The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-01-28
Tie Rugby Colony.
ATLANTA lGa) Constitution ]

| Let us look into this matter. su
/ What are the facts Briefly stated fe
4 they are as follows: number of To
English people-male aud female, of
old folks and young folks-desire oil
to seek some secluded spot where
they can cook their own rations A
and become accomplished in the
game of lawn-tennis. \ sympa-
thetic Englishman, Mr.. Thomas
Hughes, hearing of their aspira- \
tions, advises them to take up
their tents and come to America, 4
where the great breadth of the
republic will enable them to find
+ the seclusion which they long for, I
: and which is such a desirable ele-
ment in the pursuit of an educa-
Q cation which shall be at once ath-
G letic and aesthetic. They seize
y Mr. Hughes by the hand, and he
!, escorts them across the briny deep
IL and plants them in the wilds of
u Tennessee. They put up number
d of necessary buildings, and stake
off lawn-tennis pasture, which
~ they call Rugby, and thereupon
II proceeded TO enjoy themselves.
e But it is plain that while the game
eu of lawn.tennis is going on there
must be some provisions made for
ea the inner man. Some one must
lu- build fire, some one must bring
water, some one must make the
us biscuit, some one fry the bacon
au' and some one must grind the coffee
'rd There must even he u detail of
en- children to pick up chips. Right
Key here, as we understand il, the first
ue' trouble began. To those who
were engaged in the business of
'oN preparing supper or breakfast OF
the dinner, as the case might be, the
ON mountain breeze brought them the
est sighs of unutterablc content from
s q those who were taking their case
urn, in the lawn tennis pasture. Under
HISS thes circumstances, who coult
'aft, allay the heart of those
'uch whom fate had temporarily 'shu
urn, out of the game At first ther'
me- wasa dispute rs to who shoul'
h'y' cook and who should play, and thi
nee; dispute widened and deepened int
'li'a' question of still greater import
'her ance. Who was to supply tn
not food! Never the less the game &
ears lawn.tennis went on.
y, Ii is curious fact-but ncye
~ theless n fact-that nobody ca
,., support himself in the climate
,.s,' Tennessee by playing lawn'tcnni
80 ~, 1t is a beautiful and ennoblir
~, game, no doubt, but it will not IA
M. isfy the ugly customer known
~, hunger. OF course things ougl
to be different, and we are Wilt
that the climate of the Sou
-. should be held partly to blam
., but it is troublethat is also COZ
mon to the climate of the Mort
If those who are born and rails,
:, in that climate cannot cl0thc al
feed themselves, aud build tow
and institute banks, and ere
~ churches, and endow colleges |
w playing lawn tennis, how can
f'N' colony of unacclimated strange
hope to accomplish these thing
o. II is no wonder that some of I
more prominent Rugbians ha
pts at received messages informing the
Parls that their parents are i'll. L
with wonder is that the parents ha'
room, not received information that t
ie OF Rugbains are Ill.
long We do claim. however, the
the teemed indianapolis Journal
top the contrary not withstand
nome that a colony can accomplish
pplng much in the South by playing Law
}, the tennis as they can accomplish
y the the North. Our understanding
IL no that it is a game that cannot be pl
rental ed where the ground is cover
N en- with snow, and if this be the ca
snard, we respectfully invite the Rugbii
e tug to leave the inhospitable mo
sent tains of Tennessee and set
Unable their stakes in the pastures of N
" The die or Southern Georgia. We
nately not say that they can succeed !
neigh ter here than on their present s
medl- but certainly the cold would
was materially interfere with the /
N III gress of the game.
rsons, ----
used The real estate valuation in
4 the ton is s455,3S3, ,000-an increas,
laying sfS,0OO,000 in the last year.
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