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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-01-14

HARNLEss.-A cockney, who lately crossed
from Canada to Ogdensburg, asked his driver
as to the population and form of government
of Ogdensburg. On being informed that it
was an incorporated city, whose chief execu-
tive officer was a rhayor, he inquired:
"And does the mayor wear the insignia of
his Officer"
"Insignia? What's that?" asked the aston
ished hackman.
"Why, a chain about the neck" explained
the cockney.
90, bless you, mop responded the other,
"Hes perfectly harmless, and goes about
loose"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-01-14

vUyHE COOKING STOVES manufactured at our
works in Greensboro, N. c., give universal
satisfaction wherever introduced. They are made
of the BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, with heav-
ier and thicker plate than any other Stove in tho
market, and consequently will the longer with
stand heat and hard usage. They are of hand
some pattern and neat finish and warranted equal
in every other respect to any Cooking Stove sold
in the United States It's confidently claimed
that they are the CHEAPEST. All the usual
pieces of ware and cooking utensils are furnished
with each Stove. An important consideration
with purchasers is the fact that our patterns and
sizes are never changed. Should piece get acci
dentally broken at any time, we can replace 1t at
the mere cost of casting. Not simply because it
is home production, button account its intrin-
sic merits AS article of house hold economy, do
we ask the patronage of home purchasers. More
than ONE THOUSAND of these Stoves are now
in usc and among many others having them We
respectfully refer to the following: r. E. Guthrie,
D. NJ. Campbell, NJ. H. Currence, York county;
Mrs. Elizabeth J. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon,
Guthriesville; John A. Brown, Rock Hill B. P.
Boyd, Joseph IIerndon, L. NJ. Grist, Yorkville.
You can save the freight from the northern cities
and the dealers profit, which is no small item,
by buying of us, and at the same time get
STOVE THAT IS MORE DURABLE than those
of northern make. The following are our prices,
delivered at depot in Greensboro:
No. 8, with 10 pieces ware and feet pipe, $50 90
Address, SERGEANT & MccAULEY, "
Greensboro, N. C.
JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, s. C.
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CHESTER CORRESPONDENCE.

In addition to the other features OF the ENQUl-
RER for the wear 1875, we have engaged BRAI-
NERD McLURE, Esq, to contribute a letter OF
correspondence from Chester regularly each
week. These letters will be devoted entirely to
Chester affi,irs--to the interests of the town and
countv-and written in the racy and graphic style
peculiar to Mr. Mcclure, they cannot fail to be Of
interest to olr readers in Chester well as else
where To render this department more COM
plete, citizens of Chester will confer a favor by
may transpre in their midst. Mr.. McLure is
also an authorized agent for the ENQUIRER
empowered to receive subscriptions and adver-
ticouonts for the paDer.
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MTSIC HATH CHARMS, &C.

WITH pleasure inform all who desire to give
w their children a chance for musical edu-
cation, but whose means are very limited, that
have made arrangements with the celebrated
"Mason & Hamlin Organ Co.," to supply persons
with their unrivaled instrument either at lowest
factory prices, for cash, or on monthly or quar-
terIy payments, upon what's called the lease. .prn-
ciple. Thus any one by paying only moderate d.
sum for the use of the instrument, can, at any
time give it up or become purchaser; the amount
already paid being applied to the purchase. Or
person having paid the rent for four years, be-
comes the owner of the Organ without further
payment Call and enquire for particulars and
see the new styles, at my Photo gallery, in the
Adickes' building where may be found during
all business hours, either to show you sample or
to wait upon you if you want anything in the
J. r. SCHORB.
P. .S.-Notwithstandng all the msrepresenta-
tions and "gab' of smart agents of the "Ring'
companies, still insist that have the best and
cheapest Sewing Machine (the American) to offer,
and I am ready to prove my words to all who
seek for the truth in the matter. J. r. s.
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PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS.

