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The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-04-25
In Love with America.

Alexis thus expressed himselfat Hara-
ma relative to his tour through the Uni.
ted States. H
"Had | anything unpleasant to say, |
would keep silent and not answer your
question; but my stay was so pleasant and
the people were So kind, that can only
regret that / could not remain lunr@;
and if | did not have my path in life laid
out for me, should like to live in
America altogether, dividing my time
from, May to January between New York
and the prairies and spending the rest in
New Orleans. may 60 back there if l
cnnD
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-04-25
The Poor CUSTOMER.

How much butter?
'One-half pound, SIR
And sugar?'
Half pound, sir
And those oranges?'
Half Il dozen, sir.
You so by halves, to-day. Well what
else? BE speedy ma'am, you are keep
ing better customers waiting
Half peck Of Idian meal, and one
French roll, said the woman, but her lip
quiyered, and she turned to wipe away
the trickling tear. .
i looked at her straw bonnet, all bro
ken---at her faded shawl, her thin. stoop
form, her coarse garments; and | read
poverty" on all--extreme poverty. And
the palid, pinching features-the mourn
full but once beautiful face--told me that
the luxuries were not for her.
An invalid looked out from the mar
row window whose pale face longed for
the fresh oranges; for whose comfort the
tea and the butter and the fine French
roll We're bought with much sacrifice.
And l saw him sip the tea, and taste the
dainty bread, and praise the flavor of the
sweet butter, and turn with Frightening
, eyes to the golden fruit. And 1 heard
her say, BY and bye, when am hungry.
And by md bye, when the eyes of the
sufferer are closed in sleep, 1 saw her
bend over him with blessing in her
heart. And she laid the remnant of the
feast BY and ate her brend unmoistened
started from my reverie. The gro.
cers hard eyes were upon me. "You
are keeping better customers waiting.
Oh, how longed to tell him how
poverty and persecution cannot dim thu
hearts fine gold purified by many
trial; and that woman with her littl,
wants and holy sacrifice, was better il
the sight of God than many trumpet
tongued Dives, who gave that lie nigh
be known of men. ..;
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-04-25
Stokes Defence.

Stokes defence, according to the
Troy Press, which says it speaks from
excellent authority, ,rwill'be q novel one
Hiscounsel give out that he was at the
scene of the murder "to meet q woman
% woman has actually been found who
is going to make oath that Stokes had.
an assignation with her at the very
time of the shooting. One would sup
pose that the arguhsnt, then, VIII be
that Stokes was lounging around the
stairs to meet this woman, and that,
seeing Fisk, he had Il violent and instan-
tlneous attack of emotional insanity,
and was not, therefore, responsible for
the murder. But we learn that the de-
feaee is going to take even bolder
ground than this-tC show that Fish
commenced the assault by drawing
pistol and pointing it at Stokes, soY thai
this charming murderer was guilty on
" of self defense"
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-04-25
4 Man Outside of His Body.

The spiritualists claim that the spir-
its uf live persons can leave their hu,Iios.
travel to different places, see everything
and every body,
A remarkable instance of this kind
has Just brought to light, which illus
trotes the theory very well We will re-
late the story just as we heard it. Mr.,
s., well known Fouth street merchant
, started two weeks ago to New Orleans,
and rode all the WHY in a sleeping cur.
When near his destipation he fell INTO
n deeR slumber, and commenced to
dream Of home and those whom he had
left there. The train meanwhile moved
rapidly over bridges, trestlework, prair-
les, through cuts, &c, all of which were
seen distinctly and admired by. tue
sleeping traveller, Mr., S. gazcd upon
the scenery for little while and then
determined to return home for few
moments. Accordingly, he crawled out
from his body, mounted upon the wings
of the wind, and darted with terrific speed
to his store, and afterward to his Broad
way residence, He went first to his
wife's room, and found her costly wrap
ped III the arms OF Morpheus; then to
his children's room, and saw them sim
ilarly engaged, and finally ho made q
tour ofinspcction all through the house.
Everything was in good order except
the elght-day clock, which was immn.
diately set going by winding it up. His
visit to Louisville was now ut an end
and he returned to his body, which he
found lying motionless and fast asleep
in the berth Of the sleeping car. Mr.. S.
was still conscious, as much so ~ at
any other time, and paused for II while
to view the Strangeness of situation
His own body lay before him, the train
was in motion, the other passengers
were near, the conductor sat in one cor.
ner and the porter in another. The
disembodied man pulled away the GOV
erins and felt the pulse of his own arm.
He scrutinized the features closely fol
seven or eight minutes, and then re.cn.
tered and took possession of the body
going III through the head. 4 short
time later Mr.. :. nwoke and WAS st
strongly impressed with the reality .
the above experience thnt he Mt one,
wrote an account OF it to Mr.. S. Tn
letter came III due timo, aud MIR. s
through curiosity, examined the clock
and to her surprise found that il wa
really wound up. She and NIL the men
bers OF the family assert positively th
they have not touched the timeprcrc
and that no one else could have done So
Mr.. S. asserts with equal emphasis that
lie did not wind it up, aud that he re.
members the act as wildly as any 9th,
er act Of his life.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-04-25
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One Hundred Miles High.

