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j&uraoMUS ?{pattwe?t. Yankee Trading.?A certain farmer, who in the course of a year purchased a hundred dollars' worth of goods, (and always paid for them) called at the store of a village merchant, his regular place of dealing, with two dozen brooms, which he offered for sale. The merchant (who, by the way, is fond of a good bargain) examined his stock, and said : "Well, Cyrus, I will give you a shilling a piece for these brooms." Cyrus appeared astonished at the offer, and quickly replied : "Oh ! no, John, I can't begin to take that for 'em no how ; but I'll let you have 'em for twenty cents a piece, and not a cent less." "Cyrus, you are crazy," replied John. "Why, see here," showing him a fine lot of brooms, "is an article a great deal better than yours," (which was not true,) "that I am retailing at twelve and a half cents a piece," (which was not true bv seven and a half cents.) \ ? "I don't care for that," answered Cyrus ; "your brooms are cheap enough, but you can't have mine for less than twenty cents, no how," and pretending to be more than half angry, shouldered his brooms and started for the door. The merchant, getting a little nervous over the probable loss of a good customer, and fearing he might go to some other store and never return, said: "See here, Cyrus, hold on a while. If I give you twenty cents for your brooms, I suppose you will not object to take the price of them in goods ?" "No, I don't care if I do," replied Cyrus. "Well, then," said the merchant, "as you are an old customer, I will allow you twenty cents apiece for this lot. Let me see?twenty times twenty-four make just four hundred and eighty?yes, four dollars and eighty cents. What kind of goods will you have, Cyrus ?" "Well, now, John, I reckon it don't make ? ? * i t* T any difference to you wnat xina or gooas i take, does it ?" 'Oh ! no, not at all?not at all!" said the merchant. "Well, then, as it don't make any difference to you, I'll take the amount in them brooms of yourn, at twelve and a half cents a piece ! Let me see?four dollars and eighty cents will get thirty-eight brooms, and five cents over. It don't make much difference, John, about the five cents, but as you are a right clever feller, I believe I will take the change in terbacker." ? ? < The Doctor's Questions.?Rev. Doctor Ritchie, of Edinburgh, though a very clever man, has met with bis match. When examining a student as to the classes he had attended, he said, "And you attended the class for mathematics ?" "Yes." "How many sides has a circle ?" "Two," said the student. "What a laugh in the class the student's answer produced, when he said, "An inside and an outside." But this was nothing compared with what followed. The doctor having said to this student, "And you attended the moral philosophy class also ?" "Yes." "Well you would hear lectures on various subjects. Did you ever hear one on cause and effect ?" "Yes." "Does an effect ever go before a cause ?" "Yes." "Give me an instance." ?i A ? jcx ujau ytucunug a uanxjvi9 The doctor then sat down, and proposed no more questions. + + Poor Henry.?They werestading in front of her gate, having just returned from a dance. <xiw avon cooapid m loljia^ la*' up, while his shoulder furnished a restingplace for her little head. And they were watching the bright and glorious moon. It was the same old moon which had looked down on so many similar scenes ; but, somehow, it had a different appearance to-night. It influenced the young man to such a degree that he said : "With what refulgences does bright Luna shed her rays upon all inanimate creation, weaving weird, fantastic shadows among leafless trees, and spreading a silver glory over all. Do you observe the magnificent effect, Mamie?" "Yes, indeed, Henry," she returned; "and did you see that Jen Clemens at the dance ? She had on last winter's dress, made over; and she's worn that blue waist ever since I can remember. I never saw such a looking thing." Henry gasped. The Rosy Time of Morn.?"My son," said old Keizle, appearing at the head of the stairs, with a suspicious-looking strap in his hand, "It is now the rosy time of morn, and Aurora shines high in the heavens, warming the heart of the lark as he soars aloft, filling the air with his melodies. Awake, ray son, and breathe thou the freshness of a new-born day!" "Let the world have on its ocean noise; I ask but sleep," said Tom, as he pulled the blanket close about him, and rolled over. But old Keizle was not to be trifled with, and, gathering the blankets in one hand, he roared, "But, my son, the busy day, waked by the lark, hath roused the ribald crow, an them infernal hogs is in the cornfield raisin' blazes with the fodder. Git up, you lazy, snorin' hound you, or I'll blister your hide woss'n a yallar jacket." "I come!" replied Tom, as he arose from his couch of rest and rye-straw with the alacrity of a streak of spring ligntning. "Can I take one o' them yer splinters?" inquired a frontiersman, pointing