Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, February 20, 1868, Image 4
Ijttitwm Department.
THE LOCAL ts. THE LECTURER.
The following story may have been told
before, but will bear repeating over, as it
will probably be appreciated by all keen
enough to see the point. It is in two parts,
the first being entitled, "What the Local
said of the Lecturer."
The lecture last evening was a brilliant
affair. The hall ought to nave been filled.
We are sorry to say, only forty persons
were present. The speaker commenced by
saying that he was by birth an ecclesiastical
deduction : gave a learned description
of the devil, and his skill in sawing
trees. Among other things, he stated that
the Patriarch Abraham taught Cecrops
arithmetic. We trust the eloquent divine
may be induced to repeat the lecture at some
future day.
Part Second?"What the Lecturer said
of the Local."
Dear Sir: In a report of my lecture in
your beautiful city, you have made some
few mistakes which I wish to correct. You
make me speak of myself as by birth an
"ecclesiastical deduction." What I said
was, that I was not by birth, but only ecclesiastically
a Dutchman. Instead of speaking
of tha-devil as sawing trees, I spoke of
him as towing tares. I said nothing of
Abraham, but spoke of the Arabians as
nomads of patriarch simplicity. I said that
Cecrops was the founder of Athens, and instructed
the people in agriculture.
"Buy any butter here?" said a
country customer, who walked into a dry
goods store in Springfield, 111., and looked
much like a character who knew a great
deal more of himself than he cared-to tell.
"No, sir, we don't wish to buy any," replied
the merchant.
"Want any eggs ?'*
"No, sir, we keep a dry goods store here."
"So! wa'l then, may be you'd like to buy
some fat chickens?fat as pigs, and a
mighty sight nicer, tew."
"No, sir, I tell you we don't deal in any/
thing but dry goods."
"Couldn't I sell you a nice fat shoulder
of pork ?"
"I tell you, sir, we deal in dry goods exclusively."
"Wa'al, what'11 you give for dried ap
phs?" _________
flgy* The pastor of a city church was
catechising the pupils of his Sabbath school,
and remarked :
"Remember, dear children, that God is
everywhere."
The words had hardly escaped his lips,
when a roguish little fellow rose up and
said-to the pastor:
"Please sir, did you say that God was
everywhere ?"
"Yes, my son; everywhere."
"Is he in my pocket ?"
"Yes, he is in your pocket."
"Well, I guess I've got you there," was
the triumphant retort; "because I ain't got
any pocket."
J8&* A man and wife were sitting at
breakfast the other dav?the husband try
ing to read the paper, while the wife was
lecturing him on his dissipitated hours.
- ~ He suddenly itwiecti up from his p*pcr ami
said: "Here's a perfectly correct sentiment.
A writer in this paper says, the
best capital to begin life with is a capital
wife J" "That is very true, dear," replied
the wife smiling, thinking that her
remark would elicit a compliment, "but
where can you always get them ?" "In the
deaf and dumb asylum, of course." As
sympathetic novelists says, "we will not
further invade this scene of quiet domesticity."
The Californian publishes the following
Sunday-school address delivered in
that State, with the view of inculcating
moderation and kindness on the part of the
strong toward the weak.
"You boys ought to be kind to your sisters.
I once knew a bad boy who struck
his little sister a blow over the eye. Although
she didn't fade away and die in the
summer time, when the June roses were
blowing, with sweet words of forgiveness on
pallid lips, she up aud hit him over the
head with a rolling pin, so that he couldn't
go to Sunday school for more than a month,
on "account of not being able to put his hat
ft
on.
An Apt Illustration.?We heard a
very worthy old freedman, who is begin.
iiing to understand the working of the
League, give his opinion of it the other day
as follows:
"I tell you, de League and de darkies
jist remind me of when old mass'r an me
use to put up de fattenin hogs. I'd take
some corn and scatter it-'long, and soon as
de hogs 'ud tast it, dey'd follow right 'long
picking up de grains, and never looking ahead;
and de fust thing dey know'd dey
was in the pen an de gap up ! An' dere
dey staid till we knock'n em on de head."
jjgf In a town in Maine there lived a man
who, though yet in middle, age, had put on
mourning for three wives. In the course oi
time a fourth was brought home, and in the
course of her clearing up and putting things
to rights, she found in the attic a long piece
of old board, and was about launching it
out of the window, when little Sallie interposed
and said : "Oh don't, mamma! that is
the board papa lays out his wives on, and he
wants to save it!" Nevertheless, out il
went. *
B?*. The majesty of justice was fearfullj
sustained by Lord Eskgrove, the English
judge, who, is related, once sentenced t
tailor for murdering a soldier in these words;
"And not only did you murder him, whereby
he was bereaved of his life, but you die
thrust, or push, or pierce, or propel the lethal
weapon through the belly-band of his
regimental breeches, which were his majes
ty's." ^
ggj0' A boy of six summers surprised hii
mother with the remark: I have three fa
thers!" "Who are they ?" was the mater
nal inquiry. "My father who buys nr
clothes is one; George Washington, the fa
ther of our country is another; and "Ou
-Father who art in Heaven," is another!'