We learn from recent book that
Adam (whom many of our readers
will doubtless remember as the first many
was, according to rabbinical tradition,
one hundred miles high. If this is really
true, every one of us ought to be thank
full that the race has dwindled since
Adams day, 1t is appalling to think of
the inconvenience and expense to which
we should be-subjected if we were re-
tanned Adams dimensions A man
would require we should judge, trowsers
fifty miles long and about four hundred
furlong OF suspender'. And, if we were
to preserve the proper proportions in
our dress, we should each require about
sixty thousand cubic feet of high hat.
When small family Of such men died
they would occupy the entire State OF
Pennsylvaniaas q cemetery, and the way
the undertaken would accumulate char
ges for coffins would besimply frightful
SO it is better as it is. Adam did very
well while he was alone in the world
but just at present aman Of his inches
who lived in Philadelphia, could hardly
sit down without n,ashing Lancaster
out of existence. e.--Pittsburg Leader.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-04-25
Why are we not More Enterprisingl

1t is true that our people are moro
defbient in enterprise that the inhabi-
tahts Of the North and West? To this
question there can be but one reply
Is it because we lack the brains? BY no
means. The vast amount OF labor per-
formed by those who We're unOccustom-
ed to toll proves TINT we IRE not want
ing in industry. With the brains and
the energy we still lck the progress
sive spirit Of enterprise. Tie great ex-
cuse that is i'll the mouth of every man
you meet, is the want of capital. This
is but II lame excuse, and when thorough
ly slfted amounts to this: u want of
energy and self-reliance.
We are anxious to make money, but
we are afraid to make any investment,
unless we can see the dividend. The
idea Of spending one dollar now to real
ize ten in the future is too much for us;
we prefer rather to drift along with the
current Of the same old channel. Let
some more enterprising spirit commence
something new, something for the gen
eral good, and We stand off and wait to
see if there's money in it, before we
give any encouragement. Often We
kill off an enterprise by an absorbing
desire to make money out of it ut itf
very inception, without taking into con.
sideration the attendant advantages
that will inevitably accrue from it
Others by their weak praise throw /
damper upon an undertaking, the sue
cess Of which will materially advanc,
their interest; or extend untold encour
agement i'll the shape Of words, but moth
ing in the way of dollars and cents
As long as this state Of things con
tinues, we may expect to remain jus
where we are, dependent upon outsider
for capital and enterprise education
and literature, and bread and meat.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-04-25
"Take the T0ngs." "

Jones and his wife were always quarrel
ing about their comparative talent for
keeping fire. She insisted that SO surely
as he tried to rcarrange the sticks with the
tougs he put the fire out. One night the
church bells sounded an alarm, and Jones
sprang for his fire bucket, eager to rush
to the conaagration. "Mr. JONES'" cried
his wife, as he reached the door, "Mr
Jones, take the tongs." f uG O.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-04-25
KILLED In a Singular Manner.

Mr.. Emmett Hill, young man Of
Benton, Ala, was killed one day last
week in rather singular manner. He
was out hunting, and, while trying to re-
guin his balance on a railroad bridge,
struck the hammer of his gun against a
piece Of timber on which he was standing,
causing both barrels to be discharged, the
contcLts Of which lodged in his stomach.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-04-25

A clergymon was preparing his dis
course for Sunday, stopping occasionally
to review what he had written and to
erase that which he was disposed to dis
approve, when he was accosted BY his lit
tie son, who had numbered but Eve sum
mers. "Fathor,I does God tell you what
to prcachl" Certainly, my child"
Then what makes you scratch it out :"
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-04-25
Appearances Are Deceptive.

