Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, December 12, 1867, Image 4
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. THINGS THAT NEVER DIE.
The pure, the bright, the beautiful,
That atirocl our hearts in youth;
The impulse of a wordless prayer, _
The dream of love and truth.
The longings after something lost,
The spirit'9 yearning cry.
The strivings after better hopes;
These things shall never die.
The timely hand stretched forth to aid
A brother in his peed.
That kindly word in griefs dark hour
That proves the friend indeed.
The plea of mercy softly breathed
When justice threatens nigh,
The sorrow of a oontrite heart;
These things shall never die.
The memory of a clasping hand,
The pressure of a kiss.
And all the trifles, sweet and frail,
That make.up loves first bliss,
If with a firm, unchanging Dafth,
And holy trust and high,
Those hands have clasped, those lips have met,
These things shall never die. j
The cruel and the bitter word l
That wounded as it fell.
The chill want of sympathy
We feel but never tell. ]
- * 1V_1 -Uill
Ttie ii&j-u repmse tnai cuius uie unut
Whose hopes were bounding high;
In an un faded record kept, f
These things shall never die. }
' Let nothing pass, for every hand <
Must find some work to do;
Lose not a chance to waken love,
Be firm, and just and true; 1
So shall a light that cannot fade j
Beam on thee from on high, ,
And angel voices say to thee; -I
These things shall never die. <
?|mh0WMS ;
JOY IN THE HOUSE OF WARD. 1
Dear Sirs: I take my pen in hand to (
inform you that I am in a state of great bliss, ]
and trust these lines will find you injoyin (
the same blessins. I'm reguvinated. I've ,
found the immortal waters of yooth, so to {
speak, and am as limber and frisky as a two ^
year old steer, and in the future them boys
which sez to me "go up, old Bawld head,"
will do so at the peril of their hazard individooly.
I'm very happy. My house is
full of joy, and I have to git up nights and
finmtimpa T a* mvsftlf "Is it not alr
dream ?" & suthin withinto me sez "it air>
but when I look at them sweety little crit- *
ters and hear 'um squeak, I know it is a re- t
ality?2 realitys, I may say?and I feel 1
I returned from the Summer Campane ^
with my unparalleled show of wax works ]
and livin wild Beests of Pray in the early j
part of this month. The people of Baldins- '
ville met mo cordully, and I immejitly com- ?
menst resting myself with my famerly. (
The other nite while I was down to the tavurn
tostin my shius agin the bar room fire ?
& amusin the krowd with sum of my adventure,
who shood cum in bare heded and ter- 1
rible excited but Bill Stokes, who sez, sez j
he, "Old Ward, there's grate doins up to 1
your house."
Sez I, "JVilliam, how so ?" ?
Sez he, "Bust my gizzud, but it is grate J
doins," & then he larfed as if hee'd kill his- 1
self. * 1
Sez I, risin and puttin on a austeer look, 1
"William, I woolduntbe a fool if I had com- 1
mon cents."
But he kept on larfin til he was black in 1
the face, when he fell over on to the bunk 1
where the hostler sleeps, and in a still small i
voice sed, "Twins!" I ashure you gents J
that the grass didn't grow under my feet on
my way home, & I was follered by a enthoo- j
siastic throng of my feller sitterzens, who 1
hurrard for old Ward at the top of their
voises. I found the house chock full of ?
peple. Thare was Mis Square Baxter and
her three grown up darters, lawyer Per- *
kinses wife, Taberthy Ripley, young Eben s
Parsums, Deakun Simmuns folks, the Skool- (
master, Doctor Jordin, etsettery. Mis
Ward was in the west room which jines the <
kitchin. Mis Square Baxter was mixin 1
suthin in a dipper before the kitchin fire &
a small army of female wimin were rushin
wildly rouna the house with bottles of cam- !
fire, peaces of flannil, &c. I never seed ^
such a hubub in my natrul born dase. I
cood not stay in the west room only a min- 1
it, so strung up was my feelins, so I rusht '
out and ceased my dubbel barrild gun.
"What upon airth ales the man ?" sed \
Taberthy Ripley. "Sake alive, what air
you doin!" and she grabd me by the coat i
tales. "What's the matter with you ?" she 1
continerd.
"Twins, marm," sez I, "twins !" 1
"I know it," sez she, coverin her pretty
. face with her apun. (
"Wall, sez I, "that's what's the matter 1
with me!" " 1
"Well, put down that air gun, you pesky 1
old fool" sed she.
"No, mam," sed I, "this is a Nashunal
day. The glory of this here day isn't confined
to Baldensville by a darn site. On (
yonder woodshed," sed I, drawin myself up
to my full hite and speakin in a show aclin
voice, "will I fire a Nashunal saloot!" sayin
which I tared myself from her grasp and 1
rusht to the top of the shed whare I blazed
away until Square Baxter's hired man and 1
my son Artemus Juneyer cum and took me 1
down by mane force. .
On returnin to the Kitchin I found quite
a lot of people seated be4 the fire, a talkin
the event over. They made room for me
& I sot down. "Quite a episode," sed .
Doctor Jordin, litin his pipe with a red hot
coal.
"Yes," sed I, "2 episodes, waying abowt
18 pounds jintly."
"A perfeck coop de tat," said the skoolmaster.
"E nluribus unura, in proprietor per
sony," sed I, thinking I'd let him know I
understood furrin langwidges as well as he
did, if I wasn't a skoolmaster.
"It is indeed amomentious event," said
young Eben Parsuns, who has been 2 quarters
to the Akademy.
"I never heard twins called by that name
afore," scd I, "but I spose it's all rite."
"We shall soon have Wards enuff," said
the editer of the Baldinsville Bugle of Liberty,
who was look in over a bundle of exchange
papers in the corner, "to apply to
the legislater for a City Charter ?"
