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EXPERIMENT WITH PLAsTER.-Etlitor
Freeman II give you my experience in
the use of plaster, for the benefit of your
many subscribers. In the spring of So, l
planted two and a half acres of potatoes on
greensward, part of it broke in the fall and
part in the spring, in rows three and a half
feet apart, dropping cut seed, one piece to
a hill once in eighteen inches, 1 put about
a level table spoonful of plaster on each
piece before covering, on all the field, ex-
cept one row, which | left without any. In
autumn when I dug the same, there was, in
the row without plaster two bushels in the
row: each side of the same, having plaster
on them, two and a halfbushels each. There
were on the piece 1926 bushels-credit to
plaster 65 bushels. The credit was owing
to the size, there being as many in number,
in the two bushels with plaster, as there
were in the two and a half with plaster. The
soil was a light loan, inclined to sandy. [
have tried several experiments since with
plaster and ashes, separate and together,
the results of my experiments are that plas-
ter alone is better than either alone. From
experience 1 plant no potatoes without
plaster:
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v,HE SHOALS AND QUICKsANDs

Il OF OUTH.-Just Published, the 80 Edl-
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courage our heart in the noble enterprise in
which we are engaged. K.

@"If his father had been what he
should have been, ***** would not have
been a d~runkard." This was said in refer
ence to a man who had been beastly drunken
and whose father was given to strong drink.
The seeds of evil example ripen early into
a fatal harvest. The parents position is
one of the most responsible; and under the
dominion of whiskey, Israel's proverb may
be then reversed aud enforced "the chill
dren have eaten sour grapes and their faith
er's teeth are set on edge"
Spirit Of the Age.
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The State of So. Carolina,

YORK DISTRICT.
Eldred D. Williamson IS. S.. W. Ruddock.-AHach-
meRt.
W. B. Withers, rs. Same.-Atachment.
VHIHEREAS the Plaintiffs did, on the goth day
w of November 1857, file their declarations a
gainst the defendant in the above stated cases,
who, as it is said, is absent from and without the
limits of this State, and has neither wife nor at
torney within the same upon whom q copy of the
same declaration might be served. 1t is, there
fore Ordered, that the said defendant do appear
and plead to the said declarations, on or before the
2Sth day of January, which will be in the year OF
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
nine, otherwise final and absolute Judgment will
then be given and awarded against him.
JOHN G. ENLOE, C. C. C. PLs.
Ian 81 y Iyq
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A BEAUTIFUL HEAL OF
RICH GLOSSY HAIR,
COMPLETELY PRESERVED

IO IHE GREATEST AGE.
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N to former color; or bald, but would have the
growth restored, or troubled with dandruff
and itching but would have it removed, or
troubled With s~crofula, scald head, or other
eruptions, but would be cured, or with sick head
ache, (neuralgia) but would be cured. 1t will
also remove all pimples from the face and skim
Prof. Woods Hair Restorative will do all this, see
circular and the following.
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Restorative, but having been so often cheated by
quackery and ouack nostrums, hair dyes, &c., I
was disposed to place your Restorative in the same
category with the thousand and one loudly trum-
peted quack remedies, until I met you in Law
renee county some months since, when you gave
me such assurance as induced the trial of your
Restorative in my family-frst by my good wife,
whose hair had become very thin and entirely
white, and before exhaustiug one of your large
bottles, her hair was restored nearly toits original
beautiful brown color, and had thickened and be-
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-04-15

