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The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-10-09
Notice to Construct Sidewalk.
Mayors OYlroE. Oct. 8. 1889

Ahnly Duoohs
MADAN-You are hereby notiied that the fol.
lowing resolution was passed by the Council
Of October, 1883, to-wlt:
Resolved, that IN the opinion Of the Council
OF the village Of Wellington, O., Il is necessary
20 construct q sidewalk on the west side OF
Barker street In front OF your property on said
street, and IL 10 hereby declared that the same
shall be constructed in accordance with the
ordinance. regulating sidewalks; proposed s
feet wide, laid upon good, sound strlhRers, and
the Mayor is hereby Instructed 10 cause notIce
70 De served upon the owners or agents Of the
owners oI tne property bounding or abutting
luton. -f'''' '0'o
Youare further notified that II such sidewalk
be not constructed. as required BY said rosolu-
tion, within the time limited BY law (thirty
Gays from the service OF this notice), said
Council will have the same done al YOUR ex-
pense, and will collect the cost thereof, with a
penalty Of 20 per cent. and interest, {alI Of
which Will be lien on said property, by suit.
as prescribed by law.
By order OF the Council.
X. N. GOODWIN, Clerk.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-10-09

THE Press Of Chicago, New York and
St. Louis have sent US circulars requesting
space in our columns to advocate their
claim for the Worlds Fair to be held in
1892. In looking the ground over care
fully, we are inclined to think that in
justice to the people OF the United States,
the fair shvuld be held In st. Louis.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-10-09

THE Cleveland Leader is starting in
early 10 advocate the two cent mileage
bill on rail roads. What would the Leader
folks think II the next General Assembly
would make it unlawful for newspaper
men to charge in excess Of two cents per
copy. eh?
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-10-09

GENERAL Beatty must sit up nights in
order to write all of the letters he does to
the Plain Dealer. We have about so
many renegrades TO excuse annually, and
Beatty Is one Of them.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-10-09

THE Bondsmen Of Thomas Axworthy,
OF Cleveland, are slow to reimburse the
depleted treasury which Axworthy robbed.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-10-09

THE States of North and South Dakota
and Washington have gone Republican
Montana Is still In doubt.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-10-09

GOVERNOR Foraker is delivering some
un.answerable speeches for Campbell this
fall.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-10-09

SENATOR Sherman will soon be with us
in the interests of Foraker.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-10-09

THE Prohibition amendment was
showed under three votes to one in Con.
necticut. ..
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-10-09

Hurrah Now for Overcoats.
BY actual count 4l2
Overcoats now grace our
counters, and 4l2 men.
boys and children are re-
quested to call, inspect, and
il found to their liking.
purchase these coats.
z. E: GOODRICH, clothier.
Next door to P. o., Wellington Ohio.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-27
1t is Nothing to Me.

r. is nothing to me If my neighbor should say
That my, coat and my hat arc old-fnshioned
tO day.
Aud why, declare,
ShOnid worry or care
If lie cracks q bald joke on the cut OF my hairf
so long MS know That the tailor is paid
For the time he has spent, for the garb he has
made,
That the barber was never expected to wait
For tho rny he's the right to for dressing my
pate,
SO long as I'm free
Not in dcbt-do yOu see?
What my neighbor may say, why, It's moth
ing to me.
1t is nothing 10 inc If my ncighbor should
scoff
Because he has smooth hands, while my
hands are rough,
For know that the difference lies only in
Honest toll roughened mine, quiet ease soft
ened his;
And hope. before mary wears older we be,
His may grow strong like mine. But it's
nothing to me.
1t is nothing to me If my neighbor refuse
To return my salute, or disdainfully choose
TO ignore my existence: shall not repinc,
For have one comfort-thc loss is not mine
But 1t Is great pity, as all will agree;
Yet his want OF good manners Is nothing tc
me.
Still, here let me say
That should trouble some day
Encompass my neighbor and darken his way
'Twould be both my duty and pleasure to fly
And stand to his back while tile trouble was
For then, don't you see?
] could not be FREQ
TO feel that his sorrow was nothing to me-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-27

