Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, May 19, 1870, Image 3
gttttwwttjs gepattraent.
A CARPET-BAGGER'S SERMON.
My wretched brethering and sistering, as I
was ridin' along the road one day, I seen a
man settin' on the top uv his fence, with a
doubled-barreled shot gun on his lap, an' a
swettin' an' a fannin uv himself with an old
straw hat, an' a cussin' uv the Fourth of July,
an' North America, an' the Constitootion, an'
the Supreme Court, an' the President uv the
United States, an' the Bird uv Liberty, an'
the Freedman's Buro, an' the Fifteenth
Amendment; an' when I hearn that man a
cussin' and seen that big shot gun, thinks I
to myself, in the words uv the text:
" An' when they riz up airly in the raornin'
behold they wuz all dead corpusses."
And I tole Roan to wo, and sez I, " my ungodly
fren, ef you sware in that are way yu'll
furever and etemely ruinate ver immortal
soul, and never git a nibble when ye go a
fish in'." An' sez he, " You go to thunder,
you darned old misshapen, misbegotton mistake
uv creation! ef you had to git the grass
out uv a cotton crop with free niggers, you'd
git on a stump an' cuss yurself out uv your
durned old yaller hide." Sez I, "My errin'
lieu, it vuio uic tu tut? niiirrei tuset; juu ouugglin'
in the bondige uv sin." An' sez he,
"My punkin-faced customer, ef you can clime
this tall red oak thar and see anything in this
ere mis'ble land but bondige and crab-grass,
you kin have my old hat for a hen's nest."
An'sez I, "My hard swearin' fren, I'm afraid
you'll never register your name in the book
uv eternal life." An' sez he, "I went to town
last week to register, but I couldn't git site uv
the book fur the infernal greesy niggers."
"Oh, mistaken human," sez I, "I trirable for
yer futur, for you are on the road leadin' to
perdishun." "An' sez he, "You are a cussed
ole liar, for I'm on the road leadin' to Benton."
I hove a sigh, an' sez I, in the langwidge
uv my text:
"An' when they riz up airly in the mornin'
behold they wuz all dead corpusses."
An' he sez, "Let 'era rise, and the devil
take 'em all." Oh, suffrin' feller-creeter!"
sez I, "ef you would but sue for grace, ye
might join the hevenly quire, and be mancipated
from the shackles uv sin, and 'scape
everlastin' perdishun!" An' he cocked up
his gun, and sez he, "I had twenty-six likely
niggers mancipated, an' ef you open yer jaw
bone about emancipation to me agin, I'll
make buzzard wittles out'n yer infernal ole
carcas quicker'n hell could scorch a nat."
My constant frens an' hearers, when I seen
that wicked man cockiu' uv his gun, I begin
to feel mighty jubus, and the words uv my
text smote upon ray ear:
"An* when they riz up airly in the mornin'
behold they wuz all dead corpusses."
But my christian hearers, I felt called upon
to try my hand once more on this poor objurit
man, an' sez I, "My blasphemoos fren, you
are continually and eternally damned ef you
don't immejitly git down off that ar fence go
to some sequestered spot and pray for your
^ soul's redempshun." An' shure nuff he did
jump down often the fence, but he didn't hunt
no sequestered spot, my ungodly hearers ; he
stuck that big ole double-barreled shot gun
close up to ray reverend head, and sez he:
"I have hearn that a sequester was the next
thing to a confiscator, an' ef that's yer business
in this here settlement you had better begin
to grow mighty small and butifully less."
An' my hearers, it looked es if a drove uv
mules could have trotted down the barrels uv
that ar ole shot gun, an' I put spurs to ole
Roan an' I galloped through the wilderness
for four and twenty hours; an' I, sed to myself
ef that ar man don't pull up soon he'll
git to the end of his rope, and take up his
abode where the worm dieth not and the fire
is not squinched ; for in the langwidge uv my
text, with a slight variation:
'An' when he rises up airly in the mornin'
behbld he will be damned."
An' shore nuff, ray patient frens and hearers,
in about three days that poor, ungodly,
proffanted man was tuk up by a railingtarv
commisshun and hung for killin' uv a nigger.
An' my listnin' frens an' hearers, when I seed
him standin' on the creat immensity uvsnace.
? ^ 0 - - v A '
between wind and weather, a kickin' at the
fourth district, sez Ir in the langwidge of the
inspired hime:
"One more sinner dead and gone;
A silver spade to dig liis grave;
A golden chain to let him down ;
A bugle horn to blow him on."
"An' when they riz up airly in the moruin>
behold they wuz all dead corpusses."
The brethering and sisteringwill sing aconeludin'
hime, while the deacons hand around
the hat for the nickles.
Put Him Out.?The Elizabeth Monitor
tells the following amusing story. At one of
the railroad depots in the vicinity of Elizabeth,
travelers were recently amused in this
wise: A countryman purchased a ticket, and
thus addressed the clerk:
"Stranger, I want to leave my dog in this !
ere office until the train starts. I'm afraid
soniebody'll steal him."
"You can't do it," said the clerk, "take him
out."
"Well, stranger, that i6 cruel; you're both |
dispositioned alike, and he'll be kinder company
for you."
"Take him out 1" roared the clerk.
"Well, stranger, I don't think you're lion-!
est, and you want watching. Here Dragon,"
he said to the dog, "sit down here and watch
that fellow sharp!" and turning on his heel
he said to the clerk, "Put him out, stranger,
if he is troublesome.
The dog remained there until the train
started, watching and growling at every movement
of the clerk, who gave him the lietter
part of the office.
Western Bedbugs.?When Horace Greeley
took his trip to Lawrence City, Kansas, he
stopped for the night at the best hotel in the
place. He was received with a great deal of
admiration, which he took very philosophically,
and in due course of time was requested '
. ? _ T j! _ _i?
tbe honor to roister nis name. -in tne act 011
adorniDg the page with a specimen of hischirography,
a bedbug with a remarkably knowing
look about it, ran past his hand. The
philosopher observed it calmly'for
a moment, and then turned to the astonished
landlord and exclaimed:
"Well, I've been bitten by St. Joe fleas, j
bled by Kansas City spiders, dined off by ;
Washington mosquitoes, and interviewed by j
New York graybacks, but never was in a :
place before where the bedbugs looked over j
the hotel register to find out where my room
was."
