Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-08-14
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Heaven helps those who help themselves
- An Exchange records the marriage
of John NJ. Strange and Elizabeth Strange
as strange event. The next event will
probably be little stranger.
- The Boston Post has credit for the
last liquid remedy for badness, as follows {:
"Use brandy externally until the hair grows,
and then take it internally to ctinch the
roots.
- The New York Times and Tribune
are rejoicing over the success of MIR.
Blair, the member elect from ST. Louis, as
the first triumph of Republicanism in
Southern State.
Mr. Heard, the young English gen.
tleman of fortune who married Lola Monies
shortly after her separation from the King
of Bavaria, died at Folkstone, Eng, last
month, of consumption.
Gov. Wise, of Va, gives solemn
warning to his friends that the old Domin-
ion is in danger He tells them that 10000
old Wings, who voted for him for Governor,
will vote for Fillmore in November.
The Sumter Watchman states that a
very severe hail storm fell few miles above
that place about FIVE o'clock on the evening
ofthe 31st ult., doing considerable damage
to the growing crop. A slight hail fell in
the town, but not enough to do much injury.
1t was accompanied with considerable light
ming and thunder.
A pious young lady from the South
who attended church last Sabbath morning
near the Bangor House, was asked on her
return how she liked the sermon. She re-
Piled that she felt as though she had been to
Fourth-of.July celebration. n.-Bongor (!Ne.)
journal.
Take stick of phosphorus and put it
into large, dry phial, not corked, and it will
afford sufficient light to discern any object
placed near it. The phial should be kept
in cold place, where there is no great cur
rent of air, and it will continue its luminous
appearance for more than year.
The value of the ready made garments
sold by wholesale in the city of New York
in 1858, reached nearly $4,000, ,000,' clu-
ding men sand boys The amount sold in
the same manner in lS4l, was only s., $780,
600. The average earnings of females in
sewing on this work is calculated to be
about "a so per week.
- Massachusetts, according to the Spring
field Republican, will give Fremont nearly
one hundred thousand votes, and divide tif-
ty thousand between his competitors. Bet
ter give him the hundred and fifty and have
done with it. The State can save herself no
credit by matter of fifty thousand men en-
deavoriug to persuade the world that they
are the friends of law aud order.
- Many years ago bet was made by a
distinguished Virginian with an English
Lord of FL year, to increase in geometric-
progression for the next succeeding twenty
years, that it would rain in the county of
Chesterfield, Virginia, (his place of resi-
dence, on the first Saturday of August in
every year The result was, he won eiyh-
teen times, and lost twice! That is, his
winning was ESP, 2SS, and losing e2.
The Burlington (Mass.) Standard
tells the following: "The Rev. Mr.. g., a
clergyman of a neighboring town, being re-
Gently absent from home on business, his
little son, youth of years, calmly folded
his hands and asked the blessing usually
pronounced by his father ut their morning
meal At noon, being asked to pronounce
the blessing, he replied with grave face,
'No, I don't like the looks of the taters
- Fremont is great traveller. He
was 80 days in the United States Senate,
and drew, it is said, $4,000 for mileage -
Constructive mileage this was; for Fremont
was traveller on this occasion, as he is
great statesman, by construction. Fremont
is ''the coming man" and he charges for
"coming" and going, and thirty days SER
vice at the rate of $500 per day.--AlJany
.Aryas.
- The Pittsburgh Express dishes up
the following paragraph from paper pub
lished in 1867: "On passage to Jamaica,
with troops on board little boy who was
ffer, sitting on the gunwales, by sudden
roll of the ship fell overheard, and was dir
ectly swallowed by u shark. A hook was
baited with piece of beef aud thrown over
the stern, which was seized by the shark,
and he was presently hauled on board. On
opening the shark, the boy was found snug
" seated between two ribs and unconcerned,
playing tune on his 6fe."
THE Pee Dee (Cheraw) Herald, of
the 5th, says: From every quarter around
us we have the most discouraging account Of
the crops Corn crops are almost totally
destroyed, literally burnt up. Our planters
now calculate on nothing more than half a
crop. Cotton too has suffered severely, but
it can stand such season better than corn,
and may recover somewhat from this sud-
den blight. What changes few short
weeks may bring forth From the most SAN
guine expectations of a plentiful harvest,
and more prosperous day for the poor of
our country, we are reduced at once to des-
pordency and gloom. With wages not at all
increased, and provisions scarce and exorbi-
tantly high for series of years, the poorer
classes must suffer extremely"
The House occupied by William Penn