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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-02-27

E| Jack Baker was recently examined
in an important case in Western court.
Counsel found it extremely difficult to ex-
tract the whole truth from him. Ills In
genuity and ignorance combined, enabled
him to evade the question. At last the
lawyer, losing patience, exclaimed; "Why,
Mr.. B. do you prevaricate so much?
Jack, supposing that he referred to his pc
culiar manner of utterance, convulsed the
court and audience by replying indignant
ly. 81 would like to know how feller Can
help prevarication, when he has lost three
of his front teeth?
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-02-27

ORCHARD SUcKERs.-Many otherwise
good apple orchards are allowed to become
defaced, as we'll as seriously injured, by al
lowing profusion Of suckers to grow at
the base of the trunks. Attemps are some
times made to get rid of them, by cutting
them off to the surface of the ground and
leaving considerable portions below in the
form Of short stumps. These sprout again
and they soon become as bad as ever. A
better way is to wait until they are in leaf,
at which time they are loosened more read
lily, and taking each sprout separately in
the hands, and placing thick boot upon
it near the tree, they are quickly scpara-
ted. If done at the ight time of the year,
theywill not be likely to sprout again.
Country Gentleman.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-02-27

COMPOSITION OF THE CONVENTIONS
In Virginia, 25 out Of los delegates to the
constitutional convention, or less than one
fourth, are colored men. In North Carroll
na, 13 out of 120 delegates, or less than
one-ninth, are colored. In Mississippi, 12
out of 1913. In Louisiana, the blacks have
a majority of 10. In Florida, 20 out of 80
are colored. In Georgia, Is out of 1876,
or less than one-eleventh, are colored. In
Alabama, 18 are colored, about one-ffth
of the whole body. In Arkansas, 5 out Of
7S are colored. In South Carolina, the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-02-27

ras One evening an antique and vine
gary specimen of Vermont old maid was
holding forth to perspiring crowd OF
freedmen in Charleston:
eyes, my dear fellow-citizens, my be-
loved brothers and sisters, you shall have
your rights, the North will see that you will
have all your rights, even to the great all,
potent, overbounding, overshadowing, sove,
reign right of suffrage"
s'De Lord forbid" shouted an old negro
woman in the audience, rocking her body to
and fro.
"De Dressed Lord forbid, we's had suffer-
ing enough already, and we doesn't want
no more
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-02-27
THECHARLESTON MERCURY.

yNHE CHARLESTON MERCURY is now, as it
has ever been, true Carolina paper, in the
hands of Carolinians, and an exponent of the pre-
vailing sentiments of the people.
AS an - 'yertising medium it offers advantages
that cannot we'll be surpassed. It's circulation ex
tends throughout the whole South as well as
through the Northern and Northwestern States,
and is rapidly and steadily increasing.
THE MERCURY contains all the latest politi-
cal, foreign, religious, and literary news, in con-
densed and attractive form, and will be found to
be all that it claims-a live Southern newspaper.
aD- Terms of Subscription for Daily, per an
mum, $500: for Tri-W Weekly, per annum, $4.00.
Conducted by .-c
r. B. RHETT & BRO.
F. w. DAWSON, Assistant Editor. !,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-02-27
A SMALL DIFFERENCE,-Once on g. tim

ASMALL D1FFERENcE.-Once on time,
a Baptist church split in twain on the mis-
slonary question, and one-half proclaimed
themselves a missionary Baptist church.
By and by an agent for missions came a.
long and made an appeal to this missionary
church, and his collection amounted to fifty
cents This deferred from the anti-mis-
sion church just fifty cents. A small thing,
indeed, to split church.
Western Recorder.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-02-27

KEEP TO THE RIGHT.-"Turn out turn
out !" cried a registering teamster to some
one he was meeting. ''Iurn out, or III
serve you as I did the other man." The
stranger, in astonishment, complied; but
when John was nearly opposite, called to
him with "Pray, sir, how did you serve the
other man?' ''Why, sir,' said whip, tip
ping wink, II told him to turn out, and
he wouldn't; so turned out myself"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-02-27

nay- A little fellow some four or five
years old, and who had never seen negro,
was perplexed one day when one came by
where he and his father were. The young.
ster eyed the darkey suspiciously till he
had passed, and then asked his father:
"Pa, who painted that man alt black so p
GOOD did, my son. replied the father.
"Well," said the little one, still looking
after the negro, II shouldn't a thought
he'd a held STILL"
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RICHMOND weekly DISPATCH.
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CHEAPEST AND BEST
Family and Business Newspaper in the South.