Once upon a time, at a trial before a
jury the reputation of a certain distinguished
legal gentleman was used for the benefit of
his client. The opposing counsel objected to
this. He didn't know any reason why the gentleman's
client should be invested with the
high character of his counsel, who, as the jury I
knew, was "the right bower of the bar." The j
latter gentleman was not familiar with Hoyle,
and asked the meaning of the term "right,
bower." "Why,'the biggest knave in the I
pack," responded the sharp counsel.
t&T There is a little railroad near Bayou
Sara, La., that runs to Woodville, on a very 1
uncertain schedule. A stranger came in the
other day and inquired how often that steam
car made trips to the country. The party in- j
terrogated said "Tri-weekly." "What do you
mean by that ?" The answer was, "It goes
up one week and tries to come down the next."
Jfcy The man who raised a cabbage-head has
done more good than all the metaphysics in
the world," said a stump orator at a meeting.!
"Then," replied a wag, "your mother ought to j
.have the premium."
There is a man down East, rather a!
facetious fellow, whose name is New. He
mamed his first child Something, as it was
next child was called
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JijWttltural fepartmettt.
THE STEAM PLOW AT WORK.
The Vicksburg Herald gives the following j
account of the working of a stearu plow on !
the plantation of General Wade Hampton,
near Skipwith's Landing, Miss.:
The apparatus consists of two portable engines,
which are so made that they run themselves
without the aid of horse power over
any road or field. The engines are placed at
opposite sides of the field, and by means of
wire ropes, four hundred and three yards
long, draw a gang of plows from one side to
the other. The plows cut the soil to any
depth required, and at a rapid rate, faster
than a man can walk. There are different
I sets of plows, for deep and shallow plowing,
_ for subsoiling, for extracting roots, and for
j making cotton beds. The latter is the most
interesting, and makes a complete cotton bed,
of over five feet wide at one operation. They
plow on an average of twenty-five to thirtyfive
acres daily, and do even more on loose
soil. The engines are also useful for much
other work. The General has a large sawmill
which these machines take with them to
the woods to cut lumber and make fencing.
The heavy and broad iron wheels of the engines
help to make good roads, and there is
no better road in the country than the one
through Hampton's Walnut Ridge plantation,
five miles long. A few days ago one of
these engines came down to the wharf-boat at
Shipwith with six large wagons in tow. These
were placed on the boat, heavily laden with
lumber, and the "train" then started for home
at a lively rate, crossing one of the levees. It
would have taken twenty-four good mules to
have pulled those loads. Another time the
engine was "hitched" to a good-sized house
and moved it back from the river bank several
hundred yards in about twenty minutes,
as fast as the men could keep the rollers under
it. It is the intention of General Hampton
to make these engines haul all his cotton
to the river this season when the weather is
favorable.
FISH PONDS.
No doubt many farmers who read this journal
have the facilities for constructing an excellent
fish-pond; and this being the day of
small thinrrs. when the entemrisiner are trying
to make every edge cut that will cut, it is desirable
that this source of profit and luxury
be added?wherever it can be?to the products
of the farm.
There are thousands of places, dotting the
country over almost every where?natural
ponds, small lakes and little brooks, at present
of no use, that may be turned to good account
in this and other respects.
The streams might be damned at little cost
in time or money. The ponds, wantiug no
dams, would only have to be stocked, and then
there would be no further troifble?except
that of taking the fish with the line as wanted;
and this comes under the head of "recreations,"
an item that every well regulated farm
should supply at no matter what cost. Of
course there should be a small boat upon the
pond for the accommodation of the family.
The margins of the pond might be planted
with the willow, for making baskets, the cattail,
for coopers and beds; and the pond would
furnish, in winter, a supply of ice for the hot
summer months. Thus other items of profit,
besides fish, would be derived from those
parts of the farm that have heretofore returned
nothing to the owner. The thinking man will
study the capabilities of his farm; and the
energetic will endeavor to turn these capabilities
into some good account. ^No part of the
farm should lie idle. Such things as the
above do not require manual labor, like corn
or cotton. They are permanent improvements.
There are many other items of this
class, heretofore neglected, that will in time *
be converted into things of profit and pleasure.
B. W. JONES.
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ORCHARD GRASS.
In the catalogue of grasses adapted to the
soil and climate of the South, both for the
meadow and pasture, this I regard as the most
valuable for general cultivation from the Potomac
to the Gulf of Mexico. It withstands
the frosts of our most rigorous winters, and
well endures the hot and frequently very dry
summers, yielding a fair return for cultivation
on moderately good soil, and a most abundant
yield on that if well manured. It furnishes
good pastorage during the winter
months, and if stock be removed from it at
the proper time in spring, it yields an early
and bountiful crop of choice hay in May and
June. So acceptable is the hay to our best
judge of a good article, the well-fed and dainty
horse, that if we place in the rack before
him a mixture of that from clover, timothy,
herd grass, blue grass and orchard grass, he
will first select the stems of the latter, supposing
all to have been cut at the proper stage
for curing into the best forage.
This is the dactylic glomcrata of botanists,
the cock's foot grass of English farmers ; in this
country generally known by the name above,
because of its adaptation to shady situations.
This and blue grass are especially important
to us of the South, for our forests are rapidly
disappearing, and we should utilize what are
left to us by clearing out their undergrowth,
not suffering the axe to "hurl their oaks," and
by converting them into woodland pastures
for horses, cattle, sheep and hogs.
My opinion in favor of this grass is based
upon experience in its cultivation, as well as
observation of its growth by others in the
States of New York, Virginia, Tennessee and
Georgia; and that opinion is well corroborated
by others. It is the only grass that grows
with us all the year round, except only when
the ground is frozen. It will grow on any dry
land not excepting a sand bank. If you want
a lot always green for an idle horse to run in,
this will supply it; or green grass in winter
for your dairy cow, this is the only grass that
will furnish it. Try it on a sand bank if you
can't do better."
