Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, January 09, 1868, Image 4
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THE 8CHOOLMASTER ABROAD.
There is a certain little but very important
village up in the mountains of Virginia,
which was once encumbered with a "Board ,
of School Commissioners," or rather, a com- ,
mittee for the superintendence of all affairs j
pertaining to the education of the young.
Being in want of a teacher, they advertised (
in the county journal for "a well-disposed ,
moral man, who was capable of teaching the <
dead languages, did'nt chew tobacco or ]
drink whiskey." After a week or two, a j
raw-headed Yankee made his* appearance, ,
a pine stick and knife in one hand, and a
cake of ginger-bread in the other. <
The committee assembled, stroked their ,
beards and looked wise. f
"Well, sir," said the chairman, eyeing ?
the candidate from head to foot, "do you |
possess the necessary requisites for a public (
school teacher ?" s
"I guess I do," answered Slick, whittling .
his stick. j
"Do you understand latin ?" asked one \
of the committee-men, a dutch farmer. j
"I guess I do," replied Slick, again ,
rounding the end of the stick with his knife.
"Well?let's hear some of your latin," ^
said the Chairman. ?
"Quambo hie squashicum et pumkinicum ]
linqum," responded Slick, drawing his coat ,
sleeve under his nose.
"Dunder?" exclaimed the dutchman, L
* ? V ? _ G TT7l_ .?. x- 4.1
"isn aat latin i iiiiobh! uuiuux ; c
"Josephus," replied SlicK : "he says in
his life of Hancock?"Sic transit gloria ^
Monday morning?Hancockibus, quad, erat j
demonstrandum." ^
"Dai's goot!" exclaimed the Dutchman, ^
rubbing his hands; dere never vas petter
latins.' a
"Now, sir," said the Chairman, "I sup- j.
pose you understand geography ?" 0
"I guess I do," answered the candidate, j
sharpening the end of the stick.
"How far have you been ?" e
"As far as Nastytoecheese." " a
"What state is that in ?" g
"The state of desperation."
"What latitude are we in ?" t
"Accordin' to the thermometer, we're
ten degrees below zeno." ?
"Which is the most northern point of :
North America ?"
"Cape Qod." ^
"Good. Now, sir, let ns know how far t
your knowledge of mathematics extends, j
What's the area of a square acre of land ?" j,
"That depends upon the quality," replied
Slick, snapping the blade of his knife.
Well?suppose it to be good corn land."
* VY ay, men n uepeuus upun uie uuwucr ?
of hills." t
"Say fiyq hundred." b
"Guess you might as well tell a feller n
how many grains you plant to the hill ?"
"Five." / ?
"Then, 'cordin to Euclid, it would be seven
hundred and forty-two feet?horizontal- n
ly perpendicular."
"Excellent! Pray, sir, where are you v
from ?" }j
"Taunton, down in the Bay State?and t(
I can do most anything."
"No doubt?but there is one thing you n
cannot do, you can't humbug us. You may
retire." b
"Yes, 'Squire'," said Slick, bowing; "I a
spose I c*n kalkerlate on the place ? I've
gotten a brother who I recommend to you 0
for the primary department of the skule. j
He's a scrouger, I tell you." s
I never heard that Slick was appointed to c
wield the birchen sceptre in that quarter.
Staunton Spectator. s
MARRIAGES EXTRAORDINARY.
Botts?Bishop.?On Tuesday, by the 0
Rev. Thomas S. Hastings, Mr. Julian f
Botts to Miss Harriet Bishop. '
We thought the horses' ailments
Fell not to human lots; a
The Church is not exempt, it seems? f
A Bishop's got the Botes. ^
Bell?Bare.?On the 1st instant, the
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xiev. momas u. i>eu to :>nss Harriet j>are. ^
He once was deemed a bold man that ?
In Scotland dared to "bell the cat,"
Bat now-a-duys e'en churchmen dare b
Far greater feats, and bell the bear!
Which merits most renown ? pray tell; Ho
bells the bear?she bears the boll. I
Neill?Tier?On Wednesday, Mr. Wil- v
liara Neill to Miss Jane Tier.
A sad event, we rather fear, 1
She turned to kneel, and dropped a tear. a
Wright?Buck.?On Monday, by the [
Rev. Mr. Seals,. Henry W. Wright to Miss
Orila Buck. <
The parson seals their fhtc?'tis very clear, J
She's right for once?the buck has'got its dear.
Cobb?Webb.?Last week, Mr. John .
Cobb to Miss Kate Weeb.
fl
A gruff old fool, who sits now just beside us, T
Says in our ear, "Look out for little spiders.," 1
Steed?Curry.?On the 9th instant, g
Thos. Steed, Esq., to Miss Sarah E. Curry, a
Said Brown, "Tom Steed's so very small, !
I fear he will be Harried." fc
"Ob, no," sjiid Jones, "a steed's a horse,
And a short one is soon curried." ^
Turn?Turn.?On the 14th, Mr. Joseph }
Turn to Miss Mary Turn. v
"Let's hope they wero good children both, 1
And honored well their loving mother. (
We can't complain in such event, !
For "one good turn deserves another."' J
Moore?Moore.?On the 1st, Mr, Wil- 1
liam Moore to Miss Maria Moore. *
The happiness they will enjoy
Is great beyond degree? t
"Rut when tlifiv hnvn u little "mnnre "
O, won't it greater be?
Williams?Williams.?On the 29th (
ult., Mr. William Williams to Miss Lizzie
Williams, both of Williamstovrn.
jggf "For further particulars see small i
bills."?Native Virginian.
