Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, September 26, 1878, Image 4
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Lobsters Extraordinary.?One of our
restaurants boasts of an Irish Munchausen who
acts in the humble capacity of waiter, and
adds much to the entertainment of guests.
One of them, being'served with small lobsters,
asked, "Do you call that a lobster,
Mike?" "Faix, I believe they do be callin
thira lobsters here, sur. We call 'em crabs
at home." "Oh," said the diner, "You have
lobsters in Ireland ?" "Is it lobsters ? Begorra,
the creek is full of 'em. Many a time
have I seen 'em whin I've lepped over the
sthraraes." "How large do lobsters grow in
Ireland ?" "Well," said Mike, thoughtfully,
"To shpake widin bounds, sur, I'd say a matter
of five or six feet." "What! five or six
feet; how do they got around in those
creeks ?" "Bedad, sur, the creeks in Ireland
are fifty or sixty feet wide," said
the unabashed Mike. "But," said the persistent
inquirer, "you said you had seen them
when you were leaping over the streams, and
lobsters here live in the sea." "Deed, I did,
sur; we've powerful leppers in Ireland. As
for the say, sur, I've seen it red wid 'em."
"But look here, my fine fellow," said the
guest, thinking he had cornered the Hibernian,
at last, "lobsters are not red until they
are boiled." "Doan't I know that ?" said
Mike, reproachfully: "but there are bilin'
springs in the ould counthry, an' they shwim
throo 'em an' come out ready for ye to crack
open and ate." and Mike walked off to wait
upon the next guest, leaving his interlocutor
to digest the lobster, and the story.
fta?" The editor of a rural weekly thus begins
his "funny column" in a recent edition :
"Our readers must not expect this column to
be characterized to-day by its customary
brilliancy. We don't somehow feel very funny
this week. Monday morning we fell down
stairs with a cook stove while moving; in the
afternoon two hundred and fifty pounds
weight of humanity fell upon us with a horsewhip
for a criticism in our last edition upon
his character, and then had us arrested for
assault and battery, fined $25 or jail for ten
days, and bound us over to keep the peace.
Tuesday our wife ran away with a butcher,
who unfortunately was just about our size and
could wear our clothes without alterations.
Wednesday we won a lawsuit about a house.
The lawyer toook the house in part payment
for his services. Thursday a fire destroyed
the block where our printing office is located;
our building remained unscathed. Friday
was election, and we ran for Supervisor.
Saturday our wife came back." Any man who
can write funny articles under such distressing
circumstances, ought to be boxed up and
marked "Permanent Exhibition Company,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania."
B?* A colored preacher in Florida thus
held forth: "My brudring, the Israelites went
over the Red Sea on the ice. They got over
all safe; and dat's de reason why Moses sung
de song ob praise. In de morning, when de
sun was up hot, Pharaoh and de 'Gyptians
come wid deir great lumbering chariots of
iron. Dey broke through de ice, and went to
the bottom of de sea." "Stop derel" exclaimed
a hearer. "I want to ask a question.
I've read Geography, and Egypt's a hot country.
It's under de Tropics, its near the 'Qua^^
Jam Watr Ann]/)
IUI", auu UBID aiut UU ItC UCIC. nun wumu
dey go over on de ice, an' dere no ice dere?"
To which the preacher, responded: "I am
glad you asked that question. Now I can
'splain. That comes of readiDg G'ograpby,
instead of de Bible. My brudring, when de
chillen of Israel go ober de Bed Sea, dat was
great while ago ; before dere was any Tropics,
before dare was auy 'Quat^r. Dat's de reason
dere was ice my brudring."
A Gloom Cast O'er the Scene.?"Beautiful,
beautiful silken hair," Philip murmured
fondly, toying lovingly with one of her nutbrown
tresses, "soft as the plumage on an angel's
wing ; light as the thistle down that
dances on the summer air ; the shimmer of
sunset, the glitter of yellow gold, the rich red
brown of autumnal forests blend in entrancing
beauty in its?" And just then it came
off in his handstand he forgot just what to
say next. There was a moment of profound
silence, and then Aurelia took it from him
and went out of the room with it. When she
came back he was gone. They meet now, but
they meet as strangers, and the eyes that were
wont to beam upon each other with the awakened
love light, now glare as though life was
an eternal wash day.?Burlington Hawkeye.
A Shot Above the Target.?He was a
young man of a scientific turn of mind, and
it was his first night out with a new girl. He
remarked, as he cast his eyes heavenward
and referred to the glory of the skies : "Such
stupendous wonders are entirely incomprehensible
; one becomes wrapped in feelings of
admiration coupled with awe, giving one a
sensation of spiritual elevation, a transraogrification
of earthly desires ." "It must
be the fumes from the furnaces," broke in the
young lady; "they often affect me in the
same way. Wright's pills are good for the
complaiut." She was.all sympathy the remainder
of the walk, while he relapsed into
a gloomy silence, and bid her good night at
the gate without an attempt to renew the conversation.?Eureka
(ATev.) Leader.
At the dinner of the Rorasey Agricultural
Society, in England, a clergyman said
that the records of Komsey Abbey showed that
his predecessors in the livings of St. Leonard
and St. Lawrence received in the north
aisle their tithes in kind. They receive every
tenth cow, calf or pig. A rather pompous,
tight-laced clergyman was one day called
upon to christen a child, but on asking its
name, the woman who brought it said, "I
don't know, sir; its your child, sir!" "My
child!" exclaimed he. "Yes, sir, its the tenth
child, sir," replied the woman.
&of* A Mississippi boatman with immense
feet, stopping at a public house on the levee,
asked the porter for a boot-jack to pull off his
boots. The colored gentleman, after examining
the stranger's feet, broke out as follows:
"No jack here big nuff fordem feets. Jackass
couldn't pull 'em off, massa, widout fracturing
de leg. Youse better go back about
tree miles to de forks in de road an' pull 'em
off dar."
