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talent. Oonah Rooney was admirably act
ed by Miss Coleman, Miss Mamie Lou Cow
ard was equally successful as Fanny. Daw-
son, and the character of Mad Nancy, ,@as-
sumed by Miss Jennie Coward, was render
ed as perfectly as it could have been deneby
q professional. The entertainment was in
sterspersed with music by the String Band
under direction of Mr.. A. s. Withers, and
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HUNTER & OATES.


w III l. AAAAIVA IAA
rs Cheapness, Quantity and Quality, and with
these three handsomely blended, we know
whereof we speak" when we say that we offer
as great inducements as can be found in this
part of the State We hear it said almost every
day by both sexes, white and colored, that when
they want FIRST CLASS GOODS, goods
That Will Not Belle Their Looks,
And they look better than all others, they always
come to the MAMMOTH, and have never yet
been disappointed Can we afford to lose this
recommendation? of course not; we will do all
in our power to sustain it. and make the future
speak even louder than the past.
Our low prices and
PRETTY GOODS HAVE TOLD A TALE
Of their own, a tale sweet to the ears of those
who have profted by them, a tale to which they
will ever listen in the future with eagerness and
pleasure. Yes all our goods are cheap, but we
wish to call attention to a few specialties.
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Drocade Silk at so Cents a Yard

That can not be duplicated elsewhere.
Cashmeres at all prices. ,
White Goods, consisting of India Lawns, Vic
toria Lawns, Bishop Lawns, Null Muslins, PHI
Cord Piques &c.
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GRAIN CRADLES.

GRAIN CRADLES.
1T will pay every farmer to see our Grain Cra-
i dies. We have the latest novelty. They are
light, strong and cheap. We have a lot of Snaths
and Blades that we are selling at cost,
For We Have Too Many.
Also lot of Hoes, Plows, Spades, Shovels Hay
Forks, Singletrees, Hames, Breast Chains, Trace
Chains, &c, that the farmer needs, and can save
money by buying from us. We have just re-
ceived five
BOXES OF LEMONS,
The finest in town. Our stock of Groceries is
always full and complete. Our Dry Goods trade
so far, has been much better than we expected,
and it will increase every week if low prices,
good goods and honest dealing will have any
effect.
One Thing is Sure,
We will not be undersold by any one, no matter
what their claim may be. Remember the place :
the store room formerly occupied by Messrs.
Hunter& & Oates, on Main street.
T. B. McCLAIN & co.
NJ STR ATTSS
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w. G.. LATlMER.
BARGAINS.

WYE are offering many lines in our stock at
w very low figures. Come along and see us.
We will save you some money. -....
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announcements lot 0@te.
For Circuit Solicitor.

hereby announce myself a candidate for the
Solcitorship of the 9th Circuit subject to the ac-
ton of the Democratic party in the Judicial
Convention. VIM. B. McCAW.
Yorkville, S. c., June 6, 1884. "a ct
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Ready-Made Clothing.

We have an elegant assortment Of Gents
Youths and Boys Clothing, and at reduced
prices We have the following sizes in stock
Boys Suits from 5 to 10years.
Youths Suits from "a to 40inches breast measure.
We fit everybody. If not in stock, we will
have you suit madeto order, guaranteeing fit,
and at the same time guaranteeing fit in the
price. ..
We have complete stock of Shirts, Collars
and Cuffs of all sizes. Come and get what you
want, and save your money. - -. =
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III. r. ADICKES.
WE ARE OFFERING

DARE bargains in many lines of desirable and
I 4, seasonable Goods.
Mems Hats and Clothing, of which we have an
unexceptionable stock, at very close prices.
All kinds of Gents Furnishing Goods, Collars,
Cravats, Ties, Handkerchiefs, Socks, Drawers,
Cuffs, Under Shirts, White Shirts, Gloves, and
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-06-12
A Very Large Stock

Of Cuff Buttons, Shirt Studs and Scarf Pins,
Gauze Shirts and Vests at very low prices.
A lot of mems fine Fur Hats-extra sizes will
be sold for much less than their real value
Special drives in fine Shoes for Gentlemen,
Ladies, Misses and Children.
All kinds, sizes and shapes Of Slippers.
Ladies' listers, Zephyr Shawls, &c.
Colored Linen for Aprons and listers.
Black Linen Lawn.
White Linen Lawn.
White Null Muslins, Victoria Lawns, Barred
Muslins, Swiss Taretons, &c.
very large stock
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-06-12
School Books

