Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, January 14, 1875, Image 4
llumonmsi department.
B&T In the winter of 1867-68, a resident of
Nebraska City, Nebraska, a young man from
Missouri?a professed "negro hater"?who
had taken refuge in the "youngest State"
from the terrors of the bush whackers in his
own, was part proprietor of one of the liverystables
of which the town then boasted. One
cold winter evening he was approached by a
squad of "colored citizens," and interrogated
as to the charge for a four horse sleigh and
driver for a party who wanted to go to a dance
some eight or ten miles down the river. He
did not relish the idea of acting in the capacity
of driver for the 'niggers' himself, and, as
he had no hand with whom he was willing to
trust his only available team, he endeavored
to "bluff them off" by naming an exorbitant
sum, cash in hand, as the answer to their
query, and was not a little nonplussed by the
prompt "All right, sah. Hab 'em ready
at half past seven. Here's your money."
His prejudices fairly overcome by the pleasant
titillation of the "irredeemable rags" in
his hand, he drove the party to their destina
tion, hitched and blanketed his team and took
his seat in the house to await the hour of retiring.
The room was not large, the company was ;
and the roaring cotton wood fire soon shot the
mercury away up into the nineties, while the
perfume of the assembled sons and daughters
of Ham grew stronger and stronger as the
sound of the fiddle and the voice of the
"caller" aroused to increased animation the
movements of each succeeding "set." White
human nature could stand it no longer, and
just as he had finally determined to go out
to the sleigh and roll himself up in his robes
in self-defense, our Jehu was approached by
the master of ceremonies, and asked, in a
very pompous manner, "Would you hab any
objections to go out into de odder room and
set by the fireplace? De ladies objects to
de smell ob de hoss on your close."
The alacrity with which he complied was
only equaled by the gusto with which he told
the joke on himself, always adding, "Served
me right for driving degemraen, any way."
A Good One.?Several years ago, "when
the country was new," there was a lawyer in
Wyoming county, N. Y., who enjoyed quite
a reputation as a successful pettifogger. He
wasn't very well posted up either in "book
larnin," or in the learning of the law; but relied
principally upon his own native tact
and shrewdness. His great success created
quite an active demand for his services. On
one occasion he was pitted against a smartappearing,
well-dressed limb of the law from
a neighboring village, who made considera
ble sport of a paper which the lawyer had
submitted to the court, remarking, among
other things, that all the law papers were required
to be writtten in the English language,
and that the one now under consideration,
from its bad spelling and penmanship, ought
in fairness therefore to be excluded. "Gentlemen
of the jury," said our hero, when he
"summed up"?and every word weighed a
pound?"the learned counsel on the other
side finds fault with my ritin' and spellin,' as
though the merits of this case depended upon
sich outside affairs; but I will say that a man
must be a great fool that can't spell a word
more than one way." The jury sympathized
with the gentleman from Wyoming, and rendered
a decision in favor of his client.
Johnson, The Baptist.?At the recent
Alabama election, a sturdy son of the mountains
came into town to exercise his right as a
free sovereign of a free State, and cast his
vote for the man of his choice. He approahed
the polls and handed in his ticket.
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nidges.
"Johnson," was the reply.
"Yes, but what is your other name?"
The mountaineer became indignant, and
declared that he had but one name, evidently
thinking the official took him for a repeater.
Yes, but what is your Christian name?"
said the judge.
"My Christian name?" replied the old
backwoodsmau. "Why, if you want to know
that, why, I am a Baptist."
And so the man and vote were registered
"Johnson, the Baptist."
Tin-: Third Question.?A teacher in a
Sunday-school in R. was examining a class
of little boys from a Scripture catechism.
The first question was, "Who stoned Stephen
?" "The Jews." The second question :
"Where did they stone him?" Beyond the
limits of the city." The third question, "Why
did they take him beyond the limits of the
9" miio nnf in fliA Vvr\/\tr onrl r\rATrorl Q
UHY I it uo nut ill tug uuua, auu |/iv/*gu u
poser to the whole class; it passed froru
head to foot without an answer being attempted.
At length a little fellow who had been
scratching his head all the while looked up,
and said, "Well, I don't know uuless it was to
get a fair fling at him."
Harmless.?A cockney, who lately crossed
from Canada to Ogdensburg, asked his driver
as to the population and form of government
of Ogdensburg. On being informed that it
was an incorporated city, whose chief executive
officer was a riftiyor, he inquired :
"And does the mayor wear the insignia of
his ofhce ?"
"Insignia ? What's that ?" asked the astonished
hackman.
"Why, a chain about the neck," explained
the cockney.
"O, bless you, no!" responded the other,
"He's perfectly harmless, and goes about
loose."
JtesT* Judge M., of the circut court, mingles
uistice and jocularity when occasion permits.
Recently when impanelling a grand jury he
requested those desiring to be excused from
service to come to the bar and state their excuse.
Two had tried in vain, when the third,
feeling sure that he had sufficient excuse,
shouted, "I am deaf in one ear!" The judge
replied, "It was long since decided that the
grand jury have to hear but one side of the
case; one ear will suffice."
Law and Equity.?It is told of the late
Judge Benjamin Tappan, of Ohio, that when
he applied to the judge of the Supreme Court
for admission to the bar of that State, he was
asked the following questions, to which he
gave the answers, as follows : "Mr. Tappan,
what is law?" Answer?"An unjust distribution
of justice." "Mr. Tappan, what is equity
?" Answer?"An imposition upon common
sense!" No other questions were asked, and
he was given a certificate of admission.
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Two of 'km.?A young fellow, whose better-half
had just presented him with a bouncing
pair of twins, attended church on Sunday.
During the discourse the clergyman looked
directly at our innocent friend, and said, in a
tone of thrilling eloquence, "Young man, you
have an important responsibility thrust upon
you." The newly Hedged dad, supposing the
preacher alluded to his peculiar home event,
considerably startled the audience by exclaiming,
"Yes, I have two of'em."
A wee bit of a girl in Cusco, Wisconsin,
while at the breakfast table, a few mornings
since, made loud and repeated calls for buttered
toast. After disposing of a liberal
quantity of that nourishing article, she was
told that too much toast would make her sick.
