Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, November 30, 1876, Image 4

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Humorous jfrjnwtowat. DOING THE CHEERFUL. William Crownsheet, while eatiDg his laoch during Saturday noon hour at the railroad shops, unfolded a tempting piece of cheese, and saw the following lines, which attracted his attention, on the newspaper wrapper: "Every man who wishes to cherish the loving hearts of his household, will lay off the cares of business with his working clothes, and carry cheerfulness and smiles into his home." "Now that's a right sensible piece," observed William, critically. "I'll be blessed if I don't try that thing and see if it won't help the old woman's jaw and the young one's yowl." As - he came near home in the evening, he put on a smile that made his smntty face look like a potato that a wheelbarrow had run over, and going into the house slapped down his plicky, jerked off his dickey, and danced a hornpipe on the kitchen floor, all the time grinning 1:1 i : a, ii. ii. j 1 i.j iiko a iubu uaviug a tuubu puueu, auu euucu by throwing his arms around his wife, as she prodded half a shad in the frying pan, and shouted : "Give us a buBs, ole ootnan? For I'm just as happy as a stump-tailed dog That's found a bone in the garden." But he never got any farther. Mrs. Crownsheet rose up and glared at him like a lioness at bay. "William Crownsheet! and has it come to this ? Have I made your fires and cooked your meals and washed your shirts for fifteen years to have you come home drunk before supper ?" "Why, Mollie, heaven bless you, I'm not drunk; I'm only cheerful." "Cheerful ! yes, a cheerful looking object you are to come home to a household of innocent children. Just look at that poor dear little Robert H. Sayer Crownsheet sitting there staring his eyes out of his head at bis idiotic old father. Oh I I'm ashamed of you." "You are all wrong, Mollie; I'm only takin' off my cares along with my clothes, and bringing cheerfulness home to the loving hearts of my household. "Why, bless my heart, if I don't believe the man has gone clear crazy. Here, Matilda, run out and ask one of the a- : j TV 11 ueiguuor uieu 10 curno iu nuu priawt us. xen 'em your father has got something the matter with him," and she shoved the girl out at the back door, and grabbing the baby by one arm she fled up stairs. The neighbors came in and looked suspicious at William, as he washed his face in the back yard; then he went into the house and heard them comforting his wife, who was crying by the apronful. They guessed he would be all right directly?he had only taken a little too much on an empty stomach. William says, this morning, that he never saw a newspaper in his life that was worth a cent. TIT FOE TAT. A Jersey tavern keeper who had become more celebrated for the length of his bills than the abundance of his tables, met with a sharper quite as sharp as himself on one occasion. A Yankee happening to pass through that region, stopped at the man's hotel and ordered dinuer. When he came to pay the bill he was astonished to find it was stretched out to six dollars. This rather startled the Yankee, and he demanded to know what he had eateu that such a bill should be charged. The landlord replied: "the bill will show you." On consulting it he found several kinds,of wines and extras. "Well, look here, I didn't have none of that stuff brought out for me and, and I wont pay the bill!" "Oh, we never wait for orders here, we know our business," responded the landlord ; the wine was, on the table, and you could drink it or not; that was your business, not ours." Sj The Yankee saw there was no use in quarreling about the matter, so, with a broken heart, he paid the bill. ^ Three months after.that-emr-EiEtera"?nend 1 liguiu wacleins appearance at the hotel and called for dinner. When he sat down to the table he laid down a $20 bill at the side of his plate, and ordered all the delicacies he could think of, and all the wines he could stomach. While eating his dinner, he called the attention of the landlord to the bill as to whether it was genuine or not The landlord 1/vrvlraH af if ronlied fVinf if roaa nnri Vian/iorl jw",ivu "? *vr"v>* ^ it back. As soon as the Yankee had finished, he put the money in his pocket, walked out of the house and jumped into his wagon. "Hello !" said the landlord, "here, you've not paid your bill." "It's your own fault," said the Yankee. "I never wait to have a bill presented to me?the money laid on your table, and you could have taken it or not, just as you told me about the wine three months ago yesterThe landlord swore a few as the Yankee's horse spattered the mud on the road. The Man who had Been to the Centennial.?A bashful appearing man stepped into the Enquirer editorial room the other evening, and edging up to the table of the managing editor, hat in hand, said in a hesitating way : "You like little items for your paper, I suppose ?" "Certainly," replied Mr.Cockerill, "a newspaper, like life, is made of little items. What have you to offer ?" "Well," said the bashful man, playing with his hat band, "my name is Smith?John Cmitk onrl T'wa inof r?r?f U Am a " tJUIUll auu X TO J UOb guu UWLUUt "Glad to see you back again, Mr. Smith," said Cockerill; "been gone long ?" < "I have been," said Mr. Smith, with a tremor of pride in his voice, "to the Centennial, and if you want to make a little notice?" "What! cried Cockerill, springing to his feet, "you've been to the Centennial ? And you'vo got back ? Give us yonr hand; I'm delighted to see you. Spear, let me introduce you to John Smith. John has been to the Centennial!" Spear shook hands very warmly with Mr. * Smith, and then ran to the aperture communicating with the reporter's room and shouted: "O'Shaughnessy, come in here, quick; here is a man that's been to the Centennial." Then O'Shaughnessy bounced in, followed by his assistants, all of whom embraced the bewildered Smith warmly, and expressed the gratification it afforded them to meet a man i ill i. ii x _ _ i - wno nau Deen 10 iae great, national xl.2uiuii.iuu. Word got downstairs somehow, and Joe McDowell, Bill Small, and Uncle Joe Shadenge came upstairs at a tearing rate, to gaze upon the individual who had been