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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-01-30
Mnmuruns department.

THE YANKEE IN MAIN STREET, cal.
culate couldn't drive trade with you to-
day." said true specimen of a Yankee ped
dler, as he stood at the door of merchant in
Main street.
II calculate you calculate about right, for
you cannot, was the sneering reply.
"Wal, 1 guess you needn't get hutty about
it. Now here's dozen real genuine razor
strops, worth two dollars and half-you may
have 'em for two dollars"
81 tell you, I don't want any of your trash
so you had better be going?"
"Wal now, I declare! I'll bet you five dol
lars if you make me an offer for them ar strops,
we'll have trade YET"
"Done!!" replied the merchant, placing the
money in the hands of bystander The
Yankee deposited the like sum-when the
merchant offered him a picayune for the
strops.
"They're yourn," said the Yankee as he
quietly fobbed the stakes. "But," he added,
with great apparent honesty, II calculate a
Jokes joke, and if you don't want them
strops, III trade them back
The merchants countenance frightened.
"You are not so bad chap after all; here
are your strops, give me the money" ,
There it is," said the Yankee, as he received
the strops and passed over the picayune' "a
trades trade and now you're wide awake
in airnest. l guess the next time you trade
with that pic, you'll do little better than to
buy razor strops."
And away walked the peddler with his strops
and his wager, amid the shouts Of the laughing
crowd.
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I WON'T.

Jane Benton was beautiful little girl Of
nearly eight years old. Her checks were
rosy and her eyes bright blue. She was the
picture of health. Usually, Jane was a good
and sweet child, but sometimes she got desper-
ately out of humor. When this was the case,
she said some very ugly things and did some
very naughty acts. She was the only child
and was petted by both parents.
One evening Jane was out in the back
yard playing with the windlass of the we'll.
The bucket was sitting on the edge of the
platform full Of water. Jane kept turning
the windlass backward and forward. Every
time she turned it forward the rope became
tight and moved the bucket. Whilst thus
engaged she was discovered by her mother.
"You must otturn the windlass, my daugh-
ter" said the mother. Jane paid no atten-
ton. "Come into the house my pet" 81
WON'T" was the only reply made by Jane.
"Let us go and see the calves, my daughter"
81 WON'T" was the reply again. "Let me
take the bucket off, lest it fall into the we'll
and kill you," said the mother. II won't"
was the prompt reply. The mother made an
approach towards the we'll. Jane became
furious, and repeated, 81 won't, I won't" in
an angry tone, and at the same time pulled
the windlass with all her power. The bucket
fell into the we'll and down it went, jerking
the handle out of James hand and striking
her on the face with tremendous force. The
little girl was knocked down and lay on the
ground, the blood streaming from mouth and
nose. All her front teeth we're gone, and her
tongue cut nearly off, The frightened mother
screamed and seized her daughter and carried
her into the house. She called her child of.
ten, but not word did she speak. She was
for the moment dead. For days Jane lay in
an insensible state. After long period of
intense suffering, which caused great grief to
the parents, Jane recovered; but not wholly.
Her sweet face was spoiled for life, and the
tongue, which was so nimble, never was able to
articulate plainly any word again. All this
came from disobedience. Jane is now mid
die aged lady and mother, and often does
she relate the little circumstance which dis
figured her face and stifened her tongue.
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JUSTIFICATION.

The most wonderful exhibition of Almi ighty
power and infinite wisdom which God dis
played before any of his creatures, is seen in
the Gospel. How can the sinner be justified,
is a question which finite wisdom is unable to
answer. Even the higher order of intelli-
gences desire to look into this thing. Unas-
sisted reason promptly decides that it is i'm,
possible for God to be just, and at the same
time justify the ungodly. 1t is like the pal,
pable absurdity of declaring that thing is
and is not at the same time. In the Bible
there is made known to us plan Of salvation
1t is there revealed that God is just, and yet
he does justify sinners. This grand and glo'
rious truth is above reason but not contrary
to reason. 1t can be discovered neither from
the works of creation nor providence. With
out the Bible we are like men in region
where all light is excluded. They have eyes,
but cannot see. So soon as light is admitted
they are able to discern any object which be-
fore lay totally concealed.
