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The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1869-11-11
A Moving Sermon,

We have subjoined discourse, deliver
ed by Southern divine, who had removed
to new field of labor. To his new flock,
on the first day of his ministration, he gave
some "reminiscences of his former charge,
as follows:
"My beloved brethren, before l take
my text, | must tell you about my parting
with my ola congregation. On the morn
ing of last Sabbath went into the meet
ing house to preach my farewell discourse.
Just in front of me sot the old fathers and
mothers in Isreal; the tears coursed down
their furrowed cheeks; thar totteringfurms
and quiyering lips breathed out sad fare
ye well, Brother Watkins-ah! Behind
them sot the middle-aged men and ma
irons; health and vigor beamed from eve
ry countenauce; and as they looked up |
could see in their dreamy eyes--fare ye
well, Brother Watkins-ah! Behind
thom sot the boys and girls that | had
baptized and gathered into the Sabbath
school. Many times had they been rude
and boistrous, but now their merry laugh
was hushed, and in the silence could hear
fare ye well, Brother Watkins,-ah
Around, on the back seats, and in the
aisles, stood and sot colored brethering
with their black faces and honest hearts,
and as | looked upon thensI could see a
fare ye well, Brother Watkins,-ah 1!
When [ had finished my discourse and
shaken hands with the brethering--ah |
passed out to take last look at the old
church-ah! The broken steps, the flop
ping blinds, and moss covered roof, sug-
gested only-fare ye we'll, Brother Wat
kins-ah | mounted my old gray mare
with my earthly possessions in my saddle
bags, and as | passed down the street the
servant girls stood in the doors, and with
their brooms waved me fare ye we'll,
Brother Watkins--ah! As I passed out
of the village the low wind blew softly
through the waving branches of the trees,
and moaned fare ye well, Brother Wat
kins-ah | came down to the creek
and as the old mare stopped to drink |
could hear the water ripping over the
peeDles a-tare ye we'll, Brother Watkins
-ah And even the little fishes as their
bright fins glistened in the sunlight, |
thought gathered around to say, as best
they could-fare ye we'll, Brother Wat
kins-ah! L was slowly passing up the
hill, mcditating upon the sad vicissitudes
and mutations of life, when suddenly out
bounded a big hog from fence corner,
with aboo aboo and came to the ground
with my saddlc-bags by my side. AS l
lay in the dust of the road my old gray
mare run up the hill, and as she turned
the top she waved her tail back at me,
seemingly to say-faro ye we'll Brother
Watkins-ah! tell you, my brethering,
it Is affecting times to part with a congre-
cation you have been with for thirty years
-ah Editors Draw, Harpsr's Mag
asine for October.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1869-11-11
The Women of East Tennessee.

Perhaps no one cause has contributed
more to the adyancemontof olr section of
the State in material wealth, than our wo-
men, more especially the wives aud daugh-
ters Of our farmers and cottagcrS, whose
humble homes, dOtting the valleys and the
sequesterod glades of our mountains, add
beauty to the landscape. During the war
both armies ravged this country with ruth
less cruelty and barberism. The bread
of the sick and the helpless was ruthless
y taken and destroyed, and yet, thanks
to our women, but little actual suffering
for something to eat or to wear occurred.
Contrasting their habits with the women
of some Of the neighbOring States, we find
this marked difference. Hero woman, by
her industry, thrift and economy, not on
~ prepares TIE family food and clothing,
but in great measure provides it. The
value Of the exports of feathers, beeswax,
herbs, roots, dried fruits, butter, poultry
and other commodities, the direct results
of their efforts, exceed the value of the
exports of wheat. They are more than
sufficient to pay for all the coffee, sugar
and salt consumed by the entire rural
population. Add to this the vast quanti-
ty of homespun cloth she weayes-the veg
etables she cultivates, and you can form
slight estimate of her worth. This is not
true of the women of other States or of
other sections. These women look more
to dress and display than to economy and
thrift. Here the farmers wife is indeed
a help mate. There she is an ornamental
appendage of the household, scarcely ta-
king interest enough in the family to wash
the faces of her own children. And now
the crowning glory of our women remains
to be mentioned. In her contributions to
our population she is worth hundred
commissioners OF immigration. She not
only brings the immigrant but feeds and
clothes him, nurses him when he is sick,
teaches him how to work and makes use
full citizen of him, and all this she does
not only without complaining, but from
the look Of pride that brightens up her eye
when you ask her how many children she
has and she answers "fourteen," you would
think she delighted in it.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1869-11-11
MISCELLANEOUS.
The New Baby---A Bows sOlilouny.


