Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-07-20

From an Appeal Correspondence
Bon AQUA, July 1s.-From your daily pa
per, whicn greeis US az a familiar face, /
Judge you have no correspondent from
this desirable summer retreat. Such
being the case, a few ~jotings from
q "Bon Aqua" diary will not be out
Of place. To deal in exiravsgances
is so common in this progressive sge and
art 90 popular among all classes, it is rather
difficult to draw q picture without just touch
ing il q little with couleur de rose; as a COZ
sequence, but little importance is at
tsched to a newspaper correspondence.
1 ehsll, however, make the exception and
speak of things ss they are. The crowd
has been rsther slow in gathering this sea-
son, owing, no doubt, to the lateness
of the season, the weather being compare
lively pleasant in the cities. Yet we have
about $50 guests at present, a society COM
posed OF the best representatives from Lou
~isiana, Mississippi aud Tennessee. But there
is a dearth OF young ladies, anomalous a. Il
may appear, and men are for once at a die.
count. Hear it, ye would-be bellies.
Bon Aqua has never been as attractive as
now. Gen. Medley ehas been indie taiigable
in mis- efforts to improve and beautify since
last season, and not without success. There
is no place in the whole South where one can
ldkc IL as muCu DcAuty III PiCtuiCcfuC
scenery in q small compass az here.
The lovely stream, which,
Like a fairy thing,
The eye watches in its wandering"
as it courses through the entire grounds,
souid alone be attractive to The weary, rest
les, spirit o'erburdened with care, for what
sedative so soothing as the gentle murmur
Of a rippgog stream?
Apropos of the Bar Association, which
held its annual meeting here a short time
since, l would hint there is a little grudge
here among the fair sex against that honor
able body. They were all honorable men,
speeches, to which the ladies were
admitted, but when the banquet
came off the latter were relegstsd to
a back seat, outside the banquet hail, where
with longing palaies they could only listen
TO the smacking lips of those who reveled
in the epicurean feast prepared by Bssset,
connoissetir cuisine OF Nashville. Did / cay
could only listen to smackipg lips? All, well,
we let the curtain drop, for the boys did
not 90 home till morning. A modest judge
still liugers among these scenes 30 charming
(plenty of widows), to whom it is only nee.
essary TO say "Ferns," when HE face sufuses
like a country lads with his first sweetheart.
The Hermitage Guards, of Nashville,
made US a short visit last weak. Capt. VII
Browne is a son Of one of the managers Of
the hotel. A little sensation was produced
among the country folks by their appearances
in our midst. I heard an old lady who had
come 10 the springs, her 'fsns for 10 SELL
say, "Lor, child, L didu't know whether &c
light off my horse or not, / thought another
war had come"
On LOOKING over your issue Of Tuesday
last, my attention was arrested by the cap
ton Of an article "The Married Flirt." As
this new departure seems to be gaining
ground, it would be we'll if a copy of the sans
could be- placarded at every wateriog place
in the Union.
As 1 sit at my window, drinking in the life
giving drasghts from heavens erial fonts
and gaze on the beauty OF my surroundings
on this lovely Of all lovely days, the thought
is suggested, how can denizens OF cities, mer
and women Of GOOD common sense, bind them
selves to q life of serfdom, to business
to family cares-why not break one link
| spend a week, if no more, in such an a,mos-
phere aud with such surroundings as can b
| enjoyed at Bon Aqua?