Turning to his little sister, he said : "I
you are not a good girl, God won't be you
father."
Hg^"Job printing!" exclaimed an ol?
woman the other day, as she, peeped ove
her spectacles at the advertising page of
country paper. "Poor Job ! they've kep
. hiin printing, week after week, ever since
first learnt to read ; and if he was'nt th
most patienest man that ever was, he neve
could have stood it so long, nohow."
IpSttHaiuwttjS JUticles.
GAMBLING EXTRAORDINARY.
The newspapers have a story of Commc
dore Vanderbilt seeing a blackleg's bluff a
poker, and going a thirty thousand dolla
steamboat better ; but this is hardly up t
an affair of which we recollect reading Ion/
since in a Mississippi paper. In the day
when the Hon. Geo. Poindexter represent
ed the State in the Federal Senate, sa;
some thirty-five years ago, before the tim<
of railroads, he started from Natchez by ai
up-river boat on his way to Washington
The Agricultural Bank, having a heavy de
posit to make in one of the Pittsburg banks
intrusted the money to his charge. Befor
twenty-four hours had elapsed, some of th
sporting fraternity were making up a littlgame,
and invited the Senator to take i
hand, to which, nothing loth, he consented
The game ran about the usual course o
such things while the professionals were ta
king the measure of their intended victim
and guessing at the size of'his pile. Whei
these points were settled to their satisfac
tion, the business began in earnest. Ai
overpowering hand was dealt to Mr. Poin
dexter, upon which he made a small bet
and the others passed, with one exception
' Wlid ""Saw MuT* and went a thousand dol
lars better. To this he responded with an
other thousand dollars better, when th<
gambler replied, "I see your thousand dol
lars and go thirty thousand dollars better
for, perceiving that his customer was pretty
flush, he did not dare risk a few thousand
Poindexter replied that that was more rnone^
than he had, but he would put up his pile
which entitled him to a sight. This th<
other denied to be law. "Certainly," sai<
Mr. P., "I always understand that a gentle
man has a right to a show for his money.'
"Not unless it is stipulated beforehand
and the gambler appealed to the "gentle
men" present, who sustained him. "Come,'
said the rufiian, throwing down a well-fillc(
pocket-book, and laying his watch on thi
table. "I go thirty thousand dollars better
and give you five minutes to raise the mon
ey." Poindexter bid him to count his mon
ey; and there it was, sure enough, in goo(
bills. "Well," said he, rising, "I will se<
if I can find any friends who will furnisl
the funds," and he passed into the ladies
? ? i.:_ II,
CUDlll, in wmcn was uia auue iuulu. h<
lingered some time, and as the band wai
nearing the last minute, returned quietly
took his seat, drew a bulky pocket-bool
from his breast, and laying it upon the table
calmly said: "Sir, I see your thirty thou
sand dollars and go a hundred and twenty
thousand dollars better, and give you fiv<
minutes to raise the money." It was th<
turn of the astonished gambler to call for i
count, but before Mr. Poindexter goi
through with the hundred and fifty thous
and, lie threw down his hand?there being
too many spectators to make it safe to rais<
a row?and, with his companions, wen
ashore at the next wood yard .?Mobil
Times.
BAD SPECULATION IN BLACK CATS.
The statement that an enterprising Yan
kce has bought an island in the Ohio river
and has stocked the same with black cats
intending to go into the fur trade, has call
ed forth the following account of a simila
experiment wmcn' was made many year
ago by a gentleman who resided in Mary
land. The idea struck him that as the fui
trade was lucrative it would be much bettei
to raise animals nearer home than the re
gions of the North, and accordingly he pur
chased an island in Chesapeake Bay, stock
ing it with the blackest of black cats. H<
paid extravagant prices for the felines, am
all the boys in the adjacent country wen
extensively into the business of entrapping
unsuspecting Tommies and Tabbies, whicl
were immediately disposed of and sent t<
the aforesaid island.
The gentleman found the cats were pro
lific, and was soon compelled to employ tw<
men to live on the island and fish with i
seine, in order to supply them with food
At first, the fishermen had quite an eas^
time, and readily supplied fish in abundant
for their charges; Jbut the numbers in
creased, until whole legions of black cat
trooped over their island home, devouring
everything in the shape of food, and th<
***** ?% if imnneeiKln fn Purnicli fliA
iliuu 1v/uuu 1b lui^vggiwiv wv aiuaaawu vuv a v
quisite amount of nourishment. At last i
was determined that one of the men shouh
take a boat, and, returning to the main
land, report the alarming state of affairs
During the absence of the messenger, tin
cats became exceedingly bold, and the *c
maining party fearing for his life, lockei
himself up in his cabin, and prepared for i
siege.
