Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, June 25, 1890, Image 4
Humorous fqiavtmcut.
DAN AND THE SINNERS.
Old Liza, as hard working a woman as
ever lived, married "Guinea Nigger" Dan,
the evangelist. Liza was not handsome.
Her nose, at a distance, resembled a flatiron,
and her mouth was not encircled by
lines of Grecian grace. She married Dan,
she said, on account of the big church
standing such an alliance would give her.
Dan, however, was not drawn to the altar
by a motive so ennobling, but suffered
himself to be married in view of the fact
that the woman owned a cabin and a few
acres of scrub oak land.
"Now honey," said the bridegroom,
"Jis as soon as I gets through 'vangelizin'
down at de bayou I'll help you wid yer
'ronn' de house. It stan's us mightily in
hand ter git dis lan' cleared up, an' I
wishes ter goodnes dar wa'n't so many
sinners in this here curmunity. Tole de
bredren tuther day dat I wushed da would
send erway an' git another preacher an'
let me rest erwhile, but day tole me dat I
ought ter be willin' ter do de Lawd's
wnek. sol couldn't hab no mo'ter say in
'siderin' o' dat fack."
'Dan, de Lawd knows dat I doan rain'
clearin' up de groun', but I would lack ter
go to preachin' some time wid yer."
"Yas, honey, yes; jis' ez soon ez we
sorter git things in shape. I wouldn'
lack fur yer ter come down dar now an'
see how yer po' husban' haster scramble
ter keep ole Satan frum stickin' his fork
in dem sinners. Jis' wait erwhile, honey,
an' eberything'Il be sweeter'n er pie.
Will, sho's yer born'd ter 'herit de kingdom
o' de heaben an' w'ar de crown an'
b'arde cross."
Liza went about her'work, sighing deeply
when she thought of the pleasure she
was dbmpellgd to forego.
Dan, after putting on his best clothespurchased
with money acquired by the
sale of Liza's cow?hurried to the place
where the sinners stood in such great danger.
Thus, day after day the woman
worked until the land wasnearly all cleared.
She could not attend church on Sundays,
for then she had to stay at home and
prepare an extra dinner.
"Howare the sinners getting along.'"
she one day asked, sitting down with a
sigh of weariness.
"Sorter po'ly, honey; sorter po'ly."
"I wuz in hopes dat I could soon go
'roun' 'vangelizin' wid yer."
"So wuz merse'f, an' de diserp'intment
o' hit hez cheated yer po' husbun' outen er
mighty heap o' sleep. I doan think it
will be laung now, fur in las' day ur two
I's been puttin' in some monstrous fine
licks. Da kain't stand it much launger,
for I sees many 'pearances o' de glo'us
Hack dat ole Satan has gunter weaken an'
lose his awful holt."
"Dan, de groun's nearly all cleared up,
so couldn't yer let me go ober ter ae
bayou wid yer ter-day ?"
"Honey, lemme tell yer, I would be de
happies' pusson in de worl ter do dat fack,
but de truf is, ef yerse'f wuz ter go 'laung
I would hafter pay so much ertention ter
yerself dat I'd 'gleet de sinners, an' ded
old Satan would spit on his ban's, take er
fresh holt an' ruin dem po' pussons whut
de Lawd has told me to look arter. Let
us b'ar up un'er dis 'flickshun, honey fur
de clouds gwine ter roll erway arter while
an' de sun gwine ter shine out."
"De sun dun been er s'ninin' mighty
hot, too, out dar in dat new groun'."
"Honey,* yer musn't fling 'proach at er
figger o' de speech what de Lawd hab
erp'inted."
"De Lawd 'peers to be doin' er heep
fur dem sinners," she replied, "but He
don 'peer ter be doin' much fur me."
"Gracious er libe, Liza, yer mus'n blassfe
dat er way. De Lawd know whut it am
bes' ter do."
"Dat mout be, Dan, but I's tired o'
workin' heah by myse'f. I wants ter go
ootan' 'joy myse'f er little."
"Dar yer goes wid yer fanity. Doan yer
know dat we's both workin' tergeder an'
dat ebery time de Lawd puts down one
mark fur me He puts one down fur yerse'f?"
"Ain't seed none."
"Dar yer goes er gin. I tell yer dat de
Lawd gwine ter rub all dem marks out ef
yer keeps on er blassfe'in' dis way."
"When I maird yer I thought dat I wuz
gwine ter git some standin' in de church."
"W?ll xrer haa Wv rla pIHan an' flo
scribes an' Republicans talks erbout yer at
ebery meetin'."
"W'y'n't some o' dem folks 'suade yer
ter bring me, den ?"
"Dar yer goes er gin, I tells yer. I hopes
dat do Lawd won't recolleck all dis er gin
yer: hopes dat, ezsho'syerborn'd, I does,
but I tell yer whut's er fack, yer's in a f'ar
way ter ruin all dis fine work ef yer keeps
on. Wall, honey,demsinnersiser waitin'
fur me, an' it's time I wuz gwine. We'll
'range dis matter putty soon now."
Shortly after Dan had left the house,
Liza set out for the bayou, some four miles
distant. A drizzling rain was falling, but
she paid no attention to it. As she neared
the church she heard loud talking and
laughter. Turning aside, she approached
a blacksmith shop and peeped through a
crack. There was Dan engaged in playing
marbles with several of the sinners.
"Shoot and vencher round'nce," said
Dan. "Knock dat middle man many mo'
times an' I'll hafter go home an' strike de
ole gal fur some mo' money. Dese niggers
winnin' all dat po'lady's sheep. Er
haw, haw !"
) "Bet Dan ain't erfeerd o' his wife," some
one remarked.
"Dat I ain't. Neber seed de 'oman I's
erfeerd ter order 'roun'. Got dat lady's
p'ints down finer dan silk. Venture
round'nce."
Liza took up an ox-yoke and stepped
into the shop. Just as Dan turned toward
herjShe hauled off and let him have it."
"Hole on heah! Hole on! Liza?"
Bip !
"Oh, Lawd, take dis lady erway!"
Bip !
When Dan regained consciousness he
sat up and looked about him. Liza, grim
Nemesis, sat on the anvil block.
"De Lawd," said Dan, "dun wiped out
all dem?"
She seized the yoke, and Dan, placing
one hand on his head and imploringly
waving the other one said:
"Fa'r creeter, I's your slabe."
"Den come on heah- I's got er grubbing
hoe at home an' ebery time yer drap
it 'cep' when I tells yer I's gwine ter drap
you. Come on heah!"
"Fa'r creeter, yer slabe is wid yer."?
[Opie P. Read, in Arkansas Traveler.
