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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-04-26
GREENSBORO. N. C.

vTNHE COOKING STOVES manufactured atour
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 while is 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 Ia the fact that our patterns and
sizes are never changed. Should piece get acci-
dentally broken at any time, we can replace it at
Is home production, but on account of its intrin
sic merits as an article Of household economy, do
we ask the patronage Of home purchasers. Moro
than ONE THOUSAND Of these Stoves are now
in use and among many others having them we
respectfully refer to the following: R. e. Guthrie,
D. M Campbell, M. II. Currence, York county
Mrs. Elizabeth J. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon,
Guthriesville; John A. Brown, Rock Hill; B. P.
Boyd, Joseph Herndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkvills.
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 rs MORE DURABLE than those
of northern make. The following are our prices
delivered at depot in Greensboro:
No with 10 pieces ware and feet pipe sss 90 90
Address, SERGEANT q MccAULEY,
Greensboro. N. C.
T. M. DOBsoN & CO., Agents, ,Yorkville, 8. g.
JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, s. G.
A. F. LINDSAY, Agent, McConnellsville,
York county, 8. C. a.,.
J. L. CARROLL, Agent at Chester. 8. C.
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The farn1 and fireside*
WHITEWASH.

We recently advised the farmers to use
freely the whitewash brush about their prem
ises, both as hygienic measure and as an
economical and profitable step. Premises,
made lively and bright by judicious use of
the wash and brush, will be attractive to visi-
tors, and will sell for more money in market
by ten times the value of the whitewash, or
the cost of applying it, than the same place
would if left in dingy, gloomy, dilapidated
condition. Hence we say, use freely the
whitewash brush, and use it now at this sea-
son, in the spring, when all Nature seems to
say to the farmer, put on your best appear
ance for am cheerful and happy.
The following is the receipt for making the
whitewash used around and about the Presi
tial Mansion in Washington City:
Take one-half bushel of nice unslacked
lime slack it with boiling water; cover it
during the process to keep in the steam.
Strain the liquor through fine sieve or
strainer, and add to it peck of salt, previously
we'll dissolved in warm water; three pounds
of ground rice, boiled to thin paste; one-half
pound of powdered Spanish whiting, and one
pound of clean glue, which has been pre-
viuosly dissolved by soaking it we'll, and then
hang it over slow fire, in small kettle
within larger one filled with water. Add
five gallons of hot water to the MIXTURE stir
it we'll, and let it stand few days covered
from dust. 1t should be put on hot. and for
this purpose it can be kept in kettle on a
portable furnace 1t is said that about pint
of this mixture will cover square yard upon
the outside of house, if properly applied.
Fine or coarse brushes may be used, accor-
ding to the neatness of the job required. 1t
answers as we'll as oil paint for wood, brick,
or stone, and is cheaper. 1t retains its bril-
liancy for many years. There is nothing of
the kind that will compare with it, either for
inside or outside walls. Buildings covered
with it will take much longer time to burn
than if they were painted with oil paint
Coloring matter may be put in and made of
any shade desired. Spanish brown will make
reddish pink when stirred in, more or less
deep according to the quantity. A delicate
tinge of this is very pretty for inside walls.
Finely pulverized common clay, we'll mixed
with Spanish brown, makes reddish stone
color; yellow ochre stirred in makes yellow
wash, but chrome goes further, and makes a
color generally esteemed prettier. 1t is diff
cult to make rules, because tastes are different; ;
it would be best to try experiments on a
shingle and let it dry. Green must not be
mixed with lime; it destroys the color, and
the color has an effect on the whitewash
which makes it crack and peel.
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9t1istelIameuns &eadimg.
LEES SURRENDER TO GRANT.
MADISON, WIS, March rs, 1e