1t is a strange but indubitable fact
that in no place does bedroom carpet
wear out SO quickly as in front of the
dressing-mirror. Therefore, a pretty
mat that will avert or conceal the wear
must be pleasing gift. TO make one
that is sufficiently ornamental not to
have its useful purpose apparent, take
a piece of crimson or old gold astra-
chan cloth, eighteen inches wide
and twenty-seven long, sew all around
it a border of leopard-skin plush, or
beaver plush, if preferred, and then
search in German fancy-work stores,
among the canvas work that is sold
there, with the figure already wrought
and the ground untitled, for large
cats or dogs head. These worsted-
worked squares are sold for such tri-
fie that it would be folly to attempt to
work the figure. Cut the canvas away,
leaving enough around the figure 10
turn in and hem down. Then sew the
head upon the center Of the mat the
woody ground will cover all irregulari-
ties of the edge. The mat should be
lined with ticking or denim to give it
firmness. The high-colored astra-
chans, being now so little used in cos
tunes, are sold for all extremely low
price.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-27

a woman, whose life has been long
and chequered with many reverscs
said lately: Nothing has given me
more courage to face every days du'
ties and troubles than Il few words
spoken to me when l was child by
my old father. He was the village
doctor. l came into his office, where
he was compounding medicine, one
day, looking cross and ready to cry.
"'What is the matter, Mary"
"'I'm tired I've been making beds
and washing dishes all day, and every
day, and what good does it do? To-
morrow the beds will he to make and
the dishes to wash over again.
"'Look, my child lie said do you
see these little empty walls: They
are all insignificant, cheap things, Of
no value in themselves; but in one
put u deadly poison, in another 8
sweet perfume, in a third u healing
medicine.
Nobody cares for the walls; it is
that which they carry that kills OF
cures. Your daily work, the dishes
washed or the floor swept are homely
things and count for nothing in them.
selves but it is the anger or the sweet
patience or zeal or high thoughts that
you put into them that shall last.
These make your lifc.'"
No strain is harder upon the young
than to be forced 10 work which they
feel is beneath their faculties, yet no
discipline is more helpful. "The wise
builder" says Bolton, watches, not
the stones which his journeyman lays,
but the manner in which he lays
them."
"They also serve," said John Mil.
ton, "wlo only stand and wait"
"Eyen .Buddha," says a Hindu prov
erb, "was once q cart-horse, and car,
ried the loads of other men,"
We should remember, above all
that the greatest Of all men spent
thirty years of His earthly life wait
ing the appointed time to fulfill His
mission.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-27
A Noble Deed.

All the world has heard of Hoes
printing-presses, which have done 50
much to make books cheap. The
founder of the business was Robert
Hoe, young English carpenter. The
story Of his arrival in New York is
thus related by the man who saw him,
Il stranger, and took him in little
dreaming of the kindness he was do
ing to mankind in general:
In 1903 the yellow-fever swept the
streets of New York like a Turkish
plague. I kept grocery store, and
one afternoon was sitting outside the
door with one of my children by my
side. I saw q strange man coming
along and reading the signs.
"Mr. Thornburn ?" said he.
"Where did you get my name"
said I.
81 read it on the sign-board," said
he; and he continued, II am just come
on shore from the ship Dragon from
Liverpool. am q carpenter by trade,
but can't get work Oh account of the
fever. If you can tell me where to
board, will pay when I get work"
"How old are you?" I asked.
"Eighteen years."
'Did you serve out your apprentice
ship?"
"I never was bound. My father
was carpenter"
"If my wife is willing, T will board
you myself" said I, and stepped to
the foot of the stairs. My wife stood
at the head.
Good wife" said, "a stranger
standeth at the door. He has no
money; he wants board. Will you
take him in?"
"Gf thee pleaseth," she replied.
''rhank you, my dear" said I. "Fol
this God will bless YOU"
Within a week he was down with
the fever. got the best medical ad-
vice. My wife and I nursed him. On
the fourth day of the fever he was
under the operation of powerful medi-
cine. The fever ran through his
veins and drank his English blood. I
stood by his bedside. He fixed his
eyes on mine.
20 Mr.. Thornburn, I shall die! l
shall die! I can never stand this"
"DieW said 1, Robert, we must all
die, but you won't die this week" "
L spoke unadvisedly, but I thought
the end would justify the means. ~
hope to see you marry one of our bon-
nie Yankee lasses, and to carry your
grandchild in my arms" I saw this
prediction fulfilled to the letter. From
that hour the fever left him, and to-
day his worthy sons are improving
upon their fathers inventions.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-27

