Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-22
LoUIsvmLE LETTER.
The International Convention of Sunday
SchooIs-Interesting Gossip.

schooIs-Interesting Gossip.
COrvesD0ndsnce or tie Morning -9ssos.
LOUISVILLE, KY, June 15.-The Inter-
national Convention Of Sunday Schools
wound up its labOrs last night after a
/ gloriously fraternal meeting all through.
1t has been a big thing, and Louisville has
held her arms open for them and enjoyed
( the affair, and would be delighted TO have
them all three years from now. We have
/ treated them as well as we know how
! Spring chickens have suffered and died in
the cause by the thousand, and the mature
members Of the chicken family have not
only roasted high but flown discreetly out
Of sight, and there is not a strawberry left
| in the land.
/ Many of the delegates remain over to
/ I'LL various pulpits next Sunday and par
/ ticipate in impromptu love feasts, as they
I float around loose to-day; but the great
| body Of the convention which has swarmed
| through town for the past week in be-
/ wildering rainbow or parti-cOl0Ted badges
1 has vanished like magic.
The Opera House, where the sessions
/ were held. was crowded beyond its eapa-
I city every day and night, and the over
! flow held meetings at the Fourth and
Z Walnut streets Baptist and Christian
| stones throw Of the hall. The stage Of
/ the Opera House was beautifully deco
I rated with the festOOned and intertwined
/ flags Of America and England, and these
| were reproduced, on a smaller scale, at
/ every section around the balcony, together
\ with appropriate notices; lavish decora-
I ton Of flowers filed the large auditorium
/ with summer scent and sweetness.
There was a considerable sprinkling of
! ladies among the delegates, those from
4 the South being principally bright-faced
T young ladies, while those from the East
and West were matronly and business
! like for the most part, read sensible pa
/ pers, took copious notes, and were alto
I gether practical and a trifie selt-assertive.
/ Mrs. Sallie. Chaplin. President of the
Woman's temperance Union Of South
Carolina, was on the ground as Miss Will
! lard's right bower; Miss Willard herself,
on the last day, lectured in the Christian
church, 10 an oFerf1oWing house, upon
Temperance in the Sunday SCHOOL, a
plea for the greater prominence of this
subject in Sunday School work.
THERE HAS BEEN NO HEATED DEBATE
on any subject during the session; no
spirited discussion to rankle in anybody's
breast with thOrny atterthOughts; all
things have worked together for good
order and harmony. Arkansas outdid
herself on the convention questionable
sent one delegate, who looked extremely
lonesome. There were some half dozen
colored delegates from different points,
one of whom, Mr.. Smith, of Maryland,
spoke at some length in behalf of the
cOlOred Sunday schools. France has one
representative in the body, the Rev. John
Paul Cooke; and there is also one from far
away India, who requested to be presented
with the British and United States flags
adjoining the stage, at the close of the
session, to carry back to the children in
India, The delegation from Colorado an
| nounced, when the finances were being
discussed and the subscriptions for the
ensuing term credited, that the converted
Cinnamon Of Denver gave ten dollars a
year. for the next three years, to the asso-
citation. This was overtOpped by the
committee from Indian Territory, who re-
ported that the Indians pledged them
selves Tor the same amount, ito help
ChristianIze the whitesrv The singing
during the assembly hours has been in
spring, the brethren pitching into the IA
miliar old tunes with a delectable vim.
Mr.. Wallace, of the Georgia delegation,
has been particularly conspicuous for his
beautiful solos.
Such a body of fat men gathered to-
gether is seldom seen: from the Hon.
Chairman, S. H. Blake, of Toronto, down
through the list, almost every one, with
an exception here and there, had a we'll
fed, comfortable appearance that argued
well from the beginning. Fat people, en-
masse, have such a satisfied, at-peace-
with-the-world look about them, it is diff
cult to believe they are not always the
jolly, good-tempered fellows they seem.
There were crowds of noble Britons on
the ground, of course, and accepting the
popular traditions it was natural to sup
pose these could be picked out in fhe
crowd as those with the baldest heads, the
portliest physiques and the huskiest
voices. An emissary from one of the
British provinces was announced for
/ speech one afternoon, and great eXpecta-
| tions were entertained, for he was evil
I IDENTIFY a great gun. 1t was easy TO desig-
nate him; there he was IN a chair at one
/ side Of the stage, r0tund and rudy, ap-
/ parently crammed with roast beef and
/ plum pudding until his skin was as tight
and smooth as a pudding bag, lOllfng back
/ in his chair and strOking his mutton-chop
I whiskers. 1t is always the unexpected
/ that happens. When speech time came
/ around, lean, dyspeptIc creature rose
/ up from somewhere and commenced in a
I thin, piping voice, tedious harangue.
! He resembled that spectral insect known
/ to irreverent childhood as ''daddy long
| legs" one expected momentarily that
! his long cOattails would be transformed
/ into a pair of gauZy wings and with a
! hum and a snap he would go buzZing over
/ the heads of the people and out at the
/ window. A funny little something hap
/ pened while one of the temperance lady
/ speakers was holding forth at the Chris
tian Church Friday morning. 1t was
very good humored and approving audi
dience, and had applauded the best pas
sages and keenest thrusts of the lecturers
all the way through with somewhat more
vigor than discrimination. This lady
! prefaced her address with the statement
3 N6ak oln in
| there was more whisky made than any
where else in the world" At this brisk
/ round of applause burst forth, and the
/ speaker looked vague and puzzled. When
it died away she gently demonstrated and
/ assured them the fact mentioned deserved
no commentator. Naturally, nobody rose
to explain or apologize, and the cause of
this outburst of approval on the subject of
/ Peoria's goddess enterprise is still wrap
ped in mystery.
The greater portion of the convention,
upon adjournment, went down to Mann
moth Cave; some few still linger, and in
one more day the last yeStige will have
disappeared. Louisville has entirely en-
jOyed them, and it is safe TO say they all
enjoyed Louisville-at least they looked
that way.
The Louisville Republicans have just
ratified with a whoop. The whoOp was
all the louder because some of the leading
I IoCdA WIN nave UCCn 6bduuCu
to their party nominees ever since they
had party, and who were safely counted
on for support to the end of the chapter,
come what might, have dropped Blaine as
though he burned their fingers. One of
these is the Hon. James Speed, LincOln's
Attorney General, and another is Captain
Silas Miller, who came back from Chicago
madden than whole nestful of hornets.
He hints darkly that he viii elect the
Democratic nominee if the free trade
plank is dropped out.
THERE ARE FEW sADDER LIFE STORIES
than the one ended the other day by the
suicide of poor old Abe Buford. He had
enjoyed his prosperity as long as it lasted,
to the fullest measure, and he lived to taste
the bitterest dregs of the cup-poverty,
disgrace in the person of one nearest to
him, the Sights of summer friends and all
-hA nitiful stings of fortune that follow
- - tbEa tr.;, 80 financial ruin-these were
his portion in his late. ia! > anu m tney
were more than he could bear. LIE pa
thetic letter he penned at the last nome.
briefly told the whole pitiful story. Bred
a soldier and farmer, both occupations
were gone, age had crept on and health