We offer three Premiums for the three largest
The first will be a CASH PREMIUM of THIR-
TY DOLLARS the second, -gentleman's or Ia
dv's SADDLE ofthe value of TWENTY-FIVE
DOLLARS; and the third, cash Premium OF
TWENTY DOLLARS. The Saddle above offer
ed shall be the finest and best article that can be
made by the well-known manufacturer, &. II.
O'Learv, of Yorkvile, and as it will be made in
the most superior style of workmanship and of
the best materials, it will be fully worth the
amount it represents as 4 premium.
The person getting up the largest Club, at S23O
for each subscriber, will be entitled to choice of
either of the two first premiums; the person get
ting up the second largest to the remaining first or
second premium, and the person getting up the
third largest, to the third premium. Competitors
may begin to procure SUBSCRIBERS at once-the
time of subscription to commence whenever the
name is handed in or on the first ofJanuary, 1873,
as NAV be preferred. The money for each sub
scriber is expected to be paid whenever the name
is entered on our books, and no name will be
entered in competition until it is paid for.
To persons who make mp Clubs Of ten or more
names but who may fail to obtain premium, we
will send the ENQUIRER one year free ofcharge;
and to those who send Club of twenty or more
names, but who may fail to get a premium, we
will forward copy OF the N8udKELh one year
publications. Southern Cultivator, Rural Caro-
Iinian, Scientific American, Cooley i'ady,s BOOK,
Harper's Magazine, Harper's Weekly, iiarperS
Bazaar, Scribner's Monthly, Lcslic's Illustrated
Newspaper, Leslie's Magazine.
The premiums will be awarded to the success
ful competitors at one o'clock, p. m., on the
FIRST MONDAY IN MARCH, 1875.
NO POSTAGE ON THE ENQUIRER.
Under the new postage law, after tho lst Of
January next, the postage on all newspapers
mailed to persons out of the county in which the
papers arc printed, will have to be pre:palId; Id;
THIS WE SHALL DO WITHOUT TAAlNG
THESUBSCRIBERS FOR THE SAM f so that
the only cost of the ENQUIRER to mail sub
scrber, whether in the county or out Oft Will be
at the following
TERM MS:
single copy one year, IN
In clubs, each subscriber, per ycar,......""" o0
How TO REMIT.-Money may be forwarded at
our risk by draft post-oflico order, or in regis
tered lettor-otherwise we will assume no risk.
~ Write names plainly, giving post-ofhce,
county and State. -,
be sent to any address on application. Address
all letters to
L.. NJ. GRIST, Proprietor,
Yorkvile, s. c.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-01-14

NEARLY all diseases originate from Indigcs-
~ ton and Torpidity of the Liver, and relief is
always anxiously sought after. If tho Liver is
Regulated in it's action, health is almost invara-
bly, secured Want of action in the Liver causes
Headache Constipation, Jaundice, Pain in the
Shoulders, Cough, Chills. Dizziness, Sour Stom-
ach, bad taste in the mouth, bilious attacks palpi-
tation of the heart, depression of spirits, or the
blues and a hundred other symptoms, for which
SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR is the best
remedy that has ever been discovered. 1t acts
mildly, cffectually, and being simple vegetable
compound, can do no injury in any quantities
that it may betaken. tits harmless III every way.
It has been used for 40 years. and hundreds OF the
good and great from all parts Of the country will
vouch for its being the purest and best.
Simmons Liver Regulator, or Medicine,
Is harmless,
Is no drastic violent medicine,
Issure to curaif taken regularly,
Is no Intoxicating beverage,
Is a faultless family medicine,
Is the cheapest medicine in the world,
Is given with safety and the happest results to
the mostdelcate infant
Does not interfere with business,
Does not disarrange the system,
Takes the place of Quinine and Bittcrs Of every
Contains tho simplest and best remedies.
For sale by all Druggists.
March 26 13 1y"
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THE YORKVILLEENQUIRER
VOLUME 2l--1S75.
ATTRACTIVE ORIGINAL STORIES.
PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS.