to the great Exhibition. It was too much for the modest man to bear, and murmuring something about making an item of bis return if they wanted to, he hurried out just in time to meet the foreman and thirty-two compositors on the stairs, all eager to get a glimpse of the man who had "been to the Centennial." A Slight Mistake.?There is a good story, and a true one withal, relative to Mr. Gill, long a reporter of the Boston Pott, and well known as a "fellow of infinite jest." He was reporting a dinner of the seventy-fifth ; f T?.,?w;n mi ill versa i y ui uio i/ai/v ic vi xiuua?? o umi The dinner was a splendid affair, and everybody was a patriotic. Gill, when the excitement -was at boiling point, whispered to a friend, one of those gentlemen who are always "happy" in speech-making, that his father was engaged in the battle of Banker's Hill. The orator arose, made a brilliant speech, alluded to ^Gill's health, which was drank with the nsaal honors, and one or two more. There were shouts for "Gill! Gill I" K and he made a speech, returning thanks in the ^^^\tj8ual manner, and said: EM^Bul my learned friend omitted one fact? fact?of which he might have father was in the battle of unfortunately, fought v.^^jKjh enthusiasm afH ^"fea^nepeeches fit* $?fw anil fireside. [Original.] WORK ANIMALS. Not a few persons think, or act, as if they think that horses and males, when they are not employed, need very little food and no attention. This is a strange delusion. If these animals, when not at work, were furnished with a good pasture, then they would not require food; but if they are confined in the stable or lot, they require to be fed and watered just as punctually as if engaged at work. Does a man neither eat nor drink whed*he is not laboring ? If such were the case, provisions of ail kinds would be plenty and fabulously cheap. Experience proves that during the winter months, it takes more' food to keep stock in good condition than it does during the summer. The reason of this is easily given. In severe cold weather, a large amount of the food which the animal eats is consumed in keeping up the animal heat This is the reason that it is hard to fatten a poor animal in the winter, and it is also the reason that a poor animal cannot Btand cold. It is not hard work that causes some people's horses and mules to be so poor. Whenever you see a man's stock always in bad condition, you may set it down that he is either a very negligent man, or a very cruel man. He may grow rich but he will never become great or happy. [Original.] CREDIT vs. CASH BUYING. The following contains many things worthy of the careful consideration of every man and woman in the land. It is, however, defective. A cash system, to be honest and just, must be universal. There are many men, in every community, just as important to the welfare of that community, as the merchant. No man fills a more useful position than the faithful school teacher. It is unfair1 and unrighteous to pay the merchant cash for his goods, and keep the school teacher out of' his honestly earned money until the end of the year. The same is true respecting minis-1 ters of the gospel and physicians. As a rule, school teachers and preachers are poor. They have no capital but their brains. As civilizere, to say nothing more, they are of as much importance as the man who sells calico. It is decidedly right to pay the merchant cash for his goods; but it is decidedly wrong to force the school teacher and preacher to labor on the credit system. With these additions, we commend the following: "The practice of buying the necessary articles of household use on credit, is fatal to good economy. The housekeeper has always to pay dearer when she does not pay cash. The tradesman must have interest on his money, for a man will never, in a busy community, be willing, and is seldom able, if be is willing, to forego it. To the ordinary cash price of the article he, therefore, adds the interest which may accrue during the time that credit is allowed. This, moreover, is not all; there must be premium exacted by the dealer for the risk he runs in trusting out his goods, - w a 1 J I to that class or more or less uaugeruus customers who never pay ready money. Even the most honestly disposed of these are often aoBafe debtors; for they are generally imprudent enough to anticipate their incomes, and overrun them in expenditure. system, raoreoverJsaJfijnpt&tieir to unnecessary purrjia.segr--^IcEere is a sort of check in the sight and touch of the hard-earned money to the disposition to dispose of it lightly. On the other hand there is something in the facility of credit, removing as it does the disagreeable necessity of payment to the buyer who can gratify his love of possession with a momentary sense, at any rate, that its gratification costs nothing. There is no such cheap and cautious purchaser as cash." Now, let us dissect the above in the light of facts. With the first proposition, that "the practice of buying the necessary articles of household use on credit is fatal to good economy," we fully agree; but that it is so for the reasons given we deny. The correct reason is given further down, where the writer states A-LaI IUUawa ia B r\P aUonlr in fVlO Q1 OfKf touch of the hard earned money, to the disposition to dispose of it lightly." Under the system on which our retailers' business is conducted, this latter is the only thing in favor of cash payments. But that it should be so is wrong! 