Looking wistfully at the dish for a moment,
she thought she saw a way out of her difficulty,
and exclaimed, "Well, give me anuz'/er
1 1 a. ?
piece, ana senu iur uiu uuuiui.
Ix^I'isitivk.?Children are inquisitve bodies.
For instance what does 'cleave' mean,
papa ?"
"It means to unite together."
"Does John unite wood when he cleaves it ?"
"Hem ! well, it means to separate."
"Pa, does a man separate from his wife
when he cleaves to her ?"
"Hem ! hem! Dont ask so many foolish
questions, child."
j^gtmtttural ?Jep<u1mcnt.! j
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SUGGESTIONS.
| By common consent, the month of Janua-1
ry is the first month of the year, all over the
; southern country. This is especially true with
the planting community. Contracts with la- j
borers are generally made during this month, j
and arrangements are completed for the ope:
rations of theyear. Although January is the .
hardest winter month, still with farmers, who j ?
| are alive to their interests, all plans for the .
i farming operations of the year are laid in this ^
I month. This being the case, we venture, !
: modestly, to make a few suggestions to plant- |,
| ers. First, it will be found wise policy in
i planters to take good care of their horses and j j(
j mules. These domestic animals should be
i well fed and kept out of the weather as much j
. as possible. The constitution of the horse or j ^
mule is not able to stand a great deal of cold i
j weather, unless well fed and sheltered at night, |
! in a good warm stable. That farmer who j
| works his mules or horses during all the win- ;.
i ter. exDosiner them to all kinds of weather, i
[ .' 4 ? .-in
; will soon break these animals down, and, in j.,
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the end, will be the loser. On the contrary, j
that farmer who will be able to commence the '
I 0
operations of the farm, in the spring, with |
fresh and vigorous stock, will be much better \
prepared to make a crop than his neighbor,
who will commence with jaded animals. ^
In the beginning of the year farmers are
apt to overload themselves. Perhaps the ma- ^
jority of farmers undertake more than they ^
are able to accomplish. Some plant more ^
land than they are able properly to cultivate,
whilst others plant large crops without having ^
first prepared the ground for planting. Every
year, all over the cotton growing States,
the grass injures the crop more than drought,
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uun wuiuj ui any utuei cuiug. 10 ? nw?w
rious fact that farmers plant more crop than ^
they can work. No one can say precisely .s
how many acres a hand can work. That de- rj
pendson many things. The character of the
land, and the season, together with a multi- .J
tude of other things, must be considered. On
an average, a hand can not properly cultivate .
more than fifteen acres. Of course, more
than this number of acres may be half-pre- ^
pared for plauting and half-worked after it is ^
planted, but usually less than half a crop .
will be gathered from it iu the fall. It is far
more profitable to plant a small crop and
work it well, than to run over a great many j
acres in a kind of hoggish way.
Again, experience proves that a two-horse
farm is proportionally more profitable than .
any other. Two is better than one, but three
is not proportionally as good as two. A single I
man can, with comparative ease, under favor-1
able circumstances, walk thirty miles a day,
and men have been known to walk nearly |
double that distance in a day. It would be j s
regarded a wonderful day's march for an j ^
array oT ten thousand men to make thirty ^
miles in a day. Just so it is on large farms,
or rather, on farms on which a great many
laborers are worked together. If one stops 0
fiye minutes it will stop the whole five min- '
utes. On farms which require a great many 11
laborers to cultivate them, the better plan is ^
to divide up the laborers into parcels of not 1'
more than two or three. e
It is a good plan for the farmer to push ?
I Ilia ronrlr onrl nocur if rw">ooihlo onflfpr hlQ "
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work to push him. As soon as the weather u
will permit, the plow should be started and ^
kept going. All the manure about the place c
should be collected into piles and covered, so ^
that it may be protected from the rains.
Lastly, farmers should make their calcula- c
tions, and so conduct their operations that ri
their farms will be self-supporting. The
southern farmer possesses some rare advan- n
tages. Unfortunately, these advantages are ] a
not properly used. Let the motto of our ^
farmers be, that from this time on, cotton will ^
h
be an extra, and things will change for the
better. r<
One Reason why Farmers Are so t<
Poor.?It is believed that seven-tenths of w
the planters and farmers of this country, ,
North and South alike, are staggering to j .
their fall under a load of debt and mortgage. H
What is the matter? As a class, farmers ?*-e ' h
not lazy. They are seldom idle. They i o
work as hard as anybody ought to work. |
They make, taking one year with another, '
what may be considered, under the prevailing
standard of agriculture, fair crops, and they ;
get, as a rule, good prices for the surpuls pro-: 0
| ducts they put into the market; still they '8'
don't get rich?in fact, are getting poorer, and ft
poorer every year. Why is it so? To say j ti
nothing now of a faulty system of cropping? c,
all cotton, all wheat, or all something else : j j
or of credit, liens and interest, the reason j
which we had in mind with which to point Ill
this paragraph is, that# costs too much to make j ^
our crops. We grow poor, not somuch because w
our incomes are so small as ueuuuse uur uul- sj
goes are so large. The expense of making a ! jg
crop has not been reduced to a minimum, j
We fence in too large a field and travel over '
too many acres to produce ten bales cotton or j e:
a hundred bushels of corn. We pay out too I K
much for labor and for fertilizers for the re- j ^
suits produced. The remedy must be sought te
in sounder methods, labor saving implements, i a
and better trained labor, and less of it.?Ru-' Q]
ral Carolinian.
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Live Stock.?The season is now at hand j C(
when live stock require more particular care h
than at any other. Let your stock begin to n:
run down in flesh at this season of the year, . t(
and the downward course will not be likely 1
to be stayed. Young animals, particularly, if i
stinted now, may never recover from the neg- j ^
lect. So far of the fall, we have had a glo- i!
rious time for stock ; the meadows and pas- 1
I tures have continued in excellent order for \ J
; grazing, and, generally speaking, where this ^
. advantage has been enjoyed, the cattle look
! well. It is advised to separate unthrifty ani- ; JT
j nials from the rest, and nurse them up before j 1
| the cold weather comes on. An unthrifty ani
imal is known by its hard, rough hide, and the 1
j woe-begone expression of its face. Its charj
acter is apparent to the touch of the finger. u
i Feed no poor animal over winter. Keep j sj
j the best for breeding, and don't be tempted to tj
I sell them off and keep the poor ones. Be- ](
i ware, however, of suddenly enriching the food . j.