. Experiments with roTATOEs.?nev. ur.
Wrenford, of Millbank Garden, in Nairn,
Scotland, last season made experiments with
a single potato of the Regent variety, in order
to test its reproductive powers. The potato
was planted six inches deep, and as it 1
grew the earth was thrown up till a mound
two feet high was formed, and so vigorous was
the growth that the haulm covered a space
six by nine feet, and was from time to time
pegged down. Forty-four fine potatoes weighing
18* pounds, was the result. This year
the forty-four potatoes were divided iuto two
lots; 1 lot (18) were planted in the old way
(to illustrate the difference in results more
distinctly) except that sets were planted a
little deeper, and given more space than ordinary,
produced only 55 pounds. The remaining
twenty-six potatoes were planted so deep
that the drouth did not affect them. Each
whole potato was planted in its own pit, dug
three feet deep and then filled lip one foot with
manure and soil before planting. As the potato
grew, each pit was gradually filled to the
surface. Then the main stems were pegged
down, though not as extensively as last year.
The yield was nearly 300 pounds of fine potatoes?627
in number?averaging nearly,
half a pound each. Eighty-one weighed one
pound, 100 up to 1* pounds, and 25 ranging
up to 2 pounds 2 ounces ; only 57 were small
potatoes. The ground occupied was 40 square i
yards,"and yielded at the rate of 605 bushels
to the acre. Ordinary stable manure was i
used, with a sprinkling of phosphates. At
the collar of the plant, as a result of the pegging
down system, and about an eighth of an j
inch from the root, in one case 13 potatoes, :
weighing 61 pounds, were gathered.
Book Farming.?Those who think our
cultivated lands must grow poor as they grow
old, will find food for reflection in the fact, !
that not many years back the average yield <
of wheat per acre in England was about ten 1
bushels?it is now over thirty bushels. Brains 1
accomplished it.
Reading foe the fabbatb.
CONDUCTED BY
BEV. ROBERT LATH AN.
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"CUT IT DOWN." 1
Men often conclude that God neither sees y
nor regards their acts. The patience of God
is mistaken and regarded as indifference on t
the part of the Almighty with regard to sin. 8
Satan suggests that God will not punish to the
extent that he threatens in his word. The ^
dispensations of providence are wrongly in- v
terpreted, and the great multitude of us fool- v
ishly go on in our infidel practices and are 8
punished. r
God in his word teaches that there is a )'
tnVti aU in CnnVvAn nnn /innDA3 f A ^1
jjuiul ucyuuu ?incn 1110 luiucaiaiibc bbaobo tv
be exercised ; and in the dealings of his prov- a
idence we could see, if we would see, the dem- c
onstration of the precept. The transgressor ^
is borne with often for a long period. He is ^
permitted to enjoy frequently successive years 8
of great prosperity ; but at last punishment ^
overtakes him and his anguish is great in pro- 6
portion to former prosperity. 11
In every Christian land the means of grace ?
and salvation are afforded to all, and men are
invited to accept of Christ Jesus. "Some believe
and some believe not." Those who be- r
lieve secure the favor of their heavenly Father,
and those who refuse to believe are guilty
of the most heinous sin. These persons say
to the spirit of conviction and conversion, go 0
thy way. They drive away God's spirit, n
They insult the Saviour while tendering them
mercy. With such individuals God is slow
to grow angry. With them he deals as the
dresser of the vineyard in which grew the ^
barren fig tree. If, however, they continue
incorrigible, God issues the irrevocable command,
"Cut it down; why cumbereth it the
ground." When this takes place, the last
ray of hope departs forever, and the individ- v
ual, if spared in this world, remains a moral a
wreck. The intellect is benighted, the sensi- 0
bilitiee become benumbed, and the will in- ^
tensely obdurate. It is impossible, according y
to the economy of grace, for such individuals b
to be saved. The truth has been rejected by ?
them, and a lie chosen in its stead, and as a A
punishment for their sin, God has given them g
up to strong delusion. In 2nd Thess., 2nd w
chapter, we have a description of this ruined c
class of the human family. ^
It should be remembered that every day f
we live in sin and without an interest in Je- 1?
sus Christ, brings us nearer that dreadful mo- ^
ment when God will abandon us to our sins. ^
It is a vain delusion of Satan which whispers, ^
there is time enough to leave our sins and *
turn to God. We may cleave to our sins so ^
long that God will abandon us. ~ n
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ETERNITY. ci
When I endeavor to represent eternity, I si
avail myself of whatever I can conceive most si
long and durable. I heap imagination upon w
imagination, conjecture upon conjecture. I ^
consider those long lives, which all men wish,
and some attain. I do more: I turn to ancient
chronicles. 1 go back to the patriarchal "
age, and consider life extending through a tl
thousand years; and I say to myself, "All b
this is not eternity!" Having represented to tl
myself real objects, I form ideas of imaginary p
ones. I go from our age to the time of pub- ^
lishing the gospel; from thence to the publication
of the law; from the law to the flood; w
from the flood to the creation; I join this a:
epoch to the present time; and I imagine
Adam yet living. Had Adam lived till now, 8l
and he lived in misery, had he passed all this Cj
time in a fire or on a rack,/what idea must ,
we form of his condition ? At what price ?
would we agree to expose ourselves to misery
so great ? What imperial glory would ap- sc
pear glorious, were it followed by so much lr
woe? Yet this is not eternity: all this is n
nothing in comparison of eternity! I go
farther still, I proceed from one supposition
to another. I take the greatest number of .
years that can be imagined; I add ages to .
ages, millions of ages to millions of ages; I 13
form nf nil thesfi nn<> fixed number, and I stav w
ray imagination. After this, I suppose God
to create a world like this which we inhabit;
I suppose him creating it by forming one atom ?