'Cash customers should be encouraged by all retailers! They are not now! We venture to assert that there is not a retail store in this city, or mayhap in the State, the proprietor of which has two prices for his goods. The cash customer goes in to buy his pound of tea, sugar or coffee, or yard of cloth, or any other item, as the case may be, and side by side with the credit customers he pays the same price for the articles he wants. Very well; but in what relations do the two customers stand to the retailer? In the first instance his goods are gone, but he has the equivalent for them in his pocket, and can at once replace them and still have a fair per centage on their cost left for his trouble. In the second, however, it is far different; his goods are gone, and were it not that he had some working eapital he could not replace them until the credit customer paid for them. This the latter may do in a week, a month, or never; and to keep himself whole, wake up for bad debts, and meet his own bills prompt ly, the retailer lias to arrange nis prices io suit, which prices the cash customer has to pay. Thus do cash customers have to help pay the bills of credit customers and dead beats; and when enough cannot be made out of them for this purpose the shopkeeper has to suspend. Now, what we olaim is, that retailers should have two prices for. their goods?a cash price and a credit price. Those who seek favors in the shape of credit should pay for such favors, just the same as the man who borrows money pays interest for the use of such money. The interest on the money the retailer invests in credit customers should not be paid by eash customers, as it is all over our land to-day. Or, if the retailer claims that he cannot have two prices and maintain his business, let him require of the credit customer good security, and, on settlement, a per centage sufficient to cdver at current rates the use of the amount be has had in credit; then, on these condi-1 tions, sell at the same rates he* does to the cash customer. Should some one of these plans be adopted, or some other proper inducement be held out to consumers in general to make cash purchases only, we believe that business would at once assume a more healthy tone ; that failures would be less numerous ; and that consumers generally would be more honorable, more independent, and more prosperous than n^w.?Detroit Commercial Advertiser. Runaway Horses.?Runaway horses which could not be cured in any other way, have been easily and perfectly managed and entirely andjpermanently cured, by placing a leather hood on the headstall, in such a manner that whenever the horse starts to run a cord pulls this hood over his eyes. As soon as he finds that he is blinded completely, he will slacken his pace and soon come to a halt?or if he does not, run him against some object, that will give him a brushing, and he will soon get tired of the trick. J^The estimated consumption of tobacco in the world is 1,312,500 tons, requiring over a million persons to cultivate and prepare it for market, and over 3,000,000 gain a livelihood directly by the world's use of it. The collections from tobacco, for thirteen years, to 1875 inclusive, for the United States internal revenue, foot up the Bum of $37,903,461. flMtaitwit* fUaiittg. STOBIES OF WILIS. ~ FBOM A LAWYER'S NOTE-BOOK. ' * There was an old lady, a toothless old dowager, who had a reprobate and discarded son, and a pretty, gentle niece, who lived with her. We used to manage all the affairs, and it was pretty well known in the office that the; "nice girl with long curls" wa^ to be the. old lady's heir. Oar head clerk, a red-whiskered dandy, who had no mean opinion of himself, built, I could see, certain speculations on that basis. The old lady never came without Eliza; and when a visit was expected,fifoCatchpole brushed his fiery hair into the most killing cutis, and changed the out-at-elbows coat for 'the smart one he woife out of doors, and beautified himself as far as that Was practicable. Well, a message came one day that the old lady was ill, very ill, with the urgent request that some one should go at once and make her will. Off went our Adonis as fast as a promise of something liberal over the fare could urge the . 1VTI I _ i_ \ di llJ I. j caoman. w nen ne arnvea tne oia iaay was alive?just alive enough to tell him that tell her property was to be left to Eliza. She fold him in the hissing whisper which supplied the place of the cracked voice; but when she came to the world "all," so full was the jidbr old creature of love for her niece, or, perhaps of determination?let us hope not hate? against her son, that she rose1 brp'in her bed, and clenched her withered hand, and shrieked out that word again. It must have been- a terrible sight?that of life struggling with death for a will. It was a short matter to write that will down; and Gatchpole's ^pen flew ove.* the paper, and the old eyes that were glazing so fast stared anxiously the while,.and the thin fingers actually held the .pen she^had asked for beforehand ready tosigU the pfiper. In a few minutes all'was ready'; but what a difference that few minutes made. The clerk had risen from bis seat and approached the couch, when the surgeon, who stood oo the other side, said, with the coolness which medioal practice brings, "It is too late j" and it was too late. The dfiad fingers clenched the unused pen so tightly that they had to be unclasped from it. The son was heir of all, and Eliza the beggar.' Death had translated that screamed out "all" into Uone. The sequel is soon told. The property was wasted by the son, and has long since passed into other hands; and Eliza, instead of possessing some thousands a year, and being wooed by Mr. Catchpole, is a faded governess. Every lawyer's office has plenty of such tales as this. One I.remember of a^ni^er who had rained more than one family, and in his last moments wished to make such reparation as bequeathed gold could compass. Poor wretch, when the will was brought, catalepsy had seized him. He could not move bis hand ; his tongue refused its office; only his eyes were free to move; and of those eyes I have been told a terrible tale. He was, as misers often are, of strong mind and iron nerve. Passive as he was in every other part, the eyes told all that passed within. You could have seen in them intelligence when the will was read to him ; the powerful volition brought to bear, and persevered in, when the written word which was to make it a testament Was required ; the terror and horror which came over him when he found the right hand, which had so often aided for evil, would not help him for good; the despair which burst the unseeu bauds around him, and, with a convulsive motion, let out the last of life. It must have been a spectacle of horror, when punishment came in the shape of a prohibition of the act of mercy which might have made some amends for a life time of wrong... - . Then there was another legend of a man whose daughter married against his will. He "jived