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HOW OLD JAKE WON THE CHEESE*
Some years since I was employed as warehouse
clerk in a large shipping house in New
Orleans, and while in that capacity, the following
funny scene occurred:
One day a vessel came in, consigned to
the house, having on board a large lot of
cheese from New York. During the voyage
some of them had become damaged by
bilge water, (the ship having proved leaky,)
consequently the owners refused to receive
them; they were therefore sent to the consignees
of the ship, to be stowed until the
case could be adjusted. I discovered a few
days afterwards, that as to perfume they
were decided too fragrant to remain in the
warehouse in the middle of June, and re
ported the same to my employers, from
whom I received orders to have them overhauled,
and send all that were passable to
. Beard and Calhoun's auction mart, (then in
the J old Camp street Theatre), to be disposed
of for the benefit of the underwriters,
and the rest to the swamp. I got a gang
of black boys to work on them, and when
they stirred 'em up, "Be the bones of Moll
Kelly's quart pot I but the smell was illegant
intirely." I kept a respectable distance,
believe me, for strong niggers and
strong cheese, on a hot June day, just bangs
all common essences, including a certain
"varmint" we read about.
Presently the boys turned out an immense
fellow, about three feet six iiiches
"across tlje stump," from which the box
had rotted; in the centre a space about ten
inches was very much decayed, and appeared
to be about the consistency of mush, of
a bluish tint?caused by the bilge water.
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a bale of gunny-bags, when I noticed over
the way a big darkey (then on sale) from
Charleston, South Carolina, who was notorious
for his butting propensities, having
given most of the niggers in that vicinity a
taste of his quality in that line. I had seen
him and .another fellow, the night previous,
practicing; they would stand, one on each
side of a hydrant, some ten yards distant;
and run at each other with their heads lowered,
and clapping their hands upon the hydrant
they would butt like veteran rams.
A thought struck me that I might cure him
of his br figging ana-butting, and at the same
time have some fun, so I told the boys to
keep dark, and called "Old Jake" over.
"They tell me you are a great fellow for
butting, Jake."
"I is some, Massa. dat a fac?I done
butt de wool 'tirely orf ob old Peter's head
lass night, and Massa Nichols was gwine to
gibmegoss! I kin jiss bang de head orf
any nigger in.dese parts, myself?I kin !"
"Well, Jake, I've got a little job in that
line for you, when you haven't anything
else to do."
"I'se on hand for all dem kind ob jobs,
myself?I is."
"Well, you see that large cheese back
there?"
. "I dus dat! I dus myself."
"Now if you can butt a dent in it you
shall have it."
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"No, I'm not, Jake?just try me. '
"Wot! you gib me hull of dat cheese if I
butt a dent in 'urn?"
"Yes."
"De Lor! I'll bust 'em wide open, I will
myself. Jess stand back dar, you Orleans
niggers, and clev de track for Ole Souf
Carolina, 'case I'se a comin' myself?I is."
And Old Jake started back some fifty
feet and went at a good quick run, and the
next instant I heard a dull, heavy sound, a
kind of squash, and Old Jake's head disappeared
from sight, with the top just visible
on the other side, as he rose with his new
fashioned necklace, the soft rotten cheese
oozing down all around him, as it settled
down, so that just his eyes were visible.
Prom the center of it Jake's voice was
scarcely audible and half smothered, as he
vainly tried to remove the immense cheese.
"O-o-o-o! er de Lor! Mass?took 'um
orf. O-o-o-o! bress de Lor! Lif 'um up !
Gor-a- mighty! I .
Meanwhile I was nearly dead, myself,
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myself together to keep from bursting,
while the boys stood round Old Jake, paying
him off.
"De Lor! how de nigger's bref smell!
You doesn't clean your teef, Old Jake!"
"I say, you didn't make more dan four
times dat han, did you, old hoss?"
"Well, you is a nasty nigger dat a fac!"
"Well, you is de biggest kine of Welsh
Rabbit?you is!"
"Whar you git your bar greese ?"
And thus the boys run Old Jake?now
half smothered?when I took compassion
on him, and told them to take it off. Jake
didn't stay to claim his prize, but put out
growling.
"Gor-a-mighty! I done got sole dat time.
I'se a case ob yellow feber?I is, myself!"
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A very worthy fisherman by the
name of Grizzle, was drowned some time
since, and all search for his body proved
unavailing. After it had been in the water
some months, however, it was discovered
floating on the surface,- and taken to the
shore, whereupon Mr. Smith was dispatched
to convey the intelligence to the much
afflicted widow.
"Well, Mrs. Grizzle, we have found Mr.
.. Grizzle's body."
"You don't say so!"
"Yes we have?the jury has sot on it,
. and found it full of eels!"
"You don't say Mr. Grizzle's body is full
of eels ?"
"Yes it is, and we want to know what
you will have done with it ?"
"Why how many eels do you think there
is in him?"
"Why, about a bushel."
"Well, then, I think you had better send
the eels up to the house, and set him again."
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tSoF In Philadelphia, one pleasant Sunday
evening, an old lady, whose failing
eves demanded an unusuallv large prayer
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book, started for church a little early.
'Stopping on the way to call on a friend,
she laid her prayer-book on the centretable.
When the bells began to chime she
snatched what she supposed to be her prayerbook
and started for church. Her seat was
at the chancel end of the gallery. The organ
ceased playing. The minister began.