I
flgy Mr. M , a doctor at W , had ]
to pay what he considered his last visit to
an elderly laboring man on Adisham Downs. .
He had left him in the last stage of illness j
the day before, and was not surprised on j
calling again to find him dead, but did ex- ]
perience a little astonishment at seeing the j
bed on which he had been lying, now with- ,
drawn from under the body and placed in ,
the middle of the floor. To his remarks j
the answer given by the woman who had ]
officiated as nurse was : <
"Dearee me, sir, you see there was part- ]
ridge feathers in the bed, and folks can't
die upon game feathers, no how, and we
thought as how he never would go, so we (
pulled the bed away, and then I just pinch- ,
ed his nose tight with one hand, and shut ,
his mouth close with t'other, and poor dear,
he went off like a lamb." # Another old wo- \
man, who attended a sick child with exem- (
plary patience, who lingered on long after the
case had been pronounced hopeless, on i
being questioned as to the particulars of its ]
decease, replied:
"Ah ! poor dear, he lived on, and on, and
on; and then be got so terribly bad, surelg, j
nothing would ease him, so at last we were i
forced to squdge him under the blankets." i
?<st the game Circle.
A QUARREL ABOUT A STRAW.
A STORY FOR CHILDREN.
There have been a great many quarrels
imong grown up children?called men and
(vomen?about straws, or things of no more
importance.
Robert and Rachel were growing up
][uite tall, for the latter was between eight
ind nine years of age, and her brother a
fear older; they ought, therefore, to have
known better than to quarrel. A sad
thing it is for young people to give way to
i hasty temper.
Rachel and Robert were at play togethjr,
under their father's study window, he
tvith his humming-top, and she with her
skipping-rope, when Robert, seeing a long
straw on the ground, and picked it up and
aegan to balance it on his finger. This he
lid very cleverly for some time, till his
3ister who was fond of a bit of mischief,
jave him a push, when down fell the straw
;o the ground. Robert, instead of taking
the act in a good-humored, way, rose up
nto a passion, and angry quarrel took
jlace.
"You are a provoking thing, Rachel! I
vanted to see how long I could balance the
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straw, and now you have prevented me. I
iav& a great mind to break your skipping ope,
that I have."
"Break my skipping-rope, indeed, you
>as8ionate boy! Do you think 1 am a
shild ?"
"Yes, I do think you are a child, and a
rerry silly child too. You are always dong
some ill-natured thing or other; I
vould not be a meddlesome girl for the
vorld."
"And I would not be a foolish, passionite
boy on any account. You are always
>reaking out in your temper, and speaking
tgainst girls, and giving yourself airs; but
! will leave you to play by yourself."
In a very tossing manner Rachel walkid
away, and soon began to skip and sing,
;s though she was happy. Robert, too,
eemed to be altogether taken up with his
lumming-top, whistling louder than usual,
hat his sister might hear him.
You cannot keep up a fire long without
uel, and anger, like a fire, requires feedng
to keep it burning. In spite of Ravel's
singing, and Robert's whistling, their
learts did not feel rightly. By degrees
hey came nearer together, and at last said
lobert, "Why cannot you come and skip
tore, Rachel ? There is plenty of room."
"So I would, Robert, if I should not be
n the way of your humming-top."
"Oh, you would not be in the way at.
11, and if you were, I would move farher
off. I was foolish in talking about
reaking your skipping-rope; I did not
lean to break it."
"No, I did not think you did. It was 1
rrong in me to call you names." s
"And I also said many things I ought ?
nt to nave spimeu. (
"It was all my fault for pushing you
,*hen you were balancing that straw; but
[ you will take it up again, I promise not
o touch you at all."
"And I promise that if you do, I will
ot again be so foolish as to go out of temper,
about it; kiss me, Rachel, and let us
e friends. You are a kind sister to me,
nd I ought to be a kind brother."
"And so you are a kind brother, Robert,
nly a little bit quick in your temper, and
am quicker still. But now pick up the
traw, for I should like to see how long you
an balance it wi hout letting it fall."
Robert turned round to pick up the
traw, and saw, to his surprise, his father
oming into the garden. The truth flashed
n the minds of both Robert and Rachel at
nee, that though they had thought their
ather was out walking, he had been in his
tudy all the while, and must have seen
nd heard all that had taken place; their
aces were almost as red as the roses on the
ieds that surround them.
"And what has been the matter ?" said
heir father ; "for your faces tell me that
,11 has not been right with you. What has
?en the matter ?"
"I quarrelled with Rachel, father," said
lobert, "but I was out of temper. I am
cry sorry that I went into such a passion."
"It was my fault, indeed, father," said
lachcl: "for when Robert was balancing
, straw, I gave him a push and made it fall:
t was mv fault." i
"My dear children," said their father,
'I know all about the matter ; and though '
' am glad to hear you own your faults, and
ry to excuse one another, yet I really did
eel ashamed and grieved that my children
hould be angry and quarrel about a straw.
t is not only weakness, but wickedness, to
;ive way to bitterness. If you love one
,nother, you should bear with one another,
[hough you now are friends, you cannot
dot out from your memory the ill-natured
vords you have spoken, and the hard names
rou have called each other. Do be more
vatchful over yourselves; for 'He that
lath no rule over his own spirit is like a
:ity that is broken down, and without walls.'
?rov. xxv. 28. And do also be more eariest
in your prayers to your Heavenly Fa,her,
that a spirit of love may be given you.
\sk him to help you by his Holy Spirit,
hat you may be more and more like Jesus ;
ind you may learn how to forgive one an- <
)ther." i
TIIE LORDS' DAY AT HOME.
"The general aspect of this holy day
which we would encourage," writes Dr.