SchOOl BOOKS
| and fine Stationery, Testaments, Family Bibles
| fine and low prced-Pocket Bibles, Psalms and
| Hymns, Bible Dictionaries, Young's Bible Con-
| cordance.
| Blank Books, Fine Papers, Pens, Inks, Wis
| iting Cards and all kinds of Stationery, also a
| lot Of Miscellaneous Books-CHo1CE.
The American Conflict by Greeley.
Macaulay's History of England-5 volumes in
a neat box.
Hume's History of England-5 volumes in a
neat box.
Hallam's Complete Works-8 volumes in box.
in box. " @.
DR.. Chases Family Physician, Farrier, Bee
Keeper and Second Receipt Book.
JENNY JUNE'S COOK BOOK. ....
Mark Twains Popular Books-The Gilded
Age, Innocents Abroad, Adventures of Tom
Sawyer, The Tramp Abroad, &c.
A full line of English Poets.
All the above beautifully bound in Cloth.
A full Stock of Sea Side and Lovelrs Libra
ries and Magazines received every week.
Ladies Hats are Being Sold Cheaper
At our New Millinery Store than anywhere
else in town. II. F. ADICKES.
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ATTENTION, HOUSEKEEPERS.

7TVHE greatest variety and the best goods for
the money, in POTWARE, CROCKERY,
GLASS WARE, WOODENWARE and house
furnishing goods generally, ever offered in this
market, is now open at J. NJ. ADAMS variety
Store, and don't you forget it.
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DR.. j. b. PATRICK, Jr.,

DIR. ]. b. PATRICK, Jr.,
Surgeon Dentist,
W RESPECTFULLY announces that
M < he will visit Yorkville profession
Ol1O ally on THE ELEVENTH OF
JUNE next, and remain for two weeks, during
which time he will be pleased to wait upon all
desiring his services. With all the latest i'm
provemonts known to the profession, and an ex-
tended experience, he feels competent to give
entire satisfaction. Consultations cheerfully ac-
corded.
May Is 20 If
KAINIT.
nLENTY of Kainit at
HERNDON BROS.
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NICE CLOTHING,

And beautiful Dress Goods and Cassimeres left,
which he would be pleased to exchange for
Greenbacks.
Mrs DOBSON says she has just received some
of those pretty
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Hats and BOnnets,

Laces and Dress Trimmings, that have been Gre
ating such furry in the market all this Spring,
and which has made her Store SO popular among
the ladies, and her
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-06-12

LAMPS! LAMPS!! LAMPS II!
lust received, direct from the mandatory, a
% large assortment of Lamps, the best and
cheapest. J. M. ADAMS.
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QUEENS WARE,

Plain and decorated China Ware, single Dishes
and Cups and Saucers, plain Bowls and Pitchers,
hand-painted Chambers very cheap.
A full line Of toilet Soaps of the finest brands
always on hand.
We have received another lot of those Gents
Sun Hats the most comfortable hat on the mar
ket, also nice boys dress Hat Gents Straw
Hats of various shapes. ....l.
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HERNDON BROS.
WANTED

WANTED.
H00 CORDS Of sound bark, any kind of
DUU oak except post oak.
HERNDON BROS.
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SICK AMONG STRANGERS.
L1NcoLNToN, n. c., June 9,

For the Yorkvllle Enquirer.
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The Old Chap

Wants it distinctly understood that he still wants
Minnows, Green Frogs and Turtles, for which
he will pay the cash, especially if you will sell
them as cheap as he sells his rags.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-05-16
ISLAND POND VERMONT FRIDAY MAY 49, 1884 H.

