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Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1872-03-06
" W LIVERY STABLE!!
NJ o r RIS I'll L Il.

The subscriber has opened a new Livery Stable
opposite Merram's store in Morrisville, is ready
to furnish any style Of turnout" from one to six
horses, as desired. am ready on short notice to
convey any number fpersons (say two ear loads)
to any part of the world, from the "icy peaks
of Greenland to the Ell Dorado's of. the west
My teams are first class, including double and
single upholstered Sleghs, open and top Buggies
Horses that delight ito go.' My motto is
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1872-03-06
MISS sAWYER's sAtvE.

EilE ynn hare q saw c1fabiulna souflliug and
h,aiing pI1Psiisls. Slih sads'ss eous insred;;
srl,r.. vuulds al t-alssf i vhleh ~ /. hsir
j. morr easily applied ihss basy sthur rsmr.iiss,
noyrf rfodaeils bad vnssi. bss always relieving
las prepared by M, Ssifsrr. Hho has used Il
81 her own extensive tnaimrnt.of the drk. foT
ii..7,,y iuc.iy yoar., viii grrsi fses.-s-
commended arr. CAiNhifaf hAsaraafisfH, Plsa,
Sorohiia. Oid Tlo,rs. SAT- RseHHi lSJraiHE Bsrps,
tsrsr Sons- fsieas; Rlapks EgFspsias,. Sers
CoTHs, Biirs Of IHsccts. Cf-stss. 7eofAasls; Eur
doAe, iSars N7pnios. Bai9Hrss, .Stcoli,H pryasfs,
"a; sud Mad, Tssnipg, cloEsed HaHds
Seltii. tata, Hruisss, u5EP tru'k'd Lips' and
/; never isiis 20 cur Rhcums'su n properly
nppls'i- Rub IL On we'll viii, The hand ghf.s llnrs
day. In several case u has cured palsird hinhs'
For Pills Il has been discovered 70 Sc rlsrr rem.
ely. Persons that bare bcss, suflsicd ar yvars
have been relieved b., few applications For E,y.
and quiciing he patient For tAagpsd Ihrsd- 10
produces curu inmrdlaicly. Ict,ll-VsC ybh slsu
kAsHe obtain this salye. Ind apply q fStly and
iacy Will Fl q y Invaluable Il q f5l N efts ~
Seroffid ard Tam0Fs. CgaceIs hhps bcen cured
with H. The best Sslyc ever ifvcntvd for SlnoAea
BrcaG and Sore Nipples. No way Injurious. but
sure 10 afford relief. Sore or E,at Egea- Rub y
on the lids gently. onrr or twice day. Cures dval
ness by putting ia the ears on a piece Of eoitf'i
For tti0Hs this i superior 10 anything knowfl
For Psmpies tits arts like a charm. For Bvaa
immediate relief. For 0ld Sores apply once a
dav.
FoR HoRSEs AND CATTLE For Sores o,
Bruises on Horses Cattle this Salvoi Is invaluable
and has astonishing effect In curing scratches on
horses. This salve has worked it, own way into
notorety, and Ia a safe and remedy for 81 tho
above ailmcats.
We. the undersigned, have been Acquainted with
Miss Sawyer for many years, and believe her to ba
Christian lady and a skilfll nurse, and having
pscd hcf salvd IN our families, 1t gives us great
pleasure In saying II Is the best general medicine
we have ever used:
REV Z. r. Cutter. John T Berry.
Rev W y: Holman, VIM. II. Trumh.
Rev Joseph Kalloch, Mrs Charles SDow
Rev George Pratt, Mrs Alvx. snow
ecu j. r. Ciley and vic, BIZ l.. r. chase and wife.
Capt J. Croker and wiic, ]. Wakefield and wife
Cart David Ames and wife, WHIT llcnttie and Wife
WIN. Wilson and wife, jacob Shaw and wife,
l.. X Spear, john =, Case and wife,
\. 3 Rice, H. w Wight Ind wifi,
Geo w. kimball, Jr. Mayor w o. Fuller aud wife,
at ltocklandl and wife, Thomas ColsDn and wife, /.
Joseph tarwell Dca. Henry mgraham and
Eplirain Barrett o, j. Conant Postmaster Of
Lcander Weeks, Rocklandl and wife,
Hon n A. Burpee, l. X. kimlall and wife,
Francis Cobb, William McLOOn.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1872-03-06

In Hyde Park, Feb.2sth, a son, Charles P) to
Frank A. and Alma L. Leland.
In Hyde Park, March lst daughter to Chas. j.
and Eliza Patch.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1872-03-06

We, the undersigned, have been acquainted with
Miss Sawyer for many years. and believe her to bo
a Christian lady and skilfu nurse, and having
pscd hcf salvd IN our families, it gives us great
pleasure In saying Il is the best general medicine
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-12-19
Fiscal gear commencing N00eOl6eT I, IoII dHu
ending October, 1872.