The doctrine of justification is of para
mount Importance. In the language of Mar.
tin Luther, it is the article of a standing or
falling church. Important as it is, there is
no great difficulty in understanding it, if we
are free from prejudices. Justification is op-
posed to condemnation. That is, it means the
very reverse of condemnation. In its proper
acceptation, condemnation means the act of
condemning justification is consequently the
act of justifying. Both, justification and con-
demnation, are forensic words, and simply
mean to pronounce an individual guilty or
innocent. The ground of Classification is ODE,
dience; the ground of condemnation is disobe,
dience. When a judge and jury declare an
individual guilty, it is evident that they do not
make him guilty but simply declare that in
accordance with the evidence such is the
case. If the verdict is mot guilty." nothing
more is meant by it than that there is not suf6-
cient evidence to convict. Before the bar of
God we are condemned because we are sim
ners. Condemnation passed upon all men,
because all sinned, is the sweeping conclusion
of the apostle.
The ground of justification is Righteousness,
and obedience to the law of God. But all
have disobeyed the law of God how, then,
can any be justified? Christ, as the sinners
substitute, obeyed the law of God and suffered
its penalties. This active and passive obedi-
ence of Christ is the ground, and the only
ground, of our justification. The formal act
of pronouncing the sinner just, does not take
place until the sinner believes. The Holy
Spirit regenerates the soul dead in tresspasses
and sins, and thus prepares it to take hold of
Jesus. Christ, by his obedience and suffer-
ing, has provided all that the justice Of God
demands. So soon as the sinner accepts of
this provision, he is justified, not on account
of anything he has done, is doing or will do,
but simply on account of the perfect ight-
business of Christ Jesus. This we conceive to
be the Bible doctrine of justification.
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TROUBLES.

Nearly two thousand years ago, an eminent
poet and philosopher asked his friend, chow
it happens that no one lives contented with
that lot which either reason has bestowed
upon him, or fortune cast in his way?" The
same question may be asked to-day. Men
are still far from being happy and contented.
None are exempt; for all the earth brings
forth thorns and thistles in abundance. In
the midst of our moments of mirth and rev.
elry, heavy sigh often escapes from our lips
Many smiling face has concealed an aching
heart. We often look upon the condition Of
our neighbors as more desirable than our own.
We do not know all the conditions by which
they are surrounded. Once an ancient king
who reigned from India to Ethiopia, over one
hundred and twenty-seven provinces, could
not Sleep There was thorn in his pillow.
1t is no uncommon thing for beds of elder
down to become hard and uncomfortable.
The palace is often the seat of sore distress.
The poor mans hut has no beauty, and but
few comforts. His food is coarse and barely
sufficient in quantity to sustain life; but we
must not conclude that the poor only are mis-
erable, and the rich all are blessed. Such is
not the case. Diogenes had fewer troubles
than Alexander, Notwithstanding the great
poverty of the former and the great riches of
the latter God has distributed troubles
about equally amongst the different members
Of the human family. In some regions of
the country the soil is poor; but in such To-
calities there are generally some favorable cir
cumstances. In such localities there are, usu-
ally, salubrious atmosphere and delicious
water. In other, and often adjacent regions,
there are rich and fertile lands. Vegetation
grows luxuriously, and the labor Of the hus-
bandman is rewarded with abundance; but
there is nearly always something to counter
balance this. The air is often loaded with
disease and death which are generated by the
fertility of the soil itself.
If it be asked why it is that there is so
much trouble in this world, the only satisfac.
tory reason which can be given, is that which
is assigned by the Bible. This reason is po'
etically expressed by Milton in the first SEN
tence of his sublime epic. Sin brought all
our troubles upon US, and sin keeps us always
in trouble. "In our folly we will not suffer
God to lay down his thunderbolts," is the
declaration of one of the wisest men the hea-
then Rome ever produced. We rush head
long into crimes forbidden by both the natu-
raj and moral laws of God. Offended at our
sin, God withholds from us his blessing Of
providence and gives us up to be preyed upon
by our own morbid lust and passions. The
fountain from which flows all our miseries is
within ourselves. Our happiness and misery
are effected but little by what is without US.