Speaking of temperance reformers,
some one tells good story at the ex-
pense of one of the most ardent of them
person whose whole heart was in the
work, to such an extent that he hadn't
time to mind his fences or take care Of
his farm. A distinguished temperance
lecturer was to address the citizens in
the town where the reformer lived, and
the latter took it upon himself to meet
him at the station and take him home
with him to entertain him. Tile lecturer
was talkative and full of "the cause" 4"
There, now," said he, as they drove by
a handsome farmhouse, "any body can
see at once that temperance man lives
there. Everything indicates it; there is
thrift end industry and contentment,
and, no doubt, happy home there,
Isn't it SOP" NaF08 #
"Yes," was the reply Squire -
is temperance man, and has n very
pleasant home and family"
II was sure of it," replied the lecturer.
"But here is place.. he continued,
as they came to an old house with a di-
lapideted fence and u neglected appear.
ance, "that you'd pick out any where as
the house Of a drunkard. See the old
hats in the windows, and the broken
down fences, and the negectled appear
ance everything has--you can't make
any mistake about such place--it sticks
out all over thRt its the home of sot
He was about to appeal to bis entertaine,
for the truth of his surmises, when that
gentleman pulled rein, and, turning the
team up to the neglected fence, remark
ed, with something like a sigh, II livt
here" And what could the lecturer say
He might have said: "Well, all sighs fai
in dry time," but he didn't
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-04-25
An ElOpement Prevented by a Snow
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heMinneapolis Mimi Tribune tells
n Story of a young girl OF that city who
wus deluded by the oracular prophesies
Of fort,me-teller into looking for her
future lover and husband in the first
'1ung fellow who should respond to lier
smiles among those who crossed the
suspension bridge, She had a good
many promenades before the presages
Of the Sybil were realized. At last a
young BOBBY verified the foreshadow-
ingS Of the prophecies by responding
sweetly to her smiles, and he followed
up the suit with ardor He was, how
ever, forbidden the house by her parents;
but as this only fulfilled the predictions
OF the fortune-teller, that the match
would meet with opposition and be sue
ceeded by parental forgiveness and a
sequel of bliss, it only confirmed the
lovers in their devotion. Stolen inter
views ended in q plan of elopement.
All the arrangements were made, when
the recent heavy snow storm set in and
compelled the substitution OF cutter
for the original stwo-wheeled vehicle.
AT the appointed hour at night the lover
Oppeaaed with his rig. A low whistle
was soon answered by the girl, who stole
ont of the door, dressed fof q Journey.
Unfortunately she stumbled aud fell,
immersed in the deep snow, and, of
course, did what girls are apt to do on
such occasions shrieked. This woke
up the old man, who forthwith appeared
and dragged the girl into the house
The young BOBBY fed. tits interesting
to know that she subsequently discover
ed that her lover, while, protesting oter-
nal fidelity to her, had been in very ar
dent correspondence with other young
ladies', and that this revelation of his
faithfulness effeetually cured her pas
sion.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-04-25

The Northern Central has put upon
its road II magnificent line of postal cars.
said to be the grandest III the United
States, to lun between Baltimore and
Canandagua. The Elmira advertiser
thus describes them: These cars are the
size Of passengers coaches, with raised
roof for light and ventilation. They
are partitioned into through mail and
distributing rooms, are furnished with
water clOsests, wash rooms, with marble
basins. ice water tanks, couches, German
student lamps patent heating apparatus,
and the Westinghouse mir brake. The
paper and letter cases have five hundred
boxes, with reversible tabs and slides
with wire work bottoms, extension tables
aid trap-doors. They will be run on
the Buffalo night express. The lino
will be extended to Washington as soon
as the tunnel is completed under the
city OF Baltimore. .-uj ..
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-04-25
"Them Snusages."