In her effort to open her supposed prayerbook
she started the spring of the musicbox
which she had taken instead. It began
to play. In her consternation she put
it on the floor; it would not stop. She
put it on the seat; it sounded louder than
. ever. Finally she carried it out while it
played the "Washing-Day," an Irish jig
tune.
JUjricuHaral department.
Written foi the Yorkvllle Enquirer.
WHEAT SOWING.
As the season for putting in the wheat
crop for another year, is at hand, we venture
to our farmer readers a few suggestions
upon this subject, collected from the
experiments of intelligent wheat growers in
i this country and Europe. As the wheat
crop is one requiring little or no culture,
and as the farmer has employed most of the
skill required when he has seeded his crop
in a proper manner, we propose to discuss
this part of the subject. First, however,
considerable judgment must be exercised,
when practicable, in the selection of seed
wheat In the South, the early varieties
generally succeed best; because the early
period of ripening insures against many of
the disasters incident to this crop. Though
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wheat, the average yield of several farms
will be found in favor of the early wheat.
But the preparation of the soil, and method
of seeding, is the great secret of successful
culture. The best varieties of wheat
disappoint the farmer's expectations, if he
does this part of his work in a slovenly way.
And in the South, we rarely see an instance
where this is not the case. Wheat growers
all agree, that the land should be well, and
deeply, broken up before sowing, and sufficent
time given for decomposition of
vegetable matter turned under to take
place, before the grain is put in. A good
turning plough in August, followed just before
the sowing time with the bull tongue,
makes a good preparation.
As to the method of sowing, also, there
is but one opinion among those who have
made wheat culture a study; and this
opinion is that wheat should be sowed in the
drill. In England and in the Northern
States, this is done by the improved seeddrills
now much in favor. But these cannot
be well employed in the South owing in
many cases to the roughness of the land,
and the great expense of a machine, for
which the small crop planted will not usually
compensate. The place of the drill may
be supplied, however, as follows : Lay off
furrows with a small plow, from 12 to 14
inches apart, after the soil has been well
broken. Then apply broadcast, whatever
manure you may wish to use. Most of it,
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opened. Then follow with the wheat,
sowing broadcast as before, which will likewise
seek the trenches. A part of the manure,
as also of the wheat, will-fall upon the
ridges between the trenches ; but a small
plow following the sower and breaking out
the ridges with a single furrow, will cast
the manure and grain left on the ridges,
into the trenches. By this plan, the fertilizing
element is concentrated in the drill,
where all its powers operate directly upon
the plant, which is likewise concentrated
upon the manure ; and none of the latter is
lost, as in broadcast sowing. The whole
power of the fertilizer is realized in the
production of the first crop ; and when light
manures, such as cotton seed are used, the
advantages of this method are immense.
But there are other advantages still to
be derived from drilling wheat. It can be
covered a uniform depth of, say two or twoand-a-half
inches, and the plant is given
sufficient root to protect it against freezes
and thaws in winter, while the shallow covered
grains in the broadcast plan are thrust
out, root and all, and are killed by frost.
Drilled wheat can be more easily cleaned
of weeds, cheat, cockle and other vegetation
than broadcast growth. It also affords the
opportunity for tillage, if the farmer has
the time and inclination to spare it a little
help; and it will acknowledge in generous
returns, the sympathy thus bestowed
upon it, in its helpless state.
We said that drilling wheat had met the
approval of the best farmers. Now for the
proofs. In England, Rev. S. Smith, one
of the wealthiest wheat growers in that
country, began in 1840 to sow broadcast.
He realized annually, until 1847, an average
yield of 16 bushels to the acre. He
then adopted the drill system, and from
1847 to 1856, averaged 34 bushds to the
acre. In York District, a poor climate and
worse soil for wheat, one of our farmers adopted
the plan we have given, and from
less than half an acre of poor grey soil, tempered
with a little pacific guano, gathered
13| bushels. We have heard of others who
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nave tried 11, attaining resuns milt wuuiu
seem entirely out of all reason.
We do not recommend the plan we have
given, viz : furrowing and sowing broadcast,
then breaking the ridge, &c. This
operation saves time and labor, and can be
conducted with as much facility as the old
broadcast method, and is far superior ; but
the best results will be attained by carefully
drilling both manure and seed in the furrow
and covering with the harrow. Fifteen
bushels of cotton seed to the acre, put
in the drill, are esteemed equal to forty
sown broadcast. A half bushel of wheat to
the acre is sufficient, and equal to a bushel
sown broadcast.
Old Cows?when to kill.?It is a question,
among farmers, as to what age cows
can be properly used for dairy purposes,
and when it is best to dispose of them on
account of age. This will depend somewhat
on the breed of the animals, and the usage
they have received. As a general rule,
when a cow has entered her teens she has
approximated closely to the limit of her
usefulness in the dairy line, a goou. iarmer
once remarked that a cow was never worn
out so long as there was room on her horns
for a new wrinkle !
Draining.?Dry weather will show any
wet spots that need draining; observe where
they are, and prepare for draining as soon
aS* practicable. Some of the low, marshy
portions of our farms contain the most valuable
land, if properly reclaimed. Dryj
weather is the most suitaple for draining
when help is to be had to attend to it.
Surplus capital can at any time be profitably
invested in this improvement with certainty
of good dividends.
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"GOD PUT THEM THERE."
Driving one cold winter's daj' over and
among the beautiful hills that abound in
the county of G , I was struck by a remark
made by my little companion who had
been sitting silently by my side for some
time while our good horse "Mao" carried
us swiftly over the frozen ground. We
had already driven seven or eight miles,
when a sudden turn in the road brought
us directly under the protection of a range
of hills which sheltered us completely from
the bitter wind, greatly to our relief.?
