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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-29

or that one man of the company has joined the
outlaws band, is utterly false. BY request of
the Sheriff, which fully approved, the revenue
officers did not accompany the State posse, but
have gone in an opposite direction. | received
n dispatch (Which enclosc) by courier at | |
o'clock last night, from the sheriff and Capt
Griffin, from which it appears that they have
reached Redmonds usual headquarters but did
not find him. and are still in pursuit. am in
formed that this is the first time that any officer
of the law has ever penetrated Rc6mond's $
stronghold, which 10 natural fortress in the
mountains, at an almost inaccessible point known
as Reedy's Cove.
The grand jury, under my instructions, are
engaged in the investigation of ouragcs alleged
40 have been committed by United States revenue
officers and deputy marshals the persons and
property of peaccable and law abiding citizens,
who were subsequently proved by judicial in
veStiga,ion to have been churgeable with no of
fence against the laws of the United States.
Their report will be made this evening, and
Will be forwarded to you tomorrow. | will
hccd your injunction to temper frmntss with
discretion, and will endeavor to discharge my
whole duty, both to the State and TO the good
people of this county,
T. J. MAcKEY,
p. S. 3 p. M.-Sincc writing the above l
have received verbal message from the Sheriff
Ainformng me that Redmond is in full flight,
y nj that his band, which numbered about seven
S'-ninc, have dispersed, leaving him with only
j. &e or six followers. The posse are still in
= sfdessgV! fhe 4s.Hnd jury bave indicted five of
z,therevcnue officers and deputy marslIals for
committing aggravated assaults and batteries
upon unoifendng citizens.
They will be tried rs soon as they can be up.
pretended. T.. MACKEY.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-03-29

STATE OF SoUTu CAROLINA.
COUNTY or UNION, IS
!, l.. Il. Wallace, Cashier Of the above named
Bank, do solcmnly swear that the above state
mcnt is true to the best of my knowledge and
belief L. r. WALLACE, Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to Leforc me this 25th
day of March, 1873.
ROBT w. SIIAND,
Notary Public.
CoHRECT-Atcst
ii. l.. GOSS.
+. NJ. FARR. ! Directors
A. II. FOSTER.
March % lt 1t
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-03-06

The fas,ished sun cravist through a hsw in night,
And blum the kissing tempest into morn,
Spreading . misty pool Of sickly light
That widens TIL the CHASTITY day Il born.
And lonely trees, on up!ands, blown n hare
A beSgars on the hills, when winds are out,
Slagger like drunken giants, In the air.
And wildly toss their naked arms about.
The ocean, agonixed with winds, and sleets
That pave an angry pathway down from heaven,
and smokes among the shattered fleets
That, like dead sea fowl, on its rocks ere driven
And the bright river with its deep-toned lutte,
And brook, that sang amid the howery wild,
an icy slab. dark drear and mute.
Lie side by side-dead mother and dead child.
And, now. the b~lue-lipped orphan treads the street,
With naked shoulders pressed against her ears,
Washing the red stains from her bleeding feet,
At every trembling pause, with bitter tears.
While mid the gloomy waste that round her He's,
Nor sight nor sound to cheer her can she trace;
FOR the dumb earth, before her sunken eyes,
A huge, chill ball of anguish, rolls through space.
Sunday Magazine.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-03-06
The Care Of Butter,

Butter is a substance extremely sensi-
tive to surrounding influences, and any
odors in the vicinity where it is stored
are rapidly absorbed, even if it is in a
closed frkin. Great complaint is often
made by the purchasers of the gilt-edged
butter produced from the famous diaries
in the vicinity of Boston, that the enor-
mously high-priced article is soon spoiled
after delivery to the customer. And no
wonder! 1t is often placed in an un-
clean ice chest, along with cooked or in.
cooked fish or meats and other Odorous
bodies, and it soon smells and tastes like
the unsavory substances with which it is
associated. If not placed in the ice
chest it is often put into the cellar with
decomposing vegetables or meats, and
hence the delicate taste and odor are o
changed.
Great care must be used to preserve
butter, and it will not do to trust it to
the Bridgets of the kitchen who know
nothing and care for nothing. Those
fond of the delicate freshness and sweet
ness of the best butter should have a cool
place in the cellar where it can ue set
apart from everything else. The wealthy
can furnish such with a little care, and
none are so poor that they cannot con-
trive to keep butter under better condi-
tions than they do.-Journat Of Chemistry.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-03-06
HUMOROUS.

