Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, June 17, 1875, Image 4
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HELPING A BASHFUL LOVEK.
There's no foolishness about some of the
fathers of Dubuque county who have marriageable
daughters, and they know how to
precipitate business when the fruit is ripe
for the plucking and hangs wasting its sweet
ness when it should be plucked. Matters
were brought to a climax with a rush, at a
certain farmer's residence in Vernon Township
recently. A young tiller of the soil had
for months and months been paying most
assiduous attentions to one of his daughters,
hut he was such a bashful, modest chap, never
having been in the company of girls, except
this one, that he had never been able to raise
his courage sufficently high to pop the all-important
question. He had gone to the house
in which his admirer lived upon at least twenty
different occasions, resolved to know his fate ; |
but wheu ushered into the presence of the |
fair one, into whose keeping he had placed |
his heart, his courage would invariably "go
back on him," and he would return to his
lonely room in greater suspense than before.
Upon the evening in question he had determined
that come what would, he would tell ]
his Mary he loved her. He would once for t
all decides the matter ; as upon each former |
occasion he could get the proposal uo further
than his throat. There he stuck, and he had
just determined to gulp it down and give up
the siege, when the door opened and in stalked
the girl's father, who advanced to where
they were sitting, and thus addressed them :
"I come to put a stop to this infernal foolishness.
It ain't the courting expenses that I'm
looking at, for coal oil's cheap, an' wood
can be had forhaulin'; but I'm sick and
tired of this billin' and cooin' like a pair of
sick doves, keeping me awake o'uights, and
it's got to be stopped right here. Maria
Jane, look up here. Do you love John Henry
well enough to marry him?"
"Why, father, I?I?you must?"
"Stop that darn foolishin'," yelled the old
man. "Answer yes or no, an' that mighty
quick, too. It's got to be settled now or
never."
"Well, but father, don't you know?if you'd
only wait and?"
"Dry up; and answer 'yes' or 'no.' Speak,"
roared the old gent.
"Well, yes then. There now," and Mary
again bid her face.
"That's business ; that's the way to talk.
Now John, look here?look up here or I'll
shake you all to pieces. Do you want that
pal o' mine for a wife? Sneak out. like a man.
DOW?"
"Why, Mr ain't this rather a?I mean
can't you?"
"Speak out or out of this house you'll go
head foremost. I won't wait a minute longer.
There's the gal, an' a likelier gal ain't in the
State, an' you? Now, John, I won't stand a
bit of foolin'; once for all, 'yes or no.' "
"Well, yes sir, I have been presumptuous
to hope that I?"
"0, cuss your soft talk ; the thing's settled
now. You two blasted fools would have been
six months more at that job I've done in five
minutes. I never saw such fooling as there
is among young people now-a days. Ain't
like it was when I was young?an' now, good
night. You can talk the thing over, and you
an' me, John, '11 go to town an' git the license
to morrow. Soon be time to go to plowin'?
no time for love makin' then. Good night,
good night; hope I was not too rough, but I
was determined to fix the thing up one way
or the other;" and the old man went back to
bed.
Now that the ice was broken the young
people laid all their plans for the future, and
John felt just a little bad at the comfort he
had lost, when Mary looked at him and slyly
said :
"This would have been all right three or four
:f i i
jijuijiua uuiiu, ti jruu uau uut uecu DU
skeery. I know'd all the time that you wanted
to ask me ; but it wasn't in my place to
say anything, you know."
No cards?Dubuque Times.
Golden Pavements.?At a convention of
clergymen recently held in Syracuse, and after
the evening's meal, it was proposed that each
in turn should entertain the company with
such remarks as might be deemed appropriate.
When it came to the turn of Mr. Waterhouse,
he related a dream, which he said be had a
few nights before. In his dream he went to
heaven, and his picture of golden streets,
the rivers of shining water, the seraphic
choirs, and so forth, was interestingly vivid.
When he concluded, a man notorious for his
mouey grabbing and penurious habits approached
and asked, in a tone of coarse
jocularity :
"Well Brother Waterhouse, did you see
any of us in your dream ?"
"Yes, BrotherG., I saw you."
"Ah ! and what was I doing?"
"You were ou your knees."
"Of course?praying."
"You were trying to dig up the golden
pavements of the New Jerusalem."
A Juvenile Witticism.?A sweet little
lady of four years occasionally brightens our
home by her visit, exciting the marvel and
merriment of all by her precocious witticisms.
