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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08

DoN'T SHOOT THE 31RDs.-Too many far
mers encourage their sons to shoot birds, gen.
orally supposed to be destructive to their
crops, such as crows, jays, blackbirds, spar
rows; justifying themselves with the plea that
the birds are great marauders in the gardens
and orchards. Every one who has paid at
tention to the matter knows that even crows,
jays and blackbirds, are productive of more
good than harm, and that the vast and rapid
increase of destructive insects is owing almost
entirely to the wanton destruction of birds,
which are not even legitimate game. The in.
sectivorous, and insect.eating birds, which in
clude nearly all the small ones, appear to
have been sent to keep the same balance of
power in insect life, which would otherwise
multiply to such a degree as to render the
agriculturist's toll entirely useless. A farmer
keeps watch dog to guard his premises, and
cats to kill rats and mice in his granary and
barn; yet takes no pains to cherish and pre-
serve the birds that do him more good than
dog or cat, working diligently as they do
from early morning until dark, killing aud
destroying insects injurious to his crops, which,
if not thus thinned, would eventually multi
ply to such an extent as to leave him scarcely
any crop whatever. There is the jay; it is
said that single family of jays will consume
twenty thousand noxious insects in season
of three months The poor crow, despised
and prosecuted by nearly all, is productive of
some good, and is benefit to the farmer, al
though he finds in the latter an inveterate en-
emy. During the winter the crows pick up a
scanty subsistence; on the return of spring,
the bare earth affords him supply of grubs
and other noxious Larvae on which he fares
literally. He also acts, oftentimes, as self
constituted sentinel, chasing the thieving
hawk from the poultry yard. The cedar bird,
for hours together, feeds on the all.despoiling
canker-worm. Wrens and bluebrds consume
spiders, caterpillars and beetles. A single
pair of sparrows will destroy between three
and four thousand caterpillars in week.
Therefore, let every farmer and occupier of
the soil constitute himself the protector of
the birds, which are his chief friends.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08
PROSPECTUS.
HISTORY OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
REV, r.. LATHAM.

90 soon as sumclent numDer Oh supscrioofs
- are secured to warrant the enterprise, pro-
pose publishing
HISTORY OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
The work will embrace COMPLETE HISTO-
RY OF THE STATE from the first discovery Of
the soil the settlement Of the territory at differ
ent periods; the history Of the State under the
Proprietary Government; under the Royal Gov
ernment, and through the Revolutionary period,
or to the close Of the Revolutionary war.
The movements of the several Whig military
chiefs are accurately traced, and the several bat
ties fought during the Revolution are minutely
described. ,oo
The whole will make book Of more than 700
pages of the size of Stephens History OF the Uni-
ted States. twill be printed on good paper, with
clear ~ tvUe, and bound in substantial cloth. To
subscribers the book will be delivered for FOUR
DOLLARS per copy.
Persons desiring to canvass for the work are re-
ouested to communicate with the author at York
Vile, 8. c., for terms, &c. r. LATHAM,
M8- Persons desiring to subscribe for the book,
can leave their names at the ENQUIRER OFFICE.
October 1S AZ
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08

DEAF.-Mr. B.-"Good-morning, sir; I
come to tune your piano." Deaf old Gent
Con the porch )-"Eh ?ddn't understand what
YOU said" II come to tune your piano"
"You will have to speak louder; can't hear
what you say" II come to tune your piano."
90, YOU come from Louisiana, do you? Well,
that's good sit down and tell us all about it."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08
The fart11 aud fireside,
HOW FARMERS WIVES BREAK DOWN.