Thirsty.?A "hard case" was interrogated,
the other Sunday, by a friend who had
just seen him at church, but whom he now
found swallowing a glass of brandy and water
at a public bar-room: "I saw yoa in
church this morning listening to a discourse
upon righteousness and temperance; how
comes it that I now see you here drinking ?"
"I always thirst after righteousness," was the
answer.
One day while Dickens was being taken
by a photographer, the result being the wellknown
picture in which he is shown writing,
the artist told him that he did not hold the pen
right, and suggested that he should take it
more naturally in his fingers. "Just as though
you were writing one of your novels, Mr. Dickens,"
said he. "I see," said Dickens, "all of'er
twist."
?&??* Leasing, the German philosopher, being
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very auseul-lli lLiueu, ? mo unu uuui
one evening, when the servant, looking out of
an upper window and not recognizing him,
said. "The Professor is not at home." "Oh!
very well," replied Leasing, composedly, and
walking away; "I shall call another time."
A grocer being solicited to contribute
to the building of a church, promptly subscribed
his name to the paper in the following
manner : "John Jones (the only place in
town where you can get eleven pounds of sugar
for a dollar) twenty-five cents."
A boy gave his teacher this illustrative
definition of "responsibility: "Boys has two
buttons for their s'penders so's to keep their
pants up. When one button comes off, why
there's a good deal of responsibility on the
other button."
! She fatta and side.
Questions for Farmers.?No farmer is
in a position to act intelligently in the pursuit
of his business, unless he can answer such
questions as these: How do I stand with the
world ? What am I worth ? What are my
liabilities ? When and how must these liabilities
be met? What part of ray property
is productive ? What kinds of grain, potatoes
and other produce have been most profitable,
and how much per acre, in dollars and
cents, will Fife or Russian wheat bring me
more than some other kind ? Will it pay
best to raise Berkshires, or Suffolk, or Poland
China, or some other breed of hogs ? How
much has the making of butter and cheese
cost me, and how much have they brought
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Many farmers can make shrewd guesses in
answer to these questions, but cannot give the
figures to support their assertions?and such
guesses are frequently very far from accurate.
As a result, serious losses occur from a continuance
in a course which the farmer thinks to
be profitable.
Now, for the remedy. Let every farmer
keep a set of account books. What we mean
is this ; that every farmer may, by recording
all his business transactions, (one or two inexpensive
books would answer the purpose,)
make it possible for him to answer such ques-.
tions as those suggested above, and thus place
himself in a position to carry on his business
intelligently and profitably.?Rural World.
To Get Rid of House Pests.?Hot alum
water is a recent suggestion as an insecticide.
It will destroy red and black ants, cockroaches,
spiders, chinch bugs, and all the crawling
pests which infest our houses. Take two
pounds of alum and dissolve it in three or
four quarts of boiling water ; let it stand on
the fire till the alum dissappears; then apply
it with a brush, while nearly boiling hot, to
every joint and crevice in you closets, bedsteads,
pantry shelves, and the like. Brush
the crevices in the floor of the skirting or.
mop boards, if you suspect that they harbor
vermin. If, in whitewashing a ceiling, plenty
of "alum is added to the lime, it will also
serve to keep insects at a distance. Cockroaches
will flee the paint which has been
washed in cool alum water. Sugar barrels
and bpxes can be freed from ants by drawing a
chalk mark just around the edge of the top
of them. The mark must be unbroken, or
they will creep over it; but a continuous
chalk mark half an inch in width will set dep
redations at naught. Powdered alum or borax
will keep the chinch bug at a respectable
distance, and travelers should always carry
a package in their hand bags, to scatter over
and under their pillows, in places where they
suspect the presence of such bed-fellows.
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Where to Plant an Apple-Orchard.
The best site for an apple-orchard?and we
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may aaa a peacn orcnaru?is uuuuuuieuiy u
northern exposure. Experience in every direction
proves this. We do not say that ap
pies will not do well in valleys or southern
exposures, but not uniformly so well by any
means. Any one who chooses to know, ought
to be informed that uniformity of temperature
and retardation in budding are everything
in health and promoting the productiveness
of any fruit tree. An orchard planted,
say in this latitude, on a hill-side, with a
full northern exposure, always stands the
Winter and is uniformly productive. That
with a southern exposure, planted in valleys
or protected by belts, is liable to constant
changes of temperature ; buds early and is
subject to late frosts, which prevail only in
low situations, and to consequent destruction
of the crop of fruit.
It may be just as well for those who may
contemplate setting out an orchard this Fall,
to bear this in mind. All desire to know the
surest way to success in any crop, and this is
undoubtedly the surest way in apple growing,
and in peach-growing, too.? Germantown Tel
egraph.
Set the Boys to Work.?It is painful to
note, of late years, how many criminals come
from honorable old American families. It is
because they have been brought up to be
"above" hard work. Meantime, sturdy for
eigners, who know the worth of a home in
this free country, quietly take possession of the
plow, the spade and the hammer. They dig
and delve as the pioneer ancestors digged and
delved. Their strong-limbed boys and girltare
put to the common schools till they are
old enough to work, when they, too, must earn
their own living and help earn that of others.
From the ranks of these children of foreignborn
citizens, will come the men of power
who are to rule this country in the next generation.
The scepter is gliding into the hands
of men whose parents have brought them up
to work. It must be poor comfort to those
who are losing this balance of power to look
around them and observe how large a number
of the fashionable embezzlers, defaulters, <$;c.,
are the sons of old American families. The
only remedy is to put the "high-toned" young
American upon a farm, or in a shop and work
off his weakness, laziness and wickedness.
