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"COME LET US REASON TOGETHER." Which Shall it he, Fence the Stock or Fence the Crops t Mr. Editor: In the discussion of this importaut question, there should be no appeal to the passions or prejudices of one class of our community as arrayed against another class. For instance, in some quarters in the discussion of the practical question, as to .which is best for all classes of our community, io fence in or fence out the stock, the attempt js sedulously made to array the tenant against the landlord, as though their in terests Were antagonistic. No greater mistake could possibly be made than that. The interests of all the cultivators i)f the soil, whether laborer or employer, are so intimately allied and in perfect sympathy on this and all other questions pertaining to the agricultural interests of .the country, that the man who attempts to array one class against the other only betrays his own ignorance. So far as the present question of fence or no fence is concerned, to show that there is no diversity of interests, as between the tenant and landlord, but only a diversity of views as to what would be for the best for both classes, it is only necessary to note the fact that in almost every neigh? borhood some of the strongest opponents of the proposed change are the largest land-holders, while on the other hand many of the most intelligent renters are Liking sides in favor of it. On this ques? tion of fence or no fence, whatever poli # cy is best for the landlord is best for the tenant, and vice versa. Neither can any political party aspect be attached to the question, for two years ago the Republi? cans submitted the question to the voters of Anderson, and afterwards incorpora? ted the adoption of the proposed change in the fence law as a plank in their plat? form of principles for the campaign of rast fall. So, on the ether band, the Democrats, when they succeeded to pow? er, deemed this question of so much im . portance agriculturally that they have submitted the question to the decision of the people of the whole State by town? ships and counties. And it is well that it is so. It is no political question ; it is no proposed class legislation. It is sim? ply and purely an agricultural question, affecting alike the interests of all con? cerned in agriculture; and as such the discussion of the question should be en? tered into with calmness, with no bitter? ness, or acrimony, or party or class spirit, but simply with a sincere desire to reach a favorable conclusion, looking to the removal of every hindrance possible to the resuscitation and rejuvenation of the agricultural interests of our State. And then, again, it is argued by some that it would have been far better to have made the proposed change a matter of State policy, and not have authorized its adoption by townships and counties. This, I think, is a mistake. There are some counties, not only in the mountain? ous regions, but also along the coast lines, whose extensive grazing lands af? fording an abundant supply of nourish? ing grasses nearly the whole year round for large numbers of cattle and sheep, would make the establishment Of a gen? eral stock law very onerous and deleteri? ous to them. And while such a law as is proposed might meet exactly the ne? cessities of a large majority of the coun? ties of the State, it would not be the desire of those counties to oppress or injure unnecessarily any portion of the people of our State; Hence, the man? ner in which the question has been sub? mitted to the people by the last Legisla? ture is the fairest and best, all things considered, that could have been devised. That some inconvenience will be expe? rienced by people living along the town? ship, county or State lines there is no doubt. Hence, to diminish that incon? venience as much as possible, it would be better for the people of Anderson, for instance, to carry the whole county for the proposed change, by carrying a ma? jority of the townships. And, besides, it is quite probable that the adjoining townships along the Pickens line can be carried for the proposed change, especi? ally if it were known that the County, "Commissioners of Anderson would -unite with those townships in building a joint line of fence along their borders, thereby dispensing with the expense of building a line of fence on the County line. That such a fair proposition would meet with favor by our County Commissioners, there 091 be not a particle of doubt. With these preliminary remarks, we will now proceed to discuss the practical operation of the proposed change in our present fence law, and to show, as we believe we can, that our present condi? tion as a farming people makes it to our interest to fence the stock and not the crops. It is quite evident, and needs no argu? ment to prove the proposition, that when the present fence law was enacted requir? ing farmers to fence their crops instead of stock, the condition of our country, and the interests of our people agricul? turally, were exactly the reverse in every material aspect of our present condition. In the early settlement of our country, when the present fence law was enacted, forest and timber lands were superabun? dant; hence, there was no pressing ne? cessity for aggregating the great saving of cost in timber and labor between fenc? ing in and fencing out the stock. Be? sides, these illimitable forest lands, espe? cially along our water courses, were covered all over with a luxuriant growth of cane and grasses for the support of out-running cattle, and the noble forest trees yielded annually their immense crops of nuts for the growth, without expense to the owner, of large numbers of hogs. And then, again, those large boundaries of outlying forest and grazing lands were vacant lands owned by the government and held for the benefit of the early pioneers in the settlement of these waste lands. Hence, it was then to the interest of our farmers at that early period of our history to fence the crops and not the stock. We have been informed by our older citizens that at this early period of our history a farmer by keeping a superabundance of horses could make a crop by alternately plough? ing said animals and then belling them and turning them out to graze. So with the raising of hogs. Ail that was neces? sary for a man to- do to secure his bacon for another year was to establish a legiti? mate-claim for a share-of the wild hogs roaming at large, and killed and baconedt in the winter from the masts of the trees. That under such circumstances, and with such