Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, August 31, 1876, Image 4
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t. A BAT.
Yesterday morning, says the Burlington
Hawkeye, a lady who lives out in West Hill,
was moved, by reading the 'city lyric' on the
subject, to go down into the cellar and see
how the moisture was. She did not go down,
however, for the water was there before her,
and had been there all night, and had driven
the rats out of the higher ground, like the
poor people in Happy Hollow. She had not
more than opened the door, when a great rat
sprang between her dress and pet?O?ur?
skirt, and scrabbled up into an uneasy rest-'
ing place. The next instant the lady had him
in her nervous grasp, holding dress-skirt and
rat with a desperate grasp, despite the struggling
and squirming of the rodent. And
back into the kitchen she went and the matinee
onened. The ladv is a pood church mem
ber, and has never taken a lesson in dancing
in her life; but she waltzed across the kitchen,
and galloped through the sitting-room, and !
polkaed down the hall, and schottisched
back to the dining-room, and reeled back into j
the kitchen, where she jigged, shuffled and j
pirouetted, never missing a step, and furnishing
her own music all the* time, while her
sister and three children ran after her, shrieking
and yelling for help under the impression
that she had gone mad, and beseeching her
to tell what was the matter. She told them
at last, when the orchestra was out of breath ; j
and, when she told them, they all shrieked in
chorus, and ran out of the room; but returning,
climbed upon the table, and begged her to
turn the rat loose. Perish the though, she
said. In all her wild dance, while striving
to quiet her nerves, she had clung to that rat.
It had caused her too much fright to escape
now. She held on to him, and wasn't going
to let go of him till the headsman was ready.
A council of war determined that the best
way to kill a rat was to put him in a bag and
pound or drown him. The lady ordered the
galleries cleared, and then, with many shrieks
and trembling but determined hands, she
emptied the rat into the bag that her sister
had given her and called in the family.
When the house was agaiu in session, the rat
was chased into a corner of the bag, the lady
who had captured him put her foot on the
bag to keep him in his place, and her sister,
poising the heavy poker over the rat, took
good aim, raised the poker high above her
bead, shut her eyes and averted her head
so that she might not see the carnage, and
then, summoning all her strength, struck a
deadly blow. A loud, piercing shriek, that
curdled the blood with the intensity of its
agony, followed the blow, and as the executioner
opened her eyes, she beheld the unfortunate
rat-catcher at the other end of the
room, seated on the floor swaying to and fro,
nursing her bruised and beaten foot, while
the rat, greatly frightened by the noise, ran
out of the bag, jumped on the baby's head and
scared it into convulsions, leaped from the
baby on the table, flopped into a crock of
butter, scrambled through a pan of milk,
jumped off the table on the window sill, and
ran under the house to conceal its emotion.
T.tv Stitt. finwv?TKa follnwinop htnrv i
is told of Dr. John Finley, of Kentucky.
The doctor is rather a small man, and was
traveling in company with Col. Crocket Sayers,
late U. S. Assessor for the sixth district
of Kentucky. Crocket, as everybody calls
him, is one of those whole-souled, jolly fellows,
always ready to play a joke upon any
one, and can draw the scales to over three
hundred pounds. They had neglected to secure
sleeping berths before starting; so when
they arrived at the depot, but one berth remained
unsold. With all due politeness, each
offered to surrender his claims to the other;
both declining, but agreed to occupy it together.
It was a tight squeeze, but they both
"turned in." An hour or two passed, in
which neither of them could go to sleep; so
Crocket determined to get up and take a
smoke. This was a happy relief to the doetor.
He turned his face over to the wall, and
was soon fast asleep. The train in the meantime
had stopped at a small station, and an
elderly female got aboard. Her figure was
almost on a par with that of the Colonel's.
She was in no way backward in denouncing
railroads, their employes, and everybody who
would travel on them. When she learned
that all the berths had been taken, she "must
lay down, for she was nigh dead!" This was
a glorious moment for Crocket. Winking at
the conductor, he politely offered to surrender
to her his berth, provided she had no objections
to sleep with his "little boy." Of course
she had none. She had "raised seven, and
was the grandmother of as many more." She
thanked hirn very kindly, pulled off her shoee
and other fixins, and "piled in." The Doctor
was Bleeping soundly, but before day he became
quite restless. The old lady very motherly
patted him on the head, saying "Lay
still, Sonny, your papa will soon be here; go
to sleep, you precious," and other similar epithets,
which the Doctor, as soon as he became
fully awake, knew did not emanate from his
friend, the Colonel. Realizing his position,
he bounded over the old lady and made
tracks for the rear end of the car. She scream- i
ed, and in a moment everybody was up, think- i
ing, perhaps, that some terrible accident had
happened. The joke was explained, the passengers
laughed, Crocket was forced to beat a J
hasty retreat, in order to keep clear of the j
clutches of the old woman, while Dr. Finley
sheepishly stole in the forward car, and did
uotshow himself again until the train reached
Cincinnati.
A Wonderful Cat.?A few evenings since
Alvy was paying a visit to his dulcinea. She
had smuggled him into the parlor, and the 1
darkness only served to conceal her blushes,
while Alvy told his story of love. The mut- j
tered words reached the parent's ear, and i
coming suddenly into the room, he demanded ;
to know of Mary who it was she had with her. I
"It's the cat, sir," was the mumbling reply. \
"Drive it out of here 1" thundered pater- j
familias.
"Scat!" screeched Mary ; and then, sotto
voce, "Alvy, meaow a little."
Alvy set up a woful yowl.
