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The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-12-21

l WAS neber drunk but 1 was
'toxicated once on ardent spirits,
and dat's enuff for dis nigger. De
Lord eff my head didn't feel as
eff all de niggers in dc world was
splittin' wood in it.
MAssA, de taters up" "The
potatoes up; you rascal, I only
planted yesterday" 81 know
dat, massa ; but de hogs got in las
mite, an CUB um lif."
Ocean that p>p-pup-parrot t.
ter-talk z" asked suffering man
of a German. "Suppose he no
can talk 80 moche better as that
what yomn on talk, 1 chop he dam
head Off"
A LITTLE BOY, disputing with
his sister recently, exclaimed,
"'Tis true, for ma says SO; and, if
ma says SO, it is so if it ain't So"
You'll hurt pussy if you lift
her by the tail" "Why no !
mamma Use got her by the
handle"
THE grand jury have found a
true bill against Hon. o. @. Bow
en-, M. O., Of South Carolina, for
bigamy.-Phi1adetpAia Day, 9th.
WYohrKa TERRITORY, by the cor
rected census returns, has 9,11B
population, exclusive of Indians /:
nd Dakota, 14,021.
PArEK clothing is made in Chi
ma and Japan. A coat costs ten
cents, and a whole suit q Quarter
of dollar.
The reception one meets with
from the woman Of a family gene
rally determines the tenor of ones
whole entertainment.
Why is the sun like q good loafa
Because it's light when It rises.
CNDER the new appointment,
South Carolina will gain one mem.
ber of Congress.
WHEN are clothes like railway
train 2-when they are on the
line.
TIE season 10 now upon us when
stock should be sheltered.
Tue memory of good actions is
the starlight Of the soul.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-12-21
Secret Of Matrimonial Happines,


ZschOkke gives this advice to
brides sin the first solitary hour
after the ceremony, take the bride.
groom, and demand a solemn vow
Of him, and give him a VOW in re-
turn. Promise one another sin.
cerely, never, not in jest, to wran.
gle with each other never to ban
dy words or indulge in the least in
humor. Never, 1 say, never |!
Wrangling in jest, and putting on
an air of i'll humor merely to tease
becomes earnest by practice. Mark
thatl Next, promise each other,
sincerely and soiennIy, never to
have q seetes from, each OTHER. nm.
der whatever pretext, with what.
ever oause,it mighs be. You,mast
contintahy and every rioment,
see clearly into each others bosom.
Even when one Of you has commit.
ted fault, wait not an instant but
confess it freely-let it cost tears.
but confess it. And as you keen
nothing secret from each other, 90.
on the contrary, preserve the pri-
vacies Of your house, marriage
state and heart, from father, mosb.
er, sister, brother, aunt, and all the
world. You two, with Gods help,
build your own quiet world; eve.
ry third or fourth one whom you
draw into 1t with you, will form a
party, and stand between you two.
That should never be. Promise
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this to each other. Renew the
vow at each temptation. You will
lind your account in It. Your souls
will grow as it were together, and
at last they will become as one.
All, If many young pair had on
their wedding. day known this se>
cret, how many marriages were
happier than, alas! they are!"
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-12-21

DIR. l. p. MCCARTNEY the coun-
terfeiter, who escaped from the
Cincinnati Jail, has the reputation
at having done some smart things
during his career. A few years
since he travelled through Missouri,
and gave lectures on the best way
to detect counterfeit notes. Before
leaving a town he ususually man
aged to pass several hundred dol
lars worth of his bogus stuff upon
the very people be had been in.
structing the night before.
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Arkansas correspondence En-
terprise.
DEs Arc, ARE. Dec. 9. 1877