"Good for you, old man !" said I, "giv
that air a conspickius place in the next Bugle.
"How ridicklus," sed pretty Susan
Fletcher, coverin her face with her knittin
work & larfin like all possest.
"Wall, for my part," sed Jane Maria
Peasley who is the crossest old made in
the world, "I think you all act like a pack
of fools."
Sez I, "Mis Peasley, air you a parent?"
"Sez she, "No, I aint."
Sez I, "Mis Peasly, you never will be."
She left.
We sot there talkin & larfin until "the
witchin hour of nite, when grave yards
yawn & gosts troop 4th," as old Bill Shakespire
aptlee obsarves in his dramy of John
Sheppard, esq., or the Moral house Break;r,
when we broke up & disbursed.
Muther & children is a doin well; & as :
Eiesolushuns is the order of the Day I will
reel obleeged if you'll insurt the follerin.
Whereas, two Eppisodes has happined '
lp to the undersined's house, which is g
Twins; & Whereas I like this stile, sade c
;wins being of the male perswashun & both }'
joys; there4 Be it 1
Resolved, that to them nabers who did 0
;he fare thing by sade Eppisodes my hart- J
felt thanks is doo. J
Resolved, that I do most hartily thank
Engine Ko. No. 17 who, under the im- ^
)reshun from the fuss at my house on that c
luspichus nite that thare was a konflag- f
-ation goin on, kum galyiantly to the spot, e
)ut kindly refraned frum squirtin. 8
Resolved that frum the Bottum of my g
Sole do I thank the Baldinsville brass
mnd fur givin up the idea of Sarahnadin *
ne, both on that great nite & since. *
Resolved, that my thanks is doo several r
nembers of the Baldinsville meetin house e
i?ho fur 3 whole dase hain't kalled me a I
jinful skoffer or entreeted me to mend my c
vicked wase and jine said meetin house to 1
li
>nct.
Resolved, that my Bozzum teams with *
aaeny kind emoshons toward the follerin a
ndividoouals to whit namelee?Mis Square v
Baxter, who Jenerosly refoosed to take a D
5ent for a bottle of camfire; lawyer Per- d
rinses wife who rit sum vesrsis on the eppis- v
lodes ; the Editer of the Baldinsville Bugle f
)f Liberty who nobly assisted me in wollup- v
n my Kangeroo, which sagashus little cuss c
jeriusly disturbed the Eppisodes by his
jutrajus screetchins and kickins up ; Mis c
Hirurn Doolittle, who kindly furnisht sum d
jold vittles at a trying time, when it was o
lot konvenient to cook vittles at my house ;
tnd the Peasleys, Parsunses & Watsunses c
ur there meny ax of kindness. I
Trooly yures, . *
Artemus Ward. e
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ANECDOTE OP THE WESTERN BAR. c
Perhaps some of our readers will recog- a
lize the picture of the method in which law y
vas administered hereabouts, in the olden rj
ime?particularly if they happen to belong t
o the legal fraternity themselves, and are t
nen advanced in years. E
The% first illustrates the ruling passion a
'or "poker," among the members of the
Western bar. The court is in session, the
udge is on the bench, and the case of E
Smith vs. Brown is called up. "All ready!" y
ihouts the counsel for defendant, but the j
jounsel for plaintiff" does not respond. t
"Who's for the plaintiff?" inquires the E
fudge, somewhat impatiently.
"May it please the Court," says a rising E
nember of the legal fraternity, "Pilkins is t
'or the plantiff, but I left him just now over t
n the tavern, playing a game of poker. c
ETe's got a 'sucker' there, and he's sure to E
skin him if he only has time. He's got
;he thing all set to ring in a 'cold dech,' e
n which case he will deal himself four aces a
ind his opponent four queens, so that your
lonor will perceive that he will rake the j
aersimmons. $
The look of impatience vanished from f
;he face of His Honor at once, and an ex- p
3ression more of sorrow than anger took t
ts place. At length he said with a heavy n
ngh: F
"Dear me, that's too bad! It happens
it a very unfortunate time. I am very anx- j
ous to get on with these cases." c
A brown study followed, and at length t
i happy idea struck the Judge. ^
"Bill," said he, addressing the friend of t
;he absent Pilkins, "you understand poker s
ibout as well as Pilkins, suppose you go c
>ver and play his hand !" 0
At another time, counsel took some ex- t
jeption to the ruling of the Court on a cer- t
;ain point, and a dispute arose: ]
"If the Court please" said the counsel. c
;'I wish to refer to this book a moment," ^
md at the same moment picking up a large
law volume. ]
"There's no use of your referring to any v
books," exclaimed the Court, angrily. "I t
bave decided this p'int." j
"I know that," was the rejoinder. "I'm j.
satisfied of that?but this is a volume of t
Blackstone?I'm certain he diflfers with
pour Honor, and I only want to show you ^
what a d?dfool Blackstone ivas /"
"Ah! that indeed ?" exclaimed the Court, ^
smiling all over, "now you begin to talk." e
On a similar occasion the affair did not j
end so happily. The Court decided a point t
adverse to the views of the counsel. Counsel
was stubborn, and insisted that the j,
Court was wrong. c
"I tell you I am right!" yelled the Court j
with flashing eyes.
"I tell you, you are not!" retorted the t
jounsel. i
"I am right!" reiterated the Court.
"I say you ain't persisted the counsel. a
"Crier, yelled the judge, "I adjourn j,
this court for ten minutes!"
And jumping from the bench, he pitched
into the counsel and after a very lively little
fight, placed him liors du combat, after ;
i : 1 ;4. ,
WHICH, uusmt'bs wns tigiiiu icsuuieu , uut it
was not long before another misunderstand ,
ing arose. <i
"Crier," said the Court, "we will ad- 8
journ this time for twenty minutes !" a
And he was about taking off his coat \
when the counsel said : ;
"Nevermind Judge, keep your seat?the t
p'int is yielded?my thumb's out o'joint, i
and I've sprained my shoulder !" (
flgr Green spectacled pedagogue, enthro- !
ned upon a three-legged stool, with sceptre
of birch firmly grasped?exclaims?