A few days since, in paying a long-deferred
visit, she was very naturally served with the
choicest delicacies the house afforded, among
which ice cream seemed most fully to meet
the admiration of her childish appetite, and,
after disposing of one dish, quite naturally
craved another. Her request was met by my
wife with the remonstrance, "I am afraid,
Bessie, if I give you another it will make you
ill, and you cannot then come and visit me."
To which she promptly replied, "That need
not matter, Mrs. L.; I should certainly come as
soon as I got well."
His Reason.?A lady was around the
post-office yesterday, speaking with boot
blacks aud newsboys, and urging them to
attend Sunday-school. A few said they would
attend; others gave reasons why they couldn't,
and oue young red-head was silent.
"Wouldn't you like to come to Sundayschool,
my boy ?" kindly inquired the lady.
"Noam."
"Why wouldn't you ?"
"O, 'coz."
" 'Cause what ?"
"Why, suppose the fire bells should ring
and the preacher wouldn't let me out?" he
exclaimed.
Bound to Get Square.?"Say, Ned, give
us a bite of your apple?"
"I won't."
"Just a tiney little piece."
"I won't."
"Areu't you mean? Lend me your skates?"
"No, I won't."
"Well, now, all right for you. You see if
I don't get square with you. Grandmother's
awful sick, and I guess she'll die 'fore loug;
then let me see you fooliu' round, tryin' to
come to our funeral."
Moke Whitewashing.?One of the negro
whitewashers was sent by a joker to a city official
to secure a job, and when he stood in
the official's presence, he humbly said :
"Mister, dey told me datyou wanted to git
ver character whitewashed, and I'se cum to
dode job."
As the colored man looked back up stairs, I
and felt of the place where something struck
him, he mused:
"Waal, now, who'd a thought he'd make
sich a fuss as that over sich a Bmall job ?"
+
A gentlemen drove a sorrowful-looking
horse into town last Saturday, and stopping
in front of Bank Block, he requested a small
boy to hold him a moment. "Hold 'im !" exclaimed
the boy. "Just lean him up against
the post; that'll hold 'ira."
A man who has lived next door to a
school house for ten years says he can see no
sense in calling any one "a gentleman and
a scholar."
jUjtirttltol ffpartmeot.
TOMATOES AS A FARM CROP.
Within the memory of many, tomatoes
were almost unknown. A few were grown in (
gardens as an ornament under the name of ;
"love apples," but scarcely anybody thought
the fruit fit to eat. Almost everybody has i
had their time learning to like tomatoes, but ! ]
the vegetable has fairly fought its way to pop-! i
ular favor, as is seen in the fact that a major- ! i
ity of young children of the present day like !
tomatoes the first time of eating them. Now j
thousands of acres are grown for market j:
around all our large cities, and a few plants j.
are found in most farmer's gardens. Large ,:
establishments are engaged for weeks canning '
tomatoes for winter use. The price paid by j i
these establishments is usually low ; but they :
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the earliest have declined. Take it altogether j!
the crop is generally profitable, even on high *
priced lands near cities where it is usually i
grown. It will bear transportation some dis- i'
tance with careful handling, and is a crop > I
which many farmers might profitably culti- ;
vate on a small scale. It does not demand ;
very rich ground, nor as a field crop any bet- ! <
ter care than should be given to corn or pota- j i
toes. A larger average yield can be got in <
tomatoes than in potatoes, and the average |
price is generally higher. The richer the i ]
ground the larger the crop; but it is also a :.
little later and the price lower. A two-year- ! j
old clover sod, well plowed under in May, is J j
rich enough for a field crop, if a little well j j
rotted stable manure is put under each hill i
at plauting time. There is no need of great- : <
er expense in after culture than for potatoes, ; <
excepting in harvesting and marketing. To- j
matoes are taken to market in baskets instead
of in bulk, and hence less can be carried iu a j
wagon load thau of potatoes.
