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gtuwawus gcpattment. BUYING A BRIDAL "TROSSY." One day last week a powerful young man, to whose right arm was a linked a tall, thin girl of eighteen, with a sharp nose, pale blue eyes, and hair the color of an old knife handle, entered a Lake Avenue store with both eyes full of business. As the pair took seats, the clerk intimated that he was ready to make bottom prices on any goods in the store, from the finest silk to the glaziest calico." "This is kinder delicate business for us," replied the young mau, casting sheep eyes at the girl. "That is to say?that is?yes, ahem !" stammered the clerk. "But I guess we'll live through it, Molly, and so here goes. What we want is a trossy for this girl?a bridal trossy, I believe they call it." "That's exactly what they call it," replied the clerk. "And, if you please, tell me what x? 1__ x. ___ i Till A. 1_ _ 1 A. articles you want ana 1 n give you tne lowest figures." The pair looked at each other in a half foolish way for a minute, and then the girl hid her face behind a stock of goods. "A little skerry, but she'll get over it," mused the lover. "The first thing, I suppose, is a dress."' "From one to sixteen dresses, as you like," replied the clerk. "You'll take black silk, perhaps." "And perhaps I won't. There's no style about us, Mister. We marry for love, and we've got to make a leetle money go a long ways. Is calico purty low ?" "Oh! Zekel!" gasped the girl, suddenly showing her face. "Well, we'll go|a leetle better, then; though calico io my motto. Hand us down something about 30 cents a yard. Give us dove color, for doves are meek and so is Molly." Twelve yards of dove colored goods were cut off, and Zeke looked around and said : "Less see; I s'pose a back comb, two yards of blue ribbon, a bunch of hair pins and two or three collars, ought to figure in somewhere." The elerk agreed, and the articles were figured in. "Less see; she'll wear her sister's hat to stand up in, and her shoes won't show if she has a long dress on. I guess that's about all, isn't it, Molly ?" The girl blushed very red, beckoned him closer, and after a minute turned to the clerk and said: "It's kinder throwin' money away, but she _ is porty, good and gentle, and I don't mind. She thinks she ought to have a fifty-cent corset and two pairs of stockings." Tlio nrfiVlpa mprfi insnepf.erl. hnnpht. and placed with the "trossy," and after the lovers held another consultation in whispers, Zeke observed: "Well, that's all. Figger'er up and there's your cash. We've got to go and git some hair oil, and a dollar gold chain with a locket to it, and a pair of sleeve buttons and some shoe strings, and you see the outfit is going to squeeze me bad." "When does the marriage come off?" asked the clerk. "In about ten days. She's a good girl, and loves me, and I'm tryin' to do the fair thing by her. 'Tain't many young men who would put up seven or eight dollars for a bridal trossy for his girl; but when I make up my mind to marry one, I'm almost reckless as to wealth. She didn't need that corset any more than I need gallowses, but she had a sister married with a corset on, and she don't want to be behind her." "I hope you'll be happy." ^ "We shall be?can't help it?this 'ere girl ran slinc more 'thnaiasm into a mess of 'ta ters than any queen in Europe; an' as for her fried pork?yum ! She can compose poetry, chop wood, draw pictures, milk a cow, build a suit of clothes, or spell down anybody that stands on legs ; and when winter howls around our little home, we'll sit with our feet in the oven, chew apples, and remember that I had to take her old dad by the collar and jerk his heels to the ceiling before he'd consent to this marriage. Well, good-bye. Come, gal." ? O.George! What a Damsel.?She was young and fair, and a tear glistened in her eye as she laid her curly head on his shoulder and exclaimed : "O, George ! I think if I found you did not love me, I should surely die." "My darling," he answered, passing his hand gently round her dimpled chin, "I will always love you. Do you think I would marry you if I did not feel sure of it. In a few days at the altar I shall vow to love you all my life, and I will keep my vow." A lovely kind of beatific happiness played for a moment like sunshine on her lips, and then she whispered : "0, George! I like to hear you talk like that; you have been so good to me. You have given me a diamond locket, and a gold watch and chain, and riugs that an angel might wear outside her gloves and not be ashamed ; and if I thought that one day you'd be sorry you'd given me all these nice things and want them back again, it would break my heart." He held her gently against his manly breast, and answered with a quavering voice: "0, my darliug 1 there is nothing on earth that could happen that would make me repent giving you a few tokens of my love, or make me want them back again." She sprang from his arras like a joyous deer ; she shook back her sunny curls, and, with a whole poem in her hazel eyes, exclaimed: "0, George! you have taken a great load from my heart. I've come to say that I can't marry you after all, because I've seen somebody I like better, and I thought you'd want your presents back again." aT A prisoner was being tried for sheepstealing, and he was asked by the presiding judge, an Irish Chief Baron, what he had to say in his defence. "Ah, sure, yer lordship, didu't meself and me fawther and me grandfawther all vote for your lordship when ye put up for Tipperary? And, begorra, didn't we carry yer lordship to the head of the poll ?" "True, true," murmured the judge, and he was visibly affected by the reminiscence. He looked kindly at the prisoner at the bar, and in summing up directed the jury to acquit him, though the evidence was very strong for a conviction. The jury felt the pressure put upon them, and the foreman, in giving the verdict, said, "Well, yer lordship, I suppose we must call him 'not guilty but faith, yer lordship, there'll not be a sheep, at all at all, left in the country." To which his lordship complacently replied, "Ah, never mind, gintlomeu?never mind the mutton. Acquit him, and eat beef." And acquitted he was. A farmer went to a broker to buy some Government bonds. "What denomination will you have ?" asked the broker. The question was a poser, but the farmer was equal to the emergency, and replied, after a moment's reflection, "I guess I'll take a part of 'em in Old School Presbyterian, just to please the old lady; but give me the heft of'era in Free-will Baptist." SSaTA Scotch clergyman was seen by a neighbor trudging home on one Monday morning with a stout flsh he bad just bought, and was accosted wjth, "Mr. Duncan, did you know that that fish was caught on Sunday ?" The minister, in his characteristic, blunt manner, said, "Well, well, the fish is not to blame for that, my man." Jteaf It is said that "the moon has gained about an inch in rapidity of motion" within the last hundred years. This is, no doubt, true, for young men will tell you that when talking at the gate with their sweethearts, the moon goes down much quicker now than it did when they were boys waiting to rob a watermelon patch in the dark. - ? J&JS" A village congregation in Vermont was disturbed the other Sunday, by a voice from the adjoining dwelling exclaiming, "Mary, where are the nails?" Soon the answer came, "In the coffee-pot, you fool." ?