somewhere in a retired country-house, far off from any town. This man was subject to a disease of the heart, and one night feeling the symptoms of an approaching attack, and that Btrange presentment that so often comes before death, he aroused his household and sent off a messenger on horseback, not for a surgeon, but a lawyer. He wanted his will made instantly. The messenger could not be back for at least two hours, and long before that the spasmodic attack had come on, but still in the intervals of his paroxysms that determined man wrote against time. When the lawyer did arrive, all that was left of the will which had been so active and energetic a few hours before, was that last piece of writing. It expressed the deceased's will in the strongest terms, utterly to disinherit-his rebellious child, and to give his property to some charitable institution. It was complete even to the signature; only the flourishes usually added to the name was wanting, as though there the hand had failed. But that writing was not a will; it was not in proper form, nor attested. In the eye of the law it was but au individual piece of paper, and the daughter took that which her birthright entitled her to. Wills generally afford a frightful temptation to the worst part of our nature. I believe that more cunning, more falsehood, more 1J1 ?"rt WIAHol TtJUAniV O HA wunuiy BUAlCtJ', uuu luuid iuuiai nivug, ai? blended with the subject of "wills," than with the whole mass of law parchment extant. A will should not only be properly made, but properly placed, and more than one should be cognizant of its whereabouts. I have known many cases of gross turpitude in the shape of destroying wills, and can record one rather curious anecdote, affording a vivid illustration of unprincipled greed defeating itself. Two gentlemen, close friends from their school-days, were in the decline of life. Mr. Edmunds had a large family with comparatively small means, while Mr. Raymond was worth two hundred thousand pounds, with no living relatives but a nephew of the most profligate and hopeless character. This nephew had been expensively educated, and had spent unlimited money for the worst purpose, and the uncle at length became wearied and disgusted with the young man's utter depravity. "Edmonds," said Raymond one day to his friend, as he handed him a roll of paper, "here is my will. I have left my nephew ten thousand pounds, and the rest of my property to you, who, I know, will make good use of it." Edmonds remonstrated and implored, but was eventually compelled to take, the will and lock it up in his private desk. Within a few months, however, by dint of constant entreaty, Edmonds prevailed upon his friend to make another will, and just reverse the bequests, leaving the nephew the bulk of the property, and Edmonds the ten thousand pounds. This will Edmonds read, and saw safely deposited in Raymond's iron chest, at his private residence. Within the following year Raymond died. The nephew found the will, and, as it afterward appeared, such was his baseness, that to .secure in addition to the rest, the ten thousand pounds left to Edmonds, he immeJ.'r.4?1?. + fViA ^nnnmont lrnAtnlnrv if Kin IImicij UUIUb tuo UUVUiiiuuV) auu*? tug M* M?w uncle died intestate, himself was heir-at-law. On this villainous announcement, Edmonds, sinking his conscientious scruples, produced the first 'uoill made by Raymond, and claimed the chief of the property, and the unprincipled nephew, after making full confession during 'a fit of delirium tremens, destroyed himself 4ST There are anumber of middle-aged gentlemen, who, thinking themselves endowed by nature with oratorial ability, visit Sunday schools to display their speech-making qualities. One of these gentry had a round of four or five schools which he visited regularly and and as regularly bored, ending his orations invariably with amen I While visiting one of the schools, the superintendent, out of courtesy, asked him if he desired to say a few words to the school. "Wa'al, yes, I'll say just a word or twol" and straightening himself up, he began: "Wa'al, chil'un, the superintendent wants me to speek to yer. Neow, what shall I say? what shall I talk about?" A bright little fellow, about four years of age, sitting in the from; seat, who evidently had heard the orator before, jumped up to his feet, and lisped out loud enough to be heard | all over the school room? ' "Thay 'amen,' and 'thit down?" fat tic J^b&atlt.. ? ' OOWDUOTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN$ K V I Original.] , THE HOLT KISS. In four of his epistles, the Apostle. Paul exhorts those addressed to salute one another with a holy kiss. The exhortation will be found in Bomaps{xvi^ 16 .Corinthians, xvi:20; 2nd Corinthians,xiii: 12; and-in 1st Thessal?nian8, v: 26. In all of these passages, the identically same words are used, j In the 1st epistle of Peter,,v; 14, we have this exhortation: "Greet ye one another with, a t kiss of charity." The words used by Peter 1 are the same as those used by Paul, the con- ] struction being a little different. Manifestly, j I T-? l I? .<_ . L>1 T>?i . wnat raui means uy -?/ uuij aiso, x etex i denotes by "a kiss of oharity." < j Id order that we may comprehend the import of this Apostolic injunction, we must ] first understand something oft the, manners < and customs of civilized nations at the t\me j Paul and Peter wrote their epistles. At a very early period in the history of the world, j men devised some ceremonies of saluting each other when they met, aud of taking leave of ] each other when they parted. Among the f earliest, if not the most-early, mode of saluta- } tion practiced among civilized nations, 'was f embracing and kissing. Thus we find that when Esau and Jacob* Wet on the return of ( the latter from his sojourn in Padan-aram, ] Esau ran unto Jacob, embraced him, fell 1 upon his neck and kissed hii'W Gen. xxxiii: 4. The word used by Paul and Peter which, in the English rtranslatioq: pfthct Scriptures, is i rendered "salute," more properly means "era * brace." 