1 LTHOUGH the WEEKLY DISPATCH for
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complete summary of Foreign and Domestic
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Family Circle, the Merchant, Farmer, Profession
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January23 4'..-,' st
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Hkg@ Two old gentlemen were compliment
ing each other upon their habits of intem-
perance. "Did you ever, neighbour said
one. sssee me with more than I could car
ry?" "No, indeed was the reply; "but
Ihave seen you when I thought you had
better have gone twice for it.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-02-27

Me When DR.. Johnson asked the widow
Porter to be his wife, he told her candidly
that he was man of mean extraction, that
he had no money, and that he had had an un-
Gle hanged. The widow replied that she
cared nothing for his parentage, that she
had no money herself, and though she had
no relative hanged, she had fifty who deser-
we'd hanging. So they made match of it.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-02-27

nsg~ A lady took her little boy to church
for the first time. Upon hearing the or
gan, he was on his feet instanter. 'Slt
down." said the mother. II WON'T he
shouted; ~ want to see the monkey"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-02-27

p~ A gentleman once asked little
girl, an only child, how many sisters she
had, and was told "three or four" Her
mother asked Mary, when they were alone,
what had induced her to tell such an un-
truth. "Why, mamma" cried Mary, 81
didn't want him to think you were so poor
that you hadn't but one child. Wouldn'
he thought we were drefful poor?''
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-02-27
The Murkrille Gmqnirer.
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more names, an extra copy Of the paper will be
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-02-27
EFFECTS OF SHADE ON THE GRAPE VINE.

EFFECTS OF SHADE ON THE VRAPE VINE.
The roots of the grape vine require to be
cool and shaded from the sun. In the for
est the wild vine climbs to the tops of the
loftiest trees in search of sunshine, and ex-
posure to rain and dew, but its roots are
damp, being imbedded in the moist leaf
mold, the debris of the foliage which has
been accumulating for centuries, and they
are frequently within reach of water
Southera Culivator.
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CHARLESTON AGRICULTURAL WAREHOUSE
AND
SEED STORE.
LITTLE & MARSHALL,
NO. lao MEETING STREET,
OPPOSITE PAVILION HOTEL,
SUPERINTENDENT OFFI(

CHARLESTON, q. O.,
nEALERS in all kinds of Agricultural Imple-
IL nlents, Machinery, Seeds, &c. Plows, Har-
rows, Cultivators, Corn Shelters, Corn Mills Corn
and Cotton Planters, Fodder Cutters, Horse Pow
ers, Threshing Machines, Reaping and Moving
Machines, Washing Machines, &c, &c.
PURE SEEDS, Of all varieties, crop of 1867,
carefully selected from the best and most reliable
SEED GROWERS.
Farmers Planters and tho Trade generally,
supplied on most liberal terms.
Agents for INGERSOLLS HAND POWER
COTTON PRESS, and the Little Giant Horse
Power.
Send for Circulars.
January 2 3m
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-02-27
ALMANACS FOR 1865.

lust received a large lot of MERCHANTS
d ANDFARMERS' ALMANACS," for the year
1868. The calculations were made by Prof James
Fl. Carlisle of Spartanburg District for this lati-
tude. They are offered for sale at 10 cents each.
Apply at the ENQUIRER OFFICE.
January H
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-02-27
ESTELLA, OR STAR OIL.

T1NHE New Burning Fluid, ESTELLA, OR
i STAR OIL, with the new Sun Burners, or
Comet Burners, and Chimneys that do not smoke
or break, now ready for sale, making your light
nearly 100 per cent. cheaper than Kerosine Oil.
At the YORK DRUG STORE.
January23 4 tt
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THE CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL

THE CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
nUBLISHED Daily and Weekly in Augusta,
Ga, is the oldest newspaper in the State. Es-
tablshed in 1894 it has ever since that time been
one of the leading papers In the South and it still
maintains its place in the front rank OF Southern
Journals. &
ABLY edited and the chosen medium through
which the master minds Of the State address the
people it's value as conservative political paper
is second to none while its numerous and reliable
correspondents make it q first class NEWS AND
FAMILY JOURNAL.
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received and forwarded at the ENQUIRER OFFICE.
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-02-27

two races are about equal in the conven-
ton. In Texas, the delegates have not
yet been chosen.
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Weed FAMILY SEWING MACHINE, E,
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ly appreciated No. 2 or Wheel Feed Machine, are
now introducing their New DROP FEED, or +. F.
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It not only retains the principal essential points
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cision, all the heavier grades Of ordinary work.
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~ Local Agents wanted everywhere. sr-
The Weed Sewing Machine was awarded the
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September % ~ % al 6m ~
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Miseellaneuns Attifles.
From the Charleston News.
POLITICAL ON DTS.