to the box of wooden toothpicks in a Chicago restaurant, the other day. "Certainly, sir," replied the polite cashier. The man took one, and backing off a few steps, using it the while industriously, soon returned, and carefully depositing it from whence it came, remarked to the amazed cashier, complacently: "I don't see how yer can ford ter keep them things. I notice so many folks take 'era off an' never bring 'em back." And as he marched out of doors with the expression of a man conscious of having performed an honest act, the cashier emptied the toothpick box under the counter, with disgust market^ on his every feature. The New Baby.?A lady of Washington county, N. Y., is the mother of a large family of children, and there are all rather diminutive. A few days after the birth of the youngest, not long since, a little niece of the lady called to see the baby. After looking at the tiny specimen for a few minutes, the little girl said, "Aunt Maria, don't you think it would be better to have less of 'em and have 'em bigger?" tkaT During a recent examination of a class of youngsters in one of the Chemung county schools, the teacher asked: "What is a monarchy ?" and was immediately answered by a bright little eight-year-old boy : "A country governed by a king." "Who would rule if i the king should die ?" "The queen." "And if I the queen should die, who then would be ru- ! ler ?" "The jack." As George III. was walking the quarterdeck of one of his men-of-war with his hat on, a sailor asked his mess-mate "who that fellow was who did not douse his peak to the Admiral ?" "Why, it's the King." "Well, King or no King," retorted the other, "he's an un- j mannerly dog." "Where should he learn man- j ners ?" replied Jack, "he was never outside of land in his life." 18F "Class in the middle of geography stand up,"8aid a school-master. "What isa pyramid ?' he asked. "A pile of men in a circus, one on top of the other." Where is Egypt ?" "Where it always was." Where is Wales ?" i Wales ?" "All over the sea." "Very well," j said the school-master, "stay there till I show you a species of birch that grows all over this . country." ' ^gwottural gcpartmeut. j [Original.] PRODUCE YOUR OWN SUPPLIES. The Southern section of the United States ; is, by nature, admirably adapted to agricultural pursuits. The soil and the climate are such as to make the South emphatically a j farming country. The former is either rich ( and productive, or capable of being made so. { The latter is favorable to the maturing of all { fruits and cereals usually found in the tern- ? perate zones, and many of those found in the , torrid zones. Clover, and an almost endless , variety of grasses, suited both for pasturage ( and long-forage, grow and flourish in most | sections of the South. Wheat, rye, barley, , oats, peas, beans and Indian corn do well; . and in the same region, cotton, hemp, flax, ( tobacco and indigo, yield abundant crops. ' With regard to fruits, the South can boast of s apples, peaches, figs, plums, cherries, straw- r berries, raspberries and grapes. No country in the world is better adapted to the production of sweet potatoes than the South, and the Irish potato yields, with little culture, enormous crops. Were these unvarnished facts stated to one who had never been'in the Southern country, ! and were he told in addition to these things that the South abounds in magnificent rivers and beautiful lakes, he would conclude that the Southern section of the United States is the best portion of the globe. He would conI elude that the people were surrounded by all ! the comforts of life and enjoyed all the luxuries of the world. He would imagine that the cribs of Southern farmers were filled with corn, their granaries well stored with wheat, rye, barley and oats; that their barns were filled with the choicest hay, and that their stables were filled with the finest horses and mules, and their fields with the finest cattle. He would imagine that to every farm there was attached an orchard filled with a vast variety of the choicest fruit. He would also nnnolude that the table of a Southern farmer was loaded, daily, not only with the necessi- , ties of life, but was covered with the choicest ; luxuries. He would imagine that upon it , were placed dishes of the richest butter and : bowls of the purest milk, and fruits of the most delicious flavor and the sweetest taste. Were such a one to visit the South, he would find things very different from what he expected. On many farms he would find ' no rye, no oats, no wheat, no hay, no corn, no bacon, no butter, no milk, no orchard and no meadow. He would find a few lean mules and horses, and possibly a poor cow; but not a hog nor sheep. If in what is called the cot- 1 ton belt of the South, he would see a cotton gin and a few bales of cotton. This and noth- { ing more. In this region he would see the ' farmers working from January to January, [ with cotton; and he would hear them com- 1 plaining of bad crops, the low price of