An artless newspaper man, who lately
bought few sausages thus relates bis
troubles; 81 got them sausages home with
out getting bit; and cut them apart and
left them. In the morning visited them.
Threo of 'cm had cuddled up together,
and were sleeping sweetly. Two of 'eni
had crawled to my milk pail and were
lapring the milk, and one, a black and
white one, was on the back fence tying
an English sparrow. l drowned tho whole
lot" ..... ...
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-04-25
AStrange POcket-B Book.

A Milwaukee woman brought to the
statiOnhouse charged with drunken and
violent conduct, proceeded to extract
from her chignon the requisite amount,
aud bailed herself out.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-04-25
Some OF josh Billings Moral Pre-
cents.


FuigiyinG our ercn has the same re-
fr">hng ctlrckt upon souls ~ it dus to
confess our sins.
Whrt lamon'nblo cuss man is-ho
PHYS his abors 'misfortunes by ealing
'hom Judgments from nHcovcn. a Hs~
'iood breeding IL rI. art Of avoiding
Familiarity. aud at rhc same time making
the company satisfied with you aud pleas
ed with themselves.
lew be happy-take things as they
cum, aud let them 90 jist as they cum.
10 take grca' deal e money to make
a man rich, but it don't take but little
vir'ew.
1t " the little things ov this life tia
plague uS
What an agreeable world this would
he to live in il we could pump NIL the
pride and sciishness out ov it! 1t would
improve it as much..az taking the fire and
birthstone ont Of the other world
D,n't mistake plezura for happiness;
it is intirely different breed ov dogs
there is exquizit plezurc in happiness but
there is great deal Of pleyurc that hnz
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-04-25

A witty French writer says that q
kiss is Mt once the cheapest and dearest
thing in the world
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-04-25
Cut 'um too Short"

Tho distance between my
post and Santa Fe was over thirty miles.
and 10 facilitate matters l was ordered
to survey q new and shorter ruu.e--cut-
ling or about seventy miles. \ COM
paDy, numbering eighty men, was de-
talked for the purpose; and, as the course
led tho party u.ruagh Il wooded region,
a considerable squad was required 10
act as aXmen. Three or four lively
black and tan terriers accompanied tho
command, aiTordins 10 little amusement
by their activity IN snapping mp unwary
gophers, rats, mice and other vernon.
The 0horigiuss, who frequently hOnored
MS with their presence, claiming to be
"doOd Indian, mc," were excessively
pleased at those performances. On Il
certain orc,sion, one s;alwart fellow
spoke Few worls of English, said to
me:
'NoDtanh, heap good dog.
Yes replied, they are suod dogs"
Cut 'um ear, cut 'um tail, mike 'um
good dcg?" .. ' ..
Certainly; il is because iheir ears
and tails are trimmed that they get
around so lively"
"Aoush! Me got good dog; cut um
tAil?" -i.
"Yes; bring yonr dog, I'll have hin.
fixed for You"
Next day, lay Navajo friend appeared
with Il small, black Indian flee, sport
ing a long tail, and enrs to correspond.
Unrolling this precious quadrupcd from
his blanket, he sigmiied ,.desire to have
the job done without delay; so I called
two men, and babe one hold the dog
while the other docked his tail with an
ax. This did not suit Redskin who le-
fused to trust his iayorite to the tender
mcrcies of savage white man, aud pre-
terred to perform the operation himself.
l therefore or'lored one OF the men To
hold the dogs tail over convenient
log, while the other held his head and
fore paws. All being ready, the Indian
seized an ax, but instead Of using it uS
any other person would have done, Lo
swung the blade high above his head
with both hands, as if the object to be
separated required lis whole strength.
just then the soldier who held the tail
gave it sudden pull, while the one ut
the head gayeu correspond push. Down
came the keen weapon, dividing the uu-
fortunate ''pup" just forward of the hind
quarters, to the infinite disgust Of the
Indian, who picked up the disjointed
halves, threw his blanket over his shuul-
dcrs with indiscribable dignity, and eN,
claimed, i'll cultural accents: "Ugh!
II ]. Cut INN too short" .....
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-04-25

death on the 18th day Of April, 1872, by
a pistol shot, fred by John Hammotr,
which shot toOk seFect in the7fureIsud of
the deceased. Wm. Flynn,
T.N John Il. Hudibwg,
,wwm -.' W. r. Osborne, r.
Ua.t 1".rT -.r' o. NJ. Harris, ai .'r.
fr.raJ J. s.. WarterS, l
J.C. Parker,
]. T. Ambrose.
Press aud Herald, 18Th.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-04-25
THE BATTLE HOUSE
NASHVILLE. TENNESSEE.

