The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-08-17
Special Correspondence.
MHIrE err SPRINGS, lynn,
August Ia, 1871.

tentidn to vrite a communication to you
TOM this place ever aiDce I have been
pre-. hOw avail nsself of the oppor.
unity. mot beng aeeustOmed to writ.
ing for the public, I hope you will make
all necessary allowances for dc manner
10 which | write.
} The time was FbSn White Cliff Springs
were known only to a few Now it is
known to be the best watering place in
East Tennessee. do not feel myself
competent to give Jon a description of
the properties of tho three difFerentk kinds
Of water here, but will leave that duty to
some one else. | had the pleasure Of
meeting yesterday a tall, fine. looking gen.
tleman, aud was introduced to him as
Mr.. Woodward, your editor and publish
err. I believe that he is the best looking
editor | have ever met in this State, and
the Enterprise is the best country paper
published'in East Tennessee.
| read with pleasure the editorial cor
respondence in the last issue, and can say
that it was very c~Ommendable. Just
that letter is worth to Mr.. Peck, if he
runs the hotel next season, at least five
hundred dollars.
The invalids here are all getting along
very well-improving fast, and are highly
pleased with the prospects before them.
Mr.. Coffin, from near Madisonville, is
rather feeble, but is improving some. A
NIr. Jones, from Dalton, Ca, has been
here for some time sick, and has improved
more han all the others.
Some of your Swcetwater folks have
left. Major Gaines, who came here for
his health, found it, and left last week,
per steamer Bean, for his home. l learn
while the Steamer" was being propelled
down the mountain, tho Major lost nearly
all his baggage. and would have lost him
self, but the holes in the "steamer" were
not large enough to allow him to pass
through.
DR.. Bogart aud family also left last
week. l hear Of no other families antici-
pating leaving until the season is over
People are arriving here every day, and
the hotel is crowded. Plenty of every
thing here for everybody: r. G., A. w.
and A. A. Boyd arrived here Saturday
evening and left Sunday morning They
were, | suppose, on official business. Col.
NJ. +. johnson has also returned, and will
probably remaip during the season. j.
w. Goddard has also returned to his
family here. 1 look for Dobbins, and
Dick Bradley next fall.
Your editor has gone to Cocker Creek
gold mines to look after his interests
there. l learn that General Vaughn re-
turned to Sweetwater Saturday last With
one hundred and nineteen pennyweights
of gold which he realized with six hands
in eight days. The mines on Coker
Creek must be rich, and from what | can
learn, all that is needed to develop the
treasures Undecided there is capital, and
il Is, surprising to me that men of means
do not 60 there and invest their money.
To allpersOns visiting the White Cliff
Springs l would say, put up at the hotel
kept by Mr.. Peek, where you will find
accommodations not to be excelled at any
watsring.place in'the United States. The
ever gentlomanly and ObIiging landlord
f" Welcomes the coming speeds the parting
guest,'
with a degree Of afability and politeness
truly pleasant. In fact he we'll knows
how to keep a hotel, and deserves great
praise for the manner in which he is con.
dacting the one here. p
Mr.. Joe Robertson, from your place, Is
here, flying around and enjoying himself
finely with the young ladies. Colonel
Brown will leave probably to-day. He
has greatly improved in health since bis
.~sojourn here. ,73'. F.
The diptheria is raging in and around
this neighborhood, A child died here
last night, and another is expected 10 die
every hour. Mr.. Peck, father of JAS. A.
Peck, lies very low. His disease has beer
of long standing, and being very old, he
cannot last long.
Hoping to have the opportunity Of
sending you another article soon, ! will
close. s ~ Yours, &c, q &c
ttEe aN sgirG gtsg NECTAR.
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