Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-05-14
REV. MIR. LATHAM.

died in Baltimore, on Monday night last, Of
fever.
REV. MIR. LATHAM.
This gentleman has been confined to his
bed for the past week with serious affection
of the throat; but we are happy to learn that
his health is improving, and he hopes soon to
be out again. In consequence of his Illness
Mr.. Latham will be unable to occupy his pull
! pit in this place next Sunday.
CAPTAIN CHRIsTOPHER's REMAINS.
The remains of Captain christopher, having
been embalnled, were sent from this place by
express to his father in Philadelphia, on
Friday last, brother Of the deceased having
come here for the purpose of attending to
their removal. The body was escorted from
the residence to the depot by the company
which he had commanded, and was followed
by large number of the citizens of the town.
DIR. GIRARD.
DR.. A. G.. Girard, who, for several months
has been on duty as Army Surgeon at this
post, having been ordered by the Surgeon
General to report for duty at the Military
Academy at West Point, left Yorkville last
Tuesday for his new field Of labor. BY his
uniformly Christian and geutlemanly deport-
ment, no less than his eminent skill as ply
sician-which latter qualification was tested
in private practice during his leisure time, in
a number of difficult cases, and with the most
gratifying results of success-Dr. Girard won
the esteem and the confidence of all classes of
our citizens, and takes with him their best
wishes for his future prosperity and happi'
ness. DR.. Girard is succeeded at this post by
Acting Assistant Surgeon Reese B. Berky,
ordered from the post at Chattanooga Tenn.
IMMIGRANTS.
On Monday evening last, Rev. Mr.. Gaines
arrived at this place. bringing with him four
immigrants farm laborers and ma
chinist and his wife The laborers secured
employment without difficulty; one with Mr..
Herndon, of this place, and the other with
Major Mckenzie, of the county. The ma
chnist, Mr. Thomas Cross, is an Englishman,
and has come with his family to settle here
and make this place his home. He proposes
to open smith shop at an early day, and in
addition to ordinary smith work will also be
prepared to do anything in that line of busi-
ness, including the repairing of all kinds Of
machinery. Artizans of his class will always
find hearty welcome here.
As an immigration agent, Mr.. Gaines is
doing good work, if but slowly, in peopling
our State with industrious citizens. He has
settled a good many in various parts of this
county; and we learn that since he com.
menced the business, he has brought not less
than thousand immigrants to the State.
THE CIRCUS.
Punctually to appointment, the Great
Southern Circus, Colossal Hippodrome and
City of Tents, arrived here last Sunday even
ing, and before II oclock, Sunday night, had
everything in readiness for the grand exhibi-
tion to take place next day, by the only cham
pion performers in the world. And most for
tunate was it for the management that their
appointment at this place fell on Monday
last d.; for not only was the day the most pleas
ant and propitious that could have been de-
sired, which circumstance alone would have
induced considerable attendance of people;
but q vast number of family men" as
the jolly clown would sing-had, by the mer-
est and most singular chance, promised their
wives at least month ago to come to town on
that day, and, even if the circus was here,
why defer the long-promised visit to another
time2 Of course, it would not be right to
disregard the promise made to wife and chill
dren so long ago and besides, any subsequent
time might seriously interfere with business
pursuits and agricultural operations-so sed-
ulously do our people look forward to avert
disaster! And then our Yorkville Juveniles
so frank and so honest and SO innocent of
guile! They never disguise their sentiments
on the circus question but the wonderful ce-
lerity with which their stern papas relaxed
the reins of family government and consented
to crafty the children just for one time-to
humor this, childish whim-was all that
the most capricious pet of the family could de-
sire. Consequently, every "family man" in
town and country being so happily in the
mood to contribute to the enjoyment of their
households, there was large attendance Of
people at the "city of tents, and quite har-
vest of greenbacks was reaped by the soap
man, who gave valuable cash prize with ev.
cry cake he sold; the insinuating candy-man,
with his traditional and inevitable ice-cold
lemonade; the voluble and irrepressible side
show man, with curiosities from all parts of
the world, not even omitting band of origi-
nal Modoc Indians; the "Aying trapeze;" oc-
casional confidence and swindling games,
played upon the verdsnt, all of which were
kept in full blast from early in the morning
until the commencement Of the big show-the
great attraction of the day. And so indus
triously did all these men ply their avocations,
that long before the momentous hour for the
big show had arrived, many of their dupes
and victims-most notably the colored citi-
zens present-were without the means of
gratifying the long-cherished wish that had
filled their waking thoughts by day and their
slumbering dreams by night, as the hard
earned pennies which were boarded to procure
the acme of bliss, slowly accumulated.
But 6nanciering is the same, in principle,
whether on large or small scale; and though
the unfortunates were inhationists in princi-
ple-reccnt events having more strongly i'm
pressed them with the doctrine-yet no mode