Nevada County picayune., 1886-10-06
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Of Capt. (, Thomas Swift, Of one Of the Greatest Medicines
 of the Age.
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| [Fron the Atlanta (Ga.,) Sunny South.
 l presume nc person will deny
 that SWift's Specific iS more vide 1 ly heard of than any medicine that
 ever claimed the attertion of man kind
 True it's manufacture and its ae-
 tive operations are yet restricted | to America, but that only makes
 America the heart from which this
 ital fluid is pulsed out through the arteries of q scntient world.
 Yes, the sun never sets on ! ISNilt's Specific, and it's going
 forth' may be compared to tine
 movements of that Oriental bird
 which is said to iced and sleep and Hive forever on the wing.
 i Under these circumstances we t6ud no cause for surprise in the tuaiversal inquiry: "Nho is Swift" land no reasou why the qUcstion should remain longer unanswered.
 l have known Swift ever since he buttoncd OH his first sas- ! penders. knew his parents aud ! kindred in the long ago, and en- loved thp Hospitality of his fathers home when "To.H' was a "broth of a boy
 also lived in Houston county when the mdiars were coming and going, saw them occasionally and
 .lepi under the roof, where. was afterwari told. they lett the formn-
 Ia ui <. $. $ was told this by d person who had no connection with Capt. Swift, and no interest ia his fortune.
 1 know the biography of the man and the history of the medicine, and without reward or the hope thereof. without any solicitlon from him or any reference to the $, $. S., further than it bears upon the story of his life, l now comply with the earnest and universal de, mdmd of the public and furnish this brief biographical sketch.
 C. r. Swift was born near Madi son, Ga., in Morgan county, Ills grandfather, Thomas Swift, moved to that county from Virginia many years ago, and. after protracted life devoted to heroic struggles and Christian duties, died, leaving his family in comfortable clrcun- stances. Judge Wm T. Swift, his eldest son, is the father of Thomas; his mother, maiden name was Elizabeth Fmlow; she is sister Of Col. T. NJ. FurloW, of Amerlcns, who. in 1863, was formidable competitor of the Hon. Joseph l.. Brown for Governor of Georgia.
 When Thomas was three years old. his parents moved to Albama, and settled near Salem, where they remained seven lvais. At tinS Iplaco. a the age 0. five years, tbe | IcalloN phmmacist huckled on his first suehcl and started to school to MT. DodSon, who made hls jacademy a Babel by the old-iash. Iioncd plan of studying a-oud' It
 was under the inspiring mnSlc or 1 Mr. DodSou'S switch that 'T0m' Itook his first lesson in danclhGi land so vivid were the impressions
 of those early events that even |row he sees the beniguaut face ot that beloved teacher every ume Inc goes to sleep on an overloaded |stomach. On such occasions lie generally wakes to find hlmselt singing:
 Thy bright smile launts me stili.' i Mr. Dodson taught two years land was succeeded by q MT. Ly- Ions. who kept school but a short time. He was followed by Miss | Yates, d northern lady who is yet Living
 Jndge Swift then owned a tan ward in partnership with MT, Ma Than Ahide. The tanlard vas | three miles from the Indge's res Iidoucc. lie rode a mare to the l lanyard every morning; some tines leaving her six months colt in the pasture and sometimes let. |ting it follow. Tom had pettcd Ithe colt, lifted it's fore feet and ted l it about ny the maue uutll he con sidered il model of ductility and submi,SivrncSs. ppe day, iii his
 seventh year, Ee found the colt atone in ita usual grazing quarters Iaud decided to introduce new feature in the programme hy max ling tour Of the pasture on horse.
 back. With no bridle, no saddle,
 uulhiue to hold ol to but duck. legged uudevclopcd sample oi
 udut, he >praug rom a stump and Imudcd on tie back of his pet. The cot UaS surprised at this perform lance. "SurpriScd" does not eX- wcsz t, nor do alI the words in ali t,o languages express the aston Iisuu,rnt ot that "lretlc hoss.h He
 Itapyd th- fence ikea deer and
 without iu1pirin% about the lo1ds
 broke through wooG. aUd ticlds, lover dit,hca aud logs. brake. Nra.
 ah, limsr!I at the lanyard. Iom
 urrssrd his ljttlr -tumauh to the Icolts wilbcrS, tried lu lauglc lis fleet iu its dauEs, and tried, or