The plants should be started early iu a hot
bed and transplanted at least once; twice <
would be better, before putting into open ]
ground. This transplanting is important to i
secure a stocky growth, and induces early i
fruitfulness. The transplanting also causes
uuraerous tine roots, which save the plant j
from injury at the time when set into the open j
field and when rapid, vigorous growth is most j
imnortant. A well rooted "stubbv" nlailt. ! ,
twice transplanted, is well worth a dozen that ,
have grown up without moving in the seed bed. If
no better way is feasible, clip the tops and |
shorten the roots, as they grow, by passing a |
knife between the rows. This will serve near- ]
ly as good a purpose as the first transplanting, ,
which must be done very carefully to avoid |
loss. It is not worth while to set in the open ,
field until the ground has become quite warm. ,
Hathaway's Excelsior and Early Smooth
Red are reliable sorts for field cultivation. |
For very early, Hubbard's Curled Leaf is best |
but it is a light cropper, and the very early (
market is soon filled. Any one attempting to ,
grow tomatoes by the acre will be likely to (
get fancy prices for only a very few as extra
early. There is generally a better later market?toward
the last of the season, and for
this there is no superior to the Trophy. It is
smooth, fine fleshed and productive. Both ,
the Trophy and Hathaway's Excelsior require
richer soil than the Smooth Red, and they
are also rather moro productive. Grown as a
field crop, tomatoes, with fair cultivation, will
yield from 300 to 000 busheL per acre. The
price varies so widely that no reliable estimate
can be made of the product, but any one
knowing the usual prices in his vicinity, can
readily judge whether it would prove a paying
one. I know that generally market gardeners
have made much larger profits from
tomatoes than most farmers are forced to be
content with for their usual farm crops.? Cor.
Country Gentleman.
(11 IMIVVIVIJ
illJVU 1 U.VIVA^Li^lilVX*
A home should have a garden of some kind
attached to it. However poor the house may
be, a little plot of garden in front of it, where
something pretty is growing, where green viues
are climbing upward into the sunlight, where
birds and bees, and children love to gather,
and the passer-by pauses to look with interest ,
aud pleasure, gives it a far more home-like
and attractive aspect than than it can other- ,
wise have. Many an ordinary house, with a
well kept and tastefully arranged garden, pre- ,
sents a far more pleasing and attractive appearance
than a much costlier mansion whose
bare walls have no variegated setting of nat- ,
ural beauty to give completeness to the pic- ,
ture. It is surprising how much a few tlowers i
set in the window add to the cheerfulness of
the room they adorn, and the home likeness
of the house as seen from the street. A few
honeysuckles or woodbines trailiug over an
arbor or along a house wall, alter the aspect
of the place at once, and create an impression J
favorable to its inmates. This is the time of
the year for making preparations for the summer
garden; and we advise our friends to
spare no pains in having such a plot of some j
kind, in which they can work an hour or two
every day, for the health that comes from the
exercise, and theinvigoration which such contact
with nature always gives. Every child
wants a garden, and whenever it is possible,
even the smallest child should have the pleasure
of planting a few seeds and seeing them i
grow, week by week, until he feels something
of the beauty and mystery there is in nature,
and falls in love with her methods and laws'
The garden is the best of nurseries, and needs
only the fine tact and mastery of nature's art
to make it the best of schools. It would be
well could it be arranged that in the summer
time the table could be sometimes spread upon
the lawn, exchanging the woolen carpet for
one of green grass, and the accustomed pictures
of the dining room for the fine laudscape
visible from almost every country home, i
The garden is merely the frame iu which |
home is set, and the more that is done to make j
the setting beautiful, the more shall we prize j
and enjoy the jewel it contains.
Broom Corn.?Broom corn, which is now |
one of the most extensive products of the land, j
was introduced iuto the country by Dr. Frank- j
lin. It is stated, that while examining a corn j
stalk brought to him from Europe, he discov- !
ered a single seed, which he planted in his j
garden and from which corn was propagated.Formerly
Massachusetts was the only State in {
the Uuion where this corn was raised or the ,
manufacture of brooms carried on to any ex- !
tent. Boston for many years was the great j
point for the distribution of these manufac- :
tured goods. The raisiug of corn and the i
manufacture of brooms extended to nearly i
every one of the New Euglaud States, but j
now there is hardly an acre devoted to the (
broora corn culture in tnat eutire region. :
Since the war, farmers have raised tobacco in !
its place; as they find it more remunerative. ;
Illinois is the largest producer of broom corn ;,
at present, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri,^
Tennessee and New York coming next.
Chicago and Cincinnati, and new York are I
the centres of business in this product, the j
latter city being the great depot of manufac- |
tured goods. There are two or three large
manufactories in New Hampshire, and quite i
a number iu Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and ,
New York, the smaller ones being located
I here and there.
The following figures, which are as correct
as can be ascertained, show the quantity of
broom corn annually manufactured into
brooms in the Canadas and various States of
the Union. Canada and Provinces, 1,050
tons; New England, 1,148 tons; New York, i
4,400 tons; Michigau, 700 tons; Indiana,
Illinois, and Iowa, 1,350 tons ; Wisconsin and !