"There," said I, "Nelly, thanks to these
hills, we shall have a more comfortable
ride the rest of the way." For a minute
or two there was no answer, and I attributed
her silence to the intense cold, when
out from the wrappings that enveloped the
small frame came the voice of my little
eight year old teacher:
"God put them there," said Nelly. "Wo
should thank Him, uncle."
We drove on silently again., but the
words kept ringing in my ears, "We should
thank Him;" and strive as I would, I
could not help questioning myself, had I
been living *all these years regardless of
the mercies of my heavenly Father, securing
his blessings but neglecting to thank
Him ? Was I jealous of giving Him the
praise, my" kind benefactor, the giver of
every good and perfect gift ? Nelly had
taught me a lesson; I had not duly thought
who.it is that holds the winds in his'fists,
and whose is the strength of the hills; and
now, through the mouth of this babe, God
was "perfecting praise" and leading me to
himself.
We are day by day receiving innumerable
blessings from our Lord and Master;
on every hand we see tokens of his mercy
and love to unworthy sinners, and shall we
refuse to acknowledge his hand in the blessings
we enj'oy ? Let us rather question ourselves
what Teturn can we make to Him
who "hath done all things well.' Let us,
like little Nellie, "be about our Father's
business," working for his glory, speaking
a word in season, and remembering that
"he who turneth a sinner from the error of
his way, shall save a soul from death and
hide a multitude of sins."
American Messenger..
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A rich nobleman was once showing a
friend a great collection of precious stones,
whose value was almost beyond counting.
There were diamonds, and pearls, and rubies,
and gems from almost every country
on the globe, which had been ga thered by
their possessor at the greatest labor and
expense. "And yet," he remarked, "they
yield me no income."
His friend replied that he had two stones,
which cost him but ten florins each, yet
they yielded him an income of two hundred
florins a year.
In much surprise, the nobleman desired
to see the wonderful stones ; when the man
led him down to his mill, and pointed to
the two toiling gray mill-stones. They
were laboriously crushing the grain into
snowy flour, for the use of hundreds, who
depended on this work for their daily
"bread. Those two dull, homely stones did
more good in the world, and yielded a larger
income, than all the nobleman's jewels.
So it is with idle treasure everywhere.
It is doing nobody any good. While poor
souls are dying of thirst, the money is
hoarded and hid away, which might take
the water of life to them. It is right to be
prudent and saving of our money, when it
is for a good fixed purpose; but to hoard
it up for its own sake, is more than folly?
it is sin; and even when we save it for a
good purpose, a part is the Lord's. It is
not all ours. We cannot spend it all upon
ourselves, and yet have God's favor.
Learn early to value money at its true
worth, and to spend even pennies as God's
stewards. He will certainly call us to
give an account of the way in which we
have spent even the smallest sums.
FOUR IMPOSSIBLE THINGS.
First, to escape trouble by running away
from duty. Jonah made the experiment;
but he soon found himself where all his
imitators will in the end find themselves.
Therefore, meet andjmanfully overcome the
difficulties and trials to which the post assigned
you by God's providence exposes you.
Second, to become a Christian of strength
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trials. What fire is to gold, that is affliction
to the believer. It burns up the dross
and makes the gold shine forth with unalloyed
lustre.
Third, to form an independent character
except when thrown upon one's own resources.
The oak in the middle of the forest,
if surrounded on every side by trees
that shelter and shade it, runs up tall and
sickly : but away from its protectors, and
the first blast will overturn it. But the
same tree growing in the open field where
it is continually beat upon by the tempest
becomes its own protector. So the man
who is compelled to rely on his own resources
forms an independence of character
to which he could not otherwise have
attained.
Fourth, to be a growing man when you
look to your post for influence, instead of
bringing influence to your post. Therefore
prefer rather to climb up hill with
difficulty, than to roll down with inglorious
ease.
BEGINNING THE WORLD.
Many an unwise parent labors hard and
lives sparingly all his life, for the purpose
of leaving enough to give his children a
start in the world, as it is called. Setting
a young man afloat with money left him by
relatives, is like tying bladders under the
arms of one who cannot swim; ten chances
to one he will loose his bladders and go to
the bottom. Teach him to swim and he
will never need the bladders. Give your
child a sound education, and you have done
enough for him. See to it that his morals
arc pure, his mind cultivated, and his
whole nature made subservient to the laws
which govern men, and you have given
what will be of more value than t he wealth
of the Indies.
To be thrown upon one's resources, is to
be cast into the very lap of fortune, for our
faculties then undergo a development, and
display an energy, of which they were previously
unsusceptible.?Dr. Arnold.
Punctuality.?A punctual man is rarely
a poor man, and never a man of doubtful
credit. His small accounts are frequently
settled and he never meets with difficulty in
raising money to pay large demands. Small
debts neglected, ruin oredit, and, when a
man has lost that, he will find himself at the
i bottom of a hill he cannot ascend,
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THE JAPANESE AND THEIR TOOLS.
Tbe Japanese calling themselves the Ha
ya-ta kee troupe are fitting up the stage of
the Metropolitan Theatre in the similitude
of a Japanese temple, for the exhibition of
their feats of strength and legerdemain.?