"Big boys, come up and parse 'the pig ,
squeaks? Now tell me what is 'the' ?"
"T/te, sir, is a preposterous article, nominative
to pig." * ,
"Why do you call it a preposterous article?"
"Because it stands before pig. I would
not stand before one for a shilling." j
"Next boy, parse pig."
"Pig is a common noun."
".because It IS SO common, mat you ouu i
see nothing else in the streets."
"What is squeaks ?"
"A noun proper, sir." '
"Why is it proper, Ezekiel ?"
"Because it makes a proper loud noise, i
and disturbs all the neighbors." ]
"That's 0. K. Now you can all go and '
carry on with the gals." j
j5??" A Quaker, on hearing a man swear 1
at a particular bad piece of road, went up <
to him and said : "Friend, I am under the I
greatest obligations to thee. I would my- 1
self have done what thou has done, but my i
religion forbids it. Don't let my consci- i
ence, however, bridle thine; give thine in- i
dignation wings, and suffer not the preju- t
dice of others to paralyze the tongue of jus- ?
tice and long suffering?yea verily." i
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THE JEWISH BABY.
The following "true story" is from the
{Youth'8 Companion," and shows how
peat events result from apparently trifling
auses ; and also, it shows how the heart- }
ess and cruel find their wickedness follow- ,
og upon themselves with crushing weight, (
overwhelming them with disaster, or ruin. \
low much better it is to do right, to deal j
ustlv, and love mercy! 1
"Italy has been at war with Austria again, j
fou are hardly too young to have forgotten (
or not to have heard about the last great ^
ear between - these two European pow- j
rs. France and Italy were allies in 1859 y
gainst Austria, and defeated her in the two j
;reat battles of Magenta and Solferino. j
"What was it that prevented the Aus- (
rians from going on with the fight at that i
ime ? It was not fear, it was not lack of (
aen, it was not because they were so beat- ,
t . .1 IJ L-TJ j. 1
n mac cney couiu uuc uuiu uunw ivugu. j
vTo, they were not overpowered, nor in a ]
tesperate position, nor in danger of being ,
driven to the wall.' Far from it; they ,
tad reached the neighborhood of their four <
amous fortifications?the Quadrilateral ; T
,nd the strongest military works in all the
rorld are formed by these. Why did they j
aake peace then, and quietly submit to the j
lisgrace of a double defeat ? It was for ]
rant of money. And who prevented them (
rom borrowing money to carry on their ,
far ? It was a Jewish baby. How ? Be- (
ause the baby died of hunger ! ,
"I will tell you how the little Hebrew |
orpse came to rise up as it were, and call ,
[own the vengeance of the God of battles j
n the Austrians. ,
"You know, I 8"%p se, that in certain t
ountries of Europe, both Catholic and ,
Votestant, the ignorant people; have a ha- (
red of the Jews, which the papal priests ,
ncourage. In past centuries the poor ,
iews have been persecuted with the utmost j
ruelty, and the people who tortured them ,
nd put them to death imagined all the <
rhile that they were doing God's service. (
Phey thought that in making the lives of j
he Jews insupportable they wore avenging
he death of Him who said, 'Love your ene- ,
aies,' and who prayed for His murderers (
. i .1 I
is they put mm to aeatn: j
"Well, in 1859, a Hebrew mother in Vi- ,
mna gave birth to a daughter. It was a j
lelicate little babe. The mother's health ,
yas so infirm that sh^ could not nurse the .
nfant, and its parents soon saw that unless ]
hey hired some other mother to take her ,
dace, their darling would die of starvation. (
"It happened that at that time there was j
10 Jewish nurse in Vienna. But at last ]
hey found a Catholic mother who agreed ,
o take care of the child, after a great deal ,
?f trouble, and the offer of a large sum of j
aoney. The feeling against nursing a Jew- j
9h baby was nearly the same that a North- j
rn white lady would have against nursing ,
> negro child. * ,
"But the joy of the parpnts was short
ived. The Catholic mother told them one ^
[ay that the priest had forbidden her to ]
eed the Jewish child! She did not dare, ^
ioor woman, to nurse it again. The fran- ]
ic father tried to get another nurse, but ,
10 Catholic dared to defy the order of their j
triest. The father then appealed to him, (
mt he might as well have prayed to a stope. j
le then sought out the priest's ecclesiasti- (
al superiors, and besought them to save (
he life of the child by repealing the order. ,
?hey refused to allow any of their people ,
o go near it, unless the father would con- ,
ent to give it up to be baptized and edu- ,
;ated as a Catholic. He could not do that, (
if course, and the wretched parents saw
heir child growing feeble every day before ,
heir eyes. It was too delicate to be
irought up by 'hand,' as we call it, when ;
hildren are fed with common milk from a
lottle.
"The Jews of Vienna were indignant.
Chey did all the^ could to get the order reoked,
and telegraphed to .Rome to induce
he church authorities to do so. In vain.
Meats are pitiless. The Pope was hard of
leart, and the Austrian government refused
o interfere.
"The poor child quickly faded away. It
lied in convulsions brought on by starvation.
"Almost immediately after the baby's
leath the Austrian government needed moniy
for its lymies. They applied to the rich ,
Jewish bankers, the Rothschilds, for a loan
o carry on the war. (
"Not a dollar would he advance them;
md he gave as his reason that the Jewish
ihild had perished because Austria was inluman.
The government pleaded and pleadid
and pleaded; but Rothschild was as deaf
o them as they had been deaf to the Jewsh
father.
