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The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1868-04-16

" Old Thad Stevens colored house.
keeper had her pocket picked last week
at the Harrisburg Pa, railroad depot.
She states her losses at one hundred dol
lars in greenbacks, three silver dollars, a
diamond breastpin, and free pass ''ovcr
tho railroad"
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1868-04-16

MAcGuLAY, in that celebrated account
Of the trial by impeachment Of Warren
Hastings, has these remarks: whatever
confidence may be placed in the decision
of the Peers on an appeal arising out of
an ordinary litigation, it is certain no man
has the least confidence in their impartiali
ty, when great public fqI nry, charg-
cd with a great State cri Fought to
the bar. They are all poHdsAhs- There
is hardly one among them whose vote on
an.impeachment may not be confidently
icted before witness has been EXAM
ined." VIII any future historian apply
remarks like these to the Senate OF the
United Statcsl
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1868-04-16


A Washington dispatch of the 9th inst.
to the Louisville Courier says: "The
argument of Judge Curtis was pronounce
ed by Radical Senator to be the ablest
ever delivered in that chamber. The man
ayers WINGED under his powerful logic, and
they, with their fellow-conspirators, were
glad when motion was made to adjourn.
The President expresses entire confidence
tonight that he wiAbe triumphantly vim
dicated, so thorough and complete will his
defense be, Among the proof will be
that every Cabinet officer not only advised
him of his power to remove Stanton, but
also advised his removal. The impress
sion is steadily gaining ground among
Conservatives here that the President will
be acquitted, but have failed to see one
prominent Radical but what entortains a
different opinion. 1t is therefore impossi-
BILE to foreshadow the result"
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1868-04-16

tr The steamer sea Bird was burned
to the waters edge within twenty miles of
Chicago on Friday last. Only three of the
passengers are known to have been saved.
, 1868-10-02
THE OLD FRIEND STILL.

As time speeds on with his relentless wing,
He is bringing change to all;
The daisies peep from the lap of spring,
And oak leaves fade ana fall.
The new grows old, and the old departs,
Aud the years their cycles fill
The friend that is new may be kind and true,
But give me the old friend still.
The friend that | loved when the spring wa
born,
That was true when summer died,
That was still unchanged through the ebb anC
flow
Of my lfe's unstable tide
The l1wer that blooms in the suns warm ray
q Nay fade when the night is chill
The friend that is new may be kind and true,
Bnt give me the Old friend STILL.
Al give me a clasp of the same warm hand
That felt in the days of yore;
AnI give me the heart that time has proved
Is true to the umOst core.
For time speeds on, and the friends are few,
Whom the void in the heart can fill
The friend that is new may be kind and true,
But give me the old friend still.
, 1868-10-02
A Martyr to Science.

From Boston letter we have the follow
ing interesting story of the life and death of
remarkable young man:
l wonder, did you ever hear of Robert
kennicott? Some one told me the brief
history of his life, the other day, and it is
well worth repeating. though can give you
but the merest skeleton of sketch. He was
the son of the well-known editor of the Prai.
RE Farmer, and resident of Chicago. In
his boyhood he manifested an engrossing
love of natural history, gave his whole mind
to its study, and a very powerful and bril>
liant mind it was. | am not well posted in
the dates of this subject but 1 think he had
passed but little beyond his majority, say in
go or '6l, when he set forth on an exploring
expedition through the wilds of the North
ampton country. He assembled the Missouri
river to its source, travelled alone through
regions where white foot had scarcely if
ever trodden, thoroughly explored the Rus
sian and British possessions in the north
west, and carried on campaign of investiga-
tion against beasts, birds, reptile, and insects.
He visited Sitka, then Russian post, and
rne nussIah omSers inert sraurUHeu, manly vi
whom were men of high culture, with his
passion for natural history, and taught them
to pursue the studies 10 which alone he found
happiness. His experiences almost rival
those of Munchausen in dangers and Difficult
ties. No peril daunted him; no obstacle dis
couraged him. Once, far in the wilderness,
he found himself destitute of the pins with
which bugs and sich are impaled, and
without moments hesitation he set out and
made Journey of FIVE hundred miles through
the snowy soIitudes of Sitka to replenish his
stock During one of his visits to this place,
l think in 1868, he heard of the war of the
rebellion. Instantly he started overland for
the East, made his way to the army in Vir>
piuia, associated himself with the Sanitary
Commission, and labored faithfully in the
cause of humanity till Lees surrender.
Without moments delay, after that event,
he turned his steps again to the northwest
and buried himself in the wilderness. A Int"
tie more than year ago some travellers IN
that bleak region came upon the figure OF
man sitting, compass in hand, before map
of the scene of his recent explorations, which
be had drawn with a stick upon the snow,
dead 1t was young Kennicott, who had
died as he had lived, alone. His short lie
was not without fruits, however He had
established an intimate connection with the
officers of the Smithsonian Institute, who
were filed with wondering admiration OF his
, 1868-10-02