They are said to be all of one family, and
the very carpenters who are doing the joiner
work are members of that family. Japanese
carpenters have an advantage over American
mechanics, in the fact that they have
four hands instead of two, their toes being
handy as their fingers. But they gain nothing
by it, because they make no use of work
benches or vices. If a Japanese carpenter
wants to sharpen a saw, he squats on his
hams, places the back of the tool to be op
erated on the ground, grips one end of the
saw with his left hand, seizes the other with
the toes of his right foot, and goes to work
with as much confidence as a Yankee carpenter
at a bench. Their tools are not like
American tools, though they have a faint
similarity, showing that all tools have one
common parentage, whether their inventor
was Tubal Cain or some other officer. All
Japanese saws are shaped like butcher's
cleavers. The handle is like the handle of
' a cleaver, but flattish, as if whittled out of
, a piece of inch board, the metal shank of
i the saw is driven into that handle, and the
[whole is secured by being wrapped with
fine split cane. The metal of the saw is
about the substance of our saws, but the
teeth are narrower, giving more, of them to
an inch, and much longer. They are all
pointed towards the handle and cut the
wood like so many hooks. When a Japanese
wants to rip a plank, he places it across anything
which will elevate the end a few
inches, then stands on the wood and cuts
it by seizing the cleaver-looking saw in
both hands and pulling it towards him.
Thus, by a number of short, quick, up
strokes, he gets through a plank not so
speedily, but quite as effectively us an American
carpenter would with the "long,
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planes are small, with single irons, no handles.
The planes are shorter, lighter, and
the wood shallower than ours, being generally
not more than an inch deep. To plane
a piece of wood they lay it on the
ground, squat on their hams, hold it fast
with their toes, and work the plane with
[ both hands towards them. To drill a hole
they have a short awl, inserted in the end
of a round stick eight or ten inches long.
They take the wood between their toes,
squat as before, and make the hole by rubbing
the handle of the awl between their
hands in less time than one of our capenters
could drill one with a gimblet. Their
.hammers are solid cylindrical pieces, not
made shapely with waists and graceful outline
like ours. They have the same flatsided
handles as the saws. The Japs have
iron squares, not unlike American squares,
marked with degrees. Their measures are
brass, very light, and fluted. On one side
the inch, or what stands for the inch with
us, is 1 3-16 inches, and divided into ten
parts. On the other side is a different scale,
measuring 113-16 inches, and divided into
twelve parts. Some of their tools appear
to be mere children's toys; for instance,
they have a smoothing plane inches long,
1 inch broad and half an inch thick. Their
chissels are light and small. The cutting
parts of some are the size and shape of a
section of a half a dollar?the square side
being the cutting edge, and a round metal
shaft connecting the convex side- with a
wooden handle. The most ingenious article
in their tool chest is a chalk line. It is a
wooden cup containing a spongy substance
steeped in Indian ink. This is pierced
front and back, the marking line passes
through it. The end of the line is attached
to a small awl; the other end of the line
after passing through the cup, is wound
round a reel not unlike a fishing rod reel,
which takes the place of the handle of the
cup. To mark a line down a plank, the
. Japenese carpenter sticks the awl in at one
end of the proposed line, carries the cup to
the other, the line paying itself out as he
does so; he holds the line down to the board
when he reaches the desired spot, strikes
the mark, and then takes up his cup and
reels up the line as he walks back to the
spot where he inserted the awl. The process
of paying out the line and of reeling
it up again both draw it through the ink
supply in the cup and keep it ready for action.?San
Fravfiisco Bulletin.
A SHARP BOY.
The Watertown (N. Y.) Reformer tells
this story:..
"A few days since a small, fine-looking,
bright boy came into the cars and took a
seat. Shortly after, a minister came in and
took a seat before and facing him, when the
following conversation ensued:
" 'Well, my little lad, what is your name ?'
asked the minister.
" 'My name is James Foot. What is your
name ?'
"'William Hand,' was the answer.
'Where are you going ?' asked the minister.
" 'To Rome, sir; and where are you going
?' was the response of the boy. "
'The minister could do no less than answer,
'Camden.'
" 'How old are you ?' was the next question
of minister.
"'Eight years,'replied the boy. 'How
"old are you, sir?'
"The minister hesitated, but gave no answer.
" 'Are you alone ?' was the next question
of the minister.
"'0, no, sir,' replied the boy, pointing to
the passengers, 'I have plenty of company.'
" 'But have you no friends on board to
look after you?' asked the minister.
"'No, sir,'said the boy. 'Have you?'
"This was not answered, but was followed
by a little history.
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"*YY 11611 1 Was a U[JJ) aaiu uic miuioici,
'my parents would not allow me to go off
the farm alone.'
"At this the boy, with an Jindesoribable
look, said, 'It is different now.' "
the new fan.
While traveling in Western Yiginia, happening
one day to be in a dry goods store
situated in a small village, an old lady from
the country came in. She purchased severral
articles from the clerk, and at length
observed a neatly varnished bellows hanging
by a post, and inquired what it was.
The clerk perceiving that the old lady was
rather ignorant, and being somewhat of a
wag, informed her that if was a new fan he
had lately received from the east, at the
same time taking the bellows down and puffing
with it in his face, telling her that was
the*mode of operation, The old lady rpIpeated
the operation on hersejf, and was so
delighted with the new fan that she purchased
it forthwith and departed.
On the next day our informant, the minister,
had an appointment to preach at a
school house in the neighboring country.
The congregation being assembled, while
the minister was in the act of reading the
hymn, who should come in butvthe old woman
with her new-fashioned fan, and having
taken her seat she immediately commenced
puffing away in good earnest. The congregation
knew not what to make of it?some
smiled and some looked astonished, but the
ludicrous prevailed over everything else
and to such an extent that the minister
was obliged to stop reading and to hand the
book to his brother in the desk.