cotton, 1 the unreliableness of labor, the high taxes, the high price of corn and bacon, and hard ' times generally. Notwithstanding all that ' has been said in books and newspapers about the excellency of the South as a farming coun- * try, he would conclude that the South, in fact, ( judging from the practice of the farmers, was ' well adapted to the cultivation of but very ^ few things. He would conclude that where 1 cotton will grow nothing else will grow. Such 1 a conclusion would be readily reached by a ( at?nngnr -fVrvm tVio ftot fViot jjj f^p rpJJ'On ^ where he saw cotton growing, he saw nothing 1 else cultivated. If he were told that the ( country is well adapted to many other things, ' he would be prompted, by instinct, to ask why 1 then are these things not cultivated ? This would be a sensible question ; and one ? which every farmer should ask himself. If * the South can raise corn, why does she have [ it sent to her from other sections of the country ? If the South can produce her own sup- J plies, why does she not do so ? r. - J:I_ _ I lb is reauny auiuuteu mat, us a uiuutj uuj< for the South, there is nothing equal to cotton ; but the country needs something else besides money. It may be that the cotton that can be produced on an acre of land will buy more corn than could be produced upon that acre. This may be true, and still it may be true that all cotton and no corn is, a bad motto. A diversity of crops on the same farm has many advantages. The very sameness which is presented constantly to the mind of the farmer, who cultivates but one kind of crop, produces weariness. He becomes dispirited. The human mind is so constituted that it absolutely requires variety. This variety is seen in hill, mountain and dale. A variety of crops infuses energy into the laborer. A | farmer can make his own supplies, and nearly 1 as much cotton or any other money crop, as ' he can when he makes no effort to produce ( any supplies at all. This may be thought 1 extravagant ; but if any one will take the 1 trouble to look into the facts in the case, he j will conclude that the statement is correct. ] Again: a diversity of crops enables the 1 farmer to save his land. It matters not what crop it is, if it be planted year after year on 1 the same land, the soil will become exhausted. ' To keep it up will require much labor and great expense in the way of manure. By a diversity of crops, the farmer is able to rule the market and not be ruled by the market. It is a matter of universal observation that those farmers who devote their whole attention to a money crop, and make no effort to produce their own supplies, are wholly under the control of circumstances which they might control, if they saw fit so to do. The theory of Southern farmers with respect to cotton is absolutely correct, but their practice is absolutely wrong. They all admit that there is I too much attention paid to the cultivation of I cotton and not enough to the producing of! supplies. If they know what is right and ! what is wrong, why do they not do what is j right? It is admitted that if the Southern , people would produce their own corn, flour and bacon, and what cotton, besides, they j could, we would be a prosperous people. Why ; is this not done? Generally speaking, those' farmers who raise their own corn, wheat, oats [ and bacon, together with a little cotton, are j in easy circumstances. This is the proper; time of the year to take this matter into con-' sideration. If the farmers of the South will plant the same number of acres in corn that j they plant in cotton, and devote the same at-! tention to its cultivation that they usually do ; to the cultivation of the cotton crop, next fall will find our country in a better condition /? r? *1 r than it is to-day. it our ooumeru lurmeis; j contiuue to produce nothing but cotton and , depend upon the market for bread and meat, j6 the end will soon come. ( 1 Keeping Hams.?The most easy way of ^ keeping hams perfectly is to wrap and tie in j paper, and pack them in boxes or barrels with 11 ashes. The ashes must fill all interstices, but j ^ must not touch the hams, as it absorbs the fat.1 It keeps them sweet, and protects them from c all kinds of insects. After smoked beef or j, hams are cut, hang them in a coarse linen bag i in the cellar, and tie it up to keep out flies. f #?"