&e ,fam and fireside. Agricultural Don'ts.?Dou't sit ou the fence and whittle the hours away while you are passing through life. Shavings bring but little profit here, and probably will not be needed to light the fire where you go to. Don't cavort and turn a back summerset because your industrious chickens scratch up your squashes. They have as much right to the bugs as you to the squashes. Don't leave your gates open and then blame your pigs for rooting in the garden. They have a perfect right to go through where they can, and to root is their nature. Don't loaf your time away and expect the grass to quit growing while you are loafing. Grass don't like loafers well enough for that. Don't expect your plants to thrive if you starve them to death. Plants that are not fed will not feed you. Don't starve and rob the land you live on, for if you do, in the long ruu, it will show its appreciation by starving you. Don't l?t t.he storm beat unon vour cattle without a roof to shelter them. If you do they will not furnish you assistance to have a good tight roof over yourself in your old age. Don't neglect your barns and build a fine house. Barns build houses but houses never build barns. Don't expect water to run up hill to get out of your low lands after you have filled the ditches with rubbish. Water is lazy and would rather stay any where than climb a hill. What Will Make Hens Lay??Put two or more quarts of water in a kettle, and one large seed pepper or two small ones, then put the kettle over the fire. When the water boils, stir In coarse Indian meal until you have a thick mush. Let it cook an hour or so. Feed hot. Horse radish chopped fine and stirred into mush as prepared in the above directions, and for results we are getting from five to ten eggs per day ; whereas, previous to feeding, we bad not had eggs for a long time. We hear a great deal of complaint from other people about not getting eggs. To such we would warmly recommend cooked food, fed hot. Boiled apple skins, seasoned with red pepper; or boiled potatoes, seasoned with horse radish, are good for feed ; much better than uncooked food. Corn, when fed to the hens by itself, has a tendency to fatten hens rather than of producing the more profitable egg laying. A spoonful of sulphur stirred with their feed occasionally, will rid them of vermin and tone up their systems. It is especially good for young chickens or turkeys. I Anf a AaaIt r\f ton liotnliorl loaf Nntfpmhftr. VUl VI a uvea \/i I.VU umvviiv^ we have lost but one. They have been fed cooked feed mostly, and are growing finely.? Ohio Farmer. Farm Wisdom.?There are some sensible things said by somebody : It is worth while for all farmers to remember that thorough culture is better than three mortgages on a farm. That an offensive war against the weeds is far less expensive than a defensive one. That hay is a great deal cheaper made in the summer than purchased in the winter. That a horse who lays his ears back and looks lightning, when one approaches him, is vicious. Don't buy him. That scrimping the feed in fattening is a j waste of grain. That over fed fowls won't lay eggs. That educating children is money lent at a hundred per cent. That one evening speut at home in study is more fitable than ten in lounging about coun- j try taverns. That cows should always be milked regu- | larly and clean. If In /Infrr r\ F ATmrw mon f A fnkp I mat It JO tuc UUtJ VI VYVIJ 1uuu vvr vmhv some good, reliable entertaining paper, and pay for it promptly?of course. Fresh Meat.?Farmers are likely to cook meat too soon after the animal is killed. The idea is that to get the meat very fresh, is to have it more wholesome and "safe." A cook in one of the great French restaurants, either here or in Europe, never cooks meat on the same day that it is killed. It has not had time to obtain consistency. A gourmand can detect the flavor of B"fresh" meat instantly. Except in very warm weather, meat should be "hung" in a cool place at least a reasonable time. How frequently, when company comes, the farmer hastily kills a chicken, and while the flesh is yet warm, plunges it into the pot. This is what gives the sickish, "chickeny" flavor. The English people hang their meat until it begins to attain a gamey flavor. Of course no positive directions can be given for a country so diversified as ours in climate ; but it may be safe to say that neat should never be eaten on the same day ti at the animal is killed. How to Increase the Flow of M;t,k. A lady correspondent, writing us from Arkansas, gives the followiug excellent recipe to increase the flow of milk in a cow, and we can heartily endorse it, for we have seen it tried. She says: "Tepid water, slightly salted, given twice a day, will increase the flow of milk one-third; if the cow will not drink it at first trial, scatter a handful of bran or meal over the top of it. They soon become very fond of it, and will drink all you give them. I tried this plan three years ago with perfect success. I had only one cow, and she was the common scrub stock of the country, and after she began to drink the water, prepared as above, she furnished me, twice a day, two ordinary water buckets full of milk, and by feeding a little corn boiled with cotton seed, the milk yielded butter enough to supply my table bountifully aud leave me a few pounds to sell every week. I gave her three gallons of water twice a day."