"And so Austria was defeated in battle
md driven out of Eastern Italy ignominously.
Uncle Jam^s."
A DAY'S FOOD FOR A SPIDER.
In order to test what a spider could do
n the way of eating, we arose about day- |
ireak one morning to supply his fine web
vith a fly. At first, however, the spider
lid not come from his retreat; so we peeped
imong the leaves, and there discovered that
m earwig had been caught, and was now
>eing feasted on. The spider left the earvig,
rolled up the fly, and at once returned
o his "first course." This was at 5:30
M. At 7 A. M. the earwig had been
lemolished; and the spider, after resting a
ittle while, came down for the fly, which
le finished by 9 A. M. A little after 9, we
supplied him with a daddy-long legs, which
ivas eaten by noon. At one o'clock, a
alow-fly was greedily seized: and with an
ippetite apparently no worse tor his previous
indulgence, he commenced on the blowfly.
During the day, and towards evening,
i great many midges had been caught in
the web. Of these we counted one hundred
xnd twenty, all dead, and fast prisoners jn
the spider's nest.
Soon after dark, provided with a lantern,
we went to examine whether the spider was
suffering at all from indigestion, or in any
way, from his previous meals; instead, however,
of being thus affected, he was employed
in rolling up together the various little
?reen midges, which he then took to hiq
retreat and ate. This process he repeated,
earrying up the lots in detachments, until
the whole were eaten. A slight rest of about
an hour was followed by a most industrious
web-making process; and before
flay break another was ready to be used in
the same way. Taking the relative size of
the spider, and of the creatures it ate, and ]
ipplying this to a man, it would be somewhat
as follows: At daybreak, a small i
illigator; at 7 A. M., a lamb; at 9 A. M.,
i young camel-leopard; at one o'clock, a
sheep; and during the night, one hundred
md twenty larks.?Chambers' Journal. . J
From tbe Farm and Garden.
HOW TO CULTIVATE CLOVER. c
Martin's Depot, S. C., July 5th, '67. c
In accordance with your request, I give
ay experience in raising clover, which I i
lo more cheerfully, as I believe I have the 1
secret of success,- though I make no claim n
to its discovery, for I owe the suggestion to a f
friend who lost his life in Tennessee, nobly
battling for Southern rights. I have wasted
much labor and seed in trying the North- p
jrn and Western system of sowing clover 11
ivith some other crop, and only succeeded, j,
n one instance, in getting a stand in that
vay, and that was on a rich lot with a thin $
jtand of barley, which I killed out the next1
Spring by pasturing too early, and too *
tloselv. The secret is to cultivate the land a
svell the preceding year, say in cotton, corn
>r potatoes, so as to leave np seed of crab a
*rass : (weeds do not hurt so much.) Pre- 8
aare the ground well, by ploughing and ^
larrowing smoothly, and if not rich, by e
manuring. This should be done about the ?
middle of March, and immediately sow
i a_' j A. it. T
jignt or nine pounaB 01 seeu w me acre. x
lsually sow by stakes, thus saving the
trouble of laying off?sowing a land of nine
feet. A new beginner had better always
;ry a small piece of land, measuring both
and and seed, as he may waste a great deal
)f seed if he goes to guessing. I sow very
regularly, by keeping the two last fingers
clenched, allowing the thumb and two fingers
to do the work. I first throw out with
;he first finger, and then with the other,
naking two licks for each handfull. By
;aking the ordinary wheat sowing gait, this
plan will sow about the right quantity of
jeed. After sowing, I would somewhat
prefer to run a good iron-toothed harrow
ever it, but if not convenient, it will do well
without covering, as $he first shower will
cover it sufficiently. The only advantage r
;hat I have ever seen in covering was in .
getting an early stand, but if a good shower
falls soon after planting you will not discover
the difference, though it will show if
:t is dry.
Now close up your clover field, and let
nothing into it until the clover is a year
nld. About the middle of May, when the
5rst blossoms begin to turn brown, the closer
is ready to cut. * If you want to graze
it, let it get in bloom first, then you can't
(veil kill it, but if you attack it too early,
md graze too closely, you are liable to .
iose your stand. If the summer should be '
very hot and dry, you may fear that^your
clover is gone, but if you have half a stand ;
in the fall, there is no cause of fear, and do
not be discouraged, for in the spring you ^
will be rewarded for all your trouble. We
ased our first, crop this year, in feeding in
the green state to mules and cows-?cutting
it with a mowing blade. We are now cutting
the second crop for hay, but this crop
nvill not do for horses, though good for cows
and sheep.
If this plan is pursued, I feel confident
that clover may be made to grow on any
land that has fertility enough to produce a
good crop of cotton, though the richer the
better. In some seasons it will do well if
mwn in the fall, but the winter must be very
favorable, though it is about as easily killed
aut as oats. In a very favorable season,
and on very rich, moist, land, an indifferent f
3tand may be had by sowing with some one
!>f the different grain crops, but nine times \
cut of ten such an experiment in our cli- 2
mate and soil, will result in disappointment *
and discouragemant. I regard a half stand
of clover as worth more than any other c
crop, and nothing in the way of a crop can f
be raised with nearly, if not quite as much 2
certainty as oats can be.