* Cattle should be fed regularly. In the t opinion of one of our best farmers, "A cow c or an ox will worry off more fat in waiting i an hour for their food beyond the regular time, s than two feeds will put on." e parting fot the fabfrath. CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. [Original.! "IE ARE CHRIST'S."" 1st Cor. 8 : 28. The first Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians, s addressed to all who love the Lord Jesus Christ. This we learn from the 2nd verse of ;he 1st chapter. One of the objects which the ipostle has in view in the Epistle, is to initruct professed Christians of the true relation vhich they sustain to each other as private nembers of the church. They are brethren, ind all the means of grace, such as the Sabt.hft nreaehino'of the POSDel and the sac araents of the New Testament, have been provided for their benefit. Not only so, but ,hey are Christ's. They belong to Christ. They are his property?his slaves; bouhd to lerve him and entitled to his protecting care. There is a sense in which all men and all ;hings are Christ's. As creator and preserver, Christ has an indisputable right to all things. Mo better claim can be made to any piece of property than to prove that it is our creation. What we make is, in all lands, where law and usticeare respected, regarded as ours. What ve preserve from inevitable ruin, is ours by mother claim. What we make and save, we ieel belongs to us. The world and all that it ;ontains is the creation of Christ, and it is preserved from utter desolation by his provilential care. Professed Christians, believers n Christ, are Christ's in a sense in which all ;hings are not his. They are his because jought with his own preciouB blood, and united to him by a living faith. Over such Jhrist watches, not-simply as a God of provilence; bat as a Saviour. By his spirit they aave been created again?born from above? made new creatures. Christ's spirit has been put within them and his image stamped upon them, and they are dear to him as nothing alse is dear. The triune God loves no creature as he loves the sinner who believes in Hkfiot .ToatiB what, mav hannen. God will provide for and protect all who love Jems. His right arm is pledged to defend them, and he will save them with an everlasting salvation because they are Christ's. [Original 1 MAN'S CHIEF END. It must be evident that God had some purpose in view in bringing each member of the human family into existence. To suppose that he had no object in view in our creation, is to degrade the character of the creator and ruler of the universe by supposing that be acts without design. Nothing is useless. Every thing, even the smallest and most insignificant >f the works of creation, have a mission to perform. Like the small wheels in some jomplicated machinery, or like the little cogs n the little wheels, the smallest thing in the jniverse is, in its place, important. To say that God made anything in vain, or for no purpose, is to say that God sometimes acts foolishly. This would be blasphemous. The greater always includes the less. If jrod had some purpose in bringing into exist;nce the little things of creation, surely he tiad some purpose in view when he made man. He was created in the image of his maker and nade lord of the lower world. His place in ;he scale of existence was but a little lower ,han the angels of heaven. Surely, the end 'or which man was made, was not that, by prostituting his mental faculties and moral jndowraeuts, he might ultimately degrade limself beneath the beasts of the field. For io such vile purposes was man created. One )f the objects which God had in view was to .how his power, wisdom and goodness, and .hus shed abroad throughout creation's vast iomain, his declarative honor and glory. IVhen we contemplate man in his material organization, in his mental endowments and his noral constitution, the power, wisdom and goodness of God are seen more clearly, and nore fully, than when we contemplate a sprig )f grass. Another object that God had in view in the creation of man, was that man might publish ind declare the praises of God in a way that ;he other creatures of this world cannot. Evjrything praises God, hut in its own way. rbe tribute of praise which man is capable xP fon^onnrr fa Ki'a malror ia fur Qiinorinr J L igUMbllUg W UIO U1MWV?| *W AM* WM|/VIIVt n kind to that rendered by any other jreature of this earth. The object for which nan was made was to glorify God and thus ;o be happy for ever and ever. ? ? [Original.] JUSTIFICATION. Martin Luther said that justification is "the irticle of a standing or falling church." Evdently, the great Reformer means by this decaration, that the doctrine of justification is >ne of fundamental importance. Literally, he word justification means the act of pronouncing an individual just. It is said by Geological writers to be a court term. That 8, it is a term which is used by those engaged n courts of justice. As used in the scripures, the phrase "to justify," means about he same thing as the words "Not Guilty," written by a jury, upon the back of an iniictment. In the Scriptures, it never signifies o make innocent, but to declare not guilty, rhis seems to be the difference between justiication and sanctification. In the act of justification, the sinner is made free from the jondemnation which he h&s merited by violaing the law of God. In the work of sancti ication, tne vue ana ponutea sinner is raaae loly. Many texts of Scripture might be quoted ,o prove that justification only means to prolounce not guilty, or not 1'able to punishment, it should be kept in mind that the phrase 'not guilty," neither in the scriptures