Justice not Blind.?Chief Justice
Beasley, of New Jersey, who prides himself
on the novel character of his dress
and appearance, while on a visit to this
city, says the N. Y. Star, the other day,
was, during the later hours of the afternoon,
standing on the steps of an uptown hotel,
when he was accosted by a perfect stranger,
whom he at once sized up as a confidence
operator.
"It has been a long time since we met,"
said the newcomer in an affable manner.
"Yes," said the chief justice, musingly,
"quite a long time."
"Are you enjoying yourself as usual ?"
asked the man, evidently feeling for an
oportunity to run in his little game.
"Yes, as usual," answered the chief justice,
with a sunny emile.
"Still in the same old business, eh ?"
"Yes, still in the same old business."
"What business is it? It's been so long
since I've seen you that I declare I've
quite forgotten."
The chief justice's eyes sparkled merrily
as he replied, with an assumption of innocence
which would have done credit to
a first class actor:
"Sending rogues to jail."
The confidence man stared at him and
then suddenly shot down the street, while
the chief justice looked after him with all
the innocence and benevolence of a Jersey
farmer totally ignorant of city wiles and
delusions.
Knew a Cheaper Way.?Opposite
Memphis, on the Arkansaw shore, and
about ten miles inland, I asked the owner
of a cabin for a drink of water, and went
to the well with him to get it. He didn't
have to eo down over fifteen feet, and
there waswater to thedepth of five feet in
the hole. It was neither stoned up, nor
was there a curb around it, and as there
were several children around, and the well
near the door, I said :
"I should think you would have a curb
around this well."
"What fur?" he asked.
"Don't the children run a risk of falling
in ?"
"I reckon."
"And wouldn't a curb lessen the
chance ?"
"It mout, but 'twould take a heap of
lumber and time. I've got a cheaper
way. Look at that."
He pointed to a pole stuck on end in the
well,Jtod while I was trying to make out
what it was for he said:
"That's fur 'em to climb out on when
they tumble in, and it beats a curb all
$hc Jfarm aud fireside.
THE FARMER'S WIFE.
A most touching aDd beautiful tribute
has been paid farmers' wives by Larry
Gantt, of Athens, in a speech before the
Bethlehem Alliance. Mr. Gantt's speech
was famous for many good things, but there
was nothing in it truer than, or more just,
than that said of our noble country women.
The following is the tribute to the farmer's
wife:
But I will not waste all of my sympathy
on the farmer. There is one class even
i more deserving of pity and relief than
you, my alliance friends. I refer to the
farmer's wife. There is not a burden that
you bear but the little woman, who is the
light of your home, shares it with you.
Your trials and cares pierce her tender and
sympathetic heart as a dagger. She bears
equally with you your every load: but, I
say with pain and regret, that she is, alas!
too often deprived of a share of your pleasures.
Did ye horny-handed lords of creation
ever consider that while you are working
in the field, your wife was at the house
toiling just as hard as yourself; and that
niKiio vdii hoH hut mm task before vou.
VTIJtAW JVU uwv* /%?? vmw ? ? j, ,
she has a host of duties to perform, each
pressing upon her at once and the same
time ? When you return to your noonday
meal, and find a welcoming smile and everything
ready to your hand?as if the
confusion of the morning had been touched
by a fairy's wand and order produced
from chaos?do you ever consider the vast
amount of work that these pleasant surroundings
have cost the poor wife ?
At night, when taking your ease, does it
occur to you to look around and see if your
wife is having her season of rest? You
will find the old couplet verified in her
case, which says:
"Mail works from sun to sun,
But woman's work is never done."
We men are all too selfish aud self-conceited?and
I am no exception to the rule.
We imagine that because we are the
bread-winners of the family, the woman's
work is mere child's play.
Never was there a graver error. There
is not a farmer beneath the sound of my
voice but who, if he were made to exchange
places with his wife, would be
| begging her to rue back in less than twenty-four
hours.
At night, when you are locked in the
arm of Morpheus, and your weary frame's
drinking in the rest that nature demands,
the wife at your side is trying to quiet a
fretful child lest it disturb ''poor tired
papa." The dear, unselfish creature! She
never thinks of her own weary frame and
aching brow.
By the dawn of day that poor wife is on
her feet, preparing the best repast the
larder will afford. You return to your
work in the field, while the wife resumes
the old tread-mill existence, that is rarely
broken by a ray of pleasure.
You men can go to town, and there
meet and mingle with friends and discuss
the news of the day. How many times
during the year does the poor wife cross i
the threshold of her home, except to at- ;
4 J J:?i ?AnH '
irua uiviuo vyuiomp uu uuuuaj * ^jluv*
even then you expect her to look after or :
prepare a dinner lor your friends.
I do not believo there is a man living;
who appreciates his wife as he should. He
loves and cherishes her; but he should do
even more than this. We should resolve
never to take a pleasure but the wife equally
enjoys it with us. She bears her full
part of our toils and trials, and it is only
just and rightthat she should also reap the
fruits of our prosperity.
It should be the duty of a good alliance 1
man, when he has lifted the mortgage from
his home, to look to the comfort and pleasure
of his wife. Before you add another i
acre of land to your possessions; before you
build a new barn ; before you purchase an i
implement to expedite your work, or before
you improve your stock, look through ,
your home?go into the kitchen, the wash |
room and the dairy, and see if there is not
some utensil or invention that you can
buy to lessen your poor wife's labor. Lift
a part of the burden from her shoulders,
that she has so long and uncomplainingly
borne, and see that her remaining days are ;
made as happy and comfortable as your 1
affairs will warrant.?[Atlanta Constitution.
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GROWING AUUATIC PLANTS AT HOME.
Lotuses, like water lilies andother aquat- *
In rvlnnta on no n *ir ? ? fn?? in f Kof avnol !anf
i\j piauuj) oajo a niiiui iu umv vavviavuu
floral and horticultural, Popular Garden- 1
ing, can be grown in wash tubs sunk into 1
the ground. It will be necessary, however,
to have the tub strong and well hooped,
so that it will not be liable to give out, the 1
culture being the same as water lilies. We
quote the following hints, concerning tubs '
and ponds, from O. J. Farmer:
Many persons are not aware of the ease
with which water lilies can be made to
grow and bloom in all their beauty and fragrance,
in the yard, with the trifling cost of
constructinga small pond or sinking in the
ground a tub or barrel sawn in half, kept (
filled with water during the summer, cov- (
ering up with straw or boards in the win-,
ter to keep from freezing. The pobt^
should be made about two feet deep ; for lilies
bloom better in shallow than in deep
water. Get some healthy, knotty roots,
cover but slightly with rich mud, fill with
water, and the job is ended. For tubs,
take any strong barrel free from tar, oil or
salt; old molasses or whisky barrels are
about the best, for the nature of their con- i
tents presupposes them strong and well i
hooped. If an old wagon tire be driven
snugly on the bottom, and the tub well
painted, it will last a dozen years or more.