Hamilton, "is not that of sternness, of morbid
sensitiveness of crouching will worship,
but that of settled, solemn stillness. One
word would interpret all we desired as best
agreeing to it, without and within?serenity.
We rejoice when it breaks in elementtal
peace ; with balmy breath and cloudless
beauty. We rejoice when it departs with
the tranquility of a sunset which is disturba/l
Ktt nn nnrrrv blast-. or tmnnpst, rnok. Yof
ew VJJ ww ?"6V ? 1
more do we rejoice when the tumult of the
people is still. The collisions of life no
longer chafe. The dizzy wheels of society
stop. City, village, temple and home, lie
bathed in unearthly calm.
"Our appeal is to Christian parents.
Do you respect the Sabbath and teach your
children to respect it ? Is it the memorial
of your roof-tree ? Is every duty and pleasare,
journey and visit, subordinate to it ?
Do you let them see that nothing is suffered
to interfere with it ? Do you instruct
them in the peculiarities of your faith ? Do
pou impress upon them the ordinance of
this day ? The remembrance of the Sabbath
day is the life of Christian families."
Great talent renders a man famous,
great merit procures respect, great learning
esteem, but good breeding alone insures
love and affection.
|Jrjrartuirttt.
Fron tlio Chronicle and Sentinel.
TO SOUTHERN" FARMERS.
Permit one of your number to address to
you a few words, the result of his own reflections
upon the state of things as they now
exist. Unaccustomed to the use of the pen,
he does not expect to attract you by anything
but homely, common sense. When
the people of the South realized that their
resources were exhausted, and their cause
lost, they, with one voice, gave up the contest,
and accepted the terms proposed by
the Government, and it is a source of pride
to-day, that they have adhered to the bargain
on their side, through "evil and good
report." The bitterest enemies we have,
amidst all the abuse and vituperation which
they have unsparingly heaped upon us, have
never had hardihood enough to charge the
contrary. We were all bankrupt when the
war closed, and the question forced itself
upon each one, "What can I best do to
~.?oa1P on/1 +Vi/vao urbn
UllfcltC a 3UppUll> 1UI III J OCll Cfr&tvi vuwgv ?,
depend upon me?"
We were not all agreed as to what our
true policy was. Some of us thought we
ought to plant cotton sparingly, and raise
grain and stock, so as to be independent of
the rest of the world. But the majority
were of a different opinion. They thought
there was an opportunity to jegain a portion
of our lost wealth. Cotton was bearing
a fine price. We had the lands. The
old laborers would hire, and, by using what
little means we had, and all the credit we
could get, we would make a bold push for
the recovery of our section from its terrible
condition of bankruptcy and destitution.
The first season was unpropitious, which,
with the bedevilment of Bureaus, &c.,
made a failure. We lost all we had, but
the West prospered as of yore, for we still
bought her corn, bacon, mean whiskey, et
cetera. The east made her usual profits,
because we still bought her products. The
Government was content because we still
paid heavy duties and onerous taxes. The
second year is coming to a close, and Our
Heavenly Father has been more than usuilly
beneficent in his seasons: but cotton
bas fallen below the cost of production,
md we are left far behind where we started
two years ago. These are stubborn facts,
lot of the imagination, but facts which every
man feels. What shall we do ? Complain
and growl and do the same thing over
igain ? I hope not. Growling will do no
rood. " We have no rights to complain ajout.
True, the cotton and tobacco tax
ivere expressly in violation of the Constitu;ion,
hut we have paid the tax and shall
lave to continue to do so. Growling only
nakes us contemptible, and is only matter
>f amusement to the men who impose the
sax. The victim robs the tyrant of the best
ialf of his triumph who berfrs his oppressions
with dignity and firmness. Shall we
ipply to^Congress for relief? Never! Have
rou any faith in a Congress who now, when
he fact is made manifest that ninety-nine
nen in every hundred who planted cotton
his year have been ruined by the operaion?the
crop not being sufficient to pay
he expense of making it?still adhere to
i tax of twenty-five per centum on the
jross production ? They promise to take
t off the next crop. Noble fellows! Does
mybody believe there is any sincerity in
heir action? I pity the poor creature
vho is green enough for such creduility.
Choir motive is too apparent to deceive
mybody. If they had been in earnest in
vishing to help the South, they would
stretch forth the hand now, when they see
he waves cngulphing us. No; they see
he game is likely to work to their own
mrt. They fear we will not plant a crop
>f cotton unless some strategy is resorted
.0. The West would like to sell more of
ler commodity to us, whether we prosper
>r go to perdition, and they hold out this
>ait to get a crop in the ground, and when
hat is accomplished and we are so far
:ommitted tnat retreat is cut on, an excuse
vill be found to put the tax on again. If
ve are as wise as ten-year-old boys ought
;o be, we shall not be in a condition to
;hank them to take the tax of the crop of
68?we shall not have a crop to take it
iff of. Our present distress grows out of
)ur idiocy in failing to raise our own supalies.
If the forty-odd millions of dollars that
vent from the single city of Atlanta this
pear to the west, for provisions, were now
n the pockets of our own people, where it
should be, we should not near the hourly
;omplaints of approaching starvation. The
;ruth is, the time of making money by
'arming is gone by in this section. We
icvcr did make much above the natural
ncrease of negroes, when we had the powir
to concentrate all the labor we employed,
knd now, when labor is so uncertain, and
laily becoming more so, it is impossible to
nake anything raising cotton. The people
>f the North may or may not believe what
diey assert about the improvement of the
negro. We will not dispute with them on
that subject. We kaow he is vastly more
iemoralized and unreliable than he was as
i slave. We know that it is worth his
labor to watch him and keep him from
stealing more than his work will amount
to, and if he is left unemployed, the responsibility
is not with us. We were
anxious to do the best, both for him and
ourselves, but, backed up as lie was, by
the agents of the Government, he has become
lazy and trifling, and to carry him
further with the cotton tax on his back, is
asking a little more than I am willing to
bear.