When a stand is once secured, it will
last if properly managed, some four years, ^
and then by turning in the fall an'd culti- ]
vating in corn or-cotton, followed by wheat,
a good stand will again come. A little 1
plaster or stable manure, or both, will always
add to the crop. I prefer mowing to <
pasturing, as thus you cut away all weeds
that stock usually leave, thereby helping the
clover to take entire possession of the
land. I do hope that every man in the
State will try at least a small patch, ^hen <
he can see for himself its value, and he may {
add to his crop to his liking. The seed is (
worth from eight to twelve dollars per bush- \
el, weighing sixty pounds, and a bushel ]
will sow well eight acres. All animals, -in- 1
eluding hogs do well on the first crop, but <
the second crop should not be given to
horses, either dry or green. This has been
a very favorable year for clover tins iar,
and we have had two cuttings, from two to
three feet each crop. I have tried clover J
in land that had never been cultivated, but
never very successfully. Red, stiff land, "
is most favorable to its growth, but it will
do well on any of our land that is rich (
enough, unless very sandy. {
I think I have covered the whole ground, {
and I have tried to be plain. If anything <
has been overlooked, I will fill up the omis- ,
sion when my attention is called to it. ]
With my best wishes for the success of \
your paper, I am
Your obedient servant,
JAMES W. WATTS.
HEN SIGNS. , ;
Some one has given the following signs
for distinguishing hens that either will not *
lay at all or only a few eggs*in the spring,
and take vacation for the remainder of the [
year. ]
Hens that lay are off the roost at the (
first dawn of the mnrning, while barren <
hens often remain there until the sun is j
high in the sky, or until the laying hens <
have ample time to fill their crops. Laying 1
hens have a voracious appetite, while barren <
hens are often very indifferent about eating.
Hens that are about to commence laying, or
that do lay every day, or every alternate
day, are as active in obtaining feed for .
themselves as one having a brood of hungry
chickens is diligent in scratching up and
scratching out necessary feed for her young
ones.
A hen that lays an egg to-day and another
to-morrow, has a comb and gills red
and glowing, while the comb and gills of a
Wro? will be colorless, pallid, and
*" * * vu uvu ?? r
sometimes wrinkled and dried up. When
a hen that lays has eaten until her crop appears
distended to its utmost capacity, she
will force down a little more, while a barren
one will often appear as indifferent about
eating good feed. A hen that has
laid an egg to-day and will lay another tomorrow
will go singing around the yard, '
while the hen that never lays has no more
music in her soul than the wife of Socrates, f
t&g* One pound of cotton seed hulled is v
worth ten pounds corn, to fatten hogs or 1
beef cattle, or to winter sheep on. *
the tifafrint*.
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JOB PRINTING.
rHE ENQUIRER OFFICE
Being now supplied with the
VERT BEST MACHINERY,
-And a fine assortment of
N"l? JOB TYPE
Anjl other Material,
JOB PRINTING
Of every description,
TTTT T T>T> ITT1 A TT V TYPmTTP'n
1Y JLJjJLl j)jj niACLAJJ A J.IAUOU XJJAJi
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THE NEW
WEED FAMILY SEWING MACHINE,
Styled T. F.* or Family Favorite.
rHE WEED- SEWING MACHINE COMPANY,
in addition to their well-known and highy
appreciated No. 2, or Wheel Feed Machine, are
low introducing tlieir New Drop Feed, or F. F.
Machine, confidently asserting that it is the most
limple, durable, compact and beautiful piece of
necnanism ever presented to the public.
It not only retains the principal essential points
>f the former, but combines with them the many
tnd desirable advantages which render a positive
our motion feed so admirably adapted to light
amily sowing, and at the same time capable ofexscuting,
with the most unerring certainty and predion,
all the heavier grades of ordinary work.
.Principal Agencies : 613, Broadway, N. York.
149, Washington street, Boston, 102, Washington
itreet, Chicago. 1315, Chesnut street, Philadeljhia,
Pa., ana sold nt most largo Business Centres.
Local Agents wanted everywhere.
The Weed Sewing Machine was awarded the
lighest medal at the Puris Exposition, July, 1867.
September 26 22 6m
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
York District.
WIT1 HERE AS, WM. B. HILL lias applied to me
f f for Letters of Administration on all and
lingular, the goods and chattels, rights and credts
of JAS. H. DAVIS, late of Mecklenburg, N.
3., Deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and
lingular, the kindred and creditors of the said de:eased,
to be and appear before me at our next Oriinary's
Court for the said District, to be holden
it York Court House on the EIGHTEENTH
DAY OF DECEMBER instant, to shew cause, if
my, why the said Administration should not be
granted. *
jrivon under my hand and Seal, this 3rd day of December,
in *tho year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-seven, and in the 92nd
year of the Independence of the United States
of America. F. C. HARRIS, 0. Y. D.
December 5 32 2t*
STAtE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
York: District.
WHEREAS J. H. CRAWFORD has applied
to mo for Letters of Administration on all
ind singular, the goods and chattels, rights and
jredits of JAMES CRAWFORD, late of the Dis;rict
aforesaid, deceased.'
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish olland
lingular, tho kindred and creditors of the said debased,
to be and appear before me, at our next
Ordinary's Court for the said District, to be holdon
it York Court House on the 13TH DAY OF
DECEMBER next, to shew cause, if any, why the
said Administration should not bo granted.
Tiven under my hand and SeaL this 29th day of
November, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and" sixty-seven, and in the 92nd
year of the Independence of tho United States of
America. F. C. HARRIS, 0. Y. D.
December 5 32 2t
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Yorlc District.
1*7HEREAS, Dr. J. G. SMARR and J. M.
\y PLEXICO have applied to me for Letters of
Administration on all and singular, the goods and
chattels, rights and credits of HENRY G. PLEXICO,
late of the District aforesaid, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and
lingular, the kindred and creditors of the said de:eased,
to be and appear before me at our next
Ordinary's Courtfor the said District, to be holden
it York Court House on the SIXTEENTH DAY
OF DECEMBER instant, to shew cause, if any,
yhy tho said Administration should not begrant5d.
Oivcn under mv hand and Seal, this 2d day of
December, in tfie year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-seven, and in the 92nd
year of tho Independence of tho United States of
America. F. C. HARRIS, O. Y. D.
Decoinbor 5 32 2t*
THE BEST TO\IC IN USE.
