Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1858-06-30
DAILY APPEAL.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. JUNE 40. isss.
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HusurfLLEs A.a-s June g. lses-
EprroRs Atrial; To one whose daily roa-
tine was back and forth IN rough endless piles o
brick aud mortar, ans except Court Square, hi'
, eTn shadow In glass, or the mint that made
bis iaisp, nothing green was visible, 1t was
arsre treat to get thoroughly into the country.
After the pronouneing Of that magic word s ell
aboard" found myself rushing With the vei0-
city Of the stsan-wInged car over the Charles
ton road slowly erept out that sooty demon
ftrou bis hiding place, and for a moment each
seject In natures Psnorsns gave distinct out
line OF lie form and feature, quicker be breathes
and faster be moves, natures units become tens,
her tens thousands, and now an indescribabIe
mass, life and luxury OF foliage, river and
roadway, hill, habitation aud PLATA, were fast
and furioosly blending in their hues and tiats
into that wild and rushing picture. n was
creation turning into chaos; in other words, pop
ping of with flying eolOrs. On. on, we rushed,
from sunset into moonlight and Tuscunbia, ,Ieay-
Ing Memphis one hundred and forty-four miles
behind. Tuecunbia is beautiful village. I put
mp at the Frsak.in House. and there found
sonsthing that to ne and others proved yery
amusing. When we sat down to break.
fast the new wrinkle speak Of showed itself.
Imagine about half dozen Of large round
tables, the outer circle Of each clothed with
inverted plates at proper distance inside that
plated circle, and about nine inches above Il.
revOived apou centre pivot snothsr table, on
which wsre ranged round on wheel Of furtun.
style, the breakfast fxings. And rosnd a.a
Round, it was ssat on its whirliur WAY. ,,ch
band drawing the wishsd for prir. although
some had to await The turn OF fortus,,. rb.sI
inat over, weas 10 see the centre . nd suhurbs
OF Sour village" and the water work. was
my nrst sight as eannet describe 1t on the
whole, ! must give 1t IN detail First, there Is
aeonncn cart frame, and between the shafts
q mule OF horse, as the case may be. A large
barrel with square hole at the top 6IIs the
centre Of that frame, and perehed on the top
OF sil, rein In hand, sits what you might i'm
sgins young Bacehas In EbOay, sstride of
his own team.
Any quantity Of the aforesaid machines aud
their merry fat rOguisb-loOking little engineers,
and you have the water vorks-now for the
wster-st the foot Of a bill Of very red earth,
and by-th. by, that is one strange feature OF
the soil Of Alabama, all over deep red, and
ss writers tell Ne that Adam msans red earth,
likely enough be was TuscambIan however,
there 10 enough here to make creation full Of
Adams, and Q few tribes Of red Indians to
boot. But about that wster-the hill rests
upon huge layers Of rock and from underneath
and AL around gushes out water clear 90 crys-
tai and cool az ice street crosses the stream,
(and now suppose the water is higher than |
us1al) in the hollow OF which, horses are driy- |
en- up to their belly's, and the water 6Iled into
the barrels. with buckets. This spring forms a |
river large enough to Gil all the tanks, eisterns
and cocktail glasses in Memphis, with enough |
left to help to clarity old muddy Mississippi. |
Some Of the school CLASSES gave a eoaeert here.
II was held in ehurehi went to see and hear,
and oh, such sweet voices and pretty ladies
ny ideas ara dancing sort Of doggerel break
down through my brains ever since In fact,
dancing jig on my tongues end and falling
out In syllsbles such ss theses
rcv all you feIevs, sfnreyet,
That chance % leave your mamma,
And wants -is.. on, Try and get,
tin non Alabama.
Ihe hesthenH n q foreign Cline
H-ve prsy'd before the Lama,
Ba I con vorsh The time,
he girls Of Alsbama-
Nov d~n't you blsns ny sesIsslIns serspes,
Or fnd ftult vith my grammar;
Pm dresmins q the tyss and shspss,
OF the giris q AlsbsmHr.
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