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An Excited Officer.?A newspaper of
1840 relates the following iucident as having
happened at a militia muster in Saccarappa, 1
Maine: ;
On a certain occasion, while drilling this
limb of the nation's bulwark in the art of
"grim-visaged war," the citizen soldiers having
got into an inextricable snarl, it was
found necessary to stop the beating of the
drum. Instead of the usual phrase, "Halt!" ;
our commander bawled out, something pettishly,
"Stop that drumming!" Not understanding
this order, the musician continued to per- J
form his "paddeddiddles" and "flararoemid- \
dies" with as much vigor as ever. "Stop j
that drumming!" shouted the hero, a second |
timfl ? Knf tVist J ? ?* a 1.
?iuo, uui me ulicuusciuus urumraer, witn
head erect and foot on the move, still went on.
The indignant captain could bear it no longer;
marching directly up to the musician, he
drew his "battle blade" with a flourish, and
plunging it through both heads of the in-!
strument, exclaimed, in a voice of thunder, j
"There, darn you, now rub-a-dub if you can !"
How He Proved It.? It is the custom in
Mexico for the clergy to require a foreigner j
wishing to marry a native, to bring proof
of his being a bachelor. Not finding any of
his countrymen who knew him sufficiently
well to testify to this fact, he determined to
supply the deficiency with the oath of a
native.
Meeting a Mexican iu the street, whom he j
had never seen before, our countryman proposed
to him that he should swear to his
being unmarried for the consideration of five
dollars. The senor, after a moment's study,
said to the Yankee:
"Get down on your knees and creep about."
Not exactly understanding what he was at,
our friend obeyed, much to the detriment of
his unmentionables. The other party then
told him that it was all right; that he
would swear that the American had not been
married since he knew him, and that was
before the time he crawled.
Killing a Mouse.?A Keokuk lady, while
engaged in the pursuit of her domestic duties,
encountered a mouse in the flour barrel.
Now. most ladies under similar circumstances
would have uttered a few feminine shrieks,
and then sought safety in the garret. But
this one possessed more than the ordinary
degree of feminine courage. She summoned
the hired man and told him to get the shot_
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guo, can me Duu-aog, ana station mmsen
at a convenient distance. Then she climbed
half way up stairs, and commenced to punch
the flour barrel vigorously with a pole. Preently
the mouse made its appearance, and
started across the floor. The dog at once
went in pursuit. The man fired and the dog
dropped dead. The lady fainted, and fell
down stairs, and the hired man, thinking that
she was killed, and fearing that he would be
arrested for murder, disappeared, and has not
been seen since. The mouse escaped.
Tiie Case Settled.?A farmer called at
the house of a lawyer to consult him professionally.
"Is t' squeer at home ?" he inquired
of the lawyer's wife. He was answered negatively.
After a moment's hesitation, a
thought relieved him. "Mebby yourself can
gi' me information as well as t' squeer, as ye're
his wife ?" The kind lady promised to do
so if she found it in her power, and the other
proceeded as follows: "Spoaze ye were an
old white mear, an' I should borry ye to
gwangto mill with grist on yer back, an' we
should git no farder than Stair Hill, when
all at once ye should back up, an' rear up,
an' nitf?Vi 110 nnrl Irnool Hn\cn KaaL-urorH
and break yer darned old neck, who'd pay
for ye? Not I?darn me if I would!" The
lady, smilingly, told him, as she closed the
door, that as he had himself settled the case,
advice would be superfluous.
' The Virginia City Enterprise tells the
following little anecdote: At Battle Mountain
some three-card monte men, meeting a
German, asked him to bet at their game.
To get him in the notion, one of the cappers
gave him a $20 piece on which to try
his luck. He placed it on a card and won.
Pocketing the $40 he refused to bet again,
and walked out of the house, followed by the
cappers, who insisted on getting the money
back. The German drew a large-sized revolver
from his pocket, and assuming a defiant
attitude, said:
"You speak to me, I put you so tam full of
holes you dont't know what you am. I am
an old Californian, and know all about your
tam tricks. You take me for au immigrant,
you make fools mit yourselves."
Strings on tiie Fingers.?An old farmer
purchased some sweet oil in a drug store,
receutly, and being asked if there was "nothing
else," he laid several packages on the counter,
held up a hand with several strings tied on
the fingers, and said, "Let's see! That red string
I* .. * I. _ I - iL.i _ 1
is lor me oar-soap; mat rag is ror a oroom ;
that blue cord is for a calico dress ; that dress
braid means four pounds of sugar; and the
other string is for sweet oil. No, nothing
more."
#-*>" Just as the train started out on the
Great Western railroad in Detroit, the other
day, a woman leaned forward and called to
her husband, who was ten feet away : "Say,
Simon, did you wash your feet and change
your socks ?" "Xo, by swan! forgot all about
it," he replied. "Well," said she, as she
leaned back, "I feel it in iny bones that there's
going to be a smash up afore we get to London,
and if you are killed I'll just purtend I
didn't know ye."
A Good Deed.?"Well, ray son," said a
Detroit father to his eight-year-old' boy, the
other night, "what have you done to-day that
may be set down as a good deed?" "Gave a poor
boy five cents, "replied the hopeful. "Ah, ha !
that was charity, and charity is always right.
He was an orphan boy, was he ?" "I didn't
stop to ask," replied the boy ; "I gave him the
money for licking a boy who spit on ray dinner
basket!"