goin 20 drag you round Ghis room till the
life's choked outen you"
He gave the rope jerk, and the old
man fell on his face. Around the room
Steve dragged him. The old mans tongue
came out, and catching on a sharp nail,
was almost torn from his mouth. The
old dog arose and was gazing at the hor-
rible performance. Steve in turning to
drag the lifeless body back toward tho
fireplace, stumbled over a stool and fell.
The old dogs chance had come. He
sprang upon the fallen man, seized him
by the throat, and with a strength that
had long been slum 5erng, pressed him
to the floor. Steve struggled desperately,
but his hands becoming entangled in the
rope, he was soon ie. a helpless condi-
ton. His groans were awful. The old
mans life was but mere breath.
Steve's life was storm. Old st. Luke
painted with exertion, but he did not re-
lax his hold.
The rert moaning FTyo deputy inarshals
entered the house. A shocking picture,
The old man lay on his back, with his
hands claspcd. Steve's face was blue
and his eyes protruded in ghastly stare.
They were all dead The dogs eyes were
closed, and in death he still retained
strong hold on the assassin's throat
ArkansaO TiGoeler.
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A Roman re,

Father"
Thus spoke fair girl, about whose
sweet young face there clustered bang
like solid stone wall around a flower
garden, and in whose voice were mingled
the soft notes of the flute and the silvery
tones of dinner bell, half an hour late.
The person addressed was cold, hard
man, with iron gray hair and corGscreN
whiskers, and with that stern look in his
eye which prompts man to go else
where to borrow a dollar. He was sit
ting in his office reading the morning
paper.
''Well, girl, what is it," he replied
looking at the head lines of the Chicago
grain market dispatches.
" Father Gerald has asked me to mar
ry him, and have accepted him."
81 don't doubt it. "
"Yes, father; and l thought 1 woulo
tell you, so it would not surprise you
when he asked you for me-"
Don't worry yourself, girl. Don't
worry yourself. l will not be half as
much surprised as Gerald will, my dar-
ling" and he refectively threw his right
leg up over his left knee, and run his
hand carefully around the toe Of his boot.
Merchant lrGueler.
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WISE WORDS.

He that lacks time to mourn lacks time
to mend.
If one were to be worded to death,
italian is the fittest language.
One should seek for others the happi.
uess one desires for ones self.
The truly valiant dare everything but
doing any other body an injury.
Don't open your purse too hastily Oh
too wide, nor your mouth either.
In order to do great things we should
live as though we were never to die.
Women-their first love inspires the
Voet, and their praise is mis- best reward.
Fire and sword are but slow engines of
destruction in comparison with the bab-
bier.
TO enjoy the pleasure of wealth thor
shouldst first experience the fatigue OF
labor
IL Is one proor OF gUvu UuuCaJIun, ana
of true refinement of feeling, to respect
antiquity.
To fill the hour and leave no crevice
for repentance or an approval-that is
happiness.
To the generous mind the heaviest
debt is that of gratitude when it is not
in our power to repay it.
When amisfortune happens to friend,
look forward and endeavor to prevent the
same thing from happening to yourself.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-05-16
Tin ware.

Many people still think tinware is pure
tin, and astonishment is often depicted
on the countenances of the unsophistica~
ted when told that only from two to six
parts in hundred of piece of tin-plate
is pure tin, the rest being sheet-iron or
steel, and the tin only a thin coating.
The process of coating templates with
tin was first invented in Bohemia, or
Silesia, in the fore part of the seventeenth
century but, like everything else in those
times the process was very crude. The
iron plates at that time were produced
by hammering, and of course varied
much in their thickness, and seldom ex
ceeded six or eight inches in width and
length; these plates were heated, dipped
in water, mixed with wood ash, then
polished by Scrubbing them by hand
with sand, covered with greasy sub
stance and dipped into molten tin. On
account of the uneven surface of the
iron plates, heavy coating of tin-from
fifteen to twenty pounds per hundred
pounds of iron-was necessary to pro-
duce a bright appearance. The plates
that were made in those times were very
costly, and were mostly worked into
cuirasses for warriors, ornaments for
church steeples, and occasionally into
vessels for family use; but the latter
were so expensive that piece would be
kept as valuable inheritance by several
generations.
These plates were used in England
largely, but were imported, because all
experiments to produce them cheap
enough at home remained unsuccessful
until about 174O or 1850; from that time
on the tin-plating industry began to pros
per in England. The process of reduc.
ing iron into thin sheets of more uniform
thickness was soon after invented, and
gradually, England got control of all
the markets of the world in this commod.
ity, and since the adoption of the COM
modify for such general use in the United
States, the consumption here has been
enormous. This country now consumes
about two thirds of England's produc-
ton. For the fiscal year ending June
both, 1882, the number of pounds OF
timed plates imported was III, ,S63, 900,
representing in value SIG, 634, 900.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-05-16
The GuillOtine.