' ~ rni . 1 11 I J 1
jot poor animals. missnouiu ue uouc gruu- ^
! ually. The digestive organs are closely rela- ' n
i ted to the blood and life of the animal. | u
j Blood diseases certainly follow sudden changes ^
of the feed, and none are more rapidly fatal p
j in their effects. (
' Cows.?There arc, probably, $500,000,000 p
invested in cows in the United States. Un- s,
fortunately a great, deal of this money is not p
, well used. It does not bring in the yearly < ?
| interest which it might and ought to yield. s)
The average profit which the ordinary far- j,
mer receives from his cows is quite small. ?
But they ought to pay well. If they do not, 0
! it shows either a lack of skill, or else of care
and attention on the part of their owners. A
great, perhaps the greatest, cause of loss is, h
most farmers keep poor cows. A poor cow d
hardly pays, while a good one pays a hand- ii
some profit. It will cost but little more to o
keep a good cow than a poor one. The a
farmer will make from six to eight pounds o
| of butter per week for forty-two weeks, worth, ti
! say thirty-five cents per pound, realizing an p
income of from $88 to $117, while the latter, h
making only three or four pounds a week for ti
forty-two weeks, will bring only from $14 to t<
i $G0 per year ?Stock Journal. i ii
heading foe the JMbatlt. I
CONDUCTED BY
KEY*. ROBERT LATHAN. j
fOrigin.il ]
IGNORANCE.
"My people," says God, "are destroyed for
sick of knowledge." The proximate cause of
11 our evils is ignorance. The reason that
len reject the Saviour, is that they have no
iroper idea of their lost and ruined condition.
Miey are practically ignorant of the fact that
hey are sinners, resting under the curse ot a
iolated law, and there is no possibility of esaping
the vengeance of an insulted God,
mt by believing in Jesus Christ. Ignorance
f the innate depravity of the human heart
sads men to conclude that they are moral
nd upright in their conduct. The Jews of
Id were ignorant, and through ignorance,
rilful ignorance, put the Lord of glory to
eath. The Pharisees were ignorant, and
oncluded that they were righteous, and every
ue else was wicked. l>v nature, all men are
jnorant, and by nature, all men love darkess
rather than light. Nothing but the
lluminating spirit of God can dispel the terible
darkness by which all men are surroundd,
or rather which is in all men.
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WALK BY FAITH.
God's dealings with his people are seldom
ally understood, and often they are v$ry
lysterious. God does not muke known all
he instrumentalities and secondary agencies
y which he eflects his purposes. All God's
ealings with his people are desigued to preare
them for heaven. Every path that traerses
the kingdom of grace leads to the palce
of the great king. Some of these paths
ppear to the travelers very narrow ; others
ery circuitous; others again, seem to lead in
n opposite direction. The book of provience
contains valuable instruction, but it
) written in characters often hard to decipher,
'he obscurity arises from the darkness which
i in the minds of those who attempt to read
;. What God does now, no man can at presnt
know fully ; but those who put their trust
i him will kuow hereafter. The lives which
re live in the flesh must be lives of faith, or
hey will prove worthless lives to us at last,
ly sight we cannot walk. We dare not, with
upunity, try to walk by sight. Like David,
rhen pursued by Saul, the individual who
ttempts to walk by sight, will conclude that
e will one day fall by the hand of his puruer.
The comfort of the believer depends
pon the strength of his faith. Weak faith
> attended with few comforts and much darkess.
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OUR CHURCH.
The church was established by Christ Jeus.
When he cried upon the cross, "it is
nished," whatever else is included by that
eclaration, no doubt he meant by it that he
ad established upon a firm and imperishable
jundation, the New Testameut church. The
bject and design which the Saviour had in
iew in establishing the church, was for the
agathering of his people, bought with his
lood, that they might be sanctified and preared
for heaven and happiness during an
ndless eternity. Strictly speaking, the
hurch belongs to Christ. It does not consist
i houses or any thing of this sort, but is made
p of all those who profess the true religion,
n accordance with the general principles of
ovenant of grace, the children of professed
elievers arc also included. "The promise,"
lys God to his people, "is to you and your
hildren." The church, strictly and scriptually
speaking, consists of the professed folnvers
of the Lamb. There is, therefore, a
lanifest impropriety in saying, "our church,"
sif it were distinct and separate from someody
else's church. There is but one church.
Ihrist established but one church. If there
e any other, it is a spurious thing. The
eligion of some people seems to consist in adancing
the interests of what they are pleased
) call "our church." It is Christ's kingdom
'e are called upon to advance. This kingora
is advanced by convicting and convert
A.s/1 kinl/llnr* nn Kol Imfora in I
ly 3iuuci.x, anu uuuumg uvn\/*viu **oliness.
Ifourchurch is not Christ's church,
ur church is but the synagogue of Satan.
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MAJORITY.
It is common for those who are on the side
f the majority to think that they are on the
lie of right. This is natural. Every one
els that, in some sense, the voice of the multude
is the voice of God. We should be
ireful lest we make a grave mistake by fol>wing
blindly the multitude. An old eccen ic
Greek philosopher, Diogenes, said he had
iscovered that the multitude was always
rong. Whilst it would hardly be safe to
ly that the multitude is always wrong, there
; certainly no risk in saying that it is far
tore frequently wrong than right. This is
specially true with respect to questions of
reatand vital importance. When God sent
roah out to preach righteousness to the an;deluvians,
the majority called the patriarch
n old fool. The majority of the inhabitants
f Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities of the
lain were wrong. The majority cried out
accruing Jesus Christ, "Crucify hiin, crucfy
im." To-day, the great majority of the hulan
family are wrong, and are going down
> hopeless ruin. The overwhelming majority
f the human family look upon the pious
inn of the present day, as the antedeluviaos
id upon good old Noah. That man who
as no better evidence of being right than
int he is following the multitude, has scarce- |
r any evidence at all. In fact, it is almost j
jrtain that he is wrong. It is congenial to '
uman nature to be associated with the mul- j
tude ; but it is far better to be on the side j
f truth and right, than to be associated with j
lousands on the side of falsehood and wrong. ;
Tin-: Christian Life Supreme.?We '
ant to have life so developed in us that it j
mil be supreme. A Christian in the old ;
mcs was, Hrst of all, a Christian, and then, a
nig way down, perhaps he was a shoemaker. ;
le was a Christian, and perhaps he might;
elong to Cresar's household, but that you !
light hardly know. Now-a-days what are |
e? We are baukers or merchants ; every
ody knows that. Then after little inquiry,!
crhaps it may be found out that we are
Christians. The thing ought to be reversed.
