The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-08-31
White CHI Correspondence.
WHITE CLIFF STRINGS,

Friday, August %, 1871.
Ed. ENTERPRISE ;-ro-lay all have left save
a very few and now rs | sit in the hotel parlor,
! am ioreibly reminded of that sweet song,
lonely, oh, so lonely" But. a few days ago
aii was life, hustle aud gayety in aud around
THIS house. Many WHO were from a distance,
Tor the benefits Of the water, were enjoying it
to the fullest extent and many who were visit
Ing for other purposes, such as c%ourting, dane
ing, and pleasure generally, were enjoying
these. Unfortunately, however, for the place,
when so many were reaping largely of the good
Things Of this world when gallant heauX were
doing honor to the namc-while smiling mammas
aud thoughtful papas looked with expeoIant
eyes upon the scenes, and all was going "merry
as a mari Ia e bell" we we're visited BY an en-
envy who babe a change in the scenes. A child
was taken i'll, and its disease was pronounced
by the physician diptheria. The intelligence
was like clap of thunder in a cloudlcss sky
The object now seemed to be who could get away
hrst, and In fact seats were even engaged in the
mack Tor a week In advance. Every day took
loads away and brought none in, until the 400
persons once ON the mountain are gone, save
about a half dozen, who verv much resemble
patience on AZ mountain "siniling at grief"
Aud knowing that there are many persons
who read the Enterprise, | will take this meth
OF OF correcting the now supposed false alarm
which 80 eifectually broke up the Springs. The
first death reported by diptheria was a negro
girl, who, according to its mothers statement,
and others who have known il, has had a sore
throat for twelve months, during which time it
has healed and broken frequently on the out
side. As dipthcrla works rapidly and ON the
inside Of the throat, it must have been some
thing else. The second case was a child of Mr..
Mccormack, Of Selma, Ala. In fact, both Of
Mr. McC's. children had what was termed dip
iberia the youngest died, but the eldest was
sick only a few days. The one that died came
on the mountain almost dcad-was chilling and
tccthing, and nurscd by II negro who carried it
almost everywhere it shouldn't 20, and fed it
almost everything il Shouldn't eat, which was
Of itself enough to kill the child. DR.. Bickncll
examined the children, pronounced it diutheria,
and left Immediately for home. DR.. Leonard
was then called in, md waited on the children
attentiyely, but says he thinks DR.. b. WAS mis-
taken that in the bad case it was Group or sore
throat, while in the other nothing but a sore
throat from cold. 1t is greatly regretted that
such n panic originated, for it is said this season
at White Cliff is without a parallel.
The hotel, which has u capacity for accomm
dating about IS persons, was filled to overflow
ing, sumo rooms with as many MS eight persons
in them, yet not ono word of complaint was
heard from the boarders, but were so much
pleased they proposed examining in more.
This speaks well for the gentlemanly land
lord, Nr. Peck, who spared no pains for the
good of his guests, and | am sure there was not
a bOardcr at the hotel who does not entertain
the highest friendship for him, and fully appre-
ciate his efforts to make them comfortable.
That White Cliff will be TIM watering place
of the country needs but a visit to prove. Ma
ture has seemed to lavish her blessing upon it
while art has bcen, Is now, aud will continue to
assist, with n view to making it in every respect
adequate to the wants of all.
Yours Sc