Minnesota, 750 tons; Ohio, 1,250 tons; Penn-1
; sylvania, 1,500 tons; and Maryland 750
tous.
Ykast Cakk.?A single haudful of hops,,
6 medium-sized potatoes, 3 pints of water; boil
one-third away, mash the potatoes, add a cup !:
of Hour, straiu the hop water over the Hour j
scalding hot; when cool add half a cup of
good yeast, 1 teaspoonful each of ginger and I
sugar; the following day add Indian meal; !
make into a loaf, cut into slices half an inch !
i thick, dry on plates in a cool place.
Heading Ut the fabhath.
CONDUCTKD BY
UEV. ROUERT LATHAN.
THE HIRED MAN AND HIS EMPLOYER.
Employer.?Thomas, you are iudustrious
and attentive to my business ; we are all well
pleased with your manners; but there appears
to be something in your character, which I do
not altogether understand.
Thomas.? Well, if you are not satisfied
with me iu any point, tell me, that I may reform
; or, if it be what I cannot alter, though
[ should regret the necessity, I must look for j
another place.
Emp.?The latter I should regret as much
as you, and as to reform, that is not exactly
what I mean. You always evade the harnessing
of our horses wheu we wish to ride out on
Sunday to visit our frieuds. You are alone j
some time every morning and evening. You i
never can be found to attend to our wishes I
when our friends are with us on Sunday. In I
truth, I rather suspect you are of opinion that
[ and my family ought to reform.
Tlwm.?Now I understand you. I endeavor
to serve God, and keep his commandments,
which you think sometimes interferes j
with my duty. Do you dislike?
Emp.?Stop, Thomas. I do not dislike religion.
You know I hold a pew in church?
[ pay my stipends?I go to church in the
forenoon?I am a member of a Bible Society,
ind pay punctually my subscription for aiding
in the circulation of the best book in the
world?I give to the poor, and deal honestly
with all men. This I call religion. Do not
3ay I dislike religion.
Thorn.?Do you allow me to speak freely?
Emp.?You may, undoubtedly, for your
rood sense pleases me; we cannot doubt your
integrity.
Thorn.?I wish I better deserved your good
opinion; but to leave that?your notions of
religion, I confess, are very different from
mine. You believe the Bible?we shall try
religion by it, shall we?
Emp.?Certainly. I admit whatever is
there.
Thorn.?Then "Remember the Sabbath day
to keep it holy, in it thou shalt not do any
work," is the fourth commandment. "Pray
without ceasing," is also the command of God.
fhe Sabbath caunot be kept holy if it is employed
in any other way than in worshipping
LJod, by reading the Bible, by prayer, praise,
hearing the Gospel preached, religious conversation,
meditation, and the reading of
books strictly religious. Now there is no
more religion in visiting neighbors, in conversation
about farming, trading, politics and
fashions, than there is in buying, selling and
laboring. Religion means the communion of
the creature with God, and practice of all
duty, because God commends it. Wheu we
are commanded to "pray without ceasing," it
cannot be too often to be alone every morning
and evening, to pray to God in secret.
Emp.?0, you are praying then, when you
are alone every morning and evening; is that
it? Our minister sometimes preaches on the
subject of secret prayer, but I was not aware
that, he meant retiring to some lone place as
you do. Indeed we could not conjecture how
you were employed. But how you spend
vonr solitude in nraver I cannot understand.
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I would not intrude on your secrets, but I am
curious to know what you say and do.
Thorn.?In a man's religious affairs he
should speak with prudence and caution.
But as I am sure you do not raeau to make
auy bad use of what I shall say, nothing
shall be concealed. Before I venture to speak
to a great aud holy God, I endeavor to compose
my mind by meditating on the greatness,
the goodness, and the mercy, of my Father
in heaven, and on my own meanness, and
sins and wants; I then kneel down reverently,
and confess to Him who knows all hearts,
every one of my sins that I remember, and I
hope I try to remember them all. I do not
forget my original sin, and as I know He
hates sin, and that those who die in their sins
must be most miserable forever, in a place of
endless woe, I pray Him, for Christ's sake, to
pardon my sins and give me a right, on
account of Christ's righteousness, to heaven,
when I die. I thank Him for all the good
things I have by His bounty, and beseech
Him to make me a good man, to make me
love Him with all my heart, aud His laws,
and all men. I also pray for others that they
may be brought to kuow the salvation by
Christ, and I do not forget you and your
family.