conditions, it was natural and con? sistent with the best interests of our forefathers to enact just such a fence law as now stands on our statute books is quite apparent. But it never entered their minds that uecause they enacted the law under certain conditions that it was to be perpetuated upon their chil? dren, to their great detriment, under an entirely different condition of things. Compare the conditiun of the country now with that just described, and could anything be imagined more entirely different? Our forest lands have been cut down and cleared in a reckless man? ner, until now about four out of six of all the plantations are so denuded of rail timber that if, unhappily, any one of them or any community should be so un? fortunate as to have their fences entirely destroyed by fire, there is not timber enough left to re-fence the cleared lands, and afford a reasonable reserve for re? pairs, fuel, building purposes, &c. This may be said to be an improbable contin? gency, but we know that in many por? tions of the North and West such a calamity has swept over large belts of country even withiu the last few months, leaving nothing but desolation, and ruin in its track. We assume, and think common observation will establish the assumption, that not more than one fourth or one-fifth of all the arable lands in our County are standing in their na? tive .forest growth, and even these natu? ral forests have been so culled and denu? ded of their best trees for rails and building purposes that there is but little left that can be properly used for these valuable purposes. As an evidence, we know of a case in an adjoining neighbor? hood where a man wanted two hundred rails made, and the timber was so wretch? edly bad that for a while he could find no one who wonld undertake the job; but at last a man who was in absolute need of bread agreed to split the number of rails required. He told us afterwards that the work was so hard, owing to the bad timber, that the two days' work had almost disabled him. He wore out two mauls in the job. So it is in almost every neighborhood. We lay down the broad proposition that the scarcity of timber is so great on most of our farms that the adoption of the "no fence" law is an absolute necessity. The remaining forests that are still left to the farmers of Anderson County should be sacredly preserved for themselves and for their posterity as a legacy, richer far than the gold mines of California. Secondly, on the score- of ecouomy of labor, we lay down the broad proposition that every man interested in agriculture, either as laborer or employer, should vote to fence the stock and not the crops as the fairest, the cheapest and most satis? factory to everybody. Can auy proposi tion be fairer than to make every man take care of his own ? What right has one man to tax his neighbor with the care of his stock, and that, too, at a heavy and unreasonable expense ? None whatever. Then, on the score of econo my of labor we lay down the proposition that every laboring man, if he consults his own interests, will vote for the "no fence" law. And right here we are met with the objection: adopt this law and the renter can own no stock, because he owns no land upon which to pasture that stock. In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred his condition, so far as stock is concerned, is just the same now under the present law, as it will be under the proposed change. Indeed, his rights would be better secured under the pro? posed law than under the present one. As the matter now stands, if he owns stock at all he pastures them, if at all, on other people's lands. And it is at the option of the land-holder whether he is permitted to own any stock at all, except such as he can pen or enclose. We be? lieve as a general rule that restrictions' are already imposed in regard to the number of cattle or hogs which the ren? ter is allowed to bring on the premises of the landlord. Under the proposed law the renter is secured in the right to own and bring on the premises of any laud lord living in a locality where said law has been adopted as mauy as two head of cattle to each fi<*ld hand. This is am? ply sufficient, and is more than a large majority of the renters really need. In? deed, if there had been no provision in the proposed law on the subject at all, the interests of the renter would have been abundantly protected on the score of reciprocity of interests. It is always to the interest of the landlord to provide in every possible way for the necessities and convenience of his employees. In s" doing he secures a better class of ren? ters, and can keep them after he gets them. There has been no law requiring the landlord to provide a home, garden or truck patch for each family of renters, and yet it has become the universal cus? tom, because the interests of both par? ties are enhanced thereby. So will it be in this) case. The ampler the provision made by the landlord for the comfort and convenience of the employee the more will that employee become attached to him and his interests. We, then, go back to the beginning of this branch of our argument, and lay down the general proposition that the interests of the ren? ter would be advanced by the adoption of the proposed law in the saving and econ? omy of labor. In some way or other the crop of the renter must be secured against the depredations of stock. How can thin be most cheaply done, looking to the in? terests of each individual renter ? We say, and believe we can prove it, by the adoption of the "no-fence" law, which imposes the duty upon each citizen for himself to take care ot and provide for his own^ stock; and that, too, not at the expense or annoyance orhis neighbor. We assume, again, and believe that com? mon observation will sustain us, that an average of from three to five head of cattle, and about the same number of hogs, will cover the stock in trade of ninety out of every hnndred of our ren? ters. And then, again, we assume that an allowance of fifteen acres for corn and five for cotton, for hoed crops, and about fifteen acres for small grain, mak? ing thirty-five acres all told, is about what each head of a family will work to the horse.. Now, we put the question to each one: Which is the cheapest for you, to put your thirty-five acres that you wish torcuitivate undera good and lawful fence, or fence in your three bead of cattle, or even more, as allowed by law, and your few hogs? Five acres, we take it, would be ample pasturage for the number of stock specified; so that on score of economy of labor, you would by that