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Nnt1urpns department.

JUST LIKE HUMAN NATURE.-A certain
deacon was very much interested in revival
that was taking place in the neighborhood.
He had frequently importuned an old neigh
Dor of his-who was not particularly noted
for his profession of religion, but was never
theless highly respected by all who knew
him-to attend one of their evening meetings.
Now the piety and honesty of the deacon was
matter of doubt among his fellow townsmen,
and particularly so with the old man above
mentioned, who, for convenience, We may call
Uncle Josh.
After repeated calls, Uncle Josh consented
to accompany the deacon to one OF the meet
ings, much to the surprise of all present. In
the course of the evening the deacon arose
with penitential countenance to tell his ex-
perience. He was the prince of sinners, he
said. Ifhe got his deserts he would be ban
ished forever from divine favor. After ma
king himself out all that is vile in man, &C.
cording to his Interpretation Of che that hum
bleth himself shall be exalted" he sat down
with the sublime sense of having done his du-
ty, and asked Uncle Josh if he wouldn't tell
his experience With some little reluctance
he meekly arose amid the breathless attention
of the assembly. 1t was an unknown occur
renee for Uncle Josh tospeak in meeting. He
said he had listened with great interest to the
remarks Of the deacon, and lie could assure
the brethren that, from his long acquaintance
with him, he could fully endorse all the dea.
con had said concerning his meanness and
vileuess, for he certainly was the meanest man
he ever knew. The wrath of the deacon was
terrific. He rose out of his seat, shook his
fist under Uncle Josh's nose, and losing con-
troll of himself, exclaimed:
"You're confounded liar, and I'll whip
you as soon as you get out of church p
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ssTHOU KNOWEST ALL THINGS"

After the resurrection of our Saviour he
appeared unto his disciples on several occa-
sions. At one time he dined with them, and
after the meal was over asked Simon Peter if
he loved him? Simon Peter replied, "Yea,
Lord; thou knowest that love thee" The
same question was repeated by our Saviour
three times, and twice answered by Simon
Peter in the same words. The third time the
question was asked, Peter was grieved and
replied: "Lord, thou knowest all things; thou
knowest that love thee" What thoughts
passed through the mind of Peter whilst our
Saviour was propounding these questions, we
are not able certainly to tell. 1t is very
probable that his mind reverted to his past
conduct and made him feel greatly embar-
rassed. He was conscious of the fact that he
loved the Saviour; but where was the evil
dence oft? He had but short time before
publicly and most positively denied that he
knew the man. The truth is, Peter had no
satisfactory and convincing evidence of his
love for the Saviour to present. He could
not say I have followed you through evil re-
port and through good report. Neither could
he say, "when all other men forsook you,
stood by you.'' There was much evidence of
of his love for the Saviour, and there was
much evidence of his want of love for him.
No doubt he thought and felt that in his life
he had given more convincing evidence of his
want of love for the Saviour, than Of any
strong attachment which he had for him.
Hence, how could he satisfy the Saviour that
he loved him? He had neither said nor done
anything which could be so construed as to
be regarded as convincing evidence of the
fact. He replied: "Lord thou knowest all
things; thou knowest that I love thee" Had
the Saviour not been omnicient, he could not
not have known that Peter loved him.
What was true in Peters case is true in the
case of all of the disciples of the Saviour.
Professed Christians often, by their acts and
words, deny the Lord that redeemed them.
Men conclude that they have no love for the
Saviour of sinners. This judgment is not
rash or hasty but is in strict accordance with
the facts in the case. Nothing short of om-
nicience could discover their love for Jesus.
When we review all the facts in our history,
we may well, like Peter, be grieved. 1t is a
blessed truth that our Saviour knows. all
things. Were this not the case, the whole of
US who have professed christianity would long
ago have been regarded and treated as base
deserters. All that saved Peter from hope
less expulsion was the fact that Jesus knew
all things, and knew that notwithstanding
his failures, still he loved his Lord and Mas
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NoTHING GREAT BUT GoD.-When Mas
sillon pronounced one of those discourses
which have placed him in the first class of
orators, he found himself surrounded by the
trappings and pageants of royal funeral.
The temple was not only hung with sable, but
shadowed with darkness, save the few twink
ling lights on the altar The beauty and the
chivalry of the land were spread out before
him. The censers threw forth their fumes of
incense, mounting in wreaths to the gilded
dome. There sat Majesty, clothed in sack
cloth and sunk in grief All felt in common,
and as one. 1t was breathless suspense.
Not sound stole upon the awful stiffness.
The master of mighty eloquence arose. His
hands we're folded on his breast. His eyes
were lifted to heaven. Utterance seemed de-
MED him. He stood distracted and lost. At
length, his fixed look unbent it hurried over
the scene, where every pomp was mingled and
every trophy strewn. 1t found no resting
place for itself amidst all that idle parade
and all that mocking vanity. Again it set
tied it had fastened upon the bier, glittering
with escutcheons and yelled with plumes. A
sense of the indescribable nothingness of man,
"at his best state" of the meannness of the
highest human grandeur; now made plain in
the spectacle of that hearsed mortal overcame
him. His eyes once more closed; his action
was suspended and, in a scarcely audible
whisper, he broke the long-drawn pause,
"There is nothing great but God."-Serm0ns
by DR.. Hamilton.
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hp A farmer who had employed green
Emeralder, ordered him 10 give the mule some
corn in the ear. On his coming in, the farm
er asked:
Well, Pat, did you give the mule the corn %
"To be sure, I did,"
"How did you give it ?"
"Och, an shure as your honor told me, in
the ear"
"But how much did you give the mule ?"
"Well, you see, the crathur wouldn't hould
still, and kape switching his ears so couldn't
get but istful in"
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n9- A contemporary publishes the follow
ing personal :" "a young lady who has
been greatly annoyed by a lot Of young sim
pletons, who stop under her windows at night
to sing "Ifever I cease to love-" wishes US to
say, if they will cease their foolishness, come
in, and talk business they will confer ia
yor"
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"a A Pennsylvania editor lost paying
subscriber by death the other day, and this is
the editorial obituary that followed: death
seems to lurk behind every rail fence and hay
stack in this vicinity, and lies in wait for our
prominent and choicest citizens. To-day we
see it, tomorrow we don't. All! who can tell
what a week may bring forth in such blasted
country as this? Death has again turned
flip1ap and come down fat-footed in our
midst, and snatched from among us one Of
the best advertisers and subscribers we ever
had. He possessed the love, confidence and
esteem of all who knew him, and some who
did not, and save slight poker debtto Mr.,
did not owe cent in the world"
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b8- A waiter in village tavern looked in
blank amazement when party of New
Workers asked for wine-card, and protested
he knew not what they meant.
"Well," said one of the party, impatiently,
"have you and dry Sillery?"
II think not, replied the waiter, promptly,
"but we have some cold cabbage"
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Hay A Boston gentleman who could not
waltz offered young lady 500 if she would
let him hug her as much as the man did who
had just waltzed with her. 1t was good offer
and showed that money was no object to him,
but they put him out of the house so hard
that his eyes were quite black
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-03-13