WITH the new year, the ENQUIRER will
w enter upon its TWENTY-FIRST VOL
UME; and in making our regular annual an
nouncement, we can promise greater attractions,
owing to increased facilities in every department,
than we have heretofore been enabled to present.
AS a non-partisan independent family news
paper, the future editorial conduct Of the EN-
QUIRER can be as well Judged by the past, as by
any promise which we might now feel disposed
to make. An experience Of thirty-four years in
the newspaper business, seventeen of which have
been nnremttingly devoted to the management
of the ENQUIRER, fully convinces the proprie
tor that the plan he adopted on assuming control
of the paper, is the correct mode of journalism in
the present day. The true mission of newspa-
per is to place before the public facts as they exist
unbiased by partisan feeling or sinister motives,
and the prOpriety of this course is fully attested
not only by the success of the ENQUIRER,
which can truthfully claim the largest circulation
of any country paper in the South, but also by
many other of the most popular and wldely-circu-
lated papers of the day. The course thus indica-
ted we shall continue to pursue, aiming to pub
lish LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPA-
PER, which shall be welcome visitor to the
Home Circle, and acceptable alike to all classes
of readers. Hence, the news department OF the
ENQUIRER, whether of matters at home or
abroad-poitica or otherwise-will be guarded
with the utmost care, and only facts AS they may
seem to exist, will be presented, free from per-
= NnSk1r ttnc
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THE THIRD QUEsrroN-A teacher in a
Sunday.school in r. was examining class
of little boys from Scripture catechism.
The first question was, "Who stoned Ste
phen?" "The Jews" The second question
"Where did they stone him?" Beyond the
limits of the city" The third question, "Why
did they take him beyond the limits of the
city?' was not in the book, and proved a
poser to the whole class; it passed from
head to foot without an answer being attempt
ed. At length little fellow who had been
scratching his head all the while looked up,
and said. "Well, don't know unless it was to
get a fair fling at him."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-01-14

PEAYER-Prayer requires more of the
heart than of the tongue, of sighs than of
discourse. The eloquence of prayer consists
in the fervency of the desire, in the simplicity
of faith, and in the earnestness and persever'
ance of charity. The abundance and choice
of fine thoughts, studied and vehement mo-
tions, and the order and politeness of the ex'
pressions, are things which compose mere
human harangue not an humble and Chris
tan prayer Our trust and confidence oug ht
to proceed from that which God is able to dc
in us, not from that which We can say to God
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-01-14
F.. S. FRISCHEIS,
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTER

- Nss
ID ESPECTFULLY offers his services to the cit
IL, liens of Yorkville and vicinity. All manner
Of HOUSE PAINTING, including Graining,
Marbling and Cacimining executed in the best
style of the art. BY the process of CALC1MIN.
ING, plastered walls which have become soiled
and discolored, can be made to look as fresh and
clean "a new. and of any desired tint or shade Of
color, which will not rub off.
Old Furniture will be re-varnished or re-paint-
ed and vanished in imitation of the various kinds
of woods and made to look as we'll as new. Where
there is enough of this class ofwork to justify me
in so doing, I 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
F. s. FRISCHEIS,
Yorkville, s. G.
December II 81 1y
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-01-14

LAW AND EQUIrY.-It is told of the late
Judge Benjamin Tappan, of Ohio, that when
he applied to the judge of the Supreme Court
for admission to the bar of that State, he was
asked the following questions, to which he
gave the answers, as follows: "Mr. Tappan,
what is law?" Answer-"An unjust distribu-
ton ofjustice." "Mr. Tappan, what is equi-
ty?" Answer-"An imposition upon common
sensew No other questions we're asked, and
he was given certificate of admission.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-01-14
BARBER SHOP.

v1yHOSE in want of an EASY SHAVE, fash
ionable and stylish cut of hair, or pleasant
THOS. BALLARD, Professor Of the Art Tonso-
rial is still in business, in his old Shop next door
to the ENQUIRER building, where it will afford
him great pleasure to wait upon all who may de-
sire his services Razors honcd and sharpened,
and anv other work of that kind promptly done.
He MAY be found at the Shop on Sunday morn
ings from to 10 o'clock:
THOMAS BALLARD.
,June II 70 ~
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-01-14

DoN'r YOU LIKE ANYBoDY?- Silence is a
very good thing under certain circumstances
and in certain places but there is one sort that
produces rs much discomfort in house as the
spirit of angry contention. It is the silence
of sullenness. Jenny Ross had this sort of
silence in a wonderful degree. She was a
young lady of fifteen, and might have been
more pleasant in her disposition. A person
may be sad and depressed in spirits from ILL
ness or trouble but sullenness and crossness
have no apology. This state of mind had be-
come so habitual with Jenny, that all the
household came to look for it, 0, how de-
pressing it was to chem all
A little cousin, visiting in the house, caught
the influence the first day he was there, though
he was but three years old. Standing by her
side as she sat sullenly sewing, he asked, in
nocently, "Don't you like anybody, cousin
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-01-14

