The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-03
yryyr. SON DAVIS.
4 Yev Random Notes Of Visit Paid
N at His Brierdsid, Miss, Home


burg, and at the doorsteps was met By
Mr.. Davis, by whom no was crested
most kindly. But moment of ex-
PLANTATION was necessary, when an la
PRODUCTION to Mira. Davis added
smother TO the little group.
MIR. Davis was dressed in black al
paca suit. He sOoud Get, with firm
position. Whom ho sat down upon the
deerskin chair, which is his favorite,
Il was ia AN upright position, his
shoulders well thrown back, ons baud
resting Ia tho other, and both called
into play as, through conversation, he
used tuem IA graceful gesture. His
face furnished pleasant disappoint-
ment. His pictures give one the idea
Of a dark-vissgsd, dyspspt,c man, OF
hard facs and unapprUschable mau-
ners. on the contrary, ethe orig
inaI shows Kindly eyes,
fair face, aud mouth wreathed
in gentle smile, 30 engaging AS to
dispal the idea of difference in station.
In fact, during tho tour hours spent In
hts presence, this kindly smile and
pleasing manner nevor left MIN. Ia
his conversation, too, the same fact
was noticed.
Nv. Davis, whose social qualities
will be remembered by ths brilliant
society 10 Richmond, OF which she was
for three years tho center, looked In
excellent health. She IN u lady OF
stout statue, and her face shows ~
once deciAiOn anu w0manly char
acter. In conversation she was quick,
Intelligent, and extremely thoughtful,
censurlng none, mindful OF those who
had h,-iriended her family in the DAYS
OF trial, and evincing great interest III
the families of the men WHO had fallen
for The Confederacy.
Mr.. Davis said that no had left the
war behind him, ahd with IL pnbhc
life. He courtBd tho privacy OF his
home, and did not intend to DO drawn
into controversial topics; hence, what
no said upon events Loading 10 the war,
concerning the war itself and events
following Is n sealed book, and must
remain closed forever, 10 far &c your
CORES pondent IL concerned. Never
theless, he convorsed PLEASANTLY on
matters OF q literary ind phlosophi'
nature, TO which no deyotes much
study. Both Mr.. and Mrs, Davis IN
Quireh Atfoctlonately of many Georgi
ans, whose memory they cherished; of
the pnBrless Gordon, tho fright arm OF
Lee;" OF General Colquitt; OF General
Henry X. Jackson, whose bravery as
asoldior In the Mexican war Mr.. Davis
well remembered, and especially OF
tho eloquent Hill, whose memory is "A
precious sentiment in the family.
"ln the days." said Mrs. Davis,
"when friends were needed, Mr.. Till
came to mo no tendorly, and offered
hiE assistance with such considerate-
ness, that l can never forgot 1t. l
think she continued, "that his statue
shoul, BIO In recnmbent position, it
ID so dignified and represents his soep.
ing power"
HAh," replied Mr.. Davis, ga statue
In netion, such rs that of Patrick
Henry, IN Richmond, cannot no sur.
passed. for expression"
"And yet," resumed Mrs. DAVIS,
"the eye becomes fatigued rs 1t looks
upon i'm active posture, which Is never
changed, while you can look upon tho
recumhent statue OF Lee for hours.n
every true" said Mr.. Davis, "that
Ia tina statue OLA man at reat, whose
work is finished. That of Old Patrick
Henry is al his work, appealing TO the
people. In looking upon either, my
mind runs back to the OCCASION"
Mr. Davis favorite author il Sir Wal
. WI N'Sutts -oNoppb BioAb uoWtI VI ub-
scriDing objects III motion, and the
scenery In which his plots arc laid, are
90 truthful and realistic as to maize
their recognition easy to the traveller
who visits them. Among poets no re-
gardS Byron tho grestest. "rhe strik-
Ing f0atnre of Byron Is taat whenever
he renders u quotation from tho
classics he always improves IL 80
much as to become his own. Other
authors hi.yo always failed In this 10.
gard. Moore IL the perfection of har-
m0ny, while Burns Expresses
human feeling. The three Byron,
Moore and Burns-make COM
NNloto combination. Bulwer, among
pDdern n0velists, Ia perhaps the great
nv He Ia the only novelist whose
estA, changed with ags-his Last OF
styMarons' being as different in every
the n from pelham as though writ
resreN different persons. Tho only
ten bNug link between the success
connecths is tho retention of the al
sive worhThe greateet danger 10 the
chemist. tho future Is tho vast sg-
country my wealth in single hands.
gregalion ONE was abolished as
PrimogenituNha hat evil in times past.
remedy Tor NlDes-beyond tho power
How large fort\spend- can be accumu.
OF the owner to n. The opposite evil
lated In ono liiatho greatest. There
agrarlnnismmis Se between odu.
rs q diiierenA isdom: l have
cation ana w MIR. Davis,
known," said Nnot learned, and
".wise mon who werAe not very wise.
learned men VINO werN not DO gauged,
by his knowledge. Thetdge, yetY a
people of great knowlo\ Whenlr In
many parts of MississippiA,,, o book
knowledge Is lacking, the Yeople arc
always wise la their conclusions, not
always able to givo the reasons there
for, yet not the less WISE"
To put, in few words, tho impres-
si0ns gathered Mt the two homes of
Mr.. Davis will require but few
words. Mr.. Davis IL rs years old, In
the best OF health, cheerful, contented
and hopeful. Mrs. Davis, the admira-
bic wife of q noble gentleman, IL also
happy in the love OF her husband, and
the sympathy which she receive from
0very man and woman In the
South. They have two children,
the eldest being the wife
Of Mr.. Hayes, of Colorado,
herself the mother of three. The sec
ond, Miss Minnie Davis, Is at homo,
and q source Of comfort and Joy to her
parents. Their homo at Beauvoir Is a
charming retreat, retired from the bus
tie OF the world, yet cheerod by the
visits Of Northern friends, Southern
symp athizers and Confederate veter-
ans. Their homo here, Brierfield, Is q
long, single story, white building, with
wings az either end, In the shape of a
double T, with vsrandas between, sup
ported by heavy columns, and painted
entirely In white. There is q planta-
ton OF 2,4O0 acres, the richest Of Mis-.
slssippi bottoms, from which, Captain
Hughes says, COO bales of cotton will
be gathered this year. Mr.. Davis gen.
orally visits this place twice year to
look after his interests. Special Cor.
respOndence Gl0be.D