Now saw the barrel in two at the bung,
fill each half full of fine loam, or if the
barrel be a large one, only fill about onethird
full, lay in the roots, straighten out
the small fibers, and cover to the depth of
about two inches, and if it is intended to
put fish in, overlay it with coarse gravel
to prevent the fish from burrowing down
and exposing the fibrous roots, until all
are well set. Now sink the tub to a level
with the ground, and fill very gently with
rain or river water ; well water is not natural
to aquatic plants. I venture that
ninety per cent, of the failures to grow
plants in this way are the results of using
well water. Eeplenish the tubs with water
from time to time, to supply evaporation
; this is all the care they need. If desirable
these tubs may be set on a platform
on rollers, instead of sunk in the ground,
and can be thus kept indoors during the
winter. Kept filled with water, they will
come out early in the spring.?[G. It.
Uses for Old Paper.?Most housekeepers
know how invaluable newspapers
are for packing away the winter
clothing, the printing ink acting as a defiance
to the stoutest moth, some housewives
think, as successfully aschamphor
or tar paper. For this reason newspapers
are invaluable under the carpet, laid over
the regular carpet paper. The most valuable
quality of newspapers in the kitchen,
however, is their ability to keep out the
air. It is well known that ice, completely
enveloped in newspapers so that all air
is shut out, will keep a longer time than
under other conditions; and that a pitcher
of ice water laid in a newspaper, with
the ends of paper twisted together to exclude
the air, will remain all night iu any
summer room with scarcely any perceptible
melting of the ice. These facts
should be utilized oftener than they are in
the care of the sick at night. In freezing
ice cream, when the ice is scarce, pack the
freezer only three-quarters full of ice and
salt and finish with newspapers, and the
difference in the time of freezing and
quality of the cream is not perceptible
from the result where the freezer is packed
full of ice. After removing the dasher, it
is better to cork up the cream and cover it
tightly with a packing of newspaper than
to use more ice. The newspapers retain
cold already in the ice better than a packing
of cracked ice and salt, which must
have crevices to admit the air.
Ducks Without Ponds.?Many peo-'
pie imagine that it is an absolute necessity
to have a pond in order to successfully
raise ducks. Such is not the case. I
have raised a great many ducks, merely
giving them water in an old trough, and
though I do not doubt they can be raised
more satisfactorily if a good pond or
marsh is provided for them, still it is not
by an means absolutely necessary. And
I think the Iiouen duck the best duck of
all, superior to the Aylesbury or Pekin,
and more satisfactory and profitable in
every way?he is a more marketable bird
also. Ducks' eggs are not relished by all;
they do possess a stronger flavor than
hen's eggs, still they are palatable, and
ducklings always bring good prices, with
or without green peas.
A cow may put all her feed into
milk and "show her ribsthat's a good
sign. A cow may cover her ribs with
flesh and still be a good dairy cow; but
the cow that is hiding her ribs day by day
and shrinks in her milk at the same time
is a beef cow, and has no business in a 1
dairy herd.
totkcriiup.
46^ A man is never so anxious about how
time passes as when he hasjust got a new
watch.
ISf-The man who is going down hill
meets lots of people with their noses
turned up.
The Georgia and Florida watermelon
crop this season is estimated at ten million
mellons.
S&"A correspondent wants to know
"how long girls should be courted." On
stilts, of course.
1ST It sometimes happens that the greatest
philosophers in theory are the greatest
fools in practice.
46T" Michigan has paid off a debt of over
seven million dollars since 18G0, and is
now free from debt.
t&r "Great erv and little wool." was
what the eoloredman said on being shown
his new-born baby.
It takes about three seconds for a
message to go from one end of the Atlantic
cable to the other.
Chester, in the northwestern part of
Massachusetts, is the home of the only
emery mine in North America.
It is peculiar how sound a man sleeps
when his wife crawls over him on her
way to the kitchen to make a fire.
Senator Stanford owns the largest
vineyard in the world. It is in Tehama
county, Cal., and covers 3,825 acres.
J?* Some people can trust God as long as
they have plenty of money, but when the
bank breaks their religion all goes with it.
SQr Democrats will gain two congressmen
in Maryland. The next delegation
will be five Democrats and one Republican.
John Wesley asked a pertinent question
when he said, "If different Christians
cannot think alike, may we not all love
HlilfP!?"
jgrThe government telegraph service of
Great Britain transmits, it is said, on the
average, 1,538,270 words a day to newspers
alone.
BoF One wrong step in the beginning of
an imprortant concern, like a figure in the
early part of a sum in arithmetic, may
lead through into error.
I6T It is a secret well-known to all great
men, that by conferring an obligation they
do not always procure a friend, but are
certain of creating many enemies.
B&* It is an old saying but a true one,
that the reason so many people do uot
achieve success is because they are not
willing to do the work to achieve it.
A Gainesville, Ga., man has twenty
acres plauted with cucumbers. He ships
them all North and expects to realize not
less than five thousand dollars from his
patch.
Gould's daily income has been
esti mated at $7,446; Cornelius Vanderbilt's,
at $15,249; John D. Rockefeller's, at $18,715;
and William Waldroff Astor's, at
$23,593.
A popular clergyman in Philadelphia
delivered a lecture on "Fools." The
tickets to it read: "Lecture on Fools?adrait
one." There was a very large attendance.
46T A sailor came to a minister to be
married, but when asked if he would take
the woman to be his wife, looked blank
and said, "I would like to know first what
are you going to say to she."
SOT The Preacher?Well, Sam, liow have
you been getting along since your conversion
? Sam?O fust-rate, sah; fust-rate.
Me and the whole family has quit lyin',
swearin and stealin' in a great measure.
tOT When one goes to prayer meeting
and observes the self-satisfied manner of
some of the speakers who proclaim that
they are dead in tresspasses and sins, one
feels that this world is full of very lively
corpses.
ISTlt is a mighty unfortunate man who
has not something to be proud of. There's
Smirkins, who never wearies of displaying
his collection of rare books, while Pimby
is quite as happy in showing his sore
thumb.
I6S~ After your garden has been denuded
oi its crop ao not anow it to nu up wun
weeds; either pull them up or mow them
down. Do not fail to put a liberal supply
of well rotted manure on the garden in
the winter.
5?"-Fiancee (of wealthy but ugly man)?
"Have you shaved?" "Yes." "Have
you plenty of perfume on?" "Yes."
"No tobacco in your mouth ?" No."
"Well, then, you may kiss my poodle."?
[Pick Me Up.
