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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-21

LAY STILL GRANNY.---A boy got his
fathers gun, loaded it, but was afraid to fire;
he, however, liked the fun of loading, and
so he put in another charge, but was still at
raid to fire. He kept on charging, without
firing, until he had got six charges in the
old piece. His grandmother, learning his
temerity, reproved him, and grasping the lie
old continental, discharged it. The recoll
was tremendous, throwing the old lady Oil
her back! She promptly struggled to re-
gain her feet, but the boy cried out, Lay
still, Granny, there are FIVE more charges to
90 off vet.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-21
STIRRING THE Soil IN Dry WEATHER

STIRRING THE Soil IN Dry WEATHER.
Never stir sandy soil in dry weather, e1-
cent to kill weeds. When sandy soil is dry,
stirring it increases its dryness. Clay soil
should be stirred in dry weather, enough to
keep it perfectly pul7erized. The pulver-
lied earth at the surface acts as mulch to
keep the moisture below. All soil which is
now perfectly fine is made more dry by be-
ing moved. But clay soils, when rain comes,
becomes encrusted. The crust should be
frequently made fine by the rake or hoe.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-21
LAW BLANKS

WYE have on hand, and are prepared to supply
w at short notice, at the ENQUIRER Office,
oil kinds of LAWYERS BLANKS in general de-
mand, printed on good paper and neatly pressed.
We offer them at IS cents II quire. Single half
Quire so cents As we have incurred considera-
BILE outlay to:enabe us to furnish good article,
we will sell for CASH and CASH ONLY.
Our present stock consists of the following va
rieties, viz: Sum Pro-; Fl. Fa.; FL Ra. on Sum-
Pro-; Copy Writ in Case: Copy Writ in Debt; De-
c1aration on account; Declaration on Pron,issory
Note; Declaration on Bond or Sealed Note; Sub
pena Writs; Subpoena Tickets, DC. a....
pTe Orders from distance promptly attended
to- if accompanied by the CASH!
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-21
PROSPECTUS OF
'''THE SOUTH"
DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER, PUBLISHED AT
RICHMOND, VA.

RICHMOND, VA.
REFQEE the close of the present month, the
IL sllsciiJar vii i;s.G Tic first number of q
newspaper which lie proposes TO paulisn in Haily
and Semi weekly editions, and which he intends
to devote to the service of the South the interests
of the State, and to the support of the principles
of the Democratic Party. But the paper will not
be so exclusively political, that its columns will
only interest the politician; nor so subseryient to
party as to spare the misconduct of bad men to
betray rrnciple for the sake Of power, or to des-
pse its convictions at the Suggestion Of e%pediency
l shall cndeavor to commend it to intelligent
persons Of all classes, by diligence In the collec.
ton of news, by imparting something of agricul-
tural commercial and literary interest to its COL
umns, and by vcnturinga m outspuken and emphat-
ic opinion on the topics of the day, no matter what
the hazard of conflict with prejudice or of offence
to the rplf.appointed feeders of party. The organ
of no clique, in tbe iEtepeat of no faction, and
with no partial purpose 10 serve, the paper will
address itself to the honest judgment Of tbe peo-
pie, and for support will rely upon the apprecia-
tion of energy apa enterprise, and their love of
plain talk and independent cE:pion. There may
be particular individuals to whom this sort or dis
cussion will not be very acceptable, but if can
conciate the favor of the masses, l may survive
the opposition of ignorant or interested critics.
10 doubt srrvp spirits will be shocked at my zeal
in the DEFENCE of the South still have the con-
solatory assurance that there are plenty Of brave
end true men in Virginia, upon whose sympathy
and support may rely with absolute security
And so believing, | embark upon the enterprise,
with no misgving as to the result.
"THE SOUTH" will be Of equal size with the
leading papers of the city; and will be furnished
to subscribers at the following rates: Daily seven
dollars year, Semi-weekly five dollars-RayaJie
III adpanse.
Money may pc sent by I.aii ta the address of
ROGER A. PRYOR,
Editor and Proprietor.
Richmond, March 1857. l3 II
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-21