BUTTER THAT WILL KEEP.-We have
seen the statement that a dairy in Broome
County, New York, was sold in St. Croix, in
1889, to the Governor, for IS cents per
pound. In 1910 the same dairy was sold in
New Bedford, Massachusetts, and went on a
whaling voyage. l saw some of it after, the
expiration of nearly four years, as sweet and
In good condition as when made. The same
dairy has since been sold in New Orleans, in
Matches, and Mobile, and there has never
been anv complaint as to its quality. ship.
ped some butter made in that County to Can
ton, in 1916, which opened as fresh as when
made, and was so good that shippers have
each year since applied to me for butter for
cabin stores. l broke up the frkins, and
procured small white oak kegs containing
from fifteen to twenty five pounds each, re-
packing the butter. These kegs were put
into large hogsheads and filed in the inter-
stces with rock salt, and placed in the hold
of the vessel. The small kegs were used
merely with reference to the convenience of
retailing at Canton. Orange County butter
is now understood to have rofervuOo TO the
mode of manufacturing rather than to the
locality where made. In making this butter
the milk is churned and rock salt is used
Ii every butter maker in the United States
would learn and practice this method ofmaks
ing butter, it would be worth $4,000, 900 a
year to the agriculture Of the nation. More
than that amount is wasted every year by
stupid b1tter-makers. Behold how profitable
are good sense and small increase OF USE
iul knowled se.
, 1868-10-02
NUMBER ~.

energy and love OF science. His contribu,
tions to the cabinet of that institution were
Of incalculable value, and his good deeds live
after him in the acts Of others whom he
taught to love science. Not long ago-be>
fore the Alaska purchase, however-Prof.
Baird, of the Smithsonian, received a string
of birds from Russian officer, stationed at
Sltka-a gentleman whom Kennicott had in-
spired with his own zeal 10 the study Of
natural history-which the Professor afirm>
ed no European museum could duplicate.
Prof. Baird has been solicited to write biog-
yAphy of Kennicott, aud review of his trav.
pleading want Of time, and sdgges the S.. task. 81
Simpson, of Chicago, should undertake the
work
, 1868-10-02

Por.PIE.-All kinds of fresh meat will
make good pot. pies, but beef, veal and chick
ems are preferable. Whatever kind of meat
is used it should be cut in pieces ready for
use, and boiled until tender, season with salt,
pepper and butter. (Beef will not need as
much butter as veal and chicken.) When
the meat is somewhat tender, pare and cut
in two few potatoes and put them in roll
the crust as thick as your hand, and lay one
layer on top of the potatoes, remembering to
have only broth enough to just cover the po'
tatoes let boil thirty minutes, the first ten
with the pot uncovered, by the rest of the
time closely cOuered. Be ready to bring il
to the table, and eat as soon as done.
, 1868-10-02

THE TRUE LIFE.-The mere lease Of years
is not life. To eat and drink and sleep; TO
be composed TO darkness and the light; to
psce round the mill of habit, and turn the
wheel of wealth, to make reason our book
keeper, and turn into an implement of trade
this is not life. In all this but poor frac.
ton of the consciousness of humanity is
awakened, and the sanctities still slumber
which make it most worth living. Knowl-
edge, truth, love, beauty, faith alone can
give vitality TO the mechanism of existence
The laugh of mirth which vibrates through
the heart, the tears that freshen the dry
waste within, the music that brings child>
hood back, the prayer that calls the future,
the doubt which makes us mediate, the
death which startles US with mystery, the
hardships that force US to struggle, the anx'
iety that ends in trust, are the true nourish'
ment of rational beings.
, 1868-10-02

@ gTRUrH.-The first consideration in select
ing a companion for life should be good
sense, and good disposition. A fine figure,
a good face, and sweet smile, soft voice,
and interesting manner, do very well for the
days of courtship; these are the means of
winning affection, but let all young persons,
male and female, rest assured that they can
never retain it, unless they are aided BY an
amiable disposition,
, 1868-10-02
MORNING HYMN.

