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CHESTER CORRESPONDENCE.

To meet the demands of our increasing crcula-
ton in Chester county, we have engaged the SER
vices of BRA1NERD MCLURE, Esq, who will con-
regularly each week. These letters are devoted
entirely to Chester afairs-to the interests of the
town and county-and written in the racy and
graphic style peculiar to Mr.. McLURE, they can
not fail to be Of interest to our readers in Chester
oo 1,oIl os o1souvhera in the State
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s@ A stump speaker, in dealing with the
"modern physical degeneracy Of women" ex-
claimed awe must take good care of our
grandmothers, for we shall never get any
morew 1t is 80 with mothers also, as Con-
necticut merchant was surprised to hear the
other day. His pastor was visiting him and
his wife, and after warning her that she must
take better care of her health, he concluded
thus: Remember, my dear madam, your
family. Your husband might replace you
but your children never couldw
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Value of our Premiums.

We would mpress upon every ono the fsct that all Of
Premiums are rsciass goods and the prices attached 70 nem
in our lists are the regular retail prices which tne acie se
hv ali ieaen and the manufacturers themselves II 10 only by
he most advantageous terms given BY tha a
we are enabled 10 make the liberal Offers We do ana we aah
tee every article to be exactly - represented
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MISTAKE OF DRUGG1sr's DAUGHTER
A young woman on West Madison street,
having taken course of chemistry, has been
assisting her father in his drug store. The
other day there was prescription for some
simple medicine for sick baby, and the next
day baby's father was sent down street to buy
a pony coffin. The chemist was requested to
rise to personal explanation. "Great Je-
hosophatp he said, looking at the powder,
why, there's arsenic in this It ought to have
been bicarbonate of soda? Eliza how is this ?"
"Oh, pa" replied the unmoved assistant, I'VE
had no soda, and arsenic was the nearest
shade that matched!'
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A Club and an Extra Copy.

For club Of TEN subscribers paid In advance at the reg
club tss we will rye instead of Premium, IN extra copy OF
the paper any who may prefer that but IN con-
seoence of the liberal offering, we cannot
afford give TO the club-maker VINO receives
any Premiums enumerated on our list
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YORK MARBLE YARD.

VlHE undersigned respectfully announces that
he is still conducting the above business IN
Yorkville, and is prepared to furnish anything
in the MARBLE LINE from plain slab to o
costly monument, executed In the best style OF
the art. with the very best materials, and at az
low prices as the same class Of work can be furs
nished anywhere in the United States. Orders
from distance promptly filed, and the same At
tention given to work ordered by mail ash the
parties were present In person. From this date
work will be delivered az any point on the Ches-
ter and Lenoir Marrow Gauge Railroad, between
Yorkville and Chester, or at any place between
Rock Hill and Wiansboro, on the Charlotte, Co
lumbia and Augusta Railroad, free Of charge for
transportation. Thankfulfor the patronage here
toforei bestowed upon my establishment my de-
Termination isto merit continuance Of the same
~ - SO, 9tsi f. HAPPERFIELD.
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AgaeaMtftal department.

TREAT Your ANIMALS kINDLY.-Some
men are 80 indi1erently constituted that they
do not really know how to treat the domestic
animals under their control. If the team gets
stalled they think that the only way to get
out of the rut or mire is to take recess of
two or three minutes of hard swearing, after
which cudgel is procured and the oaths are
interspersed with whacks on the backs Of the
poor brutes who have been given more than
they can do. A cow is being milked, and she
has sore teats. She enduras the process of
milking from rude and careless hands until
the tingling pain causes her to lift her, foot -
perhaps kick-and in some cases to upset the
milk. A few or several kicks with heavy
boot, and sometimes accompanied with poun.
ding, eases the mind Of the mixer, and he
goes to work again milking the frightened
animal, but does not, naturally, get the guam
tity of milk from her he should. Going to
the house in bad hufnor over the loss of his
milk, he does not see the faithful watchdog
at the door and nearly stumbles over him. A
vigorous kick with his boot seems to relieve
the mans anger very materially, as be NUT
ters, "Now, there, you got it," and passes in
to the house. The poultry gets into the gar
den through gate which he himself so care
lessly left open. With an exclamation Of
anger, he picks up stout stick and few
good.sized stones, and sallies into the garden
to drive out the intruders. A few well.direc-
ted shots clear the garden of the fowls, with
the exception, of the few he, MANNED. And
so it goes with all the stock yet John Won
ders why all the stock run away from him or
cover in fear when he is around, and cannot
think how it is that the poultry will come on
hop, skip and jump to eat out Of his lit
tie brother Willie's hand whenever he calls
them, as will all the other stock. John says,
"The animals shall mind me-" and uses force
unworthy of the brutes he tries to bring un.
der his complete subsection, forgetting that
kindness, though it binds with silken cords,
is far more powerful and durable than can
ever be the obedience produced through fear
of punishment. Being an ardent lover of
pets, so thoroughly detest cruelty to AMI
mails that I will not consider that I have
written in vain if it will but lessen even a
tithe of the cruelty so often practiced and so
little noticed. Cor. Ohio Former. ....
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B@ We should be as careful of our words
as our actions; and as far from speaking as
from doing i'll. 3
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HISTORICAL SKETCHES.

