The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-09-20

was a good financier. "Oh," said
he, "there is notbinglike financier.
ing, sir. Shakespeare said, sput
money in your purse, put money
IN your pnrse.' I will see You
again, good morning SIR" Now,
Messrs. Editors, when the boys ont
here are that sharp, you may be
certain that it is hard to crowd the
men and women. 1 was called
upon yesterday by an individual
OF this city, who calls himself Pot.
ter Christ. He wished to know if
his book setting forth a new relig-
ion, was circulated South. / told
him that l had never seen it. and
would like to know something
about it. He stated that several
years ago lie was ON voyage from
San francisco to Australia, and
that one night the angel Gabriel
descended from Heaven, and
wrote in indelible letters across
his forehead the namo Potter
Christ, the Morning Star; that
tho angel spent the night with him
and passed him into an immortal
state; that he ascended into Heaven
received divine inspiration, and
was commissioned by Jesus Christ,
to go forth preaching and prophe.
sying. That in September next,
he will ascend in q chariot to
Heaven, aE:i twcnty.six men will
be sent abroad to establish his re.
ligion. That the millennium will
commence one year from the date
of his ascension. That the an els
visit him nightly, and all he says
and writes Is divinely inspired
This man was onco Mormon
preacher, and it will surprise your
readers when l state that he now
has about eighty followers and be
levers in his new religion, and in
him as divinely inspired. AS ]
before remarked, things out here
arc very much mixed.
There is scarcely any two tami
lies or persons who ever heard OF
each other before they met hero,
and consequently the sympathies
which result from being born
neighbors and being raised up to-
gether are unknown here. There
is no more coherence between the
people, in social point of view
than there is between grains Of
, sand.
Large quantities of fruits and
berries OF every description arc
i. received in this city daily, being
shipped from Southern Illinois and
points farther south. Isaw peach.
, es on the fifth of June. Tie crop
prospect in the NortL-west is bet.
ter than was ever seen before
There are entire counties in this
. State that it is believed will aver
age eighty bushels of corn per
acre. Some of the papers think
the State will average over fifty
bushels. Iowa is not so good a
wheat State as either those lust
above or below-in fact, she is the
poorest wheat State in the North.
west.
Your readers will no doubt be
astonished when l tell them, that
the climate in Montana, Idaho and
, Washington is milder and more
, pleasantin winter than it is in Iowa
, Twill not inflict upon the reader the
, profound scientific reasons assigned
tor this apparent anomaly, nor will
|, lattenpt TO present the great china
tological and meteorological ones
tions Herewith c1nnccted-take
my word for it, it is so. 1t is too
, hot to say mo:e. 1t heat expands,
, and the present hot weather con.
tinues, | will not be responsible for
consequences.
L will state tor the benefit oi
!, your readers, that it is the general
impression here, that the Confed
crate debt will be paid by the
, United States Government, anc
r also that all slaves will be pait
for. If there are any person.
down South who will sell theil
claim to their former slaves a
, fifty dollars head, or who arr
, willing to give one-half that ma,
/ be procured for them, they vii
/, please address TOURIST, C0unci,
; Bluffs, Iona IN. Band senO
stamped enUelope) and / will sc nc
them statement with tho neces.
sary blanks aud instructions.
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