The enemy, emboldened by this displa;
of fear, and urged on by hunger, surroun
ded the house, climbed up the sides, starin/
in at the affrighted man through the win
dows and apertures, keeping up the whil
the most hideous caterwauling. He care
fully stopped up every crevice, save th
chimney, but seeing and hearing ominou
falling of soot, which disclosed a determi
nation on the part of the beseiging force t
1 affect a surprise, he closed that opening al
[ so, and, Micawber-like, waited for "some
thing to turn up." For two days am
1 nights he was kept in this singular prison
1 with the dreadful howls of famished cat
1 ever resounding in his ears, and with sav
1 age eyes glaring at him continually.
At length a party arrived with guns, an
1 succeeded in succoring the man from hi
J truly awful position, but so numerous wer
: the cats, so fierce their aspect, and threat
ening their demeanor, that both the rcsci
r ers and the rescued were only too glad t
, leave this pandemonium of jet black cat;
t gaunt and ferocious as they were from stai
. vation.
' The animals all perished, and thus ende
[ one of the most extensive cat rearing ver
tures ever recorded.
} Luther's Solaces.?Luther, when studj
" ing, always had his dog lying at his feet;
dog he had brought from Wartburg, and <
3 which he was very fond. An ivory crucifi
. stood at the table before him. He workc
. at his desk for days together, without goin
j nut; but when fatigued, and the ideas bega
? to stagnate, he took his guitar with him 1
r the porch, and there executed some music;
> fantasy?for he was a skillful musician
p when the ideas would fly upon him as fres
r flowers after a summer's rain. Music w?'
his invariable solace at such times. Indeei
Luther did not hesitate to say, that, aft<
d theology, music was the first of arts. Mi
r sic, said he, is the arts of the prophets;
a is the only other art which, like theology
t can calm the agitation of the soul, and pi
I the devil to flight. Next to music, if n<
e before it, Luther loved children and flower
r The great, gnarled man had a heart as tei
der as a woman's.
JVpcnltal jptyHgtaMi j
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A CO.11 .T(ON ERROR.
>- A correspondent of the Country Gentlet
man writes the following correction of a
r common .error, as to the origin of weevils
0 and cheat in wheat. He had been attendy
m i.*. 9 9 # i f
g ing a trial in Ohio, at which this subject was ?
r submitted to the witnesses, and says: C
Y "On the witness' stand were farmers, mil- j
e lers and wheat dealers; and I was not a lit- l
a tie surprised to learn that all theso believed E
. that the weevil was inherent in the wheat; f
u that it was a sort of spontaneous production.
1 Their testimony may be summed up thus : .
e The weevil is in all varieties of wheat in- J
e herently, or naturally; "grows with its tJ
e growth," from the milk state onward ; ?
a, then when the grain is harvested, and un.
der certain favorable conditions, the insect
f "hatches," and manifests its existence by 1
r eating its way out of the grain of wheat; v
} but under Unfavorable circumstances, the ?
i insect does not hatch, but the wheat remains
. sound. No one seemed to know precisely, ?
- rti? dafinifalfr t.bpsft favnrfthlfi Of Unfa- q
. vorable circumstances were. b
} Does not this demonstrate how very care- e
5 less farmers and millers are in making oh- o
. serrations on what is really of great impor- ^
. tance to them ? This carelessness in obserg
vation is the parent of much mischief. If
. farmers and millers believe the weevil is in'
herent irf the wheat, they will not take the
j pains to have their bins or granaries as habitually
clean and free from insects, as they
j would if they knew and believed that the
} insect was propagated like "rats or mice."
B The firm belief, yet far too prevalent here
J in Ohio, that wheat under certain jlliiditions
. changes into "cheat," or chess, is produc'
tive of much mischief, in so far as keeping
' the fields and seed clean is concerned.
. Many believe that wheat turns into chess,
? and that then the chess will not germinate,
1 but the next crop of chess has or will origi3
nate from the wheat.
} Last winter a very straightforward and
. honest farmer sent to me perhaps a half a
. pint of ceralia, put up in two parcels : the
i one portion was of the imported seed wheat,
3 which he had sown in. the fall of 1865; the
1 other portion was of the crop harvested in
' 1866, from the same field in which the wheat
i was sown in 1805. The seed sown was a
3 beautiful soft amber wheat; the crop har- i
5 vested was rye ! Now this fanner firmly
i believes that the wheat was changed into
} rye?forgetting the fact that, during the
winter of 1865-6, nearly all the wheat was
r winter killed, and especially all the softer
} varieties, whilst the rye was from the crop
> sown in 1864 and harvested in 1865. It is ^
i a little singular that the classes of people
t above mentioned, cannot see that it is just .