THE HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF THE EARLY
HISTORY OF SOUTH CAROLINA will constitute an
important feature Of the volume. These Sketches
are written by Rev. ROBERT LATHAM, and COM
mencing with the earliest settlement Of the State
in colonial times gradually trace its rise and pro-
gress. To the writing and compilation Of these
Sketches the author has devoted much thought
and extensive research. Besides the colonial his
tory, they will contain the stirring scenes and i'm
portant events, the anecdotes and incidents-leg-
endary and authentic-which have never before
been fully published, connected with the Revolu-
tionary history of the State. Much of the mate
rial of these Sketches being tradtional-many of
the events portrayed having never been in print
and written in Mr.. LATHAN's easy familiarity
they will be read with peculiar satisfaction, not
only in our own State, but by every one having
just appreciation of the history of noble ances-
trv in their strupple for liberty and independence
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GooD ADv1cE-The best legacy man
can leave to his children, is the ability to take
care of themselves. Fit them for active, re-
aponsible business, and they have at once an
income; but this income is as much greater in
value to them than the same income left in
money, as activity, and useful employment are
better than idlepess, and lounging and dissi-
patton. Give young man good moral hab.
its and a good practical education, (Which
need not necessarily be acquired at SCHOOL,
and he can secure salary of, perhaps, two
or three hundred dollars at first and in sue.
cessive years up to thousand dollars. He
is then worth thousand dollars year-the
interest at per cent. on over sixteen thou.
sand dollars, bis real value counted in money.
But poor young man who can make thou
sand dollars year is worth far more than
young spendthrift who has sixteen thousand
dollars, because he is more useful in many
other ways, and is making himself happy in-
stead of miserable. :.
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WHATA YOUNG LADY GAVE FOR BIBLE.
A short time ago, young lady of cult.
waited manners came into the depository and
inquired the price of Bibles. She said she
wanted the finest Bible she could get for two
dollars. I showed her one at that price. 1t
suited her, and she said she would take it and
call in the afternoon for it. She returned in
the afternoon looking very sad. She looked at
the Bible and asked me if I could not take
less for it. said II could not, as we sold
them at cost price," Isaid, "We have cheap
er Bibles, and if any one was destitute and
too poor to purchase, we have Bibles to give" !"
She replied, eff you knew the circumstances,
perhaps you would take less than two dollars.
This was the kind of Bible that was wanted" D."
She said she came twenty-five miles, and was
acting for lady friend who was in afluent
circumstances before the war that she had
lost all her Bibles and had not been able to
procure one since; that she wanted one 80
much, and of the kind selected had that NOR
ming cut her long and beautiful head of hair
of, and sent it by her to be sold, and the pro.
ceeds to be invested in Bible. That she had
expected to realize at least two dollars for it,
and that after visiting every place where they
purchase such articles, she could only realize
$1.25, and this was all she could pay" I re-
piled, "Most certainly, under such circunstan-
ces, the lady shall have the Bible" I then
asked her if she had Bible of her own.
With a good deal of hesitancy she said she
had not. I presented her with Bible also.
With many expressions of gratitude she left,
declining to give the name of the lady who
had sold her hair to purchase Bible.-Cor.
of Bible Record.
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BARN, STABLE AND YARD.-A farmer
who has pro6ted by experience writes this
sensible paragraph: "In building new barn,
I would study to put in all the windows
could possibly get in, of course not making a
greenhouse of it, but as many as most folks
put into dwelling houses. It is so much bet-
ter doing the work in a light barn than in a
dark one, cattle are more easily taken care
Of, and are more quiet and better contented
in light place than in dark one" .
"As for horses nooning," says clever wri-
ter, II would rather my team should 60
through the day without dinner, than to be
allowed only sufficient time to swallow it, if
they are to be put to heavy work. In fact,
have an idea, from experience with horse
team when driving upon the road all the
time, that they had better have an hours rest
without dinners than to have an hour to eat
in, and then be put directly at work. I have
seen many teams upon the road every day
that were never fed at noon, and they kept in
as good condition and were able to travel as
many miles in the afternoon and carry as
heavy loads as those which were fed at noop
and then put Immediately at work again,
The noon feed must be carried indigested un-
til night, and can be carried easier in the
wagon than in the horses stomach. The
same reasoning may not hold good with oxen.
inasmuch as their work is not, or should not
be, 80 rapid or hard as to prevent them from
chewing their cuds as they work."
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A PAINTERS IMAa1NATIoN.-John Jarvis
was native of Dublin, where he practiced
the art of painting on glass for some time, and
then removed to London, where he soon
gained for himself high reputation. The
following anecdote is related Of him When
the Bacchanalian propensities Of Jarvis had
rendered him rather an unequal if not an un-
safe artist, he was employed by a gentleman
to paint his wife-a miracle of plainness-
under stipulation that pint Of wine at sim
gle sitting must be the extent Of his potations:
Jarvis assented, and in short time produced
perfect fac-simile Of the lady.
On exhibiting it to the husband, he seemed
disappointed. Couldn't you have done ii"
said he to the painter, "a little less-that is,
couldn't you have given it little more"
eff you expect me" said Jarvis, seeing the
husbands drift at once, eff you expect me
to make a handsome portrait Of your wife,
I must have more than pint of wine at sit
ting couldn't get up imagination enough to
make her good-looking under quart at the
very leastw
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THE SUBSTITUTE.