It will be seen that the school deficiency is
very large one; namely, three hundred
thousand dollars. But the Treasurer reports
that this deficiency can be regarded as in
somewhat of different position from the 9th
ers, and states that not more than two thousand
dollars Of this appropriation has ever been
paid.
When it was found impossible to obtain
the money which had been appropriated for
the conduct of the schools, the State Superin-
tendent of Education very properly advised
the several county school commissioners to
close their school, and thereby avoid an ex-
pense which could not be met without addi-
tional legislation. In most Of the counties of
the State this advice was needed, and the
schools were closed, and hence it is believed
that not more than third or one.half of the
entire appropriation was ever contracted for
on account of services performed.
The effort has been made to obtain An ac-
count of the exact amount expended or con-
tracted for, but the Superintendent has been
unable to acquire from the county school CON-
missioners the necessary information on this
point in time for the State Treasurer to fur
nish me with his report.
The above items, to which your attention
has been called, comprise the only deficiencies
that exist under the general appropriation
act.
In addition to tlrcsc however, there arc GER
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-12-19
not been discovered, and, in the way Of ghosts,
South Carolina is able to see Georgia and 90
one better.

CoPpER.-The earliest historical instance
of the mining of copper appears to be in the
Arabian peninsula, on which stands Mount
Sinai, between the forks of the northern end
of the Red Sea. Cheops, an Egyptian mon
arch of what is known as the fourth dynasty,
worked mine in that region. 1t is supposed
that his subjects understood the art Of harden
ing it, either by converting it into bronze or
by some mode now unknown. 1t was known
before the Indians took possession Of North
America, as appears by the copper utensils
found in the mounds and others remains. 1t
was known and used for ages by people to
whom iron was unknown-such as the Aztecs
of Mexico and South America. These latter
knew how to harden it so as to make cutting
tools, and even quarrying implements. A
chisel found in silver mine opened by the
Incas near Cuzoo consisted of ninety-four per
cent. of copper and six of tin. A chisel found
by Sir Gardiner Wilkinson, at Thebes, Egypt,
had the same proportions, with the slight ex'
ception of one:tenth of one per cent. of iron
substituted for that amount Of tin. This lat
ter circumstance, however, was perhaps accl'
dental on the part of the makers Of the instru.
ment. Either the copper or the tin may have
originally contained, unknown to him, the
slight admixture of iron.
The Morse mounds, opened in Denmark,
contained many such tools, often having a
cutting eye of iron. Coins of 500 years B. G.
contained sixty or seventy per cent. Of copper,
the rest being mainly lead, with a small quan.
tity of tin. Zinc is scarcely every found in
those struck before the Christian era, and even
then, perhaps, was accidentally used, as it
does not appear to have been distinctly known
for ages atterward. 49,.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-12-19
THE DUEL.