A JUDGES SENSIBLE WORDS
Judge Tuley occupies position which
enables him, almost compels him, to
collect statistics as to the causes Of
divorce. In n recent interview he
said:
II would not add to, nor take away
any of the causes of divorce now Civ
ell by The statute. If it were prac'
ticable, l would prohibit by law any
newly married couple living with the
parents of either within the first five
years. When left by themselves their
characters sooner assimilate and they
much sooner learn that in order to he
happy there must be continual and
mutual self sacrifices and dependence
upon each other"
There is condensed in the last sen.
tence tie result of much experience
by close thinker. A vast amount
of unhappiness might have been
avoided if every newly married coup,
lie, and the parents of each, could have
been made to know this before it was
too late.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-27

Charcoal is recommended rs an al
sorber of gases in the milk room, where
foul gases are present. 1t should be
freshly powdered and kept there con-
tinualIy, especially in hit weather,
when unwholesome odors are most lia-
bic to infect the milk. .>-.-.
BY applying kerosene with a rag,
when you are about to put your stoves
away for the summer, will prevent
them from rusting. Treat your farm
ing implements in the same way before
YOU lay them aside in the fall.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-27

WHAT MARS a WoMAN.-There
never yet was Il woman so gifted,
wealthy, beautiful or high in social po-
sition that she was not marred by q
cold, distant and supercilious bearing.
There are so many sorrownl things
in life, there are so many hurts and
wounds for all of us, it seems to me
that every woman ought to cultivate
Il sweet manner and kindly glance
for the stranger or the acquaintance.
1t costs nothing, and, like i ray OF
sunshine, it warns and strengthens
many frost bitten life whereon it
falls. I think some women and girls
have the idea that naughty and proud
bearing imprcsses stranger with q
sense of their Importance. This is Il
mistake. The truly great are never
arrogant or cold butmodcts and kind in
demcanor, while the unworthy and
presumptuous often assume an air OF
supercilious disdain with strangers to
hide their natural DEFICIENCIES.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-27
The Truth.

The boy who sees his father adulter.
ate his goods, and arrange his best fruit
upon the top of the box, is taught OBJ
ject lessons he doesn't forget. The
following incidents were recently
told:
"Come," said q certain mother TO
her little hoy, "take this; it is some
thing good"
The child was evidently suspicious
but after many earnest assurances on
the part Of his mother, he took the
medicine. 1t was extremely bitter
and, rejecting it ut once, he raised his
young voice in angry reprOaches
against his mother for telling him
such q lie.
"No, my dear" said she; II have
told you no lie. The medicine is good ;
it is good TO cure you. That is what
l meant"
"Good to cure he" cried he, with
u lOOk Vi IeilcCI CoiISHiPl' ~"
cheated me. You know you did"
Yes, he was right; and by that act
she lost the confidence of her little
boy.
a little girl, hearing her mother say
to the clerk, after she had taken SAM
pies Gor her crazy quilt) from several
pieces of goods, that she would call in
the afternoon and make some pur-
ehases. said:
"Mamma, you said that at all the
other stores"
Actual lessons, like these, do far
more to fix moral character than all
the perfunctory preaching and advis-
ing possible from September to July.
A child cannot be more certainly cor
rupted than by hearing good advice
and seeing bad eXemplification of it..
Preaching is easy; it's the practicing
that tells.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-27
Wise Cows.