. as rational to believe that wherever there 7
t is a stable there is a horse in it inherently,
\ as to believe that the wevil is inherently in f
t wheat; and just as rational and sensible to li
e believe that a flock of Vermont Merino
sheep will change during the winter to a tl
flock of South-Powns, or Cashmere goats, 1
as to believe that wheat changes to chess
or rye." d
NEW POINT IN A GOOD COW. n
"Dairyman," in the Practical Farmer, J
r for September, presents a point in chosing ,j
. tainly sound philosophy in it. Other things *
r being equal, he considers a cow which brings 8
r her first calf at a season of the year when |
. feed is fresh and tender, and most produc- r
. tive of milk, as the month of June, worth c
. twice as much as one that brings her first a
3 calf in winter. He says he saw a very ^
1 promising half Alderney heifer which took 0
t a premium at the Pennsylvania State Fair,
t for which the owner asked $60. He offered a
\ to give the price provided she was to calve c
3 in June, but finding sho was to calve in *
February $30 was all he would offer for k
. her. ?
j Long observation and experience with i,
t iieiters ana tneir suDsequeni cnnraccer as
milkers, have satisfied him that commencing
j milk in early summer is an indispensable t:
q condition to a good milker in after years, a
. and that the difference is fully oae-half in
g any grade of stock. The philosophy of the <j
y difference in favor of heifers coming in for
2 the first time in June, he states an follows:
. "The grass being then in the best condition q
t to produce a full flow of milk, all the parts
1 that tend to the secretion of milk are de- i
. veloped to their utmost capacity. The ud- "
der, the teats, and milk veins become en- \
2 larged, permanently ; and the best cows I ^
. ever raised we had to commence milking *
1 several weeks before they calved, to prevent I
? garget." {
The theory seems to be that the milk ves- j
y sels become fixed in their capacity by their J
. first use, or at least, that their subsequent j
t development will be after the type they *
! are first made to assume. It is not rea- c
e sonable to suppose that a heifer two years \
old, under any circumstances, will give j
e as much milk as the same animal will
s at four years old, with the same antece- J
i_ dents, and in this sense the milk-vessels i
o cannot be fully developed with the first *
|. calf, if the heifer be quite young. But it j
j. is reasonable to suppose that the type of I
j the lacteal vessels, in their proportions to \
u the age and general development of the i
s animal, will become fixed at the period al .
luded to, and the idea is well worthy the attention
of every farmer.
d L~ '
THE PEANVT CROP. ,
S i
e The Wilmington (N. C.,) Journal, in al- a
luding to this subject, remarks: t
'[m From the statistics compiled and pub- t
lisliorl in thn JournalL we find that the crnn 1
0 ^ "T "? ' ?' ? "f g
, of last year, including shipments as well as
sales, amounting) 62,450 bushels. This c
year the crop is variously estimated at from [
75,000 to 100,000 bushels?many think
lm the latter figures are nearer the mark. It 1
is estimated by the merchants that about
30,000 bushels of this year's crop have alj
ready been shipped.
a The Norfolk Journal of a late date says:
)f A very large portion of the peanuts used
x in the Union pass through the hands of our
id merchants. They are raised in the lowig
lands of Virginia and North Carolina, and
,n hardly anywhere else. Those from Virgin10
ia are used principally for eating purposes, ;
11 and those from North Carolinafor oil. Our ,
; farmers have turned their attention to the j
ih culture of the peanut much more of late '
is years than formerly, the cause of which is .
1, that they bring a much larger price than in
?r years gone by, being quoted from one dolu
lar and forty cents to two dollar s and sixty ;
it cents a bushel, according to quality. An 1
y, acre will produce more in this "pea than in
rt anything else, and by the application of 1
3t guano to our quick lands an abundant crop \
s. is obtained, and a very certain one. We j
a- hope that our farmers will grow peanuts '
more extensively than they have yet done f
or our system of cultivation must change ?
rrom large farms to small, and we must try
;o make every acre bring its utmost. j
1&* ?tfllviU( #uquiwr.
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rHE Subscriber will sell off a large Stock of stj
FANCY GOODS AND ARTICLES in his to
ne, for the next thirty days, at Cost prices. This
i no humbug, and persons in want of GOODS m
lT LOW PRICES, had better come and get ra
liem, as the chance will only "be allowed them Tor ar
'HIRTY DAYS, at the "York Drug Store." n<
HERE THEY ARE:
Call and see the splendid assortment of stan- f
ard articles I r*
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, Dolby's Carninative,
Mrs. Rodrlgues' 'Pulmonic Specific .
Elixir, Radway's Pills, Resolvent and Reauy Re- 81
Lei*; Kenneday's Rheumatic and Neuralgia Lininent,
Kenneday's Medical Discovery, Rub it In ar
r Bono and Nerve Iamuiant^Hostetter's. $tom- .
ch Bitters, Brake's Plantation Bitters, Gregory's 111
iyspepsia Bitters, Ai mar's Parasenia Bitters,
iandford's Liver Invigorator, Hoofland's German .
litters, Jaynes', Ayer's, Moll'att's, McLane's, rj
Jrandreth's, Wright's, Strong's, Radway's, Chap- M
aan's, Cook's, and a great variety of Bullock And
Irenshaw's Sugar Coated Pills.