>ur religion should be the Orst thing. Too j
luch, the Lord Jesus gets the scraps and the !
riare victuals, and the world gets the ban-1
uets. Men give to the Lord Jesus their odd
dilutes, and to money-getting the main
;rcngth of their lives. I do believe that will
ave to be altered before we shall see any
reat work done in the land, and multitudes
f conversions.
Prayer.?Prayer requires more of the
f* 1 il _ P
cart than ot the tongue, or signs man 01
iscourse. The eloquence of prayer consists
l the fervency of the desire, in the simplicity
f faith, and in the earnestness and persevcrnce
of charity. The abundance and choice
f fine thoughts, studied and vehement moions,
and the order and politeness of the exressions,
arc things which compose a mere
uman harangue ; not an humble and Chrisian
prayer. Our trust and confidence ought
0 proceed from that which God is able to do
1 lis, not from that which we can say to God.1
tibiMtei's Department.
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FRENDEET. I
In some parts of Arabia, especially in the I
fertile table lands which lie between the river j
Athara and the town Kateriff, the inhabitants
are often afflicted with a disease which j
is called in the language of the country, 1
frendeet. This disease is said to be caused by
drinking water from the pools which are
filled during the rainy season of the year, j
The disease, which is a very painful one, is i
simply a worm which, in some way or other, j
is generated in a limb of the body of the af- i
dieted. This worm is about the size of a j
coarse thread, and often several feet long.
The Arahs cure the disease in the following i
way : Over the afflicted limb a plaster of cow 1
manure is spread, which, with these primitive
people, is regarded a cure for almost every
kind of ailment. The diseased part, which '
is greatly swollen, is punched with a red hot ^
needle or lancet. In this wav several orifices
are made into the limb. In about eight days !
the head of the worm is seen protruding from i
one of these orifices. A cane is split and the j
head of the worm caught in the fissures. This j
is wound gently around, coiling the worm f
around the cane. The process is slow. It j
takes about a week to extract the worm after 1
its head has been caught. It is extremely \
dangerous to hasten up the winding process, t
lest the worm be broken. When it is broken !
during the process of extracting it, the part 1
affected becomes greatly inflamed. It is not '
within our province to explain how it is pos- '
sible for a worm to be generated in the way f
above described. We leave this to the medi- 1
cal profession. It is, however, related by
trustworthy travelers, that in those parts of ]
the world in which the inhabitants live al- 1
most exclusively on raw flesh, that they are
greatly annoyed with worms. This would ]
seem to indicate that all meats should be
thoroughly cooked so as to destroy the germs
of these worms.
"HE GETS DRUNK. ' <
"He's the smartest young man in our class."
"Yes, but begets drunk." ,
"0, but he's so fine looking, so noble, and so ,
talented withal! His composition yesterday
was the very best in our division. He writes
splendidly! They say he's writing for a
magazine. Only think of it, writing for a
magazine, no older than he is, and not out of
school yet! Won't he be a great man, though,
some day!"
"No, I don't think he will."
"Why not ?"
"He gets drunk." ]
"Oh, that's nothing; a good many smart I
men get drunk. Every young man has his
wild oats to sow ; and because a fellow gets a j
little boozy once in a while, I wouldn't con- i
demn him forever; quite likely he'll out grow 1
it when he gets older and sees the folly of it." |
"More than likely that it will out-grow him, <
and as to his getting a little boozy, I'm afraid 1
he was a good deal so when the boys found j
him beside the walk, the other night, and had ]
to carry him to his room, dodging around '
street corners and skulking through by-ways, j
so that none of the professors would see him. i
I tell you, a person that drinks at all isn't to '
be depended on. The only young m6n that {
I have any confidence in are those who let t
intoxicating liquors entirely alone." 1
"Well, I don't care; he's good and smart, j
any-how, and I like him." (
"I don't; he gets drunk." l
So the conversation ran on between two f
school-mates who were talking just ahead of j.
me. Ah, how those words, "He gets drunk," s
kept ringing in my ears! Possessed of a
noble manhood ami a glorious intellect;
blessed with the greatness and best of God's s
gifts ; having the love and approbation of J
teachers; admired and looked up to by as- ,
sociates; the pride and hope of a fond father, r
intertwined in the heart and life of a doting 1
mother, united inclose and tender bonds of {
brothers and sisters; holding in his hand the 1
honor and name of the institution with which 8
he is connected, of the society in which he
mingles,and yet?"gets drunk !" ^
As a natural consequence that young man t
who drinks will generally blight the manhood 1
that is within him, change to curses the
blessings that are upon him, bring to the dust
whatever high-born aspirations, whatever .
longings for greatness, glory and immortality i
may be his; blast the fondest hopes of parents, *
put out the brightness of their future in the r
darkness of disappointment, pain and sorrow,
bring shame and reproach upon brothers and t
sisters ; trample upon the love and confidence ?
of his fellows; shut himself out from all j
goodness, purity, usefulness and happiness ; ,
blot out the image ofGod that is stamped upon t
him, and drag himself down lower than the j
brutes. Aye, so surely doe9 he shut himself out ]
from heaven, as "he gets drunk !"?Rural 1
New Yorker. J
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Where is John??"Where is John?" I
thought the old cow as she put her head out of r
the window at the back of her stall in the 1
barn. "The sun is an hour high, and I am so
hungry that I am chewing the straw of my
bed. I wish John would come I want my 1
breakfast. Moo-oo-oo?" *
"Sure enough; where is John?" thought %
the old white hen. "It is time for John to <
come with meal for me and my chicks. Just *:
hear them cry? They want their breakfast. {
Cluck, cluck, cluck !" ?