Emp.?Why truly, Thomas, all this might
well employ more time than you speud alone.
But if you had a family and saw much company,
played an evening game of whist, or
danced with the young folks to midnight or
later, you would not think all this necessary?
indeed you wouiu noi continue mis practice.
Thorn.?Good company would not prevent
it; and I should avoid all other company as
much as I could. For the whist and daucing,
they certainly would stop the praying, so I
would avoid them altogether.
Emp.?What? you think them wrong! Do
you think whist and dancing improper?
Thorn.?You say they would keep me from
God, and you are right. Whatever keeps us
from God is wrong.
Emp.?"Keeps us from God !" I don't understand
this. Is every man kept from God
who does not pray as you do ? Surely you
admit that though ray religion is not so precise
as yours, yet it will bring me safe to
God is what I was about to say; but, really,
coming to God is what I have no distinct understanding
of. Bring me to heaven I mean ;
yes, my religion you admit will briug rae to
happiness at last?
Thorn.?You will excuse me from answering
that question. I do not wish to pronounce
on any man's state. I leave that to God.
Emp.?Come, be candid ; speak plainly. I
felt some temper rising when you spoke of the
cards and whist keeping a man from God ;
but I will be cool?this is an important business.
I admit that you have more knowledge
of the Bible than I; for you read it much. I
never doubted before that I was a Christian
aud would attain to happiness after death ; but,
to say the truth, the thought of being made
happy by coming to God has started a new
train of reflections. You seem to be made
happy by going to God in prayer, and you
would forego the pleasure of whist and dancing
for that happiness. I know nothing of
this. Some strange doubts spring up and
trouble me. To God we must go at death,
for "the spirit returns to God who gave it."
How can our spirit be happy in returning to j
God, if we are never happy in going to him j
here ? But no?I will not doubt. I have j
always been much at ease on this point. I :
cannot have been mistaken all my life. Such i
itri _ A I
ft man as I am cannot go to perdition. >v nai |
say yon, Thomas ?
Thorn.?I hope you will uot; but, "unless j
your righteousness exceed that of the Scribes j
and Pharisees, you will undoubtedly perish."
"You cannot serve two masters; you must'
cleave to the one and hate the other." You |
admit that your compauy, your cards, and
your dancing, give you more pleasure than !
drawing near to God. Hence it is plain you j
are so far from loving God that you hate him. !
Now should you die loving your amusements
more than your Maker, how can you expect;
to be happy in his presence to all eternity? j
There are no cards, uor dancing parties in
heaven. "Without holiness no man shall see :
the Lord."
Emp.?But all my neighbors and acquain- i
tances think better of my state. I am very
intimate with many of them, and have been j
for years ; did they judge of my state as you
do, they could not deal with me iu so un- >
friendly a manner as not to tell me.
Thorn.?No doubt they think you perfectly ;
safe. They have need to think you a Chris- <
tian, or what would they think of themselves?
for you are more sober than most of them.
You are not a profane swearer; some of them 1
are very profane. You do not get drunk ;
some of them do often, and at your table.;
Few of them ever go to church; you sometimes i
do. To condemn your religion, would be to
condemn their own. But even did they agree
with me, would they certainly tell you ? Do
you think they are all in the way to heaven ?
Emp.?Really, Thomas, I never thought of
that at all.
Thorn.?Nor they, probably, of your prospects
after death. But even should they, and
think of you as you suppose ; ought this to
satisfy a man of your understanding, in a case
where the question respects your eternal misery,
or eternal happiness ?
Emp.?But you kuow I am well thought of
by the people of this county generally, as they j
have more than once, by a vote almost unan- j
imous, elected me to represent them in Con-1
gress ; I have been in the Senate of the Uni-!
ted States. A great many of those who have j
thus given me their suffrages are as religious, j
I should think, as you would desire them.
Thorn.?Very true. A great majority of the
people of the United States profess religion, j
I think, in some form. But what kind of:
men did you find in the Congress, and Senate,
and great offices of the general government ? I
Emp.?Why, truly, there was too much i
profanity among them, though they were in-:
telligent and gentlemanly men generally.
Thorn.?Do you think they prayed ? Did i
they ask God's blessing on their meals ? Did
they hold prayer meetings ? Did they even
talk ou religion ? Do you think them men
who pray in their families ?
Emp? If these things are religion, few of!
them have any of it; I never saw one of them j
look into a Bible.