Lubin's. Low's, Pivor's, Cordrav's, Rimmel's
nd other best English and French Pomades, Shaing
Creams, and Toilet Soaps, and Handkerchief "
Extracts in great variety, and cheaper than ever _
ffered in this market. ni
Beautiful and cheap Hair, Nail, Tooth, Clothes I
nd Flesh Brushes. . "
Splendid and common Dressing Combs of En;lisli
Horn, Buffalo, and Hard Rubber, aud Ivory
^ine-Tooth Combs, cheaper than over.
Charming Silver Gilt, Scotch Wood, and other
:inds of Puff Boxes, with puffs aud genuine Lu iii's
and Ramsay's flesh and tooth powders, and
11 kinds of pure "and genuine Medicines, in count
ess variety, lower man ever.
A large and well selected Stock of Varnishes,
'aints, Oils, Dye-stnfls, low down for Greenbacks.
Within the next Thirty days you can buy all "1
he abovo at and below cost, besides forty thons- J
nd other articles not named. Call quickly at the rt
YORK DRUG STORE. ai
January 23 4 tf 01
SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD, "
s
JENERAL SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, si
Chaiileston, S. C., October 3, 1807. c
PkN and after OCTOBER G, 1867, tho Passenger P
|_f Trains on tho South Carolina Railroad will
un as follows, viz:
jcave Charleston for Columbia, i.. 4.30 a. m. =
Lrrive at Kingsville, 11.15 a. m. J
jeave Kingsville, 11.40 a. m.
Lrrive at Columbia, 1.10 p. m.
jeave Columbia, 10.00 a. m.
Lrrive at Kingsville, 11.85 a. m. j
jeave Kingsville, 12.05 p. m. 1
Lrrive at Charleston, 7.05 p.m. |
jeavo Charleston for Augusta, 10.40 a. m. Cl
Lrrive at Augusta 7.40 p. m. d
joavo Augusta, 3.40 a. m. n
Lrrive at Charleston, 12.20 p. m.
The Passenger Train on the Camden Branch will g;
onnect with up and down Columbia Trains and a]
VDmington and Manchester Railroad Trains on
JON DAYS, WEDNESDAYS and SATUR- te
)AYS. w
Night Express Freight and Passenger Accomnodation
Train will run as follows, on and alter ei
ho 8th instant, viz: tc
joavo Charleston for Columbia 5.40 p. m.
Lrrive at Columbia, 5.00 a. ni. ?
jeave Columbia, 3.00 p. m. ?
Lrrive at Charleston, 3.20 a. m.
jeavo Charleston for Augusta, 7.30 p. m.
Lrrive at Augusta, 6.50 a. m. L
jeave Augusta, 4.10 p. in.
Lrrive at Charleston, 4.00 a. m. -
H. T. PEAKE, GenTSupt. 1
October 10 24 tf tl
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ton, Rico and Southern Produce, and Purchase
of Grain, Guano and Plantation Supplies. v
References?Messrs. Lambert, Gittings A Co., v
Baltimore; Messrs. J. D. Aiken A Co., Charlesion;
James Pagan, Esq., Chester, S. C.; Messrs.
rhompson, Withers A Woodward, Winnsboro'. r<
December 23 35 . ly
LOOK HERE.
HAVING made arrangements to get Stock dl- ^
rect from Baltimore, I will resume my trade J
Df making BOOTS AND SHOES, making and re- c
pairing HARNESS, repairing 8ADDLES, Ac., at ?
DENNIS CROSBY'S OLD STORE HOUSE, n
All Jobs done with neatness and despatch and on A
terms LOWER THAN THE LOWEST, By
strict attention to business and low prices for
work, I hope to merit a considerable share of patronage.
.SPECIMENS AND PRICES of my f]
work may be seep at the York Drug Store.
' ? - D.N.MURRAY. cS
February 6 ? 0 - - tf 1
SPLENDID ARRAY
'ALL AND MNTER GOODS!
ON EXHIBITION AT
J. & E. B. STOWE'S.
^lOL. McCORKLE begs to inform Ilia numerous
J friends and customers, that he has just reirnedfrom
the NORTHERN CITIES.where ho
ought a Second 8tock of FALL AND WINTER
OODS, AT
IREATLY REDUCED PRICES.
Our entire Stock of Goods are marked to be
>ld at CURRENCY PRICES, and since the DeIne
in Prices, we will sell as CHEAP AS the
HEAPEST. Some of the Specialties are,
DRY GOODS, DRESS GOODS,
loaks, Shawls, in great variety; Furs, Trimlings,
in all Varieties and Styles; Heavy Stripe
snaburgs, Blankets, Clothing, Boots and Shoes ;
Number one
STOCK OF GROCERIES,
!. D. Cheese, Mackerel, Liverpool Salt, Sugar
id Coffee. A splendid assortment of Hardware,
bioh we sell cheap.
Grateful for past favors, we ask a continuation
r patronage, and
WE WILL SPARE NO EFFORTS
> give our friends and the public every satisfacon
as to price and fair dealing.. Lastly, NO
CORE GOODS SOLD ON TIME, and all perma
inrlnKtnrl wnll Vvnor In mlnrl tliof tholf hfinnr
pledged to pay when called on. We hope this
ill upon those indebted will prove sufficient.