I>r. C. F. Panknin,
CHARLESTON, S. C..
January 24 39 ly*
THE HISTORY OF GREGG'S BRIGADE.
PRICE REDUCED.
rHE History of a Brigade of South Carolinians,
known first as GREGG'S, and subsequently
a McGOWAN'S BRIGADE, by J. F. J. CaldvelL
lately an officer of the 1st Regiment, S. C. V.
vol. 12mo., $1.00 in currency. A few copies for
alo.at the "ENQUIRER" OFFICE.
June 27 . 9 tt
& T O T BS.
JUST RECEIVED, A LARGE AND COMPLETE
assortment of
COOKING STOVES.
Also, a few
HEATING STOVES.
PRICES FROM $20 TO $76, CURRENCY.
All orders shall receive prompt attention, and
Stoves purchased from us warranted to give satisfaction.
G. W. CURTIS A CO., Cheater, S. C.
October 17,1867. 25 6m
ririUiuuii x
LIFE.INSUEANCE COMPANY
OF VIRGINIA.
FT1HE Subscribertespectfully informs the public
X generally that he nas accepted the Agency of
the above Company, and is now prepared to issue
policies of LIFE INSURANCE. Ihe solvency
of the Company is certified to by the Court Officers
of Nelson county, Virginia, and is commended
to those who desire to support a "Home Institution.
J. A. McLEAN,
At the store of J. & E. B. Stowe.
THE OBJECT
Of this Company is to insure ijfe?not indeed
to prolong life?but by paying a certain sum to the
beneficiaries of a policy wnen you die?thereby to
continue the exertions, investments and benefits
of your life to your dependents, after your life is
terminated.
However well prepared a man may be in a spiritual
point of view to meet the "king of terrors,"
if he be possessed of a thoughtful mind and a feeling
heart, he can but look with sad forebodings to
that finale of his earthly career which is to deprive
his fond wife and helpless children of that support
and fostering care which his arm has furnished.
Ho shudders as his mental gaze looks within the
gloomy portals <of the grave and leaves behind
those whom he loved, as vagrants roaming the
friendless, thorny paths of publio charity! Yet,
alasI how many ao it!! when a small present outlay
would gild their troublous road with ease and
comfort, if spent in a Life Insurance Policy. Reader,
are you not liable to this sad death-bed reflection
of the unseen trials you bequeath those you
leave behind, by neglecting this cheap protection
which we now urge upon you T If your mind
were easy on this subject; it you could feel when
you "shuffle off this mortal coil" your fiundly
were providod for. you would- be relieved of the
corking anxiety that fills every worthy mind at1
such fears: you would be better prepared to pur-,
sue your avocation with mental composure and
zeal. We do not mean toassert that money can fill
the place of a fond father, yet we do assert, what
t x- A- x- 111 A.J
you tcnvw w uc cruc?inuuoy win ptuvo uuoii ucoc
earthly friend when you are gone; and you can
leave them this certain friend now while you are
living.
Can you?will you refuse it?
Business men are considered rather improvident
who do not insure their goods and houses against
fire. Now, your house may -never be burned?it
may stand a hundred years; but your life cannot
last so long?your "lamp of life" must burn out
some day. You argue it is prudent to insure a*
gainst uncertain misfortunes to your property y and
yet neglect a certain event which will and must
come to your body. Is this consistent wisdom and
prudence? We admit and assert the prudence of
the first, but assort the greater wisdom and necessity
for the last. Ask yourself the question, are
you doing right to neglect this opportunity to provide
effectually for your family in case of your
death, while you have it in your power? -Ana
bear in mind?now. this moment may be your last
chance?death is after you! When once his "rug*
ged scythe shall clip the brittle thread of life," the
ghastly panorama of want and suffering will be opened
to the sighing hearts you took care of while
you lived. Remember I only while in health?before
age, with attendant diseases come upon you?
before you begin to loiter in sad sickness on the
verge of the grave?only while living?mentally
and physically living?can you obtain a Life Insurance
Policy. Life is a vast battle-field?death is
always the final victor?and while we do not urge
this process Will disarm him of his sting, (for religion
only can do that) yet it will soothe your heaving
bosom to know you have providou for your
family before that trying hour comes. By having
your life insured you "disarm the sting" of poverty
and want to them. We imagine now we hear
the wail of suffering from some lone widow, while
she examines the merits of this business, as her
sliivering group-stand around her scanty fire and
cry for bread: "Oh! that my husband had insured
his life ! If he could have foreseen my lamentable
state he would have done so. He was kind
and good to all, and supposed that all would be
kino and good to us; but alas, how mistaken! He
provided well for us while living; but if he had
insured his life, its benefits would have continued
to us now." Do not say this is a ftmcy sketch, for
many such a scene has really existed.
^3. JOHN R. ALLEN isihe Agent of the above
Company at Chester.
October 10 24 tf
E. R. STOKES,
JtlUUH- - Ulll jUHiJH/,
AND
BLANK-BOOK MANUFACTURER,
Opposite J. C. Dial's Hardware Store,
MAIN ST., COLUMBIA, S. C.
"O LANK-BOOKS Ruled to any Pattern, Paged
O Bound in the best Possible Manner, with
Printed Headings when required. The attention
of Clerks, Sheriffs, Ordinaries, Commissioners in
Equity, Railroad Officials, and all public officers
is particularly invited.
A large stock of BLANK-BOOK PAPER, of the
Best Quality, always on hand.
Special attention given to the binding of Music,
old Books and Files, and all other work in plain
or ornamental style.
Orders sent to, and contracts made directly with
me, will save money, as I am prepared to do work
at a very small advance oh New York Prices.
My business motto is "Promptness, Economy
and Substantial Work."
