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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-08-12
Ghtldrem's department.
COURTESIES TO PARENTS.

Parents lean upon their children, and espe'
cially their sons, much earlier than either OF
them imagine. Their love is constant in
spiration, a perennial fountain of delight,
from which our lips may quaf and be COM
forted thereby. 1t may be that the mother
has been left widow, depending on her only
son for support. He gives her comfortable
home, sees that she is we'll clad, and allows no
debts to accumulate, and that is all. 1t is
considerable more even than many sons do
but there is lack. He seldom thinks it
worth while to give her caress; he has for
gotten all those affectionate ways that kept
the wrinkles from her face, and made her look
80 much younger than her years ne is ready
to put his hand in his pocket to crafty her
slightest request but to- give of the abun'
dance of his heart is another thing entirely.
He loves his mother? Of course he does
Are there not proofs enough of his fillal re-
gard? Is he not continually making sacrii'
ces for ber benefit? All but it is the moth.
er-heart that Graves an occasional kiss, the
support of youthful arm, the little attentions
and kindly courtesies of life, that smooth down
so many of its asperites, and made the jour
ney less wearsome. Material aid is good as
far rs it goes but it has not that sustaining
power which the loving, sympathetic heart be,
slows upon its object.
Even the father, occupied and absorbed as
he may be, is not wholly Indifferent to these
flial expressions of devoted love. He may
pretend to care very little for them but hav'
ing faith in their sincerity, it would give him
serious pain were they entirely withheld
Fathers need their sons quite as much as the
sons need their fathers; but in how many de.
plorable instances do they fail to find in them
a staff for their declining years!
Being early to cultivate habit Of thought
fulness and consideration for others, especially
for those who you are commanded to honor
can you begrudge few extra steps for the
mother who never stopped to number those
you demanded during your helpless infancy
Have you the heart to slight her requests OF
treat her remarks with Indifference, when you
cannot begin to measure the patient devotion
with which she bore with your peculiarities:
Anticipate her wants, invite her confidence
be prompt to offer assistance, express your af
fection as you did when child, that the
mother may never grieve in secret for the sor
she has lost.-Rural Ne,o Yorker.
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OUR LIBERAL OFFERS.

DE QlSpOScQ 10 10TH CLUBS.
TERMs-FREE OF POSTAGE.
Single copy, one year,; W 00
Two years to the same address, ......""...... 90
In clubs each subscriber, one year,"......... 6o
PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS.
To those willing to form clubs for the ENQUIRER
we make the following liberal offers:
l. For 40 subscribers, at $2 so each, we will give
a No. Weed Sewing Machine, worth sos.
@ For as subscribers, at 81. so each we will give
No. 2 Weed Sewing Machine, worth S7O
g. For so subscribers, at g. so each, we will give
No. Weed Sewing Machine, worth T5
The engravings given above in this column rep
resent the styleofthe different machines. No. is
black walnut. oiled, plain table, No. 2 is black
walnut. oiled, half case. No. is black walnut,
oiled, half ase,,with two side drawers, and with
or without drop1eaf, as may be preferred.
These offers areanot confined to single club,
nor is there any competition invited as to who
shall procure the largest club. Each and every
club of 40, As or so names will be entitled to the
designated premium.
The machines will be shipped from the nearest
branch office of the Weed Machine Company to
the persons entitled to receive them, transporta-
ton charges, which will rarely exceed IS, If sent
by freight line, to be paid by the person receiving
the machine.
The offer made in this prospectus will be bind
ing upon the proprietor of the ENQUIRER until
the 18th day of October, 1875; and persons who
NAV commence making clubs, can forward names
as rapidly as procured in every case to be paid in
advance, having until the aforementioned date
in which to complete their lists.
1t is not required that subscribers shall all re-
ceive their papers at the post-ofice; but SUBJ
scriptions must be for term not less than one
wear. ONE SUBSCRIBER FOR TWO YEARS WILL BE
EQUIVALENT, IN MAKING UP LISTS, TO TWO NAMES
FOR ONE YEAR EACH. $50
Subscriptions may commence with any num-
ber, and the paper will be sent for full year
from the time the subscription begins.
Each club-maker will be credited with names
rs they shall be received; and should any fail to
secure either premium by the 18th OF October, 1872
but should procure ten or more SUBSCRIBERS, an
extra copy of the paper wi he given for the ten
names thus procured, and for all subscriptions IN
excess of ten, cash commission OF twenty-five
cents will be given on each name.
THE ENQUIRER IS SENT FREE OF POSTAGE TO
ALL SUBSCRIBERS.
Remittances may he made at our risk, by drait
post-oice order or in registered letter; If made
otherwise, we will assume no risk.
Write names plainly, giving post-office' county
and State.
Specimen copies of the ENQUIRER will be sent
to any address on application.
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(Original.]
HAY.