Kind.?A young fellow, iu San Francisco
suddenly snatched a kiss from a lady friend,
and excused his conduct by saying that it was
a sort of temporary insanity that now and
then came upon him. When he arose to
take his leave, the pitying damsel said to him,
"If you feel any more such fits coming on
you, you had better come right here, where
your infirmity is known, and we will take care
of you."
Shk Was All Right.?"He died very
suddeny," said one female to another at the
post-office window, last evening.
"And did he have his life insured ?" asked
the other.
"Yes, three thousand dollars."
"A 1 fhnn if ian'f an Kciri Rio wifp
V/j *YCll U1UU) lb iou u ov VMU? a**w ?? ..v
can have a coral set, some new furs, a silk
dress, and just make mourning goods git up
an' wave !"
I?* David Crockett, after returning- home
from his first trip to New York, gave his backwoods
auditors his idea of the first gentleman
in the metropolis: "Philip Hone is the most
gentlemanly man in New York, boys, and
I'll tell you how I know it. When he asks
you to drink, he don't hand you a glass?he
puts the decanter on the table, and walks off
to the window and looks out until you have
finished."
Fun.?"You jist ought to have been over
to our house last night," shouted one small
boy to another, on the Campus Martius, near
Detroit. "Why?making pictures?" inquired
the other. "Naut much ! Humph ! No.
sir ; our folks went away, and we had popcorn,
two kinds of sweetened water, milk and
camphor, drew the dog around in a tablecloth,
and the hired girl told us eight ghost
^^jjtories."
^jjritwltufal department. I
[OriKinal.]
SEED.
In this country very few persons pay that
attention to selecting seed for planting that
they should. Many farmers think that if
seed will germinate, or in common language,
"come up," that is all that is necessary. This
is an error of great consequence. Like produces
like, in more respects than one. What
is true in the animal kingdom, is true also in
the vegetable kingdom. It is, we believe, a
well-established fact that children* frequently
inherit disease from their pareuts. Thus we
hear it often said that such and such families
are scrofulous, or consumptive, or subject to
this or that disease. Some horses are blind.
Now, no one expects to find strong hearty
men or women in those families that are scrofulous
; and every stock raiser would fear the
colts of a blind mare would be blind like
herself. It is true that every member of a
family in which scrofula is hereditary, may
not be affected with that disease, and the
colts of a blind mare may have good eyes; but
L.iL xi -x ; r11 xL~ ?
in DOin cases me perieci issue win ue me exception.
We might ask the question, "Why,
according to the analogy of nature, should we
expect shriveled and decaying seed of vegetables,
to produce strong and vigorous plants ?"
The truth is, poor seed is not as good as strong
and vigorous seed.
Another fact is worthy of attention in this
connection. In some latitudes, certain plants
will partially flourish, but not mature so as
to furnish good seed. Cotton, in our climate,
will, as it is correctly said, run out. This is
the case with any vegetable that is cultivated
in a latitude in which it is not indigenous.
Corn is indigenous in all the Southern States;
in fact in most sections of the United States.
In this latitude we should get our cotton seed
from places south of us ; but it matters very
little where we get our corn seed from, provided
it is a good kind of corn. Plants, like
animals, become acclimated. Corn will mature
much faster in northern latitudes than it
will in southern. Hence, the early varieties
of corn that are often introduced in this country,
from the north, will ripen later each successive
year. Farmers ought to study the
laws of nature about this thing, and select a
kind of seed suitable to their land. Ou thin
lands it is better to plant a kind of corn that
does not produce a large stalk and large ear ;
out a Kind mat maites ouiy a meunuu siauu
stalk and ear. If the land is thin and the
kind of corn planted on it is a large kind, the
probability is that the strength of the soil
will be expended in making a stalk and there
will be no ear at all. On rich, fertile low
lands, a different kind should be planted. In
order to insure a large ear, we must have u
large stalk. Poor up-lauds cannot support
the large stalk, but rich bottoms can.
The principle holds good respecting wheat
and oats. Wheat will not flourish to do any
good in a tropical climate. At the equator it
will not reproduce itself. The same is true
respecting Irish potatoes. In some of the
equatorial Islands, the Irish potatoes produced
will not germinate. These, with many other
facts, indicate to us the necessity of selecting
seeds from their proper latitudes. A change 1
of seed in the same latitude, from one kind of
soil to another, often is of great advantage. ,
Every farmer of any observation knows that (
on the same plantation, some field or even (
parts of the same field, are better adapted to
one kind of crops than others. Some good
corn lands are not good for cotton, whilst
good cotton lands are often poorly adapted to J
the growth of corn. Now it is evident that it j
is better to select seed corn out of a field '
adapted to the growth of corn, than out of one I
not adapted. Cotton planted on some kinds
of land will run out much sooner than it will '
on ; others whilst cotton seed selected from a
plantation poorly adapted to the growth of '
cotton, and planted on a plantation adapted |
to the production of cotton, will actually iin- <
prove. The selection of good seed requires J
but little expenditure of time, and is to most !
men of a practical turn of mind, intensely in
terestiug. The proper place to make the selection
is the field. A patch of everything
should be planted or sown by every farmer
for the special purpose of making seed. '
Whilst the crop, whatever it may be, is matured
in the field, it should be carefully examin- (
ed and the most perfect specimens only saved
forplauting.
wiviotmpvt nr iwt\(PsiTir< AVTHTAT.s. 1
iUAil AUJUiilLiil X Vi A/VUIJUAAV
Man generally claims the right as well as (
the power to compel the auiraal kingdom to
obey his commands. But in the interpretation
of the word right there is a wide difference
of opinion, some holding that it implies
a limited authority, while others are loath to
admit that animals have any rights which man
is bound to respect. It must, however, be admitted
that man cannot pass beyond a certain, '
although perhaps undefinable, line of abuse,
toward the brute, without debasing his own
nature, and obliterating those finer feelings
and attributes which are supposed to be the ,
distinguishing characteristics of human beings.