MADISON, WIS.,, March 70, 1877.
To the Editor Of the Milwaukee Ne~s:-I
was glad to see in Sundays Daily Neos COM
munication to the Richmond Dispatch, cor
recting one of the many absurd and sensa-
tional misstatements concerning Lees surren-
der. The details of this eventful act will soon
pass into history, and truth should be sifted
from error by living witnesses and participa-
tors before handing them down to another
generation.
I was the only civilian present at the meet
ing between General Grant and General Lee,
and know whereof I speak. General Grant
never demanded the surrender of Gen. Lees
sword, nor intimated, by word or deed, that he
expected it to be yielded to the victor. He
was, on the contrary, especially considerate
and kind in his bearing to the defeated chief
tain, and strove, by all the means of social
amenity, to make Gen. Lee feel at ease and to
lessen the humiliation and sorrow inseparable
from the occasion. Gen. Grant personally in
troduced Gen. Lee to each member of the
staff present, and contributed his full share
toward engaging him in pleasant conversation
during the time the military secretaries were
preparing the terms of capitulation for sigma
ture. This occupied about an hour, when
General Lee and Colonel Marshall, who &C.
companied him, took leave and returned to
their own headquarters.
The bearing of General Lee during this
trying interview was that of thoroughly dig
nifed and selfpossessed gentleman, and in
striking contrast with that of Gen. Pemberton
at Vicksburg. This was the first meeting of
these renowned military chieftains. Although
both we're in the regular army at time when
its smallness might presuppose personal &C.
quaintance, they were widely separated by the
exigencies of the service, and met for the first
time in the house of Wiley Mclean, at Ap.
panattox Court House, Va, April 8, 1865.
Their next meeting was by appointment, at
10 o'clock, April 10, 1865, at a point nearly
midway between the two encamped armies,
when they conversed privately and apart, sit
ting on horseback in drizzling rain, for
nearly an hour, concerning the details of the
surrender, which had been delegated to off,
GERS selected from both armies. General Lee
started Immediately for Richmond on horse
back, attended only by an aid and servant. and
Gen. Grant and staff also started at once for
City Point. This was the last time they ever
met
The "apple tree story" was pure fabrica-
ton, started by some unpriucipled adventu-
rer, most likely for the purpose of selling his
wares. General Grant and General Lee Lev.
er met under an apple tree, nor near one.
When General Qhen ColoneD Babcock and
Captain William Mckee Dunn, of Grants
staff, bore to General Lee the note in which
General Grant acceded to Lees request to
meet him at Appomattox Court House. they
found Lee seated under the apple tree From
this the story may have sprung, but it GER
tainly had no other or nearer foundation in
fact, S, c.
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YORK MARBLE YARD.

YlHE undersigned is still conducting the Mar
i BILE Business in Yorkville and would re-
spectfnlly inform the public that he can supply
those in want of MONUMENTS or HEAD
STONES with anything in his line, and at the
lowest cash prices 20 G.g..t' }, - L
Monuments designed and finished in the most
elaborate style, and in point Of workmanship and
material warranted equal to the work of any es-
tablshmentin the country.
Head and Footstones, in various styles, from
plain to highly-carved work, furnished at short
notice, and satisfaction guaranteed.
Specimens usually on hand, to an inspection Of
which, those in want Of marble work are respect
fully invited.
Estimates and any other desired information
cheerfully given at any time. .--..
Work delivered at any point on the Chester
and Lenoir Marrow Gauge Railroad, between
Chester and Dallas, or at any place between
Rock Hill and Winnsboro, on the Charlotte Co.
lumbis and Augusta Railroad, free Of charge for
transportation. b.; --.- ~. s,...f---..l .,f-,-
Thankful for the patronage heretofore bestowed
upon my establishment, my determination is to
merit q continuance of the same. II
January4 "
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

It Is not necessary that the names Of club
should all be at the same post Office Names may
be taken at any number Of places they are all
returned by the same Club Agent One name
for two years. will be equivalent to two names for
one year each.
The time for completing clubs under the above
offer is limited to the FIRST MONDAY OF
NOVEMBER, 1877. by which time the names with
the cash, should be returned to the office, though
names may be returned at any time between this
and the above date. No premium will he deliver
ed until the requisite number of names has been
returned, and the full amount due for them paid.
All subscriptions must be forwarded to US at
the expense Of those sending them.
In sending names, write plainly, giving coun-
ty, post-off1ce and State.
All subscriptions will be discontinued at the ex-
piration of the time paid for.
All subscribers to the ENQUIRER will receive
the paper free of postage.
Persons entitled to receive Premiums, must
give full directions as to whom and how they
shall be delivered.
A separate list will be kept for each club-maker,
who will be credited with every name sent so
that the number returned by any person can be
ascertained at moments notice.
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recognized and trusted, many whose souls are
now tormented about the vexed question of
their "rights" would be contented, happy
"keepers at home"