"MIsFORTUNEs never come singly."
Same way with twins.-FMhon Times.
AN old adage says "the hardest
operation Of a wal is to stop it," The
same is also true of a dog fight.
ANOTHER waiter has fallen heir to a
heavy property. 1t pays to wait.-Dan-
bury Nevs.
"CHANGE cars!" is what a bOotblack
| said to a countryman, the other day,
when he had finished one of his brogans.
AN exchange makes the bright pro-
posal of trading the Washington O
ment off to the Khedive for a needle.
A pLAcARD in a Chatham street shop
, window, New York, reads As follows:
=" Lost, a brown coat by a man lined with
fur" -
THE twenty-cent pieces should be re-
tired. They often lead newspaper man
to make rash investments under the i'm
preston that his capital is one-fourth
larger than it really IS Worcester Press.
A NEwBURG goat the other day de-
voured an entire volume at n sitting.
That's what you might call a regular
swallow-tail goat.-NeW York Com. Ad-
~gerfiser.
JOHNNIE and Eddie, Ohio boys,
thought a loaded pistol must be q trumpet
and one blew while the other played the
keys. Do, ra, mi, fire, so-long, Johnnie.
-Moryland Leader.
A MUMMY recently discovered in an
Egyptian tomb fell into pieces when
lifted out. For q dead broke man he
was the c~ompletest specimen ever re-
ported.
The triplets recently produced by a
Michigan lady were named Faith, Hope
and Charity. You can easily distinguish
the latter. for she is "the greatest Of
these Worcester Press.
THERE are 26S ink manufactures in
the United States. and yet some men
have a heap of trouble 10 get their note
of hand Endorsed by a responsible citi-
zen.-DetroH Free Press.
In reference to the recent great fall
of snow in Russia, it may be Of interest
to learn that the car has not sent one
of his best diplomats to Shouvelof the
steppes.-Philahelphia Post.
A REWARD Of $500 has been offered at
Harrisburg for the recovery of a missing
member of the legislature. And every
old maid in Pennsylvania now looks
under her bed before retiring.-N. Y.
Star.
THE following is a rather e~quivocal
obituary: maria Brown, wife of
Timothy Brown, aged eighty years. She
lived with her husband ffty-nine years,
and died in the confident hope of a bet
ter life"
KING VICTOR owed 81, zoo, 900 when
he died. When the new king said he
would tread in the footsteps of his
father certain tradesmen resolved:
"1ou can't do it in my grocery.'-D-
troit Free Press.
A BAsHFUL young nan applied to his
village paper for information on the inn
portant subject, CHOW to win a woman's
love-" The reply was, "kiss the babies,
caress the tomcat. and pay strict atten-
ton to the old lady"
A DETROIT goat ate a feather bed
Boston Globe. Hope he managed to sleep
well on it afterwards. -NeU York Com
mereiai .Adrertiser. The animal certainly
felt considerably down" in the mouth
after such a meal.-No,ristoun Herald.
JAPAN has no patent laws. When a
Jap invents a square cart-wheel, or a
shovel shaped like a hat-box, he reaps no
further reward than a brass medal, which
entities him to a free bath once q week.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-03-06
The Value OF Clovar.

The farmer who ignores clover is lost
beyond recovery! That ID, he will new.
er succeed in farming, and had better sell
out, and SO into some other business. /
claim that | can take a field that has b.
come g exhausted in fertility thatit will
not produce "A profitable crop Of any
tning, without . heavy dressing of ms
nure, 2 IN two years time l will make
1t fertile with clover alone, and without
any manure whatever, except what the
roots Of the clover and clover green cron
turned under may supply. A farmer
says: "The roots of clover aver.ve !.
depth of Is inches, which remain Nth
in the range Of all crops, henee the
great utility and profit Of this wonder
full crop. On all our soils that need
renovating, especially our CLAW soils.
whenever we seed down either fop
meadow or for pasture, whatever 3
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-03-06
Mt. vesuyiuS.