JOT It is reported that electric launches
proved so successful at the Edinburgh, Scotland
Exhibition, showing that they could
travel six knots an hour, carrying a heavy
cargo, that it is now proposed to start an
electric ocean ship.
j@^"North Carolina claims to have been
the banner State of the Confederacy, and
puts up a very strong argument to prove
that she was. The voting population of
the State in 18G1 was only 115,000, and yet
she equipped and sent to the field 125,000
fighting men.
B6T Are you going to the seaside this
summer?" asked one young woman of
another. "No," was the reply. "I don't
think it would be of any use. Susie and
Bessie both got married last season, and I
don't suppose that pa could afford to support
another husband."
Love to your neighbors assumes divers
forms. In a family, it is tenderness
and care; in a neighborhood, courtesy ; in
friendship, sympathy; in business, integrity;
in distress, mercy; to our country,
patriotism ; to the world, benevolence; to
the church, brotherly kindness.
JOT The electric headlight, which has
been tested on railway engines during the
past three months, is declared a perfect
success. It throws the light from a half to
three quarters of a mile ahead?far enough
to stop a train running sixty miles an hour
in time to prevent an accident.
J86T Judge Emory Speer, of the United
States circuit court in Georgia, has rendered
an elaborate opinion declaring not only
the right of a State to prohibit mixed marriages
within its own limits, but goes so far
as to sav that the State can nreveut such
marriage of its citizens in any other State.
fiSTThe legend as to the origin of woman
is different with different nations. Not
more than four nations accept the legend
that she was made from a man's rib. The
Japanese believe that she grew on a tree,
the Laplanders that she was once a rabbit,
the Persians that she was first a toadstool.
jgTThespot where the Lee monument
stands in Richmond was a waving wheat
field when Lee was at the head of the Confederate
forces. Now it is all laid out in
beautiful avenues and streets, and is the
center of the fashionable end of town.
This is another evidence that the South is
growing.
8?* An Australian schooner recently effected
the capture of the father of sharks.
He belonged to the species known as the
basking shark, and was forty-three feet
long. When his jaws were pried open a
barrel could be rolled in, and there were
eleven rows of teeth in his jaws. He had
the mouth to bite a horse iu two at a clip.
I?* The government printing office in
Washington now employs six hundred
compositors and ninety pressmen, making
the largest printing office in the world.
The annual amount of work done is about
three million dollars. The public printer
has lately applied for land enough to give
the establishment a whole block.
JSTMr. Simmons, governor of Canterbury
prison, says: The number of prisoners
who have been committed to the prison
with which I have been connected during
the last ten years amounts to twenty-two
thousand. From the experiences I have
had, I calculate that from ninety to ninetytwo
per cent, of all crimes are committed
through taking intoxicating drinks, in a
direct or indirect manner.
JST" A Chicago druggist says that twothirds
of the prescriptions given by physicians
are as harmless as bubbles. When
a person calls a doctor he expects that he
is going to be treated. If the doctor does
not dose him he thinks the physician does
not understand his business, and calls in
another one. The doctor understands this,
and gives the imaginary sick man something
that wil'. not hurt him. This is especially
true of women.
a^The Christian Index says: "A little
less than one hundred years ago, it was estimated
that in the population of the
United States there was only one professing
Christian to every fifteen; now the estimate
is one Christion to every five.
This indicates that as rapidly as our population
has increased in the last hundred
years, Christianity has increased threefold
faster. Does this look as if Christianity I
is losing its hold upon our people ?" I
lUisrcUaufous ?Uadint}.,
GEN. LONGSTUEET. J
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IIE TELLS JIOW HE IlECAME A ItEI'UIS- i
LICAX?JIIS TALK WITJI IIOOI). |
Gen. Longstreet has exploded a story (
which has been circulated for years as an ,
explanation of hisconnection with the Re- ,
Kublican party. The common report has j
een that Longstreet made up his mind on (
this subject at a conference with several
other well known Confederate generals
soon after the close of the war ; that they j
all agreed to endorse the policy of recon- (
struction ; that Longstreet wrote a letter ]
following out that idea, and that in conse- i
quence of the abuse which this action <
? r. i r A tit -tt.
urougniupuu juuugsirvei ine umtjr v^unieu- <
erategenerals who had agreed to go into |
the movement with him "backed out." \
Gen. Longstreet was in St. Louis last Mon- i
day, and a reporter of the Globe-Demo- i
crat called his attention to the story which
has been frequently told in explanation of
his alliance with the Republican party. <
Gen. Longstreet said : ]
"That is not a true statement of the facts. 1
There never was such a meeting held in 1
my office. It was just after the military {
bill had passed, and friends of the South t
felt that they were in a dark hour. Tho 1
New Orleans Times came out in a strong i
editorial calling upon Hood, Wheeler, t
Stewart, myself and others as southern i
leaders to join the paper in a plea for a reconstruction
of the Union. We were
asked to declare, in so many words, that
we accepted the results, and were ready to 1
aid in the speedy restoration of the Union. 1
"Gen. Hood met me, and we talked *
about the editorial. He said, in effect, J
that it aimed at acondition that we all de- }
voutly hoped for ; but he added: 'If you j
declare yourself on those lines, the south
ern press and the southern people will vil- <
lify and abuse you. It may be very patriotic
and all that, but it will be very foolish.'
I replied, I don't exactly remember t
what were the words, but it was to the ef- ?
feet that, if it was patriotic, I was willing t
to be called a fool. That afternoon I wrote
my letter on reconstruction to the Times, t
It was the first published in its columns, c
and first read by Gen. Hood when it ap- t
peared in print. However much Gen. '
Hood may have shared my sentiments, he t
never trusted himself to a public expression
of them. Gen. Wheeler I did not
consult in the matter. He, therefore, did J
not interline or make marginal notes in J
my letter. There never was an arrange- ^
meut under which my letter was to be fol- ;
lowed. The soldiers 'named were all pen- *
tlemen, and had they made any such an 1
agreement they w.ould have carried it out. Jj
If I did tread the wine press alone, I did j.
so on my own motion."
The statement of Gen. Longstreet will !
be accepted as final. It destroys a legend
which has been repeated for years, and
which many have believed. The strangest
thing about the whole matter is that
Gen. Longstreet did not long ago deny a
story which did some of his most distinguished
of his associates in the Confederate
army grave injustice. It is well that
the truth has come out at last.?[Macon
(Ga.) Telegraph.
