Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-08-12
THE CHATHAms.
How the Days Pass at the springs
Grand Ball. Reviews and Dress
Parades-A Cosby. Pleasant Let

CHALYBKATE SPRINGS, Wednesday, Au-
gust s.-Editor MornGRg NssOs: The air st
this place is cool and brseing; we have to
sleep under cover every night. l say sleep
every night, but the fact of is that Puffy
is such restless busybody that he turns up
q plank every night and keeps up such
racket that we don't sleep much at night.
Most of It is done after breakfast. We get
lots Of fruit, for all the country people are
swarming in to see the s'sogers," and they
bring their wagons well laden with peaches,
apples and melons. The spring water we
drink before and after each meal and be-
tween times Mr.. Bsynsrd gets up before
day to drink it; says he can't get enough
Of It.
After breakfast the tenpin alley was
througed by ladies and gentlemen. The
Calico Brigade appear to great advantage IN
this game. Miss Z. is bound to make ten
strike every time the ball leaves her hand.
The blonde and the brunette are usually
pitted against each other, their playing is
so fine.
Every afternoon at 8 O'Clock we have a
dress parade. Yesterday Lieut.. b. put US
through 8 very severe drill. As we neared
the entrance TO the grounds, where were
collected a wondering crowd OF country
dsrkeys Of all varieties OF age, sex and pre-
vious condition Of servitude, the Napoleonic
genius of Pearl Grits suggested charge.
The maueuvre was executed with sub
Unity before which the charge OF the ''siX
Hundred" pales its Intellectual fire. "Such
a getting up stairs you never did see." The
shouts OF applause and waving OF handker-
chiefs from the hotel piazza informed US
that the exploit had won NJ favors In the
eyes Of the fair ones
Marching back to our qua. ters, tired and
thirsty, the boys found two massive bowls
of punch awaiting them, "Gewarge" doing
the honors and the treating. The girls have
all fallen in love with him, and dote on his
lovely sun kissed moustache. 1t is all we
can do to keep his lady from exposing the
fraud and re-sssuming the monopoly, but
our fixed principle is that monopolies are
preiudicial to fun, all except Jack, who is
trying hard to get up one. He has even
gone so far as TO play the devoted to her ma
After supper last night was the ball given
by the Artillery to the infantry. A beauti-
full sight to see these little fsiry-like forms
going through the graceful figures Of the
auadrille. TWAS hard to tell which enjoyed
it more, the infantry or their mammas.
Sergeant Jumbo, with little pinafore ap-
pendage gliding through the msZes of the
waltz, had all the appearance of a gyratory
comet msjestically sliding through space
This ball dispersed to the lullaby Of ''Put
me in my little bed"
The room was then cleared for a more
serious engagement, German given by the
boys, in which "the gentlemanly official"
figured TO fine advantage. just wish to say
right here that no Artilleryman has made so
agreeable and so lasting an impression upon
all of our new friends as ''the official" If
only "Ike" had come along too, we would
be assured of a complete conquest Of Ala
bama.
During pause in the dancing of the Ger
man, a red garter was discovered out In the
middle OF the floor. All laughed at 1t, but
none would claim it, until "the Stalwart, "
grasping his foot handle, discovered that
something was minus He is under the i'm
preston yet that he made them believe 1t
was q necktie.
The ''Good Catch" occupied three rooms
last night. We have been gathering him
up by piecemeal ever since. "The Stslwart"
too In the early part Of the sfter-midnight
climbed up to the head of the stairs, and
imagined himself to be the whole company.
After calling himself off by twos until he
mad a thousand men in line, he gave the
command "fours right; right fours into
Incl" and rolled backward down the steps
TO the bottom, where ''Pluffy" lay in wait
log with his little plank.
Before going to rest the boys got out the
baud and serenaded Miss Welborn, a daugh-
ter of Mrs. Ex-Governor Smith, in honor of
her birthday, she being very popular with
the boys Dick Desdeye is at his wits ends
for an excuse to 90 out and feed the coons,
hut that eXpedient don't pass in Alabama. !"
We are all quartered now in the Alabama
Cottage. During our trip 10 Warm Springs,
Lieu enant had given orders for all OF our
things TO be moved up to Alabama, two
story building with cOmmodious rooms, so
Is 70 get I'll the boys under one roof. And
when we returned and found all of our
things mixed up together, and ourselves asT
sigued to Lew rooms, the maledictiOns that
ensued were deep and audible. But we
have settled down again, and the fun Of all
being together more than compensates for
the less of some other comforts. To-day
five of the boys were made happy by receiv-
ing invitations 70 dine with the Gubernato-
rial party Aud they dined, too, to the in
expressiOle envy and admiration OF their
comrades The Gubernatorial party is TAX
ing the rake of the plate. Miss Matte
Jelks, of Union Springs, Alabama, Misses
Clara and Ida Beach, Miss Florida Welborn,
and Mrs. Cove nor Smith, of Columbus,
are all bellies and immensely popular, espe-
cially the latter, who is as fascinating as a
chaperone as any Of the young ladies at the
springs
AT dress parade this afternoon az invita-
ton to a full dress ball, rendered by the
ladies OF Chalybests Springs to the Chatham
Artillery for next Sa' urday night, was read,
aud an acceptance voted blythe boys march
ing one step to the front. Two Of the
Columbus companies ard the Southern
r hss, of Talbott0n, have also been invited
to come with ladies, and b ave sigulfed their
intention of coming. What a grand re-
ception we will give them. We are saving
up our ammunition now TO fire them oue big
salute when they come. We have q
ball here every night. To night q German
is the programme, and phantom hop for
tomorrow night. BOgsr and the Lieuten-
ant went out riding through the country
Yesterday morning; they stopped at every
house they could find and invited all the
"crackefs" to come to town on Friday
morning and that we would repay them with
some fun. About three or four thousand
are expected. | must close this Tell "Old
Bailey" that his letter was received and read
with many a smile. The girls, too, are
anxious to get peep at its contents.
OLD WHEEL