Should an eruption occur in this vol
cano, and cause the destruction of one.half
of the inhabitants who live in the vicinity,
the remainder, who barely escaped with
their lives, Immediately move back upon the
half-cooled lava, and there live in constant
fear OF another eruption, foolishly fancying
that the only tenantable portion of the earth
rests within the shadow OF the great volcano.
This fairly illustrates the force OF habit,
and persistency with which people cling to
opinions when once formed. For example,
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures
incipient consumption, coughs, colds, and
all affections of the liver and blood, yet some
still depend upon physicians and remedies
that have naught but repeated failures to
which they can refer. And although DIR.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription is sold under
q positive guarantee to cure those weak
nesses peculiar to women, and notwith.
standing that thousands of women bear
testimony to its efficacy, and the truth of all
statements made concerning it, many vet
submit to the use of caustic and the knife.
Again, DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pei.
let's, no larger than mustard seeds, will posi-
lively cure constipation, where it is depend.
ent upon dyspepsia or torpid liver; yet
some still depend for relief upon the blue
pill" or huge doses of drastic cathartic
medicine. In the face of such facts, can we
wonder at the blindness of the poor Italians ?
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-03-06
Life Of Pain.

West Haven, Vermont, has just lost =
strange character by the death of James
~. Field, postmaster of the place for
the last twelve years, ut the age of ffty-
four. His body and limbs, dwarfed and
deformed by disease in his infancy, new.
er exceeded = height of three feet and
four inches, while bis head was remarka-
bly, large. For fully half his life he was
obliged TO crawl around ON his hands and
feet, az he was too weak to walk erect.
butnone of his misfortunes kept him from
supporting himself and using his ingenu-
ity in manufacturing models of ma
chinery, toys and fancy articles, many
Of which were beautifully carved. Re
wasa no quite . genius in vocal and IN.
strumental music till deafness DESTROYED
ms power Of distinguishing sounds.
he was q devoted christian.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-03-06
Household Hints.

PoP-OvERs.-Four cups of -four, four
eggs, four cups of milk, piece of butter
size OF two nutmegs, melt it, half tea
spoonful of salt.
IRISH STEw.-Boil one pound of pota-
toes and four good-sized onions half an
hour, drain off the water and mash them
together. Cut up a pound of beef or
other meat, season with salt and pepper,
and let the whole simmer fifteen min
utes. Don't let it burn.
BAKED ToNGUE.-Season with COM
mon salt and saltpeter, brown sugar,
pepper, cloves, mace and allspice in fine
powder for two weeks; then take away
the pickle, put the tongue into a small
brown crust, and bake slowly until so
tender that a straw will 60 through it.
To be eaten when cold.
CAKE-One teacupful of new molas-
ses, two tablespoonfuls of melted lard;
put into a basin and let it come to a boil;
put in a half t%easpoonful soda, one-half
of ginger and one-half cup of cold water
and flour; stir till thick enough to run,
put it into a shallow dish to eat cold.
1t requires neither eggs nor sugar.
GRIDDLE CAKES. An addition Of one
third Graham -four to buckwheat makes
a great improvement in the pancakes,
They are lighter, more easily digested
and more wholesome. For those not
fortunate enough to have maple sugar or
syrup, a good substitute can be home
made from coarse yellow sugar which
a be bought at 81 to &c. per lb. Ten
pounds will make a gallon of syrup of
better quality than that usually bought
at the stores. Much of the molasses is
the refuse left after the sugar is made
and is full of impurities.
. BUNs.-One potato boiled very soft;
mash and add the water in which it was
boiled Zone pint); let it cool; make a
batter Of this with wheat -four
and a tablespoonful of Indian meal; also
a 2-cent compressed yeast cake; let it
rise in a warm place for w hours, then
add n cupful of brown sugar, two eggs
and two tablespoonsful of butter, all
beaten together; knead very soft; form
into buns; let them rise again, and bake
about fifteen minutes in a moderate oven.
To Fry APPLES AND Pork CHops.-
Season the chops with salt and pepper
and a little powdered sage or sweet mar
joram; dip them into beaten egg and
then into beaten bread-crumbs. Fry
about 20 minutes or until they are done.
Put them on a hot dish. Pour off part
of the gravy into another pan, to make a
gravy to serve with them, if you choose
Then fry apples which you have sliced
about two-thirds of an inch thick, cut
ting them around the apple so that the
core is in the center of each piece.
When they are Drowned on one side and
partly cooked, turn them carefully with
a pancake-turner, and let them finish
cooking. Dish around the chops or on a
separate dish.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-03-06
Hard TO Please,