In general, COWS are supposed to be
rather wanting in intelligence. Else
why do they invariably cross the road
in front Of a passing carriage? But
The Pail Mall Gazette cites an instance
of what looks like genuine bovine saga
city and true neighborly feeling:
The other morning, q very sultry
one, two COWS came to our gate, evil
IDENTIFY on the lookout for something,
and after being at first somewhat puz-
zled by their pleading looks, l be-
thought myself that they might be in
want Of water. No sooner had this
idea occurred to me than I had some
water brought in large vessel, which
the poor animals at once sucked up
with the greatest eagerness. sThe pair
then sauntered contentedly away to q
field near at hand.
In about an hour or so We were sur
prised and not little amused. by see
ing our two friends marching up to the
gate, accompanied by three other cows.
The water tap was again called into
requisition, and the new comers were
in like manner helped literally: Then
with gratified and repeated "boo-oos"
"a unanimous vote of thanks-our
visitors slowly marched off to their
pasturage. = s
1t was quite clear to us that the two
first callers, pleased with their friendly
reception, had strolled down to their
sister gossips and dairy companions,
and had informed them-how, cam
not say, can you?-of their liberal en-
tertainment, and then had taken the
pardonable liberty of inviting them up
to our cottage. n
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-27
SNOW BALLS FROM MUUNT CARMEL.

Churches-.Prcache -SchOOls.-Pretty
Women-..A Place Where Negro
Thief Got What Paddy Gave the
Drum...A Correspondent Who SAT
Down on the Back Of His ITead-..
Another Iron Mine is Found, this
Time it Is Of the MnllenbIc Kind
of Ore..-A Judge Who Can Give
Satisfaction TO Plaintiff and De.
fendant.
MOUNT CARMEL, S. c., Feb. 25, 1859.
One Of the heaviest SHOWS for many years
fell here on the 21st. and we were literally
Rev. A. +. Berry. the Methodist pastor, fill
ed his appointment last Sabbath. He GER
tainly is faithful to his duty, and his flock
should remember the "laborer is worthy OF
his hire
Mrs. Irwin is on visit TO her father Mr.. A.
d. Smith who is quite sick. We hope he will
soon be well again.
Our high school is moving on nicely under
Miss Maggie Hammond and Miss Carrie
Andrews are here attending school.
The Governor has appointed W. T. McDon-
Miss Hattie Radford after a long absence
has returned to our community once more
where her many friends are glad to see her
4 professional thief visited our town last
Saturday, in the form of q colored gentleman
about IA years old. He had his sack with him
and lifted just little from each store as he
passed along. The contents OF his sack pre-.
Sented the appearance of q miniature retail
store. His father took him out to the woods
and gave him what he needed and secured
The amount of the stolen goods by mort
gage. :,
Rev. Patterson will take charge of the Lodi
mont school this year.
Miss Ella Dorm has returned to her home In
Edgefeld county.
This morning is cold and much Of the snow
remains upon the North side OF the build.
inss.
Mcdonald visit last week, which was Inuch
appreciated. We hope she will make her
stay longer next time.
DR.. WIN. unings, OF Mccormick, took In
our town one day last week.
Your reporter came very near sustaining a
most serious accident last week-cauSe steps
covered with Ice, and in the twlnkIing OF an
eye his head was where his feet ought TO be-
result, both wrists sprained.
The Methodist ladies of Mt. Carmel church
parsonage Let all the churches send In their
donations at once as 1t will add 10 the COM
fort OF our pastor and family.
Mr. Tom Firth has O vein of Iron ore on his
plantation about 12 feet wide, and running
z OF a mile. and to an unknown depth. The
specimens handed your reporter are fine, the
rock will bend under the stroke Of the ham
mer like iron. A good chance for miners to
make fortune.
Judge Miller is getting his share of business
which he dispatches In business like manner
and to the justice and sat isiaction Of all.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-27