after another, and employing, in the production
of each atom, the time fixed in ray cal- "
culation just now mentioned. What number- ei
less ages would the creation of such a world 1}
in such a manner require ? Then I suppose h
the Creator to arrange these atoms, and to
pursue the same plan of arranging them as of ^
creating them. What numberless ages would
such an arrangement requre ? Finally, I sup- n
pose him to dissolve and annihilate the whole, *
and, observing the same method in this disso- w
lution as he observed in the creation and dis- a
position of the whole, what an immense duration
would be consumed! Yet this is not
eternity; all this is only a point in compari- C(
sou of eternity ! k
Sin Leaves a Mark.?In the Connecticut
Historical Rooms at Hartford, is the shirt and )v
vest worn by Col. Ledyard when he was wan- h
tonly slain by a British officer. tl
He had gallantly defended Fort Griswold, J
at New London, and when obliged to surren- w
der his sword, the officer who took it plunged .
it into the brave Ledyard's bosom. The vest
and shirt show to-day the cut which the
sword-blade left. There they lie before you, 0
the cuts gaping open, which strongly impress- w
es you with the fact that beyond them was a ir
similar cut in the flesh, which caused the
death of a noble man. The victim is crura- ..
bled to dust; he who so cruelly inflicted that
wound is also dead. He may have sought Cl
forgiveness of God for that deed, and have w
died a pardoned man: he may be to-day in w
glory with Jesus; we know not; but the mark
of his sin is left. a.
Sin leaves its mark behind; although we
are forgiven and saved, it remains a fact that
we have sinned, and the mark remains. The 01
shirt and vest are still a silent witness of that ft
man's wicked act. fi
It is glorious to be saved after many sins ;
but how much better to be saved and leave p,
110 marks of our wickedness behind us.
O, ye young, be saved in your strength; do ,
not wait till you are wrecks yourselves, and f
till you have left a terrible mark where you ^
were wrecked; you may die at peace with 0;
God and abide in peace with him; but the w
mark shall remain to witness against your w
folly.?Recorder. C)
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The Old Well.?"There was a well near
here," said a bystander, "and very good water
used to come from it; but it has been filled
up for a long time."
"Indeed! I never knew there was a well c'
here, much less tasted the water. How did g:
it sret filled ur>?" tc
- O - M.
"Neglect, sir. Some rubbish got in, then }1;
part of the surrounding soil; and as it was
not cleared out at once it got worse and worse,
till it is as you see it?quite choked up. I
wonder if there is any water at the bottom ?"
These last words set me thinking: "I won- w
der if there is any water at the bottom ?" tl
I thought how much this old well was like bi
some Christians. The Lord Jesus spoke of ai
the life he gives to the believer as "a well of
water" unto him?John iv: 14; but are there
not many who are supposed to be Christians :
in whom we do not see any water; and of ai
whom we can say, as of this old well, "I L
wonder if there is any water at the bottom ?" st
in
4SP1 The family is the school for heaven. p]
How dear is every word in the household vo- j
pabulary ! Parent and child, husband and '
wife, brother and sister, lover and friend?a P'
virtue is in each. They are steps in the hea- tb
venly ladder. y<
Mfortt's fipattrotut. I
INTRODUCTION.
We propose, during the present year, fflrrishing
one column of the Enquirer with, t
eading matter especially adapted to the i*
vants and capacities of youth and children. t
3ur only object fs to interest and instruct j!
hese classes. This done, our purpose will be t
iccomplished. t
To properly direct the moral aud intellec- s
ual faculties of young persons is, we are con- s
dnced, a most difficult work ; but it is awprk a
worthy of the effort of an angel. It is unrSfer- ^
ally admitted that early impressions are the e
nost lasting. It is a base slander upon God's v
rord, to say that well trained and properly e
nstructed children grow up to be worthless a
,nd immoral men and women. Such a de- d
laration is contradicted by observation, and 4
loes violence to every law of our nature, y,
There is one other fact that is worthy of con- ?
ideration in this connection. It is the well t
mown principle that impressions, either for fc
ood or evil, are more readily made upon the &
Qinds of children than upofl the minds of old ^
iersons. The mind of the child is plastic and ?
ts memory retentive. God designs that it
>e instructed. He has wisely prepared^ to }
eceive and retain instruction. 4 . ?
It must be evident that the future prosper- "v
iy of our country depend* mainly upon the c
roral and intellectual training of the.childfen ^
f the present generation. If thec^jM^feft J
eglected and permitted- to
ance and vice, this country wilO&S^K ri
ink into barbarism. If, on the contrai^SfHe r
ittle boys aud girls of the present day are si
roperly educated, a higher and better civili- ?
ation awaits them than that enjoyed by us.
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SUGAR AND CANDY. ; - li
Well, children, we are sure you would like r'
d know how sugar and candy are made. I
m sure you all love sweet things. Did any Q
ne ever see a child that did not love candy? jj
rou all are glad when some kind friend gives e
ou a long stick of nice candy. Do you want tl
5 know how sugar and candy are made ? If ?
5, we will try to tell you. Sugar is made 11
rom a tree called the sugar maple, from suar
cane, and from beets. Most of the sugar '
re use in this country is made from^-eaue 0
ailed sugar cane. This cane is cultivated in t<
^lorida and Louisiana. At the proper C(
?* +V>/\ rroor. + VlO (lOTlO io (llli Drill flip 1111 TP P
J LI \JL wilts jw*i wiv vmijv mu vuv wmw vmv j?w .
i pressed out of it by means of iron rolers. "
'o prevent it from souring, a little lime is
brown into the juice. It is then boiled until ^
; looks like jelly. This is put into barrels ai
hich have holes in them that it may drain, ai
Vhat runs off?what we call molasses?is &
othing but the drainings of sugar. As this
rocess is going on, the jelly gets dry and
rystallizes and we have brown sugar. White t
igar is made in the following way: Brown r(
jgar is dissolved in -water, and then the S(
hites of eggs or blood are put into it, and it fc
then heated, which causes the whites of the g?