In the treatment of domestic animals there
are two distinct schools of practice. In one
animals are brought under subjection (or, at
least the attempt is made to do so), through
physical force and fear; while in the other
these elements are almost totally ignored, and
the same results are sought through kind
treatment, the animal performing whatever is 1
required of it, in accordance with the wishes
of its master, in order, probably, to receive
similar favors in return.
Unquestionably there is considerable selfishness
exhibited on both sides, for there can
scarcely be a doubt that this faculty is not
wanting among our domesticated animals, !
and may enter largely into our calculations ^
while making rules tor their management.
Animals trained for exhibition are promptly
rewarded for each effort or trick performed,
at least until the task becomes a habit. The
horse which performs wonderful tricks in a
circus and shows such startling acuteness in ,
comprehending the meaning of words, is real- .
ly no more intelligent naturally than the com- 1
mon drudge of the farm, but the former has !
been educated, while the latter has not.
Perhaps we had better put the matter in
another form, and say that intelligent ani- j
mals are those which have been taught to be '
so by kind and intelligent masters. Of course ,
we are not to suppose that a wild Texas steer
or Mustang from the plains can be made do- '
cile and subservient to our wishes as readily '
as those of breeds long under the influence of ,
thorough domestication. Still we are confident
that the wildest specimen that ever
browsed a tuft ofraesquitcan be made, in one J1
month, as docile as any cossit lamb, and with- '
out being subjected to any punishment beyond
what is actually necessary in capturing him |
There are, doubtless, examples of true vicious-1 j
ness which have been inherited, ana in sucn
instances, force and severe punishment may i ]
be necessary; but these are extremely rare, ,'
and may be considered exceptions to the gen- j i
eral rule, with all kinds of domesticated ani- i
mals. The main point which we wish to bring i
out at this time, and very prominently, too, is i
that our animals have far more brains and ]
powers of discernment in regard to what is i i
expected of them than we are inclined to
credit them with.?N. Y. Sun.
IST" In peeling onions put a large needle in '
the mouth, half in and half out. The needle j
attracts the oily juices of the bulb, and any 11
number may be peeled without affecting the i
eyes. ' <
?luldtttt'si Department. 1
OUR MENAGERIE.
We've got a whole menagerie
At our house, I declare;
For yonder comes a little chap
As hungry as a bear!
And I have heard the youngster say l
When on an errand sent,
"I'm iust as tired as a dog!"
And doggedly he went.
It is but seldom that he cries,
I'm tvillinir tn i*nnfoaQ
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And seldom would you care to hear
His signals of distress,
For, like the "mighty monarch" who
In forest loves to reign,
This autocrat of ours will roar
With all his mite and mane!
As shy as any fox is he
When mischief is ahout,
As innocent as auv lamb
When you would find him out;
And when correction's rod, perchance,
You'd have the urchin feel,
He wriggles out of wisdom's ways
As slippery as an eel.
Hut there are days when order reigns
Supreme within the house;
No doors are banged?the child appears
As quiet as a mouse!
Till of a sudden through the bars
Of silence he will bolt,
And scamper up and down the street
Like any other colt!
We never know just how or when
Occurs the change we see;
Now he is slower than a snail,
And then a busy bee :
But when a whole menagerie
We're anxious to enjoy,
We open wide the outer door,
And introduce that boy !
THE ANCIENT BRITON AND HIS CORACLE.
Less than two thousand years ago the name
of Britain was almost unknown in the world.
It sounded as strangely to the people who then
lived as the name Samoa, or that of some other
distant island, does to us. The Romans looked
on it as the utmost end of the earth, and
its inhabitants as savages.
But when Julius Ciesar saw from the coast
of France, then called Gaul, the white cliffs
rifTtritain ho resolved tn visit, the islniid Hp
had no better design than to rob a weak uatiou,
and to carry soine of its people as slaves
to Rome.
About a hundred years after his time a
learned Roman wrote a geography of the
world, and when he came to describe Britain
lie said he regretted he was so little acquainted
with it, though he hoped the island and
wild natives would soon be better known.
And when the island was known it was
found to be chiefly dark forest and wood, wfth
here and there open spaces cleared for cattleto
graze, or on which to build a few huts.
The house of a Britou was made of poles
and reeds. A few stakes were driven into
the ground, the reeds woven around, and the
space filled with clay. There was no window
aud no chimney; the smoke made its way out
of the roof. All the furniture inside were
one or two stools, a rough table, a few drink
mg cups, and a spear ana smew.
The dress of an ancient Briton was only
the skins of animals thrown over his shoulders
in winter, and fastened round his waist in
summer. His hair hung loose from his head ;
he wore hair on his upper lip ; and his flesh
as often tattooed or pricked with a sharp
point, and into the wounds the juice of a plant
called woad was rubbed.
His fare was scant; he had not learned to
make butter or cheese, and he knew very little
of bread. If he lived near to a river,
lake, or sea, he engaged in fishing. His boat
was called a coracle, a kind of round-shaped
canoe made of wicker-work, and covered with
hides of beasts to keep out the water. It was
very light, and could be carried on his back.
In short, these ancient Britons were no better j
>ff than African or New Zealand chiefs ; in
many cases not so well.
