, 1879-05-10
ECHOES FROM THE SOUTH-NO, 7.
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BRUNSWICK, CD, April 2s.-Aro you not DO
lighted, Oh great TRIBUNE, that you have
especial correspondent" in q city which Is
bound to mako herself known to tho worldt Wa
have scarcely ceased to make boast oil our great
snoW'storm, when VIC are called upon to record
young doluge. Tie Atlanta Co.utus.ton had
a very interesting account Of It, which, no doubt,
you hays seen before this reaches you, rs you,
too, seem continually on tho watch, und right
glad at1 that each Inns found ia loetnan
worthy OF his STEEL" Nevertheless, will risk
~ unnecessary repetition, fer It is not every
city which caa furnish such record. "Ouc OF
tho most remarkable ratntalls ever known In
this atatc, II, INDEED, It Is uot ono OF the heay-
lest OIL record. On tho 1tith, from 1 .. NJ. to 10
a. III. next day, there fell ut nrunswcl, Ga, BY
actual measurement, ten and onc.tonth inches
Of rain. or enough to cover the wloo area on
which 1t fcll ncarly foot deep In wascr. Tho
recent storm was truly renaarkablc.n quote
tho facts 90 clearly expressed by tho Coastituton
You seealea to thlnk my account of the good
things NO tasse, or, to borrow your own az.
pressive word, "toy" with, at Brunswick
rather extrayagant. Now, Il there Is ono thing
abovo another alHl nt being and claim to be,
It Is rulableucas incarnate And what is more,
I moan, with your assistance, Mr.. Editor, to
"let my moderation be- known unto all men.''
fought not 10 sprprtscd At your tncrcdullty
when write Of sprlnr,-our sprlnE,-land OF
the myrtle and orange, for you do not
Spring, ethereal msdnces, coma
"worth tont.h What do you know Of t' the
voice Of the tuFtle"l All! uu; you have
glowing, passionate suinn,er, beautiful oxcecA-
tngly, and bright nnd "hot." And wo un-
cover In homage To your autumn, with Its gol-
den shcaycs nnd perfect fruits; Its gorgeous
cooF'ng, superb beyond expression; but aprIng,
coy. woo'ng spring, most provoking ana "proY-
ocatit" al seasons, With its lovely intin,atous,
lts subtitle fragrance, Its enchanting revelations,
tts fascinating promises, anticIpations; its fresh,
crisp young iife, its-if oniy you had ever
known the spring I faiutly describe,
there would bs no need Of this effort
At enlightenment, In placn Of which my men,
ory recalls only dirty olush replacing tic pure
wn!to mantlo OF snow, with which Nature had
yelled hsr poor frozen bseast, lea!lcss trees,
whnse bars arms moved sadly In tho cutting
blast, naked and forlorn. Even tho sun re-
fused to look upon tho havoc ho had mado,
when with f1eEcu ardor Au lind penetrated tho
ley aTInoF Of wlntcr. Lot ma tell you une OF
my ls'ost vivid recollsctlons Of i New-Euxlani
spri!!E; padding ar0unl the cellar In a tub tn
tss frantic etlutt Ut re.culng the delicious con-
tGsats Which ever beauty New England sa[e.
When onss ascd to things 1t docs not strike them
~ eo'ntcally as IT docs q stranger. 10 "roye-
nous = hos ftot 'n.ouso,4." hut suri'es, though
With diiteEcuee) | lhaa gathered al lhe data
,yllen, gauyibg down tho columns Ut your paper,
! saw-how can 1 convey tho uhlyerlns that ra.i
down tuy ycrtebraa | gisu 1t uu. Enough to
mY rye: "Now IL The time tor tlls usuul dan
lles' to beglr.'' glvp tbs subsianus Of ills
atroc!oas paragraph, U not the exact words.
AL! .ilat 1nau does not know what ho lostt
fNHH 6Fkt funf f1H
tile kindly manner iu which Alr. T-p, Que Of
our genial, agreeable young r!co-planters, a
scion Of nobls old stock, allowed htmseH to
ho "interyieNed." Prompted by my manifest
interest In tho tlemB. he soon became warmed
up, and talked quite freely OF tho excursions
theY lad made, before the wreck Of their yacht