Wo are your friends.
J. & E. B. STOWE.
LOOK HERE!
1 AVE you heard the news. No; what is ft?
Why Col. MeCOKKLE with J. & E. B.
IOWE, is now reooiving his Seooiid Stock of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS.
o and see him, and he will sell vou Goods LOWR
THAN YOU CAN GET TifEM in any other
tore, South of Mason's Line. He goes in for the
d Maxim of QUICK SALES AND SMALL
ROFITS. I said I would, and so I will.
December 19 34 tf
ALLISON & BRATTON,
DEALERS IN
&?BS( CHEMICALS/ FATEIT. HEDfCIIES.
PERFUMERY, &C?
1ESPECTFULLY inform the public that they
Xare constantly making additions to their
bck of the above articles, which tboy offer to
ELL FOR CASH, as cheap as any establlshient
in the up-country, and guarantee every arde
they sell, to be as represented*,
THEIR STOCK CONSISTS OF
DBUQS, MEDICINES AND CHEMICALS,
ssential Oils, Medicinal Extracts, Patent Medinee,
Window Glass, Putty. Paints, Oils, Dye
,uffs, Varnishes, Artists' Oil Colors, Artists'
yeing Oil, Nut Oil, Indigo, Madder, <fcc., <fce.
FOR THE TOILET.
Fancy, Toilet and Shaving Soaps, Wood's Hair
estorer. Hall's Hair Restorer, Heimstreet's Hair
ye, ana other preparations for the Hair. Hair,
ooth, Nail, Cloth, Paint and Varnish Brushes;
Vfc it- T-1- SL. - T"> _ A J,*
BiiHj renciis, iiik, ou. l>uuuu?j iucutv^uoo, *uu
bompsonian Preparations; Flavoring Extracts,
WINES AND BRAXDIES,
earl and Corn Starch, Bakers' Broma, Arrowot,
Pure Soda and Cream of Tartar, Cod-Liver
il, Ac., Ac.
Fougera's Compound Iodinized Cod Liver Oil.
new Medicine, which is highly , recommended
f the Frenoh Academy,of Physicians for Conimption
and all diseases of a Scrofulous characr.
Fougera's Elixir of Phosphorus, Iron and Bisuth?a
valuable medicine for all functional dengements
of tho nervous system with debility;
ia for dyspepsia, attended with ljioreorless flat3S8
and pain in the stomach after meals.
Hubbel'g Ferrated Elixir of Calisaya Bark.?'
his form of iron is neutral, tasteless, without asingency;
prompt and energetic, 'and does not I
scolor the teeth nor induce headache.
Robinson's Silver Soap, for cleaning all kinds of
Iver-ware, with little rubbing.
Sozodont, for cleaning and preserving the teeth
id hardening the gums.
Bloom of Youth and Liquid Pearl, for beautify ig
and preserving the oompltfxion and skin.?
TOBACCO AND SUGARS.
good assortment of Segars, Smoking and Chewig
Tobacco, constantly on hand;
Orders from Physicians and Merchants from the
>untry. ATTENDED WITH THE CASH, relectrally
solicited and promptly attended to. We
tnnot now sell for credit, and fhe cash will be reaired
on delivery of the goods at the Store.
October 24 , 26 tf
BUI?? HE
AND
SEED STORE.
LITTEE & MARSHALL, *
NO. 14,0 MEETING STREET.
OPPOSITE PAVILION HOTEL,
oelauxjESTON, S. O.,
3EALERS in all kinds of Agricultural Implements,
Machinery, Seeds, Ac.; Plows, Hariws.
Cultivators, Corn Shellers, Corn Mills, Corn
id Cotton Planters, Fodder Cutters, Horse Pow s,
Threshing Machines, Reaping and Mowing
facilities, Washing Machines, Ac., Ac.
PURE SEEDS, of all varieties, crop of 1867,
irefully selected from the best and most reliable
EED GROWERS.
Farmers, Planters and the Trade generally,
ipplied on most liberal terms. +
Agonts for INOERSOLL'S HAND POWER
OTTON PRESS, and the Little Giant Horse
ower.
Send for Circulars.
January 9 2 3m
YORKVILLE, S. C.
i yj.'Vv THIS Establishment is undergofeSakr.S
"inn a THOROUGH RENOVAI
r U BtHK TING. The rooms cannot be surSsssSiSt
passed in the State. We liave proired
the services of WHITE SERVANTS; the
ining Room will be furnished with the best this
larket can atford.
In connection with this House, is a BARBER
HOP, BILLIARD SALOON and BAR ROOM,
ad in fact, all that a traveler needs.
THE STABLES are superintended by a compeint
person, just from England. Horses will be
ell fed and groomed. Charges moderate.
An OMNIBUS will bo at the Depot, every
ironing, for the purposo of conveying passengers
> this Hotel. WM. E. ROSE & CO.
November 28 81 3m
TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
York District.
ewis M. Grist, vs. Seth W. Fowle <fe Co.?In the
Common PhXAB.?Attachment.