And what was his religion ? He was a poor
heathen. After the Lord Jesus Christ had
come into the world to save sinners and the '
gospel had been preached in many lands, but |1
few of the Britons had heard the joyful sound. I
They made to themselves a large image of;
branches of trees, twisted together in the shape ,
)fa human body; this body they filled with
men, women, and children that had been ta- !
ken in war, or were said to be guilty of crime. 1
Wood was then piled around the image, and 1
;he whole set on fire. . i
This is Britain as it was. This was the i
ipiithmi Ktat.e of our forefathers. Contrast it <
with Britain as it is. Cities and towns are | j
:pread all over the land. The mansions of
:he great and the cottages of the lowly, with 1
louses for the worship of the true God, cotta- '
jes, and schools, appear on every side. Its 1
ihips sail on every sea, and its colonies are in I
ill parts of the world. It is the land of the 1
Bible and Christian knowledge, and if there {
ne a favored spot on earth, it is the land which
was once sunk in heathen crime and idola:ry.?
Child's Companion.
IHE WORM THAT LIVED IN A CHESTNUT, i
Once there was a little worm, that lived in (
the very heart of a fine, large chestnut.
How he got there, he never knew. In fact, '
[ don't believe he ever thought anything I
about it; but there he was, snug and warm,
with plenty to eat, and a tiny hole to let in
the air.
The nut was lying on the ground with a
number of its relations, among some autumn
leaves, and the wee worm could hear the j
leaves whispering together, whenever the rude j,
wind came that way. j (
"Oh! how frightened we are," they would j
say. "The trees have let us fall, and soon we
shall be blown, we know not where."
"But we need fear nothing," said the chest- (
IlUtS, 10 cacn outer. v^ueaiuuw uuu i uc j
blown about like dry leaves. True,the wind, ]
when he's in a very great hurry, gives us a 1
little roll, but that's only fun?it don't frightan
us a bit."
As for the worm, he said to himself, be- *
aause he had no one else to say it to, "I'd 1
rather be even a leaf than a worm in a chest- |
nut, no matter where the wind blew me, for j
then I should, at least, see something. It's ,
awful stupid being shut up here."
Well, one morning there was a sound in the
wood, that was neither a song of the birds, the 1
whistling of the wind, nor the whispering of '
the leaves.
It was the sound of childish voices, and I
the little worm heard the children running (
jayly about, shouting to each other. (
"O, dear! O, dear! I think they are after i
11s. This is worse than the wind."
But the worm said to himself, "I hope they j 1
will let me out of this poky little house, so I <
>k..f T r..o? ulimit tinH spp what a wood is i 1
really like."
"Just then he felt the "poky little house"
lifted from the ground, and a girl called out |
in great glee, "I've found a great big one?a 1
splendid one!"
Then a sharp, cracking sound nearly :
stunned him, and he felt the top of the chest- j
nut cave in, and heard the girl give a shrill j
scream, and cry out in a very different tone !
from that she had cried out in before, "Oh ! a j
horrid, horrid worm !" and she flung it, with j
ill her strength, far away from her on the
jrass.
"Don't care!" said the worm to himself.
'Now I can come out aDy how."
And he came out and was nipped that very
moment by a sparrow, which was hopping
about on the ground, looking for something
for dinner.? The Methodist.
A Singular Fish.?A singular fish is i
found in great numbers in the coast rivers of I
Alaska. It is about eight inches long, trans- 1
parent, and the fattest of all the finny tribe. |
This fat, however, has not tho oily, rancid
taste of other fish, but is like fresh lard. ;
When the fish are dried the Indians often turn j
them to a practical account?burn them in-,
stead of candles. They give a clear, brilliant1
light, and are not liable to he blown out Dy ^
the wind. Mr. Manson, Superintendent at
Fort Simpson, says that the tail should be J
lighted instead of the head, aud each fish will j1
bum about fifteen minutes. ; 1
R6F Man's real friend is industry ; it keeps
him in health and brings him wealth, if sys- js
tematically conducted, and kept within due j '
compass. I I
ftcadiufl for the ?f ahhath.
CONDUCTED BY
KEV. ROBERT LATH AN.
[Original.')
NEEDED. i
Every age is characterized by some pecu- <
liar feature. One of the striking features of j i
the present age, is the neglect of Christian h
parents to give their children a religious ed- 1
ucation. The Sabbath school and the Sab- i
bath school, paper are depended upon to do |
what no one, nor no agency can do, except'
the parents. Sabbath schools and Sabbath
school papers, and religions books and peri- j
odicals generally, are good things in 1 heir |
places. As there are not a few professed ['
Christians who depend upon the preachers to
do all the prayiug, so there are many who
surrender their children to be morally and
religiously educated wholly by the Sabbath ,
school. We have nothing to say against Sab- I
bath schools, no more than we have against j
preachers praying ; but we have much to say ,
against the neglect of parents to teach their
children the Bible at home around the fireside,
and we have much to say against the
sin of Christians in not praying to God with
and for their children.
[Original.]
EXPERIENCE.
There are some people in this world who
always avoid everything that is practical.
They deal in vague generalities. This is especially
true with regard to the subject of
religious experience. Commence talking to
them about what the Lord has done for their
souls, and they will commence mentioning a
great many things which, in some way, are
connected with religion ; but the subjects are
neither religion nor its effects upon the sbul.