During the late war between France and
Germany, a summons was sent to Germans
residing in England to take their place with
the troops before Paris. Agentleman at that
time was walking along the streets of London
when he met German friend. Surprised to
see him there, he stopped him, and asked him
how was it he was not in France.
"Oh! am dead p was his answer. "Dead
Tell me what you mean," said his friend. 81
will explain to you," said the German. my
name was called, among others, and thought
I should have to leave England but / had
no wish to do 50, and I 90. to work to 6nd
some way by which I might escape. The
command was stringent, so that it was impos-
sible to evade it; but at length found sub
stitute, willing, for "a, sum of money, to take
my place. I gladly paid the. sum down, and
saw him of, thankful to know that was free
to remain in England. He had not, bowev-
er, been many days with our army when
French she'll burst close to where he was stand
ing, and he was killed. He was there for me; ;
his death was counted as mine; 80, in the eye
of the law. am dead, and the German ma
tion has no further claim upon me-"
This IS observation-disclosures man taxing the
place of another, and answering for him, and
giving his life to the horrors of war in his
stead.
Reader, "have you found substitute ?"
You stand before the bar of God condemned
justly for your sins, and only awaiting the ex-
ecution of the sentence of death.
"The soul that sinneth it shall die"
"Cursed is every one that continueth not in
all things written in the book Of the law to
do them"
"Whosoever ofFendeth in one point is guilty
of ALL"
You must, in your own person, answer the
demand of Gods holy and just Jaw, or find a
substitute.
Can you find one to take your place, and
suffer in his own person the penalty due to
your sins ?-The Truth.
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YoRKVILLE ENQUIRER.
VOLUME 22..-1S76.

THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER, which, on
the lst of January, 1875, will enter upon the TwEN-
TY-sEcoND volume, is large, twenty Eight COL
umn paper, handsomely printed on clear, legible
type, and devoted to the POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AG-
RICULTgRAL AND COMMERCIAL INTERESTS OF THE
SOUTH. In announcing the new volume, we are
enabled to promise increased attractions In all the
different departments of the paper, conspicuous
among them being the SERIAL STORIES, written
expressly for the ENQUIRER.
As a non-partisan, independent family newspa-
per- the future editorial conduct of the ENQUIRER
can be as we'll judged by the past as by any prom
ise which we might now feel disposed to make.
An experience of thirty-five years in the newspa-
per business-of which time at least one-half has
been unremittngly devoted to the management
of the ENoUIRER-fully convinces the proprietor
that the plan he adopted on assuming control OF
the paper, is thecorrect mode ofjournalism in the
present day. The true mission OF the newspaper
is to place before the public facts as they may exist
unbiased by partisan feelings or sinister motives
and the proprety of this course is fully attested
not only by the success of the ENQUIRER, which
can truthfuy claim the largest circulation OF any
country newspaper in the South, but also by many
other of the most popular and widely circulated
papers of the day. The course thus indicated we
shall continue to pursue aiming to publish a
LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER,
which shall be welcome visitor to the Home Cir
cle and acceptable alike to all classes Of readers
Hence the news department of the ENQUIRER,
whether Of matters at home or abroad-political or
otherwise be conducted with the utmost care,
and only facts as they to exist, will be pre-
sented, free from sectional or party bias.
LITERARY DEPARTMENT.
The original SERIAL STORIES for the new VOL
ume will possess unusual interest-being from the
pens of the most popular serial writer's. With
the first number will be commenced highly ex-
citing and thrilling story Of California and frontier
life, by Mrs. HENRY DEAs, entitled
PICCIOLA.
Which. as vivid portrayal Of life on the Pacific
coast, with adventure, crime, temptation and tri-
umph, Is one Of the most sensational, yet capti-
waiting and pleasing stories of Western life yet
written. This story will be followed by others
throughout the year, Of which we can mention
the following as now ready: 1.-THE IRON
CHEST" story of domestic life, abounding in
mystery and secresy and a racy, spirited and ro-
mantle story entitled "LOST AND FOUND; Or,
THE WHITE FAwN OF THE FOREST" In addition
to these other stories Of unusual interest will be
published during the volume.
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FEEDING HoRsEs.-ln regard to the feed
ing of horses, I think it requires good deal
of judgment. More horses and neat cattle die
every year from excess of feeding than from
any other cause. Some horses thrive on very
little food, while others of the same size re-
quire double the quantity to keep them in the
same condition. The reason of this is NOR
bid appetite in the one case, and difference
of temperament in the other. In my opinion,
for the ordinary business horse that does hot
exceed thousand pounds in weight, the prop
or and sufficient amount of food for him each
meal is ten and one-half quarts, Of oats and
one quart of cracked or whole corn, with
about ten pounds Of good hay during the
day; this regularly fed keeps the horse in good
working condition, and the amount of repair
about the body is sufficiently greater than the
waste.
Feeding oats three times day does not
agree with all horses. can relate instances
where horses have been fed with double the
quantity of oats they have corn, and would
grow poor every day, when by changing the
food little, say two parts oats and one corn,
they would seem to gain from the first day.
In my opinion, meal should never be fed to
the horse that does fast work, and 7 am sus-
tained by the best writers on this subject.
For the horse that does very slow work, fair
quantity of meal fed judiciouslyis is we'll enough,
for they have ample time to digest it. It is
no doubt very nutritious, makes blood very
fast, imparts a rich glow to the coat, etc.
Meal requires double the time for it to thor
oughly digest that other kinds of food require,
and consequently should be fed sparingly. A
horse that has been reduced in flesh and
spirits by long illness, gains rapidly on the
following: Take two quarts of fine feed and
one quart of linseed meal cooked, morning and
night, and ten quarts Of oats at noon, pre-.
pared in the same manner cooking the food
makes it more easily digested and quite as
nutritious. The horses stomach will digest a
certain amount of food, and from that GER
tain amount of nutritious element will be de-
rived beyond that you are gradually injur-
ing the power of the organs, and as result
will come frequent attacks of collie, which
will ultimately destroy theanimal.
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~SPOSEN A CASE.0