It is not what we have or have not that makes
us miserable !; it is what we are. The cure
for all human misery is the blood of Jesus
the sanctifying influence of the Holy Spirit.
To be made happy we must be made new
creatures in Christ Jesus.
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Readinq tur the Sabbath.
CONDUCTED BY
REV. ROBERT LATHAM.
[OrIginal.]
GREAT EFFORTS.

The efforts which produce the mightiest re-
suits, are most frequently noiseless. Those
who make the greatest ado are not those who
accomplish the most. No one ever heard the
sap as it rose from the ground into the trunk
of the stately pine or majestic oak. No one
ever saw the lightning as it collected in the
storm cloud. Who ever heard the blooming
of the rose or the ripening of the corn? In
church and state, noisy men seldom accom-
plish much good. Great results are accom-
plished by a multitude of little efforts. These,
when united, constitute one mighty effort. The
spray which rises from land and ocean, when
collected, pour down in flood which covers
hill and dale.
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ca The editor of an exchange paper ludic-
rously illustrates the necessity of reform in
medical nomenclature. Very much confoun-
ded, he says, was our friend Mr.. Doane, a
few years since, by remark of one of his pa
tients. The day previous the Dr. had pre-
scrbed that safe, palatable remedy, the syrup
of buckthorn, and had left his prescription
written in the usual cabalastic characters
SIR. Rham. Goth. On inquiring if the patient
had taken the medicine, thunder cloud dar-
kened her face, tightening flashed from her
eyes, and she roared out: No! 1 can read
your writing, doctor, and I amt agoin to take
the Syrup Of RAM Cats for any body under
heayenw
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s9" Captain Marryatt relates that there
were two lawyers in partnership in New York,
with the peculiarly happy names Of Catchem
and Chetum. People having laughed to see
these two namess in juxta-position over the
door, the two lawyers thought it advisable to
separate them by the insertion of their chris
tian names, Isaac and Uriah. The painter,
however, finding the board too short to admit
their christian names at full length, put only
the initials before the surnames, which made
the matter still worse, for there now appeared
II Catchem, and U Chetum."
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her irritability in regard to them, The ex-
pertinent has been tried in Germany hundreds
of times, according to one Of the agricultural
journals without any injurious effects. 1t is
also said that the eating of pigs by the parent
sow can be readily prevented by rubbing them
all over with brandy, and making the same
application about the nose of the SOW herself
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To PREVENT Sows FROM EATING THEIR
YouSe.-The monthly report of the Depart
ment of Agriculture contains the following:
"It is we'll known that sows not unfrequently
attack and devour their own young; or if pre-
vented from this, will not let down their milk,
so that the young pigs necessarily die for
want of nourishment. When this state of
things is not caused by diseased condition of
the uterus, it is said that the SOW can be
brought to terms by pouring mixture of ten
or twenty grains Of spirits of camphor with
one to three of tincture of opium into the ear.
The SOW will Immediately lie down on the side
of the ear to which the application was made,
and remain quiet for several hours in this po-
sition without interfering with her pigs; and
on recovery from her stupor will have lost
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

Ork county,.
Chas. Boyd, against Juliet f. brennan, James A.
Boyd, John Boyd, Robert s. Boyd minor
children Of David l.. Boyd, deceased, (names
unknown) and Agnes E. Gardner, legal rep
resentatives Of David Boyd, deceased; VIII
liam Boyd, John Boyd, Elizabeth Boyd, Ra-
chel Boyd and Agnes Hardin, children Of
VIM. Boyd, deceased; William J. L. Boyd,
Charles Boyd, Margaret Burris, and Joseph
Boyd, children of John Boyd, deceased; Ran
dolph Kelsey, Rhett Kelsey, Lonny Kelsey,
Salle Kelsey, Minnie Kelsey, Lizzie Kelsey,
and Agnes Kelsey, grand children of John
Boyd. deceased, and all other unknown legal
heirs and representatives of Charles Boyd,
senior, deceased.