'Evidently, the mode of salutation common in thfe days' of thfi; patriarch, Jacob, j was retained and practiced at the time of the Apostles Paul and Peter. Traces of this ancient mode of salutation are also retained by every civilized nation on earth to-day. \ i j It is proper to remar^ that the language of the Scripture is restricted. vThe ch^rcfies at Rome, Corinth, Thessalonica and t&e strangers scatter^ throughout,: Pontius, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bethany, are not enjoined to salute every one they meet wito a holykifls. On.the contrary, they are Jto sa'lute in this way only, "one another.^ In this lies the force of the Apostle's injunction. No doubt there were in use, at that time, certain ceremonies which were performed by strangers, or by persons only Rightly acquainted, when they casually met. When strangers of 1 the present day meet, they are accustomed to i use some ceremony, as a nod p^.,tbe^head ; or 1 by addressitig to each other, some such expression as "good morning," "good afternoon," ^ or "good night." These ceremonies are cour- c teous in their nature, and simply indicate a ' recognition of th? *fact" thrt human beings t have come in peaceable contact We do not { shake hands with every person we meet This ceremony is gone through only when friends i or relations meet.' In the same way, Pau^apd , Peter exhort the Christians to embrace ptch t other with a holy kiss. i The kiss, of ftldr-waTa^mode of salutation, i and was common only when friends or rela- ; tives met As a mode of salutation it indi- i cates the same thing, that shaking hands does \ among civilized people of the present day. 1 Formerly, to kiss indicated that those who j had once been enemies, were now friends. 1 This was the case with Jacob and Esau, in ] the passage already referred to. Esau had, ? years before, purposed in his heart to kill Jacob, because Jacob had cheated him out of j his birthright and blessing. In answer to the } prayer of Jacob, Uod softened the heart or Esau and gave him a spirit of fraternal affection. Esau manifested that he bad forgiven Jacob by embracing him, and falling upon his neck and kissing bim. So soon as Esau kissed Jacob, the latter knew that -fiis brother's resentment was buried. He felt that he was no longer a foe, but a friend. Among us, it is customary for those who have been enemies, on becoming reconciled, to shake hands. This ceremony indicates to all who may witness it, that the past is forgotten and buried, and in future the individuals will be friends. On the score, of propriety, the Apostles would not have called a kiss of salutation holv: but there is no iraDroDrietv in - 4 ' * . ? . m calling that holy which is a symbol of reconciliation between those who were formerly en- 1 emies. Christians, in the days of Paul and Peter, were prone to misunderstand each other, t Dissensions were common, at that time, among J the followers of Jesus. The church at Home < disputed about meats and days. These dis- j putes were often carried to so great an extent t as to result in personal enmities. To be ex- , horted to salute one another with a holy kiss, is the same as to be exhorted to cease indul- ] ging in bitter envying and strife and live in peace. So, no doubt, those to whom the words were originally addressed, understood them. For another reason, the Apostles Paul and Peter exhorted Christians of their day, to salute one another with a holy kiss. In the early churches, the men occupied one part of the house and the women the other. In other words, the male and female worshippers did not sit together in the public assemblies. On assembling at the house, or place of public worship, thoBe professing faith in Jesus Christ ; kissed each other. This kiss was a symbol of brotherly love. It was designed to show that they were followers of the same Lord and J o?: XT C* .-1 oavjuur. nu mure in vu&cu ui i/iubuciij auw could be adopted ; hence the kiss which was C the symbol of brotherly love, was rightly ^ called a holy kiss. In the early churches, the Lord's Sapper was dispensed frequently; perhaps every Sabbath. Before distributing the bread and wine, the symbols of Christ's body and blood, the person officiating rose up and saidj "Let f none bear malice against any ; let no one do this in hypocrisy." The men then kissed the * men, and the women kissed the women. \ The ancient Christians called this "the kiss ? in the Lord." It was a symbol of honesty of 5 purpose and sincerity in action. It emblem- ( ized their union with Chris^and with one another. It was, in a particular sense, a public declaration that Jesus Christ is Lord of all, and all believers in Christ are breth ren. This kiss in the Lord, or holy kiss, was a symbolizing of the great Scripture doctrine that there is but one church; but one Spirit by which ^ all mehbers of that church live; bat one faith; bat one baptism, and but one heaveh to \ which all true believers are journeying. Ephe- r sians iv: 4, 5. 1 It may be asked, are we of the present day bound to observe this ceremony? We an- , ; swer, not in the letter, but in the spirit We J | are as much under obligation as were the '* Christians of old to forgive our enemies and a make peace with them. We are bound, by 8 the injunction of Paul and Peter, in some way or other, to symbolize our love for the , brethren. We.are still bound, when we cele- J brate the Lord's Supper, to symbolize (he 8 truth that Jesus Christ is the Saviour of all who believe in him, and that all believers are ' one in Christ. We may adopt our own mode J : of signifying these things, provided we adopt ho mode* that will be inconsistent With decency and order. We may follow the Scriptures literally; or we may give our brethren the right hand of fellowship, or we may choose some other mode that will harmonize with the teachings of the Scriptures. 1870.?VOLUME IX. Established April 2? 