A woman tells this story to the Boston CuI-
tivator, and we can testify, of our own knowl-
edge, that it is very sadly true: 81 can get
forty women to marry me, within fifty miles
of this village" said man to me, the other
day, "but CAM find woman anywhere who
will come and help my wife, and she is break
ing down every day" Yes, breaking down |!
Can any one look in her ashy white face, and
not read the story, written there, of hard
work, in season and out of season? She has
four little girls-the eldest six yeans, the
youngest three months. Her husband keeps
six cows, and cultivates a farm of hundred
acres, employing two hired men to aid him.
Three meals must be cooked daily for fami
" of seven, not counting the baby four chill
dren dressed and cared for; the milk of six
COWS attended to, and butter made, while the
weeks washing and ironing must be accom-
plshed in some way. From 4 o'clock in the
morning until 10, and sometimes Il at night,
one pair of hands and one pair of feet perform
this labor, and now the tired body rebels and
saws: "This cannot be endured" Of course
extra aid is not to be obtained easily in mid.
summer, but it might have been procured
early in the spring; it doubtless would have
been found had it been needed to assist in
mans work. Let me tell you of another case :
The farmer and his wife have three children,
all under eight years. He employs two hired
men, boarding them, and keeps eleven COWS.
A woman comes in to do the washing and
ironing, but that is all the assistance the wife
receives, excepting the few steps the children
can save her. She must rise at four o'clock
and prepare breakfast, so that her husband
and the "hands" can be in the moving field
by FIVE o'clock. Every other day, however,
one of the hired hands remains to do the
churning for her; but this favor was not al
lowed her until she had threatened to call in
the doctor, to declare to her husband her ina
bility to do such hard work. Then it was re-
luctantly conceded, although two forty pound
6rkins of butter were packed each week; for
our farmer prides himself upon his herd of
cows-pure-blood Alderneys-and sells his
butter at the highest rates, carefully deposit
ing its proceeds in the bank, and rarely giving
his wife as much as five dollar bill of it..
His last injunction to the "hand" as he de-
parts to the field is: "John, come just as
quick as you can. Don't let Mrs. M. keep
you for anything else. Hay can't wait for
woman's work" There are dishes to wash,
milk to skim, pans to scald, beds to make,
children to dress, baby to nurse, rooms to
sweep, and dinner to cook over the boiling
hot stove-and one woman to do it all!
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08

TINS OATH.-"Tim, this won't do; you
must take warning by the fate of your friend
OShaugnessey. Only three nights ago he
came home much soberer than you are, but
in attempting to blow out candle his breath
took fire, and he exploded up-so that
his friends in three days have not been able
to scrape enough of him together to hold a
wake over" "An' do ye name to tell me
that he bust up?" said Tim. "Indeed do,
upon my honor" replied the doctor. "Bid-
dy," said Tim, "get me the Bible" Biddy
got the Bible, and then Tim knelt down and
said, 81 swear by the blissid Vargin-ye sure,
doctor, that he blew up?" "Quite sure" re.
piled the doctor. "Then," replied Tim, 81
swear by the blissid Vargin and the Most
High, never to blow out q candle when I'm
drunk again."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08

Day Contentment abides with truth. And
you will generally suffer for wishing to ap-
pear other than you are, whether it be richer,
or greater, or more learned. The mask soon
becomes an instrument of torture.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08

POWERFUL FRIENDS. recent
thunder storm near Memphis, Tenn. a negro
was severely kicked by vicious mule, and,
just as he was picking himself up. stroke
Of lightning hit the mule and killed him
dead on the spot. "Well, dar" exclaimed
the negro, "ef dis chile hain't got powerful
friends to 'venge his insults, den dere's no use
tryin' to hab faith in anything"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08

na| Mortality without religion is only a
kind of dead reckoning-an endeavor to find
our place on cloudy sea by measuring the
distance we have to run, but without any OBJ
servaton of the heavenly bodies.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08

WHAT He WANTED.-A yellow citizen
of this republic approached the clerk of a
Tennessee County Court, and, prefacing his
remarks with roll of currency, said, "Is
lived froo' dis worp so fur, lone. Use took
it hot an col. Use 'sperienced desc trials in
comfort an out. De frosts has drove dis
chile to de wall long 'nough. He poses to
fortify gainst de ills of life. Give dis ere
chile papers to unite him on-in dem bounds
oh matrimony."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08