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WILL BE NEATLY EXECUTED.
terms?cash.
COUNTING-HOUSE ALMANAC FOE 1867.
s sia sgasraas
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i Wi $
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(20 21 22 23|24i25l26 21 22 23(24125 26:27
(27,28 29 30 81!... ... 28(29 30.31 ... I
Feb.!... 1! 2; i Aug. ... 1 2 3
I 31 4 5 6 7; 81 Oil 4 5; 6| 71 8 9 10
;10 11 12 13 14 15 16; 11112 13 14i|5 16 17
!l7 18 19 20 21 22 23'' 18,19120,21(22 23:24
(24 25 26 27 28;... . .! 25 26(27(28 29 30(31
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I 3 4 5 ol 71 8! 9 Sept. li 2 3i 41 5 6 7
JO 11 12 13|14 15 16 8 9 10:11 12 Id! 14
117 18 19 20j21;22 26 15 16,17i 18.19(20(21
(24 25(26 27,28;29 30: 22(23 24(25.28 27|28
|31 ... 29 80;...
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7 8 9 10'11(12; 13: 6 7, 8 9 10 11(12
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THE NEW
WEED FAMILY SEWING MACHINE,
Styled F. F., or Family Favorite,
The weed sewing machine company,
in addition to their well-known and highly
appreciated No. 2, or Wheel Feed Machine, are
now introducing their New Drop Feed, or F. F.
Machine, confidently asserting tliat it is the most
simple, durable, compact and beautiful piece of
mecnanism ever presented to the public.
It not only retains tho principal essential points
of the former, but combines with them the many
and HAHimhle advantages which render a positive
four motion feed bo admirably adapted to light
fkmily sewing, and at the same time capable of ex*
ecu ting, with the most unerring certainty and precision,
all the hoavier grades or ordinary work.
Principal Agencies : 61.1, Broadway N. York.
349, Washington street, Boston, 102, Washington
street, Chicago, 1315, Cbesnut street, Philadelphia,
Pa., and sold at most large Business Centres.
Local Agents wanted everywhere.
The Weed Sowing Machine was awarded the
highest medal at the Paris Exposition, July, 1867.
(September 20 "22 Cm
THEBEST TOMIC I3V USE.
manufactured BY
Dr. O. F. Panknin,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
January 24 39 ly?
TO SHOE-MAKERS AND OTHERS.
fJIHE Subscriber respectfully informs the public
I that he keeps constantly op hand, French Calf
Skins, Linings, Sole-Leather. Sljoe Pegs, Tgoks,
Thread, Webbing, Awls, arid Snoe-finaJngs generally,
which he will sell at as reasonable prices as
the same auality of articles can be purchased gpyWhere
in the ub-oountry. L. SMITH.
October 31 27 tf ,
V:
CONFEDERATE MONEY.
THE following table shows the price of gold for
Confederate currency in Augusta, Ga., at various
times from the breaking out to the close ol
the war. The record was "kept by a broker long
doing business in that city:
1801. Gold Premium. For fl in Gold.
January 1 ?..... 5 December 15 9 21 OC
July 1 ?..... 10.1884.
October 1 12 January 1 1 21 OC
October 15 ....... 16 January 15......... 20 OC
December 1 J 20 February 1 20 0(
December 15........... 30 February 16 21 0(
1882. March 1 26 0c
January 1 20 March 15 20 0c
January 15 20 April 1 19 0c
February 1 25 April 15 21 0c
February 15 ... 40 May 1 ?... 20 0(
March 1 80 May 15...:.'...::..-. 18 OC
March 15 60 June 1 to July 15 - 18 OC
April 1 75 July 16 to Aug. 15 20 0(
April 15 : 85 August 15..? 22 0(
Mayl 90 September 1 20 5<
May 15 65 September 15..... 22 0C
June 1 96 October l.?..?..~. 27 0(
For $1 in Gold October 15 25 0C
June 15 _$ 2 00 November 1 26 0C
August 1 2 20 November 16..... 28 0C
September 1 2 50 December 1 82 0C
November 17.V. 3 00 December 15 85 0<
1863. December 81...... 50 0C
February 1 3 10 1886.
March 1......;; _ 8 25 January 1.... 60 OC
IK K ftrt Tonnarv IK Aft 01
May 15 ; 6 00 February 1 60 0(
June 1 6 50 February 15 46 0<
June 15 .. 7 50 March 1 55 0<
July 1 i 8 00 March 15 67 0<
July 15 10 00 April 1 70 (X
August 1 14 00 April 15. 80 0<
August 15....: 15 00 April 20 100 0(
September 1.; 14 00 April 28 200 0i
September . 14 00 April*27.... 300 0
October 1..... ?. 13 00 April 28 600 0i
October 15 12 50 April 29.. 800 0
November 1.. 13 00 April 30 1,000 0
November 15 16 50 May 1 1,200 0
December 1 20 00
?Which was the last actual sales of Confederal
notes.
VALUE OF COHFEDE&ATE CUEEEHCTS
ANNEXED is a table showing the value of "Con
federate currrency" in United States currency
for the last four years?deputed from the averag
monthly rates of the respective currencies, in gold
at New York, Richmond and Augusta.
As the rate of stamp duty upon documents exe
cu ted during the late war is based upon the vain
of the consideration in United States currency, thl
table will be found very convenient in fixing tha
value.
table showing the relative value of "con
federate" andu. 8. currency for four years
Month. j 1862. 1863. 1884. 1965.
