The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1879-06-06
FROM ST. LOUIS,
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May 81, ls7g.

l have missed you Pheasant Stdr
lit countenance-(no fun intended
for some time, and am not quite
sure this will ever reach you as
cannot hear that my last one eyer
did. But though late in the day
want to speak of a notable cOnven'
ton that was held here last month,
so will write again, hoping this
will not meet with the same fate
my last one did, whatever that
might have been.
First, let me speak of very
original and unusual subject, viz. !:
the weather, which has been per-
fectly execrable-cold, dreary and
uncompromisingly dismal scarce
ly two bright days in succession
this whole spring, and now at last
when we can discard fires, it is 80
dry we live, move and have our
being in dust
Dnst to the right Of us,
Dust to the left of us.
The convention referred to above
was the wOman's convention.
Delegates from many of the States
were here Your own State was
well represented, but perhaps, out
side of the president, Miss A,
no one woman elected more favora-
BILE comment than Mrs. NJ, Of
Memphis. Even the most radical
paper of this city could do aught
but speak in highest praise of her
clear, logical reasoning, and the
devoted, high-born principle shown
in her feelings toward the cause
she has so earnestly espoused.
Her son, Master M, Oh the sec
ond day electrified the large audi
ence by an eloquent little speech
a mastery effort-in which he paid
IA beautiful tribute to women in
general, and his own dear mother
in particular. One of the first
daily papers here says: "Perhaps
the prominent feature Of the assem-
Dly might be said to be the appear
ance on the platform as speakers,
of not u few young and highly
gifted acomen.n Take it all in all
the meeting was Harmonious
and will doubtless give
IA great impetus to the cause. The
city paid the delegates marked at
tcntiUn, inviting them en- mdSSe to
the merchants exchange and then
treating theui to free ride TO- their
fair grounds. These
compliments we're highly apprecia-
ted, and the delegates left this city
feeling that it was good to have
been here, and the city feels hon.
ured to have had such II noble con
vcntion in their midst:
st. Louis was visited by another
disastrous fire last nj elt destroying
A vast amount of property. Loss
estimated to be $3.50, 600. The
cause of these frequent fires is a
Some wiseacres are fain
to believe that they are caused by
spontaneous combustion. This is
nut for the scientists to
track.
Among the many institutions of
his city looking to the bettering of
social conditions, is one not to be |
,lassed among the charities, but |
one of them neverthe-
ess, and that one is the "HOme |
md Dover association inc0rpora.
ed few years ago in Pennsyl,
'ania, and now in active operation
II St. Louis through the agency of
dr. William A. Brown. The aim
If this association, as it's natne in-
licates, is to enable parents to lay
lp for their children something
ach year, SO that by the time u
10Y or girl is of age they will have
to begin lite upon. Any
hild under the age of eleven
ears may, by the simple payment
# a few dollars monthly, quarterly,
or annually, become
'ossessed of a dowry of from $1,000
0 $1,000 when it shall have reached
he age of twenty-One years. Un-
er similar scheme any person
lay, by a series of such periodical
aymcnts made through a term of
rom eleven to twenty one years,
btain a like dowry sum at the ex-
iratlon of that time. The advant-
ges of this association will be
asily understood when we rene IN:
er how uncertain the tenure of
is, especially In this coun-
y. Very few people, compara-
vely, leave money for their chill
rem. The haste to be rich with
,me, aud the haste to spend with
Tiers, about equally insure
lis result. But almost all may
pare "a small sum annually-a SUN
nat by itself would do very little,
Y which added to every year by
ke sums amounts to handsome ,
revision for a child at maturity, ;
r for old age, as the association
ffords the same means to any age. S
ut my letter is already too long, ,
\. An yrrOfr. q. %, III.