To RESTORE W1LTED FLowERs.-Accord.
ing to one of our exchanges, if wilted flowers
have about half an inch of their stems cut of,
and the stalk thus trimmed inserted into boil
ing water, they will, in few moments, resume
almost their original freshness. The process
is most applicable to colored flowers, as roses,
geraniums, azaleas, etc., white ones turning
yellow. Thick petaled flowers show the most
marked improvement. Another excellent
method of restoring freshness to old Aowersis
to place them in water, and cover with glass
shade. Finely powdered charcoal placed in
the bottom of the water in vases, and the stem
Of the flowers inserted into it, has marked
effect in maintaining them fresh long time,
and keeping the water sweet.
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our LIBERAL OFFERS.

No. 1-For a club of subscribers, at $3.50
each, we will give treble silver. plated BUTTER
No. 2-For club of subscribers, at 81. so each,
we will give one copy of the family edition (cloth
bindingl of SMITHS ABRIDGED BIBLE DC
TIONARY, the publishers price of which Is
$50 per copy. Or for $3.50 we will give a copy
one year to any single subscriber not in club.
No. 3.-For club of 10 subscribers, at $3.50
each, we will give copy Of the ENQUIRER one
year, or set Of six treble silver-plated TEA
SPOONS, worth $500.
each, we will give one set.six Of each-Hard
Rubber Handle TABLE KNIVES AND FORKS,
the manufacturers price of which is $500.
No. 5.-For a club of 16 subscribers, at $3.50
silver-plated TABLE SPOONS, worth $500.
No. 8.-For a club of lS subscribers, at $50
each. we will give treble s!ver-plated BUTTER
DISH, worth $500.
No. For club of 20 subscribers, at $3.50
oval-handle TABLE KNIVES, and one set Of six
treble silver-pla TABLE FORKS, the manu-
facturers price Of which articles is $1,000.
No. s.-For a club of 30 subscribers, at $3.50
each, we will give full set Of superne, full
oval ivory handle TABLE KNIVES, with silver.
plated blades and full set of treble silver plated
TABLE FORKS, the manufacturers price Of
which articles is $500.
No. 9.-For q club Of 40 subscribers, at $3.50
each. we will give one No. 8 TROPIC COOKING
STOVE, with pipe and full set Of fixtures the
manufacturers price Of which is 5000.
No. 10.-For club of 40 subscribers, at $3.50
each, we will give one three-quart treble silver
plated COMMUNION SERVICE, consisting OF
SIX pieces, worth $40.
No. l9.-For a club of IS subscribers, at $3.50
each, we will give a WEED SEWING MA
CHINE, Walnut Plain Half Case, with two Draw
era and Drop Leaf. the manufacturers price Of
which is SIS.
@- Specimens Of the Sewing Machines, and
nearly all the other articles included In the above
premium list. can be seen and examined at our
publication Office; and in all cases we guarantee
that the Premiums furnished to those entitled
to receive them, will be equal to the specimens
ahowu
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-04-26
ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN.