I ; ;
Value in Value in Value in Value ii
Average for Con. cur- Con.cur- Con. cur-Con cur
moS or J
ciir'cy. cur'cy. cur'cy. cur'cy,
? Ark OA A? A sa ! Ann AA
.January..... ... fz.w 91 o.ou 940. w
February.... , 2.19 13.79 25.20
March 2.93 14.67 34.90
April ; 3.23 12.33 .
May 3.87 10.65
June ......... 4.85 8.12 ?
July...... ~ 6.89 7.79
August..'. 10.58 8.85 ,'.. ....
September.. $2.19 9.71 10.56
October 1.95 9.70 12^0
November.. 2.29 9.90 12.65
Decomber... 2.28 12.60 18.26
To ascertain the value of a given amount of Con
federate currency, divide the number of dollars ty
tho figures in the column opposite the date sough
for, and the quotient trill be the amount in Unite*
States currency.
; E. R. STOKES, T~
BOOK - BINDER
AND
BLANK-BOOK MANUFACTURER,
Opposite J. C. Dial's Hardware Store,
MAIN ST., COLUMBIA, S. C.
O LANK-BOOKS Ruled to any Pattern, Page
O slid Round In the best Possible Mannor, wit
Printed'Headings when required. The attentio
of Clerks, Sheriffs, Ordinaries, Commissioners i
Equity, Railroad Officials, and all public officer
is particularly invited.
A large stock of BLANK-BOOK PAPER, of th
Best Quality, always on hand. . ?
Special attention given to the binding of Mush
old Books and Files, and all other work in plai
or ornamental style.
Orders sent to, and contracts made directly wit
me, will save money, as lam prepared to do wori
at a very small advance on New York Prices.
My business motto is "Promptness, Econom;
and Substantial Work."
E. R. STOKES. Columbia, S. C.
November 29. 1866.N 32 ?: tf,
THE CHB0NICLE A27D SEfifTOTEL.
PUBLISHED Daily and Weekly in Augusts
Ga., is the oldest newspaper In the State. Ef
tablished in 1794, it has ever since that time bee;
one of the leading papers in the South, and it sti]
maintains its place in the front rank of Souther
Journals.
Ably edited and the chosen medium throuff
which the master minds of the State address th
people, its value as a conservative political pape
is second to none, while its numerous and reliabl
correspondents make it a first class NEWS AN]
FAMILY JOURNAL.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:
Daily, one Month, $ 1 0
rTKmn \CsMifVia 2 R
" One 10 0
Weekly Ono Year, .'.v.. 3 0
" Six Months, 1 0
%?!- Subscriptions for the Chrohtele and Sentim
received and forwarded at the Exquiber Offxci
August 15 16 tf
THE CHARLESTON MERCURY
TIE CHARLESTON MERCURY is now, as j
has ever been, a true Carolina paper, in th
hands of Carolinians, and ah exponent of the pre
vailing sentiments of the people.
As an advertising medium it offers advantage
that cannot well be surpassed. Its circulation ex
tends throughout the whole South as well a
through the Northern and Northwestern Statei
and is rapidly and steadily increasing.
THE MERCURY contains all the latest politi
cal, foreign, religious, and literary news, In a ooc
densed ana attractive form, and will be found t
be an that it claims?a live Southern newspaper.
Terms of Subscription for Daily, per an
I num, $8.00: for Tri-Weekly, per annum, $4.00.
Conducted by
R. B. RHETT&BRO.
F. W. DAWSON, Assistant Editor.
March 28 48 tf
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
York District.
Lewis M. Grist, vs. Seth W. Fdwle <fe Co.?Iictb:
Common Pleas.?a ttachment.
WHEREAS, the Plaintiff did, on the 9th da;
of February, 1867, file his declaratiop again*
the Defendant, who, (as it is said) is absent froi
and without the limits of this State, and has nei
tlier wife nor Attorney known within the limits <
the same, upon whom a copy of the said declart
tion might be served. It is, therefore, orderec
that the said Defendant do appear and plead to th
Declaration Aled against him, on or before the S
day of March, which will be in the year of ou
Lord, one thousand eight hundrodand sixty-eighi
otherwise final and absolute judgment will b
given against him.
J. F. WALLACE, c. c. c. p. A o. s.
Clerk's Office, York District, S. C.
March 7 45 lyq
THE CHARLESTON COURIER
PUBLLSHED by A. S. WlLLINGTON & CO
City Printers, NO 111 East-Bay, Charlestor
South Carolina.
Terms.?Daily, one year, $10; Daily, 6 monthi
$5; Daily, three months, <2 60; Tri-Weekly, on
year, $8; Tri-Weekly, six months, $4.
pg- The Proprietor of the Enquirer is the A
gent of the " Courier" for Yorkville. He will tak
pleasure in forwarding subscriptions.
January 3 38 . tf
""parish and latimore,
Chester, S. C.
MANUFACTURERS and Dealers in NEW an
SECONP HAND FURNITURE, Looking
i Plates for Bureaus, Ac.
Constantly on hand COFFIN MATERIAL, c
the best quality. They are prepared to ftirnis
COFFINS at a few hours'notice. Cane-Seat Chair
Ro-Bottomed.
pir Shop and Ware-Room in the old Theepia
Hall, over Heynlan's Store.
November 29 32 tf
THE HISTORY OF GREGG'S BRIGADE.
PRICE REDUCED.