Food for Horses.?It has become quite
common of late to hear of the sudden death
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oi vaiuauie nurses, auu iu? wuuuei is mai
they should die so suddenly, when it was supposed
that the best care was given in regard
to their food, exercise, etc. The fact is that
very few owners of horses seem to be aware of
the great danger of feeding fine meal to
horses. Many an excellent animal is taken
suddenly ill, and in spite of every effort for
its relief, dies in a short time, the only thing
out of the way in its case having been the
feeding of fine meal. The trouble is, that
frequently the meal hardens, literally bakes,
on the wall of the stomach, forming an indigestible
mass that cannot be removed, and
from the suffering it causes, there is no relief
but death. The livery men in towns and
j cities have discovered this fact, and for meal
are substituting cracked corn, which is wholesome,
nourishing and never attended with
danger. It is time horse owners generally
were made acquainted with these facts.
Cure for Rheumatism.?The following
story comes from Bohemia, and the Bohemians
are known to be always strictly truthful:
A woman near Prague suffered so severeI
ly from gout in the arm that she could not
I obtain rest or sleep, and the limb in which
j the disease had settled was rendered entirely
: useless. Her husband, having heard of a
i countryman who had been completely cured
1 of rheumatism after being accidentally stung
] by a bee, persuaded her to try this disagreeai
ble remedy, which, as he pointed out, could
i hardly prove so painful as the disease. She
i consented, and allowed three bees to be put
j on her arm, and to sting her in several places.
! Surprising results ensued: the patient soon
after fell into a long and deep sleep, the first
real sleep she had enjoyed for six months, j
after which the acute pain disappeared ; and,
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! sided, the arm recovered the power of motion, I
and the gout has not since reappeared.
Government Whitewash.?The mixture \
1 known as Government whitewash, because it,
! is used on light-houses, forts, and other govi
eminent buildings, is made as follows : Slake !
half a bushel of good lime in boiling water in a j
' covered vessel, and strain it through a fine j
sieve; add a peck of fine salt, dissolved in a ;
, small quantity of hot water, three pounds of'
I rice boiled with water to a thin paste, one i
pound of Spanish whiting, one pound of glue
softened by soaking in water and then dis
solved over a waterbath, and five gallons of <
hot water. Agitate, cover from dust, and
allow to stand for several days; apply hot.
Slaked lime or hydraulic cemeut mixed with
skimmed milk makes a cheap and durable
paint for out door work.
$3?" A garden should not be shaded by large
trees, since but few plants flourish under shade
and drip, while the strong roots of trees often '
| usurp all ths soil, and appropriate to them- j
i selves all the best of the garden.
I grading fat iftc $aifet&. j
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CONDUCTED BY
HEV. ROBERT LATHAN.
I OBEDIENCE AND THE COMFORTER.
j The promise of the Comforter which our
Lord gave to His disciples in one of the last
moments He spent with them before His passion,
follows the exhortation, "If ye love me,
keep my commandments," aod seems to have
close connection with it. Loving and obeying
Christ, the disciples should receive God's
gracious gift. It is in answer to Christ's prayer.
It is the effect of His work. It is the
consequence of His intercession. Not as
though the Father were unwilling to grant it,
but it comes to us through the Son?"that
all men may honor the Son, even as they
honor the Father."
"The gift of the Spirit," says one, "is a fruit
of Christ's mediation purchased by His mer- |
it, and taken out by His intercession. iJut
still, though the Comforter coraes to ub for
Christ's sake, He coraes for Christ's sake in a
particular order, and the order is, we must
show our love to Christ" by living after new
obedience. When we show our love to Christ
by endeavoring to keep his commands, feiar-ing
the approach of sin, and calling in the
grace of God to enable us to walk in some
measure and way of new obedience, then the
Comforter comes."
The comfort which the Holy Spirit imparts
to the believer is such as is felt by a mind at
peace with God and with itself. It is such a
lively, satisfying comfort as that man possesses,
who from his heart can say, "God is my
friend and Father. He is reconciled to me,
and at peace with me. He will provide for
me and protect roe. All my concerns are in
His hauds. I leave myself to Him, to do
what He pleases with me, assured that He
will do what is best 'for me. I am thankful
for the favors which he bestows on me. I am
contented with the portion which He allows
me. Whether He give or take away, I am
resigned to His will, for I know that He
carelh for me, and will make all things work
together for ray good, for my final, everlasting
good, the good of ray soul, my salvation,
through eternity." It need hardly be asked,
Whether the man who can truly use this language
is not a happy man, whether this is not
a state of mind in which true peace and blessedness.
are if anywhere, to be found ?
Such, however, is the state of miud which
the Spirit, in discharging the important office
of Comforter, produces and maintains.
This is peculiarly His office. The Father,
indeed, comforts all true Christians. He is
called "the God of all comfort" and 'the
God of consolation." The Lord Jesus comi
forts them. He is called "the consolation of
Israel." But this is not enough. The Holy
Spirit is emphatically the Comforter. Friends
comfort, ministers comfort, the Scriptures
comfort, Providence comforts; the cross of
Christ comforts ; but not one of all these comforts
without the Spirit. All the bliss of
heaven is at His disposal, and He can take
as much of it as he pleases, and give us as
much as He pleases, and after we have received
this he can take more and more, and
give us more and more as our sorrows rise.
They must rise higher than the joy of heaven
before they can exceed His power to comfort.
Let Christians rejoice in Christ's gracious readiuess
to bestow on them so inestimable a gift.
DANCING.
The Chief of Police of New York says
that three-fourths of the abandoned girls in
that city were ruined by dancing. Young
ladies allow gentlemen privileges in dancing
which, if taken under any other circumstances,
these gentlemen would be reported as improper
persons. I have a sister who has
passed away. On a marble block is written,
"Willing to be absent from the body and to
be present with the Lbrd." I had rather go
there with my sighs, tears, flowers, prayers,
and visit that little grave as a shrine, than
have her present in the body, and see her one
night in the dizzy and promiscuous ball room.
It requires neither brains, good morals nor
religion to be a good dancer. It leads to being
in bad society. I never saw such a vicious
crowd of young men at our college as on a
night when there was to be a ball. It won't
mix with religion any more than oil and wa
ter will mix. As the love of one increases,
the love of the other decreases. How many
eminent Christians are distinguished dancers ?
