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The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-08
RICEVILLE
SCIENTIFIC AND CLASSICAL
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Prot. ". A. 6. Brown, PRINCIPAL
The Trustees olthis Institution, which aclicy
Cd 80 great celebrity n few years ago under the
management Of Professors GoiUrth and Brown,
have the pleasure Of announcing that it is now
placed upon its former footing, under the charge
Of the sans gentlemen.
The facilities are being Greatly increased by
the erection Of Il magnificent new building, TOy-
Al feet, three stories high, to be completed du-
ring the present year.
Professor Brown is now here, and will have
charge Of the school with necessary assistants,
until Professor Gotorth arrives.
The exercises will open the 2lst day Of august.
TERMS FER Session OF FIVE MoNrns:
llrst CIasa, ......$l0O 90
SccoGu '..............." Il u
lhIrH ''''............. 10 10
FOui'l - .,...,......... 2OOo
Pupils will he charged from date of entrance
to tie close oithe session.
The Text Books IRE those used In the first In.
situations Of the country.
The grand end and aim of education is tho de.
velopmcnt and discipline Of the faculties of Il,
mint, in trainiHgt to habits Of independent think.
M ami reasoning. Ours is IL School for mental
culture, and not the mere stutinr of the mem.
DRY with unconHcctcd facts OF science. Funla,
mental principles are in every instance sought
fer and applied.
We are determined 20 establish a school whose
standard Of scholarship Shall not he below that
Of The best on the continent.
Board can he furnished at 81 to So per week,
EiCEvELLE, Tenn, July nth, ISL.
J.. B. KIMBROUGH,
Pres. Board Of Trustees.
JND. y. MCKINNEY. Ser'y.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-08
T Il d E N 7 L R R Use

AS am Advertising Medium, offers as
many Inducements as amy Country Pa
per i'm the State, Advertisers will
please bear this i'm mind, their expert
ence will Justify QUE assertion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-08-08
Horse Feed.

For horse feed, Indian corn possesses
all the clements of warmth and nutrition,
and il well calculated to supply the wear
and tear Of the system of the hardest
worked horse, and keep him In q healthy
condition, without any assistance from
oats but the ususl addition of hay should
he allowed to horses, whatever bo the
feed that is in use BY reference to the
analysis of corn, it viii be observed that
! there is little loss from woody fiber or
other inert substances. Il is this princi.
pie contained in corn TINT is to be mod.
fed and corrected as feed, and not 10 he
added to by a greater concentration Of
nutritiye matter or, in other words, add
to the corn materials that do not contain,
or at least hut in small degree, those
powerful constituents that characterize
Indian corn, and for this purpose we
will recommend that the corn be in minute
division, or ground into meal, to insure a
greater diffusion in the stomach, and less
concentration than would result by
| feeding it whole, and not mixed with cX.
/ traneous matter, rs cut hay, or chat and
a little bran The bran is to prevent. or AT
least modify, the costlyc or binding and
heating effects of the corn the chntl or
( Nut nay ~ w N|Nt NIIiNiNlll bhih w INV
! feed, thereby keeping the bowels moist
! and the meal from contraction AT the
/ same time the horse has feed before him
/ of which he can eat his nil without pro-
/ ducing Cramp or collie, which often re
/ suits from feeding corn whole or in meal,
/ without a sufficient mixture or bulk being
/ given it. II is the want of this knowl.
/ edge, together with the extra trouble In
4 -, l,t
forms the chief argument Of some stable
men against feeding with corn, and in
favor Of oats.
carriage or saddle horse used for
shopping or afternoon rides or drives can
he kept in excellent condition with six
pounds Of corn meal, three pounds of cut
/ hay, two quarts Of wheat bran and tea
/ spoonful " salt, mixed with warm water
! in winter and cold IN summer, the water
/ to be just enough barely to moistcn the
mess and not to make soft feed OF slop to
/ disturb the bowels Of the horse, and unfit
/ him for cxcrtion. The aboycnancd
mess Is to be divided into three feeds
/ for morning, noon and evening. An ad.
dition Of six TO eight pounds Of hay must
/ also be given in the rack These quaint.
I ties, however arc merely approximate,
/ for the old horse and one Of harder work
/ will, to keep him in good condition, re
! qure an addition, ana young animals Of
1 less work will not require 80 much,
| Draft and hard worked horses should be
fed more generously, say fifteen to sixteen
/ pounds Of meal, with six 10 eight pounds
of cut hay, half a peck of bran, and mn
extra allowance of hay in the rick ut
night
/ This amount Of feed To saddle and car.
/ rage horses is equivalent to about forty
/ bushels of corn, about two tons of hay
and twenty-five bushels Of bran per year,
and for draft horses one hundred bushels
OF corn, about two tons Of hay, ninety
/ one bushels Of bran Dr. HcChtrCS
! .Stijlc Guair
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-08-08
The Coolest Robbery on Record.