"Confound it; bring a light and scare the
thing out."
This was too much, and poor Alvy made a
leap for the window, carrying a glass and
frame with him.
"Thunder, what a cat!" exclaimed the parent,
contemplating the ruin after the light
was brought; "I never saw anything like it; j
and, confound it, it's tail is made of broadcloth
1" as he viewed a fluttering remnant |
hanging from the window.
Mistaken Zoology.?"And you are going
out to the East Hingies, my darlint Mrs. Marooney,"
said an old Irish crone to the young
wife of a soldier, about to embark for Madras.
"I've been in them parts myself, and
well do I remimber the tormints I went
through, night and day, with the muskeatos.
They have long suckers hanging down from
their heads, and they'll draw the life-blood
out of yees before yees can say pays."
This terrifying account lived in the memory
of the young woman. The vessel made
Madras Road; the decks were soon crowded,
and all hands delighted at the sight of land,
Mrs. Marooney among the rest; but her joy
was of short duration, for on the shore she
perceived an elephant. Horror-struck at the
sight, and in breathless agitation, she approached
the mate, exclaiming, with uplifted
Lands, "Mercy on us! is that a rauskeato?"
Only a Gray Hair.?The last capillary
song is "Only a Gray Hair, Darling," but
when his wife, whose own hair is short and
red, came to examine it more closely, she saw
that it was yellow as saffron and nearly three
feet long, and she knew in a minute where it
came from, and before he conld begin to explain
bow it got on the shoulder of his coat,
the air was so full of his own hair that he
thought one of Professor Tice's cyclones had
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HE'S NOTHING BUT A FARMER.
There is so much truth in the following,
which we clip from the Farm and Shop, that
most of the young ladies of our country may
read it with immense profit. Young men,
gallant young men, are naturally incliued to ;
conduct themselves in such a way as win the !
esteem of young ladies. By a strange delu- !
sion, a large number of the young ladies ofj
our country are pleased with no young men J
except those whose faces and hands are as ,
soft and smooth as an infant's. The sun-burnt I
face and brawny hands of the farmer or mechanic
are very disagreeable.
"He's nothing but a farmer," said a little
miss, a few evenings since, as she scornfully
curled her pretty lip, on being introduced to
a fine, generous, open-hearted young fellow,
whose broad and expansive forehead was the
symbol of his broad acres: "He's nothing but
a farmer." And who was she that looked
thus disdainfully on one of God's noble men ?
She was the daughter of a broken merchant,
whose fortune had been ruined by the extrav???APo
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Though her father's heart had been wrung by
misfortune?and he had paid the penalty of
extravagance by being incarcerated in the
home prepared for criminals?his daughter
had not yet learned the difference between
pride and worth, extravagance aud wealth.
The noble man who ate the bread of industry,
and looked every man in the face, with an independence
which said, "! owe you nothing,"
was in her estimation "only a farmer." ?
Did these foolish persons ever read their
Bibles, they would find that God himself has
selected his prophets and kings from among
farmers. Noah was a husbandman, and ;
planted a vineyard?Abraham was rich' in !
cattle, and Lot had flocks aud herds?inso- i
much that there was not pasture enough for ;
both, and they divided the country. Lot se- !
lected the plains of Jordan, and Abraham |
took the hilly country of Caanan.
Jacoh was a great cattle grower, as he pre- j
sented Esau with five hundred cattle. Moses i
was a wool grower, and Gideon was taken
from his threshing floor. Saul was a herds- j
man, even while he was King. David was a j.
shepherd and was taken from that occupation
to be King of Israel, and the ancestor, according
to the flesh, of the Messiah. Uzziah :
was a cattle grower. Elisha was plowing
with twelve yoke of oxen (probably breakiug j
up prairies, or turniug up subsoil) when Eli-;
jah cast his mantle on him a prophet.
And yet, though God has honored the bus-1
bandman? selected his kings and prophets I
from among the farmers?there are some so j
foolish as to cry out, "0, he is nothing but a J
farmer!"
Making the Farm Productive.?A great
many experiments with chemicals have been
indulged in to teat and bring up the produc- i
tive capacity of soils. Dissenting from a;too j
frequent repetition of these experiments, a cor- ;
respondent of the Prairie Farmer indulges in
the following very sensible observations on this !
sabject. Alluding to the well-known efforts |
of practical farmers, the correspondent says :
The experience of John Johnson, of Geneva,
New York, and other intelligent farmers, !
prolonged for forty or more years, has shown
that by draining, the use of clover and grass,
and proper rotation of crops from one field to
another on the farm, the land can be increased
in fertility and productiveness, without extj-a
cost for buying manures or applying them, or
any increased farm labor. All that is required
is intelligence and skill to direct the ordinary
labor of the farm.
The five-field course is usually the most approved
system at the present time. A farm
isrflivided into five equal portions, and some j
of these are put in grass, others in corn, wheat, :
barley, oats, or other small grain crops as the ;
experience of the owner directs. While one j
field is kept in grass for two or more years, no
other crop is repeated more than one season, j
Mr. Johnson has declared that by this course i
his land could be made too rich for wheat, {
though not for Indian corn.
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To Obtain Fruit From Barren Trees.