ygs and blood to get thick (coagulated) and tl
ill to the bottom of the vessel and carry with
lem all the impurities which were in the e;
rown sugar. The liquid is then filtered ft]
irough charcoal, and finally placed in broad tl
ans which are heated. The water passes off hi
i steam and leaves white sugar. In making ^
hite sugar there are some drainings, these !s
re called "syrup" or "sugar house" molasses. tj
Most people think thfit candy isltoade froth c<
igar. Good candy is; but a great deal on tl
mdy is not good. The candy raakei*?k<nm- 1
irge quantities of white earth brought from c'
reland for the purpose of making candy, -fa j*
>rae parts of South Carolina and Georgia, ej
irge boxes of white earth are sent off to the C1
lakers of candy and sold. Many a little girl si
links she i3 eating candy, when in fact she n
i only eating some candy and a large propor- ai
on of this white dirt. A little refined sugar e!
mixed with this white earth and flavored
ith various things and sold to children. aj
No doubt the little boys and girls would be lc
iad to know what gum drops are made of. S1
he best kind are made of pieces of glue, sc
oofs of cows, and pairings of hides. Howevr
offensive this may seem, the drops are real- a]
7 not offensive, neither are they injurious to
ealth. Candy is colored with various thiugB, le
lany of which are very bad for children, h
my one can test candy whether it is pure or w
ot by dropping a piece in a glass of water,
f it is pure it will all melt, if not, the dirt .
ill sink to the bottom of the glass and you p
eiii see it. t
* . si
Ice.?All the little boys and girls in this c]
ountry have seen ice. They have felt it and a
now its effects. Sometimes, in very cold ci
>ells, broad creeks and rivers are all coverall
tl
ith ice. It often becomes so thick and strong,
1 countries which are situated very far north,
lat men and horses walk upon it with little jj
anger, in fact in some places heavy loaded h
agons are taken across large rivers on the n
:e. h
n
There is something strange about ice which ^
very child should know, because it shows the r'
isdora and goodness of God. It is this. Al- tc
lost every other solid body is smaller in ftt tl
did form than when it is changed info a h
quid. Heat usually expands bodies, and ^
t)ld makes them less. This is not the case S(
ith water, when it freezes or becomes solid^bg
hich we call ice. Evm j One knows this Is C(
ie case. If water freezes in a glass, it is veny j(
pt to break the glass. The reason is, theknkn
veils out and bursts the vessel. Sonics?aR|
mch loss is caused by sudden
eezes. Fruit cans arc often bursted and Ae uit
is lost. r"^
But the wisdom of God is shown in tills' b
eculiar property of ice. If if did not possess
lis property, it would sink to the bottom of
- a--J .1.. . !A *'
le water msieaa 01 rising to ine top as it uoes. ,g
hen the result would be terrible. The beds X
f all the great rivers, creeks and branches a
ould be nothing but a mass of ice. The ti
orld would not be inhabitabe. No one.jP
3uld live on this earth. It would be nothing ^
ut a great heap of cold frozen water. j
Poverty.?It is very strange we all dis- j^
ke the idea of poverty. Somehow or other,
tiildren soon learn to think that it is dis- it
raceful to be poor, and that it is honorable oi
> be rich. Many a little bright eyed boy
as felt badly when in company with boys
hose parents were rich. This was foolis
; is no disgrace to be born poor, nor is *it ^
onorable to be born rich. If any little boys &
ho may read this are poor, let them hold up
leir heads and take courage. The poor arc th
orn with as strong bodies as the rich, and u*
re able to do as much work. Riches mav
r 18
ive us fine clothes; but it cannot give us m
rains. Are you a poor boy ? Go to work
jd you may one day be both rich and great
earn to read well and write a good hand, &
udy arithmetic carefully, and notwithstand- tb
ig the prejudices of some good old people, 111
ay strict attention tq English grammar. This
Dne, with ordinary prudence, you are pre- ^
ired to begin life in earnest, and if you have
le energy of most poor boys you will make re
nir mark.
fpsttllaiieirois jUtifleis.
HOW MATCHES ARE MADE.
A block of- wood two feet long, and of a
hickness sufficient for the length of a match,
3 placed upon a little iron shelf in one of
hese machines not a great deal more ponderus
than a sewing machine. The shelf moves
orward by little jumps, bringing the end of
he block just above a cutter composed of
iny circles of steel, which takes on twelve
plints at each ascending stroke. These
plints then pass between the links of a chain,
a it is called, composed of two pieces of wood
each the length of a common clothes pin,
,nd of the same shape where it opens at both
nds) placed together, their convex sides toward
each other. These pieces are linked at
ither end in twos, the pairs about an inch
part, forming a continuous chain two hunIred
feet in length. This chain passes through
he machine directly over the cutter, the
plints as they are separated from the block
?ing received between the two sides of the
lothefunin links whinh n.r? crrnnved to suit
hem. The chain moves just rapidly enough
0 take up the results of each cutting as the
mife performs its work. Passing along a few
set, a little hammer jumps up from the floor
nd strikes each link with force enough to
islodge the imperfect splints, which are but
lightly held, and they drop upon the floor.
L few feet farther on the chain passes over a
rheel, which revolves slowly in a tiny reseroir
of melted brimstone, the ends of the inipient
matohes getting a bath as they pass.
Lfter this they move forty or fifty feet farther,
Mi; quite dry, when, on their return course,
K are held down by a steel finger, And
jraafe to just taste the liquid phosphoniB,
ihich is taken up by a second wheel from a
eservoir similar to that which holds the brimtone.
They then finish their journey of forty
r fifty feet, by which time they are. auite
ry. At the end of the course the chain
ar^es over a wheel elevated above the cuting-machine,
from which it falls perpendicuirly.
As each link reaches a tray made to
eceive them, the matches, smoking and
breatening to ignite, are gently pushed from
; by a sliding piece of steel, which is thrust
ut just often enough to dislodge each row as
; is brought along by the endless chain. This,
mptied of its contents, soon passes again
brough the machine, over the block, to reeive
another package of its tiny freight with1
each of its innumerable links.
Eight of these machines (the writer has refrence
to a particular manufactory) are runing
constantly, making eight hundred gross
f matches per day, a gross numbering foursen
thousand, and chipping away in the
Durse of a year six hundred thousand feet of
iue lumber. This lumber is thoroughly dried
1 a kiln before being prepared for the mabines.