Yes, there's another of 'em up stairs
now. knowod it cause papa told NE
must be quiet and sit down in q corner
with my books, and mustn't play ball, nor
ask Willie Smart to come in and help me
put up my puzzle together. Then there's
Il cross nurse that's always scolding me for
getting in her way, no matter where get.
Besides Miss Cadalf was here to-day, and
she took me on her knee, patted me on
the back just like the cook when l am
choking, and said my nose was another de-
gree out of joint, but knew better for
this is the third time she has told me so,
and it is no more out of joint than it ever
was. She's a hateful, goggle-oyed old
maid-that's what she is.
l saw it too. It's got little round,
red head, without any hair, with great
deep wrinkles instead of eyes; and when
it cries it opens it mouth as though it
meant to swallow itself. Pa helped me
upon the side of the bed, and told me to
kiss my dear, pretty little sister; and
when wouldn't, and called it a horrid
ugly little thing, he said | was a naughty
boy, and then the nurse shook me, and
said l ought to be ashamed. I didn't get
to kiss my ma at all. l knew better than
to try it, for once, when another baby
came, climbed up on the bed, and put
ting my arms around her neck, hugged
and kissed her; but all the time had
my knee on the baby's head so I was
whipped and put in my crib without any
supper because didn't know it was there.
Little Annie thinks it nice to have new
sister, but she was the baby before and
don't know any thing about it. l can re-
member long, long ago when ma used to
call me her "sweet little darling" and pa
dandled me on his foot and said I was
fine fellow" and aunt Julia declared that
| was "perfect little angel" but then
Tom came, and all my pretty toys were
given to him cause he was the baby, and
| was cufed and scolded by every body
'cept grandma, and she's good to me yet,
though there's been two other new ones
since.
[ wonder where all the babies come
from? Ma says the Lord sends them. |
wish he wouldn't send any more to our
house; we've got more'n enough now. 1t
might be nice for them if they could stay
little always, but they have to grow big af-
ter while, and then they amt no better
off than the rest of folks. I rather think
if I was baby I'd ask the Lord to send
me where I'd not grow any bigger, and
then I'd have nothing to do but to lie on
my back, and chew my toes, and have
folks say was the "darlingest, cuningost
little creature they ever laid eyes on"
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1869-11-11
Ten Years Ago.

The Cleveland Plaindealor says About
ten years ago, Daniel Sicklos committed
most cowardly murder in the streets Of
Washington, Now he represents thf S6~UI
ted States at the Court Of
Less than ten years DEALERS IN
Brown, OF Georgia, W.
secession mCyo@entD RYz-GdOn
originator, builder e, before
Andersonyille prise I'D in
leader of the Jaco II o ~ he
Considerably ler
General LongstreeJ ", u ~ q ead OF Is
rebel army, dealSg death hnd'aestructlon
to Union soldiers Now he is an appoin-
teo'of Grant to a very lucrative position
in New Orleans.
Ten years ago, Ben. Butler at the Char
lesion Convention, voted 6ft5 tbree. tiGss
for jeff. Davis as candidate for Presi-
dent, and was at that time poor man.
Now he is the head and frOnt-the very
quiutesence of iacobinism,-and worth his
millions of dollars.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1869-11-11
That Bull Frog.