A correspondent of the American Agriculturist
says: "I wish to describe to you a method
of making fruit trees bear that I blundered
on. Some fifteen years ago I had a small apple
tree that leaned considerably. I drove a
stake beside it, tied a string to a limb and fastened
it to the stake. The next year that
limb blossomed full, and not another blossom
appeared on the tree, and, as Tim Bunker
said, 'It set me a thinking,' and I came to the
conclusion that the string,was so tight that it
prevented the sap from returning to the roots ;
consequently it formed fruit buds. Having
a couple of pear trees, large enough to bear, i
that had never blossomed, I took a coarse 1
twine and wrapped it several times around '
the tree above the lower limbs and tied it as
tight as I could. The next spring all the top
above the cord blossomed as white as a sheet, !
and there was not one blossom below where
the cord was tied. I have since tried the ex- !
periment on several trees with almost the same
result. I think this a much better way than
cutting off the roots. In early summer, say i
June or July, wind a strong cord around a j
tree, or single limb, and tie, the tighter the !
better; and you will be pleased with the re- j
suit. The next winter or spring the cord may ;
be taken off"
The Best Market for Corn.?As a gen
eral rule, the best market for corn is, undoubtedly,
in the stall and pig-sty. Yet there
are exceptional cases when grain may be sold
with advantage. But when it is best to sell
it, and when to feed it on the farm, depends
on the price of the grain, the price of meat,
butter, cheese, or wool, the value of the manure
on each particular farm, and on what it
would cost to buy the manure. In the case
of pigs, seven bushels of coru, fed properly, |
will give, on an average, one hundred pounds j
of increase in the live weight. The manure !
from this corn is worth tweuty cents for each
of the seven bushels. When, therefore, ordi- j
uary pigs are worth seven cents a pound or j
over, live weight, it is clearly better, even at
the price for pork, to feed our corn to pigs j
than to sell it at a dollar per bushel, Finally,
it is true that none of the other domestic
animals will gain as fast, in proportion to the
food consumed, as a well-bred pig.
* - How
to Make Cows Give Milk.?A wri-1
ter in one of our agricultural exchanges, says
that his one cow gives all the milk that is
wanted in a family of eight, and that from it,
after taking all required for other purposes,
two hundred and sixty pounds of butter was
made this year. This is, in part, his treatment
of the cow: "If you desire to get a
large yield of rich milk, give your cow, every
; day, water slightly warm and slightly salted,
| in which bran has been stirred at the rate of
: one quart to two gallons of water. You will
, hud, if you have not tried this daily practice,
! that your cow will give twenty-five per cent.
more milk immediately; uuder the effects of
! it, and she will become so attached to the diet
! as to refuse to drink clear water unless very
thirsty ; but this mess she will drink almost
i any time and ask for more. The amount of
this drink necessary is au ordinary water pail!
full at a time, morning, noon and night.
Save You* Soapsuds.?Who would throw
' away a barrel full of soft soap or a box of
hard soap? Were it not otherwise useful, it
i would be of great value as a fertilizer, if
i spread, in its raw state, about our fruit trees
or berry bushes. But, after being dissolved
in water and passing through the washtub^
gleaning the imperceptible elements ofthe
best manure from soiled linen^ite-figrtilizing
| power is vastly increase&.Jhlcleed we may
almost say that the avenjgeeoapsuds from the
kitchen and laundry is worth more than the
soap which produces it, Do not, then, allow
your soapsuds to run away, wasted, while you
have trees which it might beneht.?American
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THE SINFULNESS OF MAN.
So far as we know, it has never been denied
that man is a sinner. In other words,
all men, in all ages of the world's history and
in all stages of society, acknowledge that man
and his creator are not on good terras. God
is angry with man every day, and man is
made to suffer in one way or other for his
sins. An old heathen, long ago, declared
that the gods are angry with men. One brief
sentence -will contain a complete biography of
each individual. MBofn crying, lives complaining,
and dieB disappointed," is all that
transpires, in the history of all those who are
not reconciled to God by the blood of Jesus
Christ.
Notwithstanding the general admission that
man is a sinner, few of us have any just conception
of the exceeding sinfulness of the human
heart. There are various ways by which
the desperate sinfulness of our race might be
shown.': WeVmight take particular cases^and
instance the diabolical crimes which individuals
of the human race have perpetrated. It
would be impossible, however, to write the
crimes w.hicb men have perpetrated. The ink
would freeze qq the peu. It would be impossible
to tell them. The tongue would become
paralyzed and refuse to articulate
words.
However vividly the many abominable
crimes which men are accustomed to commit,
expose the sinfulness of the human heart,
still, nothing presents it in so striking an aspect
as unbelief. The rejecting of Jesus
Christ is called, in distinction from all other
sins, the sin. Burglary, larceny, arson, treason
and murder, in their most felonious aspects,
are petit crimes when compared with
rejecting Jesus Christ. This is made to ap
pear by considering who Jesus is, and what
he came into our world to do. The avowed
object of his mission into our world was to
save sinners. All his names and titles clearly
indicate this. Jesus proposes to save men
from the moral filth and pollution of sin, and
from the direful consequences of sin, both in
this world and the next. Never were the intentions
of any being more divine than that
which prompted the Lamb of God to come
into our world. Wisdom and goodness are
manifest in the creation of man. His body
was made of the dust of the ground, and into
that body God breathed the breath of life
and man became a living soul. In creation,
man was fitted to be lord of the lower world,
and by an exercise of his power and goodness,
God constituted him lord of the lower
world. Literally, God, in creation, crowned
man with glory and diguity. He was made
in the image of his maker. Great and glorious
as is the work of creating man, it is little,
compared with the work which Jesus, as
our redeemer, undertakes to do. He proposes
to make a saint of a sinner?a good man
out of a bad man?a happy man out of a
miserable man. This is not all. Jesus Christ
comes into our world to save men from the
righteous wrath of God and make them the
heirs of heaven. What greater work could
he undertake ? What more glorious object
could he have in view ? His intentions commend
him to all Adam's race. To save one
soul is a greater work than the creation of
the whole universe. To reject Jesus is to reject
him wlm manifests the .kindest feelings
for us in our distress, and who offers
to assist us in the midst of our necessity. To
reject Jesus, is to be ungrateful beyond the
power of words to describe. He who rejeots
Jesus, is a traitor to the best interest of his
own soul. He chooses pain and Buffering
when happiness and joy are offered to him.