THE History of a Brigade of South Carolinian!
known first as GREGG'S, and subsequent!
as McGOWAN'S BRIGADE, by J. F~J. Cald
well, lately an officer of the 1st Regiment, S. C. "V
1 vol. 12mo., $1.00 in currency. A few copies fo
?ale at the "ENQUIRER" OFFICE.
June 27 9 ' tf
W. W. BOYCE,
(Late of South Carolina,)
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, will practice in the Sn
preme Court and Court of Claims. Offloe N<
281 G Street, Washington, D. C.
August 8 15 tf
FOR TAX"COLLHCtOBU
fpHE friends of JOHN M. SHEERER, (of Bui
A lock' 8Cr^k)respec^yannQunoe him as
candidate for TAX-COLLECTOR, of York Dis
trtct, at the next election. '
August 18,1867. 17 6m?
F. ELDER'S 1
IMPROVED 9
CLOTHES WASHER. fl
Patented May 7# 1807.
IT is nimple in Us construction, durable and not fl
liable to get out of order: it will washsix shirts, fl
or that bulk of clothes, in five minutes, if proper- fl
ly used according to directions. fl
We are manufacturing the above machines at
CHESTER, 8. C., where we will be pleased to fill fl
all orders promptly; .and in all cases, if the Ma- fl
chine does not give perfect satisfaction, we will 9
take it back and refund the money* . fl
t . ; ft ELDER. fl
CERTIFICATES. | I
TOBKVXIXK, 8. C., August 27,1887.
This will oertifv that we have examined and
tested the Washing Machines manufactured by 9fl
Mr. Eloeb, of this State, and find that it is enti- /fl
tied to alltbat he claim* for It. " fl
We caiL therefore, recommend this Machine to fl
all who desire to. economize time, labor and ex- Ifl
pense, In the washing deportment. fl
J. R. BRATTON, tM
WM. E. ROSE, fl
J. BOLTON SMITH.
JAS. F. HART. fl
SOUTH CAROLINA, Chester District, Hope- fl
well Church.?I hereby certity that one of F. El- fl
deFs Improved Washing Machines has been used fl
Kw mv familw fnr noarlir ftrn mnnthe nnH that if H
? has given entire satisfaction. We find its merits 1
! equal to its claims. It Washes thoroughly, (if the
directions are followed,) expeditiously, and with-, a
? out injury to the clothes. Icansafely recommend' *|
t Mr. Eldar'sWlMhing Machine to public patron- m
i! age. feeling assured any family will be delighted
n with its great superiority over the old wash-tab M
J mode. f
R. W. BRICE, Potior Hopewell Church? ?.
? Mr. Eldbb?.Dear Sir: I procured one of the II
u "Doty Washing Machines" more-than a year ago, ?^|
and the springs having foiled I had it changed to !
6 .your Improved Patent. My femily think it a de- '4S
cided improvement, andreoommendlt asa saving M
r of labor and clothes, and would not be Wlthoutlt. Wm
* r-- J. A. REEDY, M.D., Chester. & C, M
Y Mb. Eldkb?Bear Sir I have thoroughly test?
ed, during the past three months, your valuable F9
h Machine. I beg to state that my family is too well
pleased with its merits ever to part with it I wit- >1|
- ness its performance weekly, and I am folly con- wH
e vinced that It surpasses all others in cheapness, ?
8 durability, ease and simplicity. None better can IM
t be found. Jm
. G. PITHER, Put>. "Chester Standard." / ffl
i. I witnessed the operation of Mr. Elder's Wash- la
ing Machine., Two aprons, one towel, one shirt, ?
ana two white hanakerehiefo were thoroughly |1
cleansed in five minutea by the machine. ' < $1
vr ' JAMES L. ORR, f?
, : Governor of the State of S. 0. IS
% - si. .j'* ' 'h
f State and District Rights for Sale.>tfl
, Mr. F_ M. -GABBRAITH, ofY-orkville, is H
my authorized Agent Any fiunily can have the '
. jmviledge of giving (he machine a trial^by^^ly- ?
Fisher <t Lowranco, Columbia, General Aents
for South Carolina. > - $|
August 29 .18 . tf
PHILADELPHIA UK1VEB8ITY "J
OF aiCEinoiNE AND 8UROERY.
rHHE Philadelphia University of Medicine and
I Surgery was organized in IMS.' Chartered by Wk
foe Legislature, February 26,1853. Name changed fl
by a legislative enactment to the Eclectic Medical mm
College of Philadelphia in I860- In 1868 it pur- 19
- chafed the Pennsylvania Medical College, estab- jK
V lished in 1842, and the Philadelphia Medical Col- V
1 lege, which had previously been merged into the
J Pennsylvania Medical College. In 1864 it pur- 9H
chased the Penn Medical University. The Trus- JB
- tees of the separate schools united, petitioned, and Sfl
obtained a special act of the Legislature, oonsoli- jS
dating these institutions and changingtheir names im
* to that of the Philadelphia University of Medicine
and Surgery, March 15, 1865. All these various
acts are published in the statutes of Pennsylvania, mm
The cost of the building and museum was over |H
one hundred thousand dollars. It will be observ- M
ed that the University, as now organized, is the
s i liberal school^mfcL
n ictne, confined to no dogiha, nor attached to any
n medical, clique; but embraces in its teachinga-ev- - fl
n erything of value to the profession.