Ra- The following stump speech, deliver
ed by a pupil of the Waikiki Academy, at a
recent exhibition, will compare very we'll
with many pathetic haraugues given by older
sons of Hermes on the inexhaustible theme
of BLEEDING Kansas: :"
FELLOW CITIzENs-Allow me to picture
to your excited and denuded immaginations
some of the heart rending evils which rise
from the want of protection to hen roosts, in
my vicinity, among my constituents. Fellow
citizens, we will suppose it to be the awful
melancholy hour of midnight that this aw-
full crime is committed-all nature is hushed
in sound repose-the solemn wind softly
means through the waving branches of the
trees-and naught is heard to break the
solemn stiffness, save an occasional grunt in
the hog pen. I will now carry you in :magi-
nation to that devoted hen house. Behold
its peaceful and happy inmates gently recli-
ming in balmy slumbers on their elevated
and majestic roosts! Look at that aged and
venerable, and highly respected rooster, as
he keeps his silent vigils with parental and
unmitigated watchfulness over those inno-
cent, helpless and v~irtuous hens and pullets !
Justlet your eye glance around and behold
that dignifed and matronly hen who watches
with tender solicitude and maternal congratu-
lation over those little juvenile chickens,
who crowd around their respected progenitor,
and nestle under her wings! Now I will
ask, fellow.citizeus, is there to be found a
wretch so lost and abandoned, as will enter
that peaceful and happy abode, and tear
those interesting and innocent little ones from
their agouized and heart broken parents ?
Fellow-citizens I answer in thunder tones
that there is! Fellow citizens, is there any
thing so mean and sneaking as such a rob-
Der? No, there is not! You may search
the wide universe, from the nations who re-
pose in solitary grandeur and superlative
majesty under the shade of the tall cedars
which grow upon the plains of bleeding
Kansas, down to the degraded and barbar-
Gus border %rufians, who repose in obscurity
in their miserable wigwams in Massachusetts,,
and then you will be as much perplexed to
find anything so mean as you would be to
see some Of our clergy practice what they
preach, or to see a certain white-coated edi-
tor of one of our daily papers taking into his
embrace one of Afric's voluptuous daughters!
Fellow-citizens, I have sat quietly and heard
the opponents of the great National measure
argue against me, till am pretty nigh burst
ed with the indignant emotions of my ~lacera-
ted sensibilities. Fellow citizens, is it pos
| sible that men can be so infatuated as to ar
que against ME. on this subject? I blush to
say that there are Fellow-citizens, all |
want is for every man to act on this subject
according to his conscience-let him do this
and he will be remembered forever, if not
longer, by a grateful posterity! Fellow-citi-
zens, I feel that I have said enough on this
subject to convince the most obstinate men,
Der of the necessity of a law which shall for
everand ever-lastingly put a stop to such foul
proceedings.
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LAW BLANKS !

WYE have on hand, and are prepared to supply
w at short notice, Mt the ENQUIRER Office,
all kinds of LAWYERS BLANKS in general de-
mand, printed on good paper and neatly pressed.
We offer them at rs cents p quirc. Single half
Ouire SO cents. As we have incurred considera-
bic outlay to enable us to furnish a 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. Fa. on Sum.
Pro-: Com Writ in Case; Copy Writ in Debt; de-
c~larafioa on Account; Declaration on PromissoTy
Note: Declaration on Bond or Sealed Note; SUB
mana Wits; Subpoena Tickets, &c.
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farmer's department.
From the New England Farmer.
FARMING REQUIRES STUDY.

Mr.. Editor lowing to the high value
of the farmers productions, many mechan-
les have recently left their business and
taken farms, with an anticipation of making
a fortune Immediately and living with
that luxury which they imagine country PEG.
pie enjoy. They should remember that all
ought to understand the business best that
they have been the longest time engaged In
and that if any one from any other business
would prefer farming, let him begin under
standingly.
He should know what, when and where
to begin to plant; what, when and where,
in the culture, what, when and where to reap
And can a person, ignorant of all this, ez-
pect to succeed in any part or in all? AS
we'll might the country youth expect to be
benefited in the merchants counting room
AS we'll might the student in addition,
suppose because he used a slate that he could
do all that can be done on a slate-as a per
son not used to, and not acquainted with the
soil, can suppose himself to excel in agrlcul-
ture.
What must the farmer do to better him
self and farm ? Study interestcdly, by OBJ
tanning information from experince and
skillful agriculturists by reading and obser.
walton; and by a judicious expenditure OF
labor and money upon the soil; and when he
has made his farm what a farm should be,
he may expect to be able to live in a bet
ter manner than any of his neighbors; and
not till then.
When I hear a man raising objections to
an agricultural paper, I observe his farm,
and am generally sure to find that he is rals-
ing very powerful objections to farming, in
a very unconscious, and as we say, in a very
hereditary, honor.thy-father way. f..
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broke from them parts and sorter cum to the
copper mines. 1 staid hid till about next
afternoon, when I seed a fellow travelling,
and sed L: "What vas goin' on at the cab
in this side of the creek when you passed it?
"Why, nothin' much, only a nan was sit
tin in the door with marry shirt on and a
woman was greasiu his back and arms, and
his head was as big as a ten gallon keg, and
he hadn'tthe first sign Of an eye-all smooth"
"That mans my dad" sed I.
"Been much ftin in this neighborhood
lately?" said the traveller, dryly.
"Nun with Speakin' of, PERSONAL or per-
ticularly," sedI.
"Now boys, I haint seen dad since, and
would be afeard to meet him in the next ten
years. Let's drink"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-04-15