?SouthI ern Industries. Curing Spavin.?I noticed in a recent issue of a paper, some inquiries in reference to curing spavin in a horse. I have never seen one cured so that the bunch would be removed; but the lameness can often be permanently cured. Rub the bunch daily with some irritant like spirits of turpentine, and half an hour afterward rub in well ordinary mackerel or beef brine, heating it well, after rubbing, with a hot shovel. In a week, or as soon as the part has become sufficiently irritated aud sore, omit all treatment except a daily washing with cold water. In severe cases, this treatment may need to be repeated after a week's rest. The horse should be well cared ! for, and not worked while being treated. Destroy Foul Smells.?As it is very j important at thi3 season of the year that all ! foul smells should be destroyed, and* that the ! air should be kept as pure as possible, the following is worth knowing : "One pound of green copperas, costing sev- j en cents, dissolved in one quart of water, is ' very efficacious in purifying bad air, and will ! j effectually concentrate and destroy the foul-' est smells. Wherever there are offensive pu- I I trid gasses, dissolve the copperas, as directed, ; and sprinkle the solution about, and in a few | days the smell will pass away." Care of tiie Hands.?One can have the 1 hands in soap-suds with soft soap without in-! jury to the skin, if the hands are dipped in vinegar or lemon juice immediately after, i i The acid destroys the corrosive effects of the | alkali and makes the hands soft and white. | Indian meal and vinegar, or lemon-juice, used i on the hands when roughened by cold or labor, will heal and soften them. Rub the hands in this, then wash off thoroughly and rub in glycerine. Those who suffer from chapped hands in the winter will find this comforting. To Drive Away the Melon Bun.?Set a tomato plant into each hill of cucumbers or melons, and you will have no trouble from the striped bugs that are so destructive to i these plants. The plants can be tied to | stakes, and, if well pruned when large, both subjects can proceed with their fruiting withi out detriment to one another. > gUMittg foe the Sabbath. * CONDUCTED BY H.EV. ROBERT LATHAN. ' AN INFIDEL SON RECLAIMED. I found a man who seemed to be in deep distress. 1 sat down beside him and asked him to tell me what was in his heart. He replied, I don't know how I happened to be here; this is the last place in the world I wish to come to; but somehow or other it seemed as if I couldn't help it. I have been an infidel for yeurs ; have preached infidelity in public places; but I have a praying mother at home in Scotland. When you were over there she used to come to your meetings, and one day she wrote me a letter, saying how much good they had done her, and begging me to promise that I would come and hear you when you should return to this country. I had been in the habit of burning up her letters and not answering them, because she was always id the hahit or talking to rae aooui religion ; but this time I answered, I hardly know why, and gave her the promise she asked. When you began the meetings in this city I was so troubled about the promise I Imd made, that I could not attend to my business ; so I closed my office?the man was a civil engineer?and wandered out, scarcely knowing where I went, till I found myself at the door of your meeting. I found he was greatly Bhaken in his infidel notions, and presently he broke clear down and said : my mother has been praying for me all these years ; and I have been fighting against the answer to her prayers. Why not give up and come to Christ to-night ?' said I. Do you think Christ would save me so soon as that if I were to give myself to him now? Yes, I replied, you can settle the question right here; and then I ''opened the Bible and read this text: ''Him that cometh unto rae I will in no wise cast out." We knelt and prayed together, and then I asked him to promise me that he would write to his old mother in Scotland, and tell her he had given himself to Christ. The next day I met him, his face shining with joy. Have you found the Lord ? said I. Oh 1 yes, he replied ; I settled the question last night, and this is the happiest day of ray life. And did you write to your mother? No, said he, I couldn't wait to write ; I just telegraphed her by cable. The next day a dispatch from bis mother tinder the sea in these words, "Bless the Lord, 0 my soul!" was received by him.? D. L. Moody. WHAT WILL YOU DO IN HEAVEN? Many years ago, when stage-coaches still ran, an excellent old minister, who had taken a keen observation of the world, was traveling on the top of a coach in England. It was a cold, clear winter night, and the coachman, as he drove his horses over the rough road, poured forth such a volley of oaths aud foul language, as to shock all the passengers. The minister, who was sitting close to him, said nothing, hut gazed at him with a look of extreme wonder and astonishment. At lust the coachman became uneasy, and turning round to him, said, "What makes you look at me, sir, in that way?" The minister said, still with his eyes fixed upon him, "I cannot imagine what you will do in heaven ! There are no horses, or saddles, or bridles, or public houses in heaven. There will be no one to swear at, or to whom you can use bad language. I cannot think what you will do when vou pet to heaven." The coachman J o said nothing more, and they parted at the end of the journey. Some years afterwards, the minister was detained at an inn on the same road, and was told that a dying man wished to see him. He was taken up into a bed-room in a loft, hung round with saddles and bridles, bits and whips, and on the bed amongst them, lay the sick man. "Sir, said the man, "do you remember speaking to the coachman who swore so much as he was driving on the Norwich road?" "Ye9," replied the minister. "I am that coachman," said he, "and I could not die happy without telliug you how I have remembered your words: '/ cannot think what you will do in heaven.' Often and often as I have driven that road, I have heard those words ringing in my ears, and I have flogged the horses to make them get over ground faster, but always the words have come back to me: 'Icannot think what you will do in heav) )) en. We can readily imagine what the good minister said to the dying man. But the words apply to every human being, whose chief interest lies in other things than doing good, and being good, and who delight in doing and saying what is evil. There is no making money in heaven, there is no motion, there is no gossip, there is no idleness, there is no controversy, there is no detraction in heaven. "7 cannot think what you will do when you go to heaven." "TELL ME, IS THAT TRUE ?? Willie had been brought home, terribly scalded by the explosion of a boiler, and the poor little fellow begged so piteously to see some one from his Sunday school that his mother went for the minister, who accompanied the poor woman to her home in an alley in a remote part of the city. On reaching the locality, they ascended a long, dark stairway, and entered a low attic-room. In one corner of the room, on a cot, lay the form of little Willie, now suffering such terrible pain from his burns that he did not notice the entrance of any one. The clergymau knelt down and lifted the worn quilt from the face of the little sufferer, who moved, and recognizing him, gave a long, thankful sigh. * "My little friend, do you wish to see me?" "Yes sir"?and the pale face'was illustrated by a bright smile. My Sunday school teacher told me last Sunday that Jesus came down to save sinners. O, sir, telfrae, is