As certain as the atmosphere around the thermometer
at zero, will freeze things, as certain
as the wind that is bellying the sail win drive
the boat, so certain will dancing freeze the religious
sentiment out of the soul; it will drive
its devotee away from the church ; it is a wind
that blows in that direction. No dancing is
spoken of in the Bible that was done by divine
authority. In ancient times the sexes
danced separately.
Alcohol is the "spirit*' of beverages. Take
it out, aud the young men of the laud would
as soon seek a beverage in the swill tub as in
the saloon. The sex is the spirit of the dance.
Take it away, and let the sexes dance sepa
rately, and dancing would shortly be out of
fashion. Parlor dancing is dangerous. Tippling
leads to drunkenness, and parlor dancing
leads to ungodly balls. Tippling and
parlor dancing sow to the wind, and both
reap the whirlwind. Put dancing in the crucible,
applying the acids, weigh it. and the
verdict of reason, morality, and religion, is
"Weighed in the balance and found wanting."
Rev. S. J. To.mlinson, in Indianapolis Journal.
Spiritual Nervousness.?There may be
a nervousness about spiritual as well as physical
health. There may be a too constant fixing
of our attention upon our frames and
feelings. It is true we must keep our hearts
with all diligence; it is true we must watch,
but then watching to see what is the present
state of our souls is not our only duty. We
are to watch unto prayer and effort. He will
never do anything physically, whose whole
soul is occupied with doubting whether his
health will permit him to do a certain work.
Nor will he do anything spiritually whose
mind is occupied with doubting whether his
soul is in a condition for peforming duty.
A Christian must not be ignorant of his j
heart. He must not couceal from himself his I
manifold imperfections. But he is not to do
nothing but contemplate those imperfections.
He must use the means of correcting them.
"Don't you feel discouraged when you get a
view of your heart ?" said a Christian to his
neighbor.
"No," was the reply, "it makes me feel the
greater need of hastening with it to Christ."
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Growth of the Mennonites.?From the
Examiner and Chronicle : "This sect took its
origin from Menno Simmons, a Dutch j
Anabaptist of the time of the Reformation.
In this country their strength is largely in
Pennsylvania, though thev have representa-1
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tivea 111 over a dozen States. They are esti-;
mated now at about 200,000, and are said to j
be on the increase. In religious belief they j
are a cross between the quakers and Baptists ; j
holding the Baptistic views regarding the ordinances,
and Quaker views regarding citizen-;
ship, the duty of non-resistance, etc. They
discard the Old Testament as a rule of faith [
and practice, though admitting its value as
literature and history, and deny that there is
any such thing as "original sin." In spite of;
this, however, they are rather Calvanists than
Armenians. As citizens they are thrifty,!
frugal and law-abiding, and deserving and
gaining the good opinion of the communities j
in which they live."
Clean Hands.?He who ascends into the
hill of God must have a pure heart, but he j
must also hare clean hands. The hands soil-;
ed and stained with vice and crime are not
such as will be grasped by those who are in
waiting on the shining shore. But if the I
heart be pure, washed by the blood of Christ, j
and visited by the influences of the Holy
Ghost, the hands?the outward lives?will i
also be pure, and there will be a double
assurance of a right to enter the holy place.
foiMle iSmquim.
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Single copy, 10
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consists of the space occupied by eight lines of
this size type. Contracts can be made for three,
six or twelve months, and a reduction obtained
from the regular transient rates.
CL.ARKJBROTHERS
OUR STOCK OF GROCERIES]
1*7E invite the attention of the public to our
f stick ot Groceries, which is complete in
every respect.
OUR GOODS ARE FIRST CLASS.
OUR GOODS ARE FRESH.
OUR GOODS ARE CHEAP.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.
TRY OUR FIVE POUND COFFEE.
TRY' OUR TEN POUND SUGAR.
TRY OUR CHALLENGE BRAND HAMS.
TRY OUR SUGAR-LOAF HAMS.
MASON'S FRUIT JARS
Are said to be the best. We have a full supply,
in naif gallon and quart sizes, and sell them as
cheap as the cheapest. This ih the best method of
preserving fruit in its green state. Come and get
some while the opportunity is offered.
We are still ahead on
GOOD FLOUR.
You can rely on us for this article, as we are up
to our business in this department?always keeping
the best, knowing that it is a great pacifier.
We keep
BAGGING AND TIES.
HAVING purchased a large lot of Bagging and
Ties, for cash, for the Cotton crop of 1878, we
are able to offer it as follows:
300 Bundles Arrow Ties, at $2.75 per bundle.
200 Bundles Spliced Ties at $2.00 per bundle.
10,000 Yards Bagging, in 50 yard rolls, at 12} cents
per yard.
6 yards Bagging and 6 Arrow Ties for $1.50.
0 yards Bagging and 6Spliced Ties for $1.40.
THE BEST LEAF LARD.
Just like home-made Lard. A Tierce just received,
which we guarantee to be fresh and pure.
An assortment of
TURNIP SEED.
Put up in any size packages to suit the buyer,
can be found at our Store.
In short, we are prepared to satisfy the wants of
everybody with
FRESH AND PURE GOODS,
Both as to quality and prices.
CLARK BROTHERS.
G. H. O'LEARY.
REMOVAL.
I WOULD respectfully inform the public that I
have temporarily removed my HARNESS,
SADDLERY AND "FURNITURE! STORE to the
"Bratton building," ou the corner, opposite the
Court House, where I will be pleased to serve my
customers, and all others wanting Goods in my
line, at the lowest prices.
GEORGE H. O'LEARY.
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A FULL supply of my own manufacture of
Saddles, consisting of Gentlemen's, Ladies',
Boy's and Wagon Saddles, all of which will be
sold verv cheaD. for the cash.
G. H. O'LEARY.
sundries.
BRIDLES, Halters, Girths, Saddle Bags, Saddle
Blankets, Hamos, Trace Chains, Backbands,
Stirrups, Bridle Bits, Buckles, etc., etc.,
J'or sale at G. H. O'LEARY'S.
cooking stoves.
