Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-07-26
FROM GILES.
The Crops Doing Well-Wheat in Excel.
lent COBditiOn-COttOn a Curse
20 Farmers.
The Place for Memphis Merchants-Tht
ChOlera-An Old Memphian as
Farmer.

From an Occasional Correspondent
COTTAGE On THE CLIFF, July %, 1873
Thinking that q word from Giles would
be acceptable to your wide-awake paper,
which contains from time to time news
from all poTtiOns Of the country, / will
give you a few items from this portion
Of the country. The crops are begin
ming to put in a respectable appearance
under the constant stroke of the busy
farmers, Notwithstanding the appear
ances were very discouraging after the
severe rains in June. The grass has at
length been conquered, and as a general
thing the crops are looking well, and
the farmers are in fine spirits. Wheat
j. good; the stand is rsther thin, having
frozen cut during the winter, the result
showing the loose way the farmers have
Of seeding. Oats are very fine; not much
planted. Hay is better than for several
years. Here Is the place for Memphis
stock merchants TO get their hay, as they
can now get any quantity Of it, and very
cheap. More Hungarian grass and mil
let have been EOWn than ever before;
both are doing well, and promise a fine
yield. Corn is suffering for the want of
rain. Cotton promises not more than an
average crop. The growing of cotton in
sooner the farmers are convinced Of il
the better it will be for them. The an
cient city Of Pulaski, the cOunty-seat Of
Giles, situated upon its lofty hills, COM
mands panoramic view Of thesurround-
ing country, dotted alternately with
hills and valleys. Beneath il lies the
placid stream winding its s0utherly
course like some huge serpent. Along
its bank rushes the shriil locomotive,
arousing the lazy turtle from its sunny
bed and causing it to disappear with
splash beneath the gentle waves. The
distant hills, crowned with the newly
whitened cottages, rejecting the bril-
liant rays Of old Sol, presents a sight
much 10 be envied by those of less IA
VOred climes. General Brown is at
home suffering with very bad eye,
caused from flying cinder on the cars;
he Is fearful Of losing il entirely. / see
from the latest accounts that Tennessee
is relieved Of the "P. D.n and that
great many people have been relieved of
an anxious scare. There was q great
deal Of excitement here whilst the chole-
IA was raging at Nashville, causing g
great many amusing incidents. / will
relate one, as il is too good to keep.
There are two young men living with
Well-knOWn merchant here. One Of the
young men being awakened one night
by wandering bug (my informer did
not state what kind of onel walking
into his ear, and aFOusing his bed-fellow
who was dreamingof cholera, sent after
some laudsnum to arrest the progress Of
the intruder. The young man thinking
his patient had the cholera, started
down stairs at the rate Of six steps
81 leap, and arOusing the merchant
sent him after the doctor, who, having
some distance to 90, arrived in few
minutes all breathless with excitement.
He finally succeeded in arousing the
doctor, and started him homeward at a
dOuble-quick. When he arrived he
found the family in a state Of excite
ment, bat 10 one had ventured far
enough to peep into the room OF the dy-
ing patient The doctor, on going TO
the room, found the young man in
peaceful slumber; the bug, in the mean
time, found out his mistake, and had
made a rapid retreat, leaving him to
finish his nap unconscious Of what was
going on below. The young man was
surprised to see the doctor, and il was
sometime before he could understand
what was the matter. The doctor went
down and quieted the excitement be-
low, sent them to bed (if they could
possibly sleep, and departed swearing
vengeance against the cholera. With
tie exception of this case, there has
been no cholera here or in the surround
iGg country. am stopping for a few
days at the hOspitable home of s. A.
Wilson, an ex-Memphian, living few
miles from Pulaski ia a delightful re-
glon Of the country. He has q good
ciop' and is In fine spirits. If you ever
come to this portion of the country, give
him call, aud you will never regret
Your visit. / viii go from here to
Evansville, Indiana, and will write TO
!on from the latter place. / shall be
absent from Memphis several weeks.