[TTHEREAS, tho Plaintiff did, on the 9th day
fW of February, 1807, file his declaration against
le Defendant, who, (as it is said) is absent from
id without tho limits of. this State, andhasneiler
wife nor Attorney known within tho limits of
?e same, upon whom a copy of the said declaraon
might be served. It is, therefore, ordered,
tat tho said Defendant do appear and plead to the
eclaration filed against him, on or before the 8d
ay of March, which will be in the year of our
ord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight,
therwise final and absolute judgment will be
Lven against liim.
J. F. WALLACE, c. c. c. p. A a. s.
Clerk's Office, York District, S. C.
March 7 45 lyq
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in 1794, it has ever since that time been
no of the leading papers in tho South, and it still
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hick the master minds of the State address the
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i second to none, while its numerous ard reliable
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HUE New Burning Fluid, ESTELLA, OR
|_ STAR OIL, with the new Sun Burners, or
omet Burners, and Chimneys that do notsmok#
r break, now ready for sale, making your light
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it the YORK DRUG STORE.
January 23 4 ^ tf
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IWO CENTS per pound, IN SPECIE, will be
I paid for all CLEAN Cotton or Linen RAGS
elivered at the ' ^ENQUIRER OFFICE
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and Jack Dobcll, or a Boy's Adventures in Texas,
by one of Fannin's men?pronounced eqnal to the
best of Mayne Reid's stories." We shall begin,
in the first number of 1868, a thrilling story, by a
lady of Virginia, entitled "ELLEN HUNTER:
A Tale of the War," which will run for several
months. ?
Among the regular contributors to BURKE'S
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The volume begins with the July number.
Back numbers cdn be supplied from the first,
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Publishers, Macon, Ga.
December 23 36 tf '
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flSSr No paper sent for a longer time than paid
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Proprietors.
L. M. GRIST, Agent, Yorkville, S. C.
December 23 86 tf
niEwnslBf
"HEAR ME FOR MY CAUSE I
HAVING entered into Copartnership for another
year, with the great' "King oi Day," old
"Sol," I am more fully prepared than ever, to execute
BEAUTIFUL LIKENESSES in every style
of the Photographic Art, and at prices suited to
the times. A fine light, a complete equipment,
and au experience or many years, enable me to
surmount difficulties in the way of less favored
artists. My skill has often turned ugliness into
beauty; hence the least favored need not be discouraged.
Call and examine those new and beautiful
additions to the art?Porcelain pictures.
My rooms arojstill iu "Adickes' building," third
story. 1
J. R. SCHORB.
Albums and Stereoscopes always on hand. The
latter instrument, with a collection of pictures for
the same, will enable you to visit every part of the
globe without leaving your home. Wonderful!
December 23 34 tf
"~7 JOHN H. HOLMES,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
BOYCE & GO'S WHARF,
Cil AJttJjUiB i , OW. WA.
Refers to Hon. Geo. A. Trenholm, Charleston,
S. C.; Andrew Simonds, President 1st National
Bank, Charleston, S. C.; F. S. Holmes,
President South Carolina Mining and Manufacturing
Company, Charleston, S. C.
December 12 33 2m*
ALMANACS FOR 1838.
JUST receiv ed a large lot of "MERCHANTS'
AND FARMERS' ALMANACS," for the year
1868. The calculations were made by Prof James
H. Carlisle, of Spartanburg District, for this latitude.
They are offered for sale at 10 cents each.
Apply at the ENQUIRER,OFFld?
January 2 1 - fjF
FOR TAX-COLLECTOR.
mHE friends of JOHN M. SHEERER, (of BulX
lock's Creek) respectfully-announce him as a
candidate for TAX-COLLECTOR, of York District,
at the next election. >' j
August 16,1867.. : 17 0m* ?i
I
STOT E2?.
- i* . J .
><"'1
^ * r*~ ^
nff^ llK'i
J 1ST RECEIVED, A LARGE AND COM-.
PLETE assortment of
COOKING STOVES;
Also, a few T,<^ * * *T^
HEATING STOVES,
PRICES PROM J20 TO |75, CURRENCY.
All orders shall receive prompt attention, and
Stoves purchased from us warranted to give satisfaction.
' ?
G. W. CURTIS 4 CO., Chester, a C.
October 17 1867. 25 r 6m' - >
THE NEW
WEED FAMILY SEWIN0 MACHINE,
fctf <?
-. < .?" "*o
Styled F. F., or Family Favorite.
The weed sewing machine oompa^
NY, in addition to their well-, known and high- ;
ly appreciated No. 2, or Wheel Feed Machine, are
now introducing their New Drop Feed, or F. P.
Machine, confidently asserting that it ia the moat ,
simple, durable, compact and beautiful piece of
mechanism ever presented to die public.
It not only retains the principal essential points
of the former, but combine* with them the many
and desirable advantages which render a positive
four motion feed so admirably adapted to light
fiunily sewing, and at the same, tone oapabte of executing,
with the most unerring certainty and precision,
all tho heavier grades or ordinary Wd>*.