single operation save the fencing of thirty acres of land. And then your stock would do better, and always be at your call where you could see after them and provide for them in case of sickness or otherwise. On the other hand, if you decide to fence in your thirty-five acres of land, and turn your few head of cattle and hogs to roam at large in a barren range, they derive no advantage from this extensive range, which they would not more surely obtain in your enclosed pasture. There is now no outside range that is worth the name. The broom sedge is the only inducement, and that in a general range where everybody's cattle brouze, and under our parched summer suns, soon become dry and un nutritious. Then, again, in the fall of the year the half-starved cattle and hogs roam around the fields, and if they find a single broken panel of fence, in they go, to be dogged and perhaps killed by those who will not vote for the law, but who practically have "no fence." Any fence less than a lawful fence is, under the present law, no fence at all; and these people, many of them, seem to glory in their half-fenced farms, and whose only protection in the fall of the year for their ripened crops is a pack of hungry curs, who will in a few minutes tear, and maim, and sometimes destroy, their neighbors' stock that unluckily make a break through or over a rotten and low fence. Then, on the score of good neighborship, vote for the "no fence" law. As matters now stand, there is virtually no protec? tion to the landlord or tenant, either, for their ripened crops, after a hard sum? mer's work. There is not a dozen farms in the County enclosed with a lawful fence; hence, in the eyes of the law, less than a lawful fence is no fence at all. If your neighbors' stock commit depreda? tions on your crop, you have no redress but to stai.J guard with dog and gun, and then you would be liable in an action at law for any damage done to the stock under such circumstances. So, if you wish to preserve neighborly and good feeling in the community, vote for every man to be responsible for his own stock. He need not necessarily remove any of his, outside fences, as many farmers have :a. sufficiency of inside ones to enclose pastures for his own and his renters' stock. Can anything be more moderate or reasonable than such a proposition ? There is but one serious objection to the proposed change in the fence law, and chat is the want of good running water on many of our ridge farms. But it is a notable fact that on most of our highest ridge lands there are depressions and low wet places, which, in the winter and spring, is abundantly supplied with rain water, and for the dry summer months shallow and cheap wells could be con? structed at a very little /lost, wherever needed. To the landlord we will say a few words, and then brfng this communica? tion to a close. "Why should the land? holder oppose the "no fence" law, as some of them are now doing ? One will say, "I have plenty of timber to last for my generation, and let posterity look out for itself." This principle has had full sway long enough for the past hundred years of our existence, and surely the ruined, scarred and gutted fields, the destruction of forests and forest timber during that time is enough to cause the thoughtful man to stand appalled. If the same or a similar policy is to be pur? sued for another hundred years, not a forest tree will be left to tell the sad tale of reckless destruction, and ghastly and forsaken old fields will greet us on every side. What a patrimony to leave to our posterity! Let us "right-about face !" and spend the next hundred years in endeavoring to repair the waste and destruction of the last hundred. Let us husband and preserve our forests and forest trees, for ornament, for health, for fertility, for comfort along the wayside and around our dwellings, and our chil? dren will rise up and call us blessed. Suppose you have enough timber for yourself and children, the greater the* reason why you should unite with your more unfortunate neighbors in a policy absolutely indispensable to them. In doing so you make no sacrifices whatever, for having an abundance of timber you can fence up your stock without tearing down the fences around your fields, if you are not disposed to do so. One other argument and we are done. It is very evident that in this part of the country, at least, we must abandon the all-cotton policy. What shall be the substitute? Small grain, grasses and stock. Not an increase so much in num? bers of stock, but an improved quality. Why should any man milk three head of cattle wheu one cow well kept and well fed would give more milk and richer butter than all three under our present system? To improve materially the stock of this country, the very first im? portant step is enclosure and pasturage. Those of our progressive farmers who have embarked in this commendable branch of industry never think of turn? ing their improved stock to graze with the common herd. The very idea in? volves an absurdity. Consequently, these persons?and there are several in Anderson County?who have thus un? dertaken to reform this important indus? trial pursuit of our country, are now subjected to the double expense of fenc ing in their own stock and fencing out their neighbors'. Is this a proper reward for the enterprise of our citizens who are liberally investing their money at home and abroad in improved breeds of cattle, hogs, sheep, &c. ? Surely, they should not thus be needlessly subjected to this double expense. Finally, if we wish to relieve the agri? culture of our country from an onerous and oppressive burden, in the keeping up of an unnecessary amount of fencing at a heavy cost of labor and money; if wo desire to see the quality of the stock of our country improved; if wo wish'to economize and utilize the labor of our country, particularly in the winter time, by collecting and composting manures and subsoiling our lands, instead of ? building and keeping up useless and ex? pensive lines of fences; if we wish to preserve our forests to utilize and bless our posterity, let us, one and all, landlord and tenant, mechanic, merchant, profes? sional and manufacturer, vote solidly to fence the stock rather than the crops. T. H. R. GRANGE ITEMS. Master's Office, State Grange, Chappele's Depot, Newberry, S. C. It is not required that a Pomona shall be in possession of its charter before it goes to work ; it can work as soon as organized, by election and installation of officers. Any member of State Grange, who has taken the fifth degree, can in? stall officers of