He murders his own soul. What must be
the extent of that malice which voluntarily
chooses to suffer and writhe when a Saviour
is offered. Dreadful would be the insanity of
the man who would refuse to be rescued from
a burning building. The insanity of such an
individual would be nothing, compared with
the insanity of him who rejects Jesus. He
is fconscious of resting onder the wrath :of
God. The fires of an endless perdition are
burning within him, and he knows that these
fires will, in a short time, burst into an unquenchable
flame and burn for ever with
frightful fury. Still, he expects to be saved.
The heinousness of unbelief appears more
glaring, when we remember that Jesus Christ
has an arm that is full of power. He is not
only willing to save sinners, but he is able to
save them. His power is commensurate with
his intentions and offers. His benigd intentions,
admitting that he is not able to accomplish
them, entitles him to the highest respect
and greatest love of every son and daughter
of Adam ; but when we consider that he is
the son of God. and able to perform all that
he has undertaken, he should be the chiefest
among ten thousand?the one altogether
lovely. ? * ?
The rejector of Jesus, seldom, if ever, reflects
that he is the chief of sinners. In the
sight of God, he is the greatest of transgressors.
To be offered salvation through a cracified
Saviour, is to be exalted to heaven in
point of privilege ; and to reject a crucified
Saviour, will heighten his condemnation and
sink his soul down to the deepest perdition.
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ENERGY.
It requires something besides good sense to
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life. An individual may be endowed with
good natural talents, and his mind may be
well cultivated, and still be nothing but a failure.
In order to succeed in any avocation of
life, two things are absolutely necessary.
These two things are energy and perseverance.
If any one will take the trouble to examine
into the thing carefully, he will find that those
farmers who succeed, are superior to those who
fail, not so much with respect to what nature
has done for them ; but in what they have
done, and are still doing for themselves. If
we desire to grow in grace, we must be energetic.
Spiritual poverty awaits the religious
sluggard. Go into my vineyard and labor is
the command of the Saviour. Be faithful
to death, and I will give you a crown of life,
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A work is assigned us by the author of oui
salvation. This work we must do ourselves,
or it will never be done. There are some
things we cannot do, and there are some
things God will do. What God assigns to us
we must perform with energy and pereeverence.
Our spiritual development dependi
upon our acting energetically, and our final
success depends upon the blessing of God
- atn^perievCTence to the end. We must wori
as if all depended.upon what we do j but, a!
i the same time, we mUstwork, believing thai
our redemption depends "on fh&^ood
8us, and our sanctification on thesS?if't 0
; God.
Heaven is a place of perfect purity, W*
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TEASING. *'W
My nephew, Harry, is a boy brimful of fun
and life. He keeps things lively in the bouse,
and there is tonally some laughing to be done
when be is around ; but he has one trait which
1 wish was not quite so prominent.
He likes to tease, and he contrives to do it
in some way almost all the time. Sometimes
it iB his elder brother whom he annoys so
much that his presence becomes perplexing.
Sometimes it is his elder sister whose good nature
he imposes on till she half cries with
vexation; but most commonly it is his younger
brother. Free! is a fine little fellow, bright,
but extremely sensitive, but so peculiarly liable
tn ha excited bv an vf hinc that annovs or
perplexes him.
The other day vyhen I was at Brother
John's house, I found Freddy standing by his
mother's knee with traces of tears on his
face, and a look of trouble that touched me.
When he went out his mother told me that it
was the old story?Harry had been teasing
the child till he was all worried and nervous,
and had come crying to her for comfort. One
thing which he had said1 and which she repeated,
made a deep impression on me.
I have brought it to bear on' Harrjr, I hope
for his good. "Mother," said Freddy, "I have
lately been trying hard to control my temper."
It was said so earnestly and sorrowfully,
that it brought tears to her eyes. It
was a revelation of a battle that the little
fellow was waging within his bosom.
A day or two after I had a talk with Harry,
and it was somewhat after this fashion:
"Harry," said I, "I' wish you had seen and
felt what I did a little while ago."
"What was it, uncle?" ,
"It was a bright little fellow whom you
love, standing beside his mother with tears in
his eyes and a troubled look on his face, and
telling her of a trouble that he had, and a
fight that he was fighting."
"Who was it? Freddy? What had he
been fighting about ? What was the trouble f'
"Yes, it was Freddy, and I guess that you;
had a good deal to do with this tronble and
bis fight."
"How, uncle, could that be? I am sure
that I wouldn't make him unhappy or spoil
his fun."
"Well, perhaps yon didn't intend it, but I
am afraid you did both these things. Don't
you remember, day before yesterday, when
you were teasing him about his boat, making
all sorts of fun of it, how angry he got and
finally went off crying to his mother?"
"Yes," said Harry smiling, "I remember
that, but I didn't iutend to make him cry."
"But he did cry and felt badly enough to
put his head on bis mother's shoulder and
sob. But there was one thing which he said
that I wish you had heard. It was, 'Mother,
I am trying to control my temper.' Can
you imagine, Harry, why he said that just
then ?"
