The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-08-23

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innldotis check. n u the practical l6ke
~ the vegetable kingdom IL alder
mamie proportions rival those NJ tho
on ehelder grown gray in holding
dowh 40 official chair, while ~ mellow
pup glatllens alike the palate " sunny
youth and frosty age II Is the delitiit
pi The small boy In every cline. and
slinres with the mule the affections Of
the American citizen whose ancestors
were Of tho first families Of soncgam
bia.
But aside from tho aesthetic view TO
be taken Of this estimable product If
the fields, there IL u practical phase
which merits attention. A diligent
search through the pages Of tho Tonth
Census IN u 10 reveal any official nc.
count Of the watermelon, but though
Tho census cnumerator knew II not and
the supervisor failed TO order lis Stats.
ties TO he Incorporated with those OF
corn and wheat. yet as II product
the watermelon Is by no means 10 be
desplsed. II may not he q 'p lnclpal
product 50 far rs dollars 90, but the
importance Of social elements il not
always measured by dollars nor by the
number OF columns filled in statistical
reports, and II Is thus with the water.
melon. II is mighty IN both actualities
and possibilities, in what ii does and in
what 1t Is able TO do. As n social and
commercial factor even in our own CITY
It's influence is not. in common par.
lance, ITO he sneeZed at" The two
principal railroads that transact the
watermelon business Of st. Louis are
the Iron Mountain and the
Cairo Short Line, each of which.
N the season, handles 1900 cars
loaded with watormcl0ns. Each car.
load is about one thousand watermelons.
and there are thus two million water.
melons brought TO the city by these two
lines alone. II we add tho number
brought by other roads and those from
the ne%ighborIng farms and gardens, we
shall probably have an annual total of
three million watermclons bought and
dcvoured in our midst.
Now, this vast watermelon import
has several important results. Aside
from the quickening Of exchange, Il
vast quantity of freight is furnished to
the railroads, their receipts are in
creased, they ARE thereby the better pre-
pared to pay the interest on their
bonded debt, aud thus the ..blonted
b~ondholders' OF the East and Europe
become still more bloaicd and are able
to drink champagne because the people
OF st. Louis eat watermelons. Bat
there are still other possibilities IN these
three million watermelons. Suppose
that each watermelon furnishes a feast
to four people before IL finally disap.
pears. then at least twelve million diff.
ferent individual foasts will, be cnioyed
In this city from the succulent Southern
import. Nor Is IL absurd to conclude
that twenty-five per cent. of those who
feast will repent Of their dissipation IN
material collie and mental sackcloth and
ashes, and we shall have three mil.
lion individual cases of collie. II
doctor be called in every tenth case,
JOO,ODO bills OF attendance will be rem
dcred, and as these eases mostly oceuf
IN the shades OF night, about 5000, OOg
VIII be necessary 10 delray the expense
II one prescription bo given in every
100 eases, the druggists will be the
i'Niltl w hVtVbu separate accounts
while the tons OF paregoric necessarily
used will tend still further to III,
pecuniary benefit OF the dispenser,
OF pills and tones. Worst OF all-fol
wo can not afford to omit this item
will be the job furnished the re
cording angel In taking down the In.
Vulnerable impatient EXPLANATIONS Of
parents awakened by the groans OF the
family heir suffering from the pangs of
watermelon. The oaths OF doctors reused
to minister TO the wants OF patients who
''ate too much watermelon, " the cuss
words Of druggists forced to get up and
dispense parcgoric to watermelon vic.
tins. Such, IN fact. is the breadth OF
the SUBJECT that when II Is considered
in all It's fullncss, the social philosopher
may well be excused for doubling
whether the watermelon l. worth either
the p%ccuniary outlay or the physical,
menta aud moral devastation Il causes.
81. Louis Republican.