Pomona. The second quarter is now ended, and all Masters and Secretaries of subordi? nate and Pomona Granges are earnestly urged and reminded to make their quar? terly reports, promptly and fully, in order that the affairs of the order may be systematically arranged and attended to. At the summer meeting of the State Grange, at Anderson C. H., on the 8th of August, there will be essays read and discussed, publicly, on subjects of public interest, to develop the opinion of the people. The following Pomona Granges are charged with essays: Anderson, fence or stock law ; York, immigration; Richland, phosphates; Charleston, usu? ry ; Abbeville, railroad transportation; Laurens, labor; Orangeburg, life insu? rance; Edgcfield, co-operation. Each Pomona Grange not named above is earnestly requested to prepare an essay on some subject directly interesting to it and generally to the people. Essays from individual Patrons are expected; ergo, fish culture, by Brother Thomas Woodward ; horticulture, by Brother R. M. Sims; bee culture, by Brother A. P. Butler, &c, &c. These discussions are not fdr mere amusement, but to inaugu? rate and fulfill one of the great purposes and objects of the order, i. e., to develop, shape and direct the public opinion of the people in their unincorporated ca? pacity on all subjects of public interest. We cannot expect legislators to intuitive? ly know what wc want, when we have not determined what we really want our? selves. When each discussion is ended, the conclusions reached will be taken as the opinions of the order, and every effort made to further and promote them. From the foregoing, it will be seen that this meeting will be of great interest and importance to not only the order, but the people and Stale, and all are cordially invited to attend. Anderson was chosen as the place of meeting upon the request and invitation of the Pomona Grange of that County, made and given by its Worthy Master, W. W. Russell. The Pomona Grange of Anderson County has charge of all arrangements of grounds, buildings, reception of specimens, vis? itors, &c., &c. It is expected that the State and the Anderson County Agricul? tural Societies will meet at the same time and place, of which each will give its own notice. The sisters of the order are especially urged to attend this summer meeting, to bring specimens of all kinds, interesting or improving, ornamental or useful. They are expected to prepare essays either on the working of the order or upon subjects interesting to farmers' wives and daughters. ^ Although almost of the meetings will be open and public, still all members of the order, and especially voting members of the State Grange, will be expected to be in regalia. The State Grange, at its last meeting in February, ordered this meeting to be held for the purposes indicated; and if every Patron in the State will do his or her duty, it will not only fulfill the in? tentions of the State Grange, but be of great benefit to the people and the coun? try. To make the "Grange Department" more interesting to the sisters, they are. one and all, earnestly requested to send to the Master of State Grange contribu? tions of either original or selected matter, to be published in the "Matron's Col? umn." Several sisters have promised to aid the Master in this, ana it is hoped their good example will be promptly fol? lowed by many others. The sisters who are officers of the State, Pomona and sub? ordinate Granges should feel under pecu? liar obligations to support this column. Every subordinate Grange in the State should, as a Grange, subscribe for the weekly Register, and have the Worthy Lecturer to read the "Grange Depart? ment" in open Grange, uuder "Sugges? tions for the good of the order;" then the Worthy Secretary should either file papers or put the Grange column in a scrap-book for reference. From the fre? quency with which the same inquiries are propounded to this office, it is conclu? sive that either many who should do not read this column, or do not preserve it for reference, and consequently the good it was intended to do is lost. There is no trade or bargain between the Grange and the Register, but its Grange depart? ment is our organ, and for our own bene? fit and interest it should be extensively read and subscribed to by the Patrons of the State. Every Patron should have a scrap-book with each issue of tlhe Grange department pasted in it. Then he or she will not be dependent upon the monthly reading at the Grange and his memory, but have the record at hand, in his house, at all times. James N. Lipscomb, M. S. G. Summer Meeting of State Grange. At a meeting of the Executive Com? mittee of the State Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, of South Carolina, held at the Columbia Hotel, May the 16th, the following preamble and resolutions were read and unanimously adopted: In order to carry out the design of the State Grange at the last meeting, and to further promote the interest and object of the order of Patrous of Husbandry in this State, Resolved, That the State Grange, Pa? trons of Husbandry, of South Carolina, hold their annual summer meeting for the present year, 1877, at Anderson C. H., on the 8th day of August next. Resolved, That the subordinate Granges of the State be urged to have a represen? tation at this meeting, and that all Pa? trons bring for exhibition such articles as may be of interest. Resolved, That the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society and the Ander? son County Agricultural Society be re? quested to meet with us and to partici? pate in all of the discussions of the meet? ing. Resolved, That the following Patrons be invited to either read an essay or open the discussion by an address upon the subjects named, viz.: Dr. St. Julien Rav enel, on phosphates and fertilizers; Gen. Johnson Hagood, on blooded stock; E. L. Roche, of Ashley Grange, on the usury law; Gen. Brattou, on cattle; J. D. Wylie, on bee culture; Richard Tozer, on plantation engines; Col. Thomas Taylor, on corn fertilizers; Iredell Jones, on tenant system; W. W. Russell, of Anderson, on railroad transportation; Julius Mills, on immigration: B. F. Crayton, on fence law; Major Woodward, on fish culture. Resolved, That the Executive Commit? tee of the Agricultural and Mechanical Socfety be invited to co-operate with the Executive Committee of the State Grange in making arrangements in detail for Car? rying out the object of this meeting, and making this a large and harmonious meetinp f the agriculturists of the State. R. M. Sims, Secretary and Member of Executive Committee