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fluttWMttS grpartmrttt. Refrigerating Refreshments.?This is the season when advertisments of refrigerators and ice-chests spread out in a newspaper like a mortgage on a small corner lot. It was advertising that attracted a farmer into a hardware store recently. When he mentioned that he would like a refrigerator, the proprietor welcomed him with a sunny smile, and the clerks cheerfully barked their shins against the stoves as the; flew around. "Will you look at these ice-chests ?" asked the proprietor, as he came to a long row. "What do I want to keep ice in a chest for?" growled the farmer. "What I want is something to keep provisions cool and nice fn hot weather." "Well, here you have it. Here is the beat refrigerator made." The farmer opened the doors, looked the box over and around, and* seemed much .pleased with it Presently he inquired : "What's the principle of the thing? how d ftM shfi cool off the Drovisions ?" "You put your ice right in here, shut the box, and away she goes," was the reply.. "Ice!" gasped the farmer. "Why, of course. You can't run a refrigerator without ice, can you?" The farmer turned without a word, walked down stairs and out to his wagon, and was getting in, when tke hardware man hurried up, and asked: "What's the matter ?" "Do you think I'm a four-cornered fool?" howled the agriculturalist. "Do you think -?? I'm going to buy that bigh-priced provision asylum, and then keep ice, too ?" What He Admired.?During a case which was tried before the late Justice Maule, of England, a witness, twice , in the course both of examination and cross-examination, declared that there were only two things in the world he admired?women and horses. At the conclusion of the trial, the judge asked that the witness who had made this statement should be brought before him. "I think, sir," said the judge, "that I understood you to say that in your opinion there were only two things in the world worthy of your admiration?women and horses; is that so ?" "Yes, my lord, I said that, and I'm not ashamed to stick to it." u\t 11 ? ?_:J J? ?1 v ory wcii) oaiu mejuu^u,ouieuiuxj, uun I will give you a piece of advice. When you go home, get an honest solicitor, if you can find one?I never could?to make your will for you, and have a clause inserted instructing your executors to have your skin tanned after your death, and have a lady's saddle made out of the leather." "But, my lord," exclaimed the ataazed witness, "what can?" "Don't you see ?" said his lordship, interrupting him; "why, then you will have the satisfaction of knowing that after you are dead, you will constantly be between the two objects of your admiration." Unexpected Rencontre.?A good but simple man, residing in the village of Drumfreishire, Scotland, struck up an intimacy with a neighbor recently arrived in the locality. This latter appeared a very godly sort of person, whose frequent intercourse and conversation afforded no small degree of pleasure to his newly-acquired friend. The new-comer had at last risen so high in the confidence and esteem of the other that he believed him to be a saint, if there was one in the world. One night, however, hearing some disturbance in the henroost, he went out with a light to discover the cause, when lo! there was his pious friend very deliberately twisting the necks of the poultry, preparatory to carrying them off. The good man, more aghast at the flagrant hypocrisy of his neighbor than concerned for his own loss, exclaimed, more in sorrow than in anger: "O, Dawvid, Dawvid, man, little did I expect to meet wi' you here!" "Tworth," said David, with apparent unconcern, "jist as little did I expect to meet wi' you here." The Reason.?A gentleman, who held a responsible positioa under the government at Washington, concluded to change his lodgings. He sent one of the waiters of the hotel, where he bad selected apartments, after his baggage. Meeting the waiter an hour or two afterwards, he said: "Well, John, did you bring my baggage down ?" "No, sari" blandly responded the sable gentleman. "Why, what was the reason ?" "Case, sar, the gentleman in de office said you had not paid your bill." "Not paid my bill ? Why, that's singular ; he knew me very well when he kept the Girard House in Philadelphia." "Well, mebbe," replied John, thougtfully scratching his head, "dat was the reason why he wouldn't give me de baggage." ? Two Kinds of Cloth.?He bought a cheap coat of one of the gentlemen from Jerusalem, and he observed next day that it was made of two kinds of cloth, or else it had faded from some previous wear and tear. He went to the dealer with fire in his eyes. The dealer looked at the garment without surprise, and at the wearer with extreme wonder. "Vy, mine gootness!" he said, "you been wear de goat in de sun I You t'ink hiin maatof sheet-iron, hey?" Three Gooi> Reasons.?One of the boy reformers, in a-speech a few evenings since, made this remark: "I have three good reasons for keeping the pledge not to use tobacco. 1st, because I am to have five dollars at the end of a year; 2d, because I have pledged myself not to use it; and 3d?the strongest motive all?because I'll get a licking if I don't keep it." It is unnecessary to say the speech was applauded. Doubtful Testimony.?At one time Daniel Webster had a difficult case to .plead, and a verdict was returned against his client. One of the witnesses came to him, and said, "Mr. Webster, if I thought we should have lost the case, I might have testified a good deal more than I did." "It is of no consequence," replied the lawyer; "the jury did not believe a word you said." No Familiarity.?A frontiersman was requested by the sheriff to come to the jail to identify an inmate who was charged with a serious offence. "I'll go and look at him, but I'm not going to be laminar wun mm until he apologizes for shooting my brotherin-law last fall," was the naive reply of the guileless child of the flower-bespangled prairies. An Old Hebrew Game.?It seams that base-ball is an old Hebrew game, as' Solomon refers to the*pitcher being" broken at the fountain. The fact of its being broken shows that the old Jewish players were much like those of the present day, though it is difficult to understand what he was doing at the fountain, unless all the lager-beer shops were shut up. Out of His Teens.?A Whitehaller with a vermilion nose was tormenting a lady about her age. "Just look at me!" he exclaimed: "don't I look as if I was just out of my teens ?" "Yes," she replied, with a look of triumph, ""if you mean canteens." His nose was quickly pot out of joint ? A Believer.?"How would you make a believer of an incredulous man V asked one gentleman of another, not long since. "I