Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-26
CREN ION,
A HOspifabIe ViIIsEe and Productive
COunsry-S afisfi edi Labor and Grat-
siGed FaFIDers-Bhe Horse
Swapping RiDg.

From an Occasional Correspondent of the
TKESToN, TENN, August 22.-Tren-
ton Is s. famous village smong those
who have occasion to visit cur western
district, either " calls OF business or
pleasure. It is famed for its sterling
business men-nOt very progressive,
perhaps, bat solid, discreet and substan-
tial; also for its genuine hospitality to
the stranger, its picturesque and charm
ing locality, and last of all, for its beau
tiful ladies, before whose graces your
stoicaI correspondent Is hopeless
ly varquished. ! canuo. de-
liver you an extended hom.
lily on the charms Of Trenton besutie 8,
or attempt record OF the deeds they
have achieved, but I hereby record )
warning 10 those three Thousand widow
ers of Memphis, who compose the
"Can't getaway club" to steer clear OF
this romantic village, else it might cause
trouo ole at home. The country sur
rounding Trenton is very rich and fer
til; its lands are generally fresh and
the surface gently undulating. Crops Of
all kinds look fine. Toe labor system
is well regulated, and the farmers, IS a
class, are independent and self sustain
ing. You hear much of distress-so
much of the great paralysis ia business
circles, and Of general depression that
you can scarcely credit the accuracy OF
this picture, but visit here would read
lily convince you of the facts, I cannot
ssy much fof the smusements OF TTen-
ton. Tney have not yet learn. d
to laugh rs they grow fat. u
your cures pondeDt, however, Tren-
ton has furnished one. novelty that is
just little ahead OF all the novelties; in
fact, OF all the entertainments | have
encountered in this town, 1t is the
great "horsa.swspping ring" which as
sembles on county court days. Just
imagine motley crew Of from one 10
two hundred men, mounted on all man
ner Of horses, mules and asses, dancing,
and prancing, and pirouetting and ca.
vortiUg, whipping and squirting; execu-
ting All manner of equine filp-f APPS,
and cutting more fantastic tricks than
would follow q nest of "humble bees"
with the jim-jsmes. Every man, boy,
and sometimes every 'nigger' in the
crowd, wants to swap hOls5s with his
next neighbor. Every man wants
"boot"-nO swap without bootn-the
said "boot" ranging from one dollar on
and OF, until sometimes to the startling
amount OF five dollar note will change
owners. This i.orse swapping ring q
emphatically an 'insti.u ionn OF the
place. l viii venture to say that you
never saw anything like il, that your
next neighb0T never dreamed OF it, and
that you children or grandchildren
never will see anything to equ Il it I'M
less they come here on summer tour.
Judge L1ngstreet in the Georgia Scenes
gave us the fioest picture OF a single
horse swap that has ever yet been re-
cordtd. But here We have his Bullets
aud Blossoms by the dozen. We see
the lam =, the halt and the blind; the
'set.fast, sway-back, eyed end
stOeeTlied; the big jaw, big. head, cripple
tail and fisiula; broken wind, thick
wind. bellows and ring bone; SPAWN of
the blood and SPAWN OF the bone; stiff.
kneed ponies with the back. action
heRyes; rare old fossil mules with one
ear looking up heavenward and the
other pointing down hellward, and
horses of all shades, hues, colors and
ages. The venerable fla bitten gray,
a kind OF meek mari lie relic that yon re.
to have ridden twenty yesr rs
ago. TIE gallant bay, the pensive and
melancholy s0Irel, and the well known
'ciaybank." What wonderful array
Of thrilling associations cluster about al
Did clay bank horse Then you see
plenty OF Rosinantes, plenty of DON
D uix0tes fully equipped, and any nun.
Der Of f5ithiui S4nchCa. You find q
Jroad field aud field of thrilling inter-
,st here for the study of human faces
.ud human nature. You can 90 to ths |
how ''free," and nothing would rejoice
his writer more than to see the venera- |
lie editors of the APPEAL attending this |
,reat exhibition On the first Monday OF |
september next. imp.