BuRNs.-Place the iujurek skin in water
at once; if it cannet he immersed, keep wet
bandages upon it, and if alum is dissolved in
hot water and applied Immediately it will
keep the skin from bistering Kerosine is
also desirable application /; fll cup with it
if the fingers are burned, and hold them in it
half an hour, until the pain is gone.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08

aa- Men and children are like pebbles. You
know how pebbles on the seashore are round
ed and made smooth by being rolled against
each other. 1t is so with many men. But
now and then we find a person who is as
crusty as one of the crabs we find also on the
seashore. The more be is rubbed by others,
the crustier he becomes. So, too, some of the
little stones are made very pointed and do
not get rounded by the others. Let as all
try to have the politeness that comes from
obeying the Golden Rule.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08

ag- The true memories and quick sympa-
thies of pure, intuitive soul are fragmen-
tary revelation of the all-present, all wise, all
powerful love of God-the glory of the sky
reflected in broken scrap of mirror. The
pity is that some see the reflection and never
look up to find whence it comes.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08

How He Took IT.-A good repartee is
told of a scapegrace whom mentor remind
ed that his aunt had paid his debts, and that
he should be more submissive to the wishes
of his relative. The young good-for-nothing
did not take much heed of the sermon, but
when his creditors were mentioned, he said,
"Yes, yes, my aunt has paid my creditors,
but what has she done for me?"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF YoRK-ooURT OF 0oNNoH PLEAS
John w. A. Hartness, Plaintiff, against James g..
Dover, observation-disclosures for Money De-
mand-Cbn,pla Served.
To JAMES G. DOVER, Defendentin this Action.
VOU are hereby summoned and required to an
swer the complaint in this action, OF which
copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve
a COPY Of your answer on the subscriber at his
Office, within twenty days after the service Of this
summons on you, exclusive Of the day of service.
IF YOU fail to answer this complaint within the
Court for Judgment against you for the sum OF
one hundred and forty-one dollars and eighteen
cents, with interest at the rate Of seven per GEN.
tum, from the 10th day of July, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy seven, and costs.
Dated July l6th A. D., 1877.
J. G. CHAMBERS, Plaintiffs Attorney.
J. F. WALLACE, G. c. PLs.
To the Defendant James g. Dover:
Take notice that the summons and complaint
in this action was filed in the office Of the Clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas, for York comfy,
on the 18th day of July, 1877.
J. G. CHAMBERS, Plaintiffs Attorney.
October IL Al 6t
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08

say The idea of heaven and an existence
hereafter is no more extraordinary than the
fact of an earth and an existence here.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08

na~ 1t is not until we have passed through
the furnace, that we are made to know how
much dross was in our composition.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08

BROTHER Stones FEEBLE REMARKS
Mr.. Stone, a we'll known and excellent Chris
tian gentleman, belonging to one of the MUIR
ray Hill churches in New York city. was up
in the country one summer, and learning that
an evening prayer meeting was in progress at
the village church, walked in and took seat
in the back part of the room.
The brother in the chair conducting the
meeting, observing the stranger, left his seat,
and coming to Mr.. Stone, said to him:
"What is your name?"
"My name is Stone"
"Where are you from?"
II am from the city of New York."
care you one of the Lords people"
II hope that I am, answered Mr.. Stone,
with becoming humility. The presiding &C.
MUS, satisfied with the answer of his cate
chism, returned to his elevated seat, and at
the end of the hymn arose and said:
"Will Brother Stone, from New York, IA
vor US with few remarks?"
Mr.. Stone, willing to do what he could,
made few practical observations to the best
of his ability. No sooner had he sat down
than the presiding elder rose and said:
"Will Brother Stone, of New York, ask
the Lor6 to bless his feeble remarks?"
Updismayed by this commentary on his
speech, Mr.. Stone offered prayer, and the
meeting proceeded as usual.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08

Be STEADFAsr--An English admiral,
who rose to his high station by his own steady
exertions, used to be fond of relating that, on
first leaving an humble lodging to join his
ship as midshipman, his landlady present
ed him with Bible and guinea, saying,
"God bless you and prosper you, my lad /;
and, as long as you live, never suffer yourself
to be laughed out of your money or prayers"
The young sailor carefully followed this
advice through life, and had reason to rejoice
that he did so; while thousands have regret
ted, when too late, that they have pursued a
different course.
Never let your honest convictions be
laughed down. Be true to yourself, and in
the end you will not only be respected by the
world, but have the approval of your own
conscience See to it, that whatever you lose,
whether it be money, or place, or reputation,
you do not lose courage, honesty, simplicity,
or truthfulness.-Retormed Church Monthly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF YoRK-OoURT OF 0oNkoH PLEAS.

