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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-04-03
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sR~ Wanted, at this Office. a YOUNG m

19~ Wanted, at this Office, young man
to learn the printing trade. Hc must be am
bilious enough to get out of bed before eight
o'clock in the morning-to do a thing with
out being told how more than six times-do
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ncighborhood help him, or an overseer to
tell him morning, noon and night, what is
to be done; and last, though not least, he
must be willing to carry the papers, wait up,
on subscribers, saw wood, rock the cradle, il
necessary, roll, distribute jobs, black his
own boots, etc So such a one a steady sit.
uation and good wages will be given.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-04-03
MAIL ARRANGEMENTS

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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-04-03

saT The Milwaukee Sentinel having placed
its bulletin board an announcement of the
Paci6c's arrival, on which was written, "war
in stotu quo," two men from the country
walked up to the board, and after reading
very demurely, "War in statu quos" said
one of them, "where in thunder's that ?"
"I don't know" said the other, ''it'll spread
over the world, yet" "Shouldn't wonder
if it did" said the first.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-04-03

A9 An Emeralder, having too legs Of un-
equal dimensions, ordered a pair of boots to
be manufactured accordingly. The boots
were sent him; but upon trying them on, he
transposed them. The smaller boot didn't
begin to look upon the largest leg, and the
perspiration accompanied the experiment.
"By the piper of Moses sure bargained
to have one boot larger than the other, in
stead, of which the spalpeen has made one
smaller than the other. Be jabers, an I'll
not take them, sure" The boots were sent
back.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-04-03

their troughs, or still better small extra
trough, which always contains some grains
for the fowls to peck at. Should the birds
be required very fat, some mutton suet or
trimmings of the loins may be chopped up
and scalded with the meal, or they may be
boiled in the milk or water preparatory to its
being poured over the food, and the fat of
fowls so fatted will be found exceedingly
firm.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-04-03
CAUGHT NAPpINa.-The Cincinnati Ga

CAUGHT NAppINa.-The Cincinnati Ga
zette tells the following story:
yesterday, in the court house, while the
third speech in an important case was being
made by learned barrister, the Judge fell
asleep. The barrister proceeded for some
time, but at length atdown, remarking the
courts asleep Lawyers, officers and spec
tators sat in profound silence for some time,
seeing the Court in repose. At length a
lawyer, bolder than the rest; ventured to
shake the court when, rubbing his eyes, his
honor cried out, Call your next witness. =
But, having been thoroughly awakened by
the laugh that followed, he corrected this by
saying, Proceed with your argument"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-04-03

b@ A man who was notorious for his
prognostication ofevil, in regard to himself,
being one day engaged in mailing shingles
on the top of pretty high house, accidental
ly lost his foothold, and as he was slowly
sliding down the long, smooth, slanting roof,
with no hope of stopping himself, he let off
his forcbolings in the following brief man
ncr: go, my Stars alive! what golly
snouster of fall I will havew
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-04-03
ass- A we'll known tavern keeper in Ne,

s9 A we'll known tavern keeper in New
Orleans, was speaking about his brother Ben,
who is also his partner. "Now," said he,
"Ben can't stand anything at all; he has
been used to the way they do things up
north, and if feller calls for drink, and
say to him, charge that Ben gets mad, and
feels like walking right into him. Well,
that's not the way with mel merely sigh
very family, and then pour another pint o.
water iu the brandy cask."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-04-03
The patient eventually recovered.
h6. An insane man. hearins

p0- An uinsane man, hearing Noah's name
mentioned, thus expatiated: go, yes, Mr..
-, 1 knew old Noah very we'll There
were two Noahs whom I knew; but old MIR.
Noah lived some thousand years before the
Noah you refer to, who built the ark I had
a good deal to do with the construction of
the ark, and furnished some very useful
hints in regard to the admission of light and
air, and so forth. lie was very respecta.
bic man, Noah, with decent family; but,
unfortunately, he got into very dissipated
habits in his old age, and, in spite of all I
could say to him, he INDUCED in brandy and
water to very hurtful excess
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-04-03

s9 'Ch; srlie, what makes your cheeks so
red p aske his sisters admirer, Of a little
urchin FIVE years old.
Cause 1 put some of sisters paint on
She puts it on every day.
1t was an embarrassing disclosure all
around. At lea st Charlie thought so after
the visitor was q one.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-04-03