The Coming Congressional Elections.?Nominating
conventions are being
held.or prepared for just now all over
the country, and some members of congress
are being renominated and some are
being selected to stay at home. The feeling
in the house is that there is going to
be a change this fall?that the next house
will be Democratic. The only trouble the
Democrats arehavingin their'congressional
districts is in sections were the Farmers'
Alliance is going into politics, but where
alliance men are elected they will it is w
thought, generally be good Democrats, c
The Republicans are having the same 81
trouble, only more ol it, the alliance movement
being generally inimical to llepubli- .
can policy. The main fight of the campaign
this fall will be on the tariff, and it
promises to be hot beyond precedent. In
some States the Democarts expect large
gains. Ohio, Missouri, Maryland, Virginia,
Illinois and New York are named as
among the States that will add to the ^
Democratic strength in the next house. e
The Northwest promises surprises, but 1
they may not be, perhaps, just such as the e
Democrats expect. Will a Federal election
law make much difference in results? "
Careful students of the situation are of c
opinion that it will disappoint its invent- j
ors, and will show that Southern elections t
have in the past been fair. o
Georgia's Alliance Candidate.? ?
The campaign in Georgia took a sensa
uonai lurn last oaiuruuy in me lurumi ?? t
nouncement of the candidacy for governor t
of Thomas Hardeman, of Macon. Harde- t
man is one of the famous war horses of p
the Georgia Democracy. This complicates f
matters very much just at a time when the .
friends of J. W. Northen were confident *
that he would have a walk over. The out- ^
look now is that Georgia will have an alii- i
ance and anti-alliance campaign like that i
in Alabama. i
Hardeman has not only the anti-Northen 1
and alliance forces at his back, but he pro- 1
poses to go into his opponent's stronghold. t
For years he has posed as a friend of the z
farmers, and several times has been pres- c
ident of the State Agricultural society, r
He, too, is an alliance man, though of recent
growth. He has always stood as one
ofjhe strong Democratic leaders. His
chances are considered excellent.
flSTTired New Yorkers rizzle everyday.
To rizzle is a very different thing from to
razzle. A well-known New York doctor
thus describes his method of rizzling : I
retire to my study, and having darkened
the room, I light a cigar, sit down and
perform the operation. How to describe
it I don't know, but it is a condition as
nearly like sleep as sleep is like death. It
consists in doing absolutely nothing. I
close my eyes, and try to stop all action of
the brain. I think of nothing. It only
takes a little practice to be able to absolutely
stifle the brain. In that delightful condition
I remain at least ten minutes, sometimes
twenty. That is the condition most
helpful to digestion, and it is that which
accounts for the habit animals have of
sleeping after eating. I would rather miss
a fat fee than that ten minutes' rizzle every
day.
J?" Dr. Lancaster, an eminent physiciau
and surgeon of London, has analyzed a
man for the benefit of his class in chemistry.
The body operated upon weighed
154.4 pounds. The lecturer exhibited upon
the platform 23.1 pounds of carbon, 2.2
pounds of lime, 23.3 ounces of phosphates,
and about one ounce each of sodium, iron,
potassium, magnesium and silicon. Besides
this solid residuum, Dr. Lancaster estimated
that there were 5,595 cubic feet of
oxygen, weighing 21 pounds; 105,900 cubic
feet of hydrogen, weighing 15.4 pounds;
and 52 cubic feet of nitrogen in the man's
body. All of these elements combined in
the following: One hundred and twentyone
pounds of water, 1(5.5 pounds of gelatine,
1.32 pounds fat, 8.8 pounds fibrin and
albumen. 7.7 nounds of nhosnhate of lime
and other minerals.
4?"-The Louisiana house of delegates
has passed a bill compelling railroads operating
in that State to provide on all their
trains separate, through equal, accommodations
for whites and negroes. Such a
law has been for some time in force in
Mississippi and in other Southern States,
and has been declared constitutional by the
United States supreme court. Since the
adoption of this law in the neighboring
State of Mississippi, there has been a growing
demand for its adoption in Louisiana.
The New Orleans Picayune urges the
passage of the bill by the senate and its
approval by the governor as a move in the
direction of much needed railroad reform
in Louisiana.
-? ?
far Elias Carr, president of the North
Carolina State Farmers' alliance, has issued
a manifesto, which falls heavily upon
the railways of the State. The alliance
demands the enactment of a railroad commission
law with full powers to regulate
freight and passenger rates upon a just
1 LI. i
iiuu rua.suua.uiu uaais, nuu lu investigate
and take reasonable action with respect to
damages or injuries to persons or property.
They also enter a protest against the policy
of convict labor. President Carr announces
that these demands were submitted
to the 2,200 sub-alliances and were endorsed
by the requisite majority of them.
He therefore declares them to be official
demands of the State alliance.
BST It is told of a wealthy family in New !
York that it is in their regular.custom to;
apply to new acquaintances a test of breed- j
ing which they are accustomed to call the
"booby-trap." They seat the stranger in
a rocking-chair, and stt about to watch .
him or her. If the visitor rocks, the verdict
is against him, and he is thenceforth
cutoff from the calling list of the family.
If he or she sits quietly and does not sway . ^
to and fro, the case is consider as being de- u
cidedly in his or her favor. I
B^-The Democrats of Missouri have de:ermined
to make tariff reform the princiDal
issue in the approaching election for
State officers and congressmen. Tariff reform
picnics will be held all over theState,
*nd the services of Congressmen Mills, of
Texas, and Breckenridge, of Kentucky,
iave been secured for seven speeches each
iurlng the month of July. These speeches
will be delivered at accessible points, and
tvill be heard by thousands of Missouri
farmers of both parties, who are earnestly
Jesiring tariff reform.
t&~ The Baptists are preparing for a
jreat university at Chicago and the Methodists
for one at Washington, where the
Roman Catholics have already one. Thus
we shall have in this country something
dse new in Kuropo, denominational universities.
Let us hope the new institu;ions
will not neglect the course in man
jal training, for that is now a necessary
part of a complete educational establishment.
Igy President Cleveland has a strong hold
>n the Democracy of the country. The
Democratic State conventions recently
leld in Maine, Vermont, Illinois and Alasamahave
endorsed his tariff policy with
jreat unanimity. He possesses the minds
ind hearts of the Democratic masses who
ook to him as their leader and deliverer
n the campaign of 181)2. Whether he is
;he candidate or not, he is the most powerull
man to-day in the Democratic party.
A remarkable record was that of
Jacob Fisher, who died lately in Kutzown,
Pa. He was 100 years old, he had
/oted for nineteen Democratic candidates
or president, and was never ill in his life.
Moreover, he had used tobacco and whiscy
ever since he was a young man. Does
t prove that tobacco and whisky and votng
for Democratic presidential candilates
are conducive to long life and health V
Four hundred and seventy years ago
wo men in Hungary went to law about
i piece of land valued at $2,000. Bfct
lobody was in any particular hurry, ana
io the matterdragged along until the other
lay, when the court decided it. The de:ision,
however, is of little practical inerest
to anybody, as the land in question
las been covered .by a lake for the last
wo hundred years.