pa A raw countryman, gazing at a garden
in the vicinity of Boston, in which were sew
eral marble statues, exclaimed, "Just see what
waste! Here's no less than six scare-crows
in this ten-foot patch, and any one Of them
would keep the crows from 6ve-acre lot! !"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-03-13

s9 In an editorial on the horse disease, the
Congregationalst suggested that it might be
we'll to sit at the feet of horse and learn
humility. "Just so," says the California
Ne,cs Letter, "sit down at the hind feet of a
mule, and if be don't humiliate you, pull his
tail and tickle the inside of his legs with a
stablefork."
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SHoEING HoRsEs-Most horse-shoers and
their apprentices assume to be more familiar
with the anatomy of feet of horses than any
other person, because, as they frequently aver,
it is their business to handle such feet more
than any one else. Hence, blacksmiths u.s.
ually feel that no one has any right to dictate
how horse should or should not be shod.
Ifa person will study the anatomy of the
foot of young horse that has never been
shod, he will readily perceive that more skill
is required to fit shoe correctly, than simply
to nail shoe to block Of wood. Every
blacksmith should procure a foot Of some
horse which has not worn a shoe for long
period, so that he may the more readily per-
ceive and understand how to fit the shoe to
the insensible shell of the hoof The wear
and tear incident to travelling falls almost en-.
tirely on the sharp rim of the hard she'll of
the hoof when the foot is not shod. When
horse is to be shod, the shoes should be fitted
to the feet rather than the feet to the shoes.
The weight of the animal should rest on the
hard shell of the hoof, and not on the soft sole
on the inside of the shell. Besides this, the
frog, which answers the same purpose as the
large rolls of India-rubber under railroad
cars, should never be pared away. The frog
will wear away as fast as any portion Of it
will need to be removed; hence, every owner
ofa horse should charge the horse-shoer not
to remove any part of the frog: Hot shoes
should never be applied to the hoof, as they
destroy its elasticity and tenacity.
sa- Croaking is not confined to the South,
nor is farming without its drawbacks even in
the great fertile West. Here is what an Illi-
noisian Jeremiah has to say in the Country
Gentleman, of the condition and prospects of
the agriculturists of the "Garden of the
World" "It would not hurt him, Ia would
be immigrant to stay two years and learn
how the Illinois farmer grows corn and oats at
20 cents bushel, cattle at 2! and hogs at 8
cents pound, is taxed ten per cent. on the
assessed value of his property, pays B cents
mile when he takes the train, hauls water two
miles when it is dry, gets sloughed in his own
door-yard when it is wet, harvests with the
mercury at 100 in the shade, and feeds his
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pgr A gentleman lately entered shop in
which were books and various miscellaneous
articles for sale, and asked the shopman if he
had GoldsmiLh's Greece. "No," said he,
"but we have some splendid hair OIL"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-03-13

