Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-06-17
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- One reason why the world is not re-
formed is because every man is bent or re-
forming others, and never thinks Of reforming
himself.
The German %journeymen tailors of
Cincinnati have been" assembling in mass
meeting and protesting at the invasion Of
their province by the sewing machine.
- grave digger, who buried a Mr..
Button, placed the following item in a bill
which he sent to the widow of the deceased /:
To making a Button hole, So
AN Irishman, who was engaged at a
drain, had his pick-a1e raised in the air just
as the clock struck twelve, when Determined
to do no more work, he let go the pick-axe
and leftit there.
Everybody likes polite children
Worthy persons will pay attention to such,
speak well of their good manners, and enter
tain q high opinion of their parents. Chill
dren make a note of this.
-Asphriend, pheeling phunnily phigu-
r~ative, FURNISHES the phollowing:-4ty
4tunate testers, 4tuitously 4tifying 4 4lorn
4trsses, 4cibly 4bade Atty 4midable 4eigners
Aiming 4aging 4ces."
"A resident of St. Thomas has announ-
ced in Cuba that Gen. Santa Anna had
purchased an elegant residence in the first
named island, for which he paid $4,000
cash.
At. three years of age we love our
mothers lat six our fathers; at ten, holidays;
at sixteen, dress; attwenty, oursweet hearts;
at twenty.fve, our wives at forty, ourchil-
dren at sixty, ourselves.
- The General Assembly of Presby-
t~erians, recently in session in Chicago, has
decided bya vote of 100 to 81 that divorces
cannot be granted unless adultery be clearly
shown, and that any one marrying a person
divorced for any other cause, is himself guilty
of adultery ina moral view of the case.
-Thos.P uryear, Esq , we understand,
left our city yesterday, to attend the races in
England. We learn that his horse Char
lesion will run for the Goodwood cup, and
that the object of Mr.. P's. visit is to be pres.
emit on the OCCASION Columbia Guardian,
14h inst.
"A Washington correspondent says
that Senator Houston, upon whom devolved
the duty of pronouncinga eulogy on his de-
ceased colleague, and who manifested so much
feeling on the occasion, had not spoken to
him in ten years. A bitter feud had existed
between them for that long period.
- The Mayor Of New York, has opened
acampaign against the lottery establishments
of Ne8 Hampshire. He despatched an Of
(fcer to that State last week and had a num-
Der of parties arretsed under warrants from
the State authorities. Others, hearing of the
proceedings, made good their escape.
Austin Maggs, architect and builder,
has been arrested in London for writing a
letter calling upon the Queen to render up
her Office as head of the church. He said
he would be happy to produce his credentials
as Christ's vicegerent upon earth, and chat.
lenged creation to produce any claim superior
to his own.
"A despatch from St. Joseph's, Missouri,
says that that section of country has been
visited by one of the heaviest rain storms
ever known. The Platte, Grand, and several
other rivers, have overlooked their banks,
doing immense damage to the crops, and
carrying away bridges, &c. The worst con-
sequences are feared.
- If newspaper enterprise be a true test
Of prosperity in new land, Victoria, in
Australia, is a most prosperous city. There
are now published in Victoria-daily papers,
eight; bi-weekly eight; tri-weekly, three;
weekly papers, twenty-one-total, forty
More, we think than in Paris-certainy more
than in Vienna.
- enningsen and Lockbridge, two of
Walker 6llibustering heroes, have quarreled
and went to fight, but Henningsen says he
will not correspond with Lockbridge, because
he commences his letters With little i. This
isn't quite equal to the man out West, who
wouldn't vote fora certain man for Judge, be-
cause he spelled God with small g!
-Benjamin Clayton, Esq, has in his
garden a cabbage that was planted in April,
and on the 3lst May, 1858, it was measured
in the presence of Mr.. James A. Tarpley,
and both of these gentlemen say that it mea-
sured 10 feet in circumference and3 IA feet
in diameter. When full grownthis cabbage
will be a Wrapper TENN
Mews.
- Several American counts, it is report
ed, have beer madein Italy latelyin this way:
The Pope, not being able to finish a certain
railway for lack of money, offered the title of
count to every foreigner who would subscribe
a sum of FIVE thousand dollars to the road.
The required sum was soou obtained, and a
few more noble families were let loose in
in society.
-" Bridget" said alady to her servant,
Bridget Conley, "who was that man you were
talking with so long at the gate last night? ?"
ssSure, no one butme eldest brother, ma'am,"
replied Bridget, with a flushed cheek. "Your
brother, I didn'tknow you had a. brother
What is his name?" "Barney Octoolan,
ma'am." "Indeed how comes it that his
name is not the same as yours?" "Troth,