that true ?" The man of God was startled by the earnestness of the question, and brushing away a tear, unfolded to him the simple story of the cross in all its wondrous beauty. "But," said the little one, "do you thifrk he came to save me, a little boy ?" "Ye3, Willie. If you were the only little boy on earth, Jesus would have left His bright home on high, aud come to earth to save you." The little face was turned away, and a deep calm took the place of agony. With a sigh of rest, the spirit of Willie soared to the bosom of his Jesus. My dear reader have you no part or lot in the Saviour that Willie learned to love? You, unlike him, have heard the wondrous story from Sunday to Sunday, and yet why is it you have not found the same peace ? Onlv because you have not taken Jesus at his word. ? -? Purity ok Heart.?Blessed are the pure in heart. But what is purity of heart? It is commonly regarded as simply the reverse of mere outward immorality, or of immoral desires. But it has a far deeper and broader significance. It is, primarily, fidelity to the Lord as the sole and single object of the heart's religious affections, just as conjugal purity is entire attachment to theoue partuer of married life. Mauy persons whose lives are spotlessly moral as to outward conduct, or even free from what are termed immoral desires, may yet be as impure in the Lord's sight and in His final judgment, as some of the most profligate and abandoned of mankind. If business and trade, visits and recreations, music, literature and art, so absorb the soul habitually, as to render it cold towards the Lord, then He is not the main and single object of its love, or at least its love to Him becomes in so far an impure one. How frequently in the Bible, He has, by His servants and prophets, proclaimed His anger and grief at such divided allegiance, such distracted affection. The Apostle exhorts "to singleness of heart" toward Christ. The Lord Himself declares, "Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God." IpsfdlflKetms |Ufl4ro0. From the Cheater Reporter. LET US HAVE THE STOCK LAW. Rossville, June 15, 1877. Mr. Editor: Will you allow me apace in your paper to mention some reasons wby we sbobld adopt the "Stock Law ?" We should adopt it because of the enormous expense of fencing. It costs $227.30 to build one mile of fence. One mile of fence will surround 40 acres. Four miles of fencing will surround 640 acres, and will cost $909.20. That is the first cost. The fence, to be serviceable, will have to be repaired. Fencing is too much of a tax on the farmers. Who can stand it? The rich ; not the poor. Apropos, is an anecdote of an old gentleman who had a mill. It was said of him during the war, "that he made his miller toll the rich man's corn twice, for he could stand it; and the poor man's turn twice, to keep him poor." Same way about fencing; the rich can stand it, and it will keep the poor man poor. We should adopt the stock law to save timber, time aud expense. The time spent in the worse than profitless labor of fencing, should be devoted to building substantial and roomy barns for our stock and fodder ; in repairing, improving painting and beautifying our homes; iu making manure, subsoiling land, stopping gullies, hauling rocks off the land, ditching, making and fixing up meadows, building breaks across worthlees bottoms and making good ones out of them, as our neighbor, Mr. Jarnes B. Little, has done. We Bhould adopt the law so that everybody, who wishes to, can plant plenty of wheat and fall oats. Home made flour is better thun bought flour. Fall oats will come on a month earlier than spring oats, thus saving one month's feed of corn. We should adopt the law so that every man can lie down at night and have no fears of bis neighbors' stock depredating upon bis crop. We should adopt the law to avoid hard feelings among friends and neighbors ; to save the roughness on the ground for manure; to keep stock from spreading wire grass and other troublesome grasses and weeds, and from tramping over the land. We should adopt it because those who wish to fence can fence as much as they please and have the full benefit of their own land and yet have no fear of their neighbor's stock. We should adopt the stock law because the law that compels me to keep my neighbor's stock off my wheat and oats in the winter, compels ray neighbor to keep my stock off his corn and cotton in the summer, and I dare say that is one view of the subject that the opponents of the law have not looked at. I venture to predict that if the law is not passed, every man will be forced to put a lawful fence around his plantation, by people turning their stock out during the summer. The Jaw wiJl not prevent neighbors rrora agreeing among themselves to turn their stock out on each others' pastures when it can he done without any injury to other crops. We should adopt the law for the suke of honesty. It is not honest for a man's stock to take anything from his neighbor's plantation, aud no truly honest man would wish for his cattle to do it. A man may say "I do not wish my cattle to feed on your plantation ; I want them to have the run of ray own fields." Very well, then fence your own field, don't make your neighbor go to so much unnecessary expense to keep your stock from stealing from him while they are getting "the run of your fields." Examine your heart closely und see if you have not had a slight passing thought of a nice cane brake or a nice field of pea vinea on your neighbor's place. I don't think of accusing any one of such a thought; of course not. Lastly, at present, we should adopt the law because a large and respectable portion of the people are in favor of it, and it would be nothing but fair to give their notion a trial for four your at least; for the old law has been in force for a great many years, and the new law would be a change, if not a progressive step. Let us be neighborly and not spiteful. Ex. From the Anderson Intelligencer. THE FENCE LAW. Mr. Editor: Are we to allow the recent act of our Legislature, in regard to the fence law, to be as pearls before swine? or shall we ratify its wise and noble'action in behalf of our ri. ft rni A?