Thorn.?Do they not swear profanely, play
cards, even for mouey, keep mistresses, attend
balls and races, aud profane the Sabbath?
Emp.?Some of them, I fear, do all these
things.
Thorn.?And yet will you say that because
they are elected by what you call a Christian
nation, they must be on the way to heaven ?
I admit, it is very strange, that religious men
should choose such representatives, whose example
must have a very ruiuous influeuce on
the morals and religion of our country. I
own, I am surprised that the ministers of the
gospel do not more generally preach against
this, which they know to be a great evil. I
am, however, still more surprised that the
popular favor, should induce you to hope that
you are fit for heaven, because you are thought
fit for Congress. Indeed, though I trust there
are some really devout, godly men in that
body, I must confess the truth to you, the fact
of auy one's being there is rather, in my
mind, an evidence against his religion. The
account you give of them confirms this evidence.
For the most nart. I think Congress
hall out of the way to heaven. For yourself,
as you have asked about my secret prayers,
may I ask about your views when you acted
as a representative of the people ?
Emp.?Certainly, Thomas, and I shall be
candid.
Thorn.?I am reluctant to use this liberty ;
but you grant it and have set the example.
Did you, theu, consider yourself as bound to
legislate for the glory of God ? Did you
think it your duty to act according to the
laws of God recorded in the Bible? Did you
think that God would judge you by the Bible
for every vote you gave in Congress? Did
you love your constituents, and your fellowcitizens,
because they are God's creatures ?
Did you intend to honour God by every act
of yours, as a representative ? Did you ever
pray that God would direct you, in the votes
that you should give, and in the measures
that you should promote? Did you ever
read the Bible, which you say is the best book
in the world, and which is a rule to direct to
man his duty ?
Eoip.?Thomas, I can hardly remember all
your questions, but, I believe, I never did
one of all these things. I endeavored to ad
here to the constitution, and keep ray oath ot
office, as an honest man. What has God, or
the Bible to do with Congress ? He surely?
but I go too far. What I have said almost
alarms rae.
Thorn.?Not more than it does me. Christ
Jesus is "king of kings and lord of lords," and
all men shall find that the Prince of the kings
of the earth, will have something to do with
Presidents, Senators, Congressmen, and all
other public men.
Emp.?It must be so. But indeed this
conversation troubles my peace. I believe in
a future state, I think?yes?I do. 0, certainly,
I believe the Bible.
Thorn.?God has blessed you with riches,
friends and public favor, may I say, you have
not remembered him gratefully as you ought?
Emp.?You may. Indeed, to confess the
truth, I have rarely ever thought of him, and
now I have been led to think of him, in this
conversation, I cannot but feel: that he is a
terrible God. His goodness to me would
seem to be some encouragement; but oh 1 I
have abused it all. He would be just in taking
back all his abused gifts?that would be
hell. I know not, but he will. But he is
merciful.
T/iom.?Only in Christ. Say not of God
he would be just; he is ancl will be unchangeably
and eternally just. He who is now king
of kings, once died as a priest and paid a
ransom, such as justice demands. "He bare
our sins in his own body on the tree." "The
Lord laid on him the inquity of us all." "He
was made a curse for us." "By hiis stripes
we are healed." "There is no other name
given under heaven or among men, whereby
we can be saved."
Knip.? Thomas, you quote the Scriptures ;
though I read them so little, it seems almost
new to me.
Thorn.?To obtain salvation you must believe
in that Saviour, for "he that believeth
not shall be damned." You must receive
him, and you must walk in him, or?I shall
speak ; for your freedom wonderfully emboldens
me?or that soul that God has given
you, that soul tliut has been improved by
reading and conversation, that soul that has
laid so many plans about property and children
and frieuds, that soul that has held
communion with legislators, that soul must
faint, wither, and suffer forever in the deep
agonies of?0! Lord, no, save it for the Redeemer's
sake. Pardon me, Mr. K , my
feelings overcome me. I am a plain man ;
have I gone too far ?
Emp.?No, Thomas, this is a most tremendous
subject. That my soul, but an hour ago
at ease, that my soul which has enjoyed so
much good,8hould ere another day, faint and
-? i -i i i 1 ?L _c ....
witncr uuaer me masting wruui ui uu nwgij
God. I see it ia possible, and in one hour I
feel a dread and horror to which my soul ha9
heretofore been an utter strunger. If I am
brought to this by a plaiu man, what would
the tribunal of the judge of all be? 0!