The convention, now assembled in Char
lesion, has two-fold object-one, to pre-
pare and submit to the people new form
of constitution the other to select the per-
sons who are to fill the several Offices which
are to be vacated on the incoming of the
new government. The consequence is that
outside of the regular daily sessions of the
body, there is on amount of log-rolling and
wire-pulling that would put to shame the
most venerable professors of this art, even
in the great City of Washington.
There is not section of the State which
has not its claims or claimants; there is
not an individual just now astride of the
political fence, who is not wishing gentle
push that shall precipitate him nolens volens
into the Radical huckleberry patch; there
is not member of the convention who has
not aspirations for power and place where
in he expects to play the role of "Yoors
trooly" to the Great Public for the next
four or five years. .-.
What progress has been made in this
march of political Improvement. those who
are outside of the ring are not able to state
in other than general terms. The Repub-
lican caucusses are frequent and secret.
All the men and measures which pass in
review before them are unknown; but e.
nough has leaked out to enable US to infer
that many of the State Offices, from magis-
trates upwards, will be filled by colored men.
There will be a parti-colored Legislature,
perhaps strong infusion of the Ethiopian
race in the Senate, and liberal sprinkling
in every other department. The judiciary
will probably remain white; and it may be
that majority of its present members have
so far proved themselves upright men in
the eyes of the new legislators, that party
considerations will be ignored, and they
will be retained in place. ......
1t is confidently believed that one of the
Senators from the State is already selected,
namely, Dr.. A. G.. Mackey, the President
of the convention. Had Mr.. Sawyer, the
Collector of Internal Revenue, remained in
the body he would probably have been in
the race, but unfortunately for his pros
poets, business of very pressing nature
compelled him to resign his honors, and the
suspicion is that he is now out in the cold.
The other Senator spoken of is B. F. Whit
temore, of Darlington-a Northern man by
birth, but for the. last three years resident
of that district. His moderate course in
the convention has been in strange contrast
to the newspaper record that has been writ
ten against him-a record that has painted
him as black as black can be-and he will
probably run as well as any man of his par
ty.
The name of J. M. Rutland, of Fairfield,
has been strongly suggested in connection
with the Office of Representative to Con-
c,roee b,t b;o fr;ande NOV oomnromioa hv
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generally, white and black. r a-s
D. H. Chamberlain, delegate from
Berkely, Northern man, of sense and col.
legiate education, has about as good a
chance as any of his Republican colleagues
to be put on the Congressional ticket, and,
although young and inexperienced in pub.
lie affairs, may, by reason of his political
affiliations, command success.
IF any colored man is selected for Con.
gress, and it is not improbable that the race
will demand to be represented, W. j. Whip.
per, of Beaufort, will undoubtedly be the
person, and we venture the remark that in
point of ability as debater he will prove
more than equal to the average of repre-
sentatives in the National Legislature.
F. j. Moses, Jr., of Sumter, if not an
aspirant for the Office of Congressman, has
certainly some advocates in the convention
and, if nominated, would be elected by his
party. He has force, vim, the gift oi
speech, and on the stump would prove a
rival to any other man in his section who
would run against him.
1t appears 10 be definitely settled fact
that the next Governor of the State, exists
in the person of Col. Thomas J. Robertson,
of Columbia. Possibly J. M. Rutland, who
is lawyer, may be pitted against him, and
by reason of superior oratorical powers,
take the inside track and keep.it, yea, unto
the home stretch but Col. Robertson is q
millionaire, or at least half millionaire,
besides being heir to half million more
from his father-in-law, and the purse may
give him preponderating influence in the
race.
For the office of Lieutenant Governor we
have heard no person mentioned. The
Treasurer of the State is required to give q
bond of 100000 on taking the oath of Of
flee, and he also is in the vocative.
The Comptroller Generals Office must
likewise be filled. Perhaps N. G. Parker
of Charleston, now Chairman of the Fl
nance Committee, and G. P. Leslie Chair.
man of the Auditing Committee, have been
selected for these positions. We don't know
F. L. Cardoza is likely to be the 'boss
Commissioner of Education. If so, B. F,
Randolph will be on his Board. B. O.
Duncan (white), of Newberry, has been
suggested as Secretary of State.
A great deal of nominating labor yet
remains to be performed. If the existing
disability should be generally removed, 9th
er persons than those we have named will
present themselves as candidates; and il
endorsed by the party, they will make the
contest somewhat animated.
Meanwhile, the elections are close upor
US. The next thirty days will decide whe
ther the constitution is to be ratified by
Congress and the people, and upon the heels
of this act will follow elections for the leg
islature, executive, judicial and congression
al offices. 1t may be said that in the pres
ent instance, the "mills of the Gods do MOI
grind slowly" but they grind exceedingly
small.
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NOL. McCORKLE begs tcinform his numerous
Y J friends and customers, that he has just re-
turned from tho NORTHERN CITIES, where he
bought Second Stock Of FALL AND WINTER
COINS
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-10-15

PEACE PROCLAIMED.
THE WAR OVER IN CLEARPIELD
KNOX TOWNSHIP QUIET.