_ p C Stale r inis question, ience or uu icuee, iu the eyes of justice, is confined to the land owner and tenant; but in the eyes of the present law, it gives all the right to participate. Where a man owns a cow, and owns but a small piece of land, or no land at all, (and is not a tenant) and contends against the fence law, simply contends that his neighbors shall feed that cow eight months in the year, and, in many instances, the whole year. Therefore, it behooves all such gentlemen, in order to keep their good self-respect and dignity, to speak very cautiously on this subject of fence or no fence. Now, Mr. Editor, lam among that class of men who can speak freely on this subject with>-'' out being biased by self-interest. I am/both a small land-owner and a large renter,-ahd can say that I am about equally interested in having the fence law established. On my own land (which is rented to others) I wish to save ray timber, curtail the expenses of my farm generally, and have my lands protected by the laws of the State, from being grazed down and kept poor (and in many instances made poorer) by other persons' stock. As a tenant, it will save me a considerable amount of fencing, as every tenant builds or keeps up a considerable amount of fenciug, and it will make more land subject to cultivation, and thereby cause the tenant to rent land upon better terms than than now, and this is more money for my labor. Some tenants think, that under the new fence law, they will not be allowed to keep any stock, but this is entirely a mistake; for example, if I am renting from B, and he will not furnish me pasturage, or allow me to enclose one, out of the rails that now enclose the farm, 1 will rent from C, who will doit. Cannot any one see that this thing of pasturage regulates or adjusts itself to the surrounding circumstances, as does the rules of renting and hiring ? Some of our good old land-owners are against the fence law; not because of it being " aha boa oa firm fnrl if mure expensive, iui nu uuc imo o<j u^uiou ? out rightly; but because it changes the system of farming that he, his father and grand-father have all made a good living under, and says he wants the people to continue to do as they used to do, everybody to build their own fences. I most assuredly agree with him in this last phrase, but will say that his saying is acentennia lone, and that a new ceutury of American independence and progress has now begun, and that it is not necessary to hlot out all the sayings and doings of the past, to J make time and progress march together, but I in some cases we are to add to that which has I been said and done. Under this rule I beg leave to add to my venerable old brother j farmer's centennial saying, that he "wants ! every to build their own fences," I say, and J keep their stock within their enclosure, The new fence law, when put in operation, | will be of great benefit to every citizen of the State, viz.: It will tend to lull the sound of ! the ax man's stroke, and thereby protect and I increase our beautiful forests (which is now every day frightfully diminishing,) and by increasing the forest we do not only cheapen I the fuel and building timber, but science tells j us that we will increase our summer showers,; and consequently increase the products of the I 1 :_i I , Jand, in wiiicn every majviunai is iui.ctcBi.uu, Last, but not least, ft will make a wonderful improvement in ouratock. If any one doubts this, let hina tell me where we go to get all of our improved stock?the Ayreshire, Devon, Durham, Holstein, Alderney and Jersey j cows; the Cotswold, Southdown and Merino ! sheep ; the Berkshire, Essex and Suffolk hogs. All of these noted breeds of domestic animals originated in a country where they have a fence law similar to the one now proposed I with us. I may say further, that no one can point out a breeder of live stock who does ( not only fence up his stock in pastures, but at tbe same time he will find him fencing in his fields. For what ? To keep out other people's stock. Yours truly, P. H. D. 8. "the tropic stove, GREENSBORO* N. C. THE COOKING STOVES manufactured at our works in Greonsboro, N. C., give universal satisfaction wherever introduced. They are made of the BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, with heavier and thicker plate than any other Stove in the market, and consequently will the longer withstand heat and hard usage. They are of band some pattern uiid neat finish, and warranted equal in every other respect to any Cooking Stove sold e in the United States, while it is confidently claimed I that they are the CHEAPEST. All the usual pieces of ware and cooking utensils are furnished ' with each Stove. An important consideration 1 with purchasers is the fact that our patterns and ^ sizes are never changed. Should a piece get acci- I dentally broken at any time, we can replace it at o the mere cost of c;asting. Not simply because it o is a home production, buton account of its intrinsic merits as an articlo of household economy, do e we ask the patronage of homo purchasers. More > than ONE THOUSAND of these Stoves are now S in use, and among many others having them we respectfully refer to the following: R. E. Guthrie, e D. M. Campbell, M. ii. currence, xorK oouniy; * Mrs. Elizabeth J. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon, t Guthriesville; Jehn A. Brown, Rock Hill; B. P. Boyd, Joseph Herndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkville. e You can save the freight from the northern cities S and the dealer's profit, which is no small item, s by buying of us, and at the same-time get a STOVE THAT IS MORE DURABLE than those e of northern make. The following are our prices I delivered at depot in Greensboro: No. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, |30 00 e (i y <( <t tc it it ?t 26 00 G Address, SERGEANT ?fe McCAULEY, t Greensboro, N. C. f T. M. DOBSON <fe CO., Agents, Yorkville, S. C. JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, S. C. A. F. LINDSAY, Agent, McConnellsville, c York county, S. C. I J. L. CARROLL Agent at Chester. S. C. ' PRICES REDUCED. ] S "THE FAMILY FAVORITE" I T IMPROVED t NEW MODEL MACHINE. ? f Light-Running, Noiseless, No Gears, No Cams, No Springs, t! New and Elegant Styles of Wood Work. P From this date, by the expiration of Patents under which we have been paying royalties, we tl aer enabled to sell our machines at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES, ' and as low as those of any first-class machine. ^ & Send for Circulars and Price Lists. WEED SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, BALTIMORE. MD, ? 7 . - n Juno 7 23 tr a AGRICULTURAL DEPOT. cn a o BENNETT & MOFFATT, General Agents p FOR Agricultural Implements and Machines, ^ such as PLOWS, CORN-SHELLERS, GINS, n THRESHERS, CUTTING-KNIVES, etc., etc. n Among the machines is the JALLEY CHIEF REAPER AND MOWER. It saves all the grain, is light of draft and easily managed. FARQUHAR'S IMPROVED THRESHER. Palmetto combined Cotton Planter, Chopper, b! Cultivator and Distributor. ai TAILOR'S STEAM ENGINES, S upright and parallel. We learn each man to be fj his own Engineer. Satisfaction guaranteed. We la also REPAIR GINS, THRESHERS, ENGINES, hj etcetera, etcetera. ir BENNETT & MOFFATT, c Chester, S. C. !