"Cock-a-doodle-do!" That will rouse him, ?
I guess," thought the old fighting cock. r
Cock-a-doodle-do! Come along, John; you a
Tlio nnw monto kot* Kroulr FflQ h I ^
UlU >TaiJVCU. A1IV VWH HMUVW laui y ?
the hen and her little chicks want theirs; so do
the ducks, the turkeys and the doves; and I
want mine. Cock-a-doodle-do !"
"Gobble-gobhle-gobble!" I do wish John 0
would come, thought the old turkey. "I have 'i
been off my roost more than two hours ; and (1
the ground is so dry that worms are scarce.
Whv doesn't he come ? Gobble-gobble-gob- e
blef" i
"Coo-oo-oo! I, too, am hungry," thought ?
the dove. "Some crumbs and seed and corn, t
if you please John! Here we arc all waiting, j a
Coo-oo-oo!" f
"Quack, quack ! will that boy never come ! e
with our breakfast!" thought the two old j t
ducks, who were waiting with the rest. "We j ?
want to go and swim in the pond, but we must 11,
have our breakfast first. Quack, quack." t
And so they all waited and waited. But | "
it was almost seven o'clock before John came ! 's
and unlocked the barn door. What had been i i:
the matter? I will tell you; but let me j 0
whisper it in your ear, for John feels a little ! tl
mortified about it. You must know, then, i v
that John, instead of jumping out of bed at i a
once when he woke turned over and went to j y
sleep again ; and when he woke the second ! f
time, the sun was high, and he saw he had ' j
been very remiss. He will not do so again. ( j
The best way is to jump out of bed at once.? : f
The Nursery. j J
Don't you like Anybody??Silence is a ! j
very good thing under certain circumstances !
and in certain places; but there is one sort that
produces as much discomfort in a house as the j ,
spirit of angry contention. It is the silence \
of sullenncss. Jenny Ross had this sort of'r
silence in a wonderful degree. She was a j
young lady of fifteen, and might have been 11
more pleasant in her disposition. A person j s
may be sad and depressed in spirits from ill- a
ness or trouble; but sullenness and crossness I
have no apology. This state of mind had be- ^
come so habitual with Jenny, that all the
household came to look for it. 0, how de- n
pressing it was to them all! 1
A little cousin, visiting in the house, caught c
the influence the first day he was there, though
he was but three years old. Standing by her }
side as she sat sullenly sewing, he asked, in-1 a
nocently, "Don't you like anybody, cousin 1
Jenny ?" No wonder the poor little fellow
irrived at this conclusion. Her sister Lucy
was a gentle, affectionate girl, and suffeied
most front Jenny's unpleasant ways. It was
so depressing to her heart to receive only a
short "yes" or "no" in answer to her questions,
and to have all her efforts to please her
sister turned from with coldness, and very
ikely construed into offenses. It always
threw a chill over any little company to have
Jenny enter the room in "one of her spells,"
is the young folks used to call them. The
lisposition grows with her years, and what
will she be at thirty, if she is so disagreeable
it half that age ??Presbyterian.
VTEARLY all diseases originate from Indigcs131
tion and Torpidity of the Liver, and relief is
dways anxiously sought after. If the Liver in
Regulated in its'action, health is almost invariably
secured. Want of action in the Liver causes
Headache, Constipation, Jaundice, Pain in the
Shoulders, Cough, Chills, Dizziness, Sour Stoniich,
bad taste in the mouth, bilious attacks, palpiation
of the heart, depression of spirits, or the
blues, and a hundred other symptoms, for which
SIMMONS' LIVER REGULATOR is the best
1? I l.??? Tt .inf?
UIIJUUV L1 till/ IlilT* uvu UlUI I Viin\;ut 1-ivti* ?I> HV.V.
nildly, effectually, and being a simple vegetable
compound, can do no injury in any quantities
hat it may betaken. Itis harmless in every way.
Tt has been used for 40 years, and hundreds of the
?ood and great from all parts of the country will
rouch for its being the purest and best.
Simmons' Liver Regulator, or Medicine,
[s harmless,
Is no drastic violent medicine,
Tssuro to cur%if taken regularly,
Is no intoxicating beverage,
Is a faultless family medicine,
[s the cheapest medicine in the world,
[s given with safety and the happiest results tc
the mostdelicate infant,
Does not interfere with business,
Does not disarrange the system,
Takes the place of Quinine and Bitters of every
kind,
Contains the simplestand best remedies.
For salo by all Druggists.
March 20 13 ly*
rHE YORK YILLE ENQUIRER"
VOLUME 21?187G.
ATTRACTIVE ORIGINAL STORIES.
PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS.
WITHthe new year, the ENQUIRER will
enter upon its TWENTY-FIRST VOLUME;
and in making our regular annual announcement,
we can promise greater attractions
iwing to increased facilities in every department
than we have heretofore been enabled to present
As a non-partisan independent family newspaper,
the future editorial conduct of the ENQUIRER
can bo as well judged by the past, as by
my promise which wo might now feel disposed
to make. An experience of thirty-four years in
the newspaper business, seventeen of which have
been unremittingly devoted to the managemenl
if the ENQUIRER, fully convinces the proprietor
that the plan he adop'ted on assuming control
if the paper, is the correct mode of journalism in
;he present day. The true mission ol" a newspaper
is to place before the public facts as they exist,
inbiascu by partisan feeling or sinister motives,
tnd tho propriety of this course is fully attested,
lot only by tho success of tho ENQUIRER,
ivhich can truthfully claim the largest circulation
if any country paper in the South, but also by
nany other of the most popular and widely-circuated
papers of the day. Tho course thus indicaed
we shall continue to pursue, aiming to pubis!)
a LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER;,
which shall be a welcome visitor to the
FTome Circle, and acceptable alike to all classes
if readers. Hence, the news department of the
ENQUIRER, whether of matters at home or
ibroad?political or otherwise?will bo guarded
,vith the utmost care, and only facts as they may
icein to exist, will be presented, free from personal,
sectional or party bias.