SEVERAL different brands of Cooking Stoves
of the best grades, which I will warrant and
sell at low figures. Also, cheaper grades of
Stoves for sale at G. H. O'LEARY'S.
tables, &c. '
DINING, Teapoy and Office Tables, Tin Toilet
Sets, Towel Racks, Hat Racks, Suspension
Spring Beds, etc., etc., at
G. H. O'LEARY'S.
harness.
A COMPLETE stock of Harness on hand, and
J\ any kind made to order, at verv low figures,
at G. H. O'LEARY'S.
whips and umbrellas.
A LARGE stock of Buggy, Wagon and Riding
J\_ Whips and Buggy Umbrellas, for sale by
G. H. O'LEARY.
bedsteads.
A NICE lot of Walnut Bedsteads just received.
Also, Maple and Poplar and Cottage Bedsteads
for sale W G. H. O'LEARY.
A. WILLIFOKD,
FEED AND SALE STABLES.
BOCK HILL. S. C.
PAY UP.
f U J C ir - > . v ? .
ALL persons knowing themselves indebted to
me for Stock bought in 1877, will be sued
after the 1ST OF OCTOBER, 1878. Also, persons
knowing that thev bought stock and their notes
will fall due on the FIRST OF OCTOBER, had
better pay up, or I will force collection. I mean
business. A. WILLIFORD.
FODDER. ~~
THE undersigned will pay the highest Cash
Price for TEN THOUSAND POUNDS OF
GOOD FODDER, delivered at his Feed and Sale
Stables, at Rock Hill. A. WILLIFORD.
DROVE RS7
1AM prepared to keep Drovers on the MOST
REASONABLE TERMS, as I have good outside
Sheds and water in the lot.
A. WILLIFORD.
fa-ir xjpT
tfT" ^ or THE undersigned, proCMhatA\/TT*
prietors of the Yorkville
sale and feed staAUifiSi&r
BLES, would respectfully
jg~iremind those who have
^*0 bought stock from them
on time, that their notes will begin to fall due at
an early dav, and
PROMPT PAYMENT
will bo expected by all who have been favored.
Let none forget their obligations to us, thereby
placing us under the disagreeable necessity of
forcing collections, which we will be compelled
to do, if payments be not promptly made.
FEEDING AND GROOMING.
We would also call attention to the fact that we
are well prepared to BOARD horses or mules by
the day, week, month or single meal. Animals
placed in our care will be well fed and well treated,
at the LOWEST PRICES. Persons coming in
from the country and leaving their horses at our
Stables can have the satisfaction of knowing that
while they will bo properly cared for, they will
also be more secure than when hitched up in
some back lot, liable to break loose and stray off,
or bo stolen. Give us a trial, and we guarantee
satisfaction. Stables near old Masonic Hall.
We wish to buy Corn and Fodder, for which
the highest cash prices will be paid at our stables.
WHITAKER <ft WILLIFORD.
September 19 2 ly
COTTONGINN I i\G.
HAVING bought theSTEAM MILLS formerly
owned by Mr. B. T. Wheeler, on the Ches ?
* 1 in ?:i ? ou v?-i.
let ana ijenoir nanroau, zj muua ouutu m iuiivville,
I would respectfully inform the public that
I will be prepared, during the season of 1878, to
GIN COTTON in the best manner and on the
most accommodating terms. I will also have for
sale, at the mill, BAGGING AND TIES, which
will be sold at the lowest market prices.
The CORN MILL in connection with my establishment,
will also be run for the accommodation
of the public, and for the present I will saw
lumber to order, customers furnishing stocks delivered
at the Mill.
Having determined to render these MILLS a
convenience to this section, and it also being my
purpose to spare no pains to accommodate the
public, a share of patronage is respectfully solicited.
WM. J. JONES.
August 22 34 tf
"""application for re-charter. i
APPLICATION will bo made to the Legislature
to re-charter MASON'S or WRIGHT'S I
FERRY, across Catawba river, on the public road,
from Yorkville to Charlotte.
July 25 30 3m
SERGEANT ^
GREENSBC
MANUFACTURERS 0
"TROPIC^ C??
T. M. DOBSON & CO., Agen
JOHN R. LONDON, Agent,
A. F. LINDSAY, Agent, Mc(
J. L. CARROLL, Agent, Che
August 2
The Best Family
The "NEvV AMERICAN" is easily lear
more work with 'ess labor than any other
application.
AGENTS
J. S. DOVEY Manager,
A X A* _ vr _ 1_ ! 1 1
Ageut iur lorKviiie aoa vicinity,
July 18
~ WAGONS".
Just received twenty
WAGONS.
One, two and three-horse
WAGONS.
Warranted the best and cheapest
WAGONS
Ever offered for sale in South Carolina.
ALSO,
A large assortment of
CARRIAGES AND BUGGIES,
With a variety of
.
SECOND-HAND VEHICLES,
Vnrv ehenn.
* J "r*
ALSO,
200 Bushels of that same white May GALLAGER
WHEAT that has proved itself to be the
best wheat ever harvested in York county. For
sale by B. T. WHEELER.
DISSOLUTION OF COPARTNERSHIP.
THE firm of MOORE A HEMPHILL, composed
of the undersigned, merchants doing
business a' MoConnellsville, in York county, S.
C., is this day dissolved. All persons indebted to
the firm are hereby notified that an early payment
of their indebtedness is desired. Settlements can
be made with J. P. .MOORE, or in his absence,
with FRANCIS D. WILLIAMSor J. O. MOORE.
J. P. MOORE,
S. G. HEMPHILL.
September 16, 1878.
In retiring from thebusiness so long conducted
by us at McConnellsville, we return our most sincere
and heartfelt thanks to the public who have
so generously patronized our house, and beg to
announce that the business will hereafter be conducted
by Messrs. F. D. WILLIAMS and J. 0.
MOORE, under the firm name of WILLIAMS
A MOORE, whom we cheerfully recommend to
the confidence and patronage of our former customers.