think the surest way would be to set him over a bee-hive," was the reply ; "and I calculate that after he'd been stung once or twice, he would become a bee-haver." Well Recommended.?"You come well recommended, I suppose?" said a gentleman to a boy who wanted an easy place. "O, yes, sir; the man I was with last recommended me to leave and get work more congenial to my disposition." f epartmeut. POULTRY PARASITES. The use of sassafras wood for perches and nest boxes has been repeatedly recommended as a preventive of vermin in poultry houses. A recent correspondent of the Poultry Bulletin, furnishes to that paper an article from the American Farmer, of 1819, in which it is most positively asserted that sassafras possesses this virtue. Every year or two this same old story is repeated by theorizing writers on poultry affairs. Why is it that such idle statements so often find their way into print? In this case it must be owing to a misunderstanding of terms, as well as to ignorance of the nature of some of our poultry pests. The term "vermin," as used in the article above mentioned, is explained to mean chicken lice, yet the writer no donbt referred to what was commonly known as "jiggers," or chicken mites; for chicken lice proper live on the bodies of fowls, while the mites infest the perches, and trouble the fowls chiefly at night. The chicken mites are to poultry houses 1 what bed-bugs are to human habitations. They suck the blood of the fowls at night and hide away in the cracks and crevices of the 1 perches during the day. They belong to the class of spiders; while the chicken lice are true insects, a different class altogether. In neglected poultry houses the mites arc sometimes found in great numbers crawling < over the perches, nests, floors and walls, so that a person dare not enter for fear of being overrun by them. As the true chicken lice are never known to accumulate to such an extent, the Bassafras preventive is no doubt meant to apply to these swarms of mites rather than to lice proper; and now the surprise is that this pretended preventive, (having no foundation at all for reliability, except in the < fertile imaginations of some writers gifted , with peculiarly sensitive olfactories) should be so often brought to our notice without calling forth the indignant protest of better informed poultry keepers against such sense less theories. "We have been in the habit of using sassafras poles in our hen houses for many years past, because they are here easily obtained, , and besides, the bark is just about the right roughness to admit of the fowls grasping the perches comfortably; but the mites seem not to be annoyed in the least by the aroma of the sassafras. Even the free use of whitewash will not dislodge them. We have also freely i applied sulphur to the perches, but without much effect. The only means by which, we have been able to rid our fowls of these pests, has been to well saturate the perches occasionally with coal oil. This is applied with an old paint brush. The oil is very penetrating, and quickly finds its way into the crevices and beneath tho loose bark. The same correspondent of the Poultry Bulletin, who has again brought to light this old notion about the virtue of the aromatic sassafras, promulgates this additional piece of information: "The thousand and one remedies recommended to free chickens from lice are thrown into the shade by the following safe and effectual mixture: A spoonful each of lard-oil and powdered sassafras bark ; mix and apply to the head and neck of the chicken, and under the wings and breast of an old fowl. One application of the work, carefully done, is all that is necessary." * Now the lard-oil alone, or common clean lard, will answer every purpose of the above mixture. It is the lard, or oil, stopping the breathing pores of the lice that kills them so effectually, and the sassafras has nothing to do with it whatever. . Some writers have recommended sulphur and lard for the same purposes, but the lard alone will do the work every time, and the chicks are spared the risks of taking cold and being otherwise injuriously affected by the use of sulphur.?illini, Jr., in Prairie Farmer. FATTENING CHICKENS. It is hopeless to attempt to fatten chickens while they are at liberty. They must be put up in a proper coop, and this, like most other appurtenances, need not be expensive. To fatten fowls, a coop may be three feet long, eighteen inches high and eighteen inches deep, made entirely of bars. No part solid; neither top, sides nor bottom. Discretion must be used, according to the size of the chickens put up. They do not want any room, indeed, the closer they are the better, provided they can all stand up at the same time. Care must be taken to put up such as have been accustomed to be together, or they will fight. If one is quarrelsome, it is better to remove it at once, as, like other bad examples, it soon finds imitators. Diseased chickens should never be put up. The food should be ground oats, and may either be put up in a trough or on a flat board running along the front of the coop. It may be mixed with water or milk ; the latter is the better. It should be well soaked, forming a pulp as loose as can be, provided it does not run off the board. They must be well fed three or four times a day, the first time as soon after daybreak as may be possi- . ble or convenient, and then at intervals of four hours. Each meal should be as much as they can eat up clean, and no more; when they have done feeding, the board should be wiped up and some gravel spread. It causes them to feed and thrive. After a fortnight of this treatment you will have good, fat fowls. If, however, there are but five or six fowls to be fatted, they must not have as much room as though there were a dozen. Nothing is easier than to allow them the proper space, as it is only necessary to have two or three pieces of wood to pass between the bars and form a partition. This may also serve when fowls are up at different degrees of fatness. This requires attention, or fowls will not keep fat and healthy. As soon as the fowl is sufficiently fatted, it must be killed, otherwise it will not get fatter, but will lose flesh. If fowls are intended for the market, of course they are, or may be, fatted at once; but if^for home consumption, it is better to put them up at such intervals as will suit the time when they will be required for the table. When the time arrives for killing, whether .1 i C l._i *1 .n,'SA flinn tney are meant tor utaraet or utuoi mot, mCj should be fasted without food or water for twelve or fifteen hours. This enables them to keep for some time after being killed, even in hot weather.?Journal of Chemistry. Orchard and Hungarian