Two hundred and fifty tljpusand feet
f bass wood are annually made into shipping
ises. Three hundred barrels of brimstone
irtl ninety thousand pounds of phosporous
re taken up yearly by these endless chains
om the little reservoirs.
Physiology of Eggs.?The physiology of
n egg has been pretty thoroughly investiga:d,
and here is what has been ascertained in
sgard to it. The practical use of this dejription
is to show that we must see that the
>wl is always well kept. The way to have
Dod laying pullets is to quicken the circulaon
and strengthen the system by liberal nu iment.
Every fowl has two small organs near the
ttremity of thd body, called the ovaria. They
re filled with elastic tissue, and feel under
le finger like sponge. The eggs are started
ere, and tb^e which will mature a year, or
vo, or three'ears hence, are in embryo. One
forced up and seized by the stroma, which
seventeen inches long, and passed rapidly
yough. When the egg leav.?s the ovary it
)Rsists of yolk only, but in its passage
irough that short canal, the yolk is surpanded
by enough albumen to perfect the i
tiick. The white of the egg has in it all that
ature requires for making bones, muscles,
lood-vessels, connecting tissue, skin and feath:s.
Just before the egg leaves the body, this
mal has the power of secreting lime for the
lell. This shows how valuable the egg is as
utriment, and it also shows what demands
re made for rich food by a hen that lays an
jg daily. Besides what she requires for her
oIia in /iolln/1 nnnn fn aonrofo fliD
iOI/CUUUWC^ OllC ID U|;uu uv owtvw vmv
iaterial for the body of an entire chick, and
Iso retains for the little creature sufficient to
Lst many hours after it leaves the shell. It
lows also that a hen cannot make albumen
> rapidly, except out of albuminous food,
ich as wheat, meat, and small insects. .It is
ot true that there is a certain number of eggs,
ad that this number exhausted no more can
e expected ; but it is true that the secretions
sssen as old age comes on, and latterly the
en fails to have sufficient force to carry forard
the process.
T
The Old Charger and the Baker.?It
i wonderful to see how the horse, when once
roperly instructed, never forgets what he has
een taught. There are many amusing inances
of this; as in the case of the old
barger which a London baker had purchased,
nd on which he rode when supplying his
Listomers with loaves and hot rolls. Passig,
one morning, the gate at Hyde Park,
le trumpet sounded for the regiment of Liferuards
to fall in. No sooner did the sound
ssail the ears of the old charger than away
e darted into the park?oft' flew the baker's
at, out jumped the loaves from the paniers?in
vain did the baker try to restrain
is headstrong steed. In a few seconds he
)und his horse had placed him in the front
ink of the Guards. The baker tried in evey
way to get him to quit the position, but all
) no purpose. The soldiers were enjoying
le grotesque appearances of the baker and
is horse, when one of the Guards recognized
le animal, and informed his comrades that
)ine years ago it belonged to the regiment,
nd had been sold on account of infirmity,
cveral of the officers kindly greeted their old
ompanion ; and the Colonel, to carry on the
ike, gave the signal to advance. ' Away once
lore went the baker, and away went the repining
contents of the panniers. Various
jh^jnr&utioQS were performed, in which the
oiraardisplayed great skill, and it was only
hen the retreat was sounded that it consenid
to resign to the guidance of the baker's
ridle.
The Fusee Satan.?The French have inented
a rocket and christened it the fusee
atan. It ii made in the following manner :
'o the end 'of an ordinary rocket is attached
piece of tin, shaped like a conical ball. In
lis chamber is a composition based upon sulnovVinn
wliipli whpn licrhted. cives
LIUlCb VI V/t** wuuj ?? ? ~~0 / O"
jt considerable heat. A fusee communicates
om this chamber with the top of the rocket,
ust before using, thft tin bullet is filled with
stroleum oil. The lighted rocket rises in the
ir, bursts, sets fire to the oil, which falls in a
ieet of flame, carrying destruction wherever
alights. The inclination given the rocket,
* course determines the distance it will go.
An experiment was made, and in ten minies
a considerable space of ground was coved
with a .sea of fire. The effect of this
Riming fluid upon an army, setting on fire
icir clothing, catridges, ammunition boxes,
c., can be better imagined than described.
The committee on experiments declared
lat no civilized nation would be entitled to
se them, unless in retaliation; as, for instance,
ie throwing of petroleum bomb shells, as it j
claimed the Prussians did at the bombard-'
ent of Strasburg.
I
Matrimonial Matters.?Some of the
ir sex have hearts as brittle as glass. He
at would leave impressions must use diaonds.
There is a female student in Chicago. The
nd of law she should practice is that kind
lown as daughter-in-law.
A Chicago nridegroom is reported to have :
cently given a clergyman a bogus check for
17 and received back 32 in good money.
THE KING'S 1
Y
The object op this institution is
to aft'ord a sound business education, and a
thorough preparation for Colleges and Universi- J
ties, under a system of discipline calculated to in- j
still a high sense of 'duty, and habits of punctual- ;
ity and order.
FACULTV.
Col. A. COWARD, (So. Ca. Military Academy)
Principal: Instructor in Mathematics,
French and Drawing,
Lieut. JAS. A. WATSON, (Davidson College,)
Instructor in Latin and Greek Studies.
JOHN S. REYNOLDS, (So.Ca. University,) h+
structor in Literature, Grammar, Oomph-1
sition And History.
C. E. SPENCER, (So. Ca. University,) Instructor
in Natural Sciences, Geography and
Book-Keeping.
, Bursar.
.TSBr The Faculty will be increased as circumstances
require.
CLASSES AND COURSE OF STUDY.
FirstClass.?Geometry and Trigonometry, Surveying,
Elements of Chemistry, French, (Grammar,
Heading and Composition) Universal His?tory,
Rhetoric, Exercises in English Composition,
Tactics, Elocution and Drawing.
Second Class.?Algebra, Geometry, History of
Rome, History of Greece, French, Natural Philosophy,
Mythology, Exercises in English Composition,
Book-Keeping, Elocution and Drawing.