MOORE A HEMPHILL.
September 19 . . 38 3t
COLUMBIA FEMALE COLLEGE.
OPENS SESSION SEPTEMBER
'iW|r 19,1878. Very full. Facultv of twelve
members. Five Male Professors. A
iKjp High Course of Study. Seven Languages
taught without extra charge?a
saving of $60.00 per year. Patronage from five
States. Only place furnishing instruction in all
the departments of Lecture System, Elocution,
Telegraphy, Kindergarten, Calisthenics, Polytechnics,
Ac. More advantages to be added. The
Cheapest in proportion to advantages. Send for
Catalogues and see for yourself. Something new,
valuable, "wide awake" and up to the times.
The College was never so well equipped.
J. L. JONES, President,
Columbia, S. C.
August 15 33 tr
JAMES A. GLENN, D. D. S.,
SURGEON AND MECHANICAL DENTIST,
f~\FFERS his professional services
|P to the citizens of this section.
When desired, lie will visit the resi- * '
dences of patrons. Teeth extracted without pain '
by the use of nitrous oxidegas. Letters addressed
to Crowder's Creek, N. C., will meet with
prompt attention. Terms moderate.
November 1 44 tf
Iv. MARKS,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
GENERAL FURNITURE,
CHESTER, S. C.
January 24 4 81m
METALIC CASES AND WOOD COFFINS.
I HAVE on hand a good assortment of METALIC
OASES AND WOOD COFFINSall
styles, qualities and prices?from a FINE
CASKET, with Silver-Plated Mountings, worth
$'200.00, to a PLAIN COFFIN, at 87.00.
I am prepared, at all times, to furnish these
Coffins at my Despository, or send them anywhere
in the countrv.
JAMES E. SMITH, Agent.
May 0 10 tf
BARBER SHOE
THOSE ill want of an EASY SHAVE, a fashionable
and stylish cut of hair, or a pleasant
and luxurious Shampoo, are reminded that
TI-IOS. BALLARD, Professor of the Art Tonsorial,
is still in business, in his old Shop next door
to the Enquirer building, where it will afford j
him great pleasure to wait upon all who may desire
his services. Razors honed and sharpened, |
and anv other work of that kind promptly done.
THOMAS BALLARD.
July 25 30 6t
CLEAN SING AND REPAIRING. j
THE undersigned would respectfully inform ;
the public that ho is prepared to cleanse gar- '
ments of any fabric whatever, rendering them
perfectly clean, and if unfaded, restoring them to
the original brightness and lustre of the goods.
Do not throw away your old clothes, but have |
them cleaned and made to look as well as new.
Work promptly done, and at the most reasona- |
ble prices. THOMAS BALLARD.
JTR. SCHORB'S PHOTO-GALLERY,
1ST HOUSE EAST OF THE JAIL. ]
A SUPERIOR Skylight, a gallery with every [
convenience, ana a determination to do my
best, enables me to promise satisfaction to all in
want of correct and nattering likeuesses. Cloudy
weather is as good or better than sunshine for all
subjects, except small children.
March 7 10 tf
_IRON SAFE.
A SECOND-HAND IRON SAFE for sale.
Price $20. Apply at the
ENQUIRER OFFICE.
November 8 45 tf.
fc McCAULEY,
)RO? N. C.,
F THE CELEBRATED
KESTGr STOVES!
PRICE GREATLY REDUCED
on Cooking and Heating Stoves,
Hollow Ware And-Irons, and
IgBTB Castings of al. zinds. Also, on
' I 'PLANTER'S PRIDE' PLOWS
JH STRAW CUTTERS,
SBy horse powers,
Saw Mills, <fec.
ts, Yorkville, S. C.
Rock Hill, York county, S. C.
Innnolloo! 11a Ynrlr nnnnfo fl P
" "--I V.
ster, S. C.
31 tf
Buy on ly the
fck. NEW
Wfc AMERICAN
?gSl Only Sewing Machine
^cij;-|hr^ding^ulili
MiM ^ ?as Self letting Needle.
Never Breaks the Threai
HE Never Skips Stitches.
BBH Is the Lightest dunning.
The Simplest, the Most Durable,
and in Every Respect
Sewing Machine!
ned, does not get out of order, and will do
machine Illustrated Circular furnished on
WANTED.
64 . Charles Street, Baltimore, Md>
X. IV. ROBERTS.
29 ly
DAILY EXCURSION!
THE leaders of low prices are still In existence,
and are offering
TUT fTRP ATTQT "BAPftATWO
XXXXJ UiHUUlUUl JUi3.XbUXXJ.XllU
' !
that have ever been known. We are closing out
the entire stock of Summer Goods
NOW OIV HAND,
At and below Cost We call the attention of every
one to our large stock of Clothing, Cassimeres
and Pants Goods of all kinds,
WHICH WE ARE CLOSING OUT.
... . Vjli 1 l&l"
We call the attention of the ladies to our stock'ot
Dress Goods, bleached and unbleached goods,
Parasols, Kid Gloves at 25 cents,
AND A GREATMANY OTHER GOODS,
All of which must be sold. We bope all of our
friends will call and be convinced.
A. FRIEDHAM & BRO.,
Rock Hill, S. C.
July 4 27 tf
IX THE VALLEY,
CHESTER, B. C.
THE subscriber is betki
ndT'o/?J0 Bd WORK!
dftijfa ~such as Turning, 8croll
Sawing, Repairnn^Aa
MADE TO order,
from ootmnon ^the
Walnut Chamber Suits,
' FRENCH WALNUT SUITS, TRIMMED.
ft sDGcialty,
Just received, another lot of METALIC BURIAL
CASES, among them some line CA8KET8.
Also, WOOD COFFINS AND CASKETS. All
of which will be sold as cheap as can be afforded.
I HAVE A HANDSOME NEW HEARSE,
which can be had at funerals free of charge, in
lowii ; mm ill tun vuuuuj <u a uivudimd Linugo,
according to distance.
