The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-09
Letter From Esect Nalty.
ST.. Iiou.s, July 9th. 1879.


ST.. Iiou.s, July 9th. 1879.
Editor BrookhaUen LEDGER
It being rather late to wish yol n
Happy NV Year, which | do all the
same,) may as Yell begin my cons
munication by telling you that we are
having some very disagreeable weather
here. say disagreeable MS l cannot
conscientiously call it pleasant while
the thermometers marks in painful
number Il; degrees below zero. 1t is
generally conceded to be q pretty Sc
we're winter, and Twill nely submit to
the general impression as mournful
fact. Parties coming here from the
East declare the cold to be more pene-
trating than they found it at any point
on the route.
The old "soup house" long since
abandoned, and it's patrons directed to
The "work house," has been refitted up
8 an accommodation to those destitute
of shelter from the cold. 1t is useless
to add that they have no need to ad
yertise to any great extent FOR want OF
occupants.
The river has closed here and no
longer than yesterday had the pleas>
ure of walk across the bcsom of the
Father of Waters" The ice naen have
taken due advantage of the freeze and
day and night they may be seen cutting
up the ice into hinge blocks and hauling
it away by wagon loads. Each man
marks off his field of operation and an
ice pillow drawn by one q two horses
cuts it up into suitable slices. Last
summer during tie heated spell, ice
was scarce at ST. per ton. while it is
now estimated that it will be plentiful
on the next demand at one sixth that
figure.
The Parks are crowded with skaters,
each one endeavo,ing to. out do the
other in cutting graceful figures. A fall
is considered nothing at all, provided
You do not injure the ice.
Frequently we hear the tinkling OF
sleigh bells snd moment later some
one muf1ed up to his eyes goes flying
past. This sleigh riding is a splendid
enjoyment to the tune Of 81 or SO an
hour. The great fun is all lmngination,
and the enjoyment siEeilar to that Of q
person with cigar in his mouth and
his feet in ice water. This comparison
is patented, and sleigh riding will be
come imperative under a law, inforce
from the date of its passage, before |
attempt another one for the sake OF en-
loyment.
Our city has had three large fires
during the past month or six weeks.
The last occurred last Friday, when the
Second Baptist church. building VAL
ued at $50, GOO, went up in flames. 1t
had just been completed and in another
week an $4,000 organ wonld have been
added to its fixtures. The fire origina~
ted from some defect in a furnace which
had just been completed, and the first
experiment to heat up the church, re
suited in its complete destruction.
The day of dedication had been set for
the 9th of this month.
The holidays passed off very quietly
here. Now and then on Christmas day
I imagined + could detect the rsverbera
ton OF n sound, and that sound the re
port Of the usual Christmas gun in
Brookhaven. This WIS only n conlec~
tuce.-I am not positiv as to the d'rec>
ton from whence it came--and then
waited on the gentle breezes in phGno-
grnphic tones came the salutation GUS
tomary on such occasions, "Another
county gone for.Polk." More at some
other time. Yours truly,
PEET.