State Grange. ? An Irish gentleman, parting with a lazy servant woman, was asked, .with re? spect to her industry, whether she was what is termed afraid of work. "Oh! not at all," said he, "not at all; she'll frequently lie down and go to sleep by the very side of it." General News Summary. ? Pius IX lias again positively stated for the benefit of the busybodies and newsmongers that he will not leave Rome unless compelled by violence to do so. ? The Mollic Maguircs in Pennsylva? nia are not suppressed by the hanging of eleven of their murdering asssociates last week. Two more men have been mur? dered, and others who were witnesses against the executed Mollies have myste? riously disappeared, and, it is feared, have become the victims of vengeance. Other witnesses against them have fled in fear of like fate. ? Buenos Ay res, South America, has just had one of the most disastrous rain storms in the history of that country, the water falling almost continuous for sev? eral weeks. The pampas were flooded, and the losses of cattle, horses and sheep can only be estimated by hundreds of thousands or millions of bead. The ar? rivals of interior products at the cities has greatly fallen off, and nearly all the wool in the market is sold. ? The Crystal Palace, London, will in all probability be turned into a college for technical education. The city guilds have taken up the project, and the mer? cers, drapers, fishmongers, goldsmiths and cloth workers have each promised the sum of ?2,000 annually. The armorers and braziers have promised ?525, and the plasterers ?52 10s. each per annum. The projectors confidently hope that an endowment of ?50,000 per annum will be forthcoming for the technical educa? tion of youth. ? Our County Auditor has furnished us with the following interesting state? ment in regard to our taxes in the past and the present: Taxable property in the county in 1875-76 amounted to $1, 777,120. The State tax on this was $19, 548.32; county tax on same was $6,998. 48; total tax, $26,546.80. The property of the county in 1876-77 amounts to Sl, 741,104. State tax on this foots up $12, 287.72; county tax ou same i? $5,223.31; .total tax, $17,411.03. Difference between the Chamberlain government in favor of the Hampton government is $9,135.77. Comment is unnecessary. The above figures speak for themselves.?Keowce Courier. ? During the past six weeks, Senator Ransom, of North Carolina, has been ap? pealing to the President and Secretary of the Treasury for an amnesty for all his people charged with violating the inter? nal revenue laws. It is said he has con? cluded an arrangement with the Internal Revenue Department, by which all cases in North Carolina can be compromised with the government, under certain re? strictions. The terms are understood to be satisfactory to General Leach, John N. Staples and Thomas B. Keogh, who are attorneys for the whisky and tobacco men of North Carolina. The terms will be made known as soon as the formal ar? rangements are completed with the at? torneys. ?The Iowa State Republican Conven? tion on Wednesday presents the auoraa ly in our political history of the first con? vention of the administration party under a new president refusing by a three fourths vote to indorse his policy, and greeting every reference to it with pro? tests and hisses. The hope of the party managers to have the family quarrel set? tled behind the scenes, and everything kept quiet on the stage, proved delusive, and the president was snubbed in the most offensive way. The State which gave him the largest majority of any in the Union thus rebukes him for living up to the very platform on which it helped elect him. The facts that most of the managing politicians of Iowa are either members or retainers of the Union Pacific railroad ring and followers of Blaine?like James F. Wilson, General Dodge and Senator Allison?and that the displaced and defuuet Gov. Packard of Louisiana was present at the convention, will help to account the carna^mind for these untoward results for the Republi? can party. All Sorts of Paragraphs. ? A son of the Green Isle refused to believe in "cheap papers" because he did not think they "could afford to speak the truth for the money." ? A butcher sold a sailor a ham on credit, but, finding in a few days ho had cone to sea, he growled, "If I'd known Ee wasn't going to pay for it, I'd 'a charged him three pence more a pound for it, the rascal!" t ? "Mamma, if we cross the bridge at night, must we pay toll?" "Of course, my dear; why do you ask ?" "Why, be? cause the river will have gone home to sleep." "Oh, the river never sleeps." "Then why has it a bed, mamma?" ? ? "Go away ; you're too heavy to hold on my knee," said a cross young man to his sweetheart's little brother. "Me too heavy!" exclaimed the child ; "why, I ain't 80' heavy as Eliza, and you hold her on your knee easy enough I" Eliza also then told him to go away. ? "Mamma," asked a little White haller, "is our old hen going to be sent away for the summer?" "I guess not, my son," she replied; "but why do you ask such a question ?" "Because I heard pa tell our new hired girl that they would have such a sweet time when he sent his old hen away for the summer."?White? hall Times. . ? There is a precious six-year old boy in Auburn, Maine, who is a wonderful speller and defincr. The other day his teacher asked him to spell matrimony: "M-a-t-r-i-m-o-n-y," said the youngster, promptly. "Now, define it," said the teacher. "Well," replied the boy, "'I don't exactly know what it means, but I know mother's got enough of it." ? L?ssing, the German author, was, in his old age, subject to extraordinary fits of abstraction. On his return home, one evening, after he had knocked at his door, the servant looked out of the win? dow to see who was there. Not recogni? zing his master in the dark, and mistak? ing him for a stranger, he called out: "The professor is not at home." "Oh, very well," replied Lessing; "no matter ?I'll call another time I" ? A prospective father-in-law makes inquiries concerning his prospective son in-law of a friend. The replies are of the most satisfactory character till the friend says frankly : "Still, I must admit'that he has one grave defect." "What is that ? Docs he play the accordeon ?" "He does not know anything about gambling." "Why that is not a defect it is a virtue." "Yes, but you see?he gambles all the same." ? - A Scotch minister was once busy catechising his young parishoners before the congregation, when he put the usual first question to a stout girl whose father kept a public house: "What is your