COUNTY OF YoRK-ooURT OF ooxkoH PLEAS.
William L. Sandifer, Plaintiff, against Robert
Patterson, Defendant.-SummonsJ for Relief.
To the Defendant ROBERT PATTERSON:
VOU are hereby summoned and required to an
swer the complaint in this action, which has
Common Pleas, for the said county, and to serve
copy of your answer on the subscriber, at his
office in Yorkville, South Carolina, within twen-
ty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the
this complaint within the time aforesaid the Plain
tiff in this action will apply to the Court for the
relief demanded in the complaint.
Dated Yorkville, 8. c., September 10th, A. D.,
1877.
w. I. CLAWsON, Plaintiffs Attorney.
October4 40 st
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08

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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08
RARBER SHOP.

VTlHOSE in want of an EASY SHAVE, fash.
ionable and stylish cut of hair, or pleasant
and luxurious Shampoo, are reminded that
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 honed and sharpened,
and any other work of that kind promptly done.
THOMAS BALLARD.
August l6 33 u
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08

How SHE TAUGHT H1M.-A lady hired
an old negro woman, named Charlotte, who
had the most exalted opinion of her own in
dividuality. Whenever subject was under
discussion in the family, Charlotte would be
sure to state her own superior method of pro-
ceeding in such matters. On one occasion
the lady was talking of sending the children
to school, when Charlotte put in her oar as
usual:
"Lor missus," she said, "what mex you
pay money fur to send de chile to school? |
got one smart boy name Jonus, but 1 larns
him myself"
But, Aunt Charlotte" replied the lady,
show can you teach your child, when you
don't know one letter from another"
"How l teach him? / Ijis mex him tex de
book an set down on de flo, and den 1 say,
Jonus, you tex ye eye from dat book, much
less leggo him, an skins you alive ?"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08

ONE WAY TO GET RrcH.-Nothing is more
easy than to grow rich. 1t is only to trust
nobody-to befriend none-to get all you can,
and save all you get-to stint yourself and
everybody belonging to you-to be the friend
of no man and have no man for your friend
to heap interest upon interest, cent upon
cent-to be mean. miserable and despised
for some twenty or thirty years-and riches
will come as sure as disease and disappont-
ment. And when pretty nearly enough
wealth is collected, by disregard ofall chari.
ties of the human heart, and at the expense
ofevery enjoyment, death comes to finish the
work-the body is buried in hole, the heirs
dance over it, and the spirit goes-wheref
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08

FOND OF THE FAMILY.-Claiborne F. Jack.
son, a native of Kentucky, was once Cover
nor of the State of Missouri. He joined the
Southern Confederacy, and died, during bis
term, at farmhouse opposite the city Of Lit:
tie Rock, among strangers, with no kind
hand of affection near to soothe his pain and
rob the death-bed of half its anguish. The
most remarkable fact connected with the bis
tory of his life is, perhaps, the statement that
he married Eve sisters in one of the most re-
spectacle, wealthy and distinguished families
in the State that as soon as one wife would
die he would 60 and marry her sister, in rea'
sonable time, of course. Some Of them were
widows when he married them. In connec-
ton with the marriages, there was standing
Joke told at the expense of the Governor,
which was that when he came to ask the old
gentleman's consent to marry the last one,
the venerable father is reported to have said !:
"Yes, CIaib, you can have her. You have
got them all. For goodness sake don't ask
me for the old woman. -Te1arkana (Ark)
Democrat
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08