E. R. STOKES, Columbia, S. C.
November Jf9.186#. 82 tf
1AM now devoting my whole time and attention
to PHOTOGRAPHY.' Hence, with twenty
years experience in the ART; a complete outfit
and a well known reputation of STRIVING TO
GIVE SATISFACTION IN EVERY CASE, I
can oiler such inducements to all in want of LIKENESSES
of themselves or friends, as are not often
met with in a country town. My prices, too,
are LOWER THAN EVER BEFORE. Call at
my commodious rooms in the "Adickes" building.
J. R. SCHORB, Resident Photographer.
Juno 14 8 tf
THE CHARLESTON MERCURY.
THE CHARLESTON MERCURY is now, as it
has ever been, a true Carolina paper, in the
hands of Carolinians, and an exponent of the prevailing
sentiments of tho people.
As an advertising medium it offers advantages
that cannot well be surpassed. Its circulation exA
J!_ i-1 1- 4La MfkrtlA QaiiFK no TTTCkl 1 no
ten CI H lUruULrIIUUl tuo VY uuio ?uui>u iu nvu ?M
through the Northern and Northwestern States,
and is rapidly and steadily increasing.
THE MERCURY contains all tlio latest political,
foreign, religious, and literary news, in a condensed
ana attractive form, and will be found to
be all that it claims?a live Southern newspaper,
j2SJ- Terms of Subscription for Daily, per annum,
$8.00: for Tri-Weekly, per annum, $4.00.
Conducted by
R. B. RHETT <fc BRO.
F. W. DAWSON, Assistant Editor.
March 28 48 tf
THE CHBOHICLE AND SEHTHfEI. ~
TJUBLISHED Daily and Weekly in Augusta,
JL Ca, is the oldest newspaper in the State. Established
in 1794, it lias ever since that time been
one of the leading papers in the South, and it still
maintains its place in the front rank of Southern
Journals.
Ably edited and the ghosen medium through
which the master minds of the State address the
people, its value as a conservative political paper
is second to none, while itsnumorous and reliable
correspondents make it a first class NEWS AND
FAMILY JOURNAL.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:
Daily, one Month, ; $ 1 00
44 " Three Months, 2 50
| " One Year, 10 00
Weekly One Year. 3 00
44 Six Months, 1 go
Subscriptions for the Chronicle and Sentinel
\ received and forwarded at the Enquirer Office,
August 15 16 tf '
TOBAQPQ. "
FINE CHEWING and DURHAM SMOKINQ
TOBACCO, for sale by
T. M. DOBSON <fc CO,
F. ELDER'S
IMPROVED
CLOTHES WASHER.
Patented. May 1867.
IT is simple in its construction, durable and not
liable to get out of order; it will wash six shirts,
or that bulk of clothes, in five minutes, if properly
used according to directions.
We are manufacturing the above machines at
CHESTER, S. C.. where we will be pleased to fill
all orders promptly ; and in all cases, if the Machine
dees not give perfect satisfaction, we will
take it back ana refund the money.
' F. ELDER.
CERTIFICATES.
YOBKyiLLX,.S. C., August 27, 1887.
This will certifv that we have examined and
tested the Washing Machines manufactured by
Mr. Elder, of this State, and find that it is entitled
to all that he claims for it.
We can, therefore, recommend this Machine to *
all who desire to economize time, labor' and expense,
in the washing department
J. R. BRATTON, .
' WM. E. ROSE,
J. BOLTON SMITH.
JAS. F. HART.
SOUTH CAROLINA, Chester District, Hopewell
Church.?I hereby certify that one of F. ElT.
TU..UnnM..kl_M, I...
UCi a JLA lyiUYOU TTOPUllig iUQ^UlUOT UOO MWA UOW
by my family for nearly two months, And that tt
lias given entire satisfaction. We find its merits
equal to its claims. It washes thoroughly, (if the
dlrectlqps are followed,) expeditiously, and without
Injury to the clothes. I can safely recommend
Mr. Elder's Washing Machine to public patronage.
feeling assured any femily will be delighted
with its great superiority over the old wash-tub
mode.
r. w.: brice, Pastor Hopewell Church.
Mb. Elder?Dear Sir: I procured one of the
"Doty Washing Machines" more than a year ago,
and the springs having foiled I had It cnangea to
your Improved Patent. My /unily think it a decided
improvement, and recommend it as a saving
of labor and clothesland would not be without it.
J. A. REEDY, M. P., Chester, & G
Mr. Elder?Dear Sir: I have thoroughly teamed,
during the past three months, yonr valuauR
Machine. I beg to state that my fomily iStoo well
pleased with tta merits ever to partwitii it I witness
its performance weekly, and I am fblly convinced
that it surpasses all others in cheapness,
durability, ease and simplicity. None better can
be found. ?,
G. PURER, Pub. "Chester Standard.1'
I witnessed the operation of Mr. Elder's Wash- *
Ing Machine. Two aprons,, one toweL:one shirt,
ana two white hanakerehleft were thoroughly
cleansed in five minutes, by the machine.
. jaMes l. orr,
. .Governor of the State of S. C.
State and District Rights for Sale.^fc '4
Js?-Mr. F. M. GALBRAITH, of Torkville, to
my anthorized Agent. Any fomily can have the
priviledge of giving the machine a trial, by applying
to him. . F. ELDER.
JUT* Fisher A Lownnoe, Columbia, GenorahA"ents
for South Carolina. . /
August 29 18 r- -tf ;
PffTT, ATlKTrfHIA TOXYEESCTY *
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?_pjp ... ;.ii xl jiai jlj bu rujrxiiit ~x .
fl\HE Philadelphia University of Medicine and
1 Surgery was organized in 1848. Chartered by
the Legislature, February 26,1863.- Name changed
by a legislative enactment to the Eclectic Medical
College of Philadelphia in 1860. In 1868 it purchased
the Pennsylvania Medical College, established
in 1842, ana the Philadelphia Medical College.