nor in luraan courts, never means anything else than lot liable to punishment. The absolute facts u the case of the accused have nothing to do vith the conclusion of jurors, as to whether | hey shall write upon the back of the indictnent "guilty" or "not guilty." When jurors vrite upon the back of an indictment the vord "guilty," they simply say that the evilence adduced was such as to oblige them to leclare, by their verdict, that the accused is iable to the penalty annexed to the law, for I he violating of which he has been accused , iud tried. The ground of justification is obedience to aw. Siuce all men are, by nature and by j vicked acts, sinners ; it is a matter of great1 mportance to inquire how God can justify a linner and yet be a just and holy God. He I loes it, we understand the scriptures to teach, 1 )y furnishing a Saviour for the sinner. Je3us Christ placed himself under the law of God j ind offered himself up asacrifice for sin. The linner is not justified on account of anything i ie has done, is doing, or will do ; but on ac:ount of the doing and dying of Jesus Christ. The righteousness of Jesus Christ is received >y faith. In other words, so soon as the sin-1 ler believes in Christ, he is justified. Believng in Christ is nothing more than relying ipon Christ?trusting in him?putting our , :onfidence in him. Hence, so much stress is, j < u the Scriptures, put upon believing. Who* i < oever believes shall be saved, because whoev-j1 r believes is justified. i < ^ gUroMottatg JBetfft. ROBERT KILPATRIC. The names of many of those who sacrificed their all in the struggle for American Independence, have never, as yet, been inscribed on the page of history. The family name of many of them has died out of the country. Not even, in many instances, a rude stone marks the place where they were buried. They were humble sons of toil. They came to America that they might be free; and having been oppressed by the mother country, they threw off the yoke and fought and suffered that their children might be free. So soon as liberty was gained, they returned to their humble homes to engage in the various pursuits of life. They grew old and died, and now the multitude of those who enjoy the fruits of their toils and sacrifices, do not even know that such men ever lived. Robert Kijpatrie, or as he was familiarly called, Bob Kilpatric, belonged to this class. He came to America some years before the breaking out of the Revolutionary war. The precise time is not certaiuly known. Perhaps it was iu 1755. He settled in FairBeld county, South Carolina, near the head waters of the Wateree Creek. Afterward, he removed to Chester county and settled on the road leading from Chesterville to Winnsboro, within a few hundred yards of the spot on which Hopewell Church now stands. He was an Irishman, and the traditiou is that he was forced to fly from his native county, on account of a rebellion into which he and some others had entered against some of the King's officers. He and his party had met one night that they might concert plans for action, when, to their utter surprise, the house in which they were, was surrounded by the King's troops. Kilpatric and his party were seated at a table on which a single candle was burning. One of their number was writing, and the rest were making suggestions. Without a moment's warning, the door was broken open and the party were in the hands of an armed band of soldiers. The door was guarded, and after an examination of the company by the soldiers, it was decided to hang the whole of them on the spot. Ropes were put around their necks, and death by the halter began to stare the rebels fair iu the face. The house, it seems, was small, and the soldiers having rushed in, stood on the side next to the door, whilst Kilpatric and his party were huddled together near the opposite wall. ^ ? * /J Art * U an? itlOW On/) IVI! jminu saw it woo uui. ucaiu an j TTUJ, uuu he determined to escape or die in the attempt. Being a very large man, and also a man of great strength, he first blew out the light and then made a plunge amongst the Kiug's troops. Runningover some and hnockiug others down, he opeued a path to the door and leaped out into the darkness. The rest of the party followed, and all, in the confusion and darkness, escaped. For a considerable time, Kilpatric kept himself concealed. Finally, he determined to come to America. What little money he had was put into a belt, and this was fastened around the person of his wife, beneath her clothes. This was done from the fear that be might be captured by the government officers and lose both his money and his life. By prudent management, Kilpatric and his family were enabled to get away from Ireland. Still, he was in continual dread during the whole passage of eight weeks, lest he should be seized, put in irons and Bent back to Ireland to be tried, condemned and executed. With a heart full of joy, be set his feet upon the shores of America in the city of Charleston. When the Revolutionary