You can And meat MORRISON'S OLD STAND
on Depot street, one door west of Aiken's Cotton
Gin Shop. J. M. PARISH.
May 9 19 6m
FERTILIZER FOR WHEAT AND OATS.
1 WOULD respectfully inform the farmers ol
York, that I am Agent for the sale of the
"ASH ELEMENT," the new fertilizer for
Wheat and Oats, which, the past season, was so
successfully usea in the lower part of the 8tate,
where wheat-raising heretofore, has proved almost
an entire failure. Planters in the low conntry
are unanimous in endorsing its fertilizing
properties, and it has the highest recommendations
of agricultural chemist* of reputation. The
following is the analysis of the Asn Element:
Etiwan phosphate,.... '..800 lbs.
"Kainet," or German salts, 800 tbs.
Calcined marl, 400 lbs.
The price of the Ash Element is $24.50 per ton,
delivered in Yorkyille, payable 1st January, 1879.
For further particulars respectingthis fertilizer,
and circulars containing testimonials of those
who have used it, apply to
W. B. METTS, Agent.
August 29 35 tf
BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY
STATIONERY, AND
BOOK BINDERY.
THANKING the public for liberal past patronage,
I now invite attention to my complete
stock of
STAPLE AND FANCY STATIONERY,
consisting, in part, of Flat Papers, Midium, Folio
Post, Demy, Letter and Note. Blank Books,
of every variety; Envelopes, Slates, Ink, Ac,
Fancy Stationery, Gold Pens and Pencils, PenKnives,
Writing Desks, Ac. Also,
BOOK BINDING DONE,
in all its various branches. Sheet Music, Periodicals,
Law Books, Ac., bound in any style desired.
Ola Books rebound and repaired.
PRINTED BILL AND LETTER HEADS A 8PE0IALTY
Orders promptlv attended to, at lowest cash
prices. * E. R. STOKES,
-155 Main Street Columbia S. C.
DOWN
WITH HIGH PRICES!
CHICAGO SCALE COMPANY,
68 AND 70 WE8T MONROE ST., CHICAGO, ILL.,'
Have reduced the prices of all kinds of
S O A- L E S !
4-Ton Hav. Steck or Cotton Scale, $60.
FORMER PRICE, 1160.
All other sizes at a great reduction. Every
Scale fully warranted. All orders promply
filled. Circulars, Price List, and Testimonials
sent upon application.
BUY THE CHEAPEST AND BEST.
October 4 40 12m
ROSE'S HOTEL,
YORKVILLE, S. C.
THIS HOUSE has been tboroughly
renovated from cellar to
garret, and newly furnished, including
GRAFTON'S PATENT
SPRING HEDS. In view of the times, our motto
w a full House at a moderate price.
TERMS?$1.50 PER DAY, OR 50c. PER MEAL.
Sample Rooms reserved especially forCommercial
travelers. HENRY W. SMITH.
August 30 34 tf
SHARPEN YOUR GINS.
1HAVE several IMPROVED FILING MACHINES,
in the hands of good workmen,
that are giving the very best satisfaction. Parties !
desiring their GINS FILED, can have it done
promptly by leaving their orders with me. I '
will send an operator to the GIN HOUSE who 1
will file the Gin without removing the Saw Shalt.
The work of filing, by these machines, is far superior
to that done by straight Files. It leaves
no shoulders cut in the blade to nap the cotton.
T. S. JEFFERYS.
September 12-37 tf
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Dispatches of the New York Associated Press.
The only morning paper published in Eastern
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greater advantages to advertisers than any paper
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The Chronicle A Constitutionalist is Democratic
in politics, but perfectly independent in Its comments
upon men and measures. Its opinions
upon all important matters are fearlessly expressed,
and resolutely maintained. During the
coming Winter special correspondents in Washington.
Atlanta and Columbia, will keep our readers
fUlly informed of the proceedings of ConOand
of the Legislatures of Georgia and
Carolina. Its Commercial Reports are
carefully oompiled, and are full and accurate.
Now is the time to subscribe.
Daily, $10 per annum ; Tri-Weekly, $5; Weekly,
(a mammoth sheet) $2, cash in advance. Each
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Augusta, Ga.
July 18 29 tf
A NEW AND INTERESTING FEATURE
OF THE
EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER.
A BOUT the first of July, the Advertiser will
J\_ begin the publication of a series of Biographical
Sketches, giving, in synopsis, the lives of
many prominent ana distinguished sons, dead
and living, of South Carolina. In connection ,
with these, there will appear in our columns each \
week, a portrait of the Individual whose life is ^
sketched, done in the highest style of modern
photographic art. From the great and good men
of the past, such selections have been made as
John C. Calhoun, George McDuffle, Judge A. P.
Butler, Chancellor F. H. Wardlaw, Governors
Pickens, father and son; Gov. P. M. Butler, Colonel
of the Palmetto Regiment; Senator Louis T.
Wigfall, Judge O'Neal, Gen. Waddy Thompson,
Gen. James Jones, Edmund Bacon, Esq., alias
"Ned Brace," of the "Georgia Scenes," Major
Jack Jeter, Hon. Preston Brooks, Gov.S. D. Miller,
and others, whose names we have not space
to mention just now.
Later we will take np such men as Hon. J. P.
Carroll, Gov. M. L. Bonham, Gen. Abner Perrin,
Gen. M. W.Gary,Gen. R. G. M. Dunovant,Generals
Kershaw, Kennedy, Logan, Connor, Wallace,
McGowan, Hagood and Bee; Col. Thos. G.
Bacon, Col. Thos. G. Lamar, Col. Joseph Abney,
Col. W. C. Moragne, Speaker John C. Sheppard,
Col. Arthur Simkins, Gen. James Chesnnt, Hon.
W. D. Simpson and others, whose names shall
oocur to us in the future.
Subscription Price, $2.50, per annum, in advance.
Address: ADVERTI8ER,
Edgefield, S. C.