Few Short Extracts from Letters, Testimonials, &c
81 have used Jacobs Cordial in my family, and
have found it most efficient, and in my judgment,
valuable remedy. HIRAM WARNER, Judge
Of Supreme Court, Georgia.
at gives me pleasure in being able to recon-
mend Jacobs Cordial-my own personal expert
ence, and the experience of my neighbors and
friends around me, is o sufficient guarantee for
me to believe it to be all that it purports to be,
viz: sovereign remedy."-W. H. UNDERWOOD,
Formerly Judge Of Superior Court, Cherokee Cir
cult.
81 take great pleasure in recommending this in
valuable medicine to all afflicted with bowel dis
eases, for which believe it to be q sovereign
remedy-decidedly superior to anything else ever
tried by me."-A A. GAuLDING, Deputy G. NJ. OF
the Grand Lodge of Georgia.
~ have used Jacobs Cordial in my family, and
this, with all hear aboutit as aremedy by those
who have tried it, induces me to believe that il
stands at the head of every preparation Of the
kind, and | would recommend its use in the dis.
eases for which it is compounded. MILES G.
DoBBINs, Cashier of the Bank of the State of Geor.
gia, Griffin.
'If there is any credibility in human testimony
Jacobs Cordial, must stand pre-eminent above
all other preparations for the cure Of Bowel Dis.
eases. From the mass Of testimony in its favor
coming in from all quarters, it must be very fol
in adranceas o curative agent, of most if not all
| other patent preparations.-A. FLEMING, Cashier
| Marine and Fire Insurance Bank, Griffin.
This efficient remedy is travelling into cele.
brity as fast as Bonaparte pushed his columns into
Russia, and gaining commendation wherever used y
Georgia Je6ersonidn.
nA. For sale by L. P. BARNETT & Co., York.
Vile; Patterson, Moore & Co., Fort Mill; ].
Ross, Sandersville; Wylie & Smith, Hickory
Grove; Davidson & White, Bullochs Creek; Havi-
land, Harral & Co., Charleston; Drs. Fisher &
Heinitsh, Columbia, and the principal Merchants
and Druggists throughout the State.
Proprietors 20 Beekman-st., New York
W. w. BLISS s. CO.,
Sent 90 81 1y
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-04-03
To RELIEVE CHoAKED CATTLE.-Mi1

To RELIEVE CHoAKED CATTLE-Mi1
spoonful of gunpowder with enough hogs
lard to form ball the size of a hens egg,
open the animals mouth, pull out the tongue
lightly, chuck the ball of lard and powder
into the throat, let the tongue go, and the
work is done. In two instances it produced
almost immediate relief.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-04-03

WHAT LITTLE CHILDREN GET AT SCHOOL.
"A bevy oflittle children were telling their
father what they got at school. The eldest
got grammar, geography, arithmetic, etc.
The next got reading, spelling and defni-
tions. "And what do you get, my little
soldier ?" said the father to rosy-cheeked
little fellow, who was at that moment silly
driving ten-pcnny nail into door panel.
"Me ?-oh, I gets reading, spelling, and
snankinps.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-04-03

IS- a citizen of Arkansas, while on board
of steamer on the Mississippi, was asked
by gentleman, whether the raising of
stock in Arkansas was attended by much diff
fculty or expense?' %, yes stranger-
the suffer much from insects 1nsects
Why, what kind of insects, pray? Why,
bears, catamounts, wolves, and such like
insects
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-04-03

KISSING, IN ALL ITS VARIETIES
Buss, to kiss; rebuss, tokiss again pluribus,
to kiss without regard to sex; sillibus, the
hand instead of the lips; blunderbuss, to
kiss the wrong person omnibus, to kiss all
the persons in the room erebus, to kiss in
the dark; buss the boiler, to kiss the
cook
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-04-03

a@e Some one was telling Sam Hyde about
the longevity of the n,ud turtle. 'Yes,' said
Sam, Il know all about that, for once I
found venerable old fellow in my meadow,
who was so old that he could scarcely wiggle
his tail, and on his back carved (tolerable
plan considering all things) these words
Paradice, Year l, Aoam.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-04-03

I6- A young Roman nobleman married
Terentia, the widow of Cicero and Sallust,
in the hope that, by this means, he may
chance to come by some of the eloquence
and genius that distinguished those great
men. The idea of the schoolmaster who
used to wear an old wig of Sir Isaac New
TONS, for the invigoration of the brain, is not
SO original, after all.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-04-03
kE- A few evenings since, q pious old /

~- A few evenings since, pious old Ia
dy, preparing to go to church, was seen to
take considerable quantity of gold from
her trunk, wrap it up carefully in her hand
kerchief, and put it in her pocket. She re-
marked that it was her habit, that it kept
her mind steady at her devotions, for where
the treasure was, there will the heart be also.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-04-03
@- A Grahamite suggests the following

sS A Grahamite suggests the following
recipe for the million in these hard times
He says it can, at the option of the consul
mer, be taken as bread or pudding: "Cut
up four laths in peck of saw-dust. When
we'll mixed, bake it, by placing napkin con-
tanning it, in the sun for half an hour
Serve up with sauce made by soaking &C.
dar shingle in pail of water"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-04-03

BRooM-STRAw PApER.-We learn, says
the Raleigh Standard, that Mr.. Benedict is
experimenting in making paper from broom
straw, at his mill on Crabtree in this coun-
try, and that he has succeeded in making
quite respectable article of paper. With
further efforts he may be enabled to produce
good paper. We hope he will, for there is
an abundance of the "raw material"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-04-03

s6" Mrs. Partington says: "Know Moth,
ing-ism is the worst ism on earth, except
Reumatism."
"Ike," hearing this remark, looked up
and said, eyes, ma'am, but they are both
very similar-'tis painful to get along with
either of them"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-04-03

n9- A correspondent of the New York
Sunday Times asks the editor, if it be best
to trust to "mediums," when they predict
future events? To which the Times gives
the following answer: "Put not your faith
in any other medium than the circulating"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-04-03