VOU are hereby required to appear at the Court
\ of Probate, to be holden at York Court
House, for York county, on the 4th day of March,
A. D. 1873, to shew cause, if any you can, why
the real estate of CHARLES BOYD, Sr, deceased.
situate in said county, bounding lands of VIM.
s. Moore, James c. Poag, Lewis McElwee, and
others, and containing one hundred and ninety
acres, more or less, should not be sold, alotting
to the said Charles Boyd, Petitioner, the one
fourth part thereofand to the legal representatives
of David Boyd, VIM. Boyd, and John Boyd each,
per stirpes) the remaining three-fourths in equal
portions,
Given under my hand and seal this 18th day Of
January, A. D., 1873.
January l6 1T
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A CUTE BoY.-"What's the matter, John p
amt done nothing, father" "Well, what
are you crying for then, you lubber" 81
was afraid you'd whip me-" "What! whip
you when you hav'nt done anything? Go
away, you BOBBY" John went into the house
and his father to his work. Very soon the
father came in a rage, and laying switch
to hoe that corn" eyes, sir, but you told
me you wouldn't whip me if I hadn't done
nothing"
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CONVENIENCE OF A DISH KETTLE.-"You
want nothing but dish KETTLE said an old
housewife in the back woods, to her daughter,
who has just got married. "Why when your
father and I commenced, had nothing but
dish kettle. I used to boil my coffee in it,
and pour it into pitcher; then boiled my
potatoes in it, and set them on warm plate,
while stewed up the meat in it used to milk
in it-and always after meal, I fed the pigs
out of the dish kettle. Sal, if you are only a
mind to, you can use it for anything"
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A CHILD TO BOAST ORA farmers wife,
in speaking of the smartness, aptness, and in
telligence of her son, a lad six years old, to a
lady acquaintance, said:
"He can read huently in any part Of the
Bible, repeat the whole catechism, and weed
onions as we'll as his father"
"Yes, mother, added the young hopeful,
"and yesterday I licked Ned Rawson, throw d
the cat in the we'll, and stole old Hinckley S
gimblet."
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Pos1NG PEDAGoUGE.-"Sslly Jones, have
you done the sum I set you?"
"No thir, can't do it.
"Can't do it / am ashamed Of you. Why,
at your age, I could do any, sum that was set
sum that can't be done, can tell you"
81 think, thir, that knowth sum you
cant thifer out"
"Ha we'll, we'll, Sally, let's hear it."
ut ith thith, thir. Ifone apple cauthed the
ruin of the whole human rathe, how many
thuch will it take to make barrel Of sweet
thider, thir?"
"Miss Sally Jones, you may turn to your
parsing lesson"
"Yeth. thir."
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A QUAKER ANswER.-"Martha, does thee
love me ?" asked quaker youth of one at
whose shrine his hearts holiest feeling had
been offered up.
"Why, Seth," answered she, 1--WE are com
manded to love one another, are we not?'
cay, Martha but does thee regard me with
that feeling the world calls love?"
ri hardly know what to tell thee, Seth. |
have greatly feared that my heart was an er'
ring one-I have tried to bestow my love on
all but may have sometimes thought, per
haps, that thee was getting rather more than
thy share"
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Ghildren's department.
DRESSED FOR MEETING.


See my pretty ruffled dress!
See my teenty locket?
'Spects I'm most a ladyno
cause got a pocket.
These down here are my blue shoes,
That walks my feet in;
Course it wouldn't do to wear
Copper toes to mectin'.
See my pictured handkevust!'
Sunday days has it:
can blow noise in church,
Most like papa does it.
Papa's hitchin' Jack and Gray,
And they keep prancin';
Horses don't wear Sunday clothes,
They don't know they're dancin'.
Grandpa used to 60 with us,
Now he's gone to heaven;
Guess he's at the angel church,
Up where God is livin'.
don't take no cake along,
Never think Of eatin'
Don't you want a nice, clean kiss,
Fore we 90 to mectin'?
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CoNvERsATIoNs.-"Ha Have you got dollar,
Sam? ?"