SS 1AA', ASS' n, 1otO.
Messrs. Eaisors-We bade Won
temporary adieu in our last com
munication, at the steamboat land.
ing Of this place, and we had hop
ed ere this to have given your
readers some. fnrther account of
this western country; but you
know full we'll the force of the old
and time.honored maxim, "busi.
ness before pleasure" to require
from us any more than a mere
mention Of the maxim itself.
But to proceed. This is like most
OF the Western towns, in outside
appearance a rough exterior, but,
withal, one of the pleasantest little
places that we ever had the fortune
to be in. In size, We would com.
pare it to Edgefeid the buildings
are very much scattered, and in
themselves present no preientions
to architectural display. There is
only one brick building in the
place, and that, Messrs. Editors. is
in part occupied by very intelli.
gent and enterprising journal, the
-Des Arc Citizen. But from this
description, you are not to imag.
inc that the town is without enter.
prise, that it is either dead or dy.
ing !; on tho contrary, it is Just re.
covering from the great and heavy
blows inflicted upon it by the late
civil war, when II was occupied by
the vandal hordes of the enemy,
and almost all of its then few
buildings for at that time it was
but in its infancy were torn down
and removed to De Wallis Bluff,
tho town next below this, which is
built almost entirely Of the build
ings thus removed from Des Arc.
and is, therefore, nothing more nor
less than an offshoot of Des Arc.
But, after all, what is there in the
buildings. Tis true, one likes we'll
to see in any place some attcmpt
at architectural adornment, and it
is pleasing To see q town we'll laid
off, with paved streets, handsome
store rooms, and palatiai private
residences, with grounds beautified
and adorned by flowers and shrub
berry we say this is all very pleas
ant to the cultivated taste and eve.
and may do in an old State. but in
a new country like this, the people
have no time for this sort Of thine.
however much inclination there
may be: they are all too deeply
immersed in businees to attend to
II; and venture to assert, Messrs.
Editors, that there is more busi.
ness done in the town of Des Arc.
than any city or town in our old
State. outside Of Charleston. Wbv
sirs,' last year, from this point be-.
tween ten and eleven thousand
bales OF cotton were sold and shin,
ped, and this year the amount sold
will be largely in excess of last
year, because there has been more
OF the staple produced. There ia
an area Of country Of sixty square
miles, to back the town, rich and
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-12-21
SCARCITY OF MULES TN

SCARCITY OF MULES IN KEN.
TUcKY.-Kentucky, 80 a practical
farmer complains, has not been as
bare OF good mule stock for thirty
years as at present. He is of the
opinion that, unless some steps are
taken TO recuperate this character
OF stock, there will be a marked
decline in the quantity of mules,
upon which 30 much Of the pros.
perity OF the State depends. A
few years ago much pains was
taken to keep up the stock of
mules in that State. There were
importing companies that sent
agents to Spain, to purchase the
hest jack and jennets that were
to be found in Andalusia with
the war, however, these importa,
tions stopped, aud have not been
revived since.
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Srtflrth pnrtrg.
Let it Pass.

Let It Pass.
Be- not swift 10 take offsnceJ
Lot Il passi
Anger Is foe to sense;
Lot Il pass!
Brood not darkly Ger wrong,
which will disappear sre l.ag:
Rather sing this CHEEKY song
Let II passl
Strife corrodes the purest mind;
Let It passl
As the unregarded wind,
Let 1t pass!
Any vulgar souls that live
May condemn without reprieve;
'Tis tho noble who forgive.
Let It pass!
Lot II pass
Echo not an angry word;
Let It pass!
Think how often you have erred;
Let It passi
Since our joys must pass away
Like the dewdrops on the way,
Wherefore should our sorrows stayi
Lot them pass!
Let them pass!
II for good you've taken i'll,
Let it pass!
Oh be kind and gentle still
Let Il passi
Time at last makes all things straight;
Let as not resent, but wait,
And our triumph shall be great;
Let Il pass!
Lot IL passi
Bid your anger to depart,
Let II pass!
Lay these homely words 10 heart,
Let it pass!
Follow not the -giddy throng;
Better to be wronged than wrons;
Therefore sing this CHEEKY song
Let Il pass!
Let II pass!
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-12-21

Hans, when I pay you cash,
you charge more than when it
goes on the book"
Ya'as dat is RIGHT. You zee,
l ave 20 much scharge on my
book, un combines lose um, un
20, ven | ave goot cash custo-
mer, l scharge goot price: but, ven
l puts it on my book, I no like to
scharge 70 much, 20 if he never
pay um, / no lose 20 much"
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-12-21

or The IL ,Sl7 Chinese in San Trsnci,eo.
there 10 not one who cannot read and
write.
The London bankers take the entire Prus
sian loan Of lo0, 900 900 thslers. a tbaler be-
Ing rated at about seventy cents.
A private residence ir at present IL course
OF erection on Berkeley street, Boston, that
will cost 100000.
The Richmond wbig noninstes Gov.
Brown, Of Missouri. for President, and Gov
Walker, Of Virginia. for Wee President in
1871.
Thv Coroner Of Sumter county arrested
the Sheriff Of that county last Thursday,
aud imprisoned him for few minutes, in
order TO show the importance Of Coroue er's
sffiee.
william McGowsn, one of the oldest cit,
sens OF Knoxville. Ill, committed suicide
by hanging himself in the court house At
that place on Tuesday night. The eaus.
OF the act is supposed to be tho arrest Of
his son, who was postmaster, for embez-
element.
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JOHN G.. & EDWARD BAILEY, PRVRSs
susscsrprrou Two Dollars per annum.