policeman BADGER, of the Tenth sta
ton, had bit of experience the other
night which he is not fond of talking
about 1t was past midnight, as be was
leisurely pushing his beat through Jcssup
street. and as he came opposite to Dray.
ton 4 FOgg'S iewelry store he observed
CLEANS of light through the chinks Of the
shutters, and he raped at the door
Is that you, policeman" asked voice
within.
Ies, answered Badger.
"Well, IT'S only me. It's all right. Kind
o chilly out, isn't it,
Yes
Thought SO. was Just fixing the fire.
Good night
Badger said good night" and pursued
his way
An hour aftcrward Badger passed
through .Iessup street again, and saw the
light in the iewclry store II didn't look
right, and he banged the door loudly.
"Halloow cried the voice within, rs it
You, policeman
Yes"
"All right. Won't you come in and
waru your II won't hurt anything Tor
YOU to slip from your beat q minute.
l NJ tbbI was bJ3tl'A al'A ] tilNthlAli
Badger entered, and he found the inmate
to be very gentlemanly.looking man in
a linen-dustcr.
Come right up to the stove, police.
man. Excuse me a moment.
The man took the ash.pnn from the bot.
tom of the stove, and carried it down
cellar and emptied il, and when he had
returned and wiped his hands, he said,
with a smile
Chilly night, isn't itg'
"Yes'
Ch,l'y outside, and dull inside, IAN
other sm'lc) New goods for the spring
trade, and nave to keep our eyes open
Lonesome work, this watching all night ,
but | manage to find some comfort in
this. Wont You Join mo in tip
Youll Gad 1t the purc thing
And the man in the buster produced a
black bottle and a tuUbler.
Policemen Badger )artook, and having
wiped his lips, and given his fingers a
new warming, he left the store and re-
sumcd his beat, satisfied that all was right
at Drayron & Forg's.
But morning brought q new revealmcnl
Drayton Il Fogg's store had been robbed
during the night Of six thousand dollars
worth Of watches and iewelry and
though Policeman Badger carries in ms
mind an exact daguerreotype Of the rob
Der, the adroit rascal has not yet been
found. ~-Nccburg ~. r. Jo4rnm
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-08-08
announcement.

THERE was once a schoolboy named
Robert, who passed for very dull one
among Ms companions, and was rialcuIed
and called "blunderbuas, D." etc,
1t happened one day that some mem
bers of the School Committee were exam
ming The pupils ia drawing With down
cast eyes Robert timidy held up ms spec'.
mems amid the halfsuppres ed laughter Of
his comrades
Don't be ashamed, my boy, sad one
whom we will call Mr. LuTiiss. y maze
worse looking trees and horses when be
gan 10 draw Go on, you u conguef-.-
viii even sErpass me, I'm thinking lie
then drew sketch and gave it to the 10Y,
saying, There, see what can be done by
perseverance
This little incident gave Robert star
in life. Those words we're for nm as
solid capital well invested
Several years after, Mr. Curtiss vas eH'
aiming some architectural drawings
which a friend had shoEn him. lie com
mended in the highest terms both the de-
signs and their sty' Of execution.
The architect considers himself IN
debted to you for his success, sald his
friend. .
Me ~ exclaimed Mr. Curtiss, " dom
understand
Do YOU remember encouraging boy
at the Hillside school, and giving hin
this sketch =" replied the other, producing
the small drawing before mentioned.
i" ! had entirely forgotten IT, !
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-08-08

