Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-17
DRIFT FROM DARIEN.
4 Batch of News from the Enterprising
Southeastern Seaport

Southeastern Seaport
DARIEN, GA. April 15.-March ha,
turned his head and blown us two heav,
parting kisses over his shoulder recently
especially the one on Thursday night last
when we feared that full-fiedged cyclone
was on the war path, and would unroo
us, if no more; but ii quieted toward.
day without doing us harm. The wind i,
pretty high this morning, but not cold
only the precursor of thunder shower.
Spring advances rapidly. The hicko
RES are tipped with pOmpOns of small
green leaves. The Pride OF India has
taken the place of the orange flower and
IS heavily incensing Natures altar Will
its perfume.
The first flooding has been on the rice
fields for a week now-tOrerunners, all
OF the moving season, and people will soon
hit TO the Ridge for the summer. probably
a little earlier than usual this year. foI
we are somewhat nervous over the clos.
ing of the SapelO Quarantine station.
Fourteen vessels in port is a little bet
ter showing than last week. The POrtu-
guese craft that cut the telephone cable
at DobOy, because 1t was in her way, still
lies at the wharf where she was hauled
up for damages. AS yet. don't know
how it fares with her. The anchor, it is
said, pulled the cable up, and after few
unsuccessful attempts to lay it back, the
captain got impatient and ordered it cut.
At slight Inconvenience TO himself and
to the Hilton Timber and Lumber Com
pany, it was done.
Some ice cream festivals for church
purposes this week will tighten the bur-
den and refresh the possessors of too
much small change. They will miss
neither-it is the weather for cream, and
high time we had the change. Money for
church work is badly needed. The ''faith-
ful feW' are very willing, but the faith
tul few" are very, very poor.
We are to have quite treat this week,
most unusual gathering together in the
town of the lights Of the Georgia pulpit.
The Savannah Presbytery and the Savan-
nah COnvOcatiOn. ID. V. will meet, the lat
ter at st. Andrews Church on Wednes-
day and Thursday. the former at the
Presbyterian Church ON Thursday and
Friday next.
The test trial of the fire engine was the
topic of conversation on Tuesday morning
last, and at three o'clock in the afternoon
it began and ended at six. The bright
nickel plated little worker, standing on
the wharf of the Magnolia House and
sucking great draughts from the river to
send in prismatic showers over the dis
tant roofs and slopes. The records are
somewhat after this fashion! With 100
feet of hose single stream was thrown
across the roofs and into the air 293 feet;
with 900 feet attached, two streams were
sent distance of 159 feet: with 900 feet
attached. and up slope of 20 feet. one
large stream was sent over the cupOla of
the court house and far beyond.
The hose was then divided and Il Sa-
mese coupler put to one length, and three
streams went forth, one of them PLAYING
five feet above that famous flag pole. The
ladies at the magnolia" and their
friends had prepared in roses and lilies
the initials ar. f. L. and other decOra-
tiOns, but balky horse deciding against
the street parade, the engine was taken
back to the wharf and not crowned until
it had earned its hOnOrs by actual per-
tormance Of all Its promises and more.
see that Mrs, Leigh (nee Fanny Bnt-
ler) has written book descriptive of her
life at her plantation on the island Just
across the Altamaha from us. since the
war closed in '66, and during those dark
days when ''they who safe in Moses seat
laid heavy burdens on us indeed. Her
book will correct many errors, one of the
least of which was the impression that
Mrs. Butler Fanny Kemble) had no chill
dren. At dramatic reading of hers in
fremont Temple, some years back, sat
directly behind two ladies who knew a
great deal more of the family and their
Darien life than people here did, and told
what they knew in an amusingly conf
dent way. Speaking of Mrs. Kemble and
Southern life one said: ''She never had
any children by that most unhappy mar
riage" The other replied: ''NOne, for
tunately nOne."
The ladies who visited the Debating
Club on Tuesday night were so pleased
with their reception and so warm in their
praises, that invitations will surely be
issued hereafter to the lady friends of the
members to attend these discussions fire.
quently.
We have no provision for ladies' intel
lectual entertainment, in the evenings.
either by lectures, recitatiOns, music. or
otherwise, and the want of such organ
lied recreation has long been felt.
Before the war, in some places, ladies
were now and then invited to an honorary
seat in the court house on state davs, if
there was to be any exceptionally fine
speaking, but now, especially with our
peculiarly balanced population, this is no
longer possible.
The base ballists are getting ready for
contested match with somebody.
Quite a nice little drift of timber in
market to-day. The turpentine men
wear the only perfectly cOmpIacent smile
seen abroad lately. Their business is
going right ahead.
Early crops look well, and corn is
good height. HI. 5. B.