1868. THE CHEISTIMNEIGHBOR 18 published every Thursday, in Columbia, 8. C., by SIDI H. BROWNE, Editor and Proprietor. The Neighbor, now?1876?in its ninth year, jontinues an advocate of Christianity?in opposition to carnal war and aught else that is inconsistent with the Christian religion. The number of the present generation, who believe with the early Disciplesof Christ, thatChris cianitv and war are oontrary, each to the other, la" hopefully on the increase. In aid of the farther re-establishment of this faith and practice of the Primitive Christians, the Neighbor continues an unswerving advocate. Though no Methodist "official organ" has been published in South Carolina since 1865, the Neighbor has aspired to nothing more than an Indepenientserviceto Christianity and Methodism.seekng in "the unity of the Spirit" to edify the Household, the School,, the Church and the States Terms: Advance; One year, $2.00;six months, |1.00. Va new subscriber so requests, an indigence of eighty-four days will be given. A subscriber who wisnes to renew, but cannot ray strictly in advance, will be indulged eightyour days, if he give timely notioe of such wish, ind of his purpose so to pay. To an Agent who has paid $2.00 for his own pa3er. a commission of tea per cent, will be paid on imounts received from him for subscriptions, old >r new. / The Neighbor, circulating at present in thirty>ne States of the Union, has been found an advantageous medium for advertisers; yet only one rage can be appropriated for that purpose. Advertisements must be select. Address: CHRISTIAN NEIGHBOR, Columbia, 8. 0. i&h The proprietor pays, at his own cost| nil >ostage on the Neighbor. For $2.00 any person n the United States will receive the paper one rear, frCe of postage. p9- Specimen copies sent free. November 9 45 tf COTTON GINS AND PRESSES. [AM prepared to furnish,, at short notice, the following reliable machinery: TOU WTNSHTP SAW GIN. Vfannfactured at Atlanta, Georgia, at $3.50 per saw, ielivered at any point desired, without charge for 'reight.' These Gfths never break the roll, operate levy rapidly, and cleans the seed perfectly. I re er to the following parties, now using them, with mtire satisfaction: F. H. Brown, J7 B. Whitelides, T. W. Clawson, John O. Crawford, J. Willon Marshall, J. CL Kirkpatrick and J. Ran Walaoe... r , THE HALL SELF-FEEDING GIN, / laving a self-feeding attachment, by which the 3in can bo operated with one hana in the Gin Souse. It also protects the Saws from damage by -ooks and other substances, that are often carried nto the Gin by band-feeding, and often cansfng he destruction of the Gin House by fire. I also sell THE AMERICAN NEEDLE GIN, 10 well known and so successfully operated. All of the above Gins can be furnished with or without Condensers. The feeding apparatus can je attached to any of the aboye Gins. I also Manufacture the SHEERER RAILROAD COTTON PRESS, which surpassess any other Press now in uro. It ?n be operated with steam, water, horse or land power. I will famish the Presses complete. >r sell the right to manufacture, furnishing all he Irons. All of these Gins and Presses in operation in this section are giving entire satisfaction. Jail and get Circulars. T. S. JEFFERYS, Agent. WOOD'S HAIR RESTORATIVE. [t has stood the Restores the hair ffisy???b"? improved zftZir'7 [t is now greatly Removes Danraproved from IMPROVED drutf, Humors, he original. Scalp Eruptions, rhe improved Removes Irritaias no injurious IMPROVED tion, Itching and lualities. Scaly Dryness. ties tores Grey inrppAvpn no article. proMr to a glossy, duces anch wonlatural color. derfhl effect. tores Faded. IMPROVED Try it, try it?call Dry, Harsh and for the Improv?alling Hair. 0d. Etestores, Dress- IMPROVED Sold by all Drugis and gives vig- * gists and Dealers >r to the Hair. everywhere. Trade supplied at Manufacturers' prices by C. A.. COOK A CO., CHICAGO, 8ole Agents for the Jnited States and Canadas, and by all Wholesale Druggists... . October 26 43 8w YORK MARBLE YARD. rHE undersigned respectfully announces that he is still conducting the above business in forkville. and is prepared to furniah anything n the MARBLE LINE from a plain slab to a iostly monument, executed in the best style of he art, with the very best materials, and at as ow prices as the same class of work can be furlished anywhere in the United 8tates. Orders rom a distance promptly filled, and the sameatention given to work ordered by mail as if die larties were present in person. From this date vork will be delivered at any point on the Cheser and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, between Iforkville and Chester, or at any place between itock Hill and Winhsboro, on the Charlotte, Coumbia and Augusta Railroad, free of charge for ransportation. Thankful for the patronage hereofore bestowed upon my establishment, my deerrnination is to merit a continuance of the same. F.. HAPPERFIELD. " SKY LIGHT, &.ND NO MORE CLIMBING UP-STAIRS ! LTAKE pleasure to inform all in want of PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES, that I have just en 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 >xperience of 28 years and every convenience for jusiness, will enable me now to do better work han ever before. r * *" 5 A1VM?wti OfnwAAo/v\v\na mn/i f rames auu ruuiu-aiuumo) uKuwow/jma -Wu Views always on hand. I am also prepared to sell you a MASON & EIAMLIN ORGAN, or an AMERICAN SEWING MACHINE, for cash or on time. J. R. SCHORB. SMITH & WESSON'S New Model. With Automatic Central ejector Fir*, Br Q For convenience, power and gHl accuracy, it is unequalled* If your merchant does not keep them, order di- meaSB rect from the Agency, 70 Chambers St New York, M. W. B obi neon, Gen 1 Agent October 5 '40 3m ETTENGER & EDMOND. RICHMOND) VA, b/f ANUFACTURERSof Portable and StationTJ. ary Engines, Boilers of all kinds, CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, Jrlat Mills, Mill Gearing, Shafting, Pulleys, <ftc., American Turbine W A-'X'Jii JX. W iiJCjiiiJUCT, and Cameron's Special Steam Pump. Send, for Catalogue. WM. ETTENGER. H. P. EDMOND. November 2 44 ly $250 REWARD. rHE National Board of Fire Underwriters hereby offers a reward of TWO HUNDRED AND "TFTY DOLLARS, for the detection, conviction ,nd punishment of the party or parties, charged vith the crime of Arson, In firing the premises ituate near Yorkville, S. C., being the DWELLNG OF J. T. LOWRY, on April 22d, 1876. laid reward will bepaid only on due proof being urnished the Executive Committee of the oon'iction and actual punishment of SAid criminals. By order of Executive Committee. GEO. T. HOPE, Chairman. New York, May 8, 1870. 