A strange-looking person sat in renowned
coffee house or cafe, reading the papers, but
at the same time smoking small clay-pipe
and drinking his coffee with an air of satisfac-
ton. He wore complete suit Of black,
which was cut in the latest style; fine white
neck-tie, or scarf, being the only thing white
to be seen in his dress.
In stalked Maj L., accompanied by sew.
eral military friends. The ma jor was far diff:
ferent in disposition and character from any
of his comrades. Hepossessed an ungoverna-
BILE passion to ridicule everything and to per-
secute everything with his sarcasm therefore
he was much feared by his companions.
The major seemed to be in rather lively
humor, and appeared as though he was liter
ally seeking some one on whom to practice his
accumulation of ridicule. The party in black,
whom he took for school teacher, on account
of his peculiar dress, had hardly been espied
by the major, than he slid quietly behind his
chair, as though it was accidental, and blew
the light out. His comrades laughed The
stranger coolly relit the gas as though nothing
had happened, and continued reading.
Now, thought the major, 81 know my man
he will stand something. He therefore ap-
preached him and said, scarcastically, "good
evening, my dear tamulos," at the same time
grasping his hand, and with it the pipe he
held which was thereby broken into pieces.
"Waiter, another pipe" called out the man
in black, seemingly very quiet and cool.
The comrades of the major laughed still
louder.
The major called him splendid fellow.
| AS he could not rouse the ire of this party
as was generally the case with those whom lie
selected as his victims, and also being invited
to take a hand in game of whist he went
into one of the play-rooms followed by his en-
tire suite, and let the man in black sit quietly.
The party in black continued reading his
paper, aud drank his coffee, and seemed to
have quite forgotten the recent insults of the
major and his party. But as soon as he had
finished reading, he got up and went into the
room in which the major was playing, and
stepping up before him, and catching him by
the lapel Of his coat, said:
"Sir! tomorrow morning we fight, and with
pistols"
$50, so," interrupted the major; "will the
school-teacher bring his rattan with him."
"You are mistaken, sir, | am captain in
the British Navy. Tomorrow morning we
meet at the Poets lane"
The captain left without another word.
The entire company Of yesterday appeared
at the appointed place with the major on the
following morning. The captainin magnif'
cent uniform, awaited them, and bowed very
politely. The captain not having any second
one of the majors suite volunteered to act as
such.
"Thank you" replied the captain: 81 need
no second. I have my jockey with me, and
should 1 fall, he knows what is to be done
You are all men of honor, and will allow nc
mean advantage to be taken of me-
The pistols were now loaded, fifteen PAGES
counted off, and the opponents took their
places.
"You are the insulted party" said the ma
jor's second to the captain, "and therefore
| have the first shot"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-12-19

Thus, for the fiscal year commencing Novem-
Der /, 1871, there would have been the pro-
ceeds of two entire separate taxes, but for the
fiscal year commencing November l, 1877,
none whatever.
Under such circumstances, therefore, we
deemed it best to apply for an Injunction
restraining the collection of the tax.
A temporary injunction was obtained, which
afterwards was made permanent, and thus
the collection of the tax was suspended
and postponed until the General Assembly
could convene, and provide for the emergency
in manner that would be constitutional, and
at the same time not productive of the serious
embarrassments referred to above
There is bill now pending in the House OF
Representatives, which was reported by the
Committee of Ways and Means. 1t first pro,
vides for a license tax for the present fiscal
year, commencing November l, 1872, and
also provides special tax for the de6cien-
cies of the past fiscal year, commencing
November 1, 1871.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully,
your obedient servant,
FL, CARDOZO, Treasurer S. C.
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EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, !
STATE TREAsURER's OFFICE,
Columbia, S. c., Dec. 7, 1872.

Columbia, ,. w., Lee. I, loiL.
To His Ercellency F. J. Moses, Jr, Gouerno,
South Carolina:
SIR: In repl to your request, that should
state the reasons that induced US to apply to
Hon. S. w. Melton, late Judge of the Fifth
Circuit, for an injunction restraining the
County Auditors and County Treasures from
levying and collecting the tax ordered by the
late Comptroller General, under the joint res
olution passed March 13, 1872, | have the
honor to state that we considered the law ual-
constitutional, inasmuch as it required the en-
tire proceeds of the tax to be applied to the
fiscal year commencing November l, 1871,
thus levying two separate taxes during two
years; the entire proceeds of which should be
applied to paying the expenses of one year.
A joint resolution was passed March 7, 1871,
(see Vol. XIV, page 1867 levying tax for
the fiscal year 1871, evidently meaning the
fiscal year commencing November 1, 1871, as
taxes had been levied for each of. the prece-
ding years. and had been collected and ap-
piled.
Section 7, Article TX, of the constitution
requires that "the General Assembly shall
provide for an annual tax sufficient to defray
the estimated expenses of the State for each
year, and whenever it shall happen that such
ordinary expenses of the State for any year
shall exceed the income of the State for such
year, the General Assembly shall provide for
levying a tax for the ensuing year sufficient,
with other sources Of income, to pay the def
cheney of the preceding year, together with the
estimated expenses of the easuing year."
This permits but one general tax for each
year, and a special tax at the same time to
cover any Deficiencies that remain from the
preceding year.
The Joint Resolution passed March 13,
1872, was not only unconstitutional, but de-
fective in another respect that would have
produced the most serious embarrassments If
the tax had been allowed to be collected un-
der it. It made no provision whatever tor
the fiscal year commencing November l., 1872.
Section 4, Article TX, of the constitution
REQUIRES that "no tax shall be levied except in
pursuance of law, which shall distinctly
state the object of the same, to which object
such tax shall beapplied."
If the tax, therefore, had been collected un-
der the Joint resolution referred to above, 1
would have been required to apply it, in ac-
cordance with the Constitution and the law,
to the object for which it was levied, viz: the
fiscal year commencing November l, 1871;
and, therefore, no portion of it could or would
have been applied to the fiscal year commen-
cling November l, 1872; and no claims of any
kind under any appropriation. act could or
would have been paid during this fiscal year.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-12-19

