Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-04
NOTES FROM AUGUSTA.
Freaks of Ltghtnfng-Oscar Wilde
The maVOraItY or DarIen-The
Possibilities of the SOuth-FlOrida
Wild Cotton and Georgia Minerals
-MtscelIaneOus Mention.

AUGUSTA, GA, June s9.-Edttor Morning
Net0s: An added mite may be unnecessary to
the expanding fund of information about the
weather, which certainly has given us the
variety Of several grand electric outbursts re-
Gently. The effect of the latest being noted in
the city papers has been seen by some, but
will bear repetition from its novelty. A man
at work in a cellar Of partly completed house
had his face scorched across the nose and on
each side of his temples by the fluid passing
along the frame OF his spectacles. We over
heard the owner OF the house say to another
lady that lightning rods would he erected i'm
mediately," but did not know what had hap
pened until later.
The talk here is of the dullness of business
and the scarcity of money
Oscar Wilde is advertised to lecture here
July 5th or 9th on Decorative Art" Another
opportunity for the Japanese paFasol and the
huge sunfiower We are funny people After
all the ridicule heaped on him, see the Atlanta
people particularly are begging for his extreme
costuming-posslb to see with their own eyes
what they have been laughing at, by hearsay,
so long, and to say OF their own knowledge
what they know about it in future
VINO Will be the next Mayor of Darien?
Many would like the honor, but will they like
the burden? The Office is not sinecure bv
any means-Jo the contrary altogether and
not easy to fill, requiring a firm, ev,Nn tenn
pered, self sustained man who can walk over
hot plowshares and neither burn his foot nor
bruise his reputation. The people, that all
powerful element, will take care of the latter
for him. But whoever he may be, we must
begin at him early about public park and the
no fence law. Cartersville must not get ahead
of us in the former, and we must second with
full petition the streng efforts being made
very heaviest expenses. the greatest
drawback to universal 'truck" farming,
is the fence. Posts are very expensive, cypress
or cedar the only kind repaying the trouble of
putting down. Lumber, of course is cheaper
away from home than where timber is so plen-
tiful-on the principle of ''the shoemaker's
family going barefoOt"-and labor commands
no where higher wages than in Mcintosh
county.
The "benighted South" seems to be waking
up for new day in earnest. The opening up
OF Florida and the extremes of Northern and
Southern Georgia opens our eyes to buried
treasures in a way to make US deprecate the
errors of previous generations in their per
spending their money North and abroad.
The wild cotton mentioned by the lS1Inland
Tribune, as found old Tampa bay from
its color may be allied bv cousinshp to the
fine, soft fibre of India or the Nankin Of China
and, If growing wild there, would repay cuI-
ture as novelty.
AS for the rich mineral veins of Northern
Georgia, the marvel is that they have not long
ago burst into fame from verv fuiIness
Georgia go d. beautiful in color, fine and even
of grain, so plentiful in surface veins in that
~ comparaIlv.ely new region that the labor and
while copper and iron ore are found in great
quantities. The war cost us heavily-oh! so
heaviy-but we bent our stout hearts patiently
to our tasks, and have proflted and will profit
by its lessons.
That Augusta ladies are much given to large
parasols was one OF nay earliest observations
and now l see complaints in one of the
''dailies'' that it is only by their footflo one
can recognize the girls of his acouainfance
under their large hats and broad parasoIs
Some carry theae deep shades over them in
the PARK, and on the street after sunset and l
was told that it was because a woman looked
prettier under sun shade.
Not being given to fiattery, and never having
paid you broad compliment, do let me tell
you frankly what a superior paper the DAILY
MORNING NEWS is-not that you were ignorant
as to its merits, but repetition of this Kind Is
someumes pleasant AS for our own Timber
Gazette, 1t is Jeweli-never valued at one
half its worth before After having waited in
vain for a copy Of the News to come to me. I
went in seaTch OF the mountain in vain. At
last, on yesterday, turned my steps to the
rooms OF the Young Mems Library Association.
Q--H Eyes, they had files up to the 2ist.
but no more; subscription had expired on
TRe WevrsTi SVt1 to Ono the RaILx news" mo
cepting the third of the loaf, read more
of the world we live in in twenty minutes. al
ready selected and condensed for me without
the trouble Of hunting it up, than had been
possible for fortnight. Afterwards, throueh
the courtesy of young friend, l sent INV card
to the Chro7tcle and Constitutio1lalist office.
with polite request for a two hours loan of
the NEWS from the 2lst to date. Regrets were
returned that no copies remained-spapers
torn up when read" A feeling of home pride
came over me as remembered that stranger
could get files OF all leading Southern and
many Northern journals at the little brick
oftice, OF which our enterprising Grubb is pro-
prietcr.
The Clinch Rifles have their animal tar.,at
practice at the platz this afternoon for prizes.
l saw this old Augusta favorite parade on
Broad street from the windows of the Augusta
Hotel IN March, 1851, and fell into fit Of pa
trlOtic enthusiasm which left me never again.
Yesterday afternoon, about half-past six
O'Clock, we took a walk across the river to
Schultz's hill, back of Hamburg, and had a
hurried but lovely view of Augusta roofs and
spires, and were famed with plentiful breeZes
OF delightful GOODNESS. Gathering few ferns
and drinking copious draughts Of water that
flowed from under the hill and rippled over
shiny pebbles. remembered as part Of "gol- |
den long ago." we turned our faces cityward, |
and reached home at hatf-past eight.
Some might call it affectation, and it may |
be, Tor certainly it did affect me little pain |
fully to climb that hill after ten years of fiat |
travel for, honestly, had forgotten how.
Past is written over Hamburg, and written |
high up: could not see the faintest sign Of |
vitality in any avenue Of effort on the road we |
took; everything appeared dead and shut up |
There was good claim to the romantic in the /
situation of some houses on the sides and on the /
summit of some pretty high hills, but there |
was no life there, and the question as to why |
q man should select such a locality for a resi- |
dence, despite my own early preference for |
such sites, presented practical phases now,
The preliminaries Of entering contestants on |
the political lists are too absurd and ouite
amusing. A mans friends ought to be more |
considerate. What stuff l remember an |
anecdote OF Mr.. Pettigrew, who, when nomi- |
mated candidate consulted him as to the form |
OF acceptance. ''Shall l tell them, Mr. Petit |
grew. that thank them heartily, and will do |
my best to serve their interests but that feel |
myself unworthy OF the honorg" mo, sir;
mol Sit down Tell them nothing of the kind,
sir; they will begin to agree with you; they'll |
find out all that soon enough for themselves"
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