| Show HOME SWEET HOME A story from georgia that is pleasant enough to be true the little city of dalton in north georgia miles south of here rich in war memories has other traditions of a more pleasant kind among them is one about john howard payne when the cherokees were corra ledfor expectation from north georgia and east tennessee to what is now indian territory payne wa one of the whites at the frontier settlements of gross plains located where dalton now stands many of the indians loth to leave the homes of their childhood and of their tribe for generations tried very ingenious methods of dodging officers payne several times shielded them complaint was made against him a winant win ant was issued and he was arrested afterwards by sheriff underwood at the home of old john boss hereditary chief of the cherokees Cherok eos choss log cabin still stands in the now suburbs of chattanooga payne evidently with the thoughts of the homeless indians in his mind began to sing the first stanza of his now world famous then unpublished home sweet homo the pioneer sheriff stood stiff as the words fell upon his ear what song is that he asked as the first verso ended its a little composition of my own answered payne sing me some more sing all of it exclaimed the frontiersman and payne did sing it with such spirit and understanding that the sheriffs feelings got the better of him and he told payne he could help the indians as much as he pleased the encyclopedia published by the academy at pekin as far as bulk is concerned at least is the largest in the world it being composed of volumes we are not informed how long it takes to find a given or how long to read it when found we have been accustomed to look upon tha britannica as a stupendous work but here is an enterprise appears far more colossal in its proportion conductor heavens mose why do you want to hang yourself suicidal fortey faint I 1 got to make enny man hang asef thara twenty to pars ob shoes in dis kyar and nineteen am russet leather while de res am owned by farewell vain world apse gwine home cincinnati enquirer fc an agricultural paper says when flies are bad wash the horse all over lightly with a weak solution of carbolic acid we should think it would be a better plan to baah the bad flies all over with a solution of carbolic cor bolic acid it might take longer to catch em but it would require less acid herald edwin dearest your cruel father kicked me down the steps last night angelina do not complain darlings submit to fate just think how lucky you are supposing I 1 lived on the third floor topics |