Grass.?Orchard grass and the so-called Hungarian grass are about as unlike as June gVass, and either of the small grains. Hungarian grass or millet, for they are practically one, is an annual plant, growing from seed which must be sowed every year. It produces grain as do oats, barley, wheat and rye, but the seed is smaller than that of either of these grains and larger than clover seed. The stalk i3 less strawy than common grain straw, producing more leaves and suckers, and for hay is superior to either of the other grains named. Orchard grass is a perennial, living year after | year like timothy, red top, &c. It has a stem rather stifFer than many other grasses, but if cut early produces a good quality of hay. It is particularly valuable where two or three crops can be cut in a season ; for, as a rule, none but the first crop throws up seed stalks, the following growth being composed entirely of long, soft leaves which are unsurpassed for feeding to milch cows. Orchard grass makes an excellent mixture in pastures, and the seed should be sown plentifully on the moist portions not subject to overflow in winter. It starts early and grows the whole season through. Orchard grass is suitable either for pastures or mowing. Hungarian is never grown for pasture, but only for hay or for seed, and always on newly cultivated fields, \ the same as for the small grains. It is recommended by some for feeding green in summer, as a soiling crop, but our experience with it for this purpose has not been very satisfactory.?New England Farmer. fUfldiog for the j^abbailt. CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBER/T LATHAN. f Original.] THE LAW OF PROVIDENCE. "God's works of providence are his most holy, wise and powerful, preserving and governing all his creatures and all their actions." The above is a clear definition of what is meant by providence. The definition given by the three great lexicographers?Johnson, Webster aud Worcester?is shorter, but not clearer. Johnson says, "Providence is the care of God over created being?divine superintendence." Webster says it is "the care and superintendence which God exercises over his creatures." Worcester defines providence to be "the divine superintendence over all nrunfpd hpintrs: the care of God over his w. o~ / creatures." We take it for granted that the definitions quoted will not be called in question by any one of mature judgment and ripe experience. They have this in their favor. They are fair and legitimate deductions from the Scriptures, and are in perfect harmony with what comes under our daily observation. Some persons, without proper reflection, speak of a general providence and of a par- ] ticular providence. This is making a dis- ( tinction without a difference. There cannot ^ be any such thing as a general providence. ! It is either special providence, or no provi- < dence at all. How, it may be asked, can j God superintend the whole without superin- i tending the' parts ? A moment's thought will convince any one, that in order to exercise ' superintendence over his creatines, God must 1 take not a general but a special care of them. In other words, the superintending care of God ( must be special before it can be said, with ac- < curacy, that "the Lord reigneth." i Providence is one thing, and the law of ' providence is another. Providence, we may J say, is. what God, as the governor of all his j creatures, does whilst the law of providence is ] the rule according to which he acts. We are i not to suppose that because God is omnipotent and omniscient, he exerts his power and ' exercises his wisdom as circumstances de- ' mand. Men are often forced to act as circumstances suggest. Men are governed by cir- ] cum stances. Such, however, is not the case with Ged. He governs and controls all things. The purposes of men are often ' thwarted by trivial occurrences over which j they have no control. God's purposes are all formed and executed in accordance with a , law which is unchangeable. God cannot act | otherwise, as a God of providence, than he does act. It mav ueem harsh, but it is still < true that God is governed in all his acts by law. We do not mean that God is restrained from doing evil, by law, as men are restrain- . ed. All we mean is, that God always acts in 1 accordance with a rule. He does not act one way to-day and in another way to-morrow. ! He is unchangeable. TJie manner in which ' he acted for five thousand years, is the Bame 1 way in which he is acting to-day, and in J which he will act forever. The simple fact that the Lord reigns, and i reigns according to law, gives us a safe ground upon which to build our hopes. Unlike hu man governments, the government of God is never disturbed by the repealing of old laws and the enactment of new ones. By the law ( of providence, all created beings sustain to ( each other a mutual relationship. God is the author of all things. All things derived 1 their being from him, and are constantly dependent upon him. God is the ruler and all created beings are the ruled. The government of God extends over the highest order of created beings, as well as i i ?i mi. 1 J L:. it over toe lowest. ane augeits aruuuu ma iuiuud are as much his subjects, and as dependent upon him, as is the tiny glow worm. A grain of sand is watched over with as much care as is a mountain. Not only do all things sustain a certain relationship to God, but they sustain to each other an indissoluble relationship. The whole is equal to all the parvs; but it takes all the parts to make the whole. Everything, by the law of providence, has its rights. Angels, we are taught in the Scriptures, were made a little higher than man ; still man has rights guaranteed to him by the law of providence, which an angel dares not intrude upon. The ant that crawls beneath our feet has rights which none of its fellowcreatures dare, with impunity, trample under foot. God pledges his friendship and protection to every creature he has brought into existence. A Goliath of Gath, may be a giant; still, he needs God's protecting care. The worm that dwells in the clod may be a miserably feeble creature; still, God's burning eye is never, for one moment, taken off it. He watches that worm as it digs its cell in the clay, as constantly as he does the angels that are round about his throne. Both are his creatures, and this secures his protection. The law of providence enjoins it upon us to live and let live. Whatever God has created, he will preserve. The law of providence extends to all created beings. It is the foundation of that matchless order which we see in the universe. In obedience to this law, the earth makes its annual revolution around the sun. The distance passed over each day is about