A couple of Yankee girls put bull
frog into the hired mans bed, to see if
they could get him to talk Daniel threw
the frog out of the window and said not
word. ESoon after ho put bushel of
chestnut burs into the girls bed, and
about the time he thought they would
make the least shadow, Daniel went to
their door and ratified the latch furiOusly.
Out went the light and in went the girls,
but they didn't stick, though the burrs
did. Calling to them, he begged them to
lie quiet, he only wanted to know if they
had seen anything of that pesky bull frog;
he'd gin two dollars to find him.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1869-11-11
Pass Him Around.

A maA who represents himself as Ca
madam Railroad Agent, who calls himself
John Wallace, left his boarding house on
North Summer street last Monday with
out paying his board. He is man of
pleasing address and prctends to be very
courteous and obliging. He is not the
only one that getsyhis living in this man
ner. Some people make it practice to
go from one city to another and leave
the boarding-housos without paying their
bills Union and american.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1869-11-11
Political Opinion of Mr., Davis.

Ex-President Davis was interviewed, on
his recent visit with this result:
He is said to have expressed the hope
that the liberal Conservative Republicans
of the South and the Democrats of the
North would succeed in the Fall elections.
His estimate of parties is that the North
ern Democrats represent what is left of
the principle of self-government, or'White
Mans Government while the Conserva-
tive Republicans South represent all that
is left of the principle in that section.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1869-11-11

bl lhL ANIh"h OF abb RI HASTINGS.
o, not DER these, the true and brave,
Whose mangled forms, in many grave,
Lie low where grass and wild flowers spring,
Shall dark oblivion spread her wing
Green osiers grow,
Red roses blow,
And garland the horses below
Ie everlasting pines, whose wall,
With mournlul dirges, swells the gale,
Sweep your high hOrps, with requiem grand
For soldiers Of the Southern land,
Who gave their life,
In bloody strife
Their memory ours, with glory rife
What though oppression rule the soil, {.
iley might n6t view the vi5tor's spoil
Beside their shiyered swords they lie,
unheeding meath a radiant sky
Calm let them sleep!
'Iis ours to weep,
For joys We lost, for Woes we reapl
Our blood-staincd banner, rent and lost,
Once waving DER a dauntless host
Though wet thy folds with Freedoms tears,
Thy splcndOr lives in coming years,
When mighty mind
Shall sway mankind,
And Right its equilibrium find
But, now, in double night we dwell;
For that lost cause and those who fell,
Our ycarnng bOsoms still o'ertiOw,
In pangs of deep though silent wo
But God is just
And, in this trust,
We mourntul leave your sacred dust
SoathCd, smitten, weary land, be still
Abide ScOurge while Heaven so will
Hope on, and with the coming day,
Though not yet seen and far away,
When dawning light
Shall scatter night,
And Gods strong arm enforce the right
Though mouldcring ruin grimly swoys
The happy halls OF other days,
Though aged sireS, in slow decline,
Lament the downfall of their line,
Each hero son,
A need hath won,
RcyeTcd till lifes last sands shall run.
But now, and through all coming time,
Our countrymcr shall live sublime
In that hcatt-memOry 50 dear
10 honor's high and bright career,
And long be shed,
Above their bed,
Tears for our loved Confederate Dead
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1869-11-11
Printers and Paradoxas.