LITERARY DEPARTMENT.
Wo have contracted for, and already roceivod
icveral ORIGINAL STORIES by some of the
nost popular serial writers of tho day, and in the
irst number or tno new volume win 00 comnenced
an unusually pleasing story from the pen
>f South Carolina's gifted daughter, Mrs. DBAS,
tow of California, whose contributions to the
iress have always been well received, and whom
ve have secured as a regular contributor to the
Literary Department of the ENQUIRER. This
itory, entitled
"THE SEVEN SISTERS OF YORK,"
vill be followed bv others, of which wc may menion
as the titles?"UNCLE BRAINERD'S
iVILL;" "SLEEPY HOLLOW;" and a highly
icnsational story entitled
"ZANITA, THE CIRCUS GIRL,"
Abounding in romantic adventure and exciting
ncident, and portraying in vivid stylo the tomptaions
and triumphs of a beautiful actress.
rHE OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
Rev. Mr. Lathan will continue his regular eonributions
to the "Sabbath Reading" and "ChilIren's
Department," which, under his manageuent
for the past five years, have been an imporant
feature of the ENQUIRER; and with the
lsual melange of Miscellaneous Reading adapted
oall tastes; the Agricultural Department, conaining
practical and useful information for the
armer and house-wife; a column of Humorous
Heading every week; "Scraps and Facts," emtracing
light current topics; a compend of News
Abroad and at Home; Correspondence; Commercial
and Market Reports; Editorial Articles on
ippropriato subjects, intended to promote the
volfare and prosperity of our people, we hope to
nake the ENQUIRER replete as "a map of busy
ife."
CHESTER CORRESPONDENCE.
In addition to the other features of the ENQUIIER
lor the year 1875, we have engaged Brai>krd
McLurk, Esq., to contribute a letter of
orrcspondence from Chester regularly each
Tiioao letters will be devoted entirely to
Chester affairs?to tho interests of the town and
ounty?and written in the raev and graphic style
icculiarto Mr. McLure, they cannot fail to be of
nterest to our readers in Chester as well as elsechore.
To render this department more comilctc,
citizens of Chester will confer a favor by
dvising IVTr. McLure of any items of news that
nay transpire in their midst. Mr. McLure is
lso an authorized agent for the ENQUIRER,
mpowered to receive subscriptions and adverisements
for the paper.
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We offer three Premiums for the three largest
lubs of subscribers for tho vear 1875, as follows:
Tho first will boa CASH PREMIUM of THIRTY
DOLLARS; the second, a gentleman's or laIv's
SADDLE of tho value of TWENTY-FIVE
)OLLARS; and the third, a cash Premium of
TWENTY DOLLARS. The Saddle above offerd
shall be the finest and best article that can be
nadeby the well-known manufacturer, G. II.
)'Leary, of Yorkville, and as it will be made in
he most superior style of workmanship and of
he best materials, it will be fully worth the
mount it represents as a premium.
The person getting up the largest Club, at $2.50
or each subscriber, will be entitled to a choice of
itlier of the two first premiums; the person geting
up the second largest, to the remaining first or
ecoml premium, and the person getting up the
bird largest, to the third premium. Competitors
nay begin to procure subscribers at once?the
ime of subscription to commence whenever tho
lamo is handed in, or on the first of January, 1875,
s may be preferred. The money for each suberiber
is expected to be paid whenever the name
< entered on our books, and no name will be
ntered in competition until it is paid for.
To persons who make up Clubs of ten or more
lames, but who may fail to obtain a premium, we
rill send the ENQUI RE R one year free ofehargo;
nd to those who send a Club of twenty or more
lames, but who may fail to get a premium, we
rill forward a copy of the ENQUIRER one year
roo of charge, andaeopy of eithcrof the following
mblications: Southern Cultivator, Rural Caroinian,
Scientific American, Godey's Lady's Rook,
r.ifnni-'u \fnfrii7.mo_ Harner's Weekly. Harper's
iazar, Seribnor's Monthly, Leslie's Illustrated
Newspaper, Leslie's Magazine.
The preiniuins will bo awarded to the successill
competitors at one o'clock, p. m., on tho
TRST MONDAY IN MARCH, 1875.
NO POSTAGE ON THE ENQUIRER.
Under tho new postage law, after tho 1st of
anuary next, tho postago on all newspapers
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TILS WE SHALL DO WITHOUT TAXING
'HESUBSCRIBERS FOR THE SAME ; so that
ho only cost of the ENQUIRER to a mail suberibcr,
whether in the county or out of it, will be
t the following
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letter?otherwise wo will assume no risk.
JSB- Write names plainly, giving post-office,
ounty and State.
fi-3- Specimen copies of the ENQUIRER will
e sent to any address on application. Address
11 letters to
L.. M. GER.IWT, Proprietor,
Yorkvilie, S. V.
! JOHN H. ADAMS. !
FALL AND WINTER GOODS!!
THB undersigned would respectfully announce
to his friends and the public generally that his
j stock of FALL AND WINTER GOODS is now ,
j complete having been purchased in the northern
i markets, from first dealers, by that experienced !
and judicious buyer, COL. McCORKLR.
In niv stock may be found a full and complete
. line of
DRE8S GOODS, !
Including black and colored Silks, Velvet, Vel- j
veteen. Serges, Sateens, Poplins, Valours, and a i
J great variety of Cotton Prints, of all qualities and !
: at all prices.
WHITE GOODS,
In full variety, Ribbons, Hosiery, Gloves, Handkerchiefs,
Table Damask, Hats, Flowers and
Feathers, and a general stock of Fancy Articles.
r??:.i__ .1 1 ....... 1 i
f dwiuct uic auuvr, m uiv niucn nun un iwi?uv? i
a complete assortment of
GOODS FOR GENTS' WEAR,
Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Jeans, Tweeds, Cassi!
meres, Cloths, Ac., Shirts, Under-Clothing, and a
full assortment of Gent's Furnishing Goods.