Among the many difficulties with which
cotton planters have to contend, is the search
ty oflong forage The blades Of corn are, by
most farmers, depended upon almost entirely.
Good corn blades. popularity called fodder,
we'll cured, without getting wet, make excel
lent food for all kinds of stock. The great
difficulty is its general scarceness, and the
amount of labor it takes to save it. A good
hand cannot, or, under the present system,
will not, properly save much more than one
hundred pounds of fodder in day. In very
favorable seasons for curing fodder, more
than this amount might be saved; but for ten
years together one hundred pounds per day
to the hand would be fair average. With
an abundance of fodder to save, it is clear
that one hand would not be able to pull and
cure enough of fodder to feed a horse and
COW during the winter and the horse during
the summer. So soon as the cotton commen-
ces opening, all hands must 60 to picking and
the result is, fodder is always scarce. In the
cotton States but little corn is planted, and
the consequence is, when all the fodder is
saved, tits not sufficient to meet the demands
of the country.
Experience teaches that stock can do bet
ter without corn than they can without long
forage of some kind. Aside from the nutri-
ment which is contained in the long forage, it
is required by the animal as stimulant of
distention. Any kind of small grain will kill
horse or mule, if the animal is fed on moth
ing else. The animal will lose its appetite,
grow weak and finally die. Stock may be
fed on too much corn but it is impossible for
them to get too much long forage Whatever
they will eat is enough and no more.
From various quarters of the country there
is shipped to the cotton-growing States thou
sands of dollars worth of hay every year.
For this there is no need. The cotton.grow-
ing States produce wild grasses in the greatest
abundance. The swamps and edges of the
branches and creeks produce, spontaneously,
vast quantities of grass. In some sections
these native grasses grow four or five feet
high, and in vast quantities. 1t is true, that
the hay made from these native grasses is not
so good as that made from timothy and other
varieties of cultivated grasses but still, all of
them make good palatable food for stock.
To grow these native grasses costs nothing,
and to save them and store them away in
barns for winter food for stock, costs triAe
when compared with the price of hay. If the
hay made from these native grasses is not
good, it is as good as two.thirds Of the hay
that is annually shipped into the country and
sold at exorbitant prices. All that our
farmers have to do, in order to avoid the in
convenience and expense of buying hay, is to
90 into their own fields and cut and cure the
grass that is there growing in the greatest
abundance.
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REPELL1NG ANTs.-Some years ago, says
a correspondent of the London Times, at my
house in the country, colony ofants establish
ed themselves under the kitchen flooring.
Not knowing the exact locality of the nest, l
endeavored to destroy the insects with treacle,
sugar, arsenic, &C., but, although slew mum,
bers thus, the plague increased. AT last, be,
thinking myself that ants dislike the smell OF
tar, procured some carbolic acid and diluted
it with abouta dozen times its weight Of water.
l squirted pint of the mixture through the
air.bricks under the flooring, and my enemies
vanished that day, never to return. 1t has
always been successful. For crickets, &C.,
also, little of this sent into their holes acts
as an immediate notice to quit.
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THE AGE OF A HORSE.