A printer is the most curious being liv-
ing. He may have bank, coins, and not
be worth cent; have small caps, and
have neither wife or children. Others
may run fast, but he gets swifter by set
ting fast. He may be making impressions
without eloquence /; may use the ley with
out offending, and be telling the truth /;
while others cannot stand while they set,
he can set standing, ,and do both at the same
time; have to use furniture, and yet have
no dwelling; may make and put away pi,
and never see pie, much less eat it dur
ing his life; be human being and a rat
at the same time may press great deal
and not ask favor may handle shoot
ing iron and know nothing about can
non, gun or pistol; he may move the lev
er that moves the world, and be as far
from moving the globe as hog under
mole-hill spread sheets without being
housewife, he may lay his forms on a bed,
and yet be obliged to sleep on the floor;
he may use dagger without shedding
blood, and from the earth he may handle
stars; he may be OF rolling disposition,
and yet never desire to travel he may
have sleeps foot, and not be deformcd:
never without case, and yet know moth
ing of law or physic; be always correcting
errors, and be growing worse every day !;
have embraces, without having the arms
of girl around him; have his form lock-
ed up, and at the same time be free from
Jail, watch-house, or other confinement;
his office may have a hell in it, and not
be bad place after all; he might be
plagued by the devil, and be Christian
of the best kind; and what is stranger
still, be honest or dishonest, rich or poor,
drunk or sober, industrious or lazy, he al
ways stands up to his business.
The Radicals confess that Grants oppo-
sition to Hamilton in Texas, has given him
strength, as it did Senter in Tennessee and
Walker in Virginia.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1869-11-11

The statement of Jay Gould that both
Grant and his wife were engaged in the
late gold speculation in New York, has
created considerable futter in Washington,
and semi-oflicial contradictions have been
put forth through some of the correspond
ents.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1869-11-11

The Knoxville (Tenn.,) Whig says:
"Drs. Divine and 0yerton, of Tazewell,
now have in their possession natural mon
strosity-a child with two heads, four, arms,
double thorax and abdomen, three legs,
two seperate and distinct vertibral col.
umns, two hearts, two pairs of lungs, and
two genitals. The gender is feminine.
They are united nearly face to face, and
precisely resemble Rita Christina, with
the exception that the unnatural produc-
tion has three legs, while the former has
but two. Our informant assures us there
is no humbug about the matter, and that
he saw this curiosity himself, which was
the lllegitimate offspring of girl living
in Tazewell. 1t is now dead.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1869-11-11

A shrewd answer. Lady (at Sunday
school); Sand what do you understand
by 'tho pomps and vanities of this wicked
world p" The head of the class: The
flowers in your bonnet, teacher !''
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1869-11-11

There is nothing purer than honesty;
nothing sweeter than charity; nothing
warmer than love; nothing brighter than
virtue; and nothing more steadfast than
faith. These united in one mind form tho
purest, the sweetest, the richest, the bright.
est, and most steadfast happiness.
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Glad ToSHear It.
The Richmond Examiner saws:

nv LeiOhilIOuu I1AdHilAOl
"Dirt eating inI Virginia has not yet
assumed that morbid and disgusting form
when lump of clay furnishes a more
sumptuous repast than dish of good old
fashioned. bacon andF Fgreens.'"
Going the whole Reconstruction hog is
the bacon and green's of modern progress.
When Mark Twain was in the Holy
Land, the monks showed him the "Tomb
of ADAM" which evoked the following
gush from that super-sensitive nature:
"The tomb of Adam how touching it was
here in a land of strangers, far away from
home and friends, and all who cared for
me, thus to discover the grave of blood
relation. The unerring instinct of nature
thrilled its recognition. The fountain of
filial affection was stirred to its profound
est depths, and gave way to tumultuous
emotion. | leaned upon pillar and burst
into tears. deem it no shame to have
wept over the grave of my poor dead rela-
tive. Let him who would sneer at my
emotion close this volume here, for he will
find little to his taste in my journeyings
through the Holy Land. Noble old man
-he did not live to see me--he did not
live to see his child. And I-I--alas
did not live to see him Weighed down
by sorrow and disappointment, he died
before was boru--six thousand brief
summers before [ WAS born.O
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1869-11-11

A store in Denver city has sign as fol-
lows: FyNe KUT 2bakO.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1869-11-11

The Radicals confess that Grants oppo-
sition to Hamilton in Texas, has given him
strength, as it did Senter in Tennessee and
Walker in Virginia.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1869-11-11
POETRY.
THE CONFEDERATE DEAD.