> May 8 18 ly ~BARNES' FOOT POWER MACHINERY. (I THIRTEEN v 1&. different machines with which f.! Builders, Cabinet Makers, Wag- ai f f 011 Makers, ftn(* Jobbers in Mis- ta Bn cellaneoua Work can compete QUALITY AND PRICE, n! with Steam Power Manufacturing; also, Amateurs' Supplies, Saw Bladen, ,r Fancy Woods and Designs. Say whore you read ^ this and send for Catalogue and Prices. ? W. F. A JOHN BARNES, J Rockford, Winnebago County, 111. ||j Juno 7 23 10m A ETTENGER & EDMONDS ; RICHMOND, VA. J,, Manufacturers of portable and station- re ary Engines, Boilers of all kinds, ^ CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, jj Grist Mills, Mill Goaring, Shafting, Pulleys, Ac., vi American Turbine ? WATER WHEELS, I and Cameron's Special Steam Pump. Send for Catalogue. WM. ETTENGER. H. P. EDMOND. th November 2 44 ly Si _ ?i^ be SFBO FOR CATALOG tfjSA. " April 5 14 ly* ?' u* for rent or sale. n THE DWELLING HOUSE AND LOT situated near the Methodist Church in Yorkville. The house is two-story and contains six large Pi rooms and basement. The lot contains about two jn acres and is well enclosed. On the lot is a well of water, a lumber house, stable, crib, etc. For fur- w ther particulars, apply to L. M. GRIST. te April 10 Id tf notice^ I AM still Agent for the "American" because it is the best and choapest Sewing Machine made. J. R. SCHORB afl December 21 51 tf an ""agricultural liens, ' MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to SI Real Estate. For sale at the sc ENQUIRER OFFICE. e< cheap goods. v "IT|7"HO has the cheapest Goods, for the cash, in ai ff town ? Col. McCORKLE. 3UR PREMIUM OFFERS. 1 CLUB BOOKS YET OPEN ! ITJTITH the view of accommodating a number TT of club-makers, whose clubs for the curent volume of the-ENQUIRER are not as large s they desire, as well also as to extend to all who nay aesire it the opportunity of obtaining the . taper at club rates, we have decided to keep open iur club books until the FIRST MONDAY OF NOVEMBER NEXT. Until that date, subsoritors will be received through club-makers, who tbtained 1 ist? under our previous offer?the clubnakers being duly accredited with all names they ' nay return under the present proposition, which tames will be added to their former lists. New 1 ilubs will also be received from those who may lesire to obtain any of the elegant Premiums we ffer for such service. In this connection we vould again invite attention to our LIST OF PREMIUMS, Phe articles comprising which have been adopttd by us with special reference to securing only irticles of value, and which will prove servlcea)le to those procuring them. The regular retail >rice is given with each, and they are just as good ls so much cash to those who receive them. All he articles are put down in our schedule at manifacturers' regular retail prices, and cannot be MUght with cash any lower than the prices here jlven. Premiums jn os. i, z ana 8 win de aenverea hrough the mails, to persons entitled to receive hem, free of cost. The other Premiums will be lelivered at the expense for freight charges, of hose receiving them. In cases where Premiums an be delivered at our publication office, arrangenents may be perfected for reducing the freight iharges on small articles to a nominal amount. Phe charges for freight on the Silver Ware and lutlery Premiums will be from New York ; on he Cooking Stoves from Greensboro, N. C.; and in the Sewing Machines from Baltimore. Md. OUR LIBERAL OFFERS. No. 1.?For a club of 4 subscribers, at $2.50 acli, we will give a treble silver-plated BUTTER INIFE, worth $1.00. No. 2.?For a club of 8 subscribers, at $2.50 each, vre will give one copy of the family edition (cloth finding) of SMITH'S ABRIDGED BIBLE DICTIONARY, the publisher's price of which is 3.50.per copy. -Or for $4.50 we will give a copy if the Bible Dictionary and send the Enquirer me year to any single subscriber not in a clnb. , No. 3.?For a club of 10 subscribers, at $2.50 ach, we will give a copy of the ENQUIRER one 'car, or a set of six treble silver-plated TEA IPOONS, worth $3.00. I No. 4.?For a club of 15 subscribers, at $2.50 ach, we will give one set?six of each?Hard lubber-Handle TABLE KNIVES AND FORKS, he manufacturer's price of which is $5.00. No. 5.?For a club of 16 subscribers, at $2.50 ach, we will give either a treble silver-plated lYRUP CUP, worth $6.00; or a set of six treble ilver-plated TABLE SPOON8, worth $6.00. No. 6.?For a club of 18 subscribers; at $2.50 1 ach. we will give a treble silver-plated BUTTER )TSH, worth $8.00. No. 7.?For a club of 20 subscribers, at $2.50 ach, we will give one set of six solid cast steel ival-handle TABLE KNIVES, and one set of six reble silver-plated TABLE FORKS, the manuacturer's price of which articles is $10.00. No. 8.?For a club of 30 subscribers, at $2.50 ach, we will give a full setofextra superfine, full ival ivory-handlo TABLE KNIVES, with siiverfiated blades, and a full set of treble silver-plated n A Df I? T?ni?I7Q fKn monnfQcfnror'Q nri^fl nf vhich articles is 815.00. No. 9.?For a club of 40 subscribers, at 82.50 lach, we will give one No. 8 TROPIC COOKING 1TOVE, with pipe and a full set of fixtures, the nanufactnrer's price of which is $30.00. No. 10.?For a club of 40 subscribers, at $2.50 ach, we will give one three-Quart, treble silver- , dated COMMUNION SERVICE, consisting ol , (IX pieces, worth $40. No. 19.?For a club of 55 subscribers, at $2.60 ach, we will give a WEED SEWING MACHINE, Walnut Plain Half-Case, with two Drawrs and Drop Leaf, the manufacturer's prioe of phieh is $75. Specimens of the Sewing Machines, and learly all the other articles included in the above ' irem'ium list, can be seen and examined at our iiiblication office; and in all cases we guarantee hat the Premiums furnished to those entitled o receive them, will be equal to the specimens i hown TERMS AND CONDITIONS. 1 It is not necessary that the names of a clul> ' bonld all beat thesamepost office. Names may i io taken at any number of placos if they are all eturned by the same Club Agent. One name . r>r two years, will bo equivalent to two names for ne year each. The time for completing clubs under the above . ffer is limited to the FIRST MONDAY OF ! JOVEMBER, 1877, by which time the names with ' he cash, should be returned to the office, though lames may be returned at any time between this nd the above date. No premium will be deliverd until the requisite number of names has been . eturned, and the full amount due for them paid. All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at he expense of those sending them. In sending names, write plainly, giving couny, post-office and State. , All subscriptions will be discontinued at the ex- , {ration of the time paid for. All subscribers to the Enquirer will receive bo paper free of postage. Persons entitled to receive Premiums, must ive full directions as to wnom ana now uiey hall be delivered. A separate list will be kept for each elnb-maker, , rho will be credited witn every name sent, so 1 liat the number returned by any