A CONVENIENT MARK FOR SHEEP, AMI
A GOOD SUGGEsTIoN.-The Louisville Dcm-
ecrat has credit for the following:
whsa farmer keeps his flock within his
own enclosure, and does not toqlifa an car
mark to distinguish his from others, thesfol-
lowing method will be found very simple
and convenient.
At the frat sheaEiEs, 2Ht 2 slit in one ear;
at second, cut slit In tho othsr al The
third, make half crop on one ear; the
fourth, make crop on the other; the fifth,
full cFop an the other. BY this mode of
marking, the different agas 1f fthe sheep may
be ascertained in moment, up to six years
old, when it is considered advisable to dis
pose of them. Any one whohas sense enough
to shear sheep, can understand al opoe the
the full bearing of this plan for marking,
and any hand who can dress q mutton, can
ascertain what aged sheep you may wish to
have killed. Let farmer keep good stock
of sheep, and he will not, as is customary,
haye to examine the whole foock for one
suitable for the table nor will he take his
finest and most thrifty fOF such purpose,
but he will find that those which have tho
ends of both ears cut off, are sufficiently
good. So also, when his flock is too large,
and he wants to sell part, he can select
without trouble what he should dispose Of
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-21

CHEAP WOOD UNDERDRAINs.-We have
been trying undertaking some in Craw-
ford county, on cheaper plan than L have
seen recommended. I put in some two
hundred rods, last spring, at an expense of
from 10 to Is cents per rod. We do not
know how long it will last-the oldest [
know of is some eight years. think in a
majority of cases it will pay the expenses of
making in two years.
We dig ditch ? IL or 8 feet deep; at
2 feet deep, 8 inches wide, then foot deep
er 6 inches wide ct top, and or 4 inches at
the bottom; then place in pieoa Ct timber
so large that it will lay 4, 5, 6 or 10 inches
from the bottom, according to the quantity
of water required to pass. The timber should
be we'll driven down before filling up
Where splitting timber is scarce, boards one
or one and a half inches thick and from 8 to
7 inches broad, according to the quantity of
water. can be used, which will increase.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-21
A RETIRED PHYSICIAN

T"THOSE sands Of TIE Aal nearly run ont
| w discovered while in the Fast Indies, Ger
tain cure for Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis
Coughs, Colds, and General Debility. The RENE
dy was discovered by him when his only child, {
daughter, was given up to die. Wishing to do as
much good as possible, he will send to such Of his
afflicted fellow beings request it, this recipe
with full and explicit directions for making it "
and successfully using it. He requires each ap
plicant to enclose him one shilling-three cents
to be returned 2s postage on the recipe, and the
remainder to be applied to the payment of this
advertisement. Address,
Dr.. II. JAMES, No. 10 Grand-st !
Jersey City, MI
May II 10 At
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-21

a@ A tall, keen eyed countryman stepped
into the courtroom at Detroit the other day,
during the progress of the railroad trial:
Stepping up to spectator, he requested tha'
the prisoners might be pointed out to him.
The fellow accosted being somewhat ola wag,
pointed towards the jury. The fellow scam:
ed the twelve with his distrustiug eye, and
when satisfied with the scrutiny, turned to
his informant and whispered: "Well, they
are hard looking set, amt they? kno"
by their Icaks they ought to 60 the States
prison, every one Sf them
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-21

GET MARRIED !---Marry, let the risk be
what it may; it gives dignity to your pro-
fession, inspires confidence, and commands
respect. With wife the lawyers are more
trusty, the doctor more esteemed, the me,
chanic throws the hammer with Increased
power, and shoves the plane with more
dexterous hand; the merchant gets better
credit-in short, man without wife, is
no man at all She nurses while sick, she
watches for him in health. Gentlemen, get
wife-a pretty one if you like them best
"a good one if she is to be found-and
rich one if you can get her.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-21

A SAILOR BoY.-A sailor boy purloined
two or three pies at different times. He was
overheard il his whimsical method of re-
peating the marriage ceremony, thus:
Il now propose marriage between Jack
Downing and this pie; if any objection can
be made to this union, let it now be known
or forever keep the peace
On this freak being whispered to the cap.
tain, he prepared good ropes end and
holding it in one hand and the boy IN the
other, said: ,
"A union is now proposed to take place
between this rope and sailor boy: If any
objections canbe made to this ticklish match,
let them now be known or forever keep the
peace
Captain said the boy, the banns are for
bidden; the parties have not the least re-
gard for each other. To make it right, both
with one voice should be reconeiled to be
spliced.'
'Well,' said the captain, laughing, you
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-21
may go this time, sirrah, but look out next
time Won make love to or marry any of my
pies, for it is clearly pi-ratical.'