two million of miles, and still there is no noise?not a single jar. Religion in Business.?Christian men must not attempt to separate their religion from their business. No doubt there may appear, even to an honest mind, to be some reason for trying to do it. There is a maxim that "business is business;" that is, it is not mixed with friendship or charity. So a man may, perhaps, be tenacious of all that is due to him in making a trade, and may abate nothing. He may choose to serve his friends, or bestow his charities, in a different manner, and as part of a separate transaction. So far, perhaps, no fault need be found. And where, exactly, the frrong begins, it may not be easy to say. But it does begin somewhere. And the beginning may be near at hand. A man must be a Christian in his business. All that this means, it is not for us now to undertake to say. But it is for him to find out if he will be a Christian. It is plain that a man may not be hard, and grasping, and selfish in his business transactions. Business, too, with most persons, occupies so large a share of life, that if religion and charity are kept out of it, they will have but small space yet to cover. It is but a poor shift to grind the laborer in his wages, and then give him a dollar in pity. Have love for him, rather, when you hire him, and act like a Christian when you pay him. This will be more to the credit of your religion in his mind, and more pleasing, we may not doubt, in the sight of God, than much making up afterward by gifts. The gifts, withal, afterward, are apt to be forgotten. The Bible rule is, "Whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God." Certainly this must cover the doing of our regular work, which is the main thing we dp. The question how the management of onr business can be made to appear to be, and actually to be, thoroughly Christian in its rules and purposes, is one of some difficulty; but it is also one of indispensable practical importance ,* and one of the very first for each individual to lay hold of and settle.? Congregationalist. (SMdwu's fepartmoit. ; TWO BUMBLEBEES. c BY GEORGE COOPER. F Two bumblebees, in coats of gold, 5 Once met upon a rose, I'm tola, J And searched its sweetness, fold on fold. fc One was a grumblerthe other went About his work in rare content, For labor was his element. "Buzz, buzz," quoth one, "it doesn't pay To toil so hard from day to day, Leisure is best; I'd rather play. "Of what use is it, after all ? Our labors unto nothing fall; / The task is hard, the gain is small. jj f 44We never share in what we hive; h We work that idle men may thrive, l I feel the sorest bee alive." " 4 44 Buzz, buzz, good neighbor, would you then, (] Be idle just because of men ? h Up ! up! and to your toil again. "Must he who labors, foolish elf, jj Think but to benefit himself, f To heap with gain his narrow shelf? . 44 What makes our striving doubly dear, ^ Is that some others it may cheer, ' Known or uuknown. afar or near. f ? "Such labor bringeth sweetest ease, And maketh too?the world agrees? The be9t of men, the best of bees!" THE DISHONEST PEASANT. "In the year 1794, a poor Frenchman was passing the winter in a village in Germany, r One cold morniDg he had occasion to buy a load of wood. He found a peasant who had * me to sell, and asked him what the price was. i< The peasant, who perceived by his broken 11 German that he was a foreigner, and that his ignorance might be taken advantage of, an- ii swered that the price was three louis d'ors. The Frenchman endeavored to beat him down, ? but in vain. At last he took it, and paid the ^ money that was asked. v "The peasant, delighted to have made so ^ ?ood a bargain, drove with his empty cart to ti the village inn, which was not far distant, and ordered breakfast. While it was getting * ready, he entertained the landlord with an ac- tl 3ount of the way in which he had cheated ii the Frenchman, and made him pay three ? louis d'ors for a load of wood which, at the j utmost, was not worth more than seven shil- G lings and sixpence?talking as if he had done I a very clever thing. a "The landlord was a good man, and told b him that he ought to be ashamed of himself 8 thus to have taken advantage of the ignorance 3 of a poor foreigner. r " 'Well," said the peasant, with a scornful laugh, 'the wood was mine; I hod a right to ask just what I pleased for it.' 1 <,rrhe landlord made no reply. When J breakfast was over, the peasant asked how much was to pay. The landlord replied, J "Three louis d'ors.' "'What!' said the peasant, 'three louis d'ors for a cup of coffee and a few slices of bread and butter!' "'Yes,' said the landlord, with the utmost : composure; 'the coffee and bread and butter were mine; I have a right to ask just what I 1 please for them. My bill is three louis d'ors; I and I shall keep your horse and cart until v you pay me. If you think I am charging P you too much, you can go before the judge.' j "The peasant, without saying anything 0 more, went to the judge's office and made his complaint. The judge was surprised and in- r iignant at the landlord's-extortion, especially c as he had always borne an excellent charac- 8 ter. _ * "He ordered him to be brought before him, a and his reception of him was somewhat stern, t! But the landlord told him the whole story? ? how the peasant had taken advantage of the 0 poor emigrant's ignorance to cheat him, what their conversation was, and how his own conduct was simply visiting upon the head of a ^ dishonest man the wrong he had done to an- v other. 4 "Under such circumstances the judge dedi- A ded that the landlord had done right, ana . that the peasant should pay the three louis d'ors. The peasant, with a very ill grace, drew out his purse and laid the money on the j table. " 'I do not want this money,' said the landlord to the judge, 'as your honor may well suppose. Will you have the goodness to change one of these louis d'ors, and give the peasant seven shillings and sixpence out of it?for that, as he confessed to me, is all that his 1 wood is worth?and return the remainder to the poor Frenchman ? For the breakfast I want nothing.' "The judge counted out the seven shillings J and sixpence to the peasant, and dismissed t him with a severe rebuke. The rest was re- p turned to the Frenchman, who, on hearing J the story, went to thank the kind innkeeper, * and with great difficulty persuaded "him to ac- \ cept a small sum forthe peasant's breakfast." t Sewing Aches.?Jessie sat down by her mother to sew. She was making a pillow- [ case for her own little pillow. "All this?" she asked, in a discontented tone, holding the seam out. "That is not too much for a little girl who -i has a work basket of her own," said her J