person can be scertained at a moment's notice } THE TIME OF CLOSINO. Clnb-makers, and those who may wish to form lubs, ' hould bear in mind that the offers we here ] resent do not invite competition for Premiums, s in the case of working to secure the largest lub. Each club-maker sending the requisite umber of subscribers will obtain the Premium ffered for the specified number. The time, how- ' ver, for completing a club is limited, under the resent offer, until the FIRST MONDAY OF ( rOVEMBER, 1877. Names may be sent in at ny time prior to the above date. Send the amea as fast as obtained, accompanied with the j ash, and the Premium will be delivered when le requisite number of names has been returned. ' DESCRIPTIVE LIST. 1 Our Cooking Stove Premium. I The elegant Cooking 8tove? which we offer as Premiums, j e manufactured by Messrs. Sergeant k McCauley, at Greens- / iro, N. C. These Stoves are made of the best Scotch pig met, with heavier and thicker plate than any other stove In the 1 arket, and consequently will the longer withstand heat and ?rd usage. They are of a handsome pattern and neat finish, id warranted equal In points of appearance, durability and su- I >rior cooking qualities, to any Stove manufactured In the hlon. The stove we have selected to give as a Premium Is the rgcst size made by the manufacturers, and slth each one will furnished, without charge, three Joints anj one elbow of pipe, id all the necessary cooking utensils, viz. . one ham boiler, one jlge pot and cover, one tea kettle, one round frying pan, one ngfrylngpan, one round griddle, one pair waffle Irons, two sheet 1 on bread pans, one scraper ana one inter. wvrr five thou- 5 lnd of these stove* are In use In Virginia and North nnd South . arollna, nnd they give universal satisfaction. The stoves will J s shipped to those entitled to receive them as Premiums, direct 1 om the manufactory In Greensboro N. C. ( J Sewing Machine Premium. . The superior Sewing Machine we offer as a Premium, Is . ic well-known Weed Machine and I* manufactured by the ! feed Sewing Machine Company, Hartford, Conn. It Is adnpt < I to all the wants of family sewing; it can be readily enmpre- 1 snded by anyone; It runs easily; Is always ready; will do any id all kinds of sewing with less changing and fewer extra at- 1 climents; is self adjusting; Isa two-thread Machine, making 1 Elastic Lock-Stltch; stands solid and Ann, with long and omy folding table, and has the convenience of two drawers, everal of these Mnchines, during the pnst year, have been divered to persons who have returned the requisite number of f tme*. Smith's Bible Dictionnry. s Thl* Dictionary Is the work of Dr. William Smith, of the 1 nlverslty of London, and the most eminent lexicographer In 1 e world, who, In lis preparation associated with himself over j iventy distinguished divines nnd authors, of both Europe and 1. ils country, In the great task of preparing a comprehensive Die- ' unary of the Bible, and supplying a want long felt by the rcllg- S us public. The result of these labors appeared In three large 6 id very costly volumes, a wonderful monument of learning, n abridgement of this great work, for popular use, made by Dr. mitli himself, Is the one we have nrranged to furnish our sub rlbora. The book contains every name In the Bible respecting hlcli anythingenn be said. It embraces the results of historic search, antiquarian Investigation, the study of languages and alects, and the discoveries of the modern traveler* and explo re In the Holy Land?Robinson, Rawllnson, Ferguson, Lay d, Offert and Stanley. The noon is printen troin new siereupe plates, on good paper, and Is appropriately Illustrated with J rcr 125 Engravings of beautifttl Scenes, Ancient Titles, and t emorahle Plnecs of the Holy Land, descriptive Figures nnd a tillable Maps. It contains nearly 800 closely-printed, double- . ilinnn, octavo pages, Including 24 elegant full-page, Steel and * food Engravings. It Is printed in type of a heavy, distinct, and ' ^ legible face. The publisher's price of the Dictionary Is I Three-Quart Communion Set. Churches unsupplled with a Communion Set appropriate to J e requirements of the sacred rite of administering the Lord's jpper, can, by our Premium arrangement, secure a fine, treble Iver-plated three quart Communion Set of six pieces, with llt5 trouble, and, comparatively, at no cost. The number of subrlbers required in order to secure this valuable and elegant Ser- j ce can be procured In almost any congregation; and the mem t irs who mny be thus called upon to contribute their share ol ^ c expense, will receive In return more than the value of their v intrlbutlon In n year's subscription to die paper. * Our Silver Ware and Cutlery Premiums. With the very liberal offer which we are enabled to make, a inutlfully furnished table is now within the reach of almost ev- 1 y house-keeper; and here Is an opportunity, of which, If the riles avail themselves, they mny secure, with but little trouble, ^ rnlunhle set of Silver or Cutlery. Those articles nre made for ? i by the Lucius Hart Manufacturing Company, 22 Fulton street, t ew York, and nre warranted to be of the best material. u Value of onr Premiums. 8 We would Impress upon every one the (bet thai all of our emiums are first-class goods, nnd the prices attached to diem our lists nre the regular retail prices at which die articles sell all dealers nnd the manufacturers diemselvcs. It Is only by e most advantageous terms given us by the manufacturers that i e are enabled to make die liberal offers we do, and we guaran- I e every article to be exnedy as represented. j A Club aud an Extra Copy. For a club of ten subscribers paid in advance at the regular ab rates, we will give, Instead of a Premium, an extra copy of g e paper to any who may prefer dint arrangement; but in con- i quence of die liberal Premiums we are now offering, we cannot * ford to give an extra copy to the club-maker who recslvea ly Premiums enumerated on our list. rerms of Subscription?Free of Postage. ? ingle copy one year, $3.00. In clubs, each sub- C triber, per year, $2.50. Money may be forward- ? 1 at our risk by draft, post-offlce order or regis- 1 ired letter?otherwise we will assume no risk. 1 frite names plainly, giving post-offloe, county id State. Address all letters to r L. M. GRIST, Publisher, Yorkville, S. 0. t THE COLUMBIA REGISTER, . t / f } PUBLISHED DAILY, TBI-WEEKLY ADD WEEKLY, , , At COLUMBIA, S. CM by v HOYT, EMLYN & M'DANIEL. JAMES A. BOTT, Editor. 