The Minnesota Alliance.?By a
manimous vote of the executive commitees
last Monday it was decided to hold a
State convention of the Farmers' alliance
or the nomination of a State ticket at St.
5aul on July 16. The alliance is strong in
Minnesota, and this makes the result of the
oming election a decided uncertainty.
The alliance will be in the congressional
ights.
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April 30 18 ly
REGISTRATION NOTICE.
Office Supervisor of registration,
York County,
Yorkviule, April 8, 18(h).
^TOTICE is hereby given that the books of
131 registration will remain open in my oltiee,
-s the law directs, on the FIRST MONDAY in
ach month until the FIRST MONDAY in Juy,
185)0, when the law requires them to bo closed
until after the next general election.
This is for the purpose of registering all perons
who have become of age qualifying
hem to vote, or who may be entitled from
ither legal causes since the last election to regster;
to transfer voters so desiring from York
o another county, or from one residence to anither.
Voters desiring to ayail themselves of
,ny of the aboye privileges, must make appliation
before or on the FIRST MONDAY, 5TH
)AY OF JULY, 185)0.
Lost registration certificates may be renewed
o within THIRTY DAY'S of the election, and
hose who become of legal age to vote between
he 1st of July, 185)0, and the day of the next
;eueral election, may register at any time beore
the election.
The precincts of Black's Station, Cherokeo
ownship; McElwee's Mill, Bethesda townhip;
and Tirzah, in Ebenezer township, have
>een discontinued by act of the general assem>ly,
and the following precincts have been desgnated
in place of those named: Blacksburg,
n Cherokee township; Antioch Church, in
lethesda township ; and Newport, in Ebenezer
ownsbip.
It will be necessary for voters residing in the
ownships of Cherokee, Bethesda and Ebeno;er,
to renew their certificates of registration to
ion form to the changes in the names of the
irecinctsabove mentioned.
F. HAPPERFIELD,
Supervisor of Registration, York Co.
April 5) 15 13t
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RICHMOND AND DANVILLE R. R. CO.,
PASSENGER DEPARTMENT,
Sontli Curolina Division.
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CONDENSED SCHEDULE IN EFFECT JUNE 15, '90
(Trains run by 75th Meridian time.)
south bound.
No. 50. No. 52.
Daily. Daily.
Leavo New York, 12.15 Night 4.30 P. M
Leave Philadelphia,... 7.20 A. M. <5.57 P. M
Leaye Haltimore, 9.45 A.M. 0.30 P. M
Leave Washington, 11.24 A. M. 11.00 P. M
Leave Richmond, 3.00 P. M. 2.30 A. M
Leave Greensboro, 10.37 P. M. 9.50 A. M
Leave Salisbury, 12.32 P. M. 11.23 A. M
Leave Charlotte 2.20 A. M. 1.00 P. M
Leave Rock Hill, 3.17 A. M. 1.54 P. M
Leave Chester, 3.58 A. M. 2.35 P. M
Leave Winnsboro', 4.59 A. M. 3.36 P. M
Arrive at Columbia,.... 6.30 A. M. 5.10 P. M
Leave Columbia 6.55 A. M. 5.30 P. M
Leave Johnston's, 8.50 A.M. 7.39 P. M
Leave Trenton, 9.19 A. M. 7.57 P. M
Leave Graniteville, 9.40 A. M. 8.29 P. M
Arrive at Augusta, 10.20 A. M. 9.07 P. M
a nkd.uotnn n (in a vr uqn p
Arrive at Savannah, 5.40 P. M. 6.30 A. M
NORTH BOUND.
No. 53. No. 51.
Daily. Daily.
Leayo Charleston,* 7.00 A. M. 5.10 P. M
Leave Augusta 8.00 A. M. 6.30 P. M
Arrive at Graniteville,.. 8.35 A. M. 7.10 P. M
Leave Graniteville 7.25 P. M
Leave Trenton, 9.05 A. M. 7.57 P. M
Leave Johnston's 9.17 A. M. 8.14 P. M
Arriye at Columbia, 11.00 A. M. 10.22 P. M
Leave Columbia, 11.40 A. M. 10.32 P. M
Arrive at Winnsboro'.... 1.28 P. M. 12.17 P. M
Arrive at Chester, 2.35 P. M. 1.22 A. M
Arrive at Rock Hill 3.27 P. M. 2.09 A. M
Arrive at Charlotte, 4.30 P. M. 3.13 A. M
Arrive at Salisbury, 7.05 P. M. 6.02 A. M
Arrive at Greensboro,.... 8.40 P. M. 7.47 A. M
Arrive at Richmond, 5.15 A. M. 3.30 P. M
Arrive at Washington,.. 7.03 A. M. 7.10 P. M
Arrive at Baltimore, 8.25 A. M. 8.50 P. M
Arrive at Philadelphia,.10.47 A. M. 3.00 A. M
Arrive at New York, 1.20 P. M. 6.20 A. M
Via S. C. Railway.
THROUGH CAR SERVICE.
Pullman Sleeping Car on trains 52 and 53, be
tween Augusta and Washington.
Pullman Palace Cars between Augusta anc
Greensboro, on trains 50 and 51.
Pullman Parlor Car service between Augusta
and Hot Springs, N. C., without change or
No. 53 from Augusta, connecting with C. and G
No. 54, Daily.
JAS. I.. TAYLOR, Gen'l Pass. Agent, Washington, D. C
SOL. HASS, Traffic Manager, Richmond, Va.
D. CARD WELL, Division Passenger Agent, Columbia, S. C
Juno 19 25 tf
C. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD,
SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains
from Lenoir, N. C., to Chester, S. C., daily
except Sunday, taking elfect May 25,1890:
GOING SOUTH.
Leave Lenoir ..tt 8.25 A. M.
Leave Hickory 9.35 A. M.
Leave Newton 10.10 A. M.
Leave Lincolnton 11.00 A. M.
Leave Dallas, 11.50 A. M.
Leave Gastonia 12.10 P. M.
Leave Clover, 12.46 P. M.
Leaye Yorkville, 1.20 P. M.
Leave Guthriesville, 1.42 P. M.
Leave Lowrysville, 2.05 P. M.
Arrive at Chester 2.30 P. M.
GOING NORTH.
T 9! 40 P M.
utjttvo vuool-ol, * - ?
Leave Lowrysville, 3.21 P. M.
Leave Yorkville 3.46 P. M.
Leave Clover, 4.07 P. M.
Leave Gastonia, 4.42 P. M.
Leave Dallas. 5.00 P. M.