The CHRISTIAN REFUGE FROM CALUMNY.
The wounds of the soul are not always such
as bleed outwardly, nor is the most poignant
anguish caused by visible agents. When we
speak of consolation, our minds naturally call
up the images of illness, bereavement, or peril
of life or limb. But man is so constituted
that an assault on reputation, or even pub
lie or general censure of conduct and charac-
ter, will often inAict as keen and lasting pain
as the piercing of sword. There are, more
over, some who could with more equanimity
20 to the cannon's mouth than withstand the
voice of disapprobation, when proceeding from
great numbers, or from persons of rank and
Importance. And when censure and rebuke
actually fall, there is always an emotion of
unhappiness, at least for time, under which
the supports of religion are as truly needed
as under the more palpable inAictions. Nor
is there any means of rising altogether above
such suffering except that which is afforded
by christianity; because the true believer is
the only man who can nationally and univer'
sally appeal from the judgment of man to the
iudgment of God.-James " Alexander.
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sa| A strong mind is sometimes more easily
impressed than weak one. For example,
you cannot so easily convince fool that you
are philosopher, as you can philosopher
that YOU are fool.
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B9- Jim H., out West, tells good yarn
about "shell bark lawyer" His client was
up on two small charges, frivolous charges"
as shell bark designated them (forging note
of hand and stealing a horse.) On running
his eye over the jury he didn't like their looks,
so he prepared an affidavit for continuance,
setting forth the absence of a principal wit
ness. He read it in whisper to the priso:
ner, who, shaking his head, said: Squire, l
can't swear to that dokyment." "Why?"
"Kase hit haint true" Old she'll inflated and
exploded loud enough to be heard throughout
the room. "What forge a note an steal a
horse, an can't swear to lie! Hang such
Internal FOOLS" And he Immediately left the
conscientious one to his fate.
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Ia How like its father it sw exclaimed the
nurse on the occasion of the christening Of the
babe, whose father was over seventy and had
married a young wife. Every like" replied
satirical lady; "it hasn't tooth in its head. ."
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saE An independent old lady, who, speaking
of Adams naming all the animals, said she
didn't think he deserved any credit for nam
ing the pig-any one would know what to
call him.
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DON'T BURN TO CURE LAMPAs.-It has
long been q custom with blacksmiths to burn
horses mouth with red hot iron, to cure q
disease called "lampas.'' 1t is cruel and
useless practice, as will be seen from the fol-
lowing opinion of an eminent veterinary sur
geon:
The symptoms .of'this imaginary disease
are, the horse guilds his hay, or refuses his
food. 1t is most common in young horses i;
the groom looks into the mouth of the animal,
and perceiving the bars to be almost on a
level with the incisor teeth, he pronounces his
charge to have lampas, and takes the poor
creature to be burnt within the mouth accord
ingly.
1T is true the animal has recovered its ap-
petite by the time the effects of the burn have
passed away, but so it would have done had
no hot iron been cruelty employed. The fact
is the young animal is then cutting molar
tooth, and day or two having elapsed, all
the fever and pain occasioned by the process
would have been over. Noman should allow
his horse to be burnt for lampas. 1t is tor.
turing, an idle and wanton operation, and
tends rather to do harm than good.
"'If an old horse be reported as having the
lampas, examine his mouth, and something
may be found wrong with his grinders, or, to
certainty, the cause is to be sought in an
other part Of the body than the roof of the
mouth. 1t is sometimes indicative Of dis
ordered stomach"
b9r Corn planting is one of the principal op-
erations of this month, and we hope it will no
where be neglected. Corn is indispensable,
and it should be made at home. It may not
be re,nunerative crop on all our cotton
lands. 1t certainly is not always made 50,
nor is cotton; but there are good corn lands
on almost every plantation-lands on which
good crops can always be made, with proper
cultivation. In our hot climate, where
droughts are severe and frequent, during the
summer, corn should be planted early, so as
to avoid, in part, at least, the danger from
that source Early planted corn, it is true,
may be seriously injured by drought, but less
liable than that planted later. On level dry
lands we prefer to plant in checks, but on
hill-sides the drill system is preferable, as, if
the rows are run around the hill on level as
they should be, the ridges prevent washing.
Some early variety may be planted, with ad-
vantage, for a part of the crop. We have
succeeded we'll with Pennsylvania Gourd Seed,
which will mature month earlier than our
common kinds, and may escape droughts that
would prove fatal to later crops.-Rurat Car
Gilman for March.
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s@ Doctor Ayers, of Cheever Colony Kan
sas, "was seriously injured by well caVlng IN
on him." Served him right. He should
have attended to the sick, and let the well
alone.
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nw Every parent is like a looking-glass for
his children to dress themselves by. There
fore parents should take care to keep the
glass bright and clear, and not dull and
Spotted, as their good example is a rich in
heritance for the rising generation.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-03-13