name?" No reply. The question hav? ing been repeated, the girl replied: "Nanc o' ycr fun, Mr. Minister; ye ken may name well eneuch. D'ye no say when ye come to our house on a night, 'Bet, bring me some ale ?'" The congre? gation, forgetting the sacrcdness of the place, were in a broad grin, and the par? son looked daggers. ? The butcher drove past last Monday. Moody ran out. "Beefsteak?" "Yes." "When killed?" said the evangelist, ap? proaching the cart. "Yesterday." "I don't want any meat killed on Sunday." Butcher drives on, soliloquizingsotfo voce. Returns Thursday, passing the Moody residence, full drive. Moody hails him again. "Beefsteak?" "Yes." "Bring in ten pounds." "Wo don't take money earned on Sunday !" and butcher drives on. Appears Monday morning again. Moody on the watch. "Beefsteak?" "Yes." Lays in a large stock; no ques? tions asked. ? A neighborhood on North Hill was disturbed all one night recently by dread? ful, awful noises coming from a haunted house, and the appalled family in the house itself never slept a wink, but sat up with pallid faces and beating hearts, alternately rending the Bible and calling loudly for the police, while the perturbed spirit of the place wailed and shrieked and moaned and howled like the echoes of despair. But when morning broke the mystery was partially cleared away by the discovery that the cat had gone into the cistern to wash its feet, and had neg? lected to take a fire escape along by which to get out.?Burlington Hawk eye._ VEGETINE Purifies the Blood, Reno? vates and Invigorates the Whole System. ITS MEDICAL PROPERTIES ARE Alterative. Tonic, Solvent AND DIURETIC. Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Vogetine Vegetine Vegetine recommend zt VegetineHe a xvfcily. Vegetine MR ss?^?E^fTO*'Fcb-7-,S70 xt Dear Sir?I have taken several V egetine bottles of your Vegetine, and am convinced it is a valuable remedy Varraiina for Dyspepsia, Kidney Complaint T UbUUUe and ge,lcrai debility of the system. .1 can licartily recommend it to YeStetine a11 sofferinff from the above com ? plaint?. Yours respectfully, 1T/v??*:?? MBS. MUNROE PARKER, Vegetine sc Athens street. PREPARED BY H. R. STEVENS, BOSTON, MASS. Vegetine is Sold by Ali Druggists. TUTTJLPILLS A Noted Divine says They are worth their weight in gold. READ WHAT HE SAYS: Du. Tutt:?Dear Sir: For ten years I have been j martyr to Dyspepsia, Constipation, and Piles. Last pnng your pills were recommended tome; I used liivm (but with little fnith). I am now a well man, Imvc Rood appetite, digestion perlcct, regular stools, l>iii s Rone, and I have gained forty pounds solid flesh. They arc worth their weight in gold. Rev. It. L. SIMPSON, Louisville, Ky. Reliable Evidence. pin. H. R. Stevens: Dear Sir?I will most clicerfully [add my testimony to the great number you Lave already received in favor of your great and good |mcdieinc, Vegetine, for I do not think enough can be said in its praise, for I was troubled over thirty years with that dreadful disease, Catarrh, and had such bad coughing spells that it would seem as though I never could breathe any more, and Vegetine lias cured me; and 1 do feel to thank God all the time that there is so good a medicine as Vegetine. and I also think it one of the best medicines for coughs and weak, [sinking feelings at the stomacb, and adviso everybody to take the Vegetine, for 1 can assuro them it is one of tbe best medicines that ever was. Mrts. L. GORE, Cor. Magazine and Walnut sts., Canibridgo, .Mass. ?_ ? GIVES Health, Strength AND APPETITE. My daughter has received great [benefit from the use of Vegetine. Her declining health was a sources of great anxiety to all her friends. A few bottles of Vegetine re? stored her health, strength and appetite. N. H. TILDEN, Insurance and Real Estate Agt., No. -19 Scars' Building, Boston, Mass. CANNOT BE EXCELLED. CiiAitLESTOWN, Mar. 19,18G9. II. It. Stevens: Dear Sir?This is to certify that I have used your "Blood Prepara? tion" in my family for several years, and think that, for Scrofu? la or Cankerous Humors or Rheu? matic affections, it cannot be ex? celled; and as a blood purifier or spring medicine, it is the best thing I have ever used, and I havo used almost everything. I can cheerfully recommend it to any ono in need of such a medicine. Yours respectfully, Mas. A. A. DINSMORE, No. 19 Russell street. tutps pills CUKE SICK HEAD? ACHE. tutps~pills CUBE DYSPEPSIA. TUTPSPILLS CURE CONSTIPATION tutpsmlls CURE PILES. TUTPSPiLLS CUBE PEVEB AND AGUE. tutpTpills CUBE BILIOUS COLIC tutpspills CUBE KIDNEY COM? PLAINT. tutpTpills CUBE TOBPID LIVES Dr. Tutt has been en? gaged in the practice of medicine thirty years, and for a Ion g time was demon, stralor of anatomy in the Medical College of Geor? gia, hence persons using his Pills have the guaran? tee that they are prepared on scientific principles, and arc free from all quackery. lie has succeeded in combining In them the heretofore antagonistic qualities of a strengthen tng,pnrgativc, anaa fur itying tonic. Their first apparent ef? fect is to increase the ap I petite by causing the food 1 to properly assimilate. Thus the system is nour? ished, and by their tonic action on the digestive or? gans, regular and healthy evacuations arc produced. The rapidity with which persons take on ftesk, while under the influence of these pills, ol itself in? dicates their adaptability to nourish the body, and hence thcircfficacy in cur? ing nervous debility, mel? ancholy, dyspepsia, wast? ing of the muscles, slug? gishness of # the liver, chronic constipation, ana 'lb and strength to the system. Sold Office, 35 Mil ray Street, New York. What is Queen's Delight? Read the Answer It is a plant that grow:; in the South, and is spe? cially adapted to the cure of diseases of that climate. ' nature's own remedy, Entering at once into the blood, expelling all scrof? ulous, syphilitic, and rheumatic aflcctions. Alone, it it a searching alterative, but when combined with Sarsaparilla, Yellow Dock, and other herbs, it forms Dr. Tutt's Sarsaparilla and Queen's Delight, The most powerful blood purifier known to medical science for the cure of old ulcers, diseased joints, foul discharges from the cars and nostrils, abscesses, skin diseases, dropsy, kidney complaint, evil effects of secret practices, disordered livcrand spleen. Its use strengthens the nervous system, imparts a fair com* plcxion, and builds up the body with HEALTHY, SOLID FLESH. As an antidote to syphilitic poison it is strongly recommended. Hundreds of cases of the worst type have been radically cured by it. Being purely veg? etable its