'i. he only road to independence for us is
in strict economy and the cultivation of
such crops as will give us a sure support
at home. We have been the overseers for
the rost. of the world lin to this time. We
had no ogency in bringing the negro to
this continent. He was forced here by
others for their own aggrandizement. We
have had all the plague of taking care of
him?have taken all the cursing and abuse
on his account?have worn out cur lands
to sustain him and build up other portions
of the earth; and, as soon as they
felt they could get on without him, they
have ruthlessly broken the bonds whicn
bound him to his duty and turned him
loose to poison our existence with his
thefts and robberies, and now ask that he
shall rule us for the time to come. But I
am not going to write anything about politics.
I am no politician. I have no faith
in politics or politicians. I only present
this view to show you the folly of relying
on the negro as a laborer. Let him take
care of himself. Let us plant only cotton
enough for the consumption of the mills in
our midst and such as may be erected.
There are a variety of crops we can make
for market. We have c jood sale for wheal
and with the same care and pains we cai
compete successfully with any portion ol
the United States. Our wheat is heavier,
makes more and better flour than the wheal
of the North, and that we can get intc
market a month in advance of them. We
may raise our own stock of all kinds, and
supply other markets after a few years.
Hay may be made very successfully witb
us. I speuk from experience when I say
this, for I have made the crab-grass hay the
last summer, and sold it at fifty dollars the
ton.
Now, all this looks well, but will the peo?le
fall in f This is the question. ''Am
in favor of legislation on the subject ?"
By no means! I have no more faith in
legislation to make a man plant correctly
than I have to pay people out of debt.
But public opinion may do a great deal tc
bring us to the right way. Now, before
nvxanminian^o n*a marla fnr Or?<?fVl?r VPftTV
ui i (mg^ux^uvo aio ui?uv *v? trMvwMv* j v??? j
let us agitate. It has been fashionable for
some years to use the word "traitor" in
connection with those who do not think the
man who will plant a full crop of cotton
the next year, will, whatever he intends,
prove an enemy to his section. I am not
asking others to do what I am not doing
myself. I have means to plant a heavy
crop of-jcotton another season, with the
land and' facilities to make it, I will say
equal to any; but I have resolved not to do
so. I make this resolve in the spirit oi
patriotism, and call upon my countrymen
to go with me in this good work. Adopt
the plan and we will drive want from our
doors, and be independent, let the wind
blow as it may. Follow our old track and
ruin and starving slavery will continue to
be our heritage. Georgia.
EFFECTS OF PERLASH. *
If our friends can in any way teach their
wive , daughters, or cooks, f to keep the
pearlash out of their bread, all the yellow
people, especially the yellow children, who
are supposed to be turned yellow by the
fever and ague, and billious fevers, will
soon be turned white- It is a great mistake
to suppose that the yellow countenances of
the West come from bile, when it is the
enormous quantity of pearlash eaten in the
I bread that is reflected through the skin.
Bread is the staff of life, it is said?and so
it is?but it is the staff of death, too, in this
country. Bad bread kills about as many
people here as bad rum. So many people
eat poisonous pearlash for bread, that they
die by inches. Dyspesia, that great monster
disease of the country, that deranges
the liver, brings on costivcness, and thus
finally kills the human victim, is half the
time "pearlash." Here in the East?out
of New England?we have driven off the
pearlash salseratus cook, but not altogether.
Pearlash lives here yet in bread, but in cities
and towns we have nearly whipped out
the murderers. In the distant Western
towns, beyond the good hotels of the lakes
and rivers, Pearlash, under the name of
Salaeratus, is King. It is not any wonder,
then, that the people of Bthe East turn yellow
West, and sicken, not of fever and ague,
billious and congestive fevers, but of
pearlash three times a day.?Journal of
Applied Chemistry.
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Secure the Leaves.?The woods are
now full oHeaves. Indeed they appear to
be more abundant than ever, but fanners
do not value them as highly as we think
they should. Eor barnyards especially
they are profitable to haul in. They are
obtainable too when there is little pressing
work on hand. Gathered up in heaps they
can be readily loaded in carts and wagons
with close shelvings by using either a cloth
some two or three yards square, or with a
wooden rake and the arm. Hogs are very
fond of them for litter, so are cows; and
for compost they are excellent. As oat
straw is now usually fed to cattle and rye
straw commands a high price in the market,
there is nothing left for the purpose of littering
but wheat straw. Hence forest
leaves should be held in higher estimation
than they commonly are.?Germantown
Telegraph.
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Thorough Tillage.?At one of the
Irish Agricultural meetings, one of the
speakers remarked, and the truth may be
well applied in this country:
"What brought out the immense agricultural
wealth of Scotland ? and what enables
the small farmer in Belgium, who, on 7 or
8 acres of light, sandy land, was able to do
better for himself and his family, than we
can do on twenty or thirty acres of land in
this country? It was not by allowing
three fourths of a light tillage farm to remain
in poor herbage, and making the other
portion pay the rent. It was because
the farmers in these countries he alluded
to, make agriculture a study, a duty, and a
pleasure, and because no man there would
keep one single acre of land more in his
possession than his capital and his means
would enable him to cultivate."