CEREAL, grasses, the seeds Of which are
known udiscrimnately as corn in Euro,
pean countries, bnt with us by distinctive
names, such AS rye, wheat, oats, barley,
rice and Indian corn, or maize, are Of too
much importance 10 the human iacc 30
admit Of any considerable neglect Our
prosperity rs nation depends in great
measure on these products Of the soil,
and anything that tends toward improve.
mrni, either in method Of culture or de.
velopmcnt Of varieties, should meet with
a cordial reception from every CnltiyatOr
ot the soi!. We do not mean by this that
farmers should strive tO purchase every
new implement Or grain that Is offered
cxpcctinp each and every one iq 10 work
complete revolution in his circnm.
stances, or make the earth produce with.
out expanding certain amount Of labor
thereon. But each individual should en-
dcavor TO do his part in folly developing
that which he already posse & The
hundreds Of varieties II wheat IN cultiya.
ton probably all came originally from
one species but during centuries Of cult
walton variations were sought for md oh
tanned
A change Of soil, climate and culture
ltliilH 70 MAKE any IbIhUl btphit nun INV
normal type; hence varieties and Their
adaptation TO the climates and SOILS
wherein they are known to succeed best,
The same principles which caused the
first variation in wheat still exist, and Ia
rs potent ar In the days Of the ancient
Egyptians, and all that We have 10 do At
the present time in order 10 secure new
sorts is to watch for and gather them az
they occur
Probably there is not Il wheattcld in
the country at this moment in which
some slight variations could not be found,
and it Is last here that We should begin
by carefully examining any heads that
show slight departure from the general
/ form Of the variety s0wn,
Even a careful selection Of the largest
| heads and best developed grains Of amy
+ variety for several years In succession
/ will pay well for the time thus expended
1t IL also an excellent plan to raise seed
! wheat separate from the main crop, hay
| ing the land thoroughly prepared, botf
AZ to richness and freedom from foul weeds
I II every farmer who raise any particulai
kind Of grain would pursue this system
We should hear less about deterioration
and running out. II man desires Il
improve his domestic animals, the frs
thing he docs Ia 10 select the very best
and breed from no other; but when !
comes to grain, very few seem 70 thinl
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-08-08
The Right Sort OF Religion.


We want religion that goes into the
family and keeps the husband from being
spiteiu) when the dinner Is Mte, and keeps
the dinner from being late Keeps the
wife from Irctttng when the husband
tracks the newly washed floor with his
muddy boots, and makes the husband
mindful OF th" scrapcr and the 'luor mat;
keeps thrm",her patient " hen The baby Is
cross, and keeps the baby pleasant;
anuscS the children as Well us instruCts
them; wins as well rs governs, projects
the honey moon into the harvest moon,
and makes the happy hours like the East
ern tree, bearing IN It's bosom at once tho
beauty of the tender blossom and the
glory OF the ripenihg fruit We want
religion that bears heavily, not on the uX-
ceeding "soiulpess OF sin" but the eX,
ceeding rascnltty OF lying and stealing; II
religion that han,shes small measures from
the counters, small baskets from the stalls.
pebbles from the cotton bags, clay from
paper, sand from sugar, chicorY from cof-
fee, otter from butter, beet Juice from
vinegar, alum from bread, stryChnine
from wine, water from milk cans, and
button. from the contribution box. The
religion that is to snve the world
will not put all the big strawberries
at the top aud all the bad ones 1T the bot
tom, 1t will not offer more baskets Of
foreign wine than the vineyards ever
produced BOTTLES, and more barrels Of
Genesce -four than ull the fields of New
York grew and all her mills grind, 1t
will not make onc-hall pair OF shoes of
good leather and the other Of poor, SO
that the first shall rebound to the makers
nj In ga, Ia 4 nil
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-08-08
Education Of the Hand.