H1ERoaIYpH1o.-A young man, knowing
that young lady, of whom he imagined
himself enamored, understood the modern
language Of flowers, sent her beautiful rose,
as declaration of love attaching slip Of
paper, on which was written, "If not accep.
ted proceed to the war" In return, she
forwarded pickle jar, containing single
mango (mango)
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-04-03

s@r do you mean to tell u.s. said law
yer to doctor, whom he was cross-examin-
ing, 'that if person lived in horse pond,
it would not be injurious to him p
Il think not said the doctor, 'if he lived
for sixty or seventy years in it,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-04-03
THINGS Two HUNDRED YEARS HEN

THINGS Two HUNDRED YEARS HENCE
Scene: Parlor in the house of an elderly
gent in New York. Old gentleman tele.
graphs to the kitchen and waiter ascends in
balloon.
Old Gent-John, fly over to South A.
merica and tell Mr.. johnson that will be
happy to have him sup with me. Never
mind your coat now, 60.
John leaves, and at the end of FIVE min.
utes returns.
Johm-Mr. johnson says he will come ;
he has to go to the North Pole for mo.
ment, and then he will be here.
Old Gent-Very we'll, John. Now start
the machine for setting the table, and tele-
graph to my wife's room and tell her that
Mr. johnson is coming; then brush up my
balloon, for l have an engagement in London
at II o'clock.
John flies off to execute his orders, and the
old gentleman runs over to the West Indies
for moment to get fresh orange.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-04-03

m. "You look like death on pale horse, /"
said a gentleman to topper, who was pale and
emaciated. "I don't know anything about
that" said the topGr, "but I'm death on pale
brandy~
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-04-03

a@- \ sailor was called upon the stand as
a witness.
"Wcll, sir" said the lawyer, edo you
know the plaintiff and defendant?'
81 don't know the drift of them words, u
answered the sailor.
"What not know the meaning of plain.
tiff and defendant '" continued the lawyer;
"a pretty fellow you, to come here rs wit.
ness. Can you tell me where on board the
ship it was that this man struck the other
one?"
"Abaft the binnacle," said the sailor.
"Abaft the pinnacle" !" said the lawyer,
"what do you mean by that ?"
GA pretty fellow you" responded the sail.
or, 'sto come here as a lawyer, and don't
know what abaft the pinnacle means"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-04-03

na A gentleman in Alabama, in exerting
himself one day, felt a sudden pain, and
fearing his internal machinery had been
thrown out gear, sent for negro on his
plantation, who made some pretensions tc
medical skill, to prescribe for him. The
negro, having investigated the case, prepar'
ed and administered dose to his patient,
with the utmost confidence of aspeedy cure
No relief being experienced, however, the
gentlemen sent for physician, who ON ar
irving, inquired of the negro what medicine
he had given his master.
'Rosin and alum, sir promptly responded
Bob.
What did you give them for? p continued
the Doctor.
why replied Bob, ode alum to draw
de parts togedder, and rosin to soddej
um'
The patient eventually recovered.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-04-03

Dg All things from above are not blessings
as the man said when an avalanche of snow
and ice alighted on his head.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-04-03
GREAT SOUTHERN REMEDY!
CORDIAL,

FOR ALL
Bowel Diseases, Cholera, Dy,entery, Diarrhe, Chol
era Mor5us, Bilious ChoEc, Cholera Lntantum.
Also, admirably adapted TO many diseases of
Females, especially painful men'truation.
The virtues Of Jacobs Cordial are too ,0ell
hnoacn to require enconiums.
1st. 1t cures the worst cases of Diarrhea.
I'd. 1t cures the worst form of Dysentery.
Sd. 1t cures California or Mexican Diarrhea.
4th 1t relieves the severest Collie.
5th 1t cures Cholera Morbus.
9Th 1t cures Cholera Infantum.
7th. 1t cures Painful Menstruation.
8th 1t relieves Pain in Back and Loins.
9th. 1t counteracts Nervousness and Despon-
dency.
10th. It restores Irregularities.
11th. 1t dispels gloomy and Hysterical Feelings.
18th It's an admirable Tonic.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-04-03

sWhat is Butterworth p
Two and ten-pence pound, although
some folks have paid as high as three shil.
lings."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-04-03

ba~ Not long since, one of the learned
counsel in a small suit deemed it necessary
to shake the testimony Of a Mr.. Samuel But
terworth, by impugning his veracity. A
witness was called to the stand.
do you know Samuel Butterworth p
fVac'
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-04-03
NEW BOOKS !

4 LII persons not having settled their Accounts
N previous tot the first of January, 1856, will
please call and settle by NOTE or CASH, as
must close my books before opening new ones.
G. R. RATCHFORD.
Feb % ct