Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-07-17
DALLAS, TEXAS.
The Excessive Heat Severely Felt by
Men and Women, but Good
for the Crops.
Six-by-Nine Rooms and Big Prices at
HOtels-IiTery Men on Rxtor-
tiOR-GOOd Houses.
From our special Correspondent


DALLAS, TEXAS, July s, IS73.-HOt!
Perhaps, if any word ever peTvaded the
intellectual faculties of man in Texas,
the little word "hotp is that word now.
Some ladies say sit is very unpleasant -
unpleasandy warm, - extremely
warm,' "almOst suffocating," while a
very delicate young lady remarks, ''sen-
sible iqUifactiOn Of my cOrpOTeal system
produces quite deleteriOus effect upon
nv physical nature" Gentlemen are
heard TO say, "quite oppressive, y "never
saw il so warm before, - al believe /
shall melt,n cit is extremely warm,n
sit is powerful hOt,n while the wag re-
marks, cit is red-hot, and still heating.n
No matter how much your correspond
ent has heretofore enjoyed cool breezes,
pleasant nights and refreshing slumbers,
suppose you fail TO perceive the breeze or
70 enjoy pleasant nights repose, then
what's TO be did? Don't know how
Colonel DuPre or Colonel Ferguson
would servive, nor what would become
Of Moody King or A. Z. Frankland, but
in q few words can tell some Of the men,
tai and physical sufierings of your cor
respondent. He at q hotel considerably
heated, is ushered into an eight-by-ten
room, so arranged that a small breeze is
nuLLlEA 70 hAlOM IOh AOBEL VI OuAs Inc
walls of the aforesaid rooms are somewhat
warm, say ninety-eight degrees, but
feefing fatigued and drOwsy, your cor
respondent throws himself lightly upon
a acOarse, uneven, ,humpty-dumpty shuck-
mattress, and tolls away, with tan in
hand, trying his best to keep cool" At
last, wearied nature almost forces him
to disturbed slumber, and partly dreams
of melting elements, of hOt-baths, of
systematic corporal evaporation, until
he is thoroughly aroused by the great
pests of Texas, fleas-big fieas, little
fieas, old and young fieRs, creeping fleas, |
jumping fisas, biting, and all other kinds |
Of fieas, playing "hide and seeku next |
to where be lives. Then, so soon as the 1
light Is blown out, here come the tor /
uienting, creeping, sneaking, unpriDci- /
uIed, nocturnal bloOd-suckers, pouring /
forth from their hidden, labaTinthian |
cells. presenting their bills, and demand |
ing pay in blood. If you attempt to dis |
pute their aRjns, they at once arrest
the attentEN4 of your olfactOries in a /
manner less polite than Florida water |
or Frangipanni And yet this Is not all /
While thus actively and rather warmly |
IN gagged with these little enemies, there |
con. 10 your ears sounds that are rather /
fsnii' jar, though unwelcOme-"eOusin, 1
cousin yes, there they are, as big, fat 1
and saI'ey and long-b'lled as any you 4
,,y-ar felt a. HOpefield or Black Fish lake |
Now. imag. me all these after fellow, |
with nerspirs ton flowing in streams, |
and You can have an idea of some of
rha troubles here, in Texas. But, per- |
mans. Won NAV sav, "Oh, it is not so /
yeTy warm after ali. - Well, go with us !
across that prairie. We mount an OPEN |
top buggy, pulled by a small lazy mule
thirty miles to go-no t1ees, but few
ho. Uses, no breeze stirring, no clouds, |
the suns relentless rays pouring down
upOn you, until-well-until you almost
wilt.
Fxto rtion. To some extentth ere pre-
walls among many hOtel-keepers and
Iivery-stabie men a disposition to extOrt
all tbev can from every traveller that
fails a prey 10 their clutches. For in
stance. S7our correspondent, in a relaxed 1
condition, desired to know how much it |
would cost 10 be conveyed from Gle |
burne % WaEahaehie, thirty miles dis
tant, over a splendid road, only four
teen dollars ard fifty cents in eur
rency. Sakes alive! you may know /
We declined the honor. We can recon- |
mend the {" Cruchfield house" " at Dali
las, the hotel at COrsicana, and the |
- Pacific" " at Fort Worth as splendid re-
sorts for those who delight in hot air
baths" in close rooms, at the moderate
price Of four dollars per day In currency.
For dyspeptics, they and others can be
highly recommended. But as first-class
hotels In every respect we specially
reoOmmend-none in Houston, none in
Austin, Central at Galveston, Vance
house at San Antonio, MeLelland at
Waco, and Commercial at Dallas. Next
Il. ne will say something else-tOO hot
nnAV.