pEorIE, with very few unfortunate
exceptions, have each two hands. We
should not mention this fact, were it
not that in the education OF youth, only
one seems to be generally considered.
Children are told to hold their knives in
their right hand when cutting their food,
and when ths necessary operation is com
pieted, lay it down aud use their forks
while eating, stili employing the right
hand The only further instruction they
receive in regard 10 the lett hand, is to
keep il clean Ia common with t4lc right
hand, aud not to get into the habit Of
thIu-ting il into then pockets. They are
taught Tint whenever one hand only is
required, the preference is 10 tc given TO
the right Thus the left haud is, with
the large majority Of people, cUmparn-
lively useless member employed only 10
supplement the other IN all man0&i opera
tiUns.
Without pausing 10 inquire into the
origin Of the senselesg custom. it is sutli-
Client for our purpose 10 say tina, it has no
foundation ia the anatomy Of the hand,
or in any natural popularity Of the mind.
As wen might we teach children to hop
about on the right foot, to keep the left
foot stll, 10 keep the left eye closed and
stop the left ear with cotton, rs to teach
them to magnify the value of the right
hand at the expense Of the left Nor, in
rcuonncng this absurdity, would it be-
necessary 10 lay aside social convention
aitcs The fork may be held in the
right hand while eating, and the knife
may take It's place in cutting food. These
are small matters, observed only for CON
,,ap,inp.l rrav,ru What avgtzu ~, ~ are,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-08-08
at the same plan would bring equally

| that the same plan would bring equally
good results.
Halfripencd and diseased grain Is no
more suitable for seed than a dwarfed
stunted and diseased animal The tima
to begin these selections is at hand, and
AS the grain is harvested let the very brst
be laid aside for seed but it win not do
to depend anon selections from the cron
after it has All been threshed and in The
bips lint 90 into the fields ana either
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-08-08

curved lips, felt that her struggle had not
been in vain.
One Christmas eve as the girls Were
busy hanging their presents on the tree
in tho l!ttle parlor, some one called
Blanche out of the room. She came
back shortly, however, asking Polly To
~ up stairs with her, was out of the
II ON in moment, Polly followed, won.
deringly, and Blanche, in pretended
search for something, talked necessarily.
Polly heard through il all terrible stamp
Ing Of feet aud was on the point OF going
down, but Blanche, with cheeks red, and
eyes sparkling, held her back, saying,
"Wha goose YOU are; don't You sup
pose there can be mysterious noises on
Christmas Eycg Gou are not wanted
down there.
Polly folded her hands demurely and
sat down upon an ottoman, resolved to
wait events
Polly Polly Pretty Poll called
lamie's voice, and rush was made by
both the girls for the lower rooms.
When Polly entered the parlor, she
could not believe her eyes, for there,
standing against the wall, was beautiful
new piano,
ooh, father oh mother! Is II mine to
keep alwaySy' she exclaimed, hurriedly,
walking up to it,
Yes" said her Gather, cit is yours
look at the card and see what it says. ~
She picked up the white card that lay on
the piano, and read "To my loving
friend, Polly Marstnn, who first taught
me the value Of giving, and who has
blessed my life with sense of happiness
never can express, give this piano, ~
faint testimonial of my appreciation OF
the unselhshuess, which led her to be.
stow her all on destitute girl, Blanche
Crayton."
As Polly finished reading she turned to
thank Blanche, but she had vanished.
She found her afterwards behind the pan
try. CRYING softly to herself, "Oh, you
darling girl p cried she, " how could you
do it -
How could | , because love you bet
ter than do myself, and you must own
that's victory for Blanche Crayton ~
And down went the face into the hands
again.
What are you crying for on Christ
mas eve
Because I'm so happy, l can't do any
thing else
What made you write such beau.
tiful card did not deserve it, and you
could have said something just as well. "
Il say something ! should have bllb-
bered right in the midst of it, and besides
vuu deserved a great deal more"
blanche" exclaimed Polly suddenly,
''did you use the money from the sale Of
the Great House land?'
"Not all of it; there's some left, !
wanted to buy thousand dollar piano,
but your father wouldn't let me; he said
five hundred one would do Just as well
So YOU see haven't been very generous
after an And thus summarly She dis
missed the subject.
Polly was very grateful to Blanche, but
Blanche would not let her say anything
about it, and so she was forced to thank
her in other ways The girls were very
happy together after this, and under
Blanche's utilage, Polly made wonder
full progress in her music, and the little
cottage was wont to ring with melody.
Blanche said Polly, looking earnest
" at her one day when they were prac.
tieiDg their lesson, dearly as | love this
new piano, it doesn't make me as happy
as the day when | first saw you begin to
smile, and knew that you loved me. y
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-08-08
4 Brave Act.