"Harry looked a little embarrassed, but replied,
"I suppose he meant that I had been
trying his temper."
"Yes, that was undoubtedly his meaning.
But vou say that you had been tryine it
Was it trying to make it better?"
"Not much," said Harry, laughing.
"But don't you think it was a fine and
brave thing for little Freddy to do when he
tried to get the better of bis temper? And
don't you think that it was a little, just a little
mean and unkind in his big brother not to
help him, but even to make it harder for him
to do it ?"
"I suppose it was. But I didn't think of
that."
"I know that, and it is just the reason why
I am talking to you about it If you saw
Freddy in trouble, and oppressed by bigger
boyson the street, you should be the first to
turn in and help him. But any difficulty he
might have there will not compare with what
he has in his own bosom, and to make himself
better. You ought,w helm not "Hinder Turn
there too."
"I only teased him for fun. I didn't think
of hurting."
"Just think a moment Didn't the fun begin
when he began to get angry, and didn't it
culminate when he got so enraged that he
kicked at you, and finally ran off crying to his
mother ?"
i "Yes," said Harry, laughing. **jl suppose
so."
"And it was then after his crjing was over
and under his mother's kiss and caress, he had
got calm agaiu, that he said?I am trying to
control my temper."
"Now, Harry, you have been doing an ungenerous
and even cruel thing* Here is a little
fellow that wants to be a good boy, to be
the Saviour's child; to get the better of the
evil within, who prays in his childish way for
it, and you, his brother who loves him, find
your pleasure in pushing him back and down.
Is that not sad, and something to be ashamed
of."
Harry's eyes filled with tears, and I did not
press for an answer. I only added?"Harry,
I my boy, you are too good and noble to do,
willingly, a mean thing. I am sure that you
want to do all you can for your brother, and
I know that you will hereafter help him.
You will not try to get your pleasure out of
! his heart struggles, ana out 01 ms sorrow ana
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A WORD TO OUR GIRLS.
BY MARY F. I,AfHROP.
A pastor of a church in one of our large
! cities said to me not long ago: "I have officiaj
ted at forty weddings since I came here, and
; in every case, save one, I felt that the bride
j was running an awful risk." Young men of
| bad habits and fast tendencies never marry
I girls of their own Bort, but demand a wife
! above suspicion. So pure, sweet women, kept
; from the touch of evil during the years of their
i girlhood, give themselves, with all their costly
i dower of womanhood, into the keeping of
; men who, in base associations, have learned
: fn undervalue all that belongs to them, and
! then find no place of repentance in the sad afj
ter years.
There is but one way out of this that I can
; see, and that is for you?the young women of
i the country?to require in association and
! marriage, purity for purity, sobriety for so,!
briety, and honor for honor,
i There is no reason why the young men of
j this Christian land should not be just as vir|
tuous as its young women, and if the loss of
! your society and love be the price they are
>: forced to pay for vice, they will not pay it.
I admit, with sadness, that not all of our
j young women are capable of this high standard
for themselves or others; too often from
' the hand of reckless beauty has the tempta'
tion to drink come to men; but I believe
there are enough of earnest, thoughtful girls,
1 in the society of our country, to work wonders
! in the temperance reform, if fully aroused.
,j Dear girls, will you help us, in the name of
Christ? Will you, first of all, be so true to
1 yourselves and God, so pure in your inner and
outer life, that you shall have a right to ask
i 1 that the young men with whom you associate,
and especially those you marry, shall be the i
I ma 9 j
| oaiuc i
1 The awful gulf of dishonor is close beside
your feet, and in it fathers, brothers, lovers
and sons are going down. Will you not help
> us in our great work ?
11
i Sold into Slavery.?"Carl Marsh is sold
, into slavery," said a man to me, the other day.
"Sold into slavery !" I cried, "Is there
: anything like that now-a-days."
1; "Indeed there is," was the answer.
11 "Who bought him, pray?"
I "Oh ! it's a firm, and they own a good many
; slaves, and make shocking bad masters."
t "Can it be in these days ? Who are they ?"
t I asked.
"Well, they have agents and runners every
' where, who tell a pretty good story, and so
' get hold of?folks; but the names of the firm
are Whisky & Wine."
I I had heard of them. It is a firm of bad
I reputation, and yet how extensive are their
deMfcgv^ What tow# has not felt their in
flueuce ? Ooce in their clutches, it is about
the hardest thing iu the world to break away
from them. You are sold and that is the end
of it?sold to ruin, sooner or later. I have
seen people try to escape from them. Some,
it is true, do make good their escape; but the
greater part are caught and go back to their
chains.
G. II. O'liEARY. "
THE undersigned would respectfully remind
the public that be is still engaged in the manufacture
of Saddles, Harness, Bridles, <kc., and
will also do all kinds of repairing at low prices
for cash.
SADDLES.
A full supply of ladies'and gentlemen's Saddles,
of all the different styles and qualities, constantly
on hand and sold at the lowest cash prices.
HARNESS.
- I keep on band a complete stock of Harness, oi
all styles?for wagon, buggy and carriage?made
of superior stock, in the most workmanlike manner,
to which I invite the inspection of the pub
lie.
SUNDRIES.
Collars, Whips, Martingales, Bridles, Halters,
Circingles, Hames, Hamestrings. Saddle Blankets,
<fec., ifec., in full supply, and at tbe lowest prices.
FURNITURE.