midas! want to 'sposen case to you,
an want you to GIN me the gospel truth oh
your 'pinion bout the matter"
That's the manner in which one of Wash.
ipgton's dusky dsmsels put it to her adorer
last evening.
"Now, Midas, you knows, youse tole me
more times than you'se got fingers and toes,
as you dubbed me harder than a marble.top
wash-stand, and that Use sweeter to you
than buckwheat cakes and lssses foreber"
"Midas, dis am only 'sposen case, but l want
you to 'sposen jus as hard as if'n twas sho-
huff one"
"Sposen me an you was goin on an excur-
sion down de ribber ?"
eyes," broke in Midas, "down to Noun
Vernon"
Any wha's tall, down de ribber. Midas,
kin you swim ?"
"No, Luce, Use sorry to form you dat de
only drekshon what 1 kin circumstanshiate
fru de water am de bottom"
"Well, den, as I was latin. 'Sposen we
was on de boat, gliding lubbinly an harmunly
down de bussum OBJ de rivers stream, de moon
was lookin' shininly down 'pon the smoke
stack, and you was sottin rite up to me jes,
(slide up here closer, an lem me show you
how, dat's de way"
"Yah! yah, but wouldn't dat be scrump-
tuous," interrupted Midas.
"Sposen," continued Lucy, "you had jes
put your arm roun' my waist (dat's it), dey
want no body bout, you was jes gwine to
gimme de lubbinest kind oh kiss, an'-an'-
an de biler would bust?"
"Oh, de debbil!" said the disappointed
Midas.
"Now Midas, I is 'sposen dis case an l
wants you to mind de words what am spea.
kim. 'Sposen when dat biler busted, we bof
went up in de air, come down in de ribber,
an when we arriv in de water we found
de only thing lef' OBJ dat boat was one piece
O. board dat wasn't big enuff to hold bot,
but we bof grab it; now, Midas, wud you let
60 dat board, or wud you put me off and took
it all yourself? OATS de question what I'm
'sposen."
"Luce, kin you swim" he asked after
hesitating few moments.
"No, Midas, OBJ course not. You know I
can't SWIM"
"Well, den, Luce, my conshehenshus, pin
ion OBJ de whole matter am, dat we won't 60
on no 'scursions"
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VIOLIN STRINGS.
cUPERIOR Violin and Banjo Strings at
y ADICKES.
The daily gazette., 1876-03-24
FIRST EDITION
Frauds ili Fruit Trees.
st. GEORGES, March 81. 1876

st. GEORGES, March 81, 1876.
DEAR GAzETTE:-Doubtless many
of your readers have been cheated by
the rascally fellows who have visited
eur State from time to time, as fruit
tree and plant peddlcrs.
There is really no excuse for being
swindled by foreign peddlers, (who
carry around with them beautiful
specimens of preserved or canned fruits
which they exhibit as specimens of
the productions of their own trees)
when one can get trees and plants
from respectable and reliable nursery
men at home; thousands of dollars
have been taken from the hard earn =
ings of our farmers, by these foreign
nursery thieves, and so it will be in
the future unless our next Legislature
enacts some measure to prevent the
wholesale robberies OF these rowing
bands of unscfupulous Spectators.
If our people prefer to purchase
trees or plants from abroad, instead of
investing their money with we'll
known, respectable and reliable nur-
scrymcn at home, it will pay them to
so and select their trees or plants in
person; they will thereby more than
save the expense of the trip by getting
good healthy stock.
send you the following from the
''Toledo Blade" 1t shows the meth
cd by wi ich these hawkers operate:
Organized into companies of six OF
eight under leader, they select n dis
trict for their operations and have Il
central point for headquarters.
Livery horses are hired for each.
They have selections of the very best
canned fruits as specimens OF the pro-
ductions of their trees; and armed
| with these they talk over many old
farmers to take their ware and make
fortunes. Cherries and Strawberries
are their favorities, but they try other
| things as well-all very poor, general
ly worthless. When delivering time
comes the plants are found, not in box
es, but merely baled with straw about
the tops and sacking around the roots
with some good trees on the outside
Some take their bales without examin
ing. Others insist upon seeing the in
side of the parcels, and when they fine
the trash with which they have beer
saddled, refuse their purchases, ant
are threatened with suits, but thest
never come off. These operators nev
CIR appear second time in the sam,
locality. Their one raid, however
cases many hundreds, nay thousands
of farmers of some of their hard earn
cd cash, in spite of all the warning
they receive to beware of such gentry
w. Ii, NEWTON.