The Yazoo City weekly Whig., 1853-08-19
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CoopnR NRE1s Aug 1903
Dear friends
eNothing Is SO difficult as the begiAaing;
Except, perhaps. the end.
So said Lord Byron. But one who sits
down at midnight after . long summers
day and night Of fashionable pleasure, Y
collect and present in readable shape
sThoughts that breaiks ana words that burn"
with the impressive words Of the solemn
hymn,
'sAnd while the limp holds out to burn
running down with the sperm from the last
stump of candle that is to measure out and
bouud. the expression of world of good
things that memory and imagination crowd
10 the very tips of willing fingers and make
them tingle to throw them off upon de
| lighted world, and knows that beyond its
brief duration, Erebus willsreign upon the
outward vision however brightly burns the
spirit lamp within. may be convinced that
the middle may not be lightly spoken
| of
/ have been here week, and have prom
ised myself every day the pleasure Of cor
responding by letter with the ''oid Iolks ct
home but there has been no quiet. no
solitude, nor any chance whatever to write
during the day. One long letter was. made
up the other day, but just before it was
finished, a sweet little girl who comes tony
room often to 'play ladies' with me, ,sbe-
came rather too expressive in some of her
gestures and turned over the inkstand upon
lit have never had the spirit on me since,
and though Iwrite to fulfil apromise, it IS
with no feelings of satisfaction with my
ability to interest any one.
This is the very height of che fashiona-
BILE season, and those who have been here
for many summers, say they never knew
such pleasant company assembled here at
one time. Indeed never saw such bevy
of beautiful and intelligent ladies together
at any one place. as assemble in the immense
ball room nightly to dance to the music dis
coursed by the fine band from "Placide's
Varieties" that is. engaged here for the sea
son.
1t would be vain FOR me to particularize
when comparisons might be inyidious. and
where. possibly, might omit some whose
claims to honorable mention are equal 10
those who are personally kuown to me-for
/ would hesitate to write ofthose with whom
| have not the pleasure of an acquaintance
and besides as my friends, Messrs
Barksdale Of the Mississippian, Arthur oi
the Yieksburg Wing, and Harper of the
Kinds County Gazette are all here and nc
doubt like Barkis "willin' and waitin'" to
make honorable mention of the beauty and
elegance Of the fifty or more bellies that are
creating the heart disease among the SOW
Ereigns TO an alarming extent. Not that the
ladies ever expect or wish to be noticed in
the papers or otherwise. No. no --they
dress elegantly and shine out upon the CRATE
full world ike the stars Of summers night
"Becausesthey've nothing else to do"
and TO please their mamas-of course. Still
l may possibly be pardoned, if / stop with
a hundred others, to admire as she. passes
along with queenly grace. Miss D--n, o
Warren, whose calm Madona face and state
II bearing set of by a.magnifcent toilet
attracted my attention the,6rst day I saw
her; and Miss Rs a.well known beauty
and belle from Madison county, q asometime
resident of Yazoo. Miss C, just dow
from the Artesian Springs, where she ha.
been spending the summer is-to use tht
expression of Judge B., of Yazoo whois I
lime judge of grace and beauty and
leminently possessed Of both himself-thc
"dearest little thing in the world, !" Mis-.
S d. of Baton Rouge. is another reign
ing belle. She dresses beautifully and walt
!. zes diYinely and is altogether one Of those
that make old bachelors find out that how
ever late in life they may have remained
-lheartwhole and fancy free like chickens O.
any other tender things in nature, they MAJ
.lhave hearts. Sweet Miss NJ. B. A.. of Jack
lson, 4 am tllinkingof her all the. time though
II mention her last
'The opening gowan wet WI dew
lis not loyelier than she asshe moves abou
lin her quiet way. II ! was young mai
would-well never mind what I'd do, bu
&c she has not, under that quiet conciliatins
manner. got heart like Nelly Bly's
INarner than cup Of tea
And bigger than sweet petatoe down in Ten