suBscHIPrIoH Two Dollars por annum.
ADvBhrrsEHEsrs inserted at the rates Of
one dollar Per square Of twelve Miniop lines
lthis sised typo, or less for the first insertion
dfty' cents each for the second and third inscr-
tions, and twenty-five cents for subsequent
insertions. Yearly contracts will bo made.
All advertisements must have the number
nf iLse rtions marked on them, or they will be
inserted till ordered out, and charged for.
Unless ordered otherwise, Advertisements
will invariably be displayed"
Obituary notices, and all matters inuring TO
70 the benefit Of any ono, arc regarded as
Advertisements.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-12-21

A NEW loom, exhibited a few
days since at Providence, was
operated by the inventor in the
presence of large number of
manufacturers and business men,
and produced cl.th of the best
quality at the enormous rate of
1000 yards a day.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-12-21

LET no one suppose that by act
ing a good part through life he
will escape scandal. There will be
those even who hate them for the
very qualities that ought to pro-
cure esteem. There are some folks
in the world who are not willing
that others should be better than
themselves.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-12-21

A CANADIAN farmer thought his
span speedy enough to cross the
track before train got along. His
wife and daughter were with him.
The whole family were inferred
together.
a VERMONT girl wants to know
if the woman's rights includes the
right to do the courting. If it does,
she is in for it, as the men in her
vicinity are very bashful.
A GENTLEMAN named Brown
once observed in company that he
had toasted a lady for twelve
months, and yet had little hopes of
making her Brown.
Two dollars were handed to a
Jersey City Judge as a marriage
fee, with a request for fifty cents
change to enable the newly mar.
ried couple to get home.
A TEAMsTER in New Mexico had
tit of the blnes, and desired a
companion to blow his head off,,
which he did, and rode away on
the dead mans mule.
A MAN in Waukeegan, Wiscon-
sin, got drunk last week, chased
ms wife up a tree, threw his chill.
dren out of a window and drown.
ed himself in we'll.
A CHICAGO bootlack has made
the trip to San Francisco in forty
five DAYS, riding on the cars till put
off, which was at every station.
A CHRISTIAN pound weighs six.
teen ounces, and is at least evenly
balanced.
USEFUL children are worth a
great deal, though they may be
very little.
GOVERN your thoughts when
alone, and your tongue when in
company.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-12-21

VINO killed the most poultry Z
Hamlet's uncle, for he did "most
foul murder"
AUTUMN Leaves-The leaves
which people take of the country
every summer.
AN extremely "Serious turn
The twisting of ones neck.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-12-21

Two GENTLEMEN were lately ex-
amining a portion of a plow in q
market place. "11l bet a guinea" I"
said one, "you do not know what
this is for 70 Said the other, "It is
for sale." The bet was won and
the wager paid.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-03-23

"The whole house was searched for the
lost things in vain. We never saw them
again. My master was very angry, and,
alas still more grieved. He accused me
of having stolen them and given them to
Jacques. He was deaf to my protesta-
tions--to my grief and shame and mis-
cry. He told me he had left me his
property, but that it should never now be
mine. And he burnt his will before my
face. Madame Lemaitre says he in
tended to have made another in her
favor, but, happily, he did not.
"And he did not dismiss you under
these circumstances Of grave susplcionY
| said, seriously.
"No, Monsieur, my master was the
kindest and most benevolent Of men:
He retained me, and was kind and good
to me to the last
Have you any idea what became OF
the lost articlesY" 4na
"At first / feared Madame Lemaitre
had been very wicked, and hidden them
to get me into trouble; but | don't think
now she had / watched her SO closely;
l searched SO constantly. No, Monsieur,
it is mystery which only le bon Diea
can reveal in his own good time.
And Suzanne's face beamed again
with that sanity light which made her
so like the Madonna at Bruges
fCoaeluded to-morroc.l
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-03-23