war broke out, he. without a moment's hesitation, espoused, with all his heart, the cause of the Whigs. The care of the family was committed wholly to his wife. Unfortunately for her, their uoiue, uin.ii lu FnitOoiii^nU Chester, was nard by a nest of tories. These were a class of persons who could not be said to be friends of the British government; but a set of heartless monsters who banded together to plunder the Whig women in the absence of their husbands. Mrs. Kilpatric spent a kind of migratory life. The two plantations owned by her husband were, perhaps, less than ten miles apart. Whenever the tories made it dangerous to live on the plantation in Chester county, she would take her children and go to the one in FairBeld. During the year 1780, after the fall of Charleston and the march of the British through the up-country, these tories became desperate. The houses of the Whigs were watched almost constantly, and it was at the peril of his life that a Whig soldier visited his family. Mothers were forced to keep the whereabouts of their husbands a profound secret from their children. After tbo rout of Sumter at Fishing Creek, many of the Whigs of Chester, York and Fairfield, were forced to hide themselves, as best they could, and depend upon supplies carried to them by their wives, during the darkness of the uight. Whenever a band of tories entered a house, the first thing that was asked was, "where is the man of the house," whatever his name was. The Whig women were as good pluck as the men. When they were present, and the tories would come and threaten to kill them if they did not tell where their husbands were bid, they were told that if they did kill them, Sumter would hang the last one of them. Mrs. Kilpatric always charged her children, when she left her house, to tell anyone, who might visit them during her absence, inquiring for their father, that he was gone to mill. The children knew not but this was the fact, but the tories understood it. Sometime during the disorganized condition of the Whig forces, Robert Kilpatrick learned that his children were all down with the small pox. He left his hiding place and ventured to go to his house that he might look upon the face of his little ones, perhaps for the last time. Stealthily he entered his own humble dwelling, and found his three little girls covered with that loathsome disease. .In the house there was not a mouthful of bread, and the only edible thing they had was the head of his milk cow, which the tones had Killed and carried off but a short time before, leaving the head to the afflicted family. The heart of the strong man was filled with grief, and in awful silence he sat down and rested his head upon his hand. He had not entered his house unseen ; nor was he permitted long to indulge in the distressing scene which lay before his eyes. The tories saw him when he entered, and like so many furies rushed upon him. The entreaties of his wife, and the screams of his sick children were of no avail. He was seized by a band of ruffians, dragged from the house and a halter placed around his neck. What could he do? He was overpowered. A few moments and all would be over. He would not beg. Just as the awful moment approached when he was to be hanged because he was a rebel, a horse neighed on the opposite side of the house, and as the tories were all as lazy as they were cruel, the whole band rushed out, each anxious to secure for himself the horse, and Bob Kilpatric pulled the rope from his neck and dashed into the woods, lpMcimr hoth the tories and his sick children. * ?o f # It was not until sometime in 1781?about a year after the occurrence just related?that he dared visit his family. The tories were made more furious by his escape, aud swore vengeance agaiust him if they ever put their hands upon him again. The next time that he came into the neighborhood it became known, and a strict watch was kept for him. By some meaus or other he was surprised, not iu his own house, but some place near what is called Hopewell creek. As before, the rope was fastened round his neck, and all kinds of inBUIts were heaped upon him. He was cursed and abused for making his escape on the previous occasion, and told that they were determined that they would hang him this time. He seems to have come to the firm conclusion himself that his days were soon to come to an end. The plaoe where he was captured was a kind of glade, and no tree being convenient, it was necessary to go a few rods tofiodalimb upon which the unfortunate Whig might be hanged. The party were in earnest. So soon as the woods were reached, they commenced the search for a suitable limb. One man, with a loaded musket, was left in charge of the prisoner, whilst the others scattered about some few steps from him, in search for a limb. Whilst the party was hunting for a gallows, the puppy who stood guard over the prisoner, picked up a piece of dry cow manure that lay near by, and placing it to the nose of Kilpatric, asked him if he did