Their minds are stored with a great many
facts; but they have very little to do with
personal piety. It is to be feared that too
many regard these vague things as constituting
religion. It does seem that some people
have no religious experience. They are members
of some church, pay their pastor, it may
may be, promptly, and attend church regularly,
aud there the thing ends. Talk to them
about communing with God, and they look
vacant. Really, they do not understand you,
and hence, either say nothing or say something
that sounds silly.
[Originnl.]
WILL NOT.
on/I f Kq r\t\ 1 it rooaon fliof fKoro I
JL 11 Xj 1 , U1IU IIIIW VUIJ A VyUUU ?J y VUUV 1/uvi v I
are any of Adam's race in that fearful place j
we call hell is, they would no$ come unto
Jesus. The reason that so many are to-day
rushing with all the velocity of time, to the
regions of perpetual darkness is, they reject
the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of
the world. Our Saviour said to the Jews,
"Ye will not come to me that ye may have
life." This does not mean that they would
not in the future come to bim, but it means
that by an edict of their own will they had
determined not to come to Jesus. It is not4
a prediction respecting what would be in the
future; but it is a plain declaration of what
was in existence at the moment he was speaking.
The Jews determined to reject the Sa- .
viour. Just so it is to-day. All those who
are nn the road that leads to destruction, have '
rleliberately resolved, in the face of light the
clearest, to reject the Saviour. They are out
of the church, and live lives of sin, and will
finally die in their sins, simply because they
will not do otherwise. There is not a sane
man in the world who does not see that the 1
plan of salvation offered to men in the gospel '
is worthy of all acceptation. Every man sees
that a life of holiness is attended with less ]
inconvenience than a life of sin. In fact, it
may be said that the gospel commends itself
;o all. No man is so foolish as to deny the
inestimable worth of the moral code. No
man will deny that there is incomparable
oeauty in a life of holiness. In one word, it
will be acknowledged that virtue is better r
;han vice, that obedience is better than diso- j
bedience. Why, then, do not men follow Je- 1
ius? The reason is in themselves. They
will not. They have determined not to follow
him. It is the fixed purpose of their 1
hearts to reject the Lamb of God. It will be ]
found, when the records of time are made up,
that the hss of immortal souls will not be <
due to any defect in the provisions of the
gospel; but to the stubbornness of the human
will.
fOrlglnul.]
ALARMING.
The sin of drunkenness is really becoming
alarming. It threatens the well-being of society.
The ancient Spartans were accustomed
to make the helots, their slaves, drunk, so
that the young Spartans, seeing how foolish
the slaves acted when drunk, might become
disgusted at such a sight, and refrain
from the use of iutoxicating drinks. Such a
plan as this would have no effect upon the
boys of this generatiou. Children see drunk
men almost every week in the year, and in
some localities, almost every day in the week,
ind they do not become disgusted with the
practice. On the contrary, beardless boys
learn to drink, and we are sorry to say, often *et
beastly drunk. If this is not an alarming
state of things, we frankly confess that wchre
unable to imagine what might, with propriety,
be called alarming.
Often we hear it told, in seeming vindication
of the present practice of drinking to excess,
that our fathers all drank, and many of
them to excess. This, no doubt, is partly
true. It is a long time since men commeuceu
the practice of indulging to excess in intoxicating
drinks. One of the sins, and probably
the principle sin of the Antediluvians, was
irunkenncss. Noah got drunk soon after
die flood ; but all this does not make drunkenness
right; neither can it be dragged in as j
i palliation for the offense. By the way, it is L
sot strictly true that all our fathers, or rather
bur grandfathers, were drunkards. The men !
who first settled America were temperate i
men. They were men far superior in almost J "
every particular to us, their sons. We have i
10 inclination to claim perfection for the men !
bf past generations. They were but men, ! ,
ind were often addicted to grievous vices. '
rhemistocles was at one period of his life a Jrunkard,
and as long as he was a drunkard | lie
was a worthless creature. He quit indul-1 j
jiug in the intoxicating bowl after Miltiades 1
Tained the battle of Marathon. The good of J
3ur common country demands that our citizens i
live lives of sobriety. We have often thought
that this thing of drunkenness lies partly at!
the door of the church, or rather professed (
Christians are greatly to blame for the prev- J]
ilence of the sin. Those who ought to be i (
examples of sobriety, are often not so. ! .
Intoxicating liquor is a very expensive
thing. It costs, in one way and another, more '
than all the other expenses of the world, t
Some men who complain a great deal about j
high taxes, tax themselves most enormously, i
and say nothing about it. God's people j "
should prayerfully reflect upon this thing of
drunkenness in our country. It is striking a
blow at the vitals of society.
JOHN H. ADAMS.
. i
FALL AND WINTER GOODS!
THE undersigned would respeetfully announce !
to liis friends and the public generally that his
stock of FALL AND WINTER GOODS is now
complete having been purchased in the northern
markets, from tirst dealers, by that experienced
md judicious buyer, COL. MeOORKLE.
In my stock may be found a full and complete
line of
DRESS GOODS,
Including black and colored Silks, Velvet, Velveteen,
Series, Sateens, Poplins, Valours, and a
great variety of Cotton Prints,of all qualities and
fit all prices.
WHITE GOODS,
In full variety, Ribbons, Hosiery, Gloves, Handkerchiefs,
Table Damask, Hats, Flowers and
Feathers, and a general stock of Fancy Articles.
Besides the above, in my stock may be found
a complete assortment of
GOODS FOR GENTS' WEAR,
Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Jeans, Tweeds, C'assimeres,
Cloths, ttc., Siiirts, Under-Clothing, and a
full assortment of Gent's Furnishing Goods.