Rev. H. Ward Beecher, in a recent
sermon on the text Sufficient unto the
day is the gift thereof" said:
A man may take bearings by the head
lands away down the future, but only
that he may steer better to-day.
If wholesome industry drives man,
he will have enough to occupy his mind
and keep it in a healthy condition. A
ship under full headway steers easily,
and it is only when drifting that she is
unmanageable. Work is not a curse; it
is Gods medicine Adam and Eve
would have died, had they not been OBJ
iged to labor You cannot meddle with
tomorrow without subtracting from the
fidelity of to-day. Each hour is the
legitimate product of the hour which
went before it. If q man prepares for
tomorrow by making to-day right, he will
never have any trouble when tomorrow
arrives. He who is over-worked thinks
that he has no friends on arising in the
morning, but by noon, when his system
has been screwed up, he looks back at
the clouds of the morning with smile,
and says was fool.
Most all of our troubles are unreal and
imaginary. A broker once saw so many
chances for making money that he was
inclined to speculate, but after listening
to a friend one day, he promised to walk
within the legitimate channels OF his bus
mess. He, however, kept fictitious ac-
count of the stocks he would likely have
invested in, had he not given his pledge,
and at the end of three months he struck
balance, and great was his surprise to
find that he had lost four times the sum
necessary to bankrupt him. :,
Men are so conceited they imagine all
their thoughts are true. When trouble
actually comes, then the Lord will help
the sufferer to bear his burdens. There
is nothing which so rebukes those who
take forethought as dying. ! have seen
many families scattered, but have never
known the righteous to be forsaken. We
should never bear burdens until they are
laid upon us. When troubles come
Christ always comes with them. Where
are the troubles of last year? Those before
YOU are always the worst Many people
bring troubles back from the past.
"Ifs" are the dragons which haunt
mems lives. We need divine grace.
No man can be happy without being
aided by something more powerful than
his philosophy. will never leave nor
forsake thee, says the Lord. The Lord
is my shepherd" F" says the prophet We
should let God turn over the leaves in
the book of life, aud be content TO read
what is written thereon. tits enough to
know that we have q Father who will
watch and protect us unto the end.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-03-23

The signal from the weeping strand
Floats Ger the waters blue;
1t bids me press thy parting hand,
And breathe my last adieu
But oft on Memory's glowing wing
NY heart will fondly stray,
And still to thee with rapture spring,
When / am far away.
Oft when the rising dawn shall blush
Through Nights empurpled shroud,
And all her changing beauties rush
y I7Along the Eastern cloud. =,
Remembrance brighter charms Will hing
Upon thy youthful day,
And touch affections dulcet string,
Though / am far away.
And when pale Evenings raven hair
Streams DER the fading west.
And Heaven rains down her glories there
Upon the Ocean breast,
Nv Spirit in that holy hour
Win yield to Memory's. sway,
And own thy dear, resistless power,
Though am far away.
The Sun has sunk with fading beam
Down Evenings shadowy vale;
But. see his sOftened glorles stream
From yonder crescent pale
And thus Affections chastened hight
Will Memory still display,
To gild the gloom of Sorrows night,
When am far away.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-03-23
THE SoMNAMBULIST ;
The Perplexities of M. Bornaud.


| had been for twenty years a clerk IN
a merchants office in New Yor <, without
a hore of ever rising much higher, or OF
being able TO do more than secure MOD,
est provision for old age, by dint of small
economies, and much self-denial The
most had brought an announcement OF
the death of an old uncle of my father S,
10 whose property | was heir-at-law, no
will having been found since his death.
The reader may imagine, if he can, my
sentiments. To be freed forever from
the monotonous drudgery of the desk, to
have money to spare for generosity. or
selfindulgence; to be, for the hrst time
in nv life, my own master.
| do not believe that you could have
found happier being than myself IN all
America at that moment.
| departed for my "land in Nor
mandy ..l..rfsals
After all. it was not a very grand IN
beritance | suspect our Yankee friends
would have looked on 1t as very small
matter. But it was an independence,
and quite enough 10 satisfy all the mod
est wants and wishes Of wine mer-
chant CLERK
The notary who had announced my
succession to my granduncles property
met me at the railway station, near my
future home. he had come to drive me
over to il; TO put me in possessions and
20 discuss some needful business matters
with me. He was pleasant, courteous
little man; and l felt, after hve minutes,
conseEsntion, as IL had known him All
my life.
Nv first question was how he knew OF
mrrriatioushipto the deceased, Monsieur
Bornaud. who had long ceased to hold
any communication with his family and
had been almost forgotien by them
- I knew il from q vill made for hun
last Deeember.' he aid. p Tour grand
.ss.sle took a young girl into his iam'ly'
the orphan daughter Of farmer whom
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-03-23