Third Class.?Elements of Algebra, Arithmetic,
Book-Keeping, English Grammar, French
Grammar, History of England, History of the
United States, Elocution and Writing by dictation.
Fourth Class.?Arithmetic, Primary English
Grammar, Geography, History of S. Carolina.
Spelling and Deiining, Writing by dictation, and
Reading.
CLASSICAL COURSE.
The Classical course will embrace all the English
studies as stated above, with those studies given
below. The studies of this course are also arranged
for annual classes, but these classes do not necessarily
coincide with those of the regular course.
JP IRST t'LAbs.?.Liaun ana urreva. ujLurumtre, tiur- i
ace, Livy and Six Books of Homer.
(the ?orht'iUc (inquirer.
TERMS?IN ADVANCE s
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One Copy, Six months, 1 50
OneCopy, Three months, 1.00
Tw* Copies, one year, %. 5 50
Fi^tCopies, " " 12 50
To^^opies, " " 25 00
ijar To persons who make up clubs of ten or
more names, an extra copy of the paper will be
furnished one year, free of charge.
ADVERTISEMENTS
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per square for the first, and Seventy-five Cents
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No advertisement considered less than a square.
Semi-Monthly, Monthly, or Quarterly Advertisements,
will be charged Two Dollars per square
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Quarterly, Semi-Animal or Yearly contracts
will be made on liberal terms?the contract, however,
must in all cases be confined to the immediate
business of the firm or individual contracting.
Obituary Notices and Tributes of Bespect, rated
as advertisements. Announcements of Marriages
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gratis, and solicited.
VST* Personal Communications, when admissable;
Communications of limited orindivual interest,
or recommendations of Candidates for offices
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TTTTS! "STNttTCR" NTVW"
FAMILY SEWING'MACHOE,
WITH ATTACHMENTS FOE ALL HINDS OF WOEK,
Is fast winning favor in the Household, as shown
by the Sales of last year, amounting to eightysix
thousand, seven hundred and eightyone
Machines, which far exceed thoso
of any other company!
This new FAMILY MACHINE is capable of a
range and variety of work such as was thought
impossible, a short time ago, to perform by Machinery.
We claim, and can show those whom it
may concern, that it is the cheapest, most beautiful,
delicately arranged, nicely adjusted, easily
operated, ana smoothly running of all tho family
Sewing Machines. It is remarkable, not only for
the range and variety of its sewing, but also for
the variety and different KINDS OF TEXTURE
which it will sew with equal facilitv and perfection,
using Silk Twist, Linen or dotton Thread,
tine or coarse, making the INTERLOCKEDELASTIC
STITCH, alike on both sides of the
fabric sewn. Thus beaver cloth, or leather, may
be sewn with great strength and uniformity of
stitch, and in a moment this willing and never
wearying machine may be adjusted for line work
on gauze or gossamer tissue, or the tucking of
tarletan, or ruffling, or almost any other work
which delicate fingers have been known to perform.
Purchasers can soon bo convinced that our new
Family Machine embodies NEW and essential
principles?simplicity of construction?ease of
operation?uniformity of precise action at any
speed?capacity for range and variety of work, <
line or coarse, leaving all rivals behind it.
THE FOLDING CASES.
The New Family Mud '-\e may be had in a variety
of folding covers and cases. Some show in
polished surface only the grain and tint of the
wood, while otheis are finished in all the elaboration
of art.
:o:
THE ATTACHMENTS
For Hemming, Felling, Ruffling, Braiding, Binding,
Cording, Gathering, Tucking, Embroidering,
and so forth, are not only numerous, but now
bronghtto great perfection. MoStof them can be
attached or detached by a simple move of the
hand. The quality of the work can only be fully
appreciated on observation and examination.
MACHINE TWIST,
LINEN THREAD, SPOOL COTTON, OIL, AC.
We have and shall keep in stock at our Central
Office and Agencies (on spools of various sizes)
Twis* of all sizes and colors, Linen Thread, Spool
Cotton, Oil, and all other articles necessary in the
use of our Machines.
We wish it understood that wo manufacture the
Twist sold by us: that we shall aim to have it excel
in quality, and exceed in quantity, for a given
price, that of other manufacturers, and that the
Twist (made by us in our new and extensive
mills, supplied as they are with the most improved
machinery and skilled labor) can be relied on
for tho desirable qualities of uniformity of size, (
evenness, length of thread as marked on each ,
spool, strength, excellence of color, and beauty of
finish. i
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No. 458 Broadway, New York. |
M. JONES; Agent,
Yorkville, S. C. ;
November 3 44 tf 1
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Will be found invaluable for I
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CHILLS AND FEVER, <
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For sale bv Druggists and Grocers everywhere. $
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Importers of choice Drugs and Chemicals, *
CHARLESTON, S. C. i
March 24 12 ly
SHAWLS. ,
AVERY select lot of Fashionable Shawls, in
all styles, at J. W. AVERY'S.
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OEKYILLE, S. C
Second Class.?Sallust (completed) Cicero, Latin
Exorcises, and Xenophon's Anabasis.
Third Class.?Yirgil, Sallust and Greek Reader.
Fourth Class.?Latin and Greek Grammar, and
Latiu Reader.
jTST The adoption or omission of this course
must be decided upon as soon as the pupil enters
the school.
Pupils are assigned to Classes according to degree
of advancement, and are promoted from a
lower to a higher, upon passing satisfactory examinations
at the end of the school year.
Nona but white Pupils, over twelve years
"' " t* ?v* rvwtl nr>/1 aKIa f/\ ?aa/1
ui \ja mil luuifu i.umac'iui. 9 anu ouid iaj jlcoa*
and write, will be received.
TERMS.
For School Expenses, u e.. Tuition, Books,
Stationery, <fcc., Boarding, Fuel, Lights and Washing,
fl35 00 in currency, per Session of five
months, payable in advance. Pupils entering after
the beginning of the Session, will be charged
from the date of admission. In cases of dismission
or withdrawal, fifty per cent, of the pro rata
charges for the unexpired portron of the session
will be refunded. A like deduction will also be
made in cases cf absence on account of sickness,
when such absence exceeds one month. Besides
being otherwise punished, pupils will bo required
to pay for all school property wilfully damaged or
destroyed.