My stock will be kept full during the season,
and will embrace every article usually kept in
A FIRST-CLASS ESTABLISHMENT,
to an examination of which the public are respectfully
invited, feeling confident, as I do, that the
inducements I can ofler are second to none in the
market.
JOHN H. ADAMS.
Nos, 3 Broad Street and 109 East Bay Street,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
STAT10HIRS
First-Class Work
OUR SPECIALTY,
YET, BY USING CHEAPER GRADES OP STOCK,
WE CAN FURNISH WORK AT
LOWEST LIVING PRICES.
FINE FASHIONflBiJsTATIONERY,
Piries Paper and Envelopes.
I Redding and <?all Invitations
ON THE BEST STOCK AND PRINTED IN THE
LATEST STYLE.
September 10 37 tf
CHESTER
FURNITURE STORE,
OPPOSITE THE
COURT HOUSE.
A full assortment of
lllin 11 Mill Ullll SITS,
COTTAGE FURNITURE,
BEDSTEADS, MATTRESSES, EXTENSION
, ANDOTHEKTABLE8.
A great variety of
CHAIRS, PICTURE FRAMES,
LOOKING GLASSES, ETC.,
constantly on hand.
As I buy direct from WESTERN MANUFACrURERS
FOR CASH, I am enabled to sell as I
ow, and a little lower, than any other house in
his country. 1
Persons wanting to buy
FURNITURE
ivill find it to their interest to examine my stock.
Orders sent by mail or by Mr. F. M. GALBRAITH,
will receive prompt attention.
Goods bought from me will be sent (freight
paid) to tlie nearest itanroau ntauon 01 mo purdijger.
R. BRANDT, Proprietor,
Chester, S. C.
February 4 5 ly
THE JAS. LEFFEL
i Doable Turbine Water Wheel, ;
i Manufactured by j
POOLE & HUNT, i
Baltimore, Hd. j
7,000 X01V IN USE/
Simple, Strong, Durable, i
always reliable aud Balisjlauufacturnri'.aleo,
of
! Portable & Stationary
Engines, Steam Boilers,
Saw & OriBt Mills, Mining
Machinery,Gearing
for Cotton Mills, Flour,
Pdnt, White Lead and
Oil fliin Machinery, Hydranlio and other
Presses,ftc. Shifting, Pulleys and Hangers
a specialty Machine mado Gearing; accnato
aud of very bust fluish. Send for Circulars.
March 25 12 6m
TT-IT! 1Z? TJ TTVT^S-9^
PATENT CHAMPION SAFES,
Established more than a third of a Century,
REDUCED I TV PRICE,
Vlsotwo hundred Socond-Hand Safes for sale
1AW nainoo
Ut VCij iun pi ivc.i*
HERRING & CO.,
251 AND 252 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
50 AND GO SADBURY ST., BOSTON.
February 18 7 3m*
R. BRANDT,
DKAC.KR IN
IEWELRY, WATCHES, CLOCKS, SILVER
AND PLATED WARE,
Musical Instruments;,
GUNS, PISTOLS, &C., AC.,
Opposite tlic Court House,
CHESTER, S. C.
REPAIRING WATCHES and ENGRAVING
IX a specialty. All work warranted.
Orders given to Mr. E. M. (1ALBRAITH for
ne, will have prompt attention.
February 4 5 ly
TTN. BENNETT,
MAKER AND REPAIRER
OF
GrXJTVS ANDPISTOLS,
AT CHESTER, S, C.
[HAVE been for so long a time MAKING '
AND REPAIRING GUNS that I can give
i guarantee that my work will give entire sat- 1
sihcuijh.
February 11 6 ly
. S. R. THOMSON. C. E. SPENCER. J
THOMSON & SPENCER, ,
Solicitor's in Bankruptcy ?
YORKVILLE, S. C. J
2JPECIAL attention given to; tiling of petitions,
5 to the prosecution of claims in Bankruptcy,
md the collection and forwarding of Dividendsjto
Creditors.
February 4 5 tf
AUCTIONEERING. T
rHE undersigned takes this method to notify
the public that he will give prompt attention
o AUCTIONEERING in York and the adjoining
:ounties. Communications may be addressed to
rim at Yorkville, S. C. S. Ci. BROWN.
March 5 10 tf
RAGS WANTED.
a POUNDS of clean cotton and linXU.UUlJ
en wanted, for which 2 cents
>or pound will be paid, at the
"ENQUIRER" OFFICE. ,
IMPORTANT NEWS TO PLANTERS!
GREAT
REDUCTION IN PRICES !
In view of tlie low prices obtained for Cotton
the present season, and in order to place our
Guanos within the reach of every planter, we
have greatly reduced our prices.
They will bo sold as follows:
THE
CAROLINA FERTILIZER,
CASH PRICE,
PERTON OF 2000 POUNDS, $46.
Payable May 1st, 1875.
TIME TRICE,
PERTON OF 2000 POUNDS, $53.
Payable Nov. 1st, 1875, free of Interest.
CLARK BROTHERS, Agents, Yorkville, S. C.
J. M. rVY At CO., Agents, Rock Hill, S. C.
CURETON, ARDREY A CO., Agents, Fort
Mill, S. C.
T XI S
BRADLEY'S PATENT PHOSPHATE.
Cash Price,
PER TON OF 2000 LBS., $46.
Payable May 1st, 1875.
Time Price,
PER TON OF 2000 LBS., $53.
Payable Nov. 1st, 1875, free of Interest.
T. M. DOBSON & CO., Agents, Yorkville,S. C.
THE PALMETTO ACID PHOSPHATE.