Poison Oak.?Having suffered severely
and often from the effects of the Poison
Oak, I can recommend to those similarly
troubled, a cure quite as effective and much
less disagreeable than Iodide of Potassa,
as published in your last number. The
application of coal oil to the parts affected,
twice eF-fchree times daily, will afford speedy
relief and in a few days effect a cure, as 1
have proved in my own case, several times
this season, and for the last time this week.
I am pursuaded that in cases of erisypilis.
Coal Oil will prove equally effective.
Correspondent Southern Cultivator.
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Valuable Advice.?Keep milk cows or
fat cattle in the same enclosure with your
sheep ; and dogs cannot molest them. This
is a secret worth hundreds of thousands tc
farmers and the State. It ought to be
published in every week's paper, and the
only return we ask is for every owner of
sheep to subscribe for our paper. Thirty
* ? h.*n i oh n/1 f h A ortn?/l
years experience uua coiaunoiicvi mo duuiiuness
of this advice.?Maryland Farmer.
Wagon Tikes.?A newspaper writer says
his wagon tires "wear out before they gel
loose," and the reason is he saturates the
felloes thoroughly with linseed oil before
the tires are set. The felloes are placed in
hot oil for about one hour, and are thus
rendered perfectly water-proof, so that th(
shrinking and swelling that loosen the tire
are prevented.
Dry Cows.?A corrspondent in the Q-er
mantoum Telegraph says:
On no account stint a cow in food be
cause she is dry, for if you do, a poor call
will be the result; for while dry, the co^
has two lives to support, hence the fact ol
her going dry, that the substance before
given in the ft>rm of milk may go on in the
form of food for the calf.
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Semi-Monthly, Monthly, or Quarterly Advertisements,
will oe charged Two Dollars per square
1 for each insertion.
Quarterly, Semi-Annual or Yearly contracts
will be made on liberal terms?the contract, however,
must in all cases bo confined to tho immedi>
ate business of tho firm or individual contracting.
Obituary Notices and Tributes of Respect, rated
as advertisements. Announcements of Marriages
and Deaths, and notices of a religious character, Tn.
serted gratis, and solicited.
Personal Communications, when admissa1
bile; Communications of limited or indivual interi
est, or recommendations of Candidates for ollices
of honor, profit or trust, will bo charged for as ad1
vertiseinents
JOB PRINTING
THE" S
Being now supplied with the t
. VERY BEST MACHINERY, j
And a fine assortment of I
NEW JOB T YPE
t!
And other Materia*, I
JOB PRINTING I
t!
Of every description, S
WILL BE NEATLY EXECUTED, j
TE11MS CASH.
THE NEW
WEED F^^^^MACHIt'E,;
Styled F. F., or Family Favorite. 1
TriE WEED SEWING MACHINE COMPA- d
NY, in addition to their well-known and high- c
ly appreciated No. 2, or Wheel Feed Machine, are f
now introducing their New Dhop Feed, or F. F. a
Machine, coutidontly asserting that it is tho most
simple, durable, compact ana beautiful piece of j
mechanism ever presented to the public.
It not only retains the principal essential points r
of tho former, but combines with them the many j!
and desirable advantages which render a positive
four motion feed so admirably adapted to light s
fain i 13' sewing, and at the same timo capable of ox- (
ecuting, with'the most unerring certainty and pre- F
clsion, all the heavier grades of ordinary work. ?
PniNciPAT. Agencies : 613, Broadway, N. York, i
.149, Washington street, Boston, 102, Washington
streot, Chicago. 1315, CJicsnut street, Philadel- f
pliia, Fa., and sold at most large Business Centres, j
jr-ii- Local Agents wanted everywhere. r
Tho Weed Sewing Machine was awarded the t
highest medal at tho Paris Exposition, July, 1867.
September 26 22 6m j
JUST RECEIVED J
Jk.T HOSE'S?
GROCERY AYD
Provision Store, j
a lot of fine I
BACON AND SUGAR-CURED HAMS, c
a well selected lot of (
fiTTAARK. COFFEE. MOLASSES. !
W ? ? 7 y _
Spices, Jellios, Pickles, Teas, Vermicelli, ^
Maccaroni, . c
MACKEREL, SHAD,>
100 SACKS SATjT, t
And other articles too numerous to mention.?
I am daily receiving supplies of Groceries of every
! description, which
I WILL SELL LOWER FOR CASH,
THAN THOSE WHO PRETEND
i To Sell at Cost!
I . W. E. ROSE. T
September 26 22 tf [
THE BEST TONIC IN USE. ,
MANUFACTURED BY i
IT' TJovbi.lr,
JL7X s ^ > JL' -M. A*. J1&. JLJLJL 1
CHARLESTON, S. C. J
January 24 39 ly* c
, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, $
York IJIstrlot. 1
Lewis JL Grist, vs. Setli W. Fowle A Co.?In the
i Common Pleas.?Attachment. n
WHEREAS, the Plaintiff did, on the 9th day
of February, 1807, tile his declaration against
! the Defendant, who, (as it is said) is absent from
! and without the limits of this State, and has nei- ^
ther wife nor Attorney known within the limits of "
' the same, upon whom a copy of the said declara'
tion might be served. It is, therefore, ordered,
, that the said Defendant do appear and plead to the
Declaration filed against him, on or beforo the 3d r
day of March, which will be in the year of our .
Lord, one thousand ciglithundrednnd sixty-eight,
I otherwise final and absolute judgment will be n
. given against him.
' J. F. WALLACE, c. c. c. p. <t 0.8.
? Clerk's Oflice, York District, S. C.
, March 7 45 lyq
i TO PRINTERS.
. mllE undersigned offers for sale the Printing J
X Material mentioned below: cheap for Cash.?