continued use will do no harm. The best pme to take it is during the summer and fall; and Instead of debility, headache, fever and ague, you will enjoy robust health. Sold by all druggists. Price, $i.oo. Office, 35 Murray Street, New York. Harness, &c. IF you want a good Bridle, or a good sei of Harness at a low price, call on A. B. TOWERS. March 29, 1877 Hardware. AGOOD LOT of Shelf Hardware, Iron, Steel, Flows, Plow Irons, Hoes, Pots, Ovens and Spiders for sale low by A. B. TOWERS. March 29, 1877 Garden Seeds. AGOOD ASSORTMENT of D.M. Ferry's Garden Seeds ami Early Hose Potatoes for sale by A. B. TOWERS. March 29, 1S77 SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS AT THE Emporium of Fastion. IWISH to call the attention of tjlc La dies to my Spring Stock of Gools. Hats of every style and quality?the Cheapest ever sold in this market. I A beautiful lot Flowers, Riljbons, Neckties, and other novelties, i The hest lot of Shoes ever brought to this place?hand-made in Winchester Va and warranted to wear well. Dress Goods in great variety. r -12 yards Kid and Lyle Thread GLOVES. New Prints at 8 l-3c*. for one dollar. The Mantua-Making and Milli? nery Departments are in charge of competent and experienced Ladie* who guarantee satisfaction. I sell for Cash, and cannot be tWersold Give me a call and satisfy yourselves. z. D. CHAMBLEE,: Proprietor of Emporium of Fashion April 5, 1877_26 ly Miss Lizzie Williams <Sp Co. ?0 NEW GOODS, I N E W GOODS, Arriving Daily at tic ; LADIES' STORE! NoVELTIES of every kind. HATS of every quality and style. IVo are prepared to please the most fastidioui. Fishucs, Xecgk Ties and Tritt mings, of the very latest texture md shade. Dress Goods of every variety. Gloves, from the Lyle Thread to ho Alexander Kid, at prices that will please. ; Shoes that will tempt the eye and ii>t empty the purse. Mantna and Millinery Depart? ments complete. Our corps of Ladies ae competent, and are determined NOT T3 BE EXCELLED. We propose selling for Cash and Shot I Profits Give us a call before you buy your Sprinj Goods. March 29, 1877 37 AMERICA AHEADl ON SPOOL COTTON. CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION, 1876: EXTRACT from the Official Report of the Judges on WIXLIM ANTIC New Six Cord Soft Finish Spool) Cotton, Who awarded the Williniantic Co. a Medal of Merit and Diploma of Honot: "Superiority of Production; Economy of. Production ; Excellence of Material; Varie? ty of Colors of Threads; Excellence of Ma chinery and Appliances; Originality anc Completeness of System." I For sale, wholesale and retail by J. R. Read & Co., Shaw & Johnston. Jager Broth? ers, A Illing, W. Ufferbardt, Langley Bros' Shirt Manufactory, Wheeler & Wilson Sew? ing Machine Co., Charleston, S. C. At wholesale, by Johnston, Crews & Co., Crane, Boylston & Co., -Edwin Bates <fc Co. April 19,1877_40_3m THE PIEDMONT MANUFACTURING CO. MAXUfACT?BERS OF SHIRTINGS and SHEETINGS. MILLS AT PIEDMONT, S. C. H. P. Hammer.President and Treas. Post Office address?Greenville, S. C. Hamlin Beattie.Secretary. Post Office address?Greenville, S. C. Royal Kallock.Superintendent. Post Office address?Piedmont, S. C. 0. H. P. FANT, Agent, Anderson, S. C. Jan 18, 1877 27 6m TO THE WORKING CLASS.?We are now pre? pared to furnish all classes with constant employ? ment at home, the whole of the time, or tor their spare momenta. Business new, light and profita? ble. Persons of either sex easily earn from 60c. to $5 per evening, and a proportional sum by devoting their whole time to the business. Boys and g?rs cam nearly as much as men. That all who see this .notice may send their address and test the bus? iness we niako this unparalleled offer: To such as arc not well satisfied we will send one dollar to pay for the trouble of writing. Full particulars, sam? ples worth several dollars to commence work on, and a copy of Homo ar 1 Fireside, one of the largest and best Illustrated Publications, all sent free by mail. Reader, if you w?nt permanent, profitable work, address, Geobge Stixson & Co., Portland, Maine. 49-15 ? OF IMPROVED D2SI3NS, A- ZVZ ihi". \ The UNEQUALLED JAS. LEFF^ r Address. FOCLE & HUNT, | SEND FOR CIRCULARS, BALTI? ORE. MD. MANTUA-MAKING. MRS. H. J. WELCH wishes to inform her friends and the public generally that she is still doing Ladies' ard Chddren s Work in the very latest style, dieaper than anv one else in town, and all orfers prompt? ly executed. Give her a call tefpre going elsewhere. Location on west side Mam Street, next to railroad bridge. Jan 18, 1877 ? 27_6m_ 4H> 1- An ti?O daysiBE mode by ?D 1KJ H tp U O Agenti.selling our Chromos, Crayons, and Kcvhrd, Motto. Scripture Text, Transparent, Picture and Chromo Cards. 100 samples, worthi $1.00, sent postpaid for 75c. MustoaW Catdouge freu J. H. BUFORD'S SGSTS, B)ston. Established 1830. hne <-??>?? New Advertisements. .i1 PT A "NTOS 7?^ octave, flue E*6EWOOD (not J. XxXXl KJKj used over six montbsv only $130 ? -a-? cost $650. New Planoa?*holesa 1 e - ? $53; 7stops,$00: ?steps,fr^Tfe' stops, S35 to 875. Rare opportun ities. NWorgamU at wholesale. Beware Imitations. Best offer ever mode, BEAD. Sent on 5 to 15 days' test trial. Money refunded and freight paid both ways if un? satisfactory. Est. 1856. Agents Wanted. Dis? counts to Teachers, Ministers, Ac. Address DAN IEL F. BEATTY, Washington, New Jersey. (had 8 weeK ln y?nr own town. Terms and $5 fl>00 outfit free. H. HALLETT & CO., Port? land, Maine. mmzm TO RATIONAL INVALIDS.?In sickness every portion of the body sympathizes with the seat of the disorder. When the stomach falls to perform its functions, the liver, bowels, nerves, muscles, veins, arteries, are all more or less affected. These delinquents rerurire medicine, combining the prop?rties of a stomachic, an? alterative, a purga? tive, a tonic, and sedative to* brita tbtm back to their duty! and all these elemcnte,? inefc Pjrrwt and most effective forms, are nnfteel fa TAR- ? RANT'S EFFERVESCENT 8ELTZEK AVESO-. ENT, the great Salino Remedy <br IndTgestfota. I and its concomitant consequence*. Sold! by aO druggists. . ?