Victoria Elizabeth Auguste Charlotte,
q favorite granddaughter of the Emperor
William, was married to the Prince of
SAKE einingen in Berlin, recently. At
the same time the wedding took place of
the Princess Elizabeth Anna to the
hereditary Grand Duke Frederick Au-
gust, of Oldenburg. Of this latter per-
sonsge a Berlin correspondent of the N.
y. World writes:
He 10 a tall blonde, with an almost
vacant expression, and wears his hair
" frizzed." In short, he would be pro.
nouncedi in America asort of mice young
man." by no means fitted to stand beside
the stalwart, manly beauty 0 the Hohen-
zollerns. His unifOrm-that of first
lieutenant of dragOons-does much for
him, however. He is the son of the
Grand Duke Peter and the Grand
Duchess Elizabeth, of Saxe-Altenburg.
| cannot omit al anecdote' that is told
of the yeung man, which bears out The
generally current estimate of his charac-
ter: On one occasion last year, when
passing through Leipzig, he entered a
keller restaurant. Seating himself,
he called out in a tone slightly tinged
WIN AncctAtiou, WAFER, q Dill OF
fare" 1t was brought. The prince
glanced through it. els that all?"
(Ueiter nicAts). GALL" answered the
keller. "Horrible!" (scheusstich) re-
turned the prince. A moment after he
called the waiter again and requested the
wine card. This was read through, and
again the question, els that all?n
GAIL" "Horrible!" Two students
sitting near, who had been observers of
the scene, Immediately motioned the
kellner, and one of them, initiating the
princes tone of voice, glanced al the
speise karte and said, +" is that all? Hor-
rible!" Whereupon the prince rose
majestically to his feet and in a stern
voice, intended to wither the students,
exclaimed:
perhaps, gentlemen, you are not
aware who l am. ! am the hereditary
grand duke Of Oldenburg."
The students gazed at him quizzically
and then closed the debate:
Ills that all? Horrible!" {" Wetey
nicAt! .&heasiich!"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-03-06

The winter is the seasOn when those
farmers who are intelligent and pro.
gressive enough to compound their own
fertilizers, should engage the work.
While it ia true that small farmers who
cultivate but a few acres of land cannot
well Or profitably prepare their plant
food, it is equally true that large land
owners should be independent of manu-
facturers at a distance.
1t is too late to ssum that fertilizers
suited to all the cereal and grass crops
cannot be of domestic production; they
can be and with much profit to the soil
cu%ltivator. 1t is not necessary for farm
ers or their sons 10 20 through a course
of study in any Of our agricultural col
leges, 70 called, to fit them to intelli-
gently prepare and use the new forms of
plant food which modern chemistry has
devised. All the processes are simple,
and adequate practical knowledge ought
to be within the reach of every one.
We wish we could have the eye and the
ear of every farmer in our country for
the space Of f~orty-eight hours. In that
brief period, on our farm premises at
Lakeside, we are confident we could i'm
part all the knowledge necessary to fit
them to be easy and successful manipu-
lators with acids and phosphates, and
heterogeneous and potash combinations.
The school for practical and profitable
iarm instruction is yet to be established;
we may not live to see it, but it will come.
1t is a law of nature that the single is
born of the complex, and 70, after all
the state experimenting is over with,
the simple winter school in which the
farmers themselves, of all sges and con-
ditions may meet, for n week or six,
practical men, VIII be found 70 Be tie
only true method Of advancing apri.
cultural knowledge.
During the same Autumn, and thus far
In the winter, our farm superintendent.
with the aid of one man, has prepared
many tons Of very superior superphos-
phate, and corr and grass fertilizers
The superphosphate gives by analysis
from 10 to IL per cent Of soluble phos-
pboric az is possible or necessary. The
corn, wheat and grass fertilizers are com
binations OF the superphosphate with
nitrate OF soda, nitrate Of potasua.
muriate of potassa, and dried animal
products, suited in quantity to the wants
of each special crop. This is our method
OF preparing plant food, FIRST set forth
in addresses before the state board of
agriculture many year, ago, and for a
period OF sixteen years the one pursued
on our farm premises.-Bostoa Journal of
Cheasstsy.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-03-06
A Cuban Funeral.

