Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-07-16
TROPICAL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. iS


h From the St. Louis Republican JuIv II
Fhe last three weeks NAV faI1e bi5r,3 rank
N the calendar of burning hot weather
Yesterday morning and the night previous
are entitled to special mention for the rad
Ical changes MAIDS IN and about the bed
rooms OF The citizens generalIy. sIIAE
j. Inc ears Of every one were deaf to the
:ael9gs OF modesty. Windows we're
~ and the blinds and curtains rudeIy
lhrnst aside to allow breath of fresh air
me freedom ofthe bedroom. 'Sauire Jones
co1ld see the grand preparations going on
IA mrs. Smiths room, on the opposite side
o. the street, for an hour Of repose, and Mr.
smith could look into the Wenan's RIGHTS
doctrine as practiced BY Mrs. Jones in the
privacy OF her sleeping room. 1t was no
sime to hesitate about tribes. Everybody
forgot everybody else but themselves. Even
modest young ladies who would become
Iearfnlly agitated at the very thought of
the slightest possible opening in the window
or door OF their room, and who could not
even bear to have the moonbearas steal
through the latticed windows lest the man
IN the moon should get peep therein. be-
came desperate and threw their windows
open in the night time and fell into the
arms OF Morpheus, where they were held in
quiet embrace until the, new born day
lifted the curtain of night aud bid the ewes
OF all gaze on the sleeping beauty" The
day will be cheerfully remembered onlv
BY the vendors Of ice cream and coid
drinks. These persons were kept in fuIl
gallop all day to keep pace with the thirst
for cooling temperature inwardly. All
the trades we're ruinously dull. The work.
men about the canal attended roll call in
weak force, and after noon some of those
who began in the morning came up miss
ing. At times a struggling breeze came
by which was as welcome TO the laborer az
Is the palm tree IN the desert to the faint |
ing traveller. But it hurried past, and its |
cooling effect was soon cancelled by the |
burning sun. At the market places chick |
ems died in the coops by dozens. and fresh |
pigs and lambs we're sold at low prices to |
anxious cooks who were disappointed bv |
the aroma at dinner time The horses that |
worked to the street cars dragged their |
jaded bodies along as feebly as If their life |
blood was nearly all let out. Pedestrians |
hunted the shady side of the walks. and /
made rapid haste to where they were
going. t-a' '
III hhO COuuhAy theI6 WAS no less Buuef-
ing than in the city. Man, beast and bird
gave evidence of the great heat. In the
groves and coolest places the sweat ran
down the sides Of the horses as if they had
been running four-mile heats. A drive to
the fair grounds in the evening told us
that even in the shady groves of that place
there was no enjoyment. The old eagles
sat upon their perch with their mouths
wide open, painting as if in the last mo-.
ments of life. A large force of workmen
had been early in the day engaged on the
two large brick halls now being erected
there, but some of them had fallen from
The works and were stretched in the shade
IS helpless almost as death. Some even Of
he carpenters who had their benches liz the
grove were forced to retire and battle their
heated temples in cold water. The SUperin-
endent, MIR. Lindsay, who is striving so
to get the new buildings in com
Dlete order and everything in new garb
before the time of the fair this fall, looked
for the first time this season,
md showed signs of oVertaxed powers.
Even the deer in the park there moped
'round with their tongues hanging out,
md the rabbits lay fiat on their sides
carcely able to stir. Large droves of
,lackbrds high in the air were making
heir course northWard to escape the fiery
,rdeal all nature seemed to be passing
through. For 1.-TWO days these birds have.
'een noticed in great quantities going
owards the Iceland regions. Does it mean
hat the hottest time has not already come q |
We hope not. ~ a.H !as la. aai ~ a.-#