HIGHLY FLAvoRED SNoBBERY.-Fashion
able society, if we are to credit that very
"Jenkinsy" paper, the Home journal, has
adopted great improvement. Either through
excess of insipidity, or lack of intelligence,
society has now found it necessary forts mem
bers to know each other by the sense ofsmell.
Hence the following fragrant paragraph, pub
lished in all seriousness:
Ladies' and gentlemen of the fashionable
world always adopt some particular perfume,
which in time becomes, as it were a part Of
their person. The greater the refinement the
more delicate this favorite perfume. From a
host of new extracts we select the following as
the latest and most refined: Mathiola, Mead
ow Queen, Wild Flowers of India, Crown
Bouquet, said to be Queen Victoria's favorite
Hawthorn Bloom and Butterfly Orchis. All
of these are entirely new"
How delightful the idea! How convenient
for young ladies expecting particular visitors,
before opening the door, to put their noses to
the key hole and detect dear Jones, or that
hated Smith, by his odor. Or for Charles
Augustus, prostrated on his boarding house
sofa by the excessive heat, to leisurely smell
the guests as they come down stairs, thus dis
eliminating accurately between darling An.
gelina and the gorgon, Miss Snip. "Chaw-
ley, are those the Houton girls in front?"
THUNDER, no; don't you know the Doodle
scent? Take strong Whit Of it." "Ah,
yaas, Doodle, by Jove."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-12-19
THE NEW YORK DOG POUND.


With the setting in of the first hot days, a
fat goes forth from the municipal authorities
ordering that all dogs running at large with
out muzzles are to be destroyed by the police.
In connection with this arrangement is the
institution called the dog pound. The dogs
are tied up within the enclosure with the bits
of dirty string by which their captors have
dragged them to their "vile dungeon" Most
of them are coiled away in feverish sleep,
shaking and whimpering in dreams, as though
haunted by bodngs of their approaching fate.
At the farther end of the room there is a
large tank. Fitted to this, in such way that
it can be pressed down into it, is a strong
wooden grating, and the tank is further pro-
vided with hose through which it can be
filled from the river below. Two or three
squalid young men, in dirty hannelshirts and
cow-skin boots, are lettering about the place.
At signal from the policemen in charge,
these men 90 in among the dogs, and selecting
the commonest of them, seize them one after
another by the neck and hind feet, and pitch
them into the tank, the sides of which are so
steep and slippery that there is no possibility
of the wretched animals scrambling out.
And now the lamentations sent up by them
are pitiful to hear From their tremulous
whines one can tell that they are perfectly con-
scious of their impending doom. They seem
to be as conscious of the death at hand, as
are the passengers of ship foundered at sea-
When dogs enough have been thrown into the
tank, the water is let in by means of the hose ;
the grating is fitted to its place and pressed
down upon them and the sob, as the execu-
TONERS call it, is done. The eagerness with
which the better class of dogs confined in the
pound watch for visitors is very remarkable
At every footstep that approaches, the most
intelligent of them will start up, spring to the
end of their tethers, and eagerly scan the fea-
lures of the corners. When an owner comes
to reclaim lost favorite, the joy Of the crea-
ture on recognizing him is touching in the ex-
treme. Some of the dogs try to ingratiate
themselves with any strange visitors who may
arrive. Once, on visiting the pound, re-
marked particularly bright young terrier,
very shaggy as to his coat, and of unusually
large size. The efforts made by this knowing
| fellow to conciliate visitors were very amusing.
| If his tongue did not speak, certainly his eyes
did, and his tail was absolutely eloquent. On
| lnqulrlng or the Policeman, learned that
dogs of that kind were not usually put to
death, but were kept for a reasonable time,
and then, if not claimed by owners, sold for
trife to some person who would be sure to
come in and take fancy to them. 1t is in
this way that the dealers often pick up pre-
sentable Dogs and so I am fain to hope that
the young terrier with the vehement tail soon
found a good master, and was installed in
comfortable home, with first rate rafting on
the premises Charles Daauson STANLEY, IN
the atlantic.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-12-19