mother. "Yes," thought Jessie, "mother has given e me a work basket, and I ought to be willing a to sew;" and with that she took a few stitches I^UILC UlllgCUblJ I "I have a dreadful pain in my side," said j Jessie, in a few moments. "My thumb is very 0 sore;" she said, in a few moments after. "O, * my hand is so tired!" that was the next. And ( with that she laid down her work. Next there ( was something the matter with her foot, and ? then her jeye. I At length the sewing was done. Jessie ( brought it to her mother. "Should I not first send for a doctor ?" said her mother. "The doctor for me, mother?" cried the ( little girl, as surprised as she conld be. ^ "Certainly," said her mother. "A little girl so full of pains and aches must be sick; and the sooner we have the doctor the better." i "0, mother 1" said Jessie, laughing, "they ] were sewing aches. I am well now." J I have heard of other little girls, besides , Jessie, who had sewing pains and aches when- f ever their parents had work for them to do. ^ These aches and pains do show sickness. \ They are symptoms of a b$d disease?a disease t which eats some people up. This disease is ^ called "selfishness." It makes children cross and fretful, disobliging, troublesome and un- 3 happy; and I am sore it makes those unhap- 1 py who have charge of them.?The Myrtle. Your Evenings, boysjjphiope that no boy who reads this is goir^Tnthe direction which Joseph Clark took. It is safe, however, to receive warning. Great boys and little boys, here is a question which concerns you all: how do you spend your evenings? If your parents or ? guardians allow you to go from home in the evening, where do you go, * and how is the time spent ? 8 Joseph Clark was as fine looking and healthy a lad as ever left the country to go into a city warehouse. His cheek was red with health, . his arm strong and bis step quick. His mas- J ter liked his looks, and said, "that boy will get on." j lie bad been a clerk about six months, | when Mr. Abbott observed a change in Joseph. His cheek grew pale, his eye hollow, j and he always seemed sleepy. At length, <j finding Joseph alone in the counting-house F one day, he asked him if he were well. 1 ."Pretty well, sir," answered Joseph. "You have looked sickly of late, said Mr. Abbott J "I have the headache Bometimea, sir," the s young man replied. "What gives you the headache," asked the f merchant. "I do not know, sir." t "Do you go to bed in good time Yy Joseph blushed. "As early as most young -i men, sir," be said. J "And how do you spend your evenings, Joseph ?" "Oh ! sir, not as my pious mother would J approve," answered the young man, tears tending in his eyes. "Joseph," said the old merchant, "yonr iharacter and all your future usefulness and trosperity depend upon the way you spend rour evenings. Take my word for it, it is a roung man's evenings that make him or >reak him."?8. S. Messenger. rHE COOKING STOVES mauufactured atoui works in Greensboro, N. C., give universal atisfaction wherever introduced. They are made f the BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, with heav)r and thicker plate than any other Stove in the larket, and consequently will the longer withtand heat and hard usage. They are of hand ome pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal a every other respect to any Cooking Stove sold 1 the united States, while it is confidently claimed lat they are the CHEAPEST. All the usual ieces of ware and cooking utensils are furnished rith each Stove. An important consideration rith purchasers is the fact that our patterns and izes are never changed. Should a piece get accientally broken at any time, we can replace it at tie jnere cost of casting. Not simply because it ) a home production, buton accountof its intrinic merits as an article of household economy, do re ask the patronage of home purchasers. More lian ONE THOUSAND of these Stoves are now i use, and among many others having them we espectfully refer to the following: R. E.Guthrie, >. M. Campbell, M. H. Currence, York county; Irs. Elizabeth J. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon, ruthriesville; John A. Brown, Rock Hill; B. P. toyd, Joseph Herndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkville. rou can save the freight from the northern cities nd the dealer's profit, which is no small item, y buying of us, and at the same time get a TOVE THAT IS MORE DURABLE than those f northern make. The following are our prices fllivered at denot in Greensboro : To. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, $30 00 41 y 44 44 44 44 44 44 41 26 00 Address, SERGEANT <ft McCAULEY, Greensboro, N. C. \ M. DOBSON A CO., Agents, Yorkville, S. C. OHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, S. C. A. F. LINDSAY, Agent, Lowrysville, Chessr county, S. C. . L. CARROLL, Agent at Chester. 8. C. A.WIJLLIFORD, ROCK HILL, S. C. 60 FINE HORSES. " [HAVE now in my Livery and Sale Stables at Rock Hill, 60 head of fine HORSES AND IULE8, to which I invite the attention of all rho may wish to purchase good stock, for either ilautation, saddle or carriage purposes. For the accommodation of responsible parties, am ready and willing to sell horses and mules n time, and will extend credit to those desiring t until next fall, requiring note and good secu"&hen you come to Rock Hill, don't forget to all around at WILLIFORD'S LIVERY AND IALE 8TABLES. If you admire fine horses? nd who doesn't ??your taste can be gratified ; if ou wish to buy a good animal, your need can be upplied; and lastly, if you wish to "Swap," hough not good in that line, yet I will endeavor o accommodate you. So you see I "keep open ouse," in any emergency, remaining the public's bedient servant. A. WILLIFORD. PAY UP! : A LL persons indebted to me for stock, and whose A Notes became due on the 1ST OF OCTOBER, rill do well to pay them up at once and save hemselves cost, as I shall be compelled to sue all vho fail to mako payment. A. WILLIFORD. JTATE OF SOUTH CAROEINA, COUNTY OF Y0BK--00UBT OF COMMON FLEAS. Taney Erwin Craig and Robert J. Craig, Plaintiffe, against Wm. C. Beatty, Executor, Wm. H. McCorkle, Executor and Trrstee, Mary Wallace, Margaret Carmichael, Jos. W. Stockton, Margaret B. Stockton, Martha Bell, Thos. F. Bell, Ann Blair Cowan, Robt. V. Cowan, Ann M. Beatty and Caroline G. Boggs, Defendants.?Amended Summons for Relief?Oomnlnint nnt.iPTVP.d. ?o the Defendants above-named, parties in interest, under the last wiH and testament of Mrs. Nancy Blair, of York county, now deceased. FOtJ are hereby summoned and required to answer the amended complaint in this action, irhich is now filed in the office of the Clerk of the Jourt of Common Pleas, for the said county, and o serve a copy of your answer to