Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-08-29
/ suicIDINo
Two GentIemen Have a Gay Time, and
Elaen Make Up a PIaa 40 suicide In
atie Father OF Waters.

Two Gentlemen Have a Gay Time, and
,Flaen Make Up a Plan q suicide I'm
ttie Father OF Waters.
Yesterday gave some generous indica-
tons of far of frost. It smeit strongly OF
oysters aud Dublin Xxx porter. The
fact Is, decent weather looms up on the
distant horizon about as large as a mans
hand. For thirteen weeks have we been
frying, baking, broiiing aud toastlng IN
der a feIvid ooppery sky, where no friend
" elond, no gloomy spot relieved the
aching eve, and the continual broil and
stew was sometimes changed to blister
ing fry. Many sought repose, and a few
evsa tried to die, but they conle'ns
'sc0ne It." and DO a could tell why.
The only relief in sight was a little Bour-
boa or Rye. In this state OF p~urgatorial
effsIvescence u patience stood the teal
beautifully. and We are proud to say that
We still live to herald the distant coming
OF b3ary. generous largo-hsted, blum, roll
licking Winter.
There were two gentlemen in this city
yesterday who imagined that they got
q smell OF lime after they threw
oper the blinds OF their swoatty bed
rooms and smiled the morning air. They
| rejOiced to the extent of a resolve 20 go
| on a "bum." They dressed, breakfasted
at Gsston's and felt glorious. They pat
ronizsd all he'll ~bar-keeping friends IN
the city. a number that includes two
thirds of i've hundred which bur proud
and progressive city possesses. After
this they felt good. The abdominal dis
tension that they experienced was bliss
fuI in the extreme. Their feelings har-
uoniEed with nature, SO they went to take
q view Of the 'trapid green river as II
shot psat the city in mpjestie splendor
and peIlucid beauty that shsmes the Far
rowy Rhone.p Having taken q stand on
the Whsrfboat at b foot OF Adams street,
they contemplated the scene IN silent rap
ture till their hearts became too full for
u~tterance. Suddenly the silencs WAS
broken by one making a proposition TO
lump into the river end quit the earth for
ever, as they had tasted its fullest meas
ure of happiness, and there could never
be a bstter time han this, because you
know the longer we live, the worse We
get.'' Agreed cried his sympathetic
companiOn, and in they plunged. Here
was a new picture for the eye OF Christian
thinkers sDd psychological Investigators
to contemplate. This was not suicide, so
called; It was a deliberate choice, founded
in that higher reason which is called the
inspiration Of genius. Here was herolsm
after which hQuor-psle students may ak
about post aa6es EHr, and the darkest hour
preeedes the dawn, and all that class OF
foggyistic nonsense. Just think OF the
perfection Of 3 man who can deliberately
quit the world, surrounded by such q halo
Of glory as the sunset Of yesterday even
ing threw over the tree-tOps on the Ar
kansas shore, by picturesque piles otskids,
loafng darkeys, and s stomach full Of
choica Hquorsl The thing is unprece-
dentod in the annals Of heroism. Yes;
they jumped in together. but, having ex-
perienced she chilling effects Of the river
up TO their mouths, noses, eyes-sye, TO
49, - 49, wrnln NAn
best Of their way TO the shore wetter and
wiser men.