Nearly all the ContrdJdHds going back
10 their old masters but nary one
qoinq 10 oH Massachusetts,, 'ohere
Mey were iouod so long and 50 peA
TN consequence Of the above facts Y. SHORT
/ Of the old "short shoe Shop" would an
nounee 10 his numerous patrons, and the people
Of Cleardod county At large, that he has now
6ral rate lot Of good material iu't received from
the Easi, and Is prepared on snort notice 70 make
and mend Boots and shoes, at his ne" shop 10
0raham's row. lie fs satisfied that be csa please
All. fusless Il might be some intensely loyal stay
st home patriotsl lie is prepared TO sell low for
Cash or Country Produce. Don't forget the
shop-next door to Showers Grshams store,
on Market street, cearhsld, Pa, and kept by 3
fellow commonly called
jy3,67-y "sHOhI1.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-10-15
croBna.

Oar hsrn, ana efansiie. ar, stored
pdmfai nom rfoaninr focr 20 eaVch
Ana rn he fsiii haii fooa'y hoard
OF m,iiits ansii and golden fhea'c'i
And tubars, bursting from ihe hiil'
crv asush e crowd We rAs'f iie siiili
Come. bring your oari.. and dlg and all''
The enarled orchards bending lo",
Tho ,oant their weight Of ripcning ifuii
roreteli. for ewes Of winiry snow
A feast ne daniie.i taste 70 suit
And luscious peaches, grape, and pears
swee,en the housewives cans and cares
The woods, which wore their summer crown
with such an airy, wiiching grace
Ere yet they dawn the msset brown
With gold and crimson inierlaee
Their iutiering robes and vesiments green,
Like some capriciouf foreign queen.
The sumach reddens in the sun,
And lifis il fiery banners up,
And elder clusters, one by one,
Purple with wine from natures cups
And vine aAame and burning bush"
From every field and hedge-roW Hush
The walnut and the chestnut trees
With brisiling burs and nuts are brown,
And lalily, in every breeze
The Aon-eups come sailing down
Tan mines their cones have strewn about
And hemlooks breathe their fragrance out.
0ctober-reeal queen Of all
The ciroling sisters Of the year
The crowninR giory af tha Fall,
Ere yet the earth grows brown and sere--
Our hearts to thee a carol sing,
Voluptuous counterpart Of Spring
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-10-15
DANIEL CONNELLY,
Boot and Shoe Manufacturer

TTAs just received 6ne lot Of French CALI
III SKINS, and u nov prepared to mannfac.
ture everything 10 his line at the lowest figures
lie will warrant bis work TO be as reprefeptea
lie respectfully roicits a call, at his shop on
Market street, second door west Of the pottoffee,
where be will do all In bis power to render salts
fuction Some fine Cater tops on hand.
myg, '65-y DANIEL cONNRLLY.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-10-15

The will Of the late Edwin A. Stevens
has been opened. His real estate in
Hoboken and Weehawken amounts
TO s2O,OOO,OoO, andhis entire property
to more than s5O,OOO,OOO. 1t all goes
TO his heirs, except s650,OOO for a
college, and 100000 to complete the
Stevens Battery for the State Of New
Jersey.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-10-15
LIVERY STABLE.

1NlE undersigned hcEs leave 10 inform the pub
Il lie that hcis nov fullyrrcparcd 10 accoinm, :
date all In the way uf furnishing Horses, Buggies,
Saddles and Harness, on the shortest notice and
on reasonable terms. Residence on Locust street,
between Third and Fourth
GE0 W. GEARHARI.
9loardold. April n, 1881. ~.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-10-15
sUsQUEHANNA HOUSE

tur"ehs'llle Ciearheld connty. Pa.
fINHIs ola and well established Ho,el. heaun.
IL fully situated on the baaks Of the susoue.
hanna' In The boroagh Of curweu willie, has been
leased Tor term Of years by the undersigned
II has been entirely refuod and is now open 10
INC public generally and the travellins eommu-
nity in particular. No pains will be spared 10
render guests comfortable while tarryinr at this
house. Ample siabling room for the aecommo.
dation eftoams. Charges moderate.
noVsl-u WM. NJ. JEFFRIFs.