Thomas, you have opened a fountain of bitter
waters. I have felt rising up in my heart, in
the course of this short conversation, corrupt
and vicious thoughts, which I little imagined
were concealed there. 0! this is a reality,
my life was a dream before. My sins are like
great mountains. Who knows but God may
yet save even me, by the blood of his Son ?
Thomas aud his employer had many other
conversations, the spirit of God appeared to j
work effectually by the instrumeutality of the
humble laborer, and his employer's life testified
that mercy triumphed over judgment.
A writer says: "Whosoever" is written
on the outside of the door of mercy, aud
"Whatsoever" on the inside. The Whoso-:
ever takes in all classes ; aye, every Individ- j
ual of our race. The Whatsoever covers the !
whole range of each individual's needs for j
time and for eternity. Hasten to get inside i
mercy's golden gate, if not already there? j
and when admitted to her banquetting house,
grasp firmly the promise, "Whatsoever ye j
shall ask in my name, I will do it." |
as#* A Christian minister said once, "I was i
never of any use until I found out that God
did not make me for a great man. As soon
as I found out I was not inteuded for a great
man, I found souls coming into the kingdom."
It is not great men we want in the church of
God to-day?it is earnest, warm hearted men.
Every violent passion, as well as anger,
may be termed a short m&dnesa.
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A. WIJLLIFORD,
ROCK HILL, S. C.
MORE YOUNG HORSES.
I NOW have on hand, at my Stable in Rock ,
Hill, S. C.,
! SIXTY HEAD
of young and fat Kentucky Mules and Horses?
among them some good saddle and harness animals,
which I will sell ON TIME, payable lirstof |
October, 1875, the payments to be satisfactorily se- i
cured ; or I will exchange them for old ones, on I
reasonable terms.
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requested to pay up at once and save cost. A failure
to comply may injure their credit with me
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CORN WANTED.
ONE THOUSAND BUSHELS CORN wanted,
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EMBRACING new and most valuable Patents,
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sound board, the most important results
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?
"The tone in full and sonorous, with a sweetness
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have tested them as I would alirand, 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 Fradkl."
(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 & Otis have lately made
several important improvements in their pianos,
placing them in the front rank of American manufacturers."
(Toledo, O., Blade.)
"Bloomtield ?ft Otis, of New York, carry away
L 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 handlcu, this is certainly a high
compliment, as the tests were thorough and critical.
( Tirnnbhm. /v. lr. V.tLfllc. 1
VV... J - - 1/ /
"The Music Committee of tho Board of Education,
Brooklyn, together with tho local committees,
alter examining and thoroughly tenting all the
principal instruments manufactured, have purchased
Bloomlield & Otis' celebrated Patent Treble
Pianos for the use of the schools."
These Pianos arc warranted for seven years.
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jjar Send for Circular and mention the name of
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January 28 4 tf
The aliove it) a reduced < opv of tlin TITLE PAGE of the RU5
It A I. CAROLINIAN'.
THE publishers have determined to change the
commencement of the Volumes of the
, RURAL CAROLINIAN
From October to January.
5 THE RURAL CAROLINIAN is the leading
Agricultural Journal of the South. Publishers
" and Editors are all Southern men, and it is devoi
ted exclusively to the interests of Southern Agri:
culture. While it is not the paid organ of the
Patrons of Husbandry, or of any society or set of
' men, it has been the most powerful advocate for
the establishment of Granges in the South, and its
influence has contributed greatly to the present
, prosperity of the Order.
' D. H. JACQUES, Esq., of Charleston, S. C.,
3 Editor-in-Chief.
CHARLES H. DODGE, Esq., of the Department
of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., Ento'
mological Editor.
i Regular Contributors.
Col. D. WYATT AIKEN, Washington, D. C.
> HENRY W. RAVENEL, Esq., Aiken, S. C.
Rev. C. W. HOWARD, Kingston, Georgia.
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| RURAL CAROLINIAN--S2 PER ANNUM.
}' Address WALKER, EVANS A COGSWELL,
Publishers, Charleston, S. C.
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quirer" will be furnished at $4 per annum.