Principal Agencies : 018, Broadway, N. York,
StP, Washington street, Boston, 162, Washington/
street, Chicago. 1816, Chesnntstreet, Philadelphia,
Pa., anaaold atmostlargeBoshmes Centres,
^ar Local Agentawanted everywhere. . j
The Weed Sewing Machine wae awarded the
highest medal at the Paris Exposition, July, 1867k >
September 20 22 emi
JUST RECEIVED
AT BOSE'S
GROCERY AND . < .. *b
Provision Store, '
At isKf
A LOT OF TUTS , i . 7
BACON AND SU8AR-COTED HAMS,
WELL SELECTED LOT OF .
SUGARS, COFFEE, MOLASSES, ?
Spices, Jellies, Pickles, Teaa, Vermicelli,
Maocaroni,
MACKEREL, SHAD,
... 100 sacks salt. ?
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
To - Sell at Cost!
. > *. to v nna
September 28 22 tf. '
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
of virginia. i u,
rpnE Subscriber respectfully informs the puWic
JL generally that he nas accepted the Agency-pf
the above Company, and is now preparod to igKXO
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. A E. B. Stowe.
THE OTWEC?r !
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 A
of your life to your dependent^ after your life is Nj
terminated. ? ^
However well prepared a man may be in aspir- ^
itual point of view to meet , the "king of terrors,"
if he ne possessed of a thoughtful mind add a fqel- *
ing 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 thatsupport
and fostering care which his , arm has furauhed.
Ho shudders as his mental gaze looks within the i
gloomy portals of the grave and leaves behind
those whom he loved, as .Vagrants, roaming the
friendless, thorny paths of public charity KTei,
alas! how many do it 11 when a smallpresent outlay
would gild their troublous road with?in llH
comfort, if spent^n a Life Tnipimny V^itrr^Rtrder,
are you not liable to this sad death-bed reflection
of tue unseen trials you bequeath those you
leave behind, by neglecting this cheap protection
which we now urge upon your If your mind
were easy on thiasubject; if you could feeLwben
you "shuffle off this mortal coil" your tenfiy
were provided for. you would be relieved of 4fc*
car king anxiety that fills every worthy mind at
such fears: you would be better prepared to pursue
your avocation with mental composure and
zeal. We do not mean to assert that money can fijl
the plaoe of a fond father, yet we do assert, what
you know to be trite?money will' prove their best
earthly friend when yon are gone; and yon can
leave them this oertain/riend now while you are
living.
Can you?will you refuse iff, >' T
Business men are considered rather improvident
who do not insure their goods and houses against .
fire. Now, yonr bonse may never be burne&-4t ^
may stand a hundred years; but your life eamnot ^
last so long?your "lamp of life" must burn ant
some day. You argue it is prudent to insure against
uncertain misfortunes to your property, and
yet neglect a cr.-tenn event which trfZfana must
/WN??\A 4/\ /liulil T? fhls MMSfsfswf nrlari AIM onJ
g^radenceWe^admitand nwprt.Mio prudence of
le first, but assertthe greater wisdom andneo*sity
for the last. Ask yourself the question, fro
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? And
bear in mind?now, this moment may be your last
chance?death is after you I When onoetas "rugged
scythe shall clip the brittle threodnf life," the
ghastly panorama of wont and suffering will be opened
to the sighingiearts you took care of while
you lived. Remember! only while in health?before
age, with attendant diseases come upon you?
before you begin to loiter in sad sicknees on tho
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 reugon
only can do that) yet it will soothe your heavg
bosom to know you haVe provided 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, whilo
she examines the merits of this business, aa her
shivering group stand around her scanty fire and
cnr for bread: "Oh! that my husband had insur- ^
ed his life! If be could have foreseeiumy lamentable
stato he would have done so. He was kind
and good to all, and supposed that all would be
kind and good to us; but alas, how mistaken! Ho
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
many such a scene has really existed.
JOHN R. ALLEN is the Agent of the above
Company at Chester.
October 10 24 tf
T TO PRINTERS.' r
mHE undersigned offers for sale the' Printing
I Material mentioned below: cheap for Cash.?
u .
X/T AMD JUOOU^I-VUt W A* OUIO XT /
150 Advertising Roles?cot ltHI Pica.
47 Brass Dashes?cut 14 ems Pica, .
23 Parallel Cross Boles?cot 14 eq*a Pica.
13 DoableCross Rules?cat 14 ems Plea.
8 "short" and 0 "long" Column Ktiles. Also,
the "Head Rules" formerly used on the "Enquirer."
One 38-inch roller mould, in good order, and several
book, newspaper and Job chases. The roller
mould will be Bola liar $15.
Also, one 3-inch Screw Standing Press with 300
paper and 10 wooden boards. The Press, 4c., is
in good order, and will be sold as it stands?for one
hundred dollars in cash. Cost $140 previous to the
war.
Also, 350 lbs Nonpareil?but little used?at 40 J
cents per pound. , L, GBIST. A
1