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NOTICE.
All Administrators, Exec.
utors, Guardians,
Trustees, &C.,

ARE hereby required to make their
Annual Returns for the year 1872, on
account of the Estates which they rep
sent.
Chapter X(I Section l, General
Statutes of South Carolina, provides:
SECTION l. That executors or admin
istrators shall annually, while any es-
tate shall remain in their care or cuSto-
dy; at the first Court to be held after the
first day of January, render to the
Judge of Probate of the County, from
whom they obtained probate of will or
letters of administration, q just and true
account, upon oath, of the receipts land
expenditures of such estate the proceed.
ing year, which, when examined and
approved, shall be deposited with the
inventory and appraiscmcnt, or other
papers belonging to such estate, in the
office of the said Judge of Probate, there
to be kept for the inspection of such
persons as may be interested in the said
estate. >.
Chapter CT, Section 2, also provides :
SEC. 2. All guardians of estates, ap-
pointed by the Judge of Probate, shall
render to him an annual account of
their actings and doings, as executors
or administrators are required by law
to do, and upon making default, shall
fO1feit their commissions.
C. w. GUFFIN,
" J. Pro. A. G.
J. G.. WosMANsKY,
G.. G. Pro. A. G.
Feb, 5, 1873, 43-tf.
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Disease Of Hogs.

The Planter and Farmer gives
these recipes for the treatment of
cholera, mango, and worms in
hogs: There are but three dis
eases requiring treatment, which
are mango, cholera, and worms in
the kidneys, commonly called
breaking down in tile loins. For
mango, wash well with lye soap, and
then pot liquor. For cholera, If /
know the disease, as soon as you
see the hog begin to droop and try
to vomit, gag him, and give him
twenty grains Of colonel male
into a pill. il you have been in
the hahit of giving your hogs spir.
its Of turpcntine at the rate of one
tablespoonful to the hog, put it on
corn, and you will rarely be trou
blcd with this fatal disease.
III the first dose of calomel does
not relieve in twenty-f'ur hours
repeat the dose. rare y have tt
repeat it if administered in time
We sometimes see hogs dragging
their hind legs. This is caused by
worms in the kidneys, and may. b.
easily. cured by giving a table
spoonful of turpentine every morn
ing for three or four days miXet
with corn. Hogs which have beer
feeding on acorns are most suRlec
to this disease, and should have tn
turpentine at least twice a:wee]
while feeding on this mast. Ever
: hog-feeder should keep a bottle c
the spirits Of turpentine, and Civ
it occasionally through the year
he will find it of great benefit t
his hogs. I have7'racticed this TO
twenty years successfully.
seems to be a specific food for a
:. hog diseases.
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Cultivation of Facial Expressions.

The human face indicates the
moral training Of the owner, to the
same extent that the human form
denotes the extent Of his physical
exercises. This is proved by the
appearance of man wherever
found. The moral discrepancies
between the varieties Of tile human
face are as great as those in the
physical world. Those engaged in
physical labor alone have "a stolld,
meaningless expression, while those
parts Of the body most exc rcised
are fully developed. Those en-
gagged in mental labor have a bright
intellectual countenance. The
most savage people are always
found to be the ugliest' Instead
OF their prominent features being
developed by mental exercise, they
are deformed by violent, unsubdued
passions. Those who are endowed
with great sensibility have beauti-
full faces Which are Snll>of pleasing
expressions, but very strong emo
tions OF any kind are untavorable
to regularity Of feature. The re,
fning effects Of high culture, aided
by religious feelings, are certain to
fsubdue the evil passions, and ena-
| bic the unfortunate and sorrowlng
to persevere through all troubles.
Ali persons can beautify their c"un-
tenances if they will exercise reas-
enable control over their passions,
aud cultivate their moral nature.
II they permit their mind to con-
centrate lis efforts upon one course
of action or line of thought they
will necessarily develop more prom
inentIy one feature, while the others
will gradually become less distinct,
and thus, as it were, deform the
iwhoIe face. 1t is the duty, as well
as the interest, of every one to
seek tor a variety of mental 'recrea.
tion and pleasure, being careful to
abstain from those of an. immora
nature. A portion OF time should
be devoted each day to mental .ex
ercise and recreation,-Aeao lorf
: Home Circle,
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A BOYS JoURNAL.-Dory, a boy
six years old, thinks he will do as
other men have done.
March 12.-Have resolved to
keep aiourual, ~.
March 13.-Had rosie befe for
dinner, and cabage, and potato, and
apple sa~se, and rice pudding. !
do not like rice pulling when it is
like ours. Charley Stacks kind is
relc good. Mush and sirup for
tea. 49,. ...g,'
March 10. - Forgot what did
John and me saved Our pic to take
t. schnie.
March ,21. Forgit what did
! Gridel cakes for breakfast, Depby
didn't fry enough: =.
March a.. = This is Sunday
Corn befe for dinner. Studied my
bibel lesson. Aunt ssy said l was
greedy. Have resolved not to thinl
so much about things to etc. Wisl
1 was a better boy, Nothing per
ticker for tea,
March 25.-Forgit what [ did.
J, March 27.-Forgit what 1 did.
March 29.-Played, .....
!; March 31.-Forgit what I did
April 1.-IIave decided not t.
keep a jurnal any more.
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i So.
Power of. the Press.