the said comilaint on the subscriber, at his office in York1lle, South Carolina, within twenty days after he service hereof, exclusive of the day of such ervice; and if you fail to answer the complaint rithin the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this acion will apply to the Court for the relief demandid in the complaint. Dated June 24th, A. D., 1876.. G. W. S. HART, Seal.] Plaintiffs' Attorney. J. P. Wallace, C. C. C. Pis. June 29 26 6t FINE LIQUORS. [HAVE for sale at my Store near the railroad depot, THE BEST QUALITY OF SPIRITS ver offered for sale in the city of Yorkville. Call nd get some FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES. LU my liquors are pure, and consist of Lpple Brandv, Madeira Wine, linger Brandy, Malaga Wine, >each Brandy, Port Wine, Iherry Brandy, Sherry Wine, )ld French Brandy, Scuppernong Wine, )ld Cognac Brandy, Red Rye Whisky, )ld Holland Gin, White Rye Whisky, )ld London Dock Gin, Bourbon Whisky, Sagle Gin, Georgia Corn Whisky, ;iarei wine, m. \j. worn wmsay, Robertson county (Tenn.) Corn Whisky. My Whiskies are all pure, and are worth from $2.00 TO $6.00 PER GALLON. champagne by the bottle. A large stock of Cigars of fine and medium brands. Call and see or yourselves. J. A. CARROLL. SKY LIGHT, JlND NO MORE CLIMBING TJP-STAIBS ! LTAKE pleasure to Inform all in want of PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES, that I have just qp possession of my NEW GALLERY, built vith fine sky and side-lights,near my residence? irst house east of the jail, and only a few hunIred yards from the Court House corner. An ixpenence of 28 years and every convenience for msiness, will enable me now to do better work han ever before. Frames and Photo-Albums, Stereoscopes and Fiews always on hand. I am also prepared to sell you a MASON & I AM LIN ORGAN, or an AMERICAN SEWNO MACHINE, for cash or on time. J.R. SCHORB. THE CHESTER JEWELRY STOKE. rHE Store of the undersigned is supplied with a large and elegant assortment of WATCHES, CLOCKS. fEWELRY. SILVER AND PLATED-WARE. tnd all articles usually found in a Jewelry estabishment. Moreover, I keep ?n hand MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, maong which is the celebrated ORGAN, made by Jeorge Woods <ft Co., Cambridge, Mass. R. BRANDT, Proprietor. March 9 5 ly AMES F. HART. G. W. 8. HART. HART & HART, A.TTORNBYS AT LAW, YORKTOLE, S. C., IlfTILL practice in the State and United States f f Courts. Special attention given to Accountings and causes in the Probate Courts. Will unlertake for collections and legal business in all tarts of the United States, through reliable busiless agencies. January 1 1 ly TRIAL JUSTICE'S BLANKS. RECOGNIZANCES, Warrants of Arrest, Summons in civil action, and Executions. For ale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. STOVES. rHE Celebrated Greensboro Cooking Stove, Nos. 7 and 8. Price $30 and $35. As good as he best.. T. M. D03S0N A CO, Agents. AGRICULTURAL LIENS, I lyJORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to 1 VI Real Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER 9FFICE. I I hn O a dny at home. Agents wanted. Outfit and terms free. : TRUE ?c CO., Augusta, Maine. 1? ly ' YORKVILLE ENQUIRER. VOLUME 38.-1876. THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER is now in its twenty-second volume, and is a large twenty- j eight column newspaper, handsomely printed on > clear, legible type, and devoted to the Political, Social, Agricultural and CommbroialInter- ; ests op the South. We are enabled to promise j increased attractions in all the different departments of the paper, conspicuous among them i being the SERIAL STORIES, written expressly for its columns. As a non-partisan, independent family newspaper, the future editorial conduct of the Enquirer can be as well judged by the past as by any promise which we might now feel disposed to make. An experience of thirty-five years in the newspaper business?of which time at least one-half has < been unremittingly devoted to the management of the Enquirer?fbllv convinces the proprietor chat the plan he adopted on assuming control of the paper, is the correct mode of journalism in the present day. The true mission of the newspaper is to place before the public facts as they may exist, unbiased by partisan feelings or sinister motives; and the propriety of this course is fully attested, not only by the success of the Enquirer, which can truthfully claim the largest circulation of any country newspaperin the South,butalso by many other tit the most popular and widely circulated papers of the day. The course thus indicated we shall continue to pursue, aiming to publish a I LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER, whieh shall be a welcome visitor to the Home Circle, and acceptable alike to all classes of readers. Hence, the news department of the Enquirer, whether of matters at home or abroad?political or otherwise?will be conducted with the utmost care, and only facts as they seem to exist, will be pre- , sented, freo from sectional or party bias. LITERARY DEPARTMENT. The original Serial Stories are an attractive feature of the paper, being from the pens of the most sprightly and entertaining story writers of the day, and abound with dramatic plot and stirring incident. . HISTORICAL SKETCHES. The Historical Sketches of the Early History of South Carolina will constitute an important feature of the volume. These Sketches are written by Rev. Robert Lathan, and commencing with the earliest settlement of the State in colonial times, gradually trace its rise and pro- ( gress. To the writing and compilation of these Sketches the author has devoted much thought and extensive research. Besides the colonial history, they will contain the stirring scenes and im| portant events, the anecdotes and incidents?legendary and authentic?which have never before I been fully published, connected with theRevolu| tionary history of the State. Much of the mate- , rial of these Sketches being traditional?many of t.Lo avflnts nortraved having never been in print? and written in Mr. Lathan's easy, familiar style, they will be read with peculiar satisfaction, not only in our own State, but by every one having a just appreciation of the history of a noble ancestry in their struggle for liberty and independence) CHESTER CORRESPONDENCE. To meet the demands of our increasing circulation in Chester county, we have engaged the services of Brainerd McLure, Esq., who will contribute a letter of oorrrespondence from Chester I regularly each week. These letters are devoted i entirely to Chester affairs?to the interests of the I town and county?and written in the racy and : graphic style peculiar to Mr. McLure, they can! not fail to be of