The first cart contains the bois de JUS
tice, the apparatus of death, the other a
rough receptacle which comes empty, but
will 60 away full. The red timbers of
the guillotine are raised some fifteen
PAGES in front of the principal gate
raised almost noiselessly, no hammers be-
ing used, but every part being screwed
into its place. BY the light of couple
of lanterns the knife of the guillotine is
fixed into the grooves, and the execu-
tioner makes his experiment to ascertain
that it runs smoothly. By and by the
spectators increase. The riff-raff are
there, the amateurs of the sensational,
some journalists, and-shame to relate
party of youthful dandies with the
berouged accomplices in their debauches.
Order is kept by the police, but later
march up the municipal guards and trot
up tho oplondid Sondarmes of the Seine,
massive troopers in bear-skins, like the
Scots Greys, and they form an enclosure
round the machine of reprisal. The exc
cutioner on this occasion was Hendrelch.
He did not prepare himself for his work
on beer and hoarhound; his popularity
was to make meal off rusks and new
milk before approaching his dreadful
task. The popularity of his successor,
Roch, was to supervise the proceedings
without removing his tall, shiny silk hat.
NJ. de Paris, as he is called, has higher
emoluments than his English colleagues.
He receives 5000 francs year from the
state for expenses, and "a, 900 for
salary. AS the dawn approaches
and the gas over the Jail gate
wakes yellow in the advanced shafts of
day, the chaplain drives up in cab and
enters, and such sinister adjuncts Of the
function as buckets of water, bran, and
the zinc bath-like case to receive the
head become visible. Hendreich enters
after the chaplain. The hour is at hand.
The gates fly open and the procession ap-
pears. The felon, with hair cropped and
naked to below the neck, still in the
straight waistcoat, hobbies along; at the
foot of the ascent to the guillotine the
chaplain kisses him on the left cheek,
Hendreich supports him under the right
arm-pit, an assistant under the left,
another presses from behind. A fourth
stands by an upright plank which rises
to the level of the felon's breast bone. AS
he reaches it he is pushed and falls on
his stomach to the plank, which is shot
rapidly forward until his neck falls into
a semicircular hollow under the knife;
the upper part which compl ates the circle
is dropped, Hendreich touches lever,
the blade flashes downward, the head
jumps into the zinc case, the body is
turned over into the tumbril, the head
being shaken from its couch of blood
dabbled bran alongside it. All is over.
There is no senseless formality of in
quest. The severed remains are galloped
off to the Turnip Field, there to be
buried, the head between the legs, be-
side the paupers from the hospitals and
the unclaimed unfortunates from the
morgue. 1msIey's Magazine.
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The Talking DOr.

1t was in a Market street restaurant. A
solemn man entered, followed by his dog,
seated himself and asked for the bill
of fare. 1t was given him.
"What would you like to have, sir9"
asked the waiter, Tipping the table with
his napkin.
The dog meanwhile had climbed upon
the chair on the other side of the table,
and was gravely regarding his master.
"Well," said the solemn man, re-
flectivelN "gimme two fried eggs,
turned over,
"Gimme the Game," said the dog.
The waiter gazed at the animal with
amazement mingled with horror. The
solemn man continued:
"Then guess you can gimme q sh
loin steak, very rare, with fried pota-
toes."
"Gimme the same" said the dog.
The walters face assumed the color OF
cold boiled veal.
coup O. coffee, plenty O. milk" went
on the solemn man.
"Gimme the same, j" said the dog.
The waiter shuddered, and, turning,
ded for the kitchen.
A man with a squint, at an adjoining
table, was much interested in the scene.
He had observed it closely, and finally
spoke to the solemn man.
at must "a been fearful lot O. work
to learn that dog to talk, mister"
cit was" said the solemn man.
'I should smile, " said the dog.
'What 'ud you take for him, nowp
said the man with the squint.
"Wouldn't sell him, said the solemn
man.
YOU'D better not, " said the dog.
The man with the squint was much i'm,
pressed. He began making wild offers,
and when he reached thousand dollars
the solemn man relented.
''Well," said he, 81 can't refuse that
I hate to part with him, but you can
have him."
"Hell be sorry for it, said the dog
The man with the squint drew checA
for the amount, which he gave to the
solemn man. The latter was about leav-
ing when the dog cried out:
''Never Mindful get even. I'll never
speak again"
He never did
The gentleman with the squint was
proprietor of Dime and Freak museum
IN Market street.
The solemn man was ventriloquial
crook. = San Francisco ArgOnaut.
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IEO Felt SAFE.