For good or evil the press Of the
country wields mighty power.
It shapes and controls public senti-
ment by a silent. influence always
at work. A good paper is like the
pure ART inparts health and
purity wherever it goes: A bad
paper is like the noxious gas that
steals unnoticed from the earth,
carrying its pestilential poison and y,
corrupting and destroying whole
communities. Yet good men are
to be found who permit bad papers
to enter their households to poison
the minds of their children. The
seeds of depravity are scattered by
the evil hand, and no efforts is
made to prevent it. Parents, may
not approve the sentiments uttered
by these papers, but many appear
insensible to their bad effects, and
neglect to apply the correction.
While they are careful to provide
for.:the physical growth of tnelI
children, they neglect their moral
training. They provide fresh air
and wholesome food for the body.
vet allow the mind to feed upon
the poison elements of a corrup,
ting literature. .>:.. s-'s:
This should be stopped at once.
The papers that contain immoral
sentiments should be as carefully
excluded from the family circle as
if it came from the pest-house:
stamped with certain contagion and
death. A rigid exclusion OF these
organs of wickedness from the. de.
cent family in our land would Cob
fine them within the, limits where
their influence would soon be lost
They might still tend to encourage:
vice, but their power to corrupt and
destroy would 81 on be gone forever.
Every great citizen should have al
least ,,ne family paper. It should
be chosen from among the many,
as a friend would be, or a daily
companion. It,. tone should be
elevated; it's sentiments pure; Its
integrity unquestioped. With such
a silent companion in your family
you can feel confident that gooo
Impressions are being in the minds
of your children. The impressions
may not be noticed in day, a year
but.insensibly they will mould the
character that is to lead the you'll
through the temptations of early
manhood; protect and advance
him through active life, and sustain
| him III honorable old age.
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The conference meeting through at last,
We boys aroundthe vestry waited,
TO see tile girls come tripping past,
Like snow-birds waiting to be mated.
Not braver he that leaps the wall
BY level muskeJ flashes litten,
Than |, who stepped before. them all,
Who longed to see me get the mitten.
But no, she blushed and took my arm
We let the old folks take the hig ghway,
And started toward Maple Farm -
Along a sort of loyer's by-way.
I can't remember what we said,
Twas nothing worth song or story,
Yet that rude path by which we sped
Seemed all transformed andin glory.
The snow was crisp beneath our feet,
The moon was full, the fields were
cleaning;
BY hood and tippet sheltered sweet,
Her face with youth and health was
beaming. ..... .9. - .r
The little hand outside her muff- .
o sculptor, if you could but mould
it = ..
So lightly touched my jacket cuff,
10 keep it warm l had to hold it.
To have her with me there alone,
TWAS love and fear and triumph
blended; -
At last we reached the foot-worn stone,
Where that delicious journey ended
She shook her ringlets from her brow,
And with "Thank you, Ned" dis
semblcd;
But vet I know she understood .rs
With what daring wish 1 trembled.
A cloud passed kindly overhead, :.
The moon was slowly peeping through
it,
Yet hid its face as if it said, -.... r..
"Come, now or never! do 1t do at!'
My lips till then had only known, ,.
The kiss of mother and of sister,
But somehow, full upon herown
Sweet, rosy, darling mouth kissed
her!
Perhaps it was only boyish love, yet,
still,
0. listless woman weary lover!
TO feel once more that fresh, wild thrill
I'd give-but who can live life over?
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HOW HE EARNED A WIFE.
BY MARY GRACE HALPINE.