IMPoLITE THINGS Loud and bois-
ferrous talking.
Reading when others are talking.
Talking when Others are reading.
Cutting finger nails in company.
Joking others in company.
Gazing rudely at strangers.
Leaving stranger without seat.
Making yourself hero Of your own
story.
Reading aloud in company without
being asked.
Leaving church before the worship
is closed.
Whispering or laughing during
worship in the house of God.
A want of respect or reverence for
seniors.
Correcting persons older than your
self, especially parents.
Receiving present without all eX-
preston of gratitude.
Not listening TO what anyone is say
ing in company.
Commencing to eat as soon as you
get to the table.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-27

What is worth doing at all is worth
doing well. 1t is little act to open or
shut a door, but read this paragraph
and you will see in that "little act" a
very large indication of character:
"Boys and girls will always show to
strangers whether they are well bred
and polite or not by the manner in
which they open and shut the door.
IF they open it with rush or if they
neglect to shut it, or shut it carelessly
or with slam, they show that they
are not well-behaved or polite. You
should always open and shut door
gently and carefully"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-27
Wednesday, Feb. 81, 1889.
Thirteen Bridges washed Away or
BADLY DAMAGED.

Abbeville county suffered considerably by
the recent freShet, as will be seen by the fol-
lowing named bridges which were either
washed away, or damaged
Whites bridge on Calhoun's creek.
Buffalo bridge on Calhoun's creek.
Bellott's bridge on creek between Calhouns IS
Mills and Mt. Carmel.
Bridge at Cochran'S Mills on Long Cane-5O
feet gone.
Cannon's bridge on Long Cane gone.
Blacks bridge on Long Cane badly dam
aged.
Bridge at Jordans Mill on Long Cane badly
damaged.
Bridge on Pickens creek gone.
Bridge on Curl Tail at Whartons-5O feet
gone.
Two other small bridges gone.
Bridge at Cades lower mill gone: This is
one OF the longest and most important
bridges in the county, and If properly built
will cost from three TO five thousand dollars.
This bridge was so badly wrecked by the Sep
tember flood that it should have been includ-
ed in the estimate for new bridges.
We learn that the bridge at Wharton's was
new bridge built since the September t1ood
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-27
Feed Cotton Seed.

1t appears, rs the result of carefully con.
Quoted experiments at the Pennsylvania
Agricultural College that at presenuaprices
cotton seed meal Is one Of the cheapest arti-
cles of fool for fattenng animals. After three
winters of feeding experiments it was found
that If cotton seed meal Is judiciously com.
bined with corn meal IL can take the place OF
more than its own weight of corn meal. 1t
was also evident that when the price Of cot.
ton seed meal is not much greater than that
Of corn meal the former can be fed proftably
to beef cattle. When we consider that q ton
of cotton seed meal Is estimated by chemists
to contain substances worth S2S for manure e.
while q ton OF corn meal contains of these
substances only SIS worth, IT is evident that
the thrifty feeder for beet will find it protita-
BILE 10 use as much cotton seed meal as the
cattle will relish, without injury to their
health. There is danger, however, in feeding
too much of it. and especially In changing the
ration suddenly from other fodder, oil changes
in feeding should be gradual.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-27

A POINT IN MANLINEss.- Learn to
be q man of your word. One of the
most dishcartening of all things is to
he associated in an undertaking with
Il person whose promise is not to be
depended upon-and there are plenty
of them in this wide world, people
whose promise is as slender tie as a
spiders web. Let your given word be
as hempen cord, chain Of wrought
steel, that will bear the heaviest sort
of strain. 1t will so far to making Il
man out ofSou; and real man is the
noblest work of God; not lump of
moist putty, moulded and shaped by
the last influence met with that was
calculated to make an impression; but
a man of forceful, energized, self-reli-
ant, and reliable character, a positive
quantity that can he calculated upon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-27

R"Which of YOU can tell me the mean
ing of 'amenn" " asked the teacher G! Il
primary Sunday-school class.
Harry held up his hand. ut means
that you have.got through" he said.
An elderly minister ut social party,
where the young people were dancing,
being asked if he danced, replied, "Nor
/ am not educated OH that end"