A HAPPY FAMILY.-A friend of ours
met his neighbours coachman looking re-
markedly facetious, on a Monday morning.
As the man touched his hat, he said to him:
"Well John what has happened to make
you look so pleasant today"
"Why, sir" was the reply what do
you think?
We area pretty lot at our house-that we
are. Istarted with five of us in the old car
riage yesterday morning. First of all I drove
the young lady to the Episcopal church, and
her father to the Wesleyans ; next I took
young master Augustus to the Spiritualists;
my wife went to the Ranters; and when 1
had put the horse, up I took a turn myself
with the Calvinists."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-04-15

@~ Somebody said that if nature had de-
signed man to be a d~runkard; she would
have constructed him like a churn, so that
the more he drank the more firmly he would
stand.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-04-15

A SHREwD MAN OUwITTED.-Mr. Clay
ton, author ola book on the Crimeau Cam
paign, met in his journey a strong minded
woman. He says:
We next touched at Malta, taking on
board a few fresh passengers in lieu of some
we landed there. Among the new corners
was a lady of a most violent temper, so un-
governable that she hated MORALLY all that
did not agree entirely with her ideas upon
everything.
Her husband informed US that just before
his marriage, he was warned of the lady's
fiery disposition, and to test the accuracy of
the information, one evening as he sat next to
her at supper, he managed cleverly to jog the
servants elbow as a plate of mock turtle was
offered her, which of course was upset over
the young lady's white dress of tulle lace.
No complaint, not even a frown beinge-
WINGED, the delighted sutton concluded that
what he had heard was a mistake, and that
his inamorata had the temper of a lamb who
had been fed upon mashed potatoes, and as
harmless as water cruel. So the marriage
took place-but soon the lady's real charac-
ter displayed itself, as is always the case after
marriage, but never before, and his wife,
like a human Stromboal, was subject to fiery
eruptions every ten minutes upon an aver
age.
CHOW is it, my DEAR" said the happy
husband, " that having such a bad temper,
you stood the ordeal by soup so well?"
"Why," answered the lady, ~ might
have appeared Indifferent at the time, but
good heavens, !! you should have only gone
into my room a little while afterwards, and
seen the marks of my teeth on the bed post"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-04-15
TABLE CUTLERY,

Isl pieces in q sett) Tea. Trays, in sets and sim
gle; Table Mats. All the new style of PISTOLS,
from so cents to $40. GUNS, double and single,
from $40 to $50. Slung Shot and Percussion
Caps Game-Bags, Flasks, Wads and Shot.Pouch.
es. Walking Canes of all kinds Clocks from So
to TWENTY DOLLARS.
All the above named articles, with many others
mt mentioned will he sold
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LOW FOR CASH

and CASH ONLY. Bring in your Bank Bills
will take almost any kind of money; so trouble
not yourself with the idea that will refuse.
aSg~ WATCHES, JEWELRY, CLOCKS and
Musical Boxes REPAIRED at short notice by ar
EXPERIENCED WORKMAN.
1000 o.. OLD SILVER WANTED.
E. M. KIRKPATRICK.
Nov &c At tt
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SEWING MACHINES
To Manufacturers, Planters and Private
Families.