interest to our readers in Chester, as well as elsewhere in the State. THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS. In addition to the above features, Rev. Mr. Lathan will continue his regular contributions to the "Sabbath Reading," and the "Children's Department," which, under his management for the ' past six years, have been an important attraction; ! and with the usual melange of Miscellaneous Reading adapted to all tastes; the Agricultural Department, containing practical and useful information for the farmer and house-wife; a column 1 ! of Humorous Reading every week ; "Scraps and Facts,"embracing light current topics; acompend of the News Abroad and at Home; Correspondence ; Commercial and Market Reports; Edito- i rial Articles upon appropriate subjects, intended < to promote the prosperity and welfare o. our people, we hope to make the Enquirer replete as an entertainingand instructive Family Journal. Terms op Subscrption?Free op Postaob.? Single copy one year, $3.00. In clubs, each sub- ' scriber, pet year, $2.50. Money may be forward ed at our risk by draft, post-office order or registered letter?otherwise we -will assume no risk. : Write names plainly, giving post-office, county and State. Address all letters to L. M. GRIST, Publisher, Yorkville, S. C. ' PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS., By a favorable arrangement with the different manufacturers, we are enabled to make the fol lowing liberal and unprecedented offers of Premiums for Clubs. These Premiums have been adopt- ! ed by us with special reference to securing only articles of value, and which will pro re services- ' ble to those procuring them. The regular retail ' price is given with each and they are just as good ; as so much cash to those who receive them. All ( the articles are put down in our schedule at man- , ufacturers' regular retail prices, and cannot be bought with cash any lower than the prices here . given. Premiums Nos. 1,2 and 3 will be delivered through the mails, to persons entitled to receive them, free of cost. The other Premiums will be 1 delivered at the expense for freight charges, of those receiving them. In cases where Premiums can be delivered at our publication office, arrangements may be perfected for reducing the freight < oharges on small articles to a nominal amount. The charges for freight on the Silver Ware Premiums will be from New York ; on Webster's Dictionaries from Philadelphia; on the Cooking Stoves from Greensboro, N. C.; and on the Sewing Machines from Baltimore, Md. I No. 1.?For a club of 4 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give a treble silver-plated BUTTER i KNIFE, worth $1.00. No. 2.?For a club of 8 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give one copy of the family edition (cloth 1 binding) of SMITH'S ABRIDGED BIBLE DICTIONARY, the publisher's price of which is $3.50 per copy. Or for $4.50 we will give a copy of the Bible Dictionary and send the Enquirer one year. No. 3??For a club of 10 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give a treble silver-plated CHILD'S GILT CUP, worth $3.00. No. 4.?For a club of 15 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give one set?six of each?Hard . Rubber, solid oval-handle TABLE KNIVES AND FORKS, the manufacturer's price of which is $5.00. No. 5.?For a club of 15 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give one copy of the latest edition of WEBSTER'S NATIONAL PICTORIAL DICTIONARY, containing 1,040 pages and 600 I illustrations. Publisher's price $5.00. . , No. 6.?For a club of 17 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give one dozen treble silver-plated TEA-SPOONS, worth $6.00. No. 7.?For a club of 17 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give a treble silver-plated SYRUP CUP, worth $6.00. No. 8.?For a club of 20 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give a treble silver-plated BUTTER DISH, worth $8.00. No. 9.?For a club of 20 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give one dozen solid cast steel ovalhandle TABLE KNIVES, valued at $8.00. No. 10.?For a club of 23 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give a treble silver-plated CASTOR AND FIVE BOTTLES, worth $9.00. i No. 11.?For a club of 26 subscribers, at $2.50 1 each, we will give one dozen treble silver-plated i m A T>T T7? CJT>r*fYKra IQ no inXliJU OX wxio, nuivu ^H,w. No. 12.?For a clnb of 26 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will (five one dozen treble silver-plated TABLE FORKS, worth $12.00. I No. 13.?For a club of 26 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give one treble silver-plated CAKE ; BASKET, worth $12.00. i ! No. 14.?For a olub of 30 subscribers, at $2.50 < each, we will give one copy of the latest edition i of WEBSTER'S UNABRIDGED PICTORIAL ] DICTIONARY, containing 1,840 pages, with 3,000 i illustrations, besides four pages of colored illus- j trations showing the Arms of the States and Ter- i ritories, the Arms of various Nations, the Flags of various Nations,-United States Naval Flags, etc., the publisher's price of which is $12.00. No. 15.?For a club of 40 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give one dozen extra superfine, full oval ivory-handle TABLE KNIVES, with sil- ver-plated blades, valued at $17.00. No. 16.?For a club of 65 subscribers, at $2.50 : each, we will give one No. 8 TROPIC COOKING j STOVE, including a full set of fixtures and cook- , ing implements. Manufacturers' price $30.00 , No?J7.?For a club of 60 subscribers, at $2.50 on/>h wB will crivft one three-quart,treble silver- , plated COMMUNION SERVICE, bpnatetlng ol ; SIX pieces, worth $40. _ No. 18.?for a club of 66 subscribers, at |2.60 each, we will give a treble silver-plated TEA SET, consisting of SIX pieces, vis.: 1. Coffee Pot, 2 Tea Pots, 1 Creamer, 1 Sugar Bowl and 1 Slop Bowl, < the maker's price of which is $50. < No. 19.?For a club of 70 subscribers, at $2.50 < each, we will give a WEED SEWING MA- f CHINE.Walnut Plain Half-Case, with two Draw- ' era and Drop Leaf, manufacturer's prioe, $76. ' iOA per day at home. Samples worth $1 free. ] qJtl qlwU Stinson & Co., Portland, Maine. 