1 My stock will be kept full during the season,
and will embrace every article usually kept in |
A FIRST-CLASS ESTABLISHMENT,
J to an examination of which the public are respeeti
fully invited, feeling confident, as I do, that the
' inducements I can oiler are second to none in the
, market.
JOHN II. ADAMS.
MM
Nos. 3 Broad Street and 109 East Bay Street, |
CHARLESTON, S. C.
: @^^0?
; First-Class Work
OUR SPECIALTY,
YET, BY USING CHEAPER GRADES OF STOCK,
WE CAN FURNISH WORK AT
LOWEST LIVING PRICES.
1 FINE FASHIOHABLFSTATIOKERY,
Piries Paper and Envelopes.
Redding and <?all (Invitations
ON THE BEST STOCK AND PRINTED IN THE
LATEST STYLE.
i 7
September 10 37 tf
SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO.
948 Cash; 953 Time, without Interest.
PACIFIC Guano Company's Compound Aeid
Phosphate of Lime for Composting with Cotton
Seed?$30 Cash; $35 Time, without Interest.
To accommodate Planters, they can order now
and have until 1st April to decide whether they
will take at time or cash price. When delivered
from factory by carload, no drayage will be
charged. This Guano is now so well known in
all the Southern States fin* its remarkable effects
| as an agency for increasing the products of labor,
1 as not to require special recommendation from
us. Its use for nine years past has established its
character for reliable excellence. The supplies
; put into market this season are, as heretofore, pre1
pared under thesuperintendenceof Dr. St. Julian
; Ravenel, Chemist of the Company, at Charleston,
| S. C., hence Planters may rest assured that its
a1 uality and composition is precisely the same as
lat heretofore sold. J. N. ROBSON,
Agent for South Carolina,
Charleston, S. C.
JOHN S. RI3ESR & CO., General Agents Balti1
more.
November 2(5 48 3m
THEGREAT SOUTHERtf
DRY GOODS HOUSE,
: FURCHGOTT, BENEDICT & CO.,
275 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C.
The Cheapest
Dry Goods,
Oil Cloth,
Mattings,
IVotions,
| Carpets,
| Rug-s, Etc.,
Tins SIDE OF NEW YORK.
For prices, see Special Notice.
September 10 37 (Jm
c west & sons
ALADDIN soilti
THE BEST OIL IN USE.
WARRANTED 150 DEGREES FIRE TEST
WATER WHITE IN COLOR.
FULLY DEODORIZED.
AND IT WILL NOT EXPLODE.
It burns in Coal Oil and Kerosene Lamps.
TRY IT. Ask for "Aladdin Security," and
take no other.
C. WEST & SONS,
113 and 115 W. Lombard St. Baltimore, Aid.
Dee 24 52 6m5,
j THE LEADING INSTITUTION IN THE U. S.
I f|1IIERE*arc no Vacations. Send for Catalogue
J_ anil College Documents. For Splendid Speciinensof
Penmanship, enclose two P. O. Stamps. I
Address \V. 11. SADLER, President,
Nos. f> 8 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Md.
January 1 1 tf
BARBER SHOP.
THOSE in want of an EASY SHAVE, a fashionable
and stylish cut of hair, or a pleasant 1
and luxurious Shampoo, are reminded that
THOS. BALLARD, Professor of the ArtTonsorial,
is still in business, in his old Shop next door
to the Enquirer building, where it will afford
him great pleasure to wait upon all who may desire
his services. Razors honed and sharpened,
and any other work of that kind promptly done. 1
He may be found at the Shop on Sunaay morn- 1
ingsfrom 7 to 10 o'clock.
THOMAS BALLARD.
June 11 25 lv
J mc4 ; :f
AUCTIONEERING.
! riNIIE undersigned takes this method to notify
i J. the public that lie will give prompt attention 1
! to AUCTIONEERING in York and the adjoining j
| counties. Communications may he addressed to
| him at Yorkvillc, S. C. S. G. BROWN,
j March f> 10 tf
RAGS WANTED.
i POUNDS of clean cotton and linlUiUUl
J K?KS wanted, for which 2 cents
! per prund will ho paid, at the
"ENQUIRER" OFFICE, j
Jnnaurv 7 1 tf
HEATING STOVE.
A SMALL HEATING STOVE for sale. Apxm.
ply at this Otlieo.
Jan uar}' 7 1 tf
THE COOKING STOVES manufactured
works in Greensboro, N. C.f give universal J
satisfaction wherever introduced. They are made \Z J
of the BEST SCOTCH I'lG METAL, with heav- v I
ier and tliickor plate than any other Stove in tho 1 I
market, and consequently will the longer with- Ir\f 1
stand heat and hard usage. They are of hand J
some pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal . a m
in every other respect to any Cooking Stove sold ' jflj
in theUnited States, while it'is confidently claimed
that they are the CHEAPEST. All the usual B
pieces of ware and cooking utensils are furnished fl
with each Stove. An important consideration Q
with purchasers is the fact that our patterns and . M
sizes arc never changed. Should a piece get acci- ^
dentally broken at any time, we can replace it at I
the mere cost of casting. Not simply because it ..
is a home production, but on accountofits intrin- M
sic merits as an article of household economy, do A
we ask the patronage of home purchasers. More - fl
than ONE THOUSAND of these Stoves are now *A
in use, ami among many others having them we
respectfully refer to the following: R. E. Guthrie, ^
D. M. Campbell, M. II. Currence, York county; f I
Mrs. Elizabeth J. Wylio, Chester; D. A. Gordon, jp
Guthriesville; John A. Brown, Rock Hill; B. P. I
Boyd, Joseph Hcrndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkville. - f
You can save the freight from the northern cities 9
and the dealer's profit, which is no small item,
by buying of us, and at the same time get a J
STOVE THAT IS MORE DURABLE than those * ^"^1
of northern make. The following are our prices,
delivered at depot in Greensboro :
No. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, $30 00 I
44 f 44 4i 44 # <4 44 44 2g 0()
Address, SERGEANT <V McCAULEY, 1
Greensboro, N. C. I
JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, S. C.