"And so you want to marry my
daughter, young man?' said farmer
Blifkins, removing the pipe from
his mouth and looking at the young
fellow sharply, from head to toe.
Despite his rather indolent, cf
Terminate air, which was mainly the
result of his education. Luke Jor:
dan was fne-looking fellow, and
not easily removed from his self
possession, bu: he colored and grew
confused beneath that sharp, scru-
tinizing look.
eyes, sir. I spoke to Miss Mary
last evening, and she-she referred
me to YOU
The old mans face softened.
"Molly is a good girl-a very
good girl" he said, strokipg h's
hin, with a thoughtful air, land
he deserves a good husband,
What can you do {"
The young man looked rather
blank at this abrupt inquiry.
eff you refer to my ability to
support a wife, [ can assure you-'
II know that you are a rich man.
Luke Jordan, but I take it tol
granted that you ask my girl tc
marry you, not your property
What guarantee can you give me
in case it should be swept away-as
it is in thousands of instances
that you could provide for her g
comfortable home? You have
hands and bralns-do you know
how to use them? Again l ask
what can you do %"
This was a style of catechism fo'
which Luke was quite unprepared
and he stared blankly at the ques
toner without speaking.
"'I believe you managed to ge'
through college - have you any
profession p ~
"No, sir; I thought"
"Have you any trad ?
"No, sir; my father thought tha
with the wealth | should inherit,
should not need any"
"You father thought like a fool
then. He'd much better have glvel
you some occupation and cut yo'
off with a shil'ing-it might hav'
been the making of you. As it is
what are you fit for? Here yo'
are, a stout, able-bodied man
twenty-four years old, and neve
earned a dollar in your lite? 70,
ought to be ashamed of yourself.
"And you want to marry M
daughter,'' resumed the old man
after a few vigorous putfs at hi
pipe
advantages for learning as any gu
; in town, and she hasn't thrown 'el
: away; but if she didn't know HOY
i to work, she'd be no daughter
mine. If l choose, | could kee
e more than one servant; but | don
f no more than l choose that m
, daughter should bca pale, splritle:
creature, full! of dyspepsia, and a
y manner of fine lady ailments, il
stead Of the smiling, bright-eye'
rosy-cheelled lass she is. | did s;
that she should marry no lad th
j. had been. cursed with a rich +athel
but she's taken a foolish liking
ye, and, I'll tell ye what I'll de
I 60 to work, and prove yourself
: be a man; perfect yourself in son
occupation-I don't care what,
id it be honest, then come to ME, an
.e if the girl is willing, she is yours
., u, AS the old man said this, he 4
Of liberately knocked the ashes out
l. his pipe against one of the. piIla
>, !of the porch where he was sittin
Or Or tucked it into his vest pocket al
e. went into the house,
Pretty Mary Blifkins was waltz
to see her lover, down at the gard
co4o fbnin moral tri otipr nlof
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QUICKSILVER, for Bed Bugs
U alias Chinches. .-:
w. r.. PENNEY.
Feb. &c, 1872, 46-tf
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CAUSES OF DEATH. - The last
publication Of the British death
rate and its causes is curious read
ing. One man died from the bite
of a cat; and two from the bites
respectly of a ferret and adder.
Another was stung to death by
bees. A man and a boy died of
falling from velocipedes, and an
old lady was killed by injuries IN
TAicted by that agreeable machine.
The swallowing Of a shell, a screw,
and cherry-stone. put q period to
the existence Of three infants, while
two died of putting, one a stone
and the other a bead, Tito the ear.
Swallowing bones sent three people
out of the world, swallo wing coins
finished two, and swallowing pin
quickly pricked on grim death fol
me. A scratch from a thorn killed
woman Of middle age; improper
medicine poisoned elghC peopie.
and improper food five. -Four
hundred and forty-lopr young chill
dren were smolherea by bee
clothes; and $50 persons during the
year lost their lives in railroad accl
dents. The proportion OF suicides
to every million of the population
lis about seventy-the deaths by
hanging, the knife, and drowning
being the most. Heart disease th'
years record shows to be increasing
"a state of things which is said b,
eminent physicians to be caused b!
the greater wear and tear of bust
ness, and the increased mental ac
tivity Of the age.
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The Door Step.
BY EDMUND C. STEADMAN.