Perhaps the following directions, which we
find going the rounds of the press, 60 rather
more into detail than is necessary for general
use, but they are in the main correct. Even
the most experienced experts, if they are hon
est, profess only to fix horses age approx
mately. The following rules must, therefore,
be taken with due allowance for variation in
individuals:
The colt is born with twelve grinders.
When four front teet have made their appear
ance, the colt is twelve days old; and when
the next four come forth, it is four weeks old.
When the corn teeth appear, the colt is eight
month old, and when the latter have attained
the height of the front teeth, it is one year old.
The two years colt has the kernel-the
dark substance in the middle of the tooth's
crown-ground out of all the front teeth.
In the third year the middle front teeth are
being shifted, and when three years old these
are substituted for the horse teeth. The next
four teeth are shifted in the fourth year, and
the corner teeth in the fifth.
At six years the kernel is worn out of the
middle front teeth, and the bride teeth have
now attained their full growth.
At seven years hook has been formed on
the corner teeth of the upper jaw the kernel
of the teeth next to the middle fronts is worn
out, and the bride teeth begin to wear off,
At eight years of age the kernel is worn
out of all the lower front teeth, and begins tc
decrease in the middle upper fronts.
In the ninth year the kernel has wholly dis
appeared from the upper middle front teeth ;
the hook on the corner teeth has increased in
size as the bride teeth lose their points.
In the tenth year the kernel has worn out
of the teeth next to the middle fronts Of the
upper jaw; and in the eleventh year the ker-
mel has entirely vanished from the corner
teeth of the same jaw.
At twelve years old, the crowns of all the
front teeth in the lower jaw have become tri-
angular, and the bride teeth are much worn
down. AS the horse advances in age, the
gums shrink away from the teeth, which con-
sequehtly receive long, narrow, appearance,
and their kernels have metamorphosed into a
darkish point, and numerous gray hairs ap,
pear in the forehead.
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,

WHEREAS J.. F. WALLACE, Clerk of the
w Circuit Court, has applied to me for Letters
of Administration on all and singular, the goods
and chattels rights and credits of WILLIAM
WYLIE, late of the county aforesaid, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish al
said deceased, to be and appear before me at our
next Judge of Probate Court, for the said county
to be holden at York Court House, on the 18th
DAY OF AUGUST next, to shew cause If any,
whv the said Administration should not be
granted.
Given under my hand and Seal, this lst day Of
July, in the year of our Lord, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-fve, and in the
goth year Of the Independence of the United
States of America.
JOSEPH A. MCLEAN,
Judge of Probate.
July l rs ot
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A BAD HABIT-A gentleman cast mild
look Of reproof on young man who had taken
the name of God in vain.
II am sorry, sir" said the young man, "that
I have wounded your feelings by any word ]
have spoken"
II confess" was the reply, "that can never
hear that holy and blessed name profaned
without deep pain. AS my Benefactor and
Friend, to whom l owe every blessing, l an
Jealous of the honor of God.'
81 spoke, sir, without though. I meant no
harm"
Il believe it, my young friend; but your
Creator requires you to be thoughtful Of his
honor and of duty to him. As thoughtless
ness cannot justify, neither can it be an excuse
for any SIM"
81 see that I have done wrong, sir; will
you pardon ue?'
81 am glad to hear this frank confession,
and the gentleman held out his hand in a
friendly way "but the offence is against God.
He alone can pardon. have found him a
merciful God, slow to anger, and ready to
forgive and ifyou seek him through faith in
Christ Jesus, forsaking every sin, you shall
find mercy too"
accept my thanks, sir; both for the matter
and manner Of your reproof. | will never
swear again, nor take the name of the Lord
in vain."
"A good resolution, if made in humble de-
pendence on the grace of the holy spirit Of
God for help and straightforward"
Masks AND FAcEs.-A nobleman once
gave grand feast to some Of his friends
While his visitors were sitting at the table
there came into the room little lady and
gentleman, most splendidly dressed, wearing
mask, but no taller than children five or six
years old. The gentleman wore scarlet
coat, trimmed with gold lace his large curly
wig was powdered so as to look as white as
snow, and in his hand he held cooked hat
The lady had on a dress of brocaded satin
trimmed with silver spangles.
She wore q beautiful little hat and feather
and held fan in her hand. They began
dancing very gracefully, and sprang about in
such charming way that everybody was de-
! lighted with these pretty, we'll behaved chill
dren.
An officer who was dining there, suddenly
took rosy apple from the table and threw il
between the pretty dancers. Then there did
begin scuftle and to-do. They fell upon
each other, tore each others clothes, scratch
ing and scrambling, till off fell head-dress
and instead of two pretty children, two, ugly
monkeys stood before the company. Every
body was surprised, yet laughed aloud, but
the old officer said, monkeys and foolish peo'
pie manage to look we'll for time in fine
clothes, but they soon show what they are y
na~ Whisky corrupts everything belonging
to society, the government, the Church. De-
nevolent institutions and the family circle,
down to the human body, which it fills with
poison in every part
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SKY LIGHT,
AND NO MORE CLIMBING UPSTAIRS