5 24 lbs Leads?cut to 14 ems Pica.
? 150 Advertising Rules?cut 14 ems Pica.
47 Brass Dashes?cut 14 ems Pica.
23 Parallel Cross Rules?cut 14 oms Pica.
13 Double Cross Rules?cut 14 ems Pica.
G "short" and 6 "long" Column Rules. Also,
the "Head Rules" formerly used on the "Enqui- t
- rer." One
36-inch roller mould, in good order, and sev- '
P eral book, newspaper and Job chases. The roller
' mould will lie sola for $15.
r Also, ono 3-inch Screw Standing Press with 300
p paper and 10 wooden boards. The Press, Ac., is "
in good order, and will be sold as it stands?for one
i hundred dollars in cash. Cost $140 previous to the 1
? war.
Also, 350 Ebs Nonpareil?but little used?at 40 i
cents per pound. L. M. GRIST.
tyowtriUe
FOB 1868 !
TOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE 0? CLUBS
OKU HUH DEED AND THIBTY-HVE DOLLARS IN
PREMIUMS.
A STORY OF TEE LATE WAR.
CURRENT NEWS OF THE DA Y?INTER
ESTINO LOCAL HISTORY?AGRICULTURAL
MATTERS; POETRY HUMOR,
MARKET REPORTS,
etc., etc., die.
ON THURSDAY, tho Second day of January,
1888, tho YORKVILLE ENQTJIRER wfll
inter the fourteenth year of its publication, and
ho proprietor takes* pleasure in informing the
lublic, that arrangements have been completed
vhoreby tho papor will lose none of the interest
which lias characterized it heretofore.
Mr. JAS. WOOD DAVIDSON wiU continue
lis versatile-,and trenchant Contributoriala from
he State Capital, and will keep the readers of the
ENQUIRER fully posted on all matters, within
lis province, which are worthy of being known
ind recorded.
An arrangement has been made to oontinue the
lerviccs of WM. II. BRAWLEY, Esq.. as a Conributing
Editor from Chester, who is charged
vitli the duty of furnishing to the ENQUIRER,
til matters of local interest to the people of Cheee'r
District. * From the energy lie has displayed
lerctofore, the Proprietor feels assured that the
'eadcrs of tlio ENQUIRER, in-Chester District,
vill realize the fact that "a ohiel's amang them
akin notes, and faith, he'll prent 'em."
As a contribution to the local history of York
district, thero will be published, during the year,
t HISTORY OF BETHESDA CHURCH.
Vritten for the ENQUIRER by the late lamented
lev. Jonn S. Harris, to which will be added &
r.ort mograpnicai sicetcii or uie aurnor, rogemer
"ith a list of the members of Bethesda congregaion,
who fell in the late war. The history goes
jack to tho organization of the CI: arch, anterior
o the Revolutionary War of1770, and will possess
;rcat interest to all readers who are familiar with
hings portaining to York District.
The general conduct of the paper will be the
ame as heretofore?presenting in each issue an
nterestlng melange, suited to the testes and wants
if eveiy class of readers. The MARKETS of
forkville, Chester, Charlotte, Columbia, Charleson
and Now York, will be reported from latest
lutes. THE FARMER will find his column ocupied,
as usual, with seasonable articles ; whilst
hose who love to "laugh and grow fat," will be
jresonted with the accustomed repast of WIT,
IUMOR and SENTIMENT.
THE ENQUIRER will keep up closely with
he News of the Da y?with equal care eschewing
lie discussion of political or vexed questions, ana
voiding the insertion of any reading matter which
rill detract from the character it assumes as
i. LiTEMKY ill MAT IETSF&FIE.
The Proprietor takes pleasure in announcing
hat early in the year, the publication of an ORIGNAL
STORY OF THE LATE WAR will be
ommcnced. The story is from the pen of Mr.
OHN WITHERSPOON ERVIN, of Manning,
I. C., who is probably one of the best writers in
his department of literature in the Southern
Itates. Tho Story is of a LOCAL CHARACTER,
nd is one of the most entertaining that has been
ffered to the Southern publio in many years,
t is entitled
"ISOLETTE, THE FEMALE SPY,"
A Story of Charleston and the War.
The scone is laid in Charleston and onthe islands
n tho vicinity, from whenco some of the princi>al
characters are transferred to Virginia. The
Itory is FOUNDED ON FACTS, and some of the
haracters are yet alive. To those who <?re partial
o this kind of literature, the Story will be worth
,t least a year's subscription to tho ENQUIRER.
In order to reward thoso persons wlio may be
lisposed to assist us in procuring subscribers, the
Proprietor has determined to otter the following
VALUABLE PREMIUMS
or the Largest Clubs:
A WEED'S SEWING MACHINE, which will
lost in New York, Sixty-five Dollars. This
nachine is represented to na, by perso-ia who are
udges, as being equal to any that is made, and
vorth the monoy at which it is rated.
The next Premium, in value, will be a COMPLETE
FILE of the YORK VILI E ENQUIRER
or eleven years?from 1855 to 1867?bound in
i substantial manner, and embracing FOUR
jARGE BOOKS. This premium is reckoned to
ie worth Fifty Dollars, and containing, as it
ioes, a running history of the period embraced, is
great value as a medium or reference, besides
urnishing a largo quantity of reading matter at
11 times interesting.
The next Premium, in value, is one of AMES'
)OUBLE CORN SHELLERS, worth Twenty
Dollars. This machine if substantial and well
node, and is altogether worth the price fixed upon
L
_^?*The person making the largest Club of
ubscribers, at 31 75 each, in Specie, or $2 50 in
Jurrency, will be entitled to the first choice of
iremiums; the person making the second largest,
he second choice ; and the person making the
hird largest, the third choice.