9 -y THE DAILY REGISTER contains the latest news of the day, all commercial, political and other matter sent by telegraph, full local reports, editorials upon all current topics, and GRANGE AND AGRICULTURAL DEPART- 1 MENTS. } The Daily has a circulation extending to all parte of the State, is circulated in nearly every State in the Union, and is constantly increasing ; therefore as an advertising medium it cannot be surpassed. THE TRI-WEEKLY REGISTER Is issued every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morning, and contains ail the news of two days in one issue. ,,. >-./ THE WEEKLY REGISTER is an EIGHT PAGE paper, containing forty-eight columns, embracing the ciearn of the news of each week. This papier is within the reach of every family, . and we are pleased to state the fact that its large circulation is rapidly Increasing. THE REGISTER is now the Organ of the State Orange, and all matters of interest to the Patrons of Husbandry will be treated in their appropriate department, The Agricultural and Grange articles will appear in each ot our publicationsDaily, Tri-Weekly and Weekly. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. daily register. One year. $7.00 Six months. ? 3.50 Three months 1.75 tri-weekly register. One year .. 5.00 Six months, 2.50 Three months, 1.25 WEEKLY REGISTER. One year,...........: 2 00 Six months.. 1 00 Three months, J 50 May 81 22 tf G. H. O'LEART. THE undersigned would respiectftilly remind the public that he is still engaged in the manufacture of Saddles, Bridles, Harness, Ac., and will also do all kinds of repairing at low prices for cash. SADDLES. A full supply or laaies' Ana geniiemen-a omudles, of all the different styles and qualities, constantly on hand and sold at the lowest cash prices. HARNESS. I keep on hand a complete stock of Harness, of all styles?for wagon, buggy and carriage?made of superior stock, in the most workmanlike manner, to which I invite the inspection of the public. SUNDRIES. I Collars, Whips, Martingales, Bridles, Halters, Circingles, Hames, Hamestrings, 8adole Blankets, <fec., <ftc., in full supply, and at the lowest prices. FURNITURE. In connection with my Saddlery establishment I shall also conduct the FURNITURE BUSINESS, and keep on hand 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. G. H. O'LEARY. DINING TABLES, &C. ~~ EXTENSION Dining Tables and Dining Chairs, for sale, by G. H. O'LEARY. I BEDSTEADS. A NICE lot of Walnut Bedsteads just received. Also, Maplo and Poplar and Cottage Bedsteads for sale by G. H. O'LEARY. COOKING STOVES. THE Cotton King Cooking Stove is a No. 1 I Stove. Call and see before buying. For sale cheap, by G. fib O'LEARY. TORK MA RBL.E Y ARD. THE undersigned is still conducting the Marble Business in Yorkville, and wonld respectfully inform the public that he can supply those in want of MONUMENTS or HEADSTONES with anything in his line, and at the lowest cash prices. Monuments designed and finished in tne mosi Blaborate style, and in point of workmanship and material warranted equal to the work of any establishment in the country. Head and Footstones, in various styles, from plain to highly-carved work, furnished at short notice, and satisfaction guaranteed. Specimens usually on hand, to an inspection 7>f which, those in want of marble work are respectfully invited. Estimates and any other desired information jheerfullv given at any time. Work "delivered at any point on the Chester ^ ind Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, between " Chester and Dallas, or at any place between Rock Hill and Winnsboro, on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, free of charge foriransportation. Thankful for the patronage heretofore bestowed! spon my establishment, my determination is to? merit a continuance of the same. F. HAPPERFIELD. January 4 1 ly BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY STATIONERY. AND BOOK BINDERY. rHANKING the public for liberal past patronage, I now invite attention to my complete itock of STAPLE AND FANCY STATIONERY. insisting, in part, of Flat Papers, Midinm, Foio Post, Demy, Letter and Note. Blank Books, >f every variety; Envelopes, Slates, Ink, Ac, Fancy Stationery, Gold Pens and Pencils, Penknives, Writing Desks, Ac. Also, BOOK BINDING DONE, n all its various branches. Sheet Music, Periodcais, Law Books, Ac., bound in any style desired. , )la Books rebound and repaired. 'RIHTED BILL AND LETTER HEADS A SPECIALTY, fa Orders promptly attended to, at lowest cash >rices. E. R. STOKES, 155 Main Street Columbia, 8. C. CHEER YOUR HOMES WITH MTT8IC. " [HAVE made such arrangements with that enterprising and reliable Southern Wholesale* Sou3e, Ludden and Bates, of Savannah, 1 hat I canT"-? mpplv, on short notice, the Mason A Hamlin Or- . rans, "Pianosof the most celebrated manufactories,. Sheet Music, or any other kind of Musical Mershandize, at the lowest factory prices, and at prices idapted to these hard times. A settled determinaion to sell nothing I cannot recommend, and a jractical acquaintance of many years with such joods, enables me to offer great inducements to jurchasers. Call at my Photo-Gallery for further particn.T R flPHORR December 21 51 tf BARBER SHOP. rHOSE in want of an EA8Y 8HAYE, a fashionable and stylish cut of hair, or a pleasant ind luxurious Shampoo, are reminded that rHOS. BALLARD, Professor of the ArtTonso ial, is still in business, in his old Shop next door o the Enquirer building, where it will afford lim great pleasure to wait upon all who may deire his services. Razors honed and sharpened, md any other work of that kind promptly done. THOMAS BALLARD. December 21 51 tf CLEANSING AND REPAIRING. rHE undersigned would respectfully inform the public that he is prepared to oleanse garnents of any fabric whatever, rendering thein >erfectly clean, and if unfaded, restoring tnem to he original brightness and lustre of the goods. )o not throw away your old clothes, but havehem cleaned and mado (o look as well as new.. York promptly done, and at the most reasona>le prices. THOMAS BALLARD. March 29 18 tf I. R. SCHORB'S PHOTO-GALLERY. * 1ST HOUSE EAST OF THE JAIL. A SUPERIOR Skylight, a gallery with every fV. convenience, and a determination to do my iest. enables me to promise satisfaction to all in eant of correct and flattering likenesses. Cloudy reather is as good or better than sunshine for all ubjects, except small children. NOTICE. [RESPECTFULLY inform the publio that I atn prepared to sharpen razors, scissors, shears nd other fine-edged instruments. Prices?for loningand sharpening razors, 25 cents, and for harpening scissors or shears, 10 cents each, and atisfaction guaranteed or no charge. TOM BALLARD, Barber. November 80 48 tf WRAPPING PAPER. PkLD Newspapers, of large size, suitable for U wrapping, for sale at 50 cents per hundred, ,t the ENQUIRER OFFICE. March 9 5 ly He futMle $nqnim. 1 TERMS?IN ADVANCE t )ne copy, one year. $ 8 00 * )ne copy, six months, 1 50 )ne copy, three months, 1 00 lingle copy, 10 Fwo copies, one year, 5.00 ten copies, one year, 25 00 To persons who make up clubs of ten or nore names, an extra oopy of the paper will be? urniahed one year, free of charge. .