In connection with my Saddlery establishment
I shall also conduct the FURNITURE BUSINESS,
and keep on h-ind a full stock of articles
in that line, consisting of Bureaux, Bedsteads,
Tables, Chairs, Lounges, Cottage and Chamber
Suites, (fee., of different styles and qualities, and
in the various kinds of w*ood.
G. H. O'LEARY.
SPRING BEDS.
rilHESuspension Spring Bed, decidedly the best
X spring bed in use. Call and see it For sale
by G. H. O'LEARY.
PICTURE FRAMES.
i\f ALNUT Moulding with gilt lining; also
FT Gilt Moulding of different widths, for picture
frames, for sale by G. H. O'LEARY.
COTTAGE BEDSTEADS, &C.
BEDSTEADS from $3 to $7. Wardrobes and
Safes cheap for cash, at
G. H. O'LEARY'S.
WRAPPING PAPER.
Qn REAMS of Wrapping Paper, made at tbe
Oil Lincolnton Mills, for sale by
G. H. O'LEARY.
W. H. M'CORKLE,
GENERAL BUSINESS AGENT
and
AUCTIONEER,
YORXVILLE, 8. C..
WILL attend to the buying and selling of
lands and other real estate, on commission.
Agent for the sale of Robson's FERTILIZERS
and Robson's COMPOUND ACID PHOSPHATE
and ETIWAN GUANO and PHOSPHATE,
which will be delivered in quantities lo suit.
Life and Fire Insurance Agent, representing
the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company and
the London, Liverpool and Globe, ana the At*
lantic and the Niagara Fire Insurance Companies,
in which policies will be issued on the most favorable
rates given bv any reliable company.
Office in the "Bratton Building,'' opposite
the Court House.
HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE.
THE HOUSE AND LOT IN YORKVILLE,
formerly the property of the late George W.
Williams, and situated on Main Street, is offered
for sale. The lot contains one acre and threequarters.
The Dwelling House contains eight
rooms, and has recently been repaired. On. the
premises are necessary outbuildings, good garden
and orchard.
Tjcrms?Easy. Possessiongiven on the 1st day
of next January. W. H. McCORKLE,
Real Estate Agent
FARMING LAND FOR SALE.
TPE undersigned offers at private sale, a tract
of fine FARMING LAND, situated near
In PnfKoarla trvvxmahtri a rift flHnilt
iJK abiuiinv IIJC) 111 A/VVUVAJUU WTTunMip
two miles from McConnellsville 8tation, on the
Chester and Lenoir Railroad. The tract contains
283 acres, one-third of which is original forest,
and the balance in a suitable condition for cultivation.
For further particulars, apply to
W. H. McCORKLE, Real Estate Agent.
THE ELLIOTT COTTON GIN
CAN be had at low prices, by calling on the undersigned.
None better.'
W. H. McCORKLE, Agent.
THE CHESTER FURNITURE STORE.
THE readers of the "Yorkvffie Enquirer" and
the public generally, are invited to inspect
my large and elegant
STOCK OF FURNITURE.
In consequence of my buying directly from the
Manufacturers, lam safe in saying that I can sell
Furniture
AS CHEAP AS ANY ESTABLISHMENT
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South of Baltimore. My stock of Furniture is of
such a character as will please all classes and individuals.
It is both
PLAIN AND ELEGANT,
to suit the wishes and wants of the buyer. It is
complete. Whatever is wanted
IN THE FURNITURE LINE
I am confident of mv ability to supply. Furniture
is delivered at different points along the railroad,
vdct vdav ppvioht riTAPfiPS.
cCUlilJ i UVU M. A
R. BRANDT, Cheater, S. C.
June 29 5 ly
FARMING LANDS FOR SALE.
fllHE undersigned offers at private sale a TRACT
JL OF LAND known as the Potts' place, situated
in Chester county, on the wateni of Rocky
creek, within four miles of Rich Hill, adjoining
lands of Wm. Gladden, Giles J. Patterson and
others. About one-third of the land is in original
forest, and the balance in a high state of cultivation.
On the premises is
A GOOD DWELLING HOU8E,
a good Gin House and Screw, and all other necessary
outbuildings?all newly repaired.
I also, offer another tract, known as the John
Kelsey place, situated on the waters of Fishing
creek, in Chester counfy, containing
TWO HUNDRED AND SIX ACRES,
one-fourth in original forest and the balance in a
suitable condition for cultivation. This tract adjoins
the lands of John Dickey, Jr., George Robinson
and others.
Also, another tract, known as the Peggy Kelsey
tract, containing
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-EIGHT ACRES
one-half in original forest, and the balance in a
suitable condition for farming.
The above lands can be bought on one and two
years' time, by the person giving good security
and a mortgage of the property until paid for.
For further particulars apply to or address me
at Rock Hill. 8. C. _
A. WILLIFORD.
July 27 30 tf
CHESTER AJTD LENOIR RAILROAD, ~
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DAILY PASSENGER TRAIN.
Yobkville, S. C., August 24, 1876.
THE following passenger schedule will be operated
daily?Sundays excepted?on the Chester
and Lenoir Narrow Qauge Railroad, from and
after this date:
going north.
Leave Chester at 3.00 p. m.
Leave Lowrysville 3.40 p. m.
Leave McConnellsville 4.10 p. m.
Leave Guthriesville 4.20 p. m.
Leave Yorkville 5.05 p. m.
Leave Clover 5.55 p. m.
Leave Glenn's Store ,.,,,,,6,35 p. m,
Leave Falls' Store 6.50 p. m.
Leave Air-Line Junction 7.30 p. m.
Arrive at Dallas 8.00 p. m.