20 tf AMES F. HABT. G. W. 8. HABT. HART & HART, a.TTORNTlY8 AT ZjAW, TOBEYILLE, S. C., JXTILL practice in the State and United States Tf Courts. Special attention given to Accountntrs and causes In the Probate Courts. Will nn lertake for collections and legal bnsiness in all tarts of the United States, throngh reliable busitess agencies. January 1 1 ly NOTICE. r RESPECTFULLY inform the pnblio that I |_ ana. prepared to sharpen, razors, scissors, shears ma Other fine-edged instruments. Trices?for toning and sharpening razors, 25 cents, and for harpenlng scissors or shears, 10 cents each, and atisnation guaranteed or no charge.' TOM BALLARD, Barber* NOTICE.?GUANO. PERSONS owing me for Gnano will pieaae call and settle at once. The first of November is it hand, and I have to pay. W. H. MoCORKLE. November 2 ' 44 tf ? hi O a day at home. Agenta wanted. Outfit and term* free, hiz TRUE a CO., Auguata, Maine. 19 ly 1 THE COOKING STOVES manufactured atoar works in Greensboro, N. 0., give universal satisfaction wherever introduced. They are made of the BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, withheavier and thicker plate than any other Stove in the market, and consequently will the longer withstand heat and hard usage. They are of band some patterngndnegt finish, and wan^m ted equal in every other respect to any CdoEing Stove sold in the United States, while it is confidently claimed that they are the CHEAPEST, All the usual pieces or ware and cooking utensils are Airnished 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 ft at the mere cost of casting. Not simply because it is a home production, buton aocoontof its intrinsic merits as an article of household economy; do we ask the patronage of home purchasers. More than ONE THOUSAND of these Stoves are now in use, and among many others having them we respectfully refer to the folio* ing: R. E. Guthrie, D. M. Campbell, M. H. Currence, York county; Mrs. Elizabeth J. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon, Guthrieeville; John A. Brown,Reck Hill; B. P. Boyd, Joseph Herndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkvllle. Yon can save the freight from the northern cities and the dealer's profit, which is no small item, by baying of us, and at the same time get a STOVE THAT IS MORE DURABLE than those ?f northern make. The following arc onr nricea delivered at depot in Greensboro^ ' No. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe. #8ft 00 <? J u <? <i << ii ii A. ' 26 00 Address, SERGEANT <fc McCAULEY, Greensboro, N. C. T. M. DOBSON A CO., Agents, Yprkville, a C. JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, 8. O. A. P. LINDSAY, Agent, Lowrysville, Chester county, 8. C. - ,t . ; J. L. CARROLL, Agent at Chester, 8. O. A. WILJLIFORD, itdcg HUT,, g. c. HORSES AND MXJLESF . - ' V.'il ' Iif ' > I WOULD respectfully inform the publlo that my LITER! STABLES AT ROCK HILL are still in fall blast, and that .with a full and complete stock of HORSES AND MULES of all grades, I can suit any class of purchaser, either as to quality of animal or price. Call and examine my stocky and ascertain . , . ( , THE LOW PRICES at which I am enabled to sell since the election of Hampton. BOARDING STOCK. Being amply prepared with commodious and secure Stables and plenty of provander, I, can board horses Dy the single meai,aay, wees or month, at the lowest cash prices. HORSES FOR HIRE. I also keep Horses and Vehicles FOR HIRE, and can send travelers to any point desired, with fleet horses, easy carriages ana careful drivers. A. WILLIFORD. PAY UP, , ALL persons indebted to me for stock, and whose Notes are due, will do well to pay them I up at once aufl save cost, as I shall be'compelled to sue all who fail to make payment. A. WILLIFORD. * G. H. O'LEARY. THE undersigned would respectfully remind the public that be is still engaged iu the msmufacture of Saddles, Harness, Bridles, Ac., and will also do all kinds of repairing at low prices \ for cash. SADDLES. y A full supply of ladies' and gentlemen's Saddles, of all toe different styles and qualities, constantly on hand andsold at the lowest cash prices. HARNESS. I keep on hand a complete stock of Harness, 01 i ?11 -Ua? V\n?ofT an/9 oo^arro ma si a till RlJflOi)?lur nagun, uu^gj buu ub4?u. of superior stock, in the most workmanlike manner, to which I invite the; Inspection of the public. I SUNDRIES. 1} Collars, Whips, Martingales, Bridles, Halters, Circingles, Hames, Hamestrings. Saddle Blankets, Ac., Ac., in ftill supply, and at the lowest prices. FURNITURE. In connection with my Saddlery establishment I shall also conduct the FURNITURE BUSINESS, and keep on hnnd a full stock of articles in that line, consisting of Bureaux, Bedsteads, Tables, Chairs, Lounges, Cottage and Chamber Suites, Ac., of different styles and qualities, and In the various kinds of wood. , ; .1 . .ft* a.,o'LBARyf" SPRING BEDS. THE SuspensioaSprink Bed,decidedly the best spring Ded in use. Call and see it For sale by G. H. O'LEARY. PICTURE FRAMES. r*7ALNUT Moulding with gilt lining; also WW run. Mnnldincr nf different widths, for'Die ture frames, forsaie'by G. H. O'LI&AR?. COTTAGE BEDSTEADS, &C. BEDSTEADS from $8 to $7. Wardrobes and Safes cheap for cash, at G. H. O'LEARY theIchester furniture store. THE readers of the "Yorkville Enquirer" and the public generally, are invited to inspect my large and elegant STOCK OP FURNITURE., S * ' '? ? In consequence of my buying directly from the Manufacturers, l am safe in saying that I can sell Furniture AS CHEAP AS ANY ESTABLISHMENT f South of Baltimore. My stock of Furniture is of such a character as will please all classes aod individuals. It is Both PLAIN AND ELEGANT. ; " tj. to suit the wishes and wants of the buyer. It is oomplete. Whatever is wanted ~ IN THE FURNITURE LINE I am confident of my ability to supply. Furniture is delivered at different points, along Cie railroad, tfyjiTr, FREE FROM FREIGHT CHARGES. ?% - ' / R. BRANDT, Chester, S. C.June 29 5 ly THE CHESTER ?. JEWJiLKX STUJtCHi. 