The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-06-07

BIaMfsauAM, Ala, May 20 When |
left Wellington on my Trip through the
south I met Erod Douglass. sld hl6 remark
when told him the direction OF my JOUR
ney, "N adam, You will find the son'h hhy
yeafs bshind the times" was inesrisd N
my next letter to the Inter Oieau.
Mr.. Douglass prophecy did rot surprise
me, for II came after nineteen ether: OF a
similar character. In Boston, New York
and Philadelphia confederation and warn
ing was hesped up1n me. 10 wash IN
tin besin end wipe on crash roller upon
the veranda Of hJtel was the popular way
OF making toilet
IN THE susEy STATES
| WAS informed until repetition grew TIRE
some; suggestions ~ to oonhuinR my dict
TO eggs boiled In the shell and potatoes
with thoir Jackets or were common, and no
less than five pretiy hamper bAsketi Tor
carrying provisions on tue cars were SSH,
mo by PEOPLE, Who within a few wears bad
taken the triD contemplated. L. was also
qravaly forstoid that rs u'e, tha noore
would efound prc.ersblo 10 tha hens, fcr
reasons unnecessary 10 nlentio-, and that II
was Wise to look into cup or glass boiJre
illingii.
Nj was then IN s7mo,hirg Il THO spirit NJ
a heroine and martyr thst / plhrteni pre-.
pared TO rough IT," make tho hest 81
thiug,.n aud To endure petty miserioJ I'm.
told for he sake OF acquiring information
aud erati,yings love OF tho picturesque.
Now f.r the truth. | sm too impatient
To tell Ii 10 wsit uu,il the tour Is completed,
and feel warranted in putting TO nsbt
the false prophets, after 3 900 miles oil travel
and visits to nearly thirty small towns, an
we'll rs the principal capitals OF the south.
To begin With. / have not eeen a tin bnsi"
yet, ard only I'm one smsll plaS. where
dinner was served saw out of-door convent.
ences for ablu,ione, consisting OF half n
doZen china wash.bowls and ~ many
rollers, for tho men only. Ladies had
small room for their own use.
Ont of al tive meals served on highways
and bvways but two were unestabl.. They
were both served ut the same place, Bay 81.
Louis, near New O.leans but even in thia
instance cleanliness was not lacking, aud
good milk and crackers were to be had; the
remainder Of The dinner embraced
SMALL FISH, s. FULL OF DoSTs
that 1t would have taken more than tho
twenty minutes allowed TO dissecI them,
very tough steak, eggs fried on, OF reoog.
milton, and ham rs hard hs stone. But
even ihi, bill OF fare was forgiven whom
dozen little dsrkies, swinging their heels
behind them, Came running along, holding
above their wooly hends and black faces
huge boquets OF superb magnolia blossoms
anu big ouncnss OF the fragrant Snowy
cape iesanluef, Ia setting OF iealhery
green ferns.
Apropos of the word "snow," II Ia curl
ously indicative OF the latitude thst Won
never hear II used as au adjective here.
"As white a. snow" gives wsy to white as
cotton" and the smile is used for teeth,
the bleached hoir of old sge, the purify OF
complexion, and color Of flowers, precisely
in tho sense we use he word unow.
The usual price OF meals on this road Is
fifty cents, the highest teventy-fve, snu VI
Dalton, Ga, tie other night, delicious fried
chicken, new laid eggs, cold ham, beef
steak, pota 0ss, delightful iisnnel-cskes,
Strawberries I'D cream, wero served Tor
halt q dollar. AS q rule, the cooking is
good, even In private families, and much
as the Generalization OF the negro stree the
war Is lsmented, IL Is better than IL the
north. Dinah can beat Bridget every
time.
Consideration for the northsrners
prompts the putting of cold bread o. ths
table, though II Is passed 10 you with
look Of mixed pity aud contempt Hot
soda biscuit, raised rolls corn mutiins aud
breuc, ard beaten biscuits are put on the
table
THREE TIMES A DAY,
iust as they come out at tho oven.
In whatever form the southerner tskes
his corn it must be piping hot, OF the dliier-
ent vaIistes OF bread. The beaten biscuit
Is esteemed the most delicate; nothing but
-four and water enters into its composition,
and when mixed into o cake OF dough IT rs
beaten against marble slab for inll half
hour, being again and again reduced 10 the
thickness OF billboard, doubled ard
whacked against the marble until 1t ~.
srmes peculiar whiteness sni
smoothness when IL IL cut
the shape and sizs OF Boston crscker, and
baked In slow oven until IL assumes
bsre eugges ION OF broen.
In the different hotel. good milk, real
butter, fresh egg, and hsh we're always 10
be had, generally iair variety OF vegeta-
bles, cooked in the Erpisn fashion. For
example, asparagus boiled whole with
melted butter, string beans cut lengthwiso
served with plain butter, and green peas
with pprigs OF mint. Tho best meat Wa had
CAME FROM CHICAGO.
As for fruit. IL must Da admitted there
was, until Thu. week, h struggle, as there Is
a laineltahla lack 81 lrnck farris, sod the
higher prices paid for light produce iempts
the merket gardener 10 send his supplies
north.
The hotels, as = rule, are clean, the rooms
comfortable and large, aud
rHB ONLY oBJFcrIoNA BtE INSECT
/ have seen is the mHsqui,0, who Is hold
ing q musical festival in Nav Orleans.
Tho poorest hotels were in the places one
least expscted-that II, In the large cities,
where The buildings themselves were az
fine Dimensions, but the management bad
and the table far feom accordance with the
architecture. For the mont pant they are
long-estahlishsd hostcliies, living on tho
reputation achieved long ago.
The best accommodations are ia the new
towas Of the south, which sre ~ remarse-
bic ia their way w the newly Bora eitiss II
the ives; nay, nero 90, f1r the scuiherrtr
has hardly iound his teet bei5re hr has oo-
qua tn .rsmpls under them old ,r.indioss,
aud the nres.ht generation has put as
-. A n -Arlr ttlF 4 Ast1 sr.
scu;h.
This very town from which | date my
letter was, twelve ears sgr, a cotton plan
tstiop. H. has now 400 inhabit snta,
seven Witherow blast inrnscss, rolling
millr, cotton msDuiKctories, machine shops,
and other industries, besides schools,
churches. good business blocks aud " yers1
ho,e,s. The On. I ani in " kept by Two
men, one from Wisconsin, the other from
Virginia-ex,remes meeting. They make
the travellers OF both sections comfortable.
The other day
Sin TITUS sALT.
who was looking around for s'msthing TO
put his euineas into, came here. ard by n
mia ske went TO rival and INT, rior hotel.
Sir Titus bcing . Brtor, la duty bound
maEes himseif - dowdy aud shabby ~ he
c,n on his travels. The landlord looked ~
him when he emit red, booted him az
doubtful" and when the bsronet, finding
only one TO gel In Ms room, walked into MS
Office and asked II he couldn't have al
otner, the procrietor replied; mo. Jon
can't, aud l reckon o.s IL - much rs you
have been ured to-
Just then rome Of the big iron men In the
Vicinity dropped In, aod when the land lord
learned who his guest was he fell int ~
agony, snd sent oil the buckabsck IN the
houss 60 ador. the towel rsck OF Biz TITUS.
Since his visit 10 this tews the English
manufacturer has Invested his money IN
Dsytor, Tennessee, aud 10 going 70 puS ~
soms lareo blass furnaces there. Asv one