guar f
GRAND, SQUARE, AND UPRIGHT
PIANOS
HAVE received upwards of FIFTY FIRST
PREMIUMS, and are among the best now
made. Every instrument is fully warranted for
five years. Prices as low as the exclusive use of K
the very best materials and the most thorough 1
workmanship will permit. The principal pianists I
and composers and the piano-purchasing public, I
of the South especially, unite in the unanimous I
verdict of the superiority of the STIEFF PIANO. ]
The DURABILITY of our instruments is fully
established by over
SIXTY SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, I
in the South, using over 300 of our Pianos. ;fl
Sole Wholesale Agents for several of the prin- I
cipal manufacturers of Cabinet and Parlor Organs. 1
Prices from $50 to $600. A liberal discount to .?1 fl
Clergymen and Sabbath Schools. l
A large assortment of second-hand Pianos, at I
ronrrintr frnm 87 "> tn 8300. alwavs on hand. I
Send for illustrated Catalogue, containing the
names of over 2000 Southerners who have bought
and aro using the Stieff Piano.
chas. m. stieff,
Warerooms, No. 9 North Liberty Street,
BALTIMORE, MD.
Factories, 84 and 8(5 Camden St., and 45 and 47
Perry St.
May 21 21 ly
f. s. frischeis, ~~
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTER,
YORKVILLE, 8. C.,
RESPECTFULLY offers his services to the citizens
of Yorkvilleand vicinity. All manner
of HOUSE PAINTING, including Graining,
Marbling and Calcimining executed in the best
style of the art. By the process of CALCIMINING,
plastered walls which have become soiled ??
and discolored, can be made to look as fresh and
clean as new, and of any desired tint or shade of
color, which will not rub off. ffkH
Old Furniture will be re-varnished or re-painted
and varnished in imitation of the various kinds
of woods and made to look as well as new. Where
there is enough of this class of work to justify me
in so doing, I will visit the houses for* that purpose,
thus avoiding the necessity of moving the ^
Furniture. Roofs painted in the most durable
manner, either with granite or slate roofing paint,
and the work warranted. Estimates furnished,
and all work promptly executed at the lowest cash
prices commensurate with durable and artistic
painting. All communications promptly answered.
Address
F. S. FRISCHEIS,
Yorkville, S. C.
December 17 31 ly
mlsichTath charms. &c.
w-^rrmTT -1 T nil /IaoUa Ia rviVn
WJL I I"1 [ liwwiirc 1 lillUlill (tu tYUUUCOllV
their children a chance for a musical education,
but whose -icans are very limited, that I
have made arrangements with the celebrated
"Mason <fc Hamlin Organ Co.," to supply persons
with their unrivaled instrument, either at lowest
factory prices, for cash, or on monthly or quarterly
payments, upon whatis called the lease principle.
Thus any one by paying only a moderate
sum for the use of the instrument, can, at any
time.give it up or become purchaser; the amount ^
already paid being applied to the purchase. Or a
person having paid the rent for four years, becomes
the owner of the Organ without further aj
payment. Call and enquire for particulars and j|
see the new styles, at my Photo gallery, in the m
Adickes' building, where I may be found during
all business hours, either to show you a sample or 1
to wait upon you if you want anything in the I
Photographic lino as heretofore. I
J. R. SCHORB. I
P. S.?Notwithstanding all the misrepresents- I
tions and "gab" of smart agents of the "Ring" I
companies, I still insist that I have the best and I
cheapest Sewing Machine (the American) to offer, m
and I am ready to prove my words to all who
seek for the truth in the jnatter. J. R. S.
TO TEXAS AND ARKANSAS."
THE completion of the TEXAS AND PACIF- I
IC RAILROAD enables the Kenesaw Route,
via Western and Atlanta Rail Road, to offer the I
only all rail route from Georgia and the Carolinas
to all points in Texas.
On and after September 1st, through coaches
leave Atlanta daily for Memphis, Little Rock and
Texarkana, Texas, without change, connecting
there with through cars for Houston and all points
in Texas.
Think of one change of cars between Atlanta,
Georgia, and Houston, Texas.
Rates reduced bv the opening of this route * *
from $5 to ?15!
Full information can be obtained upon application
to Albert B. Wrenn, Southeastern Agent _
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad,
Atlanta, C. E. Sargent, Southeastern Agent L. and
G. S. R. R., Atlanta, or to
B. W. WRENN,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent,
Atlanta, Ga.
September 24 39 tf
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Columbia, April 24th, 1873.
THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER is hereby
designated as the newspaper for the publication
of all Legal Notices and Ollleial Advertisements
for the county of York, under the Act approved
February 22nd, 1870, entitled "An Act to
regulate the publication of all Legal and public
Notices, and the order heretofore issued designatingthe
"Carolina New Era" as the official paper
for the county of York is hereby rescinded.
Bv order' of the Board.
H. E. HAYNE,
Secretary of State, and Secretary of the Board.
I, HENRY E. HAYNE, Secretary of State,
and Secretary of the Board, do hereby certify
that the foregoing is a true copy of the Original on
tile in my office.
H. E. HAYNE, Secretary of State.
AT MY POST AGAINT
THAVE resumed the PRACTICE OF LAW, J
and have taken an office in the "Old Jail," op- M
posite the office, occupied by Wilson & Wilson, H
where I can be found, unless absent on profes- V
sional business, from 10 o'clock, A. M., on Mondays,
until 2 o'clock, P. M., on Saturdays.
T. J. BELL. *
Januarv 22 4 tf
NOTICE.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned
will make application at the next session of
the Legislature of South Carolina, for the re-charter
of THORN'S FERRY, on the Catawba River,
on the road leading from Yorkville, S. C., to
Charlotte. N. C. SARAH THORN.
October 29 ? am p
?be ?0tfe?iHe (inquirer.
TERMS?IN ADVANCE :
One oopy, one year, $ 3 00 , ,
One copy, six months, 1 00
One copy, three months, 2 50
Single copy, 10
Two copies, one year, 5 00 ^
Ten copies, one year, 25 00
fed" To persons who make up clubs often or
more names, an extra copy of the paper will be " j
furnished ono j'ear, free of charg 1
V I