A correspondent writes from Havana:
About five in the afternoon two funerals
went by, followed by long lines of car
riages occupied by men only. Ladies
never ride to the cemetery. The second
funeral that went by was that of one of
the w~ealthiest men of Cuba, who had
died the day before. The hearse was
richly gilded and surmounted by gilded
canopy. 1t was drawn by FIVE horses,
the foremost mi carrying an outrider
with a scarlet livery, while q rumble car
ried a footman dressed in the same way.
Eight mutes in long black coats walked
beside it. Following the hearse were
ninety-six carriages of various kinds, in
Guiding several elegant roLantees.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-03-06
r;xtu,e If ,eed,. We must not omit the

mixture of reeds, re must not omit the
common red clover, which has had a
beneficial influence. upon American agri-
culture that 1t is impossible to overesti.
mate. Gypsum or land plaster should
always be sown on this crop, because OF
the wonderful increase in the bulk of
the crop that is always found to result
from the application of 80 small an
amount rs say 100 lbs to the acre, sown
when the plants are two or three inches
high, and moist with dew or light rain"
Yes, clover is a wonderful crop" to
renovate land, and farmers should try to
all the seed they want from the Sec
ond blossoms of the season, which may
be done without buying a "huller," by
the clover when the blossoms are
dry, carry it carefully to your barn floor,
and thresh it out, cleaning the seed in a
fanning-mill.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-03-06
PHYSICIANS have long prescrlbed,Dr.

PHYSICIANS have long prescribed..Dr.
Graves HEART REGULATOR as q relief and
cure for Heart Disease, for the simple reason
that they have seen its favorable workings
in all the many forms Of disease the Heart
is liable to, and it can truly be recommend
ed as a scientific remedy for that dreaded of
all diseases, whose subtle workings are not
usually seen until the patient is beyond or.
binary help. Among the many forms of
Heart Disease are P~alpitation, Enlargement,
Spasms of the Heart, ~Stoppage OF the Ac.
ton of the Heart, Trembling all over and
about the Heart, Ossification or Bony
Formation of the Heart, rheumatism, Gen.
eral Debility and Sinking Of the Spirits.
We can pronounce Or. Graves HEART
REGULATOR a certain remedy, and advise
you to use it. Send your name to +. f. In.
CALLS, Concord, n. H., for a pamphlet con-
tanning a list of testimonials of cures, etc.
For sale by druggists at 80 cents and 81
per bottle.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-03-06
What Can be done by Reading.


Some farmers are not content to close
their eyes to the value of " book-farm-
ing" rs many are pleased to term the
published experiments of their brethren.
A case in point is given by a correspon-
dent of that sterling old journal, the
New England Farmer: "The first i'm
psrtant step | took, said he, under its
direction, was in the matter of fences.
| had been ever my fences in the spring,
patching here a spot and there a spot,
building 80 ~ to appear well; but alas!
feeling that it would not withstand
having a COW scratch against it, or that
some strong wind would lay it low. In
the next issue of the Farmer, appeared
an article on the importance Of close,
high and substantial fences. 1t struck
me very forcibly, and l thought of my
poor sickly fences, and after Illuminating
further on the subject, resolved to have
some fences on my place of which / need
not be ashamed; l went to work and in
ten days had a set Of good, strong fences,
and at the end of the season ] saw it paid.
1t was the same in other matters, after a
year or two by following its suggestions
j Il 0DiV ~ tuth w ANNOubt Aiouy
things which l had before allowed to go
to waste. 1t assisted me wonderfully in
the management and feeding of my stock,
helped me greatly in the making of my
butter and cheese, opened my eyes to
the great Importance of warm and more
comfortable barns, and to the making
and using of manure; it has given
valuable aid in the matter of blowing
and narrowing, and, in short, there are
very few things in the doing of which /
have not improved since l began its
acquaintance. l believe it has been the
means, under God, of securing to me a
home, for, considering the four
years of business stagnation through
which We have passed, without it l
not have been worth a dollar"