The night is gone, the morning breaks
Upon the bank the flower awakes;
And, when the sun is on his way,
The woods look golden in his ray.
Each blade of grass has beads of dew;
The sky is cloudless, soft and blue;
The little birds, on every side,
Are singing of the sweet spring tide.
Nor shall they sing alone, while
Have life beneath the sunny sky;
While | can thank the God who made
Sun, sky, sweet birds, and dewy blade.
, 1868-10-02

GREEN TOMATO PIcKLE.-Cut in thin sll-
ces one peck of green tomatoes sprinkle
them with salt and let them stand day or
two. Slice ten or twelve small onions; mix
together one bottle or small tin box OF mus
tard seed. one ounce of cloves, one ounce of
pimento, two ounces of turmeric. Put in
the kettle layer of tomatoes, then one of
onions and spice, till all are in. Cover it
with good vinegar, and let it simmer till the
tomatoes are quite clear.
, 1868-10-02
Cooking Tomatoes.

The tomato is so common now, and every.
body is so familiar with the manner of rais-
ing it to perfection, and the various ways of
cooking, serving and preserving it, that you
too seldom find anything said about it in our
agricultural papers. We, however, have a
notion thae there are some WAYS of cooking
| tomatoes better than others, and that now
aud then person, by force of habit, falls
into certain ways of cooking them, and needs
an occasional reminder that these are not the
only ways in which they can be served. A
sliced raw tomato in vinegar, with a little
salt and pepper, is not the worst of dishes.
A common stew of tomato, with butter, sale
and pepper, is probably about as common
dish as can be found, and gives you the fine
rich flavor of the fruit, and is not to be neg.
lected. Then you can obtain an exquisite
dish by broiling them.
You can utterly spoil the dish by putting
sugar or mixing it with pounded crackers or
crumbs of bread. You lose all the delicious
flavor of the fruit, and have in its stead a
kind of sweet and almost tasteess compound
that has no character to it whatever. OF
course the favor of the cooked dish Of toma.
toes can be kept almost in its natural state,
or can be changed, smothered and almost
destroyed, by the cunning art of the cook,
and it would take pages to record how this
may be done, and with what shades of differ
ence in the result. We do not propose to
enter into the subject at large, or to offer
anything new on the subject. We think,
however, there is one way of cooking this
vegetable which so far exceIls all Others that
mention of it should never be omitted. when
ever the subject of cooking this fruit is
alluded to, and that is baking it. Select
some good, ripe, fair tomatoes, and place
them in the dish side by side till the bottom
is covered. Then bake them until they are
well done.
When you take the dish out of the oven,
you will find the tomatoes nearly covered
with the juice, almost as light colored as
water, which has oozed out as they We're
baking. Take them hot from the oven to
the table when you are ready to eat them.
Put one of them in a saucer, and pour upon
it, all hot, some of the juice from the pan.
Then open the top of the tomato with
spoon aud put it in generous slice of but
ter, and pepper and salt if you like it. As
soon as the butter is melted, you will find
you have before you the substance and the
juice of the vegetable, in such state that
for decacy and richness of flavor it cannot
be equalled in any other form in which it
can be presented. While we are grateful
for raw tomato, or a stew, or any other way
of serving them almost, yet, when we want
to crafty the palate in the most delicate and
luxurious and simple manner, we call for
the baked tomato, and have it baked at
home, too. The Spanish mackerel, the soft
shell crab, and the exquisite mushroom, are
never to be slighted, but they cannot always
keep up in the long run with baked toma-
to, served in the manner we have described.
-RurdLiSk
, 1868-10-02