GOING SOOTH.
Leave Dallas at 8.30 p. m.
Leave Air-Line Junction 4.00 a. m.
Leave Falls' Store 4.20 a. m.
Leave Glenn's Store 4.35 a. ra.
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Leave uiover ?
Leave Yorkville 6.20 a. m.
Leave Gutbriesville 6.50 a. m.
Leave McConnellsville 7.05 a. m.
Leave Lowrysville., 7.40 a. m.
Arrive at Cheater 8.10 a. m.
Connections are made with the mail trains on
the Riohmond and Atlanta Air-Line Railroad,
and with the Accommodation trains on the Charlotte,
Colombia and Augusta Railroad.
Between Chester and Yorkville. the train will
stop for passengers only at the following places :
Poor House, Smith's, Lowrysville. Sandy River
Road, district Line. MoConnellsville, Guthriesville
and Philadelphia.
EDWARD THOMAS, Superintendent.
AugUBt24 34 tf
TRIALJUSTICE'S BLANKS.
RECOGNIZANCES, Warrants of Arrest, Summons
in oivll aotion, and Executions. For
sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE.
June 15 24 tf
Tn A OA per day at home. Sample* worth f 1 free.
qJ<w" Stik*oi? fc Co., Portland, Maine. 19 ly
PIANOS JkJSl
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MUST BE SOLD BEFOB1
Fifty New Pianos, Twenty-five Second Hai
Second Hand Organs, must be closed out before
They are to be sold at a LARGE SACRIFICE, and
desired. No family need now be without a Piano
rent, and either one or two years rental will be appl
crowded with elegant Instruments. Come early an
gain now than ever before. Try it. Catalogues mai
LUDDEN & BATES' SOU
SAY AJSJXJLtiLj
August 3 J : h-.r 3.
THE COOKING STOVES manufactured atour
works in Greensboro, N. C., give universal
satisfaction wherever introduced. Tliey 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 bard 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 confidentlyclaimed
that they are the CHEAPEST. All the usual
pieces or 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, but on account of 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 URe, 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,
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uuianesvilie; jouii a. dfuivii, uui, u. x.
Boyd, Joseph Herndon, L.- M. Grist, YorkvHIe.
You can save the freight from the northern cities
and the dealer's proGi, which is no small item,
by buying of us. and at the same time got a
STOVE THAT IS MORE DURABLE than those !
of northatn-.maita. Th4 following or a our prices. '!
delivered at depot in Greensboro: 1
No. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, $80 00
41 7 <1 41 44 41 .44 41 44 26 00
Address, SERGEANT A McCAULEY,
Greensboro, N. C.
T. M. DOBSON & CO., Agents, Yorkvflle, S. C.
JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, 8. C.
A. P. LINDSAY, Agent, Lowrysville, Chester
county, S. C.
J. L. CARROLL, Agent at Chester, S. C.
RICHMOND APVERTISEMEHTS.
TALBOTT & SONS,
SHOCKOE MACHINE WORKS,
RICHMOND, VA?
MAHTTFACTTTRERS OF STEAM ENGINES,
BOILERS, AGRICULTURAL ENGINES,
CIRQULAR SAW MILLS,
GRIST, BARK AND PIASTRE MILLS,
SHAFTINGS, HANGEB8 AND PULLEYS,
IMPROVED TURBINE WATER WHEELS.
October 14 41 ly
TO. ETTENQER. H. P. EDMOND
ETTENGER & EDMOND,
Richmond, Va.?
MANUFACTURERS OF
PORTABLE AND STATIONARY ENGINES,
BOILERS OF ALL KINDS,
CIRCULAR SAW HILLS. GRIST HILLS.
KILL GEARING. SHAFTING, PULLEYS, AO.
AMERICAN TURBINE WATER WHEELS,
CAMERON'S SPECIAL STEAM PUMP.
Send. Tor Catalogue.
October 14 41 ly
GEORGE WOODS & CO.'S
PARLOR ORGANS
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These remarkable instruments possess capacities
for musical effects and expression never before
attained. Adapted for Amateur and PrdfessiomU.
and aq ornament in any parlor. Beautiful
New Styles now ready.
GEO. WOODS & CO., Cambridgeport, Mass.
WARER00M8: 608 Washington St, Boston;
170 State St, Chicago ; 28 Ludgate Hill, London.
THE "VOX HUMANA.
A leading Musical Journal of selected music
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
music. GEO. WOODS A CO., Publishers,
Cambridgeport, Mags.
January 20 3 tf
THE CHESTER
JEWELRY STORE.
THE Store of the undersigned is supplied with
a large' and elegant assortment of
WATCHES, CLOCKS.
| JEWELRY, SILVER AND PLATED-WARE,
and all articles usually found in a Jewelry estab
lishment. Moreover," I keep en hand
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,
| among which is the celebrated ORGAN, made by
j George Woods <ft Co., Cambridge, Mass..
R. BRANDT, Proprietor.
Maroh 0 5 ??
JAMES F.HART. ..i G. W. S. HART.
HART & HART,
ATTORN3DT8 AT XiAW,
YORKVILLE, 8. C? :?.
WILL practice in the State and-ITnited Statee
Courts. Special attention given to Aooount?
ings and causes in the Probate Courts. Will nndertake
for collections and legal business in all
ports of the United States, through reliable bnsl!
ness agendas. . ..
January 1 1, , . |y.;?
! AGRICULTURAL LIENS, ^
MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to
Real Estate, For sale at the ,,,
ENQUIRER OFFICE.