not want to smell old Ireland. This was too great an insult for Robert Kilpatric to bear, although being led to the gallows. He drew back bis heavy arm, and with one blow laid the vile rascal senseless upon the ground and again took to the woods. The tories shot at him, but he escaped untouched. The tories never put their hands upon RobI ert Kilpatric again. He lived to see his country free and the name of the tories who attempted to hang him covered with lasting disgrace. Three times he had the rope around his neck to be hanged ; yet he died in his own bed in 1840, we think, at the advanced age of one hundred and fifteen years. When the war of 1812 broke out he sent two of his sons to help in driving the British from the country. A plain slab marks his last resting place, in Hopewell grave yard, in Chester county, S. C. mHE COOKING STOVES manufactured atour % _ n 1 xt /v i WOrKS in UtreeuouuiiF, n. \.M j*ive umvcim 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 nsnal pieces of 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 the mere cost of casting. Not simply because it is a home production, buton accountof its intrinsic merits as an article 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. 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 : ~ 1 * - ~ * ? J o AOA AA JNO. 8, witn iu pieces ware ana o icei, pipe* *ov w 44 y 44 44 44 -44 44 44 44 26 00 Address, SERGEANT A McCAULEY, Greensboro, N. C. T. M. DOBSON & CO., Agents, Yorkville, S. C. JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, S. C. ? A. F. LINDSAY, Agent, Lowrysville, Chester county, S. C. J. L. CARROLL, Agent at Chester,S. C. A. WILiLIFORD, ROCK HILL, S. C. MORE FINE STOCK. " I HAVE just received 82 head of fine HORSES AND MULES, to which I invite the attention of all who may wish to purchase good stock, for either plantation, saddle or carriage purposes. For the accommodation of responsible parties, I am ready and willing to sell horses and mules on time, and will extend credit to those desiring it until next fall, requiring note and good security. When you come to Rock Hill, don't forget to call around at WILLIFORD'S LIVERY AND SALE STABLES. If you admire fine horses? and who doesn't ??your taste can be gratified; if you wish to buy a good animal, your need can be supplied; and lastly, if you wish to "Swap," though not good in that line, yet I will endeavor to accommodate you. So you see I "keep open house," in any emergency, remaining the public's obedient servant. A. WILLIFORD. PAY UP! ALL persons indebted to me for stock, and whose Notes became due on the 1ST OF OCTOBER, will do well to pay them up at once and save themselves cost, as I shall be compelled to sue all who fail to make payment. A. WILLIFORD. October 28 43 tf SOUTHERN LIFE INSURANCE Col principal offices : MEMPHIS, TENN., AND ATLANTA, GA. NET ASSETS JANUARY 1, 1875, OVER, #2,000,000 OO. ANNUAL INCOME, OVER 81,000,000 00. BRANCH OFFICE, YORKVILLE, S. C.: W. B. WILSON, President. JOHN S. BRATTON, Vice-President. J. C. KUYKENDAL, Sec. and Agent. I. I). WITHERSPOON, Attorney. Dr. L. ALEXANDER Med. Examiner. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : t w wuiiuf.n T,. M. Cirist. Andrew Jackson. J. A. McLean, S. G. Hemphill, W. B. Metts, J. F. Hart, A. Coward, C. K. Spencer. Policies transferred from Northern Companies, without loss or additional annual outlay. Apply to Dr. J. C. KUYKENDAL, Agent, orto HAGOOD & TREUTLEN, Gen. Agents, Columbia, S. C. August 5 31 2y SKY LIGHT, AND NO MORE CLIMBING UP-8TAIB8 ! "I TAKE pleasure to inform all in want of PHOX TOGRAPHIC PICTURES, that I have just taken possession of my NEW GALLERY, built with tine sky and side-lights,near my residencefirst house east of the jail, and only a few hundred yards from the Court House corner. An experience of 28 years and every convenience for business, will enable me now to do better work than ever before. Frames and Photo-Albums, Stereoscopes and Views always on hand. I am also prepared to sell you a MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN, or an AMERICAN SEWING MACHINE, for cash or on time. J. R. SCHORB. July 8 27 tf THE J AS. LEFFEL Double Turbine Water Wheel) 4 Manufactured by POOLE & HUNT, Baltimore, Md. Ilf 7,000 HOW IN USE! Ill n Simple, Strong, Durable, | always reliable and aatiaA. HanufacturerB.alHO, 0/ 6* ^i^Wfn Portable ft Stationary v^^^'ffiHfipEngiiies, Steam Boilers. Saw ft Grist Mills, Mia! fcrg*^m3i^PtSu? Oil Kill1 MacWnery^^Uo^jMtte? Presses,&o. Shafting, Pulleys and Hangers a specialty. Machine made Gearing Ticcn* ate and of very best finish. Send for Circulars. October 7 * 40 6m BARBER SHOP. THOSE in want of an EASY SHAYE, a fashionable and stylish cut of hair, or a pleasant I and luxurious Shampoo, are reminded that THOS. BALLARD, Professor of tbo ArtTonso: rial. Is still in business, in his old Shop next door to tne Enquirer building, where it will afford j 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 THOMAS BALLARD. June 11 25 ly AGRICULTURAL