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 establishment. Moreover, I keep en hand MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, among which is the celebrated ORGAN, made by George Woods A Co., Cambridge,: Mass, R. BRANDT, Proprietor* waiui a w ^ TH5 FHjCENIX, Published in Columbia, is ? . THE CHEAPEST DAILY PAPER In South Carolina. : i POLITICS DEMOCRATIC j All the news of tbeday condensed. c'M- j SUBSCRIPTION $2.50 FOR SIX MONTHS. *8- Pronounced the best Democratic Dally at : the Capital. Address, JULIAN A. SKLBY, Maoafer. September 14 87 tf $5 ? ? $20 &? r W.H.M'CORKM!, GENERAL BUSINESS AGENT AND AXJ CTIOPTOSEEfc, Y0BX7ILLE. 8. C., 1*7ILL attend to the baying and selling of YT lands and other real estate, on oommisnou. Agent for tbe sale of Robeon's FERTILIZERS and Robson's COMPOUND ACID PHOSPHATE and ETIWAN GUANO and PHOSPHATE, whioh will be delivered in quantities fexfoit. Life and Fire Insurance Agent, representing the Peun Mutual Life Insurance CompaljyAnd tbe London,: Liverpool and Globe, ana the-Atlantic and the Niagara Fire Insurance Companies, in which policies will be issued on the most favorable rates givon by any reliable company. jsar* Office in the "Bratton Build lug,''opposite the Court House. HOUSE AND LOT FOR^AliB. mHE HOUSE AND LOT IN YORKFILLE, JL formerly the property of tbelate Georaa W. Williams, and situated on Main Street; Is offered for sale. The lot contains one acre and threequarters. The Dwelling House oontainseight f rooms,'and has recently been repaired. On the premises are necessary outbuildings, goodgarden and orchard. f Terms? Easy. Possession givep on the 1st day | of next January. W. ! FARMING LAND FOR SALE, \ mP? undersigned offers at private sale, a tract \ 1 of fine FARMING LAND, situated near Brattonsville, in Betheede township, and about two miles from McConnellsville Station, on the Chester and Lenoir Railroad. The tract contains 283 seres, one-third of which is original forest, and the balance In a suitable condition for cnltiration. For further particular*,- apply tb - ^ v W. H. McCOftKLE, Real Estate Agent LAND FOR SALS* T OFFER at private sale, * traot of land.oon1 talning about FORTY ACRES, known as the 'XJraveo&nd,'.'lying in the vicinity of Yprkvijle, on the Chbster and Lenoir Railroad, adjoining the lands ofJ. J. Evans, B. P. Boyd ana oOMtLon the Lfnootnton road. The above lands witt. be sold cheap. W. H. McCORKLE. v Real Estate Agent. JT THE ELLIOTT COTTOK CIS/ ft AN be had at low prices, by calling on the jn CHE8TEEA5DLEHblE^RAXtll0^, ^ nAILV PJ86ENOER TlUfl. 1 Yobkvillb, S. C., November^^8: after this date: nomh. *5 Leave Chester at.... X8.00 p. na. Leave Lowrysville ..J..2.40 p. m. ^ Leave McConnellsville... 10 p. m. " Leave Gathrlesville *...4.2? p. m. 5 Arrive^at Yorkville... . Leave Glenn's Store ....J? -A36p< m. 1 Leave Falls' Sfcor6...MM ' Leave Air-Line Junction .Jr... 7.80 p. ,m. ; Arrive at Dallas.....................X...?......,a00 pi Jn. ; Leave Dallas at.....................ft"".........^.30 'p/ Di. ^ Leave Air-Line Jtmction....:J| Leave Palls' Store Leave Glenn's Store lacu^ Leave Oloier.r.... ...... \ Arrive at Yorkville a m. ) Leave Yorkville ....A...... ?.7.; Leave Gutbriesvillo a. 01. Leave McConnellsville It..; -8.00 a. m. Leave Lowrysville ...JL............8.S0 a. m. Arrive at Chester ..................?L......?...?..0d)0 a* m. Connections are made with fee mail farktoa on the Richmond and Atlanta sir-Line Railroad, and with the A<^mmodatidnJwins rtfi tHb Charlotte, Columbia and Angusta %lroad, ., . < Between Chester and Yorkvifc. the tramcwJIl stop for passengers only at theBbllowioir pHUte* : Poor House, Smith'a, ^wryB^^.^rm^Rivor villeand Philadelphia | EDWARD THOMAS, SuSprintendeni November 24 84 \ -It GEOEGE WOODS & COfl :: "* E ^30 - ife - *~ C|-c c'^M j. || 1-jp | ^HBHB j^?1pr*j f" n 'J? s>~g^HMrasHKHH3S^re>.2,S.\ These remarkable Instruments paBm^mmm ties for musical effecU and expression never before attained. Adapted for Amateurand Professional, and an ornament in any parlor. /BT* Beanrafrl hk? New Styles now ready. / ^ GEO. WOODS & CO., Cambridgeport, Matsd'''jfcj WAREROOMS: 608 Washington St., Boston ; I 170 State St, Chicago ; 28 Lndgate Hill, London. < fr THE VOX HUMANA.;' A leading Musical Journal of selected mnsic f1 and valuable reading matter. By mail for f 1 ped* year, or ten cents a number. Each number con-T tains from $2 to $3 worth of the finest selected music. GEO. WOODS A CO., Publisher*, :J. Cambridgeport, Mass. January 20 8 tf ; : ... ' *5 STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA YORK COUNTY- V To James Hart, John Hart, the heirs of Jamee\ Beeves, deceased, (names unknown); heirs 1 : ? UI nirttut llWTMj UOVMHW , uww - -irimnn m -wReeves, deceased ; heirs of Thorns* Beevee, / deceased; and heirs of Elizabeth Smith, de-/ ceased; all unknown and residing beyond the/ limits of this State, legal heirs mnd repref sentatives of Wylie Reeves, late nf. York county, deceased, who died intestate:?Gree# ing.?Cbpy Writ in Summons. T70U are hereby required to appear at the City I ofProlr to beholden at York Ctouit JZoaf<?, for York oounty, on the seventh day of Deoattty' Anno Domini, 1876, to shew cause, if any j can, why the real estate of Wylie Reeves, din ed, situate in said county, bounded by lands John Sturgis, A. E. Hutchison, Rqv>Jk CLBnf Dr. E. T. Avery, and Harvey H. Hart, andebnti ing one hundred and sixty-two acres, should! be divided or sold to make partition thet among the beirs-at-law of the sald Wylie Beet deceased, aooording to their, respective latere v; in accordance with the petition of Harvey J0LB and Mary Ann Cabiness, this day filed in my Ace. Given nnder my Hand and Seal, ibis*, 24th [i* s.] October," 1876. " ... . ( ^ J. A. McLEAN, Jndgeof Probe* October 26 -Sf BLANK BOOK MAM'FACTO, " STATIONBEY, ABB f BOOK BIND^BV^ mrr A WUTMn thA nnhlln tnm A 1 age, i now invite attention to my comply * stock of STAPLE AHD FAJfCY STATIONEEP'. consisting, la part, of Flat Papers, Midinm,T Ho Poet, Demy, Letter and Note. Blank Bex* of every variety; Envelopes, Slates, Ink, 4 Fancy Stationery, Gold Pens and Pencils, F Knives, Writing Desks, Ac. Also, ; BOOK BINDING DONE, in all its various branches. Sheet Music, Pef Icais, Law Books, Ac., bound inany styled* Old Books rebound and repaired. P&HTED BILL AIDLETTEE HEADS A SpEOI/ ** * ^Orders promptly attended^to^at^lowest ^ JAMES A. GLENtf, D^D? SURGEON AND MECHANIC^ateN! J Yo?k ?Tuty, StbC.,Ptobihich aft my professional services . 3flnk^iKn?? Qfl * jj ? Tw^L* 'vj*/"^>>j?i' V/'1''7''. !^B^^ff?liBBfaE- " -^H ^ d06 ^OITm. *??** * . trtkv1* Omo dopjT} iiy m6nthi. Ongeopy, thyp^ ^ i v> r>