sea Tn Central Africa, says the Mission
ary Livingstone, the women have the upper
hand. They feed the men. The wife is
obliged to supply her mothcr-in-law with
frewood. A man who has five wives, hav-
ing returned home, asks something of No. l.
No. refers him to No. 2 who desires him
to go to the one he loves best He is ham
died about from one to another, till he BE-
comes quite enraged; but all he can 90 is to o
go upon the top ofa tree and cry aloud. = !
thoug ght I had got five wives, but l lind L
have got FIVE witches lfa woman oea's
her husband she is punished in this way
Both are taken to the market-place and the
wife is compelled to take the husband nome
on her back, amidst the people. On these
occasions the women generally cry out, Give
it to him again!
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-21

py A reporter of the Boston Journal says
that, in passing one of the delivery windows
at the post. office, he overheard the following
dialopue between the clerk in attendance
and a dilapidated specimen of the Green
Isle. Clerk: Holding up the letter D.
Where do you live? Pat: An sure it's
meself that's not married at all. Cleric q:
Where do you live ? Pat: I have three
sisters living around here somewhere
Clerk : / don't wish to know anything about
your sisters, or whether you are married.
but where you live. Pat: By the Holy
St. Patrick, don't live any where. make
boots ont an the country.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-21

n@- Robert Hall, on one occasion, being
disgusted with the egotism and conduct Of
preacher, who, with mixture of self-com-
placency and impudence, challenged his ad-
miration of sermon, was provoked to say :
"Yes, there was one fine passage in your
discourse, sir"
81 am rejoiced to hear you say so; which
was it ?"
"Why, sir, is was the passage from the
pulpit to the vestry"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-21
q Q5pne J 4p&trp.
THE COMET.
BY GEORGE W. HOLMES, ESQ.

BY GEORGE W. HOLMES, ESQ.
The Comet! He is on his way,
And singing as he flies;
The whizzing planets shrink before
The spectre of the skies
All! well may regal orbs burn blue'
And satellites turn pale,
Ten million cubic miles Of head,
Ten billion leagues Of tail!
On by whistling spheres of light,
He flashes and he flames:
He turns not to the left or right,
He asks them not their names;
One spurn from his demoniac heel
Away, away, they fly,
Where darkness might be bottled up
= And sold for "Tyrian dye.
And what would happen to the land,
And how would look the seq,
II in the bearded devils path,
Our earth should chance to be!
Full hot and high the sea would boil,
II Full red the forests CLEAN;
Hethought saw and heard all
In dyspeptic dream
I saw tutor take his tube
The Comets course to spy;
Iheard scream-the gathered rays
He'd stewed the tutors eye;
I saw O fort-the soldiers all
Were armed with goggles green;
Pop cracked the guns! whiz flew the balls!
Bang went the magazine.
Isaw poet dip scroll
Each moment in tub.
I read upon the warping back,
- ssThe dream of Beelzebub
He could not see his verses burn,
Although his brain was fried,
And ever and anon he bent
To wet them as they dried.
4 saw the scalding pitch roll down
The cracking, sweating pines,
And streams of smoke, like water-spouts.
Burst through the rumbling mines;
asked the fremen why they made
Such noise about the town;
They answered not, but all the while
The brakes went up and down.
saw a roasting pullet sit
r.rs Upon baking egg;
I saw q cripple scorch his hand
EItinguishing his leg;
saw nine geese upon the wing
= Towards the frozen pole,
And every mothers g sling fell
Crisped to a cracking coal.
sew the OK that browsed the grass
Writhe in the blistering rays,
The herbage in his shrinking saws
Was all fiery blaze;
saw huge fishes boiled to rags,
Bob through the bubbling brine
And thoughts Of supper crossed my SOUL
I had been rash at mine.
Strange sights strange sounds 0 fearful dres
It's memory hsunts me still,
The steaming sea, the crimson glare,
That wreathed every wooded hill;
Stranger if through thy reelipg brain
Such midnight visions sweep,
Spare, spare, o spare thine evening meal,
And sweet shall be thy sleep!
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-21
pg The Hartford Courant has q few
thoughts on woman.