To the young men of the country my ad-
vice is to stick to the farms. Farming, when
properly executed, is the most profitable, hon.
orable and independent business you can fol-
low. To make it pay requires careful atten-
ton. Do not expect to grow rich in day,
nor be disheartened if you do not in year or
two. Rise slowly and surely. Avoid debts.
Register a solemn VOW that you will owe no
man anything, but good will. Whatever you
do should be done we'll. eff thing is worth
doing at all, it is worth doing WE'LL" If you
are poor, do not be discouraged, for you can,
by the labor of your own hands, make good
living, and something besides, to lay up for
''the rainy day." Turn every day into some
profit. Idle away no time. Spend no money
foolishly. If you will work FIVE days in each
week, and take care of what you make, you
will be rich by the time you are fifty years of
age. Most people are too neglectful Of small
things-they can see no profit in them. 1
once knew man Che was my neighbor) who
worked when he was young and stout, for 123
cents per day, when he could get no more
He said he could not afford to be idle. He
died at very old age, very wealthy. De-
spise not small things. Make a beginning,
persevere, and you are sure of success. Re-
member that the ocean is composed Of drops
of water, and the earth of atoms. The tallest
oak of the forest was once mere shoot from
an acorn, that leaping hare might have for
ever crushed. Hercules was once helpless
infant. Though you may be poor, you can,
by making something every day, and taking
care of it, become wealthy.
| advise you to be at home as much as pos.
sible. A farmers home should be to him the
most pleasant and attractive place on earth.
He should feel that "there is no place like
home" He should avoid all political excite
ments. Should not be ambitious to gain the
applause of the world, nor strive to hand his
name down to posterity as great statesman
or military chiefiain, for such ambition is
glorious cheat. Alexander, when he had con-
quered the whole world, wept that there we're
no more worlds to conquer. Napoleon Bona
parte, before whom kings and princes bowed in
suppliance, died an exile, on lonely island.
Mississippis giften son, B., who climed up
fame's ladder almost to the top, or as high, he
said, as his ambition desired, now, in the even
ing of his life, advises the young men of the
country to keep out of politics, and says, if he
had his life to live over again, he would not
accept any Office from the people, but would
spend his days in the country, with one of her
fair daug on farm.-Southern Hus
bandman.
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LIST OF PREMIUMS,

The articles comprising which have been adopt
ed by us with special reference to securing only
articles Of value, and which will prove servicea-
BILE to those procuring them. The regular retail
price is given with each and they are just as good
as 80 much cash to those who receive them. All
the articles are put down in our schedule at nan-
ufacturers' regular retail prices, and cannoS be
bought with cash any lower than the prices Eare
given. Premiums Nos. !, 2snd will be delive red
them free Of cost The other Premiums will be
at the expense for freight charges of
those receiving them. In cases where Premiums
can be delivered at our publication Office, arrange
ments may be perfected for reducing the freight
charges on small articles to q nominal amount.
The charges for freight on the Silver Ware and
Cutlery Premiums will be from New York on
the Cooking Stoves from Greensboro, N. c.; and
on the Sewing Machines from Baltimore, Md.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-04-26

a9 A local correspondent of the Boston
Transcript writes: "One Sunday, in the ab-
sence of the teacher, I took charge of class
of boys of from four to six years of age.
Speaking the truth was the basis of our con-
versation together I asked the boys if either
of them could tell the story of George Wash
ington and his little hatchet. One of the
boys promptly began to tell the story, and was
listened to most attentively by the dozen or
more of the class. One little fellow, who had
given the most careful attention, turning his
head little one side, his bright eyes swapping,
and with most determined expression upon
his face, exclaimed, "Well, Mr.. B, I
don't care; my father had an oleander bush
and cut it down. He asked me if did it.
I told him I did-and he licked me-"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-04-26

SOUND AsLEEP.-A young man in Iowa,
went to country dance the other night, and
did not return to his home until the church
bells were ringing the next morning. His
father told him he must 60 to meeting, and he
went. Before the minister had finished the
opening prayer, he was sound asleep and
dreaming of the dance. An old lady who sat
next to him touched his hand to arouse him,
whereupon be seized her wrist, and shouted,
Gall join hands and circle to the left. Swing
the girl with the blue dress on"
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NAUeHTY.-"Mary, you are very naughty
this morning." said kind old lady to little
girl whom she had taken under her care, "but
you must learn your lesson. will leave you
for short time, and when I come back I hope
to find youa good girl" Mary was left in
tears and in very ill-humor, but on the old
lady's return the tears had given place to
smiles, and Mary, running up to her aunt, ex.
claimed, in great glee, "Dear aunt, kiss me!
for Mary will never be naughty again Mary
has burned that nasty book which made her
30 naughty this morning"
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A WoMAN's W1r.-"Now that the Presi-
dental conundrum is answered, and business
is reviving," said a lazy tramp to the landlady
of an uptown clearinghouse, last Saturday,
"let US return, madam, to the generosity Of
former days." "Certainly," was the prompt
reply; "just put in that ton of coal, carry out
those barrels of ashes, beat three of my car
pets, and do some other triding chores, and
you shall have your dinner and ten cents an
hour extra" He neither spoke nor uttered a
cry, but slouched along down the street to find
a woman less endowed with executive ability.
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OUR PREMIUM OFFERS.
CLUB BOOKS YET OPEN !