HALF AN Hour Too LATE.-A young
couple elopcd from neighboring town lately,
aud when at a safe distance from home were
married. Soon after an officer was sent in
pursuit, and arriving at the hotel where they
We're stopping he Immediately entered their
room, and found them snug in bed. lie
explained his errand, when the young lady
sad, with ringing laugh: Tell ma it is
too late-weve been married sometime, and
have been in bed half an hour. Snuggle up,
Ueorge, aud don't get out of bed for him.
, 1868-10-02

VIRTUE AND HABIT-Socrates, in the
"Phedron,' makes great difference between
virtue and habit, in regard to the allOtments
hereafter. He says that a person who be-
haves we'll from moral principle, shall be
entitled to an infinitely higher reward than
one who fills up the same measure of duty
from use or exercise.
, 1868-10-02

RADICALS boast of the generosity of the
Alabama carpetsbsggsrs, in relieving por-
tion of the people from disfranchisement.
But carpst>bag magnanimity is better illus
trated by the radicals in Florida, where they
have taken away the franchise entirely
, 1868-10-02

Rural AXIoMs.-It costs no more to
fSIse 100 bushels of Baldwins than 100 BUSH
els OF cider apples, or 10 bbls. of Vergaliens
Ut bartletts, than the same quantity Of choke
pears. An ak costing 81, with which la
9oter may cut fifty cords Of wood a mouth,
IS cheaper tool than an ak costing but 81,
Shleh will cut only forty cords.
, 1868-10-02
To City Subscribers.

On and after this date, the STATESMAN will be
served to City subscribers at so cents a month, pay
able to the carrier. Those who have paid in advance
will have heir papers continued until the time ex
, 1868-10-02

The radical party. since the New York
nominations, is in similar condition to the
bows veal. 1t hasen't exactly died, but it
has kind O gin out"
, 1868-10-02

SPIRIr.-Spirit is now very fashionable
word to act with spirit, to speak with spir-
it, means only to act rashly, aud to talk ins
discreetly. An able man shows bis spirit
by gentle words and resolute action he is
neither hot nor timid.
, 1868-10-02
Work wanted.
The other day the following advertisement
appeared in the Gail =.

The other day the following advertisement
appeared in the CdH::e
wANTED-A yonng Man who is willing to
work, and not too proud TO carry bundles, or
do any honest labor required Of him to such,
good wages and steady employment will be
given. Address, in own handwriting, K r., J"
Box No. ls, Cali office.
When we state that over two hundred and
fifty applications Hege msde f0g The situation s.i
positive fact, pregnant with interest, and
very suggestive. And in passing we may
truthfully remark that the results Of the adj.
vertisement above copied are only fair sam
Piles of what follow in all cases where situa>
tions are offered The numerous APPLICATIONS
which follow all advertisements inserted in
the Call, of situations offered, property for
sale, goods and wares for disposal, etc., com>
pletely demonstrate, to the feeblest capacity,
the wide and extensive circulation of this
paper. Everybody reads it, and. of course,
everybody sees the advertisements in its col
umns hence, whenever person offers any
thing through its columns, hundreds, and in
some cases thousands, apply for the article,
as they want it. But the numerous applica-
tons for the situation offered by the adver>
tisement have a wider and more profound
significance. They forcibly remind one of
the fact that there are armies of unemployed
people in our midst, anxious to avail them
selves of any opportunity to make bread in
an honest manner. They show, also, that
the thousand who are anxious to find work
by which they may earn food for themselves
and their families, are people of our own
race and bloodhound to US by ties of kind
red. That these thousands are out of ems
ployment is owing to the fact that the State
is overrun by servile Asiatic hordes-by
swarms of Cinnamon, who are virtually slaves,
aud compelled to work for a pittance so
small that their individual earnings will not
suffice to pay half the expenses of the most
economical of white families These Chinese
slaves, by reason of their enforced servitude
aud cheap labor, monopolize most of the
lighter occupations, and even many of them
requiring heavy work. They thus drive
white men and women into poverty and aims
houses, and the rising generation of Ameri-
cans are by them driven into the streets and
acondition of vagabondage The new treaty,
advocated and upheld by the organs of great
monopoles, is calculated to increase this
great evil under which the people of our
own race and kin are labOring, because it
encourages Chinese immigration, and offers
the Chinese privileges of citizenship and pol,
tical power. In time, the poor whites will
be starved out, and The Pacific coast wholly
overrun with vermin eating slaves That
over two hunnred and fifty men can be found
inside of two days, who are anxious to fill
poorly paying porter's berth, is sad COM
mentary upon the straits into which the poor
white population of the State are driven, and
the fact warns our rulers that they should
take steps to abate the evil which threatens
to overwhelm the country.-,S F. CALL
, 1868-10-02