19 ly 1 * W. P. HOBBSi. - t THE NEW BUSINESS. FTAVING become, by purchase, sole proprietor 11 of the YORKvILLE COACH FACTORY, [respectfully announce that I shall conduct the business as heretofore. Besides keeping on hand a ftill stock of PLEASURE VEHICLES OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS, any article of special style or design will be made at short notice and In superior manner. By bavingemployed only the most competent workmen, in their respective branches, I feel assured that .1 can please the most exacting taste, both as to style ana du rability. Persons in want of any kind of PLEASURE CARRIAGE will do well to examine my stock. W T? TTORRft. GREAT BARGAINS. I WOULD inform the public that I now baveon' hand a lot of BUGGIES, finished in fine style, in which RARE BARGAINS can be obtained. I will sell a tip-top Buggy for considerably less than such class of work has ever been sold in this market since the war. Call and examine my stock and be convinced of the truth of what I say, and if you want a Buggy take advantage of the present opportunity to secure one CHEAP. W. P. HOBBS. ~ PAY'UP! PAY UP! FJ . ALL persons indebted to me, either for work done in my shops or on account of vehicles purchased on credit, are earnestly requested to come forward and make payment, as longer indulgence cannot be given. Many debts aue.to me were contracted upon the faith of "selling cotton in the fall." Those who have sold, ana those who expect to sell, if they owe 'me, will do well to remember their promises. ,j. W. P. BOBB& RICHMOND ADVERTISEMENTS. ... ' . . . a . . .. TALBOTT ?5 SONS.' SHOCKOE MACHINE WORKS, RICHMOND, VA., ' ? KANTJFACTUEEBS OF STEAK EVOHBB, DUItiC>Xl>3) Aumvvu x uhau DflvinnB) CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, GRIST, BARK AHD PLASTER MILLS, SHAFTINGS, HAHQEBS AHD PULLBY8, IMPROVED TURBINE WATER WHEELS. v {*' October 14 . 41 ly Wit. BTTENGBR. nJJ^.SDtC$SrD~ ETTENGER & ESMOND, Richmond, Va., .> MANUFACTURERS OF PORTABLE AHD STATIONARY ENGINES, BOILERS OF ALL KINDS, CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, GRIST MILLS, KILL GEARING, 8HAFTISG, PULLEYS, AG. AMERICAN TURBINE WATER WHEELS, CAMERON'S SPECIAL STEAM PUMP. Send for Catalogue. October 14 1 41 ly HEALTH, HAPPINESS, CONVENIENCE AND COMFORT! Not anything conduces more to good b^fdththan good, pare water, much is lunusnect oj uze DOUBLE-ACTING STONE FOKOE PUMEJ^--. ? T. Si JEFFEEYS, Agent) YORKTILLE, BO* CA. 4T the start it brings the water pore, fresh and oool, as it is in yourwelL No slime or filth ects on or in it. No-snails or worms from wooden piping. Is free froth rhsi or other imparities, and dischargee the water much frster then any other Pump. It works with ease?e small child can operate it. It is of stone, glased on inside and ontside like glass, and cannot wear oat or decay. Thoroughly ventilates your well, airs the water, and makes it living,, moving water. Improves the water more than if there was no Pomp in the well. Witha hos* attached, it becomes a Fire Engine, ever ready at yon* door, reducing the risk from fire and the premium on insurance. Is easy to keep In.repair, and works with TWO-THIRDS the POWER required by any other Pump of the same capacity, and can be used in very deep or very shallow wells. It gives entire satisfaction, as will be attested tar the following persons now using them with success, to-wit: . ; Dr. W. M. WALKER, T. M. DOBSON, Col. J. A. McLEAN, J. W. DOBSON, n t ?* obtot tj fp wuaet.ikr UAfA, U. AHf vmo A f JLT. JII ?r, Db. A. I. BARRON, P. B. DARWIN- . Mar. W. B..METTS, G EO HOShL. RIDDLE, H. F. ADICKES, Sr., fcOBT. R. McCORKLEl ET. F. ADICKES, Jr., J. B. WHITESIDES, OLARK BROTHERS, T. K. MICKLE. J. U. ZURCHER, Jane 15 24 tf ^ -u, , GEOBGE WOODS & C0> , PARLOR ORGANS ~ ?? f30 iJi "c"n |l| J -|g,| a *? * These remarkable instraments possess capacities for musical effects and expression never before attained. Adapted for Amateur and Professional, md an ornament, in any parlor.. fSt~ Beautiful New Styles now ready. GEO. WOODS A CO., Cambrtdgepott, Mass. WAREROOMS: 608 Washington St; Bodton; ' ita ot.f/1 flf phlnum 9r t.nrtirata Hill. Twndfm. . p L, V UUK UW, UU.WQ.' I T-D , THE VOX HUMAX1. A leading Musical Journal of selected music and valuable reading matter. By mail for $1 per year, .'or ten cents a nnmber. Each number eonLai ns from $2 to $3 worth of the finest selected music. GEO. WOODS A CO., Publishers, ' . vi Cambridgeport, Mass. ? January20 3 tf BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY STATIONERY, AND : /.? BOOH BINDERY. THANKING the public for liberal past patronage. I now invite attention to my complete stock or STAPLE AND FANCY STATIONSBY, consisting, in part, of FlaLPapers, Midioxh, Folio Post, Demy, Letter and Note.. Blank Books, of every variety; Envelopes, Slates, Ink, Ac, Fancy Stationery, Gold Pens and PeneUa, PenKnives, Writing Desks, Ac. Also, -,, > BOOK BINDING DONE, . in all its various branches. Sheet.Moslc, Periodicals,Law Books, Ac., bound In any style deeired. Ola Books rebound and repaired. . i FRUITED BILL AHD LETTER HEADS A 8PBCHALTT Orders promptly attended to, at lowest cash prices. ?. E. K. 8T0KE8, 4 155 Main Street Columbia, 8; C. J YORK MARBLE YARD. rpHE undersigned respectfully announces that I- he is still conducting the above .business in Yorkville, and is prepared to ftirnish anything in the MARBLE LINE from a plain slab to a costly monument, executed in the beet style of the art, with the very best materials, and at as low prices as tbe same cjass 01 wum w wnunished anywhere in the United States^ Orders from a distance promptly filled, and the lame 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 toe Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gange Railroad, between Yorkvilleand Chester, or at any pl^ce between Rock Hill and Winnsboro, on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augosta Railroad, free of charge for transportation. Thankful for the patronageheretofore bestowed upon my establishment, my determination is to merit a contirinanqe oftne same. F. happfrfesldT $250 REWARD, v rpHE National Board ofFiraUnqerwrlters hereX bv offers a reward of TWO HUNDRBDf-AND FIFTY DOLLARS, far the detection, conviction ind punishment of theparty or parties, charged with the crime of Arson, in firing the' premises jitnate near Yorkvllle, S. C., being the DWELLING OF J. T. LOWRY, on April 22d, 3878. Said reward will be paid only on one proof being ' ?-* *fc- nt tlia mn. .UtUIBUPU Wic iMgvt?wra wmiiuiiww v* *mv w. miction and actual punishment of said criminals. ' By order of Executive Committee. v - ' GEO. T. HOPE, Chairman. * New York, May 8,1878. 20 tf JTOTICB. I" RESPECTFULLY inform the public that I I am prepared to sharpen rnsors, adasers, shears ind other flue-edged instalments. Prices?for loningand sharpening razors, 25 cents, and for . iharpeningsdasoporaheara, lOeenta each, and 4 ihr ? MnrtSe TEBMS~-IN ADVANCE i Jne copy, one year, 8 00 . * Dne copy, six months... 160 . )ne copy, three months, X 00 Single copy, 10 rwo copies, one year,... .... 6 OA. Pen copies, one year...... xKi&S&iu*!.?r~ 26 00 ' JBf- To persons who make up clubs of ten or , nore names, an extra copy of the paper wtu be j [famished one year* free oToharge. - > ^rtwyrr;9ft j*TiM . - ?i. -a.