. The Premiums will bo awarded to the snccessnl
competitors ON THE FIRST MONDAY IN
FEBRUARY NEXT, at 3 o'clock, p. m. The
tames should be sent in, however, as tney are obained;
additions being made to the lists up to
he day of award. No names will be counted unit
paid for. It is not required that members of a
Hub shall be all at one post office, but the paper
vlll be forwarded as desired. Persons who are
lrcady subscribers, may join clubs, and comnence
from the date to which they, have paid.
TERM8-IN ADVANCE.
specie. currency.
)NE COPY, ONE YEAR,...? 2 50 ? 3 60
:WO COPIES, ONE YEAR, 4 50 6 00
niVE " " " 8 75 12 50
?EN " " " 17 50 25 00
)NE COPY, SIX MONTHS, 1 25 2 00
To persons who makeup CLUBS OF TEN
)R MORE NAMES, but who may fail to obtain
.prize, wo will send the ENQUIRER, one year,
fREE OF CHARGE ; and to those who send a
JLUB OF TWENTY OR MORE NAMES, but
vho may fail to obtain a prize, we will forward a
odv of the ENQUIRER, one year. FREE OF
llSXRGE, and a copy of either" '"the Land We
jOve," "Godey'sLiwIy'sBook," "Peterson's Magizine,"
or any weekly newspaper published In
he Southern States. Address
W,
December 5 32 tf
18681
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Pronounced by the Southern Press to be the most elegant
and talented young people1 s paper
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1X7E are now publishing MAROONER'S ISLf
T AND, a Sequel to the Young Marooners,
nd Jack Dobell, or a Boy's Adventures in Texas,
iy one of Fannin's men?pronounced equal to the
jest of Mayno Rcid's stories." We snail begin,
n the first number of 18(18, a thrilling story, by a
ady of Virginia, entitled "ELLEN HUNTER:
1 Tale of the War," which will run for several
nonths.
Among the regular contributors to BURKE'S
VEEKLY are Rev. F. R. Goulding. author of
'Tho Young Marooner's;" Mrs. JaneT. H. Cross;
drs. Ford, of Rome, Ga.; Miss Mary J. Upshur,
?f Norfolk, Va., and many others.
Tkrms?$2 a year in advance; Three copies for
15; Five copies for $8: Ten copies for $15, and
Fwenty-one copies for $30.
Clergymen and Teachers furnished at $1.50 per
nnurn.
The volume begins with tho July number.
Back numbers can be supplied from the first,
,nd all yearly subscribers may receive the num>ers
for the "first six months, stitched in an elegant
illuminated cover. Address
-T W RTTRKE A CO..
Publishers, Macon, (5a.
December 23 35 tf
[ HE GREAT POPULARPAfERi
fl! HilliSTll HUT IIIS.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE
SIX DOLLARS A YEAR.
DHE CHARLESTON TRI-WEEKLY NEWS
Three Dollars a Year--Two Dollars for
Six Months.
TERMS, CASHINADY AJTCE.
sar No Paper sent unless the Cash accompanies
ne Order.
jar No paper sont for a longer time than paid
or. RIORDAN, DAWSON & CO.,
Proprietors.
L. M. GRIST, Agent, YorkviUe, S. C.
December 23 35 tf
C. E. BETCHLER & CO.,
rrrATCHMAKERS and MANUFACTURERS
MM of JEWELRY, Ac., Ac. On Main-street
n "Stowe'a Hotel" Building, Yorkville, S. C.
June 27 g ly
)
1
STOVES.
TTTST RECEIVED, A LARGE AND COMtl
PLETE assortment of ?
COOKING STOVES. 4
t Also, a few
| HEATING STOVES.
! PRICES FROM $20 TO |7?, CURRENCY.
All orders shall receive prompt attention, and
) Stoves purchased from us wfenuited to give satisi
faction.
> G. W. CURTIS &%?O., Chester, 8. C.
i October 17 1887; 23 6m
PIEDMONT "
! LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
1 OF VIRGINIA.
1 rivHE Subscriber respectfully informs the public
| X generally that he nas accepted the Agency of
the above Company, and is now prepared to issue
policing of LIFE INSURANCE. The solvency
of the Company is certified to by the Court Officers
of Nelson county, Virginia, and is commended
to those who deelre to support a "Home Institution.
jTA. McLEAKfr
At the store of J. & E. B. Stowe.
THE OHJECT
Of this Company is to insure life?not indeed
* to prolong life?but by paying a certain sum to the
beneficiaries of a policy when you die?thereby to
continue the exertions, investments and benefits
of your life to your dependents, alter your life Is
terminated.
However well prepared a man may be in/i spiritual
point of view to meet the "king of terrors,"
if he De possessed of a thoughtful mind and a feel- ^
ing heart, he can but look with sad forebodings to m
that finale of his earthly career which is to deprive
his fond wife and helpless children of that support
' and fostering care which his ann has furnished.
He shudders as his mental gaze looks within the ?
gloomy portals of the grave and leaves behind
those whom be loved, as vagrants roaming tho
friendless, tbornv paths of public charity! Yet,
alas 1 how many do it 11 when a small present outlay
would gild their troublous road with ease and
comfort, if spent in a Life Insurance Policy. Header,
are you not liable to this sad death-bed reflection
of the unseen trials you bequeath those you
leave behind, bv neadectinir this cAeav vrottciion
which we now urge upon you? If your mind
were easy on this subject; if you could feel when
you "shuffle off this mortal coil" your family
were provided for. you would be relieved of tho
carklng anxiety that fills every worthy mind at
such fears: you would be better prepared to pursue
your avocation with mental comp<; .ure and
zeal. We do not mean to assert that money can fill
the piace of a fond father, yet we do aseert, what
you know to be true?money will prove their beat
earthly friend when yoo are gone; and you can
leave them this certain friend now while you are
living.