4 HAVE Leased the Hotel lately known as the
i Stacey House, and will henceiOrth conduct
uu the most approved style.
T5- pauonage Of the public generally, and OF
my Old friends particularly, who have stood by
ue so truly in tie past, is respectfully solicited
promise them cordial reception and COM
Portable home at the Battle House
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-04-25
BOLIVAR rar
MALE AND FEMALE ACADEMY,
MADISONVILLE, TENN.

NlHE EXERCISES of this institution will begin
L its next session the First Monday in Sep
tember, under Prof. R. II. Ramsey, who has
had charge of the Female School for the past five
years. Latin, Greek, the Sciences, Higher
Mathematics, Bellies Letters and thorough
English Primary course will be taught. Entire
satisfaction is assured to all patrons, from the
success of Prof. Ramsey and his popularity as
an Instructor and DisciplinArian. Board can
be obtained at the usual prices.
RATES OF TUITION:
Primary, 5pMonths,sA F, $1,000
Intern ediates6 Months, ~ $3.50
Advanced, 5 Months, x " $500
a. DR.. JOSEPH UpToN,
En- y Prest. Board Trustees.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-04-25
STATE OF TENNESSEE, KNOX CoUNrY,

STATE OF TENNESSEE, KNOX CoUNrY
An iaqIsitisn, holden At Knoxville, in
the CduhtyOf Knox and State aforesaid,
on the l7th day of April, 1872, before |.
P. Alley, Coroner Of Knox county, upon
the bodysOf Robert Tolmio, then lying
dead, by the jurors, whose names are
hereto subscribed, who upon their Oaths
DO say, .aat the deceased, came to bis
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-06-13
POLITICAL.
Democratic State Conventions.

WASHINGTON, June 12.-Phe Demo
cratic Conventions of Kansas and Iowa
indicate an overwhelming sentiment fOI
the Cincinnati platform and nominees.
The resolutions contain this paragraph
But when lawlcss ambition, imDecility,
corruption and man-WOrShip dominate a
party, the duty of all citizens, ,WithOutregard
to previous political affiliations, and for
2etful of past and buried differences, is to
join their hands and hearts in any effort to
crush such party and drive its leaders from
power"
The Iowa Convention instructed its del
egates to act as a unit. 1t passed a resolu-
ton, that the principles enunciated by the
late Cincinnati Convention, taken in con-
nectiOn with the letter of Horace Greeley
accepting the nomination of that COnven-
ton, constitute a platform on which all
elements Of opposition to the present cor
rUpt Federal Government can stand.
lNDIANAPOLTS, June -l2.-The district
delegations held caucuscs tonight and
elected delegates to the Baltimore Convcn-
ton, all Of whom are favorable to Greeley
and Brown.
In the Terre Haute district caucus, the
motion to substitute VOORHEES, in place of
Bowling, for delegate from the State at
large to the Democratic Convention, was
lost, 10y vote of 76 to 90.
George w. Julian said in the Liberal
Republican caucus to-day, that he would
be glad if the Democrats would take him
as one of their standard-beaTers
The Democratic State Convention met
here this morning. Hon. John r. COf-
troth was chosen permanent chairman.
After the opening address by the chair
man a Committee on Resolutions, consist
ing Of delegates from each Congressional
District and a committee to select delegates
10 the Baltimore Convention were APP
pointed. A considerable discussion arose
IN the question of the appointment of a
committee to select the electoral ticket
Hon. J. 7. Mcdonald argued in favor of
postponing the choice of electors until af-
ter the Baltimore Convention. 1t was final
ly decided to postpone the election of the
electoral ticket. Hon. Thomas a. Hen
bricks was then unanimously nominated
for Governor and Washington DePew, of
Floyd county, for Lieut.. Governor.
LOWELL, MASS, June 12.-The Demo-
Gratis of the First Massachusetts, District
met in convention here to-day and elected
+. w. Calcord, of Lawrence, and Joseph
r. Hayes, of Lowell, delegates to the Ma
uonal Convention at Baltimore. A reSO-
luton recommending the adoption at Bal
tImore of the Cincinnati platform was
passed.