Pupils are required to bring their own towels,
and bed clothing for cot mattresses.
The amount stated above covers every expense
oonnected with the school, except that of clothing.
There are no accounts for incidental, or contingent
expenses, to be sent in at the close of the session.
THE UNIFORM ADOPTED
Is cheap, neat and substantial, and can be procured
in Yorkville, at about the following prices,
viz: 1
Oue Suit (Jacket and Pauta) of Winter Fatigue, $12 00
" " " " " <> Summer " 10 00
" Dress suit, (Coat and Pants) 20 00.
? Cap, 1 50 :
Whenever it is desired, the Principal will act as j
agent for procuring these articles. . '
THE DISCIPLINE OF THE SCHOOL j
Is directed mainly to the development of habits;
of neatness, promptness, and systematic study;;,
and every influence calculated to foster morality, i
refinement of feeling, and a high-toned, manly
bearing, is brought to bear upon the pupils. Reports
of progress and deportment are sent home
monthly.
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ASSETS OYE
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Progress unequalled by any Company (
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This popular Southern Company INSURES
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It is managed most economically, and i
It invests its surplus in the States from wine
to enrich forei
THIS COMPANY having complied with the De]
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THOUSAND POLICY HOLDERS in the State of
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REFERENCES IN
John S. Bratton, Guthriesville.
Dr. J. R. Bratton,.-. Yorkville.
Dr. A. I. Barron, ;.Yorkville.
Col. W. B. Wilson, Yorkville.
For sale by WI GI^ IS^fc ^ XImportBrs
and Dealers in Guanos, 1218 Bay St., Savanuah,
241 Broad St., Augusta, Georgia, 151 East ,
Bay, Charleston, South Carolina, and liy BRATPON,
MASON & WITHERS, Yorkville, F. C.
For further information address or apply as above
For pamphlet. I
November 24 47 4m ,
THE WORKING CHRISTIAN
i
ORGAN OF THE BAPTISTS OF S. CAROLINA. 1
r|lHE second volume of this excellent religious ]
X and family newspaper will begin with the ,
; numlvlr in .Tllltr It i? tlflW tHlhllshCll ill 1
Charleston, aiui has an able corps of editors. The ,
Proprietor is assisted by Rev. J. L. REYNOLDS,
D. D., and Rev. L. H.* SHUCK. The "Sundayschool"
Department and that of "General Intelli- i
jenee," are conducted by OLIVER F. GREG- 1
During the first year the paper has gained a circulation
of 1,500, and is still gaining ground. It
lids fair to lie one of the most popularand useful
eligious papers in the South. It is devoted to
lie interests of the people of South Carolina.
Sketches of living and deceased ministers will be
:ontinued from week to week, during the next
fear. Besides religious reading, it will contain
valuable reading on Education, Agriculture, and
n fact evenr subject that has a bearing on the
irosperitv of our country. It is probnbly the
jest medium in the State for general advertising,
*oingas it does into all the business centres of the
state. f
The following are the terms of subscription, In r
id vance:
Single Copy, 3 2 50
Pivo Copies, 11 25
Eleven Copies, 20 00 t
jffiO-The Enquirkr and Working Christian will j
jc furnished one year for 34.50. j
Address 'WORKING CHRISTIAN,
Charleston, S. C.
utf SCHOOL, J
- 1
THE SCHOUli YEAR OF 1871,
Embracing ten months, or nkarly forty-voub
weeks, will be divided into two equal sessions.
The First Session will begin on the 1st day of Feb- " '
ruary, and end on the 30th of June. The Second
Session will begin on the 1st of July, and end on
the 30th of November.
TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS.
The attention of Parents and Guardians is re- A
spectfully invited to the Preparatory ~fiaatore~Ul
this School. It is a deplorable fact that a very ^
large number of Students are annually sent to _ 1
Universities and other high institutions of learn- ^ ?
ing, without previous training in the preparatory ggf ^
branches, and without the aeqnirement of proper
habits of study. As a natural consequence, the
majority of these students, soon finding themselves
unable to accomplish the tasks required by
the high standard of the conrae, notwithstanding
their very best efforts, become discouraged, ana
finally hopeless and disgusted. If compelled to
remain in the institution through pride, or in deference
to the wishes of parents, they cease to strug- ?
gle, and yield readily to the temptations which
idleness and opportunity invariably afford. It is
both unwise and cruel to expose a promising, but
unprepared youth, to trials which so commonly
end in loss or character. t
Satisfied that it is to this neglect of proper train- ]
ing, more than to any other cause, tnat so many ^
failures at colleges are attributable, the Principal
has made it a special aim to supply, at thia. school,
the very best inchns for thorough preparation?a
preparation which consists, not merely in accu- I
rate knowledge of the necessary text-hooks, but
also in the acquirement of habits of reflection and
systematic study. As an evidence or success in
carrying out this aim.*he is permitted to use the
following extract from a letter addressed to him 1
by General E. P. Alexander, while Professor of ' 1
Mathematics at the South Carolina University: I
* * * "I am authorized to say, for the
head of nearly overy department which your
scholars have taken up here, that they are found
to be among the very best prepared which have
come to us from any source. As far as we can
judge, from the four or five we have received from
you, the system of instruction which you have
pursued, is an excellent preparation for the course A
at the University, and a great advantage to the |
young men who have received it." "
January 5 1 It
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RDON, President.
O $900,000.00. 'i
i
IS, JULY 1,1869,40 PER CENT. 1
loing business in the Southern States.
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J j?;
s very careful in the selection of risks,
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a f
nm nonitaliafa
posit Laws in the various Southern States, Is now
INESS in all of them; has now nearly TWO
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" \>
LRING, General Agents for South Carolina.
LUMBIA, 8. C.
& a
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Dr. W. E. Erwin, Yorkvllle.
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