III tell you about that afterWard. AS soon
as Bean got right he came aft, looking like q
ghost, and he knew by my face that had
discovered the secret.
"'Captain,' said he, taking off his hat,
would you have any objection to letting me
stay alone with it tonight"
Il let him stay all night by the body, and
1 can imagine what the poor fellow suffered.
I never saw such desparing face on man
in my life as that which met me when open
ed the c ,bin door and the hands we're sum.
moned for the funeral service He stood by
until the last moment, and when the body
Slipped off into the sea, and the shot carried
it down, down into the depths, he watched it
until it disappeared. Then he jumped on the
topgallant rail, and before any one could
grab him, he was gone"
"And the letters y"
II hunted through his trunk" said the
skipper, land found bundle of letters which
am going to enclose to his friends at home.
From what I could learn from them it ap
pears that Bean (Which was an assumed name)
was young fellow of good family, but very
wild. The girls people we're also we'll OF
and reputable. She knew him from boy,
and ran away with him, and they were mar
ried. He went to sea after that, and she went
back to school. When he returned, they tried
to make it up with the old folks, but they
would not have it. So the young folks, with
out a six pence to bless themselves with, came
on board my ship. Sounds like novel, but
it is just as told you, and here are the
proofs"
Have you any objection to my giving the
name of the ship?" asked the reporter
"Well," said the skipper, II don t like that
sort of sensation, and the owners don't want
these sort of things about the ship in the pa
pers Here is the boat alongside" said the
Captain, and the reporter took seat in the
stern sheets and was soon at the landing
San Francisco MaiE
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-10-11
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

Bill Hartman, the leader of a gang
of riotous strikers on the Kansas Central
Narraw- gauge Railroad at Circleville, Jack
son County, Kansas, was shot and killed on
the 10Th by Sherif's posse under command
Of Capt. w. S. Tough, ex-United States
Marshal. The shooting of their leader ex-
asperated the strikers TO the highest pitch,
and they made threats Of hanging Capt.
Tough. The latter was subsequently ar
rested and held to bail in the sum Of SIC, 600.
John Thompson was hanged at Seat
tie. Washington Territory, on the 2Sth ult.,
for the murder of Solomon Baxter, last
February.
Hon. Cassius NJ. Clay, ex-Minister to
Russia, on the S0th shot and instantly killed
a negro named Perry White, on his farm
near Richmond, Ky. The Coroner's Jury
rendered verdict that the shooting was
done in self-defense, the negro having at
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-10-11
WAR NEWS.

1t was reported on the list, from Turk
ish sources, that Osman Pasha had repulsed
the Russo Roumanian attack on his front
and left, inflicting heavy losses; also, that
he had attacked the Russians on the Lovatz
road and recovered several positions. The
report was not fully credited. .
The long inactivity of the Russian
forces in Asia Minor is explained by the fact
that they have been engaged in suppressing
an instruction in the central district Of
Daghestan. 1t was reported on the 4th, that
the instruction having been effectually
quelled, the Russians had made a concerted
attack along the whole line, and that severe
fighting had taken place. Changes in Turk
ish commanders are announced as follows:
Mehemet Ali has been recalled by the au-
thorities at Constantinople, and his place as
commander of the army Of the Danube
taken by Suleiman Pasha, the latter being
succeeded in the Balkans by Raouf Pasha.
The Russian attack upon the Turkish
defences around Kars, ON the Sd, was sue
essfully repulsed, both sides having lost
heavily without either gaining any impor-
tant advantage.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-10-11
A Strange Fancy.

There is a man living near the rail-
road Tin Orange County, Va, we be-
lieve) who belonged to Florida regl-
ment during the war. He was wounded
n one of the numerous battles Tough IN.
hat portion of Virginia. The surgeon:
told him he could never recover the use
of his leg. "Then," said he, " shan
never leave this battlefield" And he
has kept his word. We saw his crutch
standing at his cabin door as the cars
hurried on by. His tobacco lot, too,
was pointed out to US, and we were in
formed that he has little factory where
he makes chewing and smoking-tobacco.
Glad. indeed, were we to hear that he
was doing well. Strange fancy, though,
in him to spend his life on the battle
field where he lost his leg.-DanUille
Va.) Times.