Cows.-There are, probably, s5OO,O0O,0O0
invested in COWS in the United States. Un-
fortunately great deal of this money is not
we'll used 1t does not bring in the yearly
interest which it might and ought to YIELD
The average profit which the ordinary far
mer receives from his COWS is quite small.
But they ought to pay WELL If they do not,
it shows either lack of skill, or else of care
and attention on the part of their owners. a
great, perhaps the greatest, cause of loss is,
most farmers keep poor COWS. A poor COW
hardly pays, while a good one pays hand
some profit. 1t will cost but little more to
keep a good COW than poor one. The
farmer will make from six to eight pounds
of butter per week for forty-two weeks, worth,
say thirty FIVE cents per pound, realizing an
income of from sSS to SILT, while the latter,
making only three or four pounds week for
forty-two weeks. will bring only from sl4 to
$50 per year Stock Journal
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LIVE STocK.-The season is now at hand
when live stock require more particular care
than at any other. Let your stock begin to
run down in flesh at this season Of the year.
and the downward course will not be likely
to be stayed. Young animals, particularly, if
stinted now, may never recover from the neg
lect. So far of the fall, we have had glo-
rious time for stock the meadows and pas
lures have continued in excellent order for
grazing, and, generally speaking, where this
advantage has been enjoyed, the cattle look
we'll. 1t is advised to separate unthrifty ami
mails from the rest, and nurse them up before
the cold weather comes on. An unthrifty an
imal is known by itshard, rough hide, and the
woe-begone expression of its face. Its char
acter is apparent to the touch of the finger.
Feed no poor animal over winter. Keep
the best for breeding, and don't be tempted to
sell them off and keep the poor ones. Be-
ware, however, of suddenly enriching the food
of poor animals. This should be done grad
ualy. The digestive organs are closely rela-
ted to the blood and life of the animal.
Blood diseases certainly follow sudden changes
of the feed, and none are more rapidly fatal
in their effects.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-01-14

ONE REASON WHY FARMERS ARE so
PooR.-It is believed that seven.tenths Of
the planters and farmers of this country,
North and South alike, are staggering to
their fall under load of debt and mortgage.
What is the matter? AS class, farmers s,e
not lazy. They are seldom idle. They
work as hard as anybody ought to work.
They make, taking one year with another,
what may be considered, under the prevailing
standard of agriculture, fair crops, and they
get, as a rule, good prices for the surplus pro-
ducts they put into the market still they
don't get rich-in fact, are getting poorer, and
poorer every year. WHY'S it so? To say
nothing now of faulty system Of cropping
all cotton, all wheat, or all something else ;
or of credit, liens and interest, the reason
which we had in mind with which to point
this paragraph is, that 1t costs too much to make
our crops. We grow poor, not somuch because
our incomes are so small as because our out
goes are so large. The expense Of making a
crop has not been reduced to minimum.
We fence in too large field and travel over
too many acres to produce ten bales cotton or
a hundred bushels of corn. We pay out too
much for labor and for fertilizers for the re-
suits produced. The remedy must be sought
in sounder methods labor saving implements,
and better trained labor, and less Of it.-Ru-
raj Carolnian
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-01-14

BY" Judge NJ, of the Circuit court, mingles
Justice and jocularity when occasion permits.
Recently when impanelling grand jury he
requested those desiring to be excused from
service to come to the bar and state their ex-
cuse Two had tried in vain, when the third,
feeling sure that he had sufficient excuse,
shouted, II am deaf in one earl" The judge
replied, "It was long since decided that the
grand jury have to hear but one side of the
case one ear will suffice"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-01-14

Two OF 'EM-A young fellow, whose bet
ter.half had just presented him with a bounc-
ing pair of twins, attended church on Sunday.
During the discourse the clergyman looked
directly at our innocent friend, and said, in a
tone of thrilling eloquence, young man, you
have an important responsibility thrust upon
you" The newly Hedged dad, supposing the
preacher alluded to his peculiar home event,
considerably startled the audience by cx-
claiming, Eyes, I have two of 'em.'
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TO TEXAS AND ARKANSAS.