LIENS, MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to Real Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. THE W] SEWING MACHINI IS PREPARED TO OFFER THE M TO MERCHANTS 1 Who will deal i SEWING MACHINES OE II ?E. F I r 1 FAMILY FA ITS NAME IMPLIES ITS ' REFER TO 25,000 FAMILIES ? "G. F. NO JSr^-MEJD fchiUJN ?Li?t-A. j BECAUSE ADA! TO EVERY POSSIBLE Gil Oar competitors ackn THAT FOR TAILORS A It is POSITIVELY T Address WEED SEWING MACI 51 ABD 53 B. CH B January 13 2 "THE SOLIJBLE PACI CAPITAL (PAD OTVE MILLION WE again offer to the farr THE SOLUBLE PAC] which as a COTTON FERTILIZER, stands equal in me would also call attention TO THE A.CTD P made by this company, for compost WHICH WE CAJN SAEEJjI KHit/UU In every respect. The aim of this 001 FURNISH THE BEST ARTICLE A As a substantial evidence of ADVANCED THE GRADE AND ] Call on us for Circulars and prices, b< T. M. DOBSON Ac YORKVILLE, J. M. IVY & OO ROCK HILL, WHITE, STEWAR1 FORT MILL, WILSON & COUS CHESTER, S. < January 13 . 2 GEORGE WOODS & CO.'S I Rl( PARLOR ORGANS = - e'saf 2'??> - S) ? ^ "S-r B?r ?-5? 1| ul.? sI^BHHHKSI^Hkq^ WM.EI Kcs=RHR[^^BMg^^How>2 K ^ 8^fflnBBSM0> ? &? El These remarkable instruments possess capaclties for musical effects and expression never before attained. Adapted for Amateur and Professional, and an ornament in any panor. ps- dwuuiui New Styles now ready. FU KT GEO. WOODS it CO., Cambridgeport, Mass. WAREROOMS: 608 Washington 8t., Boston; rrrDrr] 170 State St., Chicago ; 28 Ludgate Hill, London. THE VOX HUMANA. AM^ A leading Musical Journal of selected music r. and valuable reading matter. By mail for $1 per ^ year, or ten cents a number. Each number contains from $2 to $3 worth of the finest selected Octol music. GEO. WOODS <fe CO., Publishers, ?? Cambridgeport, Mass. ?January 20 3 tf al "rBRANDT'S jewelry store, Nof Opposite the Court House, a{$!^i1 CHESTER, SO. CA. Swtiot JUST received a new and full assortment of rnarv< WATCHES, JEWELRY, SILVER AND " y' PLATED WARE. The public generally are in- j vited to call and see, even if they do not want to buy. WATCHWORK and engraving done at reason- -ra>ir able prices. |r application for homestead. =5= NOTICE is hereby given that on the 15th day of 5STIt # February, next, Mrs. MARY C. LOVE will 12^111 apply to the undersigned to have "Homestead set off/' in accordance with the provisions of the 8th 1 section of the "Homestead Act," Approved Feb- One oo ruary 22, 1873. JOSEPH A. McLEAN, One co Judge of Probate for York Connty. One oo January 13 2 5t Single ? i ... .. Two cf ALMANACS FOR 1876. Ten co A FEW South Carolina Almanacs for the year 1 1876, for sale at the more r ENQUIRER OFFICE. furnisl BED E COMPANY OST LIBERAL TERMS SlND OTHERS, - i .. H rrtJffpMf In fS MAIFACTIIB. . . ifan. . . . r*.|: li fc < l*l? j i.H ' . 1 ?? .. ? t , 11- ., y wwL \ J /Jbt ^ri \^J| fsn m ~~ * ||WB| 4* I . wliH|< h^HH I < /^v\ V H njaJMMB | If II VORITE. <l | bwY'ffhtf-f* I QUALITIES* nMk [ATING THEM EI USE. '. ,'.x.; t'vUiJC ,-V- ?W? , y :n 1iI.UI# ^4 , -, a I: - ~ -, *?,*.?. > *&*&. n M ' I.-:., Xj favorite, cTED *< f1-. . BADE OF WORK. 4 i . ijffc fV owledge ? !' < ' I W. ND SHOEMAKERS ; " i.*r ^ :. ? , ' "HE BEST! ' . if i . .. " 'iJISIofc ~~ . ,.f ?:? VlW (i; .n-<tr>r . IIIVE COMPANY, ABIES STBEET. ALTIMORE, MARYLAND. _ ' PIC GUANO CO., ' [> IN) :o?-> I ?fl DOLLARS. ' ;'* t{ " ning public [FIC GUANO, irlt to any article sold in the country. We ... 4 * HOSPHATE /Ft :* ing with Cotton Seed, MEND AS FIRST-CLASS, mpanv has ever been, to T THE LOWEST PRICE. .. ; fVtici tKow Kqvo , ? 4 WJ'Oj M?WJ ? V , LOWERED THE PRICE. - V.lb'v if ore buying elsewhere. rj- / f, CO., Agents, 'r * S. C. . '' Agents, :y,.u, < -H ~i* jj-i. a. c. r ?Se CO., Agents, ..l| 'r s. c. AR, Agents, . iV-fic. r ' '8m iHMOND ADVERTISEMENTS. TA1B0TT Si SONS. CKOE MACHINE WOBKS, RICHMOND, VA? '' UFACTURER8 OF STEAMEBTOIRS, LERS, AGRICULTURAL ENGINES, CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, 3T, BARK ARB PLASTER HILLS, 8HAPTIH68, HA16BBS AID PULLBT8, ?/ ? MDVB avuDPI R ,OVKU TUHU1HE< naiiiB itiibbiw. ber 14 41 \J [TENGKR. H. P. XDMOKD iTENGER & EDMOND, Richmond, Va., MANUFACTURERS OP ABLE AND STATIONARY ENGINES, 1 BOILERS OF ALL KINDS, CTLAR SAW KILLS, GRI8T KILLS, XL GEARING, 8HAPTHG, PULLETS, AO. tlOAN TURBINE WATER WHEELS, HERON'S SPECIAL STEAM PUMP. Send tor Catalogoe, ber 14 .41 ly 'PLICATTOF FOR H0KE8TEAK 'ICE Is hereby given that on the 16th day February, next, Mrs. D. D. A. BELK will ? the undersigned to have "Homestead set i accordance with the provisions of the 6th i of the "Homestead Act," Approved Feb22, 1873. JOSEPH A. McLEAN, Judge of Probate for York County, lary 13 2 M GARDEN SEEDS. ~ SH and new, in Store and for saleafc W. K. A J. P. HERNPOgrg. ! ffltkiUt [-KRM8?IN ADVANCE >py, one year................ ?>?? ?! A,00 py, six months. 1 60 w py, three months, . . 1 00 < copy,--. ? 10 >pies, one year, ... 6 00 Riee, one year, 86 00 > persons who make up cluba of ton or lames, an extra copy of the paper will he led one year, free of charge.