I'm purchasing such an article as q SEWING
i MACHINE, the true policy is to buy the best.
/. NJ. SINGER s. Co.'S GAZETTE, a beautiful
pictorial paper, contains full and reliable inform
alton about SEWING MACHINES, and answers
all questions that can be asked on the subject
All who read this paper will learn how to pur-
chase a Sewing Machine with which ST 900 q year,
clear profit, can be made, and will be protected
from being imposed on by some of the humbug
Machines now before the public. Singer & Co.'s
Machine is arranged to do coarse and fine work of
every description. The Gazette may be obtained
gratis on application at any Of Singer & Co.'S OFF,
ces. A machine can be seen in operation at the
Tailor Shop of Mr.. W. C. OWEN, Of Yorkville,
S. C. L. NJ. GRIST, at the ENQUIRER Office, is
an authorized agent.
Singer & Co.'s Charleston Office, 324 King-st.
Principal Office, 1923 Broadway, New York.
July 2, 1857. 26 If
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LIVE AND DRESSED WEIGHT OF AM
MALs.-You will greatly oblige farmers by
publishing the following Rules relating to
weights and prices of stock they are SO
plain that every farmer can understand
them. I have frequently given them to
drovers and stock buyers, and they have used
them ever after. They will be worth to such
more than a years subscription:
1st. For finding the net weight Of stock,
etc., where one-fourth is taken out, or ALLOWED
for tare.
Ruh.-Multiply the gross weight by the
decimal 8 tenths, and the product will be
the net weight.
Erample.-Supposea farmerhas a hog that
weighs 345 gross, how much will he weigh
net? 345 X S=276,0. Ans.
I'd. To find the gross weight, having the
net weight.
Rule.-Divide the net weight, by the
decimal s tenths, and the q%uotient will be
the original gross weight.
E.cample.-What is the gross weight OF
a hog that weights 345 pounds net? 345 X,
S=431}. Ans.
Sd. To find the price per hundred net,
where the price per hundred gross is given
Ruc.-Divide the price per hundred
gross by the decimal s tenths, and the qou.
tent will be the price per hundred net, and
rice rcrSa.
Eramph.-How much per hundred net
will a farmer get for his hogs, who sells them
for three dollars and forty cents per hundred
gross? $40 y, S=s4.25. Ans.
Thus it will be seen that So 40 gross, is
the same as s4.25 net. The reasons fol-
these are obvious, comment is therefore
unnecessary.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-04-15

MODE OF INCREASING THE POTATO Crop.
An English writer says, by carefully reno
wing the buds as they appear on the potato
vines, the crop of large ones is very much
'aumgmented. The theory is plausible, and
worthy of a fair trial,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-04-15

IA An exchange paper tells of a person
who p~refaced his sermon "My friends, let
us say a few words before we begin" This
is about equal to the chap who took a short
nap before he went to sleep.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-04-15
LOCKETS AND MEDALLIONS;

Gold and Silver Pencils and Pens; Gold Thimbles
and Speetacles; Comedian, Plain, Gold and sett
Rings; Necklaces, Amulets, Ear-Drops and Pins a;
Silver, Shell and Pearl Card leases; Silver Salt
Cellars inlaid with Gold; Napkin Rings IN boxes /;
Silver and Plated Cups and Pitchers; Cake,
Pickle, and Fruit Knives Sugar, Salt, and Pre-
serve Snoons. LIVE
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-04-15

