Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-11-26
THE SICK HORSE.
Ola I'D no Joke-He Pats on n Serieus
A~sPeef-GIOOIn I'm the City-WOrk
suspended-Asafetida on
"a Rampage.
Barrett COrks 40 mis- InEtitutiOn-The
W~RferwOrks pa n BIuH DFy-COt-
too standfng Idie-HRcks
El0used-The Mule Smut
fling Tar Gas.
Ne Ancient Ok Steering Wagon Poles
About the City-The Handeart Com
Ing infO Observation-Disclosures ia h
House OF RueephaIus.
Death OF the Celebrated Mountain Boy
from severe Running az the Nose
Interview with Commodore Van
derbilt on the Subject.
Z A%FFLICTIoNs.

q ALlE AAANEA NAAE vi GAANAAkC A
the stalls of Bucephalus. The whoop-
ipg-cough was prevalent, and a whop-
ping cough il is, sure enough. Memphis
svmpathizes deeply I'm the Affections OF
the horse. When that noble animal is
in fearful agony, our popular sinners
wear sackeloth and ashes-for they can
not enjoy their buggy rides. Even the
opaoue heavens bent over US yesterday
and spread a sort of pail, and dropped
tears of regret that u mules were sick.
What could be more touching than to
see a solemn father of an interesting and
large family, yesterday morning,
wheel home before him on a rail-
readers gig-a wheelbarroW-one
barrel of fine flour to make matu-
final biscuit, so thatth little ones might
| have their little stOmachs comforted be-
/ fore toddling TO school. The sight was
affecting. No horse, no ass, for even
Leubrie's lugubIious donkey was sick
no mule, no steer could be found to do
that lob without being paid enormously.
The streets of Memphis were literally
deserted Yesterday. The contrast with
the lively appearance of thingslast week
could hardly be greater nor more dis
| ~couraging. No groceryman could send
! home to his customers the usual supply
of goods. No mules were found stout
enough TO haul beer. The hack horses
were racked with hacking coughs, and
the drays that erstwhile made the
streets Of this city rattle, were ali
living idle. Nothing could be seen but
| an odd yoke Of oxen awkwardly haul
ing an omnibus, or a milk wagon. The
town seemed to be helpless.
A sTIFF-NECRED GENERATION.
Eight days ago the president local of
D the APPEAL pictured all these mlserles
| to the eyes of a degenerate and lnered-
ulous and stifi-necked generation, but
| they needed not. They did not, like
wise men, at once set about training the
idle dogs and goats of the city. They
did not form themselves into patriotic
bands for the purpose Of wagon and
hack drill, so that the trade of the city
! might not suffer from stagnation. They
did not prepare for this wrath which
has come upon US, by getting ready for
the yoke themselves. What IS their
condition now? They are green. They
cannot haul a wagon. They do not
even know how to draw an engine
to a fire. They are unused to the hand
cart. Thew can do nothing. Let them
reaU LlE EAHELAtlNE VI Tia NANhNh
scriptural king Nabuc-nO matter about
the latter part of the name. be had 10
20 into the field and eat grass. Whether
he ever achieved anyexcellence at haul
ing a draw is not said, but in the way
of demolishing clover he was a success.
1t is easier to haul a wagon than to di-
gest baiIed-up timothy, and yet there
are very few people in this city attempt
- N..-..ar. Fa~ #hfa nnnIiaqfinn hU
bredkfn0 themselves to that sort of penl-
tential labor. The consequences are
now at their unrepentant doors.
MIsERIEs ACCUMULATING.
In the early hours of yesterday there
were a dozen or two animals in the city
that escaped the affiictiOn, but before
noon there was not one. This morning
Memphis can boast of being the sickest
city in the Union, and there is more
asafetida consumed recklessly than
would do two populous nations a year
and a half. The price Of this drug has
risen seven hundred and ninety per
cent. since Saturday. The liveTy-stable
men are using it for all sorts of purpo-
ses. They are giving il for the nose, tor
the throat, for the lungs and for the bile.
They are putting it in feed, in drink, on
the floor, in the troughs, mixing il with
hay, oats, water and salt. They tie it
to the tails Of the mules and shove IL
up their noses. The consequence of this
indiscriminate use of that drug is a
scarcity. which creates alarm, but there
is no necessity for this. The drug does
not kill Old Ep. He laughs
and fourishes on the smell Of IT.
Not one stable in the city but
$50 10000 uln-rrrlav. Il t-aa NOT
enough TO blanket the animal within,
but the doors were padded and cur
tanned. and the chinks stuffed to keep
out the pluvial cbilliness o thed day. Only
a few men had the temerity to take
out animals Yesterday. There was very
little done. ANY money was offered for
horse labor, but the tempting offers
were not accepted. Not much cotton
was moved. Some effort was made to-
ward utilizing the steer, but much good
could not be got out Of him. Several
of yokes were peddledround town
by parties from the country. We saw
them hitched into coal carts, express
wagons cotton drays, carriages, omni-
buses and milk wagons, but still Yehi-
cles were few. Their use has not become
general yet. JoeSeligman was out with
his superior animals. He has several
hundred Of them. It is said that he is
the head Of that bull ring that formed a
in animated beef two weeks ago.
He likes cOrneTed beef ever since. He
expects to get fat on It.
An branches Of business have suffered
in consequence Of this calamity.
No one can do anything. When cotton
still in Memphis everything
stands still. Even the steamboats, might
rs well stop as go on when the mule re-
fuses to work. The dreariness Of the
Yesterday was sorrOwful. There
times when one might look along
he line Of Main street from Beale TO
Pinch, and not see a moving vehicle
larger than a hand-cart. The damp
of the weather also had a bad effect
IN the people. There was a general
gloom as well as a general damp in the
THE HAND-CARTS.
Of cOurse people had to have certain
.hings done, such as getting a peck of
potatoes home, or q quarter of meat.
There was no escaping this. The bakers
lad to deliver their bread, and the milk
men had to supply l%acteal, hence the
land-cart man was in general requisi-
ion. Old vehicles of that sort that had
lot done duty for half a century We're
lauled out. New ones, with the paint
lot yet dry, were also tumbled into
he street, and there was a general rush
.round with these useful things, that
hope. Bales of cotton even were
lauled upon them; drunken men were
conveyed in them TO the st~ationhouse.
They We're employed to tote furniture for
undergoing the misfortune of
moving" The baggage of the Oates
roupe was hauled from the depot on a
land-cart. They carried parcels of cab
age and dry goods, Jumps of coal and
landfuls of wood, jars Of whisky and
,onuet-boxes, mdiscrlminately. The in
Iustrious colOreds that manipulate the
laDd-carts made money. The boot
lacks abandoned their brushes and took
o hand-carts, and a lot Of enterprising
rOung Americans spent the day on
Madison street ~"breaking I'M young
to hand-carts.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The horses of the Fire Department are
II sick, and il is feared that they NAV
Tot be in a condition to do service in
of need. The rain was a great
in view of this fact. Danger
fire need not be so much appre-
lended now as if everything were dry.
Ne suggested yesterday that there is
low a considerable necessity for the re-
establishment of the old fire companies.
We indOrse what the Ledger says on
his point, that there should be a suf-
icient number of men at each house to
lick the engine up in case of an alarm,
md jumper right along, without los
ng time. The cost viii becomparatively
mall, and in the event Of a large fire,
heir salaries would be saved manytimes
to the city. In other large cities
where the epidemic has ragged, volunteer
hava haan fnrnnah Of ahnn-