Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-08-28
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From an Occasional correspondent
CLEVELAND, OHIO, August q, ISL
| have ever INDUCED a penchGHt for a
smothered fowl, and have frequently
wondered how the thing was done and
how the fowl felt while it was being
done, and all about it. 1 don't think l
shall ever have any more curiosity that
way|knOwjus as well how a fowl
feels during the process of smotheTing
as the fowl does itself, and / know, too.
Just how he would feel if he could be
freed from the steamiug process Just be-
fore the closing scene, and soused into a
bucket of cool water. In the latter case
he'd feel as free as az three-year old
Juvenile turned oua Of his trowsers and
other wearing apparel on a hot summer
day. He'd feel like dancing a polka, a
jig, a hornpipe or anything that came
handy. The way I acquired all this
useful information was very simple and
refreshing. I've taken a couple of vapor
baths. When 1 stepped out of the Box
70 60 into the cool water the p~erspira-
ton poured off me like d shower of rain,
and a pretty big shower. too, and 1
should have been thankful for an UNI
brella, only 1 didn't know precisely
where it ought to be held. The vapor
bath is a good thing, but it was new to
me. Imagine yourself standing or sit
ting in a close box, three Of four feet
square and six feet high, heated up TO a
temperature Of one hundred and twenty
degrees, and you arrayed in the Georgia
Uniform except the shiTt-collar and
spurs. Ten minutes of this is considered
a dose, and when you get out you are
sweating worse than q stage-horse. In
ron nfnnun Of nnuo int rI.rr-- =
cool water bath; this feels good; there
you receive a gentle splashine and rub
bling, and finally a wiping off with a
sheet. This process is repeated once or
twice daily, as the doctor may
think advisable, and you feel re-
freshed and .invigorated after each
prescription. Besides those I have
taken, there are sponge, shower, Their
NAL, Turkish, salt, and all other kinds
Of baths that are found anywhere. ex-
cept the serf bath Of Long Branch and
other sea-cOast resorts. where the amuse-
ments are Interpreted with an occa-
siOnal drowning, which we don't have
here.
The weather is not as cool up here as
I expected to find it, and last night was
~unpleasantly warm, the THERMOMETERS
ranging as high as eighty-nine about
eight O'clock. This morning while /
am writing nine O'clock, it is eighty
seven But one can get into a cool
breeze by walking or riding out 10 the /
lake, or going up stairs.
The APPEAL reaches here, and I am
favored by the Memphis ladies with an
occasional sight Of it; but Mrs. Falls in
forms me that Of late its appearance has
been marked by very great i~rregularity.
Where the fault lies she does not5butI
wishes to, know. E2Dm AA
Cleveland is much larger and
more handsome city than Lever had an
idea il was. The population is, I learn,H
one hundred and ten thousand. It is a |
singularly shaped eity-a good deal like
q folding fan when opened, and the
street railroads all start from near the
point and run out in pretty nsarf
the same directions. There are but four |
Of them, and % running erosswise.
You can ride as far as yen wish for i've
cents, and the cans run with considers
Die more regularity than they do la !
Memphis, where / had hoped thai Franz
and his board would have inaugu-
something Like system ere this
But they have not, and / am afraid
never viii. Atleast the symptoms of it
have not yet appeared.
! hear less Of politics up here than ]
expected Governor Moves and others
addressed a large Grant and Wilson
meeting night before last ON the public
square, but that is two miles or upward
from here. When I saw the big Rosters
WIN tne name Of Moves in large
heavy capitals, / thought Il was Moves
circus, but noticed the absence Of
equestrian pictures, and found my mis- 4
take as l read on. Both parties, / be-