Leave Lincolnton, 5.52 P. M.
Leave Newton..., 6.48 P. M.
Leave Hickory, 7.23 P. M.
Arrive at Lenoir, 8.35 P. M.
SOL HASS, J. L. TAYLOlt, D. CARDWELL.
Trnffic Manager. Gen. l'ass. Agent D. P. A., Columbia, S. C.
May 21 21 tf
DISCONTINUANCE OF ABROAD. ~~
Office of County Commissioners, j
York County, j
Yorkville, S. C., May 5,1890.
NOTICE is hereby given that on the THIRD
TUESDAY OF AUGUST, 1890, the County
Commissioners of York county will DISCONTINUE
a part of the public road In York
county, S. C., known as the "Nation Ford
Road," to wit: Beginning at the Dwelling
house on the plantation of Capt. A. E. Hutchison,
in Ebenezer township, and extending
thence to Moore's Cross Roads, near Nation
Ford, a distance of about one mile and a quarter.
All persons objecting to the closing up or
discontinuance of said, are required to appear
before the board of County Commissioners, at
their office in Yorkville, S. C., on the 19TH
DAY OF AUGUST, 1890, AT 12 O'CLOCK M.,
to make their objections known.
By order of the Board of County Commissioners
of York county.
D. E. FINLEY, Clerk of Board.
May 14 20 3m
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SOLE AGENT.
1111 IS will certify that SAM M. GRIST, of
. Yorkville, S. C., has been appointed as
SOLE AGENT for the sale of CORBIN DISK
HARROWS, CORBIN ROAD CARTS, Ac., in
and for tlio counties of YORK, CHESTER,
LANCASTER and FAIRFIELD, in the State
of South Carolina, and MECKLENBURG
county, in the State of North Carolina.
ST. LAWRENCE M'F'G CO.
May 21 21 tf
UNDERTAKING.
1AM handling a first class line of Coffins
and Caskets which I will sell at the very
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luwuiii/ priuea, x viaunoi omuumw.. ?? ?
I am prepared to repair all kinda of Furniture
at reasonable prices.
J. ED. JKFFERYS.
January 22 4 tf
~ ALONZO ROSE,
Hickory Grove, S. <).,
DEALER IN
FINE WHISKIES, BRANDIES, WINES
AND TOBACCOS.
Special Prompt Attention given to Orders.
Mareli lit 12 ly
THE CORI
Is The Best Farming Ii
NO OTHER IMPLEMENT WILL DO
Bight Now Is tli
TIIKRE is no doubt of the fact that no fanning
implement has ever been ottered to the
farming world that has given such universal
' satisfaction as the CORBIN DISK HARROW.
It is used in every State and Territory and is
heartily and enthusiastically endorsed by every
j farmer who has ever used it, and they are numj
bered bv thousands. Practical fanners everv!
where agree that it is. WITHOUT EXCEi1j
TION, the most profitable implement for cultiI
vating the soil and putting in grain yet in|
vented. It increases the crops, saves time, and
; na? o.-3 ituiui .
I The Harrow is made of first-class material
j throughout, and with proper care will do good
work for fifteen or twentv years, and will pay
for itself a dozen times ovor. The wheels or
disks are made of the very best of steel, and
will neither break, bend or crumble. The
disks are not affected to any appreciable extent
r by rocks and the Harrow will do good work
on all kinds of land.
I The following are some of the points of superiority
possessed by the G'orbin Harrow :
) J. It is theonly Disk Harrow that is perfectly
llexible (i. c. one that will adapt itself to tin1
even surfaces).
2. It is the only Harrow in which the gangs
are independent of each other?either can fit or
follow an inequality without disturbing the
> other.
3. It is the only Harrow having chilled
i boxes and anti-friction balls.
4. It is the only Harrrow that has a successful
Seeder Attachment.
5. It is tho only combined Harrow and Seeder
that covers every kernel of grain in rows
like a drill.
t>. Tho Corbin is unequaled for lightness of
draft and power as a pulverizer.
The Harrow With Seeder Attachment.
Every Corbin Harrow, whatever the size, is
arranged so that a Seeder can be attached to it.
The Seed Box and its machinery are of the
most simple and compact character. All its
metal parts are of malleable or refined wrought
iron. Its weight is (of the size to fit the No. 7
12-disk Harrow) about eighty pounds.
The Seeder Attachment is removable at
pleasure. It locks itself firmly to the Harrow
frame by simply putting it into position.
Neither bar, bolt, wedgo, key, screw or pin, is
used to fasten it. Therefore, no hammer,
wrench or other tool is required to attach or
detach it. Half a minute of time will remove
and one minute replace it.
The Harrow and Seeder combined cost about
half as much as a Drill, and is a better tool.
It will sow grain as evenly as any drill, cover
it better, and place it at any depth in the
ground. It is two complete implements in
one. It prepares the fieln in the best possible
manner for seeding and then sows the crop.
It sows RED RUST-PROOF OATS capitally.
WORDS OF PRAISE.
The following endorsements by practical
farmers are herewith produced for the information
of any who may not be familiar with tho
Corbin Harrow. Read what they say:
Tho Corbin is the best harrow made.?[Dr.
H. A. Cutting, Commissioner of Agriculture,
Vermont.
Too much cannot be said in praise of the
uoroin 1JI8K narrow.?irnccnix uiuo, union
Chapel, Ga.
I would not protend to farm without the
. Corbin Disk Harrow.?[W. Holmes Hardin,
. Chester, S. C.
Have tried them all?the Corbin is the best.
?[J. Sampson, Supt. W. L. Scott's Pennsyl
vania farm.
They are the machines for thoroughnesss of
breaking and despatch of work.?[Thos. Warthen,
Sr., Warthen, Ga.
It is the best tool I have ever used for getting
I ingrain. I advise all farmers to buy one.?[P.
P. Clark, Spragueville, N. Y.
The Corbin Disk Harrow is the best labor
1 saving implement ever introduced in the
South.?[Bill Arp, Calhoun, Ga.
I believe I have savedvthe price of the Harrow
by using it to put in my crops this (1879)
. season.?[Win. Griffith, Gouvorneur, N. Y.
SCHEDULl
o., o. & JBSbi
From. Columbia i
In Effect Mai
fcloiug Norlli. 1 No. C3 i tfa gg t
Daily ,
STATIONS. Daily except
Sunday
a. m. a. m ;
Leave Columbia 9 00
Leave Kingville 9 50 j
Leave Camden 11 40 9 00
Leave Lancaster 1 09 1 15 !
Leave Catawba June. 1 48 2 50 !
