The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1858-02-18
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Notice |! Young Ear.

-, SsioO . &oupS man.
we heard Of nm accident, the other dav.
wn'cn we histen to make public for the ben.
en-. OF AL young men who may feel interest.
ed IN the matter of matrimony
AZ certain church, after the services for
the sabbath We're concluded. a certain younp
man nsmed John, stepped up 10 the aide. of
one OF me inosf handsome girls in tile mar.
sn' 10 wnonl he had been paving beauti.
'ai attentions Of late, and politely request.
ea 'ne pleasure OF seeing her home. Like
good affectionate girl, she granted the
DOOM ana they started. Filled with rapture
oy the pleasant circumstances surrounding
"'n' inc yonng man was thrown off his
guard, and being desirous of saying some.
thing, particularly fine and impressive. fit
may have been a lay of love,) he turned Els
lace towards his partner, (very close, as it
no.n often haPpen.) and ehispered his
snougnt. Alas II WAS an unlucky whisper;
LOT tne same breath that conveyed that conf.
uen'ia' message, also carried 10 the olfacto-
r,es OF the young lady the fumes of wl,iskev
Quie'!y Withdrawing her arm from that Of
her gallant, she stepped in the path and
said SIR, you have been drinking wbis-
Key and that of the meanest sort--yor. nor
no other Demi John, can 90 home with me.n
And she trpped on her way, leaving the
poor whiskey-lover standing with his thumb
IN his mouth, completely dumbfounded /"
at the sudden reversion Of his prospects-
while the jeers. the taunts and aroans of
the spectators fairly roared around him.
ihere are many Young walking Demi-
Johns and as the ladies everywhere are
becoming fast friends of temperance. and
adopting the motto of sober men or NO
husbands" we give the above publicity. that
many may see the danger they incur by low.
ing liquor better than their chosen lassie.
Spirit Of tie 1ge.
TURN OF Fortunes WHEEL-R;eh M
day ana I'oor TO morroW.-One dav two
negroes IN California, named Van and W;l-
nam Livingston. came along with their picks
and shovels, and asked the white men if
they could inform them where they could
sci IN. One of the latter rather hutfily re-.
Phed, es, pitch in there" taking up n
stone and throwing il on the spot desipnat-
ed, which was to afl appearances the yery
last place that a reasonable Christian man
would have thought Of working; and the
dir ction was given more with the idea of
getting rid of the opportunities of the ne.
groes than anything else. -
Inc latter, However, took the matter in
good part. and went zealously to work
They toiled in season and out of season. in
dIgglngs the like of which they never had
seen before for adamantine hardness. Their
picks soon gave out, and they were Obliged
to resort to gunpowder. But on they work.
ed until they had attained to depth of some
fifteen or twenty feet, when they reached the
clay and gravel that rested on the bed rock
Here they "struck it p" indeed. Lumps Of
gold were as plenty as blackberries, and our
African friends were in ecstacies. 1t was
never exactly known how much they took
out OF that claim, but the best authenticated
accounts state that the sum amounted to
some 100000 or 10000. Af1er oit,;ng
their pile, Van and Bill went TO San Fran,
cisco, and. in about one fortnight the whole
amount disappeared through the quiet oper.
alton OF gambling, and other kindred amuse-
lnents. In process of time they went back
TO their old stamping ground penniless, but
not discouraged. They tried il again. but
Dame Fortune never prospered them rs
formerly, and they were forced to labor on
hire.
Sror Now Young man, If Won are
Just commencing or practicing any vice or
bad habit, the time to stop is now. You
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