Cash Price,
PER TON OF 2000 LBS., $30.
Payable May 1st, 1875.
Time Price,
PER TON OF 2000 'LBS.,: $35.
Payable Nov. 1st, 1875, free of Interest.
FREIGHT AND DRAYAGE TO BE ADDED.
Call on Agents tor Almanacs and Information.
FOR SALE BY
CLARK BROTHERS, Yorkville, S. C.
J. M. IVY & CO., Rock Hill, S. C.
GEO. W. WILLIAMS & CO.,
Proprietors, Charleston, S. C.
January 14 2 4m .
THE COOKING STOVES manufactured at our
works in Greensboro, N. C., give universal
satisfaction wherever introduced. They are made
of the BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL with heavier
and thicker plate than any other Stove in the
market, and consequently will the longer withstand
heat and hard usage. They are of hand
some pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal
in every other respect to any Cooking Stove sold
in the United States, while it is confidently claimed
that they are the CHEAPEST. All the usual
pieces ol ware and cooking utensils are furnished
with each Stove, aii important coii?iucr?n,iun
with purchasers is the fact that our patterns and
sizes are never changed. Should a piece get accidentally
broken at any time, we can replace it at
the mere cost of casting. Not simply because it
is a home production, buton accountof its intrinsic
merits as an articlo of household economy, do
we ask the patronage of home purchasers. More
than ONE THOUSAND of these Stoves are now
in use, and among many others having them we
respectfully refer to the following: R. E. Guthrie,
D. M. Campbell, M. H. Currenee, York county;
Mrs. Elizabeth J.-Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon, |
Guthriesville; John A. Brown, Rock Hill; B. P. J
Boyd, Joseph Herndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkville.
You can save the freight from the northern cities
and the dealer's prolit, which is no small item,
by buying of us, and at the same time get a
STOVE THAT IS MORE DURABLE than those
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
44 J <4 44 44 44 4 4 4 4 44 OQ QQ
Address, SERGEANT <ft McCAULEY*
Greensboro, N. C.
T. M. DOBSON A CO., Agents, Yorkville, S. C. I
JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, S. C.
W. Li. BKlUIiKI'!)
STANDARD FERTILIZERS.
mi
SEA-FOWL GUANO.
GUARANTEED
EQUAL TO ANT EVER SOLD!
I'OLLAliD & CO., COTTON FACTORS,
GENERAL AGENTS,
Augusta, Greoi'gia..
SEA-FOWL GUANO, in hags, of 200 pounds
jacli.
C. C. COE'S SUPERPHOSPHATE OF LIME,
in hags, of 200 pounds each.
BRADLEY'S AMMONIATED DISSOLVED
BONES, in tight drv barrels and bags.
ROYAL GUANO* COMPOUND, in bags, oC200
pounds each.
The abovestandard Fertilizers having been used
for the past seven years, in the South, with unejualed
success, are again ofl'ercdat prices that can:iot
fail to give satisfaction, while the standard is
guaranteed to ho equal if not superior to any ever
wild. '
For prices and terms, apply to.
W. II. A J. P. HERNDON,,
Yorkville, S. C.
February 4 5 3m
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June 4 23 tf J
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u&+9 vp jm\j sStisson it (.'o., I'lirtlsinii, Me. 3 l>*l
THE CHRISTIAN OBSERVER,
LOUISVILLE. KY.,
ONE of the best, as it is the oldest, of the family
religious papers published in this country,
j TWO COMPLETE PAPERS, one purely religious,
the other a literary and miscellaneous
sheet, are furnished every week for $3.00 a year.
ITS EDITORIALS are marked by decided and
i clear evangelical views.
I ITS ARTICLES ON PERSONAL RELIGION
! are furnished by many of the ablest ministers in
; this country.
ITS DEPARTMENT FOR TilE HOME CIR- *
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I IS IlUb ?IU ./J
j ITS RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE is fresh
I and full, giving promptly the news of the Pres!
byterian church, ami a full outline of the intelligence
from other denominations, and of missionary
news.
THE LITERARY DEPARTMENT contains
communications on literary tonics from many ^
writers; Reviews of the new publications ; Literary,
Educational, Scientific and Political Intelligence,
from our own and other lands; Historical
Sketches: Reminiscences, Incidents, Anecdotes;
Suggestions for the Farmer, and for those engaged
in other industrial pursuits; Scientific articles
written in a popular style, and a great variety of
miscellaneous articles.
Every week the paper contains forty-eight columns
of reading matter, affording in a year as
large an amount and as rich a variety of reading
as would be contained in fiftj* or sixty volumes
of a Sunday School or Church Library, that avernge
a hundred and fifty pages each.
SUBSCRIBE WITHOUT DELAY.
Subscription Price, 93.00 A Year.
figf* Liberal commissions or premiums given to
tfiose who get up lists of new subscribers. Specimen
copies of the paper furnished on application.
Address CONVERSE & CO.,
Louisville, Ky.
February 4 o tf
"The sweetest, most powerful and durable
now in nse."
BLOOMFIELD & OTIS,
NEW SCALE PIANOS,
209 EAST 19TH ST., NEW YORK.
EMBRACING new-and most valuable Patents,
giving a greatly improved treble; also, by a
new manner of stringing and a new method of inserting
sound board, the most important results "
have been obtained.
"The tone is full and sonorous, with a sweetness ^
and delicacy of touch that cannot be surpassed. I
have tested'them as I would a Grand, for points
of delicacy and strength, and they have stood the
test in every way. In many respects they are superior
to any manufactured in America.