thoughts On WUHaH.
What makes q woman nowsa days?
Intelligence? good looks?
A mind where all the virtues dwell?
No-dry goods hung on hoops!
Ho! whales, that sail the briny deep,
Repine not at your fate;
Your flesh illuminates the world
Your bones make women great.
sAn would be great-but all don't like
4 course of education
Schools, study, books-ah! what are these
Compared with infatation?
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-21
JOB PRINTING.

VTNHE PROPRIETORS of the ENQUIRER res
l. pectfully inform their friends and the public
at large that they are w6ll prepared to execute
orders in the JOB PRINTING LINE, such as
PAMPHLETS, POSTERS,
HAND BILLS, BLANK NOTES,
BUSINESS CARDS, LABELS,
LAW BLANKS, CIRCULARS,
MAGISTRATES Do. CATALOGUES,
&c., &c., &c.
HeAs All work entrusted to this establishment
will be neatly and expeditiously executed, and at
reasonable rates. Call at the ENQUIRER Office,
ONE DOOR SOUTH OF THE P. OFFICE
Jan. | If.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-21

FLAXsEED 70 INCREASE TIE YIELD OF
MILK.-Oil.cake has long been known, in
those districts where linseed oil is manufac-
turcd, as cheap food for cows in milk. A
Bavarian landlord has been experimenting
with linseed, to increase the flow of milk in
his heifers. His theory was that this diet
would affect tbs laet9al development of the
young COW permanently. He SELECTED q lot
of animals, and began to feed about three
months before they were expected to calEe,
with handful of boiled haxsesd, streWn,
over their fodder twice day. Tho result
was that the heifers thus treated had much
larger udders than others of the same age
and quality on ordinary fodder. The supe-
rior milking qualities continued after the seq
ond calviug, and he is confident that this
treatment permanently affects the character
of the COW as good milker. This hint is
worth following up by those dairymen who
have heifers coming in this season. Ifa lit
tie extra feed at this time will make the
heifer better mixer through life, the extra
expenses is certainly justified.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-21

b9- Abernethy was sent for by an inn
keeper who had quarrel with his wife, who
had scored his face with her nails, so that
the poor man was bleeding and much dis
figured. DR.. Abernethy, admoDishing the
offender, said: MADAM, are you not asham'
ed of yourself, to treat your husband thus
the husband who is the head of all; your
head, Madam, in fact?'
well, DOCTOR fiercely returned the vira'
60, 'and may not scratch my own head p
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-21

H9- The following epigram on burning
widows is attributed to the pen Of Canning
AS in India one day an Englishman sat,
With q smart native lass at the window,
sDo your widows burn themselves? pray tell me
that?"
Said the pretty inquisitive Hindoo.
"Do they burn that they do," the gentleman
said,
"With fame not so easy to smother
Our widows, the moment one husband is dead,
Immediately burn-FoR ANOTHER"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-21

1@ How many girls, if they took hold Of
hands, would it take to reach from Warwick
to Birmingham?
nLet's see-twenty miles of girls? Why,
I should reckon quite hundred thousand" J"
"Nonesense; it would only take twenty.
Amt Hiss as good as a mile "
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-21
fad, fnm 4 fnup. farmcr's 9fparhntnt