The conference meeting through at last,
We boys around>the vestry waited,
TO see tile girls come tripping past, .
Like snow-birds waiting to be mated.
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Final Discharge.

NOTICE is hereby given that David
I% Jordan, Administrator of the
Estate of Bartholomew Jordan, decd,
has applied to Charles w. Guftin, Judge
of Probate, in and for the County OF
Abbeville, for a final discharge as Ad-
ministrator. IN.
IT Is ORDERED, That the fifteenth
day of May, A. D. 1873, be fixed for
hearing of Petition, and final settle
ment Of said Estate.
e.. J. G. WOSMANSKY.
G. &. ?. A. c.
| April 8, 52-4t*
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Marx Twain. in speaking Of
cannibalism, grows serious for
once, and solemnly declares that
for his own part he "would go
hungry for two days rather than
eat au old personal friend" ssi4ag,
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GUANOS.
PEGNIX GUANO.
WILCOX, GIBBS & CO.'S

JITe can fill orders promptly for the
w above celebrated Fertilizers, i'm
ported and prepared by Wilcox, Gibbs &
Co., Charleston, S. c., and Savannah,
Ca, as they have ample stores on hand
to supply all demands. @
Order soon before the railroads are
blocked up with freight.
Special attention is called to the use of
the PHOENIX GUANO mixed with
Gotten seed.
Apply for circular giving prices,
terms, &C., to
DUPRE & SMITH.
Feb. 26, 1878, 46-4t
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Mother wit-the squaws have
discovered how to pi-utilize even 6
Pinte They make the noble say
iage carry the baby.
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Perhaps it was only boyish love, yet,
still,
O. listless woman weary lover! =.
TO feel once more that fresh, wild thrill
I'd give-but who can live life over?
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-03-03
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Lake Erie is one sheet of ice.
The late storm was heavy in Maine
Terrible blow-forty degrees blow
Zero
Somebody proposes, sarcastically, to
change the name of our capital to White
Washing ton ~ ~.
The vlceroy of Egypt is going into the
pyramid line, and build a big one.
The New Orleans Picayune wants to
get Cuba by swapping New England for
her.
Geo. Washington's birthday was cele-
brated in Paris on the 22d ult., by
American residents.
One family have occupied the throne
in Japan for $500 years.
Civil war reigns between the parlor
and kitchen in San Francisco. The
cooks 60 armed.
The spring freshefs promise to be un-
usually disastrous, this year, all over
the country.
Snails are getting to be as much of a
luxury in Louisville as they are consid-
cred in Paris.
An Iowa boy, who killed his father.
has got off with fifteen years imprison-
ment in the penitentiary.
Lake Michigan is completely frozen
across at Milwaukee, where it is eighty
five miles wide.
Kansas will want 100000 railroad
ties, this year, and is asking where the
timber is to come from.
The first Sunday paper ever issued
was entitled Johnson's Sunday Monitor
and was published in LONDON in 1888
Five hundred and thirty women in the
United States are doctors, twenty-foul
are dentists, five are lawyers and sixty
eight preachers.
The Pennsylvania Central railroad il
said to intend laying two extra tracks
making four, It's entire length, to accom-
odate its increasing business.
A patent medicine, advertised as al
infallible cure for the opium habit, ha.
lately been analysed and found to con
sist of morphine dissolved in coloret
syrup.
Though party lines are not drawn, thi
season, still, there is said to be more
bitterness Of personal feeling in Congress
at present than for many years.
The exhibition of the Western New
York Poultry Society commenced a
Buffalo last night and continued fv
days. Nearly all the States and Canad
are represented. Already IA entire
have been made.
President Grant stands guard over th
doors Of the treasury in way calcula
ted to excite the unmixed admiratio
and qualification of every one who be
lieves that the public money ought to.b
used alone for the public service
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MARCH MEETING.

