The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-05-04
Fact and IfumOr.

The paper collar crop in the United
States amounts to 5O0,000,OOO per an
nun.
A minister not long ago preached
from the text, "Be We therefore stead
fast" but the printer made him ex-
pound from "Be ye there for break
fast!"
Mrs. Sarah Hand, whose death at the
advanced age Of 0S took place recently
at Cape May, was the last survivor of
the company Of young ladies who strew-
ed flowers iii Westinghouse path during
his triumphal passage through Trenton,
i'll 1889.
There is II curious dilemma in one of
the courts of Georgia. The son of a
murderer is the Solicitor-general of the
district i'll which the murder was COM
mitted, and lie insists upon conducting
the prosecution.
The chief business of Washington cor
respondents just now is contradicting
each others reports about the doings of
the Joint High Commission.
An Iowa paper, in speaking of amedical
college where female students are admit
ted says {: 1.-THE lectures proceed precisely
the same us toa male class OF gentlemen"
and adds Ladies' and gentlemen never
forget that they were ladies and gentle
mcn.'
A recent Alexandria newspaper says
that "thero was not u criminal case ON
the docket of the Fairfax county, Vir-
ginia, Court, at this term, and no bust
ness for the grand jury, nor is there a
criminal in the Jail OF that county"
A man lately made application for in
surance III IL building situated i'll q vii
lage where there was no fire engine. In
answer to the question, "what are the
facilities for distinguishing tires?" he
wrote ut rains sometimes"
There are in England no less than
one hundred and fifty registered ken
nels Of fox-hounds, with staff, stud and
equipments as complete as those of any
army corps. Many of them are sup
ported by subscription others, as the
Duke of Beaufort's, are made up at pri-
vate expense.
The electric telegraph has been ox-
tended to Vardoe, II little town in the
northern part of Norway, and is said to
be probably the northermost town on
the globe.
Statistics are said to prove that II
handsome widow has three chances for
marriage to a maiden's one. Especially
if the dear departed left her g million
or So
Lord Tonterden acted as u Master of
a Masonic Lodge, iii Washington, Tues
day evening, and conferred the first de-
gree of Freemasonry upon two candi-
dates according to the English ritual,
which differs i'll some details from the
ritual of the District of Columbia. Earl
de Grey, Grand Master Of England, was
present.
A lecturer on The "moTal sentiments"
in Philadelphia, remarked that the "dear-
est ship in the world was friendship"
%whereupon n young man rose liz the
congregation, and stated that he knew
another-a dearer ship still-and that
was courtship- The young man had
once been u defendant in a claim for
breach of promise of marriage.
Near Manisee, Michigan, is well thir-
ty-one feet deep, in which there rs an
abundant supply of water when the
wind blows from the west, but which is
dry when it comes from the east.
The State of Maryland has given an
order for a colossal statute of the late
Chief Justice fancy, which is now mod
cling in Rome
A jury in Indiana, a few days since,
awarded a damsel oaly nineteen cents
damages for breach of promise, although
she claimed $4,000.
Mrs Henry, a preacher in Missouri, is
said to cheerfully do a great deal of
labor. She acts as pastor f; does the
singing Of the congregation breaches
three times a week does her own house
keeping, and takes care Of six little chill
dren.