; which sullenly
)ar on, leaving behind no tale of the wreck j
hat lies beneath. Oh, countless are the violas
offered up to the demon Intemperance !
Ghnicoad Vullry Times, j
jPaT* The following anecdote is told of a
cry clever fellow, who has recently joined
ie Sons of Temperance. After becoming a
son," he went to Mobile on business, and
mo ..Iran ill flmra The nhvsician was call
d, and on examining him, pronounced him
) a very dangerous condition,and prescibed
randy. The sick man told the doctor he
auld not take it. Tim doctor insisted that i
, was a prompt remedy; but the patient told !
irn he would not take it. The doctor said he ,
lust, or he would have spasms. "Well,"
lid the Son of Temperance, 1 will try a coule
of spasms first."?Marion (A/a.) Com-:.
ion iccalth.
SOT A tippler, who squinted awfully, .
sed sometimes to mourn that his eyes did i
ot agree. "It's very lucky for you," replied
is friend; "for if your eyes had beenmatcA-;
t, your nose would have set them on fire long
p. I
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/ VW^HOSE sands of life had nearly run out,
I IT discovered while in the East Indies, a cer|
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PAMPHLETS, POSTEKS,
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BUSINES CABDS, LABELS, t
LAW BLANKS, CIRCULARS, *
MAGISTRATE'S Do. CATALOGUES,
&c., Arc.
All work entrusted to this establishment J
will be neatly and expeditiously executed, and ai ^
reasonable rates. Call at the ENQUIRER Office,
ONE DOOR SOUTH OF THE P. OFFICE ,
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LAW BLANKS! .
WE have on hand, and are prepared to supply
at short notice, at the ENQUIRER Office,
nil kinds of LAWYERS' BLANKS in general de- 1
tnand, printed on good paper and neatly pressed.
We offer them at 75 cents quire. Single half 1
Quire 50 cents. As we have incurred considera- c
hie outlav to ennble us to furnish a good article, o
we will sell lor CASH and CASH ONLY. n
Our present stock consists of the following va- c
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varieties, sailed for tbUs section of country. The
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in the old "HARBI8 BUTLI>ING,,, where wtll
PURPOSES, such as JAPAN AND TIN WARE,
m m .ItATTUiia Ac., Ac., all
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THE SCBSCBIBEB
JUST having returned from the North, would
respectfully invite his friends and the pnblic
generally, to a rich assortment of articles osnally
kept in his line of bn*iaeeg, consisting in part of
the following:?
WATCHES.
Gold and Silver: JEWELRY of all kinds : onecta
cles, Gold nod Silver; Silver-Ware; 8ilver plated
Ware; Britannia-ware ; gaiters; JSancy Article?, .
GUNS, PISTOLS,
Bowie-Knives, Walking-Sticks, Military Goods;
Clocks of various styles, Ac., besides a great many
other articles too tedious to mention. Persons
in want of artioles in my line, will find it to tbeir
advantage tv give me a call. I am determined to
SELL FOB CASH,
and for less than goods of the same kind can he
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 Q0]d and Silver taken in exchange for
Goods. .
E. M. KIRKPATRICK.
Dec 4 49 tf
SEWING MACHINIST
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 information
about SEWING MACHINES, and answers
ill questions thnt can be askea on the subject.?
All iVlio read this paper will learn how to purchase
a Sewing Machine with which $1,000 a year,
:lear profit, can be made, and will be protected
from being imposed on by some of the hnmbug
Machines now before the public. 8inger & Co.'s
Machine is arranged to do ooarse and fine work of
rlpuprintinn Tlio ltn7otto riav hp nhtninod
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gratis on application at any of Singer & Co's Offi;es.
A machine can be seen in operation at the
railor Shop of Mr. W. C. OWEN, of YorkTillc,
3. C. L. M. GRIST, at the Enquibeb Office, is
tn authorized agent.
Singer & Co.'p Charleston Office, 824 King-st.
Principal Office, 828 Broadway, New York.
July 2, 1657. 26 tf
~ MUSIC! MUSIC 11
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A LARGE and well-selected stock of PIANOS
from the best makers cau be bad at FACTORY
PRICES, at RAMSAY'S PIANO and MUSIC
STORE, COLUMBIA, S. C. Those who wish to
jrocure a very superior instrument can get a Halett,
Davis & Co's PIANO, with the patent suspenlion
bridge and metallic bearings, now among the
jest Pianos in the world. Try one, and if it does
lot prove well, the price will be refunded. Eve y
Piano fully guaranteeed.
Mr. RAMSAY, being a practical Piano-maker
ind an experienced dealer, can insure to his cusomers
a perfect instrument, and in the most perect
order.
No charge for boxing.
Also, on hand, Church and Parlor Melodeons,
Jnitars, Violins, Accordeons, Flutinas, Banjos,
Strings &c., and a general assortment of the laest
nnd most approved Music.
Reference*: iter. j. m. Anaerson, President or
"orkville Female College; Prof. J. H. Whitney,
'rofessor of Music.
Sept 18 88 ly
PRESS FOR SALE.
|W7E have received instructions from the owT
? ner, Mr. ROBINSON, to sell the PRINCE'ON
PRESS recently used in our office, at very
heap rates. We exchanged this Press for a new
nachinc (a Princeton Press of larger dimensions)
t a merely nominal cost; and we can assure our
otemporaries that it was laid aside for no fault
rhatever. The Bed measures 44 by 28 inches.
Mr. ROBINSON promises to put it up in good
forking order, and to furnish it with his recent
aluuhle improvements ; at a charge considerably
iclow the original cost. Our experience warrants I
is in recommending it as the cheapest Press that
an be used in a flourishing country office ; cspe:ially
so, as it is offered on accommodating terms.
"or further particulars address,
L. M. GRIST, Yorkvillt, S. C.
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