VNTITH the view of accommodating number
w of club-mskers, whose clubs for the cur
rent volume of the ENQUIRER are not as large
as they DESIRE as well also as to extend to all who
may desire it the opportunity Of obtaining the
paper at club rates, we have decided to keep open
our club books until the FIRST MONDAY OF
NOVEMBER NEXT. Until that date, subscri-
bers will be received through club-makers, who
makers being duly accredited with all names they
may return under the present proposition, which
names will be added to their former lists. New
clubs will also be received from those who may
desire to obtain any of the elegant Premiums we
offer for such service. In this connection we
would again invite attention to our
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The Time OF CLOSING.

Club-makers, and those who may wish to form
clubs, should bear in mind that the offers we here
present do not invite competition for Premiums,
as in the case of working to secure the LARGEST
CLUB. Each club-maker sending the requisite
offered for the specified number. The time, how
ever, for completing club is limited, under the
present offer. until the FIRST MONDAY OF
NOVEMBER, 1877. Names may be sent in at
any time prior to the above date. Send the
names as fast as obtained, accompanied with the
cash, and the Premium will be delivered when
the requisite number of names has been returned.
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EVILS OF DEEP FLOWING.

One of our most successful farmers gives US
the following record of an experiment at
deep blowing:
When boy upon the farm, his first effort
with the plow, was on the hillside, a yellow
sandy, gravelly knoll, but with considerable
admixture of clay.
The plow ran too deep, and after trying in
vain to adjust it, he left the team to drag it
through at depth of fifteen inches. 1t was
perfectly dry and mellowed up like an ash
heap. 1t was planted to corn, but yielded
next to nothing. Having once plowed it
deep, it was tried again the next year at the
same depth, but with about the same result
no crop. The next experiment was to seed it
down. There was fair catch. For several
years it was kept in pasture, but yielded no
better feed than the remainder of the hill
which had not been plowed
1t was not turned down again as deep as
before, but there was change. The land
had been revolutionized. 1t now yielded ex-
cellent crops, as good as any land on the farm.
Whether in grass or grain, the growth was
early and strong. The drouth did not affect
it. That was twenty years ago, and though
it has never had a load of manure, the i'm.
provement still remains. 1t has been seeded
down with clover and plaster, and grows as
rank clover as is possible to grow.
The trouble with those who complain that
deep blowing does not improve their lands is,
that they judge by its effects the first year.
The mistake made by our friend when boy
has been repeated by many men who ought
to have known better. He plowed too deep
at first Had he plowed six inches and sub
soiled four more, the first year, then increase
the depth two or three inches, he would have
had gradual unbroken improvement of his
soil, instead of having to wait five or six
years before he saw the good results.
Most of our farmers have from four to ten
inches of uncultivated soil, which, by grad
ual process, they might bring up to cultva-
tion. 1t is full of plant food, the deposits of
centuries, which only needs the warmth, and
air and frost to make it available.-Cor. N.
E. Homestead.
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ETTENGER & EDMOND,

CHEER YOUR HOMES WITH MUSIC.
HAVE made such arrangements with that en-
terprising and reliable Southern Wholesale
House, Ludden and Bates, of Savannah, that can
supply, on short notice, the Mason Hamlin Or
gans, Pianos Of the most celebrated manufactures,
Sheet Music or any other kind Of Musical Mer-
chandze at the lowest factory prices, and at prices
adapted to these hard times. A settled determine
ton to sell nothing cannot recommend, and q
practical acquaintance of many years with such
goods, enables me to offer great inducements to
purchasers.
Call at my Photo Gallery for further particu-
lars. J. n. SCHOhb.
December 81 81 tt