-which had previously been merged into the
Pennsylvania Medical College. In 1864 it burchasea
the Penn Medical University. The Trustees
of the separate schools united, petitioned, and
obtained a special act of the "Legislature, consolidating
these institutions and changingtbeir names a
to that of the Philadelphia University of Medicine J
and Surgery, March 15, 1866. All these various V
acts are published in the statutes of Pennsylvania.
The oost of the building and museum was over
one hundred thousand dollars.. It will be observed
that the University, as now Organized, is the
legal representative of the four Medical Colleges
that It has absorbed. It is a liberal school of medicine,
confined to no dogma, nor attached to any
medical clique; but embraces in its teachings everything
of value to the profession.
Sessions.?It/ has two rail sessions each year,
commencing on the 1st of October, and. continuing
until the 1st of, January as its first session, and
from the 1st of January to the 1st of April as its
second; the two oonsututing one full ooune of
lectures. It has also a summer session, commencing
the 1st of April and continuing until August
fi>r the preparatoiy branches, such as Latin, Greek,
Mathematics, Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, Anatomy,
Physiology, etc. /.
Ticket*.?Tickets to the full coarse of lectures
$120, or $60 for each session. For the summer or
preparatory oourse $25. Graduating fee $30. To
aid yomng.men of moderate means, the University
has issued five hundred scho lore kips, which are sold
to first course students, for $7o. and to seqond
course students and clergymen for $50, each constituting
the holder a lira member, with the perpetual
privileges, of the lectures, and all the teachings
of the school. The only additional feefhre s
yearly dissecting and matriculating ticket, each of
wiuuu xa fu. ?
The Advantage* of Scholarship*.?The student
holding a scholarship can enter the College at any
time daring the year, attend as long as he chooses,
and re-enter the institution as frequently as desired.
- . . . .
It requires no previous reading or study to enter ^
the University on scholarships, nenoe, all private ^
tuition feesare saved. " I
Students, by holding scholarships, can prosecute
other business a part of the time.
The candidate for graduation can present himself
at any time, and receive his degree as soon as
qualified.
In case a student should hold a scholarship and . i
not be ableto attend lectures, itcaube transferred
to another, thus preventing any loss.
I Parents, guardians, or Mends of students wishing
to purchase scholarships for them a year or
I more before their attendance at the University,
can secure them by advancing one-half the price, |
1 and paying the balance when the student enters.
Physicians and benevolent men can bestow great
benefit upon poor young men, by presenting them
a scholarship, and thus enabling tneni to obtain an
honorable profession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent physicians
and surgeons. The University has associated
with K a large hospital clinic, where every
form of medical and surgical disease is operated
on and treated in the presence of the class.
College Building.?The College building, located
in Ninth Street, south of "Walnut, Is the finest in
the city. Its front Is Collegiate gothic, and is a- 1
domed with embattlemente and embrasures, presenting
a novel, bold and beautiful appearance.?
The facade is of brown stone, ornamented by two
towers, rising to the elevation of eightyjfeet, and
crowned with an emlmtUed parapet. The building
contains between fifty and sixty rooms, all
supplied With water, gas, and every other convenience
that modern improvement can contribute
to facilitate medical instruction. Only five hundred
scholarships will be issued, and as two hundred
and fifty are now sold, those who wish to secure
cm? should do so at once. Money cao be remitted
by express, or a draft or check sent on any
National Bank in the United States, when the
scholarship will be returned by mail, signed by
the President of the Board of Trustees, Jos. S. $
Fisher, Esq., and the Dean of the Faculty, W.
Paine, M. D- "-All orders fbr scholarships or other i;
business of the- University, should be addressed [
to Professor W. Paine, M. D., Philadelphia, Pa.
NL.'W BOOKS. I
PATNE'S PRACTICE OF MEDICINE,
A NEW Work just issued by W. Paine, M. D., I
J\ Professor of the Principles and Practice of v
Medicine and Pathology in the Philadelphia Unl- w
versity of Medicine and Surgery; author of Paine's . q
Practice of Surgery; a work on Obstetrics and Materia
Medica; author of New School Remedies; m
an Epitome of Eberlie's Practice of Medicine; a
Review of Homoeopathy; a work on the History a]
of Medicine; Editor or University Medical ana fl
Surgical Journal, Ac., Ac. It is a royal octavo of H
960 papes, and oontains a full description of all dis- .-1
eases Known in medicine and surgery, Including 'J
those of women and children, together with their * !
pathology and treatment by all the new and im- |1
proved methods. Price $7 ; postage 60 cents.
Address the author, 933 Arch Street, Philadel- J
phia, Pa.
ALSO, A NEW WORK,
Entitled New School Medicines, which is the only <JL
work ever published upon Materia Medica, em-, J/t
bracing all the Eclectic, Homoeopathic, and Bo tanic
remedies, with a fall regular Materia Medica.?
Price |o; postage free. \
Address as above. ... \
UNIVERSITY JOURNAL I
OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY.
ASEMI-htONTHLY Journal of Medicine, Sur-.
gery, Physiology, Hygiene, and General Literature,
devoted to the Profession and the People.
The cheapest medical paper in the world, published
every two weeks, at the University Build- i
ing. Ninth Street, south of Walnut.
Single copies....... .. ...$ i 00
Fivo copies to one address, 4 85
Ten ' ? 7 so
Fifteen " 44 9 30
Twenty 44.. 44 10 00
The getter-up of the club shall have one copy
gratis.
W. PAINE, M. D., Editor. 1
Philadelphia, Pa. I
May 23 4 tf |
C. E. BETCHLER & CO., J
WAo?Si WELE^Jte^ Ao^On'^Iain-atreet, I
to "Stowe's Hotel" Building, Torkville, S.C.
Jon? 27 0 1
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