Brevet Major General Jas. W. Ripley,
of the United States army, died at his
residence in Hartford last Wednesday
morning in the 10th year of his age. He
was born at Windham, Connecticut, on
the 10th of December, 1894, and, after
receiving a good rudimentary education,
was appointed a cadet to the Military
Academy at West Point, which he en-
tered on the sth of NJ y, 1913. He par
ticipated CALAMITY in the war of 1872
the Seminole war, and was breveted for
long-continued meritorious service.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-03-23

In reply to toast in his honor, lately
proposed at a dinner celebration Of
American commercial personages, Vic
tor Hugo writes: II am touched deeply
bv the noble toast which you have trans
mitted TO me. thank both you and your
honorable friends. Yet, beside the United
States Of America, We must have the
United States OF Europe. The two worlds
should have but one republic. The day
will come, then the peace Of the peoples
will be founded on this basis, the only
solid foundation for the liberty Of men,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-03-23

G. w. HElSKELL is a candidate for Judge
OF the First Circuit Court of Shelby county.
PIT. SCRUGGs is a candidate for Judge OF
the First Circuit Court of Shelby county
Election, 26th of May, 1870.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-03-23
AN EARLY POEM BY PRENTICE.

The following beautiful lines from the pen of
the late George d. Prentice are copied from
the handwriting of Mr.. Prentice for the Nor
wich Advertiser. from an album of Norwich
lady, in which they were written in 1873, when
Mr.. p. was twenty-three years of age
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-03-23

PEopLE's CAsDIDATE.-WM. MCLEAN Is
candidate for reelection to the otice OF state
and County Tax Collector, at the ensuing
March election
STR ALTON as candidate for State and
Con ntv Tax Collector.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-03-23

We are requested to announces MOSES
WHITE as a candidate for Attorney General
Of the Criminal Court.
We are authorized to announce, b. NEW
TON HART as a candidate for the once OF
Attorney General of the Criminal Court, sub
;ect 10 the action of the Democratic Conven-
ton Of Shelby county. Election in May.
We are authorized to announce JOHN ).
KERR as n candidate fore the Office of Attor-
ney General of the Criminal Court.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-03-23

All the four physicians implicated in
the case of the Welsh Fasting Girl (who
vas starved 10 death IN order that the
doctors might ind ont whether she could
live without eaiingl have been summoned
before a bench of magistrates. The
child father has already been committed
Tor trial, ard the mother Is, also 70 be
examined
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-03-23
C1er,k of First circuit Court.

Z we are authorized TO announce FkANk
TAFT as an independent candidate for the
2tnce tSn ersaiSr oa o,ssk March % e election tom ~
EprroRs LEDGER: Please announce me as q
candidate for the office Of Clerk Of First Cir
cult Court. ["l B. I. RkAVEs.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-03-23

A. WOODWARDis candidate for County
Trustee of Shelby county, at the election IN
March next. sven
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-03-23
Iudre of second Circuit Court.
AIRY General of Criminal Court.

We are authorized to announce J A. AN
DERSoN as a candidate for Judge Of the
Second Judicial Circuit of Shelby county. N
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-03-23
Judge of FIRST Circuit Court.

am candidate for Clerk of the Criminal
Court OF sne'oy county W. t. AVERY.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-03-23
Cnnntx Court clerk.

We are authorized TO announce j. 5. CAk-
RIjTHERS as a candidate on the independent
ticket for Clerk Of the County Court OF shelby
county, at the ensuing March election.
hereby announce myself as an indepena-
ei'' nv ~ "''NS = - ~ 81 j. j J.SEARS.
We are authorized TO announce JAMES
REILLY. the present Deputy County Gourt
Clerk. as a candidate for County Court Clerk,
al the ensuing March election. IL 8 y