(Sessions.?It has two full sessions each year,
e commencing on the 1st of October, and ooniteu
ing until the 1st of January as its first season, and m
. from the 1st of January to the 1st of April as its MM
q second; the two constituting one full course of fl
lectures. It iaas also a summer session, oommen
h cing the 1st of April and continuing until August I]
k for the preparatory branches, such as Latin, Greek, ill
Mathematics. Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, Anat- <B
v omy, Physiology, etc. , S
TickrU.?Tickets to the foil coarse of lectures I
$120, or $60 for each session. For foe summer or -V
preparatory course $25. Graduating fee $80. To lfl
- aid young men of moderate means, foe University jM
has issued Jive hu ndred echo larshipe, which are sold -fl
to first course students, for $75, and to second M
coarse students and cleigymen for $60, each con"
stituting the holder a life member, with the per- *D
{ petual privileges of foe lectures, and all the teach- w
' ings of the school. The only additional fees are a
yearly dissecting and matriculating ticket, each of S
. whichis$& B
The A fhxinfsi/lM nf Hehnlnvhiria?Tha atn/fenf fB
e holding a scholarship can enter t?e College at any
r time daring the year, attend as long as he chooses, f V
? and re-enter the institution as frequently as desired.
^9
It requires no previons reading or study to enter .!
the University on scholarships, hen oe, all private urn
0 tuition fees are saved.
0 Students, by holding scholarships, can prosecute
0 other'business a pert of the time.
0 The candidate for graduation can present him- .9
0 self at any time, and receive his degree as soon as ^B
rI qualified. 9
In case a student should hold a scholarship and 9
hot be ableto attend lectures, itcau be transferred 9
r to another, thus preventing any loss. 9
Parents, guardians, or friends of students wish- 9
it ing to purchase scholarships tor them a year or B
e more before their attendance at the University, B
>- can secure them by advancing one-half the price, !
and paying the balance when the student enters. M
a Physicians and benevolent men can bestow great
> benefit upon poor young men, by presenting them
a a scholarship, and thus enabling them to obtain an X
j, honorable profession. * B
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent phy
[- sicians and snrgeons. The University has asso
i- dated with it a large hospital clinic, where every I
0 form of medical and surgical disease is operated & J
on and treated in thepresence of the class. I
i- College Building.?The College building, located mm
in Ninth Street, south of Walnut, is the finest in M
the dty. Its front is collegiate gothic, and is a- B
domed with embattlements and embrasures, pre- 9
Renting a novel, bold and beautiful appearance.? 9
The facade is of brown stone, ornamented by two
- towers, rising to the elevation of elghtyfeet, and H
, crowned with an embattled parapet. The build- 9
ing contains .between fifty and sixty rooms, all j9
supplied with water, gas, and every other oonvenience
that modern improvement can contribute
to facilitate medical instruction. Only flvehun1
dred scholarships will be issued, and as two hun
dred and fifty are now sold, those who wish to se- 9
i core one should do so at once. Money can be re"1
mitted by express, or adraft or check sent on any 9
National Bank in the United States, when the
scholarship will be returned by mail, signed by 9
' the President of the Board or Trustees, Joe. 6. Jfl
r PfaVior Pan aiu) the TWn ?/ !<? v?11?
-3-, ?? ? ?- "? "W TV.
0 Paine, M. I). All orders for scholarship? or other
5 business of the University, should be addressed M
* to Profbeeor W. Paine, M. v., Philadelphia, Pa. jfl
NEW BOOKS. I
PAINU'S PRACTICE OP MEDICINE, W
A NEW Work just issued by W. Paine, M. D., jfl
- \ Professor of the Principle? and Practice or |K
? Medicine and Pathology in the Philadelphia Uni- IH
versity of Medicine and Snidery: author of Paine's IB
i, Practice of Surgery; a work on Obstetric? and Ma
teria Medica; author of New8chool Remedies; fl
s an Epitome ofEberlie's Practice of Medicine; a j|B
e Review of Homoeopathy; a work on the History B
of Medicine; Editor or University Medical and jH
Surgical Journal, dec., Ac. It is a royal octavo of
e 960 pages, and contains a foil description of all dis- ' IH
eases known In medicine and surgery, including
those of women and children, together with their ^B
- pathology and treatment by all fee new and im*
proved methods. Price |7; postage SO cents. IB
Address the author, 933 Axch Street, Philadel- ]
ri phia, Pa.
ALSO, A NEW WORK, A
Entitled New School^Medicines, which is the only
ii nyi? v t vi yuuuuiou uwn aaieru jMeCUCS, f mb
bracing all the Eclectic, Hornoeopathio, andBotans
Ic remedies, with a full regular Materia Mediae?
Pxi<* |5; postage free. TB
a Address as above. . B
UOTTERSTrr JOURNAL 1
' OF MEDICINE AND SUROEBY. I
A SEMIMONTHLY Journal of Medicine, Sur- I
gery. Physiology, Hygiene, and General Lit- \
'' erature,. devjrted^ me Profession and the People. I
y The cheapest medical paper in the world, pub
r liahed everytwo weeks, at the University Build- 1
ing. Ninth Street, south of Walnut fl
Single copies, $ 1 00 1 fl
Five copies'to one address, ........ 4 86
~ Fifteen " ? 930 I
Twenty *4 " 10 00
The getter-up of the club shall have one oopy H
1- gratis. JB
>. Address,
W. PAINE, M. D., Editor. J fl
.. . Philadelphia, Pa. fl
- May 28 4
i. C. E. BETCHLER & COM | 1
i- W of JEWELR"?f<kc., Ac. On Main-street, I
opposite Rose's Hotel, Yorkville, S. C. fl
June 27 ft J1