~ hear you are going to embark in
the manufacture of gun powder" re-
marked a Third street banker to Pearl
street man on Change the other day.
"That's the proposition now before
the house." he replied.
"Ain't you afraid to go into that kino
of BUSINESS"
"Of course I'm not. There's no more
risk of losing money than in any other
business"
II know that, but I should think
you'd be afraid of being blown up"
"Blown up3"
Certainly Amt you afraid OF
that2"
"Well, not hardly! I've been married
for twenty five years!" "-MercEant-
1Ta0eler.
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Something Around Her.

"There, Frances, you've caught an
other cold, and I'll warrant yon caupht
it when you were out walking with Joe
last night"
"Oh, no, motherl l couldn't have
caught it then, cause we didn't go fast
enough to catch anything, in fact; we
just set down on the stilc and studied
astronomy
''And did you have anything around
you. my dear4"
ooh, yes indeed did Joe's always
particular about that; he won't allow me
20 sit down anywhere in ths evening air
without putting something around me. "
Yonkers Gazette.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-05-16
OLD ANDREW AND ST.LUKE.

Old Andrew Lickney lived in little
log house that seemed to cling to the
mountain side. 1t was typical of its
owner, for old Andrew held on to the
rugged mountain side of life He was
strange man. Years ago, when the won
derful enterprise of the Methodist church
sent its circuit riders in advance of civil
ization, old Andrew, or rather at that
time young Andrew, parted the rank
cane with the vigorous hand of the gos-
pei. He was never married. In latter
years, when he had grown too old and
feeble to longer engage in active work,
his only household companion was large
shaggy dog, whose somewhat astounding
cognomen, st. Luke, caused much COM
ment, and, on one. occasion, it is said,
conference requested the old man to
change the animals name, claiming that
it was irreverent to bestow on a dog so
sanity title. This request was not
granted, and it was limited that it had
something to do with old Andrews with
>drawal from active warfare with the
world, the flesh and the devil. st. Luke
very much resembled his master. The
odd fancy is sometimes indulged even by
practical people that men and animals
can associate so long together that they
finally partake of each others physical,
not to say mental peculiarities. Old An
drew had but one good eye; st. Luke
only had one. Old Andrews chin shook
st. Luke's under jaw was unsteady. Old
Andrew limped; so did st. Luke.
,4, II A.
sat by his fire, his nodding and the
snoring of St. Luke were disturbed by
a knock at the door,
"Come imp
Steve Blue entered Blue was large.
rough fellow, with thick, coarse grained
skin, heavy eyes which looked not from
soul, and withal, general expression
of brutality and lack of thought. Old
Andrew arose and motioned the visitor
to chair st. Luke, lying in the corner
near the fire, opened his effective eye q
moment and slowly closed it, not with
out an air of suspicion. Although the
old stage horse of the church, as Mr.
Lickney was sometimes called, and Steve
| Blue lived in the same nelghborhood, YET
| they knew very little of each other fol
in the rough fellow old Andrew could
find nothing attractive, and in the some
what intellectual preacher the dull eye
of Steve could see nothing at all. Thi
mutual lack of interest caused old An
drew to regard the visit with surprise
Steve sat down, and with his heavy gaz
fixed on the fire, remained for some tim
in silence. The old preacher began t.
show signs of nervousness, but whethe
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-05-16

Consul Gade, of Chrstiania, has SUBJ
mitted to the United States government
q repor$ relative to a new material for
paper. This is the white moss which
grows so largely in Norway and Sweden.
The living plant is not used, butthe dead
moss which accumulates in the woods.
The moldering which the moss has un-
dergone fits it for use in paper-making
A factory is now being built in Sweden,
in district where million of pounds
Of the dead moss can be collected. Paper
of various thicknesses and card board of
the white moss have been made; the lat
ter being as much as three-fourths inch
thick. 1t is as hard as wood, can easily
be painted and polished, and it has the
advantage of not warping or cracking
with drought. 1t may, therefore be
used for window frames and so on
OasseJpS Ma7asine.