Charles Fradel."
(The eminent and favorite Composer and Pianist
to His Royal Highness, the Due Gustave of
Sax Weimar of Eisenach.)
(Rochester Musical Times.)
"The firm of Bloomfield A Otis have lately made
several important improvements in their pianos,
placing them in the front rank of American manufacturers."
(Toledo, 0., Blade.)
"Bloomfield A Otis, of New York, carry away
the first premiums at the Ohio State Fair as they
did at the Fair of the American Institute. Considering
the fact that they met in competition all
the established favorites, such as the Knabe, Dunham,
Lighte, Bradbury, and many others, which
were skilfully handled, this is certainly a high
compliment, as the tests were thorough and critical.
(Brooklyn, N. Y. Eagle.)
"The Music Committee of the Board of Education,
Brooklyn, together with the local commit- ?'
tees, after examining and thoroughly testing all the
principal instruments manufactured, have pur- T
chased Bloomfield A Otis' celebrated Patent Treble
Pianos for the use of the schools."
These Pianos are warranted for seven years.
Responsible and energetic AGENTS WANTED
everywhere.
par Send for Circular ind mention the name of
the paper in which you saw this advertisement.
January 28 4 tf
W
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
the very best materials and the most thorough
workmanship will permit. The principal pianists
and composers and the piano-purchasing public,
of the South especially, unite in the unanimous
verdict of the superiority of the STIEFF PIANO.
The DURA BILITY of our instruments is fully \
established by over
SIXTY SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES,
in the South, using over 300 or our Jfianos. .
Sole Wholesale Agents for several of the prin
cipal manufacturers of Cabinet and ParlorOrgans.
Prices from $50 to $600. A liberal discount to
Clergymen and Sabbath Schools.
A large assortment of second-hand Pianos, at
prices ranging from $75 to $300, always on hand.
Send for Illustrated Catalogue, containing the
names of over 2000 Southerners who have bought
and are using the Stieft' Piano.
CHAS. M. STIEFF,
Warerooins, No. 9 North Liberty Street,
BALTIMORE, MD.
Factories, 84 and 86 Camden St., and 45 and 47
Perry St.
May 21 21 ly
c7 WEST & SONS
ALADDIN SECURITY OIL.
WARRANTED 150 DEGREES FIRE TEST.
tut? upbt noramnr n nil. IN THE WORLD.
X 11 *J UUkJi liwutianv*'*' v? <.< ? -
Indorsed by the Fire Insurance Companies.
Head the followingCertificate selected from many
others: i
HOWARD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF BALTIMORE. Baltimore, Dec. 23, 1874.?
Messrs. C. West <k Sons?Gentlemen: Having
used the various Oils, sold in this city for illuminating
purposes, I take pleasure in recommending
your "Aladdin Security" as the safest and
best ever used in our household. Yourstruly,
(Signed) Andrew Reese, President.
IT WILL NOT EXPLODE !
ASK YOUR STOREKEEPER FOR IT.
Wholesale depot,
C. WEST & SONS,
Nos. 113 and 115 W. Lombard St.
February 4 52 6m*
MUSIC HATH CHARMS. &C.
WITH pleasure I inform all who desire to give
their children a chance for a musical education,
but whose means 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 what is called the lease principle.
Thus any one by paying only a moderate
sum for the use of r.lie instrument, can, at any
time,give it tip 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 ^
payment. Call and enquire for particulars and
see the new styles, at my Photo gallery, in the ,
Adickes' building, where I may be found during
all business Hours, eitner to snow you a sampie or
to wait upon you if vou want anything in the
Photographic line as heretofore.
J. R. SCHORB.
P. S.?Notwithstanding all the misrepresentations
and "gab" of smart agents of the "Ring"
companies, I still insist that I have the best and
cheapest Sewing Machine (the American) to offer,
and I am ready to prove my words to all who
seek for the truth in the matter. J. R. S.
THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT.
ESTABLISHED 1821. .
PUBLISHED Weekly in Greensboro, N. 0.,
by DUFFY A ALBRIGHT, at $2.10 per year
in advance?postage included.
It is Democratic-Conservative in politics and
labors zealously for the material prosperity of the
South generally, and North Carolina particularly.
yrir- North Carolinians abroad should not be
without it. Specimen copies free.
The Patriot and Yorkvii.lf. Enquirkb will
be furnished one year for $4.
Address
DUFFY & ALBRIGHT, Publishers,
Greensboro, N. C.
February 4 5 tf
BARBER SHOP.
THOSE in want of an EASY SHAVE, a fashionable
and stylish cut of hair, or a pleasant
and luxurious Shampoo, are reminded that
TIIOS. BALLARD, Professor of the ArtTonsorial,
is still in business, in his old Shop next door
to the Enquirer building, where it will afford
hiin great pleasure to wait upon all who may desire
his services. Razors honed and sharpened,
and any-other work of that kind promptly done.
He may be found at the Shop on Sunday mornings
from 7 to 10 o'clock.
THOMAS BALLARD.
June 11 25 ly
AGRICULTURAL LIENS,
MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to
Real Estate. For sale at the
ENQUIRER OFFICE.
ftrrfcrillc inquirer.
TERMS?-IN ADVANCE :
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One copy, six months, 1 So
One copy, three months, 2 50 -<
Single copy,.. 10
Two copies, one year, 5 00
Ten copies, one year, 25 00
par To persons who make up clubs often or
more names, an extra copy of the paper will be
furnished one year, free of charge,