"No, I han't, Bill, that's fact-ifit would
save your life
"Cause Jim Thorn wanted me to pay you
one, and I've got nothin' smaller than tsco. "
30, ah-well, perhaps I can find just one,
come to think of it that did not spend this
morning for wood"
Sam searched his wallet, found his dollar,
and handed it to Bill.
"Well, now, Sam, that's clever-Tll hand
you the tsuo the very next time we meet, if
happen to have so much on hand. I've got
one towards, it any how"
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF CHESTER COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
C. G. Macoy, as Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas for Chester county, Plaintiff, against
Obadiah NJ. Cornwell, Defendant .-SummOns
for Relief
To the Defendant, Obadiah NJ. Cornwell
VOU are hereby summoned and required to an
swer the complaint in this action, which has
this day been filed in the office Of tho Clerk Of the
Court of Common Pleas for the said county, and to
serve copy of your answer to the said complaint
on the subscribers, at their Office, in the town Of
Chester, South Carolina, within twenty days after
the service OF this summons on you, exclusive Of
the day of such service and il you fail TO ans
wer this complaint within the time aforesaid, the
Plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief
demanded in the complaint.
Dated January 7th, 1873
McLURE & McLURE,
PLAINTIFFS Attorneys
To the Defendant, Obadiah NJ. Cornwell:
You will take notice that a summons in this
action, Of which the foregoing is a true copy, was
filed in the office of the Clerk of said County,
at Chester Court House, in the County and State
aforesaid, on the 7th day Of January, A. D., 1873,
and that if you fail to answer required in said
summons, the Plaintiff will apply to the Court
for the relief demanded in the complaint
McLURE 81 McLURE,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
Januarv9 2 ct
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st. Matthews, November, 1872.
WHAT A FARMER SHOULD NOT DO.

A farmer should never break up more land
than he can cultivate thoroughly. Halftilled
land is always growing poorer, while well-till-
ed land is constantly improving. A thrifty
and prudent farmer will not devote his sole
attention to the improvement of certain fields
on his farm, because the land is "easy to work
al" and let other portions of his premises 60
uncultivated, and grow nothing but brush,
bogs, briars and stones.
A farmer should never have more cattle,
horses, or other live stock than he can keep
in good order. An animal in good order at
the beginning of winter is already half win
tered. Nor should he let his cattle endure
the chilling storms of winter, in an open yard
or field, whilst a few shillings expended in
providing comfortable stables would amply
repay him in saving of fodder, and afford a
greater quantity of milk.
A farmer should never depend too much on
his neighbor for what he can, by careful man
agement, produce on his own land. He should
not make it a common practice to either buy
or beg fruit while he can plant trees and cul-
tivate them on his own ground-nor annoy
his neighbors by borrowing tools to work
with, while he can make or buy them. "The
borrower is servant to the lender"
A farmer should never be so immersed in
political matters as to neglect doing bis various
kinds of work in due season, and to tidy up
matters and things for the winter-nor should
he be so inattentive to politics as to remain
ignorant of those great questions of national
and State policy which will always agitate
more or less free people.
A farmer should never refuse fair price
for any thing he wishes to sell. l have known
men to refuse six shillings for bushel of corn,
and after keeping it six months they were
glad to get four shillings for it. "a bird in
hand is worth two in the bush"
A farmer should not let his buildings 60 to
decay while he can afford the means to keep
them in repair-nor should he allow tattered
clothes to be stuffed in broken windows to take
the place of glass. If he does he will soon
acquire the reputation Of a man who tarries
long in the gin-shop.
A farmer should not be contented with di-
lapidated- looking fences on his farm, so as to
tempt his cattle to become unruly and destroy
his crops, while he has plenty of opportunities
or material to make or keep them in repair.
Nays Guide to Farming IN NeaO Zealand.
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WORLDLY W1sDoM.-"Do you take a
newspaper~ eyes," "What one!' Any
one 1 can lay my hands on.
The above, though good, is not quite so
good as its original. "Take a wife, Tom"
said Richard Brinsley Sheridan, to his wild
son Tom, the father of Mrs. Norton-take a
wife and reform" "With all my heart sir," /"
replied Tom, innocently; "wbose wife shall I
take ?"