Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-06-03
LAGRANGE.
Rain Wanted-A Moonlight PienIe-A
CharSnfnE Summer ResOrI-Ete.

| From an Occasional Correspondent
LAGRANGE, TESE., May 3O.---A resi-
dent and Enember OF the Mernphis bar
Tor the last few months, when the hot
weather came | silently decamped. and
came out TO the "most charming of
spots" to rest free from the turmoil ana
din Of city life, and to seek pleasure in
the calm, quiet country village-living,
as il were. upon the smiles and sweet
words that drop like rosebuds from the
lips of those fair, frail creatures, vulgar
ly known as dam-sels, Rain, rain, Is
the cry out among the farmers; the
crops are all drying up, and starvation
and bankruptcy stare our honest rustics
in the face. Yes, it is 81 most deplorable
. fact, but nevertheless true, that The no.
blest body of our men, the farmers, are
bound up to such an extent by mort
cages and trust-deeds, that ruin is iney-
table. And those human vampires,
politely known among you az
commission-merchants are quietly
awaiting the result; fer it is their big
per cent. and swindling that has created
these mortgages. May God, in his
b0Ontiful benevolence, answer our
prayers, and v0uchsafe a successful
crop. Merchandising is dull; in fact,
there is no money in the country, and
merchants can not afford to credit ont
what little they have LEFT. Yet, withal,
td belle vittage is still attractive, for the
chtvalric dignity Of its gentlemen, and
the beauty aud intelligence Of its ladies;
not unirequently these gay youths and
fair lassies meet, and for awhile forget
all things, save the pleasures OF the
present, and fully indorss the motto,
''Da5n ptUiBlus, Vigd7Rus." On such an
occasion were they gathered together
last evening, at moonlight picnic, in
the yard of the female seminary. Yes,
youth and beauty had met to celebrate
the passing hour, aud Gall went merry
as marriage bell" The pale queen of
night, as she sailed through the starry
fields OF heaven, as some noble ship
plows majestieally the boundIess
waves Of the "bFiny deep" lent
TO the time, and poeti- |
cal gems and rhetorical flow !
ers Were eulled from the gardens of our 1
fertile Imagination; aud OH many a
radiant faced youth and blushing damsel |
as they returned from moonlight prom |
enade, OF from pleasant tete-d-tete /
aside from all hearers, told tco plainly |
that the old story had been told. We, |
wv hNtC iSiLuuattf AZ uuI sweetheart
was there--she whose radiant beauty
causes men to stop, spell-b0und; but
whose rare intelligence compeIs him to
pToslTate himself, victim at her feet;
though most OF our beauties were there.
and il would be unfair to mention one
name withoutthe whole brilliant coteTie,
still two faces were missed, two familiar
iorms absent, and many gallant beau
sighed IS be thought of them, and from
he inmost recesses of their hearts came
he silent wish, ooh, that they were
lere." The party broke up abOattwelVe
)'clock, and they were soon embraced
II the arms Of Morpheus and dreaming
Iweetly of what they had seen aud
heard. And now, IN conclusion, let us
ay, as our little town generally re-
pOnded TO the cries OF the Suffering
When the pestlIence like an awful storm
Tept over the beautiful city OF the Nile
d the fall OF 1873, so now she invites
'ou out for the summer; and ii will in
Iced be pleasure for US TO see the IA
niliar forms of our friends from Mem
his promenading our 5oulevards. I