Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-08-02
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h Scenes.
$ Carleton, the lively correspondent
/. Of the Boston Journal, is writing some
4 interesting letters from India. We
7 quote below from one Of them
] Would that the farmers of New Eng
{ land, who, about these days, are driving
E their teams afeld, could see how the
, Hindoos manage their oxen Think of
: pair of lean, lank kline, with horns
eighteen inches long sticking straight up
I into the air, with great hump on the
} baek-oyer the shoulders a straight
r piece Of round woods limb Of q tree
: six inches in diameter for yoke, four
: pins, each about ten inches long, driven
! through the yoke to keep it in place on
the necks of the animals ropes instead
/ Of bovs-not lashed to the horns, but
tied zround the necks a cord in the
nostrii Of each OK, with reins attached /;
a two wheeled cart, with four seats, the
driver sitting in front bareheaded, bare
armed, barefooted, barelegged, barely
dressed in every respect-one bit of rag
about the lOins three HindoO passen-
gers, as bare Of clothing as himself, the
oxen upon the trot or csnter, the dusky
Jehu handling the reins adroitly, turn
, ing sharp corners, picking his way
\ through the crowd as easily and quickly
az the hackmen Of your city can thread
their course-on Washington street.
The peninsula is wider here, and we
soon reach the suburbs, where the Eu-
ropeans and Parsees and rich native
merchants live. We find broad avenues,
as smooth as the sea beach, shaded by
tropical trees in great variety. We pass
stately palaces surrounded by spacious
gardens. We look up the long graveled
walks and behold flowers of every hue
exotics Of the temperate zone mingled
with the fora of the tropics-oleandas,
msgnolias, lsb1rnUms, acacias, oranges
and lemons, honeysuckle, verbenas,
roses, azalias, petuuias, tiger-lilies
entire fora of our greenhouses bloom
ing in the open air vines and creepers,
clematis and jessamine climbing the
walls, oTerrunning summer houses trees
wholly unlike those which we are accus
toned to see-no elms, no naples, or
| giant oaks, but the tall and slender palm,
the palmyra, the cocoanut, with their
green plumes gracefully moving in the
breezes, the bsnyan, forest in itself,
sending its new trunks down into the
generous earth and spreading its branches
far and wide, thiekly throwing out its
leaves, making a delightful shade the
India rubber tree, the teak, the fg and
mango. The Parsee, as far as in him
lies, makes his earthly home a Para
disc. His palace is large and lofty. He
has wide halls, desp yerandahs and pas
sage ways running in all directions, so
that, let the breeze come from the sea or
the mountains, from the north or the
south, it may sweep through his halls. /
The Parsees are the Yankees OF the
East-the business Iaen who know the
knack Of making money. In another
letter | shall have something more to say
about them. They surpass the English /
in the elegance of their residences. /
Getting beyond the palaces and villas We
come to the plains, reaching poFthYard /
and eastward, bounded in the dim dis
tanee by mountains
In approaching the city from the sea,
or looking down upon it from the hotel,
we see few spires, toYers and domes Of /
churches, temples or public buildings, (
but long reach of tiled reofs, wide
streets, open lots, patches of green foli-
age, with but few objects to attract spe-
cial atteuti9B
| took an early walk before the sun
was up this morning, and saw some
queer scenes in the streets. The people
were just rising-hundreds of them
from the ground in front Of their shops
men, y9aneB and children, where they
had made their beds for the night.
Some were still asleep, and | came near
disturbing the slumbers of young man
as | turned corner, by falling headlong
over him. 1t does not take Hindoo
long to dress, especially when his only
garment Is 8 strip of cloth around the
loins. The children, like those in many
American homes, we're up bright and
early making mud pies. / noticed that
they were not dressed quite well enough
to make their appearance at Sunday
school. In a country where the father
and mother make strip of cloth, of the
slze Of q dish-Eiper, serve for full dress,
it is not IN the nature Of things that
their offspring should appear IN coat,
jacket or pants, or crinoIine, and trails
like those which seme yoRng ladies of
Boston use for sweeping the streets.
The costumes of the maidens of the
West-especially the ball room dresses
have longer skirts, and perhaps not quite
SO low in the neck as the costumes worn
by their sisters of India but in the
matter of jewelry the dark featured
ladies' of this country can beat them all
hollow.
Take look at this black haired erea-
ture, fondling a little ebony imp, the I
likeness Of herself, in doorway as we l
pass, gold chain about her neck, gold :
charms of the size Of ten dollar gold
piece dangling from it, three silver brace 7
let's on each wrist, an armlet of silver on 5
each arm above the elbow, so many rings
IN her fingers that you cannot count
hem, anklets huge and massive upon c
Zach ankle, toilets of the same metal on .
ler great toes six gold rings with little &
bells attached in each ear, gold brooch Q
With long pin thrust through the left {
lostril Can any fair maiden in Amer q
ca exhibit so much jewelry? See how ?
he fond mother has lavished her for II
une, regardless Of expense, upon the Il
larling in her arms-rings on its toes, a.
N Its ankles, silver chain elasping each n
f its chubby legs above the knee, a n
arger chain of elaborate workmanship "
riding the loins, with charms and little Il
liver bells attached, rings on its fingers, q
'racelets on It's arms, another chain tr
lasping the neck, rings in its ears, a n
ewel in its nose Quite display for a al
oung girl who has not got round to her m
rst birthday anniversary. al
The question is solved as to what be- II
ONES Of the silver. India absorbs it. n
! love of jevelry is characteristics of q
len as well as women in India. The CD
len wear bracelets and noserings. The So
opulation Of the country is nearly one an
undred and ninety millions, and It may m
Q set down that each individual has