A WORRIED IND1v1DUAL.-Thep police in
an eastern city lately picked up man who
appeared to be suffering from great "worr-
ment of mind," but on applying soothing
remedies, he explained matters. When he
left his happy home in the morning, his wife
kissed him goodbye, as is her custom, and
then asked him to "go to the dress-maker and
tell her that she 1.-THE wife] had changed her
mind, and would have the watered silk made
up instead of the poplin, and be sure to tell
her." said the dear wife, "that if she thinks it
would look better with ten bias hounces with
out putting, and box-plaited below the equa.
tor, which should be gathered in hemi-stitched
gudgeons up and down the seams, with gus
set stitch between, she can make it up in that
way, instead of futing the bobinet insertion,
and piecing out with point applique, as sug-
gested yesterday"
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s@ Murder is a very serious thing, SIR"
said an Arkansas judge to convicted pris.
oner. "It is next to stealing horse or
mule, sir, and shall send you to the State
Prison for six years, sill"
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cattle with the thermometer at $40 below
zero" Now, though We suspect this picture
is much too highly colored, it serves to show
that our little troubles, here in the South, are
not so bad as they might be, and that we need
not envy the farmers of less favored regions
because they possess the one advantage of a
more fertile soil. :" .t = D..
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October 8 40 1y
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
noUNTY oP Y0RK-OOURT OF COMMON PLEAS.


STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF YORK-OoURT OF COMMON PLEAS
Reuben Dulin, Assignee, Plaintiff against Rhoda
Ferguson, Green Ferguson and William +.
Broach, observation-disclosures for money
Demand
To Rhoda Ferguson, Green Ferguson and William
P. Broach, Defendants in this action.
V7OU are hereby summoned and required to an
swer the complaint in this action, which has
this day been filed in the office of the Clerk OF the
Court of Common Pleas for the said county, and to
serve copy of your answer to the said complaint
on the subscriber, at his office, in the town OF
Yorkville, South Carolina within twenty days
after the service Of this summons on you, exclu-
sive of the day of such service and If you fal 70
the Plaintiff will take judgment against you, for
thesum of three thousand ono hundred and ir. shlr
ty-two dollars and sixty-two cents, with interest
at the rate ofseven per cent. per annum, from the
twentieth day of December one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-five and costs.
Dated Yorkville, s. c., January goth, 1873.
JAMES F. HART, Plaintiffs Attorney.
March6 10 ot
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How TO Do GooD.-Is any little girl who
reads wondering how a child can do good
can tell you one way, which learned from
the story of one of the sweetest little girls |
ever knew.
A minister told me that when he was
preaching to new congregation, he was
struck by the attention of a lovely child
whose eye was fixed upon his lips, except now
and then when she looked under her mothers
bonnet with a smile, as if something pleased
her.
The next Sabbath, he found her in the
same spot, ready to catch every word of his
sermon; and he was so delighted, with her ap-
parent desire "to hear Of Heaven and learn
the way" that he waited at the close of SER
vice to tell her mother how it gratifed him to
have such an interested listener.
From the mother he learned that this girl
had no pleasure equal to that of going to
church and treasuring up the sermon for an
old and infrm grandmother, to whom every
Sabbath she carried so much instruction, that
the poor woman would say that it was almost
as good as going to church herself
Was not this very pleasant and very
easy way of "doing good?' Is there any
child who cannot do as much good, if she
will? Have not each Of you, Sabbath.school
children, some in6rm, friend, or some old
friend deprived of the privilege of going to
the house of God, to whom you might carry
the sermon you hear, if you would only take
the pains to remember it3 Will you not try,
on the next Sabbath, and see how much you
can remember? You will not only be in the
way of getting good, but of doing good.
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mg Let no man be too proud to work. Let
no one be ashamed of hard or sunburnt
countenance. Let none be ashamed of pow
erty. Be ashamed of nothing that is honest
but glory in the fact that you earn your own
bread by the sweat of your brow-that you
are obeying the divine injunction. Labor is
honorable, and he not ashamed of it.