Leave Roddey's 1 52 3 00 j
Leave Leslie's 1 50 3 10
Leave Rock Hill 2 20 3 50
Leave Old Poiut 2 25 4 00
Leave Newport 2 33 4 15
Leave Tirzah 2 39 4 30
Leave Yorkville 2 50 5 10
Leave Sharon 3 05 5 40
Leave Hickory Grove 3 18 0 10 !
Leave Smyrna j
Leave Blacksburg 3 45 0 55 i
Leave Shelby 4 57
Arrive Rutherfordton 0 45
p. m. p. m. I
corjnkctions.?At Camden, with South Car
R. R.; at Lancaster, with C. & C. R. R.; at Cata
ville, with C. <k L. R. R.; at Blacksburg with A.
ttiar>kulmrcr s. f!.. March 20. 1890. JO
GARRY IRON RO<
Manufacturers of all kindsof n
IRON ROOFING
CRIMPED ANDC0RRU6ATED SIDING,
Iron Tile or Shingle,
FIRE PROOF DOOBS, SHUTTERS AC.,
THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS 0]
7&T Orders received by L. M. GRIST.
TBI IW BUCKEYE M
FJ1IIE BUCK EYE IS THE LIGTHEST RUN>
AND THE MOST DURABLE MOWING MAC
the civilized world as the KING OF MOWERS
SAM M. GRIST is solo agent for the Bin
tion as to its points of superiority, and he will
for cash, or on time if satisfactory security is gi
WIXTHROP TRAINING SCHOOL.
Office County School Commissionkk,
Yokk County,
Yorkville, S. C., June 10, 1890.
A COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION, for
women only, will bo held JULY 2ND, AT
YORKVILLE, at 9 o'clock A. M., for the appointment
of TWO BENEFICIARIES IN I
THE WINTHROP SCHOOL. Tho successful
applicant will receive the Stato appointment,
equivalent to $150, for one session of nine
months, and the one ranking next will receive !
the Scholarship only, given by the Winthrop }
School to each county in the State. The de- [
sign of the school is to prepare young women
for teachers, who already nave a good educa- !
tion, by training them in methods of teaching I
and school management. The examination |
win inr?iinln arithmetic. ir ram mar. geography,
United States history, reading, writing "and j
spelling, and will be similar in character to the
usual county examinations.
L. A. JOHNSON,
School Coin. York County.
June 11 24 3t
C. K. SPENCER, N. W. HARDIN,
Yorkville, S. C. Black's S. C.
SPENCER A HARDIN.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Klack.sburg, S. C.
WE make a specialty of collections. All
business entrusted to us will be given
prompt and careful attention.
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Yorkville, S. C.
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OFFICE OPPOSITE THE COURT HOUSE.
BIN 8kSRKROW
inplemcnt In The World.
AS GREAT A VARIETY OF WORK,
e Time To Buy.
I do not hesitate to pronounce it a most perfect
and indispensable farm implement and
would recommend it to all my fellow-farmers.
?[Chas. Ilardy, (Jouverneur, N. Y.
I have never seen' anything to equal tho
work of the Corbin Disk Harrow. It will un- i
flnilhtorllv rornlntinni'/fl nnr uvutpm nf tiirm- I
ing ? [Rev. W. S. Johnson, Calhoun, Ga. >
The Disk Harrow is absolutely indispensable
to a farmer who has ouco used it. Its value
as a farming implement cannot be estimated.
?[Geo. L. Riddle, Zeno, York county, S. C.
The Corbin Harrow has given perfect satisfaction
and I can recommend it as being the best
machine for pulverizing the soil that there is
made.?[Simon Brown, Jr., Parsontield, N. II.
The Corbin Disk Harrow tills a long felt
want in the farming community. As a pulverizer
it is a complete success, and as for putting
in small grain itdoes its work admirably.?[W.
J. Miller, Newport, York county, S. C.
I have used the Disk Harrow for years, and
would not be without one for four times its
cost. I think the Disk Harrow the most important
implement used, and will do moro
work for its cost than any implement made.
-[Wm. H. Herndon, Yorkville, S. C.
The only objection I have to the Corbin Harrow
is that I have not owned one for the last
twenty-live years. If I had owned ono (luring
the time mentioned, I would have saved lots
of hard work and made better crops. Now
that I have one I am delighted with it.?[E. N.
Davidson, Loniinaek, York county, S. C.
I have a Corbin Disk Harrow which I have
been using for several years, and consider it
the most valuable farming implement of which
I have any knowledge. As a time and money *
saver, aside from the superior quality of work
it does, its value can hardly be estimated at
the season at which the small grain is sown.
?[R, E. Guthrie, Guthricsville, S. C.
I consider myself incompent to do the imEilement
justice. I consider the Corbin Disk
larrow is the most valuable farming implement
I have ever used, or ever expect to use.
There is no implement of which I have any
knowledge that will do so many different kinds
of work or do the work as well.?[Dr. Wm. M.
Walker, Yorkville, S. C.
The Corbin Harrow is a complete success, and
every farmer should have one, and the longer
the matter of buying is put off, the greater the
loss to the farmer, as it can be used to great ad
vantage in winter, spring, summer and fall.
I consider myself incompetent to do the implement
justice from an economical standpoint.
?[Wm. S. Wilkerson, Hickory Grove, S. C.
I find a wonderful difference in working land
that has been harrowed and that which has not.
The more I use my Harrow the better I like it.
It is my purpose to sow my small grain with
it next fall, and for two reasons; first, I can
sow it better, and, therefore get better results;
and second, I can do it at about one-fifth the
expeuse and in one-fifth the time as compared
to theordinary way of sowing grain. No farmer
can afford to be without the Corbin Harrow, and
the sooner the farmers find this out the better.
I would not take five times the cost of my
Harrow for it and be without it. I shall be
pleased to give my friends any further information
they may desire.?[R. H. Glenn, Yorkville,
S. C.
The above testimonials, from practical farI
mors should be sufficient to convince the most
skeptical that the Corbin Disk Harrow is a
complete success. No farming implement has
ever received such universal praise in this
section.
The St. Lawrence M'fg Co., who are the
manufacturers of the Corbin Harrow, recommend
the No. 7 Harrow as being best adapted
to general farm work. It is made in two sizes,
viz.: 12 disks, 16 inches in diameter, and 6-foot
cut, and the other size has 10 16-inch disks and
5-foot cut. I keep a few No. 7 12-disk harrows
on hand and can fill orders promptly. I also .
have SEEDER ATTACHMENTS on hand.
. I am sole agent for the St. Lawrence M'fg
Co. for York, Chester, Fairfield and Lancaster
counties, S. C., and Mecklenburg county, N. C.
I em prepared to quote unusually low prices
and liberal terms. Call on or write to me at
once. SAM M. GRIST, Yorkville, S C.
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