AND NO NUKE CLIMBINU UF'SId1ho
TAKE pleasure to inform all in want Of PHO.
TOGRAPHIC PICTURES, that have just
taken possession of nv NEW GALLERY, built
with fine sky and side:lights, near my residence
first house east of the Jail, and only few hum
dred yards from the Court House corner. An
experience of % years and every convenience FOR
business, will enable me now to do better work
than ever before.
Frames and Photo-Albums, Stereoscopes and
Views always on hand.
I am also prepared to sell you MASON q
HAMLIN ORGAN, or an AMERICAN SEW
j. r. SCHORB.
July g
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F. s. FRISCHEIS, b..
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTER,


ID ESPECTFULLY offers his services to the cit
h, liens of Yorkville and vicinity. All manner
Of HOUSE PAINTING, including Graining,
Marbling and Calcmining executed in the best
style Of the art. BY the process of CALC1MlN,
ING, plastered walls which have become soiled
and discolored, can be made to look as fresh and
clean as new. and of any desired tint or shade OF
color, which will not rub OF.
Old Furniture will be re-varnished or re-paint-
ed and vanished in imitation of the various kinds
of woods and made to look rs well as new. Where
there is enough of this class ofwork to justify me
in so doing, will visit the houses for that pur-
pose. thus avoiding the necessity Of moving the
Furniture. Roofs painted in the most durable
manner, either with granite or slate roofing paint,
and the work warranted. Estimates furnished,
and all work promptly executed at the lowest cash
prices commensurate with durable and artistic
painting. All communications promptly an
swered. Address "
+. s. FRISCHEIS,
Yorkville, s. c.
Aprill 81 1y
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p@ A Christian minister said: 81 was never
of any use until 1 found out that God did not
make me for a great man. As soon as l
found out that | wasn't intended for great
man, found souls coming into the kingdom" !"
1t is not great men we want in the Church of
God to.day-it is earnest, warm.hearted men.
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YORK MARBLE YARD.

the art, with the very best materials. and at as
low prices as the same class of work can be fur
nished anywhereoin the United States. Orders
from distance promptly filled, and the same at
tention given to work ordered by mail as II the
parties were present in person. From this date
work will be delivered at any point on the Ches-
ter and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, between
Yorkville and Chester, or at any place between
Rock Hill and Winnsboro, on the Charlotte, Co
transportation. Thankful for the patronage here
tofore bestowed upon my establishment, my de-
termination is to merit continuance Of the same.
F. HAPPERFIELD.
January IA ly
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Weed Sewing Mnchlnc, NO. 3-Frce, SIo'
For club of so subscribers at $3.50 each, we will
give WEED SEWING MACHINE Ofthe above style,
the cash price of which is seventy-fve dollars.
ms-The reputation of the Weed Sewing Ma.
chine is equal to that of any other frst-class ma
chine in the market, and of its merits we can
speak advisaaly-having had one in constant use
in our own Emily since 1866, during all Of which
time it has never failed to work in the most sat-
isfactory manner. -
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A HINT TO RICH MEMS DAUGHTERS.

There are few, comparatively, of the "sweet
girl.graduates" of this year Of grace, who ought
not to be earning fixed income, as their
brothers are doing. There is not one of them
to whom it is not plain duty to know how.
The daughters of rich men certainly have
right to all the elegance and leisure which
they can afford to pay for. But, in America,
the tenure of wealth is so uncertain that the
heiress of to-day may be the stipendiary of to.
morrow. If she cannot produce, but must
remain consumer only, then she is guilty of
breach of that unwritten com pact with so.
ciety under whose conditions we all come to
birth, and whose violation is dishonorable.
Besides it is the daughters of rich men who
must encourage the beliefthat the capacity to
earn is as natural and dgnifed function of
women as of men. 1t was not till Camilla of
Fifth Avenue, rich enough to spoil velvet
robe daily, looped up her shining draperies
above the contamination of the pavements,
that Biddy of the Bowery, too poor to spare
the price of a shilling print month, dared
lift her draggled hens to an economical and
cleanly height. When the Camilas put on
cashmere aud serge cut with severe simplicity,
then the daughters of the bank teller, the in
surance agent, the struggling lawyer, the
small shop.keeper, the genteel poverty .pinched
widow, cheerfully substituted that wise fash
ion for the sleazy silks and abundant cheap
trimmings they had cherished.
Thus rich girls must make work fashiona.
BILE if it is to be honored. Were it understood
that the daughters of Dives had become &C.
complished miliners, or dressmakers, or tele-
graphers, or typesetters, or teachers, or book
Keepers, or florists, and were proud of their
competency, the daughters of Lazarus would
rush to perfect themselves in like attainments,
and would exercise them to their profit and
pleasure. Asst is, it is not Incidence, it is not
ncapacity, it is not carelessness Of the cease
less toll of the overworked father and mother,
which keeps our girls of genteel families from
openly and gladly earning their own bread.
It is the feeling that working. woman loses
caste. Out of this false estimate of things
grows not only that hollow life of shabby gen.
tility which distorts the character of all who
lead it, but that habit of mind which regards
marriage as prudential arrangement, a bar
gain which guarantees board and clothes on
the one side for an indefinite quid pro quo on
the other.
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March 2;
CHESTER AND LEN0IR RAIL ROAD.
June 1C
NOTICE.