Can you?'will you reftise 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
'My stand a hundred years; but your life cannot
lart so long?your "lamp of life" must,bum out
some day. You argue it is prudenttomsureagainst
uncertain misfortunes to your property, and
yet neglect a certain event which will and must t
come to your body. Is this consistent wisdom and
prudence? We admit and assert the prudenco of w
the first, but assert the greater wisdom and neccs- |
sity for the last. Ask yourself tho question, are
yon doing right to neglect this opportunity to provide
effectually for youn family in case of your
death, while you have.it in your power? And -1
bear in mind?now. this moment may be your last
chance?death is after you! When once his "rugged
scythe shall clip the brittle thread of life," the
ghastly panorama of want and suffering will be o- J
pened to the sighing hearts von took card of while
I you lived. Remember! only while in health?be,
fore age, with attendant diseases come upon you?
before yon begin to loiter in sad sickness on the
ve*ge of the grave?only while living?mentally
. and physically living?can yon obtain a Life Insurance
Policy. Life is a vast battle-field?death is
always the final victor?and while we do hot 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 provided for your
femily before that trvmg hour comes. By having
your life insured you 'tdisarm 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
shivering group stand around her scanty fire and
cry for bread: "Oh I that my husband had insured
Ids life! If he could have foreseen my lamentable
state he would have done so. He was kind
1 and good to all, and supposed that all would be
kind and good to us; but alss, 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 fancy sketch, for J
many such a scene has really existed. A .
"&3U JOHN R. ALLEN is the Agent of the' above
Company at Chester.
October 10 24 tf ^
SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD,
[glgttfl flQflJ MHUlr 'JZ03,
yfyWPr 9pyr-TKiF4^H|
GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, , j
Charleston, S. C., October 3, 1867.
ON and after OCTOBER 6,1837, the Passenger
Trains on the South Carolina Railroad will
run as follows, viz:
Leave Charleston for Columbia, 4.30 a. m.
Arrive at Kingsville, 11.15 a. m.
Leave Kingsville, 11.40 a. m.
Arrive at Columbia, 1.10 p. m.
Leave Columbiia, 10.00 a. m. :
Arrive at Kingsville 11.35 a. m.
Leave Kingsville,... 12.05 p. m.
Arrive at Charleston, 7.05 p. m.
Leave Charleston for Augusta, 10.40 a. m.
Arrivj at Augusta, 7.40 p. m.
Leave Augusta, 3.40 a. m.
Arrive at Charleston,. 12.20 p. m. The
Passenger Train on the Camden Branch will
connect with up and down Columbia Trains and
Wilmington and Manchester Railroad Trains on
MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS and SATURDAYS.
Night Express Freight and Passenger Accommodation
Train will run as follows, on and after
the 8th instant, viz:
Leave Charleston for Columbia 5.40 p. m.
Arrive at Columbia, 5.00 a. m.
Leave Columbia, JhOO p. m.
Arrive at Charleston, .3.20 a. m.
Leave Charleston for Augusta, 7.30 p. m. ^
Arrive at Augusta,....-. 6.50 a. m.
Leave Augusta, 4.10 p. m.
Arrive at Charleston, 4.00 a. m.
H. T. PEAKE, Gen'l Supt.
October 10 24 tf
THE ARLINGTON"
MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY)
OF VIRGINIA,
T1ECENTLY organized with abundant capital,
JXr and controlled by some of the most competent
business talent of Richmond, Va., offers to IN
?U ttJCi J 4i v XjO, upon leruio us uuunti as any ouier
Company in the Union, either upon the participating,
non-participating, cash, or part note system.
Tne insecurity of property, ana the uncertainty
of life, appeal powerfully to every man upon whom
devolves a family for support, to invest a part of
his income in some permanent way, to provide for
them after his death. The following are examples
showing the annual premium upon $1000for life:
Axe. Annuel Prem'm. Age. Annuel Prern'm.
20 $13 80 45 $29 00
25 15 80 50 35 20
30 18 30 55 .. 44 80
35. 21 20 60 57 80
40 24 80 65 72 10
Thus, a mere pittance of a man's annual income
will provide a competent fund for the support of
his family in the event of his death. It is the duty
of every man to do this.
JAMES F. JIART, Agent,
Yorkvflle, S. C.
Oct 3 ^23 tf
THE CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
TJUBLISHED Daily and Weekly in Augusta,
J"Z Ga., is the oldest newspaper in the State. Established
in 1794, it has ever since that lime 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 chospn medium through
which the master minds of the State address tno
people, its value as a conservative political paper
is second to none, while its numerous and reliable
i correspondents make it a first class NEWS AND
jtamlei* journal. ,
TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION:
Daily, one Month, * $ 1 00
" Three Months, 2 50
" One Year, 10 00
Weekly One Year, 3 00
1 " Six Months, 1 50
pfr Subscriptions for the Chronicle and Sentinel
1 received and forwarded at the Exquibeb Office.
. August 15 10 tf
RAGS WANTED.
mwo CENTS perpound, IN SPECIE, will be
I paid for all CLEAN Cotton or Linen RAGS
delivered at the ENQUIRER OFFICE.
' KiyfVPis.
1 LOT of POCKET KNIVES, from 15 cents to
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