BY THE AUTHOR OF "ALprRr HASTINGS
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-01-08
The New Year.

To-day ushers in the New Year For
nearly four wears the Southern people have
struggled on, hoping each would bring a
return of fraternal feeling and national
Justice. To-day they begin the New Year
under political auspices moro unpromlslng
than at any future period in their history
relieved only by the assured power OF thelr
endurance.
Materially also, our condition is not
much improved. While many look with
hope, with earnest energy, to the future,
many others are Responding. From the
far South hopeful voices reach us-our
sister, South Carolina, sends US words OF
cheer, but for ourselves, we fear renewed
prosperity is yet in the uncertain future
Our State Government is il the hands OF
men who regard only their own selfish pur-
poses, and its material welfare is being
sacrificed to satisfy personal ends. Politi-
cally and materially our condition IS far
from being prosperous.
We are glad to believe, however, that
the determination of our noble people is
undaunted their energies still active, and
their purpose to succeed unconquered and
unconquerable. They enter upon the stern
duties of the present year as they did those
of the past, determined to deserve success.
Heaven has blessed their labors more album
dainty than during the year previous, and
they begin the labors of the present year
with more hope and more vigor. Bowed
in humble submission to the wise and be-
nefcent DEGREES of the Almighty, our heart
felt prayers ascend on high to the giver Of
all good for a continuance of His blessings
during the year just begun, to our people
and country.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-01-08
Tricks of Trade.

The New York World, with commenda-
BILE energy and with startling accuracy, is
engaged in exposing the shortcomings OF
the retail dealers in the city of New York.
The authorizations in all articles of food
and drink, and the short weights and
measures are Of the most alarming charac-
ter. In the most necessary articles of
family use the authorizations and dishonest
weights are most common. The poison
which is carried into the system is a mat
ter of serious concern, while the tax upon
the laboring classes imposed by false
weights is most grieyous.
The Worlds commissioner first visited
the provision and grocery stores, and next
the retail liquor saloons. Other depart
ments of business will undergo investiga-
ton. The result of the liquor investiga-
tons should be printed by our temperance
societies as the most powerful argument
against the use of liquors which could be
made. The adulterations in the frst-class
houses are astonishing, while those in the
ordinary "gin shops" amount to poison.
We trust the World will continue its in
vestigations, as they must prove most
wholesome to that city, and to the entire
country.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-01-08
The States Interest in Public Works

We published yesterday an article from
the Raleigh Sentinel calling attention to
the fact that ':Ring" already exists to sell
the States interest in her public works,
and appealing to the people in every coun-
ty in the State to hold public meetings and
send speedily to the Legislature petitions
and remonstrances against such action.
We heartily concur in this view, being the
only and last resort left to our people
against the wicked and corrupt action Of
Inc Legislature. The assurance of our
contemporary that such sc Ring exists is
confirmation of what we had been reliably
advised. And we firmly believe that. nnless
thwarted by some positive action Of tho
people. in less than twelvemontb vel
the larger part, if not the entire ~
terest of the State in her works of interno,
improvements will be in the bands of tho
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-01-08
ELet Ia Lave Peace -

A few days ago a respectfully dressed
lady appeared at General Grants head
quarters and asked his influence to secure
an Office under the Government, enforcing
her application upon the plea that she had
two sons killed in the late war. General
Grant heard her story, and then turned
her over to General Dent, instructing him
to farther inquire into the matter, and if
the case was really worthy one to use his
(Grant's) name in recommending her for a
position in one of the Departments. Gen
eral Dent, in turn, listened to her story,
and finally asked her under what general
her sons were serving when they lost their
lives. The lady hesitated, and finally re-
piled Well, to tell the truth, sir, one
was serving under General Ewon and the
other under Colonel Mosby." The inter-
view terminated at once, and General
Grant did not endorse the application for
position. baltimore San,