CoMposrs.- business of forming COM
posts is one in which We may derive impor-
tant assistance from chemistry. Every plant
is composed of certain constituents, derived
either directly from the -, or through the
medium of the atmosphere. 1t has been
conclusively shown by experiment, that the
best manure that can be applied to the grape
vine, is compost formed principally of its
own foliage. In like manner we find that
the wheat straw, and the haulm of the po-
tato plant, constitute the best manures for
the sustenancc of those crops. Anatomy
also teaches US that the residum of all vese-
tables, or that portion of them which remains
after decomposition, contains the true padu-
7um of their respective tribes, and that in no
way can their growth be more effectually pro-
NOTED than by their application. This is,
indeed, the course nature pursues. In our
forests the only aliment the trees receive is
furnished by the decay of the annual foliage,
with the exception Of certain though unas-
certained amount of atmospheric food derl-
we'd throug n the medium of their leaves, and
which is also of vegetable origin. These facts
indicate definite course to be pursued IN
feeding our crops. All vegetable matters
are replete with the principles of rcproduc-
ton, and should consequently be economical
and turned to profitable account. Our lands
are in want of all the fructlfyiug substances
we can procure, and this is one of the most
prolific sources to which We can hopefully ap-
ply.-Gcymantovn Telegraph.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-21

The TEACHER PosED.---A teacher asked
bright little girl 'What country is opposite
us on the globe?
Don't know sir, was the answer.
well now,' pursued the teacher, if I
were to bore a hole through the earth, and
you were to go in at this end, where would
you come out p
sOut of the hole, sir! replied the pupil
with ar air of triumph
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-21

HORSES SHOULD BE EXERCISED DAILY.
Horses require daily exercise in the open
air, and can no more be expected 10 exist
without it than their owners. Exercise is an
essential feature in stable management, and
like well opportuned food tends alike to pre-
serve the health of horses
Daily exercise is necessary for all horses,
unless they are sick; it assists and promotes
a free circulation of the blood, determines
morhi6c matter to tho surface, develops the
muscular structure, creates an appetite, I'm,
proyos the wind and finally inVigoratcs the
whole sysi5ni. We cannot expect much OF
horse that has not been daily habituated to
sufficient exercise; while such as have been
daily exercised and we'll manged, are capa'
BILE not only of great exertion and fatigue,
but srs Eeady and willing to do our bidding
at any season. When ap animal Is over
worked, it renders the system very suscepti'
BILE to what ever morbid inauends may be
present, and imparts to the disease they may
be laboring under an unusual degree of Sc.
verify. fhe s::s''aas!ion produced by want
of rest is equally dangerous, saea haTsses arc
always among the first victims of disease, and
when attacked their treatment is embarras'
sing and uqsatiS2ffaaetory. Soathren AgTie"I
turiSt.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-21

M. A life ill-spent makes sad old age.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-21
DECLARATION
Of
INDEPENDENCE.
FIRST OF JANUARY, 1857!

ssXNTHEN in the course Of human events it
w becomes necessary for one one people" to
leave house and 60 to another--thisis is therefore,
10 ntn nnd ndmnnish all men fhat I
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-01-29
A Desperate Wife

4 gentleman just down from Mauch Chunk,
informs us that desperate and sad affair
transpred in that borough on Monday after
noon last, the circumstances of which are brief
" as follows
The wife of the editor of the Carbon DemO-
crdt, who by the way is a most eStimaLle lady,
it appears has been for a long time annoyed
bv the disloyalty of her husband, and has rea-
son to feel an intense and bitter hate towards
a female named Mary SpoOnheimer, residing
in or about Easton. In word, her domestic
happiness had been sacrificed by her false hus
band to an unholy intimacy kept up with the
aforementioned female, and on last Monday she
determined to put an end to her troubles by
taking the life of Miss Spoonheimer who hap
pcned at the time to be in Mauch Chunk, stop
ping at the American House Resolved upon
this course, she armed herself with pistol and
proceeded to the Hotel, where she was shown
Miss Spoonheimer upon whom she made sud
den and desperate assault, in the presence of
the landlady. Fortunately for the object Of
her anger, she was unable to draw the pistol
instantly, and from the excitement and Strug-
gle to detan Miss Spoonheimer, she tainted.
Recovering, however, she threw the pistol af-
ter her, and following her to the landing be-
low, where some gentlemen, attracted by the
screams of the female interfered and terminal
ed the affray. Subsequently the enraged wo-
man appeared at the hotel again with a long
knife evidently intending another attempt to
execute vengeance upon the destroyer Of her
peace
The indignation Of the community against
the husband, whose base conduct is regarded
as the proyocatiOu of the desperate uffrav,
which was only prevented from terminating in
melancholy catastrophe by mere trife, was
intense and earnest