June?/ m a
YORK MARBLE YARI>r
THE; undersigned is
-rj#y^afcLv still conducting the Marble
Business in York7
yille, and would respectfolly
inform the public
' Vim lim I that he can supply those -
MEN'S OR HEADSTONES
with anything
^ in bis line, and at the
lowest casn prices. Monuments designed and
finished in the most elaborate style, and in point J
of workmanship and material warranted equal
to the work of any establishment In the country. _
Head and Foots tones, in arious styles, from
plain to highlv-carved work, famished at short
notice, and satisfaction guaranteed.
Specimens usually on hand, to an inspection of
which, those in want of marble work are respectfully
invited. ' '
Estimates and any other desired information
cheerfully given at any time.
Work delivered at any point on the Chester
and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, between
Chester and Dallas, or at any place between
Rook Hill and Winnsboro, on the Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta Railroad, free of charge for
transportation.
Thankful for the patronage heretofore bestowed
upon my establishment, my determination is to
merit a continuance of the same.
P. HAPPERFIELD.
January 3 1 ly
HOUSE PAINTING.
TIHE undersigned would respectfully inform
the public that he has resumed the business
of HOUSE PATNTING in alt its departments?
a trade to which he has served a regular apprenticeship,
under a first-class painter,and in which
he has had several years' experience. Work done
in the most durable manner, and at the lowest
prices at which it can be afforded. MARBLING,
GRAINING in imitation of different woods, and
all kinds of FINE INTERIOR PAINTING
done in as good style as can be done by any painter
in this section *of the country. 1 can be seen
or addressed at Yorkville, ana will cheerfully
make estimates on work in any part of York, or
the adjoining counties.
TtRVRRR-Nmra?As to mv skill as a workman. T
respectfully refer to the following gentlemen:
L. M. Grist, W. A. Moore, Hon. I. I). Witherspoon,
A. W. Ingold, J. F. Wallace, Lawson Jenkins,
Col. W. H. McCorkle, Dr. H. G. Jackson,
Dr. J. F. Lindsay. James L. Clark, James E.
Smith, Hon. A. S. Wallace, Yorkville ; J. 8. R.
Thomson, Spartanburg; R. M. Wilson, GnRton ;
J. A. Brice, Fairfield; J. Harvey Smith, Chester.
NELSON DAVIES.
July 11 28 ' Iy
IN THE DISTRICT COURT
Of the United States for the District of S.Carolina.
IN THE MATTER Of
J. C. HICK8.?In Bankruptcy.
At Yorkville, in said District, on the 5th day of
September, 1878.
TflHIS is to give notice that a petition has been
JL filed in the said Court by J. 0. HICKS, of
Greenville county, in the said District, duly declared
a Bankrupt under the Act of Congress, entitled
"An Act to Establish a Uniform System ot
Bankrupts throughout the United States," Approved
2na March, 1867, for a discharge and certificate
thereof, from all his debts and other claims
provable under the said Act; and the 7th day of
October, 1878, at 12 o'clock, M., is assignee for
the hearing of the same, before C. E. Spencer,
Esq., one of the Registers in Bankruptcy of said
Court, at his office in Yorkville, South Carolina,
LAM Am/1 mliAiiA Lrt iO * /*/! (fniKl tV% O *7 Oltn
WliUU anu TVUU1U kUV vtouiwi9 umj nvwuu| unu
shew cause, if any they have, why the prayer of
thesaid Petition should not be granted. A
R. M. WALLACE, U? 8. Marshal as Messenger. ^
By T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger.
September 5 36 3t
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF YORK.
WHEREAS JOSEPH F. WALLACE, C. C.
C. Pleas, has applied to me for Letters of
Administration, on all and singular, the goods
and chattels, rights and credits of the estate of
JOEL 8. BARNETT, late of the county aforesaid,
deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all
and singular, the kindred and creditors of the
said deceased, to be and appear before me, at our
next Judge of Probate's Court for the said county,
to be holden at York Court House, on the 8TH
DAY OF OCTOBER, next, to shew cause, if any, t
why the snid Administrations should not be a
g-anted. |
iven under my hand and Seal, this 29th day of
March, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-eight, and in the
103rd year of the Independence of the United
States of America. JOSEPH A. McLEAN,
Judge of Probate.
August 29 35 6t
SANITARY ORDINANCE^
A T a meeting of the Town Council, held this
j\. day, the following was passed :
Be it Ordained, that from the publication of
this Ordinance, the owners or occupants of lots
in Yorkville, be required to put the same in such
condition as the health of the town may seem to
require; removing and abating all garbage, stagnant
water, or other nuisances, which might _
breed disease or offend the senses. And furthermore,
that the Intendant be authorized to
appoint aSanitarv Committee of three citizens,
whose duty it shall be to inspectr said lots, and,
if necessary, cause them to be put in proper condition
at the expense of the persons who have
failed to comply with the above requisitions.
W7 IT Tntonriinr
J. R. Soqorb, Clerk.
August 22 34 tf
BRIDGE CONTRACTS
SEALED Proposals will be received by the
County Commissioners of York county, until
12 o'clock, M., on SATURDAY, THE 5TH OP
OCTOBER, 1878, for the building of a BRIDGE
ACROSS TURKEY CREEK, on the Pinckney
Road, about seven miles from Yorkville, at CARROLL'S
FORD. The letting will be at the location
of the Bridge, where plans and specifications
may be seen, or the same may be previously examined
at the office of the County Commissioners
in Yorkville.
By order of the Board.
G. L. RIDDLE, Chairman.
W. J. Stephenson, Clerk.
September 5 36 5t
T. sT JEFFERYS,
BANKER.
1 RECEIVE call Deposits, payable on demand
without notice; buy exchange and issue drafts
available anywhere in the United States or Canada
; negotiate loans, and purchase United States
Bonds, when desired.
By Power of Attorney, Mr. T. C. DUNLAP is
authorized to issue and endorse Drafts in my
name. Also, to receive Deposits and enter same
in Depositor's Bank Books.
May 9 19 tf