IMPORTANCE OF READINa.-No matter how
obscure the position in life of an individual, if
he can read, he may at will put himself in the
best society the world has ever seen. He may
converse with the greatest heroes of the past
with all the writers in prose and poetry. He
may learn how to live, how to avoid the errors
of his predecessors, and to secure blessings,
present and future, to himself He may re-
side in desert, far away from the habitations
of man in solitude, where no human eye
looks upon him with affection or interest,
where no human voice cheers him with the
animating tones, if he has books to read he
can never be alone. He may choose his CON-
pany, and the subject of conversation, and
thus become contented and happy, intelligent,
wise and good. ...
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-12-19

KILLING AN1MALs.-Many persons would
be glad to know how to kill an animal with.
out suffering, and we venture to give the ben
eft of our experience. We are constantly
called upon to destroy horses, dogs and cats,
and have little difficulty in doing it. For
horses we use large sponge, say six inches
in diameter, thoroughly saturated with chlo-
reform, which is dropped into bag large
enough to be drawn over the horses nose. 1t
is not desirable to have the bag alright, for,
if so suffocation is likely to ensue. In two or
three minutes the horse is unconscious, and in
eight or ten minutes dead, without suffering.
For dogs and cats similar process, using a
small sponge and bag; or these animals, with
the saturated SPONGE may be put in q box ad.
mitting some air, when they soon "go to
Sleep" Seventy-6ve cents worth of chloro-
form will kill horse, and twenty-five cents
worth, dog or cat. If one saturation of
the sponge does not complete the work, re.
peat it.-Ow Dumb animals. ...
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bar To comprehend mans life, it is neces-
sary to know not merely what he does. but
also, what he purposely leaves undone.
There is limit to the work that can be got
out of human body or human brain, and
he is wise man who wastes no energy on
pursuits for which he is not fitted and he is
still wiser who, from among the things that
he can do well, chooses and resolutely follows
the hest
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-12-19

P1p1N CHIcKENs.-Feed your chickens on
raw, fine cut onions once in three or four days,
that will prevent pip. Also color their drink
ing water with tncture of iron occasionally.
Bread soaked in vinegar is healthy.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-12-19

MANS INs1eN1F1cANcE.-As the trials of
life thicken, and the dreams of other days
fade one by one into the deep vista of disap-
pointed hope, the heart grows weary of the
struggle, and we begin to realize our insignifi-
cance Those who have climbed to the pin
nacle of fame or revel in luxury and wealth,
go to the grave at last with the poor mendi-
cant who begs by the wayside, and like him,
are soon forgotten. Generation after genera
tion, says an eloquent writer, have felt as we
felt, and their fellows were as active in life as
while nature wore the same aspect Of beauty
as when the Creator commanded her to be.
And so it shall be when we are gone. The
heavens will be as bright over their graves as
they are now around our path. The world
will have the same attractions for offspring
vet unborn that it had once for ourselves, aud
that it has now for our children.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-12-19

THE FORCE OF WRITTEN WoRDs.-Who
shall tell what may be the effect of writing?
If it happens tohave been cut in stone, though
it lie face-downmost for ages on forsaken
beach, or crest quietly under the drums and
tramplings of many conquests," it may end
by letting US into the secret of usurpations
and other scandals gossiped about long em-
pires ago-this world being apparently huge
whispering gallery. Such conditions are often
minutely represented in our petty life-times.
AS the stone which has been kicked by gener-
ations of clowns may come by curious little
links of effect under the eyes Of a scholar,
through whose labors it may at last fix the
date of invasions and unlock religions, so
bit of ink and paper which has long been an
innocent wrapping or stop-gap, may at last
be laid open under the one pair of eyes which
have knowledge enough to turn it into the
opening of catastrophe. To Uriel watching
the progress of planetary history from the
sun, the result would be just as much Of a CO.
incidence as the other.-MiddLemarch.