_>j (her o <h rar? a Week to Agents. ^JOGutfitfree". ? |J>00 H ?p / / P. 0. VICKERY, AngPitt^Malne-, I $12 a day at home. Agents wanted. vOwWtandl terms free. TRUE & CO., Augusta, flfeine; I DrunkarA StfipiA 1 C. C. BEERS, M. D., f formerly of Boston) has jr' harmless cure for INTEMPERANCE, which can be given without the knowledge of the patient. Also, one for the OPIUM HABIT, Permanent cures guaranteed In both. Send stamp for evidence. Ask druggists for It Address _ BEERS & CO., Birmingham, Conn. - OC EXTRA FINE MIXED CARDS, with name, aO 10 cts., post paid. L. JONES A CO., Nas sau, N. Y._ $K tn iOA per day at home. Samples worth S3 <?JIU free Stinson <fc Co., Portland, Maine. gf?????????????iM? /ITjnO A1W AC The-largest and finest vIIXIwIjAUDi stock in the world, em? bracing over 3,000,000 Chromos, Paintings - and Choice Prints, at our enlarged Art Books* All the new and popular subjects at rock-bottom prices. The Falls of the Rhine, size 20x28?romantic and grand; Scene on the Susquehanna, one of the hits, of the season, 19x27; Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, the most beautiful lake in the world; Isola Bella, a charming scene in Northern Italy, companion to t lie preceding.; Off Boston Light, a beautiful ma? rine, size 14x20, in great demand: Old Oaken Bucket, White Mountains, Niagara Fulls, Newport, Saratoga, Gathering Primroses, At the Sea 'Snore, Paddy in Difficulty. Also Virgin Vesta, Snow Storm, American Fruit, and other 24x30 subjects. Floral Business Cards, Sunday School Cards. Statua? ry, Mottoes, Black ground Panels, etc. Also the finest and most complete assortment of 17x11 Chro? mos, both on white mounts, blue line, and block mounts, gold line. Our stock embraces everything; desirable for Dealers, Agents or Premium purpose*, and all should test our prices and quality of work. The right parties can realize an independence in every locality by taking an agency for our stretched and framed Chromos. Particulars free. Illustrated Catalogue on receipt of stamp. Send for $3 or $5 outfit. Address J. LATHAM 4 CO., 419 Washington St., Boston, Mass. May 3,1877_42 _6m. Change of Schedule on South Caro? lina Raidroad. Charleston, March 13,1877. On and after this date, the Regular Day Passen? ger Train will run as follows, Sundays excepted: Leave Columbia at.?........?..._..8 40 a m Arrive at Charleston at.4 20 p m Leave Charleston at.?_._0 00 a m Arrive at Columbia at..............5 00 p m NIGHT EXPRESS accommodation train. Leave Columbia at.-.M...?.v.,fr...;..;.7i 00 p m Arrive at Charleston at................G 50 a.m Leave Charleston at.?..9 15 p m Arrive at Columbia at.~..~..........<..8 15 a m Camdcn trains will run through to Columbia on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays: Leave Columbia at.1 45 p ru Arrive at Columbia.11 50 a m Up Columbia Night Train connects closely with the Greenville and Columbia Railroad. S. S. SOLOMONS,. Superintendent Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line R. R Atlanta, Ga., June 10,7877. GOING EAST. Leave Atlanta........._._ 4.00 p m Arrive at Gainesville-.?.?. 6.24 p m " " New Holland. 6.20 p m " " Lula.. 6.55 pm " " Belton (Supper).?..7.0oS) m i " " MtAiry.7.50 p ru " " Tocooa.^..?... 8.21 p m " " Greenville._._.-..11.18 pru " " Spartanburg.....-.?.12?2am " " Charlotte_........... 4.12 a m " " Charlotte (Railroad) Junction... 4.20am GOING WEST. Leave Charlotte (Railroad) Junction_? 7.00 p m Leave Charlotte. 7.10 p m '.\rrive at Spartanburg.?.??...10.42 p ni " " Greenville.11.30 a m " " Toccoa.......3.47 am " ? Mt Airy.4.28* m " " Lula..5.08 am : " " New Holland..5.13 a m " " Gainesville......_5.43 am r ? " Buford (Breakfast)...._6^3-a m " " Atlanta.8.45 a m '< _G. J. FOREACEE, General Manager. Can't be made by every agent everr month in the business we furnish, but those willing to work can easily earn a dozen dollars a day right in ieir own localities. Have no room to explain fere. Business pleasant and honorable. Women, ad boys and girls do as well as men. We will fur ish you a complete Outfit free. The business pays ttter than anything else. We will bear expense < starting you. Particulars free. Write and see. formers and mechanics, their sons and daughters, td all classes in need of paying work at home, ould write to us and learn all about the work at nee. Now is the time. Don't delay. Address (buk & Co., Augusta, Maine. 49?16 ;wm. ettenger. ii. P. edmoxd. STTENGEE & EDMOND, Richmond, Va., manufacturers lORTABLE and STATIONARY ENGINES, J Boilers, of all kinds, Circular Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Mill Gearing, Shafting, Pulleys, &c., American Turbine Water Wheel, Cameron's Special Steam Pumps. \t3f Send for Catalogue. .Nov 2, 1876 10 ly ?THE COLUMBIA REGISTER, PUBLISHED laily, Tri-Weekly and Weekly, at Co? lombia, S. C, by H0YT, EMLYff & McDANIEL. JAMES A. HOVT/tdltor. tiiE Daily Register contains the latest news o the day, all commercial, political and other mat? tes sent by telegraph, full local reports, editorials Oon all current topics, and Grange and AgricyHu? ll Departments. The Tbi-Weekly .Register Is Issued every lesday, Thursday and Saturday morning, and cntains all the news of two days in one feme. The Weekly Register is an eight page paper, cntaining forty-eight columns, embracing the ccam of the news of each week. This paper is dthin the reach of every family, and we arc . phased to state the fact that its large circulation is epidly extending. :Tue Register is now the Organ of the Statu Crange, and all matters of interest to the Patron rf Husbandry will be treated in their appropriate dpartment. The Agricultural and Grange arti cbs will appear in each of our publications?Dally, TH-Weckly and Weekly. ? .-?-iti TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. m0Bths, Daily Register?One year, $7iW ; six $.50; three months, $1.75. Tri-Wekkly?One year, $5.00; six months, $2.50; three months, $L23. , Weekly?One; year, $2.00; six months, $1.00; three mouths, 50c . , ?. ? _ JAMES A. HOYT, H. N. EMLYN, W. B. McDANlEL, Proprietors and Publishers. BUSINESS IS BUSINESS! AND those who carry on bisinessare compelled to have money. Thatisoursituation at present. Therefore, re cariestly call upon all parties inrMJted to us to pay at once and SAVE COST. Proiipt pa.'mcnt is a great source of friendship, and it is our desire to remain friendly withour cistomcrs, if they come forward promptly and pay us what they owe. Money we at obli;cd to have. We offer an inducement of one cent per pound for Cotton over market ralueto those indebted to us, and wish to settle their Ac? counts. We have on hand a lfge sock of K GROCERIES! Flour, Bacon, Sfoujders, Hams, Coffee, Sugar, Molasses. AtSd, Boots, Shoes, Leather, Saddles, Hats, Cag, j)ry Goods, Tohacco, Cigars, Wires, Liquors, Iron. Steel, led all Farming Implements. An v person or persons pi^hteing Goods will benefit themselves by calling and exam? ining oiir stock before purcliamgclsewhcre. We buy for Cash and sell for cash onlv ? therefore, we are enabled to sd clcapcr. Call aud judge for yourselves, and be ronvmced*.* of this fact. McGRATH & BYKUM, Mechanics' Bow.