NOTICE.
II RESPECTFULLY inform the public that
am prepared to sharpen razors, scissors, shears
and other fne-edged instruments. Prices-for
honing and sharpening razors, 25 cents and for
sharpening scissors or shears, % l." cents each ana
TOM BALLARD, Barber.
February 25 II
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ssThe sweetest, most powerful and durable
now in use.''
BLOOMFIELD & OTIS,
NEW SCALE PLAN OS,
200 EAST 18TH ST., NEW YORK.
EMBRACING new and most valuable Patents,
IL giving greatly improved treble; also, by a
new manner of strmging and new method of in
sertng sound board, the most important results
have been obtained.
''The toneis full and sonorous, with a sweetness
and delicacy of touch that cannot be surpassed. /
have tested them as 1 would q Grand, for points
of delicacy and strength, and they have stood the
test in every way. In many respects they Gre sH-
perior to any nymanuactw'ed i. 4n.ericq;
(The eminent and favorite Composer and Pian-
ist to His Royal Hghness, the Due Gustave OF
Sax Weimar of Eisenach.)
Rochester Musical IImes.)
"The firm of Bloomfield Il Otis have lately made
several important improvements in their pianos,
placing them in the front rank of American man
utacturers."
(7oledo, o., Bladel
'Bloomteld & Otis, of New York, carry away
the first premiums at the Ohio State Fair as they
did at the Fair of the American Institute. Con-
sidering the fact that they met in competition all
the established favorites such rs the Knabe, Dun
ham, Lighte, Bradbury, and many others, which
were skilfully handled, this is certainly high
compliment, the tests were thorough and critical.
brooklyn, N. Y. Eagle.)
"The Music Committee of the Board of Educa-
ton, Brooklyn, together with the local commit
tees, after examining and Thoroughly testing all the
principal instruments manufactured, have pur-
chased Bloomtield& Otis celebrated Patent Treble
Pianos for the use of the schools
These Pianos are warranted for seven years.
,1o Iop arpafip AGENTS. " NTEn
everywhere.
9ss- Send for Circular and mention the name of
the paper in which you saw this advertisement.
January % If
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VIM. L. GRIST

is Agent for the Charleston News and Courier
Columbia Union Herald, New York Tribune
and Harper's and Leslie's publications. Sub
scriptions received for any publication, l am
ng Machine. 10
February lS
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
COUNTY OF YoRK-COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

T. NJ. Gwinn, Plaintiff, against L. H. Gwinn, De-
fendant.-Sunnlons.
To the Defendant, L. H. Gwinn.
VOU are hereby summoned and required to an
i swer the complaint in this action, wh1Sh G;n,s IS
of Common Pleas for the said County, and to
serve a copy of your answer on the subscri-
ber, at his Office, in Yorkville, South Carolina,
within twenty days after the service hereof,
exclusive of the day of such service and If you
fail to answer the complaint within the time
aforesaid, the plaintiff will apply to the Court for
Judgment against you for one hundred and twen-
ty-two dollars and twenty-three cents, with inter-
est from the 25th day of January 1870, and costs.
Dated July 5th, A. D. 1875.
C. f. SPENCER, Plaintiffs g Attorney.
July is 70 ot f..