January 28 4 tf
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: STATIONERS
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OUR SPECIALTY,
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September 10 37 tf
J. S. R. THOMSON. C. K. SPENCER.
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SPECIAL attention given to tiling of petitions,
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1 4 f\ POUNDS of clean cotton and litii
XIJ.UlJ' / en Rags wanted, for which 2 cents
i j per prynd will be paid, at tho
i I "ENQUIRER" OFFICE.
| April 15 If) tf |
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?th g. k I'EH Dav at home. T<?rnis fr<*e. A<l<tre*?
ftp F Htinsmn & I'm.. Pnrllnnil, Me. il !>
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 tho
market and consequently will the longer witk
St<UlU neat HUH iuiu linage. zucj aid ut uauu
some pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal
in everv 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 ot ware and cooking utensils are furnished
with each Stove. An important consideration
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
tho mero cost of casting. Not simply oecause it
is a home production, buton accountofits intrinsic
merits as an article of household economy, do
wo ask the patronage of home purchasers. More
than ONE THOUSAND of these Stoves are now
in uso, and among many others having them we
respectfully refer to the following: R. E.Guthrie,
D. M. Campbell, M. H. Currence, York county;
Mrs. Elizabeth J. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon,
Guthriesville; John A.Brown, Rock Hill; B. P.
Boyd, Joseph Herndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkville.
You can save the freight from the northern cities
and the dealer's profit, 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
tt 7 tt tt it tt ti tt 26 00
Address, SERGEANT A McCAULEY,
Greensboro, N. C.
T. M. DOBSON A CO., Agents, Yorkville, 8. C.
JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, S. C.
A. P. LINDSAY, Agent, Lowrysville, Chester
county, S. C.
^^mMARBLE YARD.
M MARBLE LINE
from a plain slab
to a costly monument,
executed in
the art, with the very best materials, and at as
low prices as the same cla.*t of work can be furnished
anywhere in the United States. Orders
from a distance promptly filled, and the same attention
given to work ordered by mail as if the
parties were present in person. From this date
work will be delivered at any point on the Chester
and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, between
Yorkville and Chester, or at any place between
Rock Hill and Winnsboro, on the Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta Railroad, free of charge for
transportation. Thankful for the patronage heretofore
bestowed upon my establishment, my determination
is to merit a continuance of the same.
F. HAPPERFIELD.
January 14 2 ly
F. S. FRISCHEIS,
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTER,
YORKVILLE.8. C.,
RESPECTFULLY offers his services to the citizens
or' Yorkvilleand vicinity. All manner
of HOUSE PAINTING, including Graining,
Marbling and Caleimining executed in the best
style of the art. Hy 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.
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.
April 1 31 ly
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, eitner at lowest
factory prices, for cash, or on monthly or quar"nnn
wKaf {o thfl lflflflP nHfl
bcuj pvmoiiM, upn ??
ciple. 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
payment. Call and enquire for particulars and
see the new styles, at my Photo gallery, in the
Adickes' building, where I may be founa during
all business hours, either to show you a sample or
to wait upon you if you 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.
cT west & sons
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HOWARD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
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Messrs. C. West & Sons?Gentlemen: Having
used the various Oils, sold in this city for illuminating
purposes, I Lake pleasure in recommending
your "All Idin Security" as the safest and
best ever used in our household. Yours truly,
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IT WILL NOT EXPLODE !
ASK YOUR STOREKEEPER FOR IT.
Wholesale depot,
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Nos. 113 and 115 W. Lombard St.
February 4 52 6m*
THE jas. ijEFFEL
Double Turbiue Water Wheel,
A Manufactured by
POOLE & HUHT,
Baltimore. Kd.
7/Ooo sow jy use/
Simple, StroDg, Durable,
always reliable and eaile- i
Manufacturers, also, of
i Portable & Stationary
Engines, 8team Boilers,
Saw & Grist Kills, Kin.
ing Machinery,Gearing
for Cotton Kills, Floor,
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oil Mill Machinery, Hydraulio and otter ;
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, a Ewcc'ilty Machine made Gearing; accu- 1
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March 25 12 6m
barber shop.
THOSE in want of an EASY SHAVE, a fashionable
and stylish cut of hair, or a pleasant
? J i.,?.,.in?u filiamrwi oro rsin i nrlftil 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
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.
He may be found at the Shop on Sunday mornings
from 7 to 10 o'clock.
THOMAS BALLARD.
June 11 25 ly
~ lisTe thread gloves.
The nicest Lisle Thread Glove in town, for
only 25 cents. h. F. ADICKES.
fttthuille GNpiw*.
TERMS?IN ADVANCE :
One copy, one year, $ 3 00
One copy, six months, 1 50
One copy, three months, ... 2 50
Single copy, 10
Two copies, one year, 5 00
Ten copies, one year, 25 00
fttir To persons who make up clubs of ten or
more names, an extra copy of the paper will lie
furnished ono year, free of charge.