INV III AsA %f-AA 49,
One of the best agricultural addresses of
the past season (says the Country Gentle
mani is that of Hon. L. Chandler Ball, be-
fore the Hoosik (Town) Agricultural Socie-
ty. 1t discusses the question-"How shall
the necessary conditions to further agricul-
tural Improvements be secured, and farmers
take the rank, exert the Influence, and re-
ceive the honors to which, by their contri-
buttons to social order, and the welfare Of the
State, they are entitled % He lays down
the following propositions, and to their elu-
cidation The address is devoted:
l. By adopting a higher standard of edu-
cation, both general and professional.
2. By a more thorough cultivation Of the
soil, by which its fertility shall be increased,
and permanently maintained.
3. By the more general introduction Of
improved implements ofhusbandry, by watch
farm and household labor may be more east
ly and economically performed.
+. By improving the breeds of domestic
stock, and rearing only those animals which
are the best of their respective kinds.
5. By growing only those roots, grains,
grasses and fruits which are the most nu-
~tricious and the most productive.
6. By pursuing that particular branch of
of husbandry which gives the strongest prob
abilities Of success; having reference to eli
mate, soil, markets, and amount of foreign
and domestic competition.
By making the business of farming at
~tractive to educated men, and to the farm
house and all its surroundings pleasant to
refined taste and cultivated manners.
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WRITING DESKS,

Folios, Paper-Cutters, and lnk.stands; Tuck,
Dressing and Pocket Combs; Hair, Cloth and
Shaving Brushes; Harriscn's Perfumery and
Soaps Violins and Strings; Patent Candle-Sticks
and Lamps; Casters, Fruit Trays, Razors, Pock
Of and Bowie Knives:
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JAMES M. EDNEY,
MERCHANT,

90 ~HN-SIREEl N. !.
ID UYS and forwards every kind of merchandise
ID for q per cent. Commission. Refers to Cows.
Swain and Morehead, n. W. Woodfn, J. W. Os-
borne, C. P. Mendenhall, A. NJ. German, Esqrs.
and Rev. C. F. Deems, Hon. ". A. Graham, and
others. Dealer in Pianos, Melodeons, Organs,
Harps, Guitars, Music, Sewing Machines, Iron
Safes, Pumps, Garden Engines, &c. A printed
list of the different makers, kinds and prices sent
free. Publisher of an elegant Autograph of
Hickory Nut FaAs,"N. c. ISL and the "Cher-
okee Physician: or, Indian Guide to
Health." This invaluable family adviser should
be in every house. 1t treats of all diseases, has
q copious glossary, and prescribes the remedies
from natures bounteous stores, for II our infrm-
tiles and misfortunes. 1t is prime Or fine white
paper, handsomely bound, fourth ,diuon, 300 pa
ges, and is mailed free for one dollar. New Rose
wood Pianos, $3.50.
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NIov 90 1857. % PRS
NATIONAL POLICE GAZETTE

N1ATIONAL WAZE Es.
~ This Great Journal of Crime and Criminals
is in the Twelfth Year, and is widely circulated
throughout the country. 1t contains all the Great
Trials, Criminal Cases, and appropriate Editorials
on the same, together with information on Crimi-
nal Matters, not to be found in any other news
paper. y.
nage Subscription 50 per Annum; 81, for Six
Months, to be RENTED by Subscribers, (who
should write their names and the town, county
and State where they reside ~plainly,)
To R. A. SEYMOUR,
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SPOONS A.TD FORKS,

Silver and Plated Ladies; Shell Jewelry Boxes,
with lock and key; Jewelry Vases; Watch-Stand
with bell and ink-stand attached; Pearl Glove Hol-
ders Fancy She'll Boxes and Dressing Cases; La
dies fine Work Boxes and Travelling Caps Ladies
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-04-15

aaE Why is a lean doglike a man in medi-
tation ? Because he il a Min-cur.
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In Common Pleas-.-York District,
Eldred D. williamson,
Us. dttdchmeHts
Sam'l W. Ruddock.
Nancy Meacham,
%. id.
Same.
]. NJ. Strong,
ne id.

T have attached as the property of the Defend.
ant, in the above stated cases, one tract of
land, containing One Hundred and Thirty Acres,
more or less, bounded by lands of William Boyce.
R. 8. Daniels, James Elms and others. No one
was in possession of said land when attached
and any person or persons claiming the same, are
hereby notified to appear and show cause pursu-
ant to the acts of the General Assembly of this
State, in such case made and provided, why said
lands should not be condemned as the property of
said absent debtor.
s. C. Y%OUNGBLOOD,
8. Y. D.
Nav %. 1857. % (Pr's fee S8) oily.