<fn O * day at home. Agents wanted, Outfit and term* free,
ipid TRUE A CO., Augtuta, Maine. 19 ly
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id Pianos, Fifty New Organs, Tveatf*lffl
we remove to our new Store on Wbitaker Street,
on long time, with small monthly payments, if
or Organ. Those who cannot purchase now can
iedon purchase of .same. Opr Piano-Booms are
id make a selection. Ton can makes better barled.
Mention where yon saw this advertisement.
THERN MUSIC HOUSE,T<
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HEALTH. HAPPINESS,
CONVENIENCE AND COMFORT 1
Not anything conduces more to good health than '
good, pore water. Such is furnished by ^be
DOUBLE-ACTING
STONE FORGE PUMP!
T. 8. JEFFEBYS, Agent,
yorbville, so. ca. ;
4Tthe start it brings the water pure, fresh and
cool, as it is in your well. No slime or filth
ectsonOr in it. No snails or worms from
wooden piping. Is free from rust or other lmpawilAr
m n/?h ftfttar Ihfln
any other Pump. It'works with oaso i am all
child can/opesnfe it. It is of stone, glazed on inside
and outside like glass, and cannot wear oqt
or decay. Thoroughly ventilates your well, Airs
the water, and makes it living, moving water.
Improves the water more than if there was no
Pump in the well. With a bone attached, it becomes
a Fire Engine, ever ready at jour door,
reducing the risk from fire and the premium on
insurance. Is easy to keep in repair, add 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 welM.. It gives
entire satisfaction, as will be attepted by the fallowing
persons now using them witn success,
to-wit: '
Dr. W. M.-WALKER, T. M, DOBSON,
Col. J. A. McLEAN, J. W: DOBSON,
Capt. L. M. GRIST, B. T. WHEELER, <
Dr. A. I. BARRON, P. B. DARWIN, - j
Maj. W. B. METTS, GEORGE L. RIDDLE,
H. F. ADICKES, SR., ROBT. R. McCORKLE,
H. F. ADICKES, Jr., J. B. WHITES IDES,
CLARK BROTHERS, T. K. MICKLE. iy
J. U. ZURCHER,
June 15 24 tf':"
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Office, No. 4 Liberty Square, cor. Water St.,'
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FINE LIQjJORS;
I HAVE for sale at nay Store near the bailroad
depot,
THE BEST QUA LITV OP SPIRITS . :
ever offered for sale in the <rity of Yorkviile. Call
and get some ! . <: (
FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES. \
All my liqnors are pare, and consist of '
Apple Brandy, . Madeira Wine, ' '
Ginger Brandy, Malaga'Wiwp';,il
Peach Brandy, ..... Port WJne, -jj
Cherry Branay, Sherry Wine/
Old French Brandy, Scnppernong Wine,
Old Cognac Brandy, Rea Rye Whisky,1
Old Holland Gin. White Bye Whisky,
Old London Dock Gin, Bourbon Whisky,
Eagle Gin, Georgia Corn Whisky,
Claret Wine, N. C. Corn "Whisky,
Robertson oounty (Tenn^)Corn"Whisky. <
My Whiskies are all pare, and are worth from
$2X0 TO $6.00 PER GALLON. ?
Champagne by the bottle. A larger' stock of Cigars
of fine and medium brands. Call and see
for yourselves. J. A. CARROLL*
BLANK BOOK MANUFA&1URT
STATIONERY, AND ^ '
BOOK BINDERY.
THANKING the public for liberal past patronage,
I now invite attention to my complete
stock of
.STAPLE AND FANCY STATIONERY,
consisting, in part, of Flat Papers, Midinm, Folio
Post, Demy, Letter and Note. Blank Books,
of every variety; Envelopes, Slates, Ink, Ac,
Fancy Stationery, Gold Pens and Pencils, PenKnives,
Writing Desks, Ac. Also, ? tl-t
BOOK BINDING DONE,
in all its various branches. Sheet Music, PeriodicaiSjLaw
Books, Ac., bound in any style desired.
Old Bboks rebound and repaired.
PRINTED BILL AND LETTER HEADS A 8FSQZALTT
Orders promptly attended to, at joyeet Tf K
PriC6S' 155 Main Street Columbia, a C.
YORK MARBLE YARD.
fflHE undersigned respectfully announces that
I he Is still conducting the above business in
Yorkville, and Is prepared to flarniab anything
in the MARBLE TJNE from a. plain sign to a
costly monument, executed 'In the beat style ol
the art. with tbe very best materials, and at as
low prices as the same class of work can; De rarnished
any wherein the United States. Orders
from a distance promptly filled; and the same attention
given to work ordered by mall astf the
parties werepnesent in person. From this date
work will be delivered at any point on the Chester
and Lenoir Narrow Gange Railroad, between
Yorkville and Chester, or at any place between
Rock Hill and Winnsboro, on toe Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta Railroad, free of charge for
transportation. ' Tharikful for the patronage heretofore
bestowed upon my establishment.' my determination
is to merit a continuance of the same.
F. HAPPJCRFIELD. j
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AND NO MODE CLIMBING UP-STAIBS !
1 TAKE pleasure to inform all in want of PHOI
TOGRAPHIC PICTURES, that I have Just . M
taken possession of my NEW GALLERY, built
with fine sky and side-lights,sear my residence?
first bouse east of the Jail, and only a few hundred
yards from the Chart House comer. Aji .
experience of 28 years and every convenience for
business, will enable me now to do better work
than eyer before. '
Frames and Pfaotb^Albams, Stereoscopes and
Views always on hand.
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