COMPLAINT is often made, that the bus
mess affairs of the town are badly man.
aged: when this is the case it is usually
the fault of voters who Stay at home and
allow those who haves made up the slate,
the privilege Of managing the town meet
ings to their own liking. 1t is the duty
and ought to be the practice of every
man to attend this meeting, that he may
become acquainted with the affairs of
the town, and may help to1elect the best
men to offices. In their selection, hon.
eSty and efficiency are of much more
consequence than party or the particular
location from which an officer shall come
Rotation is of some use, as it makes new
men acquainted with town business, and
passes the honors Of office around, but a
wise management of the town is more
important than that you or [ should be
gratifed with office All offices should
be filled with good men, but too little
care is often had in the selection of list
ers, the overseer of the poor, highway
surveyors and superintendent of schools.
Listers ought not only to be good judges
of property, but men of patience, who
can endure all the prevarications and
falsity that pervade the air during the
first week in April, without profanity
and are independent enough to appraise
property according to its real value
NOT the owners estimate. The COM
plants made in relation to the "poor-
| bilf' often make overseeIs do just as
little for the poor as decency, and the
saving of an undertaker's bill will al
low. But humanity and economy should
60 together and the aged and unfortu
nate be kindly treated. The custom Of
trading off the towns poor to the lowest
bidder is not christian.
The Office Of highway surveyor is bad
ly abused nobody wants it and few viii
take it; but when the roads are in al
bad a condition as they will be thi
spring it is very important that the mai
who will expend the public money mos
wisely and prudently be made surveyo
in each district. More money must b
, raised or it must be more judiciously ex
pended, if the highways are brought u
: to decent condition
7 For the thankless and difficult posi-
r tion of school superintendent. find som
!, man who is willing to expend two do
/ lars in the Office whenever he receive
t one; who will have greater care for tn
+ intellectual welfare Of your children tina
!, you have for them, and then the e1
s pectations of the public and the require
: ments of the law will be met
n Go to the town meeting next Tue
- dow
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STOKES.

NOW that a stay OF proceedings has
been granted, Stokes is to be feted and
fatted. Quicksilver will soon find a
crevice in a wooden cask, but no sooner
than money will find flaws in indictments
or loops in the law through which reg
iment of rich murderers but not a sim
gle bread thief could be drawn. 1t is
better to be an inmate of a prison in
this city than to be a land-holder in the
West. The fare is better, clothes finer,
accommodations superior, work less and.
honor more While a hundred poor
blue-nosed, callous, heeled, scurvey-speck-
ed wretches of plebian blood, are SILVER
ing in the Tombs till their teeth rattle
like castanets, the Hon. Edward S. Stokes
is a second Duke Alexis. A palace cell
is being fitted up for his occupancy
It's to be newly carpeted and perfumed.
Lice, mice, cockroaches and bed bugs are
not to be found there more Furniture
is being put in by the clever sheriff, on
which the white elephant can repose his
weary limbs. The tailor has been there
but yesterday to make his spring clothes
in style, so dear Edward will not be
ashamed when visited by the danes and
bellies who give out sympathetic sap
when maple of their forest is tapped.
The new bed ordered in, rivals that of
the fussock Mansfield, who in Paris
gazes at church floors by day and at bed
room ceilings by night in search of hap
piness. A wardrobe is to be added, and
choice novels, and we read that new
water basin, with quaint tricks and won
drous patents, is to be put in his bou-
| doir
The law is good to the mourners in
this city, that is if they be rich Stokes
is noble fellow. Such perfect speci-
men of manhood, such beautiful eyes and
is so brave, said a woman to us the 9TH
er day, whose working husband, Stokes
would not be seen walking with on the
streets. Then he was so well brought
up and he always had his own way
and came from such a nice family. The
law must discriminate between ignorant
vice, and those. eccentricities which sc
become men of a romantic turn of mind
In New York, or near here, are more
murdered men and women buried thar
are the occupants of many cemetery il
cities Of twenty thousand inhabitants
while few indeed are the bodies Of muir
derers the law has lain beside their vic
tins.
Young man, do not murder. Atleas
not till you have money, or rich RELATIVES
who do not want their names disgraced
Brick Pomeroy.
An extra session of the Senate ha
been called to assemble at noon, Marcel
Ia This &c uaoaScapul 70 oat + ha par,- 81 4
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The Centaur Liniml nt-has cured
does cure. and will cure more cases of
Rheumatism, stiff joints, swellings and.
lameness upon man and beast in one day.
than all other articles have in hundred.
years. One says:-s.I have not held a.
pen in seven months-now l am all
right. " Another that s..fhe Centaur Lin
iment cured a frightful burn without a
scar another, at restored to use a
hopelessly lame horse, worth four hun
dred dollars, etc. Try it once 1t is
a wonderful thing.