~ HAfAS f14N - 1A Al$4A a ~ S1ASc
VIHE completion of the TEXAS AND PAC1F-
l &c RAILROAD enables the Kenesaw Route,
via Western and Atlanta Rail Road, to offer the
to all points in Texas.
On and after September 1st, through coaches
leave Atlanta daily for Memphis, Little Rock and
Texarkana Texas, without change, connecting
there with through cars for Houston and all points
in Texas.
Think of one change of cars between Atlanta,
Georgia. and Houston, Texas.
NB- Rates reduced by the opening ofthis route
from S. to SIS!
Full information can be obtained upon applica-
ton to Albert B. Wrenn, Southeastern Agent
Nashville, Chattanooga and st. Louis Railroad,
Atlanta, c. E. Sargent, Southeastern Agent L. and
G. S. R. R., Atlanta, or to
B. W. WRENN,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent,
Atlanta, Ga.
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WHERE IS JOHN N?-"Where is John ?''
thought the old COW as she put her head out of
the window at the back of her stall in the
barn. "The sun is an hour high, and I am so
hungry that | am chewing the straw Of my
bed. I wish John would come I want my
breakfas Moo.oo-oo?'
"Sure enough; where is John?" thought
the old white hen. 1T is time for John to
come with meal for me and my chicks Just
hear them cry? They want their breakfast.
Cluck, cluck, cluck !"
"Cock-a-doodle-dow That will rouse him,
l guess" thought the old fighting cock.
Cock-a-doodle-do Come along, John; you
are wanted The cow wants her breakfast !;
the hen and her little chicks want theirs so do
the ducks, the turkeys and the doves and |
want mine. Cock-a-doodle-do %
"Gobble. .gobbe- gobble" I do wish John
would come, thought the old turkey. 81 have
been off my roost more than two hours; and
the ground is so dry that worms are scarce.
Why doesn't he come? Gobble'gobble-gob'
blew
"Coo-oo.oo! 1, too, am hungry" thought
the dove. 'Some crumbs and seed and corn,
you please John! Here we are all waiting.
Coooo-oow
"Quack, quack will that boy never come
with our breakfast" thought the two old
ducks, who were waiting with the rest ave
want to 60 and swim in the pond but we must
have our breakfast first Quack, quack."
And so they all waited and waited. But
it was almost seven o'clock before John came
and unlocked the barn door. What had been
the matter? 1 will tell you; but let me
whisper it in your ear, for John feels little
mortified about it. You must know, then,
that John, instead of jumping out of bed at
once when he woke turned over and went to
sleep again and when he woke the second
time, the sun was high, and he saw he had
been very remiss. He will not do so again.
The best way is to jump out of bed at once
The Nursery.
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ISQUGsIT1vE.-Children are inquisitve bo-
dies. For instance what does 'cleave mean,
papa?"
'It means to unite together
"Does John unite wood when he cleaves it?
"Hem we'll, it means to separate.
"Pa, does a man separate from his wife
when he cleaves to her 7?
"Hem! hem! Don't ask so many foolish
questions, child"
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LITERARY DEPARTMENT. T.

We have contracted for, and already received
several ORIGINAL STORIES by some of the
most popular serial writer's of the day. and in the
first number of tho volume will be COM
menced an unusually pleasing story from the pen
of South Carolina's gifted daughter, Mrs. DEAS,
now of California, whose contributions to the
press have always been well received, and whom
we have secured as regular contributor to the
Literary Department of the ENQUIRER. This
story entitled
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AT MY POST AGAIN.
NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned
~ will make application at the next session OF
the Legislature of South Carolina, for the re-char-
ter of THORN'S FERRY, on the Catawba River,
on the road leading from Yorkville, s. c., to
Charlotte. N. G. SARAH THORN.
October 90 "A 3m
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COLUMBIA April oath, 1873.
VyHE YORKvILLE ENQUIRER is hereby
designated as the newspaper for the pubica-
ton of all Legal Notices and Official Advertise
ments for the county Of York, under the Act ap-
proved February 22nd, 1870, entitled "An Act to
regulate the publication of all Legal and public
Notices, and the order heretofore issued designa-
ting the "Carona New Era as the official paper
for the county of York is hereby rescinded.
BY order of the Board.
H. E. HAYNE,
Secretary Of State, and Secretary of the Board.
I, HENRY e. HAYNE, Secretary of State,
and Secretary Of the Board, do hereby certify
that the foregoing is true copy of the Original on
file in my office.