HUMANITY.-What has humanity to be
proud of? We are subject to every inclem-
ency of the sky-ths weathercock of inter.
Establishments for passion to fret upon
whose time is but moment, whose habita-
tion is but speck, and in size but an atom,
in the vast universe Yet man is proud
Ay, proud of himseif-prOud of what must
in few years be nothing more than silent
dust
, 1868-10-02

DRIED BEEF Slice the beef the same as
for toast, but use the same amount Of sweet
cream instead of water let it come to boil,
thicken by using one heaping tablespoon of
flour wet with cold milk, stir well until done,
which will be in minute or two, turn into
q deep dish, season with peper, add a piece
of butter as large as a small egg. This is
excellent to eat with baked potatoes. In
the absence of dried, cold boiled beef will do
for either of the above dishes
the Western Rural says that wnen ne preceIv-
es his horses inclined to rub their names and
tails he feeds them little oil meal, say from
one to two quarts day for week or ten
days, and at the same time makes a good
brine, as warm as he can bear his hand in it,
and washes the scaley substances out of the
mane and tail, and mixes about a tablespoon
full of lard to table spoonful Of powder, and
rubs it in well about the roots Of the mane
and tail
, 1868-10-02


A CYCLONE IN WIsCoNsIN.-At James,
vile, early on Saturday evening, a light
cloud was observed coming from the south
east, moving at very rapid rate. At the
same time large black cloud passed over
the orchard of Mr.. Jacob Schencks. As
these two clouds approached each other they
settled down to the earth, and low, heavy
noise was heard, resembling the moving of a
heavy train of cars, accompanied by terrific
peals of thunder. The cyclone formed in
shape like large balloon, with large trunk
extending to the ground. At tSis time it
had reached the farm of Mr. Holmes. The
first damage done was the tearing down of
few rods of fence then to a small granary,
lifting it twenty feet in the air, landing on
the opposite side of fence. Next came a
barn, twelve by twenty FIVE, which was tax,
en- up and torn to pieces. Just before the
tornado struck the barn, Mrs. Ellen Mona>
han, seventy>eight years of age, went out to
take care of little boy, who was in the
barn with his sister, about nine years of age.
Mrs, Monahan was taken up in the whirl>
wind and instantly killed The girl was
taken up also (incredible as it my seem) to
height of fifty feet (some who witnessed it
say one hundred feet,) her cloths were torn
off and carried distance, doing her no bodily
injury. When asked how high she was
blown, she answered, %, sir was almost
up to the sky The storm then TOOK an
0dsSoA'J u"1oVl0H, urVPPI"5 uO"a tLe
earth SO low that men stacking a short dis
tance away could see over the whole of it,
and in its progress lifted eighteen stacks of
grain, carrying some of it a distance of forty
rods, undoiug the bundles and completely
threshing the greater part as it went. The
cloud was about the size of large circus
tent. At no place in its path did it cover
more than three rods in width, and when at
distance of three miles from the scene of
its earthly career, it seemed to roll over on
the side of the huge balloon, now and then
sending out volume of chained lightning,
accompanied with loud and long peals Of
heavy thunder, and passing away in the dis
tanee, leaving little or no rain
, 1868-10-02
D. s. Official Paper for the Territory.

Office Statesman Building, Third Street.
, 1868-10-02

81 to order and on reasonable terms. Orders for
ny of the following articles will be promptly filed:
BOOKS, BLANK CHECKS,
PAMPHLETS, NOTES HAND,
HANpBILLS, ORDER BOOKS,
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CIRCULARS. STEAMBOAT CARDS,
Invitations, Bills of Lading,
BUSINESS CARDS, CERTIFICATES,
BILLHEADs, SHOW BILLS,
CONCERT BILLS, CHECK BOOKS,
PROGRAMMES. BLK RECEIPTS,
ADDRESS CARDS, DRAFTS,
BLANKS OF ALL KINDS.
~" .;oh Work must be paid for before being taken
from the Office.
, 1868-10-02
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, 1868-10-02

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