YESTERDAY morning company of
colored soldiers from Philadelphia visited
Spring Hin Heights for the purpose of
target shooting and enjoying the pleasures
of q pic mic. About SIX o'clock, Philip
Gould, VINO was not member OF the
company, in company with five women,
was enjoying row on the SChuvlkill
The party finally lis2mharked opposite
the picn grounds at the point where
the boats are usually moorCA. They then
assembled the bank and commenced walk
Ing down the track, which runs along
next 10 the river ON an cmhaukmcnt
about ten feet high They had proceed,
ed II considerable distance below the pic
mic grounds when one of the ladies heard
the whistle OF AN engine and called the
attention Of the others to the fact. BE
fore single warning could be given the
Reading express came laundering around
the curve at the rate OF forty miles an
hour Tho heavy curve prevented the
engineer from seeing them until almost
upon them, and then it was impossible to
stop the train Gould was the first to see
the danger md with a presence of mind
and heroism which has rarely had par.
allel, instantly pushed the whole five Of
his companions off the track and over the
cmhankmcnt Almost in the act the en-.
CINE caught him, and mangling him terri.
bly, tossed his body over the smoke stack
on to- the tender Of the engine from which
he rolled of on the roadside. The Lieu
tenant of the company rushed immediate.
ly to the spot, and looking over the en-.
bankment, saw his wife and the four
other ladies among the bushes along the
I 4 -
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-08-08

Osg sho0ld finish whatever 10 under
taken, else al the labor spent Is lost. Tins
is a common cause Of mans failure.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-08-08

-RingwOrn Remedy AN exchange
says paint il with iodine few times and
it viii entirely destroy every vtstige Of IT,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-08-08

Ar a certain church fair, set Of Coop
crs works was promised to the individual
who should answer certain set Of conun
drums. A dasbinF young fellow was pro-
nonunced the winner, and received a set
Of wooden pals
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-08-08

THOMAS HuoHEs says that you can
never get mans best out Of lin Without
praise,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-08-08

FLASH LANGUAGE. kilograms.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-05-03
MEIICO.

The siege of Matamoros by Trevino's revo-
lutionary army has at last begun in good ear
nest. General Cevallos, the Juarist COM
mander of the city, who, from his bloody
deeds, has won the unenviable sobriquet of
"the Butcher" is bent on keeping up his
reputation. With true Mexican bravado he
has unfurled from the Notifications of Mata-
moros the black flag bearing deaths insignia
"a skull and cross bones-as menace
against the revolutionists who should be I'M
fortunate enough to fall into his hands during
the attack on the city. This is, however, an
idle threat on the part of "the Butcher" for
the probability is that Matamoros, and with
it himself, will fall into the hands Of the rev.
olutionists, who will certainly not be disposed
to waste mercy on him and his followers. In
consequence of the close proximity of the
struggle the Texan border is thrown into a
ferment. Brownsville is overlooking with
men and women and revolutionary sympathi-
zers from Matamoras, and General McCook,
the United States commander of the place,
has adopted energetic measures to keep the
belligerents from violation of our frontier.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-05-03

that not only prevent an increase of popula-
ton, but put out the light Of civilization.
Whole families are murdered, their corpses
mutilated in a manner too horrid for mention,
houses burned, farms destroyed. cattle driven
of, little boys and girls carried into captivity
worse than death, the country Impoverished,
and all settlement and progress prevented"
The United States Attorney for the Western
District of Texas says "No one can fail to
note the steady progress made by the State
in the enforcement of law and consequently
in the security of life, person and property,
during the last three years. In 1868 almost
the entire State was ''hell on EARTH and
in the northern half of the State hardly
white man, who was obnoxious on account Of
his politics, escaped being driven from his
home or suffering persecution of some kind.
AS for the freed people they were robbed, out
ragged, and inundated systematically al
most everywhere, except in some Of the larger
towns garrisoned by the United States troops.
AT present social ostracism is almost the only
means employed to punish persons holding
obnoxious political sentiments, and even this
ostracism is rapidly diminishing. Texas is
already the most cosmopolitan of the late reb-
ell States, and with the influx of immigration
from Europe and from the other States of the
Union, it cannot be long before all lawless
ness and violence growing out of politica
differences, radical antagonisms, and socia
distinctions will be thing of the past