Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-28
THE COMEDY OF THE CYCLONE

Difficulties Of the Housewives-The II n
mors OF Breakfast and Dinner-Heroic
Bakers and Milkmen-AlIs Well that
Ends Wen.
From the Ne1os and Courier.
Ip view of the desolated gardens and
anroofed homes, the spireless churches
ard the shattered wharVes, that meet the
eve Of the Charlestonian on every side, it
is hard to view the visitation of the
cyclone in any other than its tragic
aspect. One is apt to feel discouraged
and disheartened, as though this destruc-
tiOn OF property, and even this uprOOt-
Ing Of trees long centuries old, were an
Individual burden TO be borne with
heaViness OF heart-a personal calamity
which We, individually, are called upon
10 repair and sustain. This is to-day,
after the elements have done their worst.
But in the stress of Tuesdays exertiOns
and unwonted privatiOns we had not
grasped the idea OF the devastation as a
whole, and. in fighting the winds and the
water; we mad time TO laugh heartily over
strange upsettings of the usually orderly
nOnduct of affairs in the homes OF the
city.
When the time for breakfast came
round the cook, perhaps, was not to be
bTaYed the storm to their employers
homes, some reported: II jes' let de win
brung me along. | amt know how | git
Yer. fer true!r Others had terrible tales
Of the perils by food and falling tim
bers encountered on the way. And then,
again, as we have said, others did not
appear at all. Many breakfast table
on Tuesday morning WAS sumptu-
ously furnished forth with hOminy and
a Cd
mlrth. Milkmen and baker carts We're
anxl0usiy and vainly looked for, and
many q housewife transformed herself tor
the occasion into a Mariana" and
sighed forth He cOmeth nOtP' when the
wOnted meaitime had arrived. Somehow,
IL seemed that in every department Of
housekeeping things were "just out" and
the Intention had been to replenish the
1arder on that very fateful Tuesday morn
ing.
Dinner was another great anxiety
Happily the housewife whose chickens
had not taken wing or been drowned
during the storm, and she who could find
among the denizens OF the poultry yard
even the toughest Of ducks. Fresh Yege-
tables were absent from most tables, and
they who mad a ham or something "oan-
ned" in the stOreroOm we're as happy as
though they had discovered a treasure.
Itself around ard came up from
the west, many brave baker sailed
forth with his wagon and turned this way
and that, seeking some avenue through
which his horse might pass without the
trouble OF swimming. and many milk
man went up 10 his waist in water TO car
ry this necessary beverage TO his custO-
mers. Early in the morning a thin, high,
little voice was heard above the roar OF
oil 4ssh fannr.
who were in reach of the little voice and
could get their front doors open without
dread of a food caught him as he passed
and thus had plate OF fresh. shrimps q
exc out the restricted fare of the day, On
the whole, however, the ice men and
bakers and grocery and milkmen acted
with cOmmendaDie zeal ana courage
aud just when despair had fast
ened It's fangs upon the heart of the
housewife, their welcome whistle OF
shrek or gong, as the case may be, car.
ried JOY and relief into the family circle
IN many households where the servants
were few aud distant, and consequently
did not put in an appearance, very ludi
crOus scenes might have been witnessed
during the storm OF Tuesday. Ladies
with smiles Of triumph or frowns OF de.
precatiOn or disappointment put upon
The tables with their own hands the
individuals in all sorts OF costumes might
have been seen struggling with escaped
and frenzied awnings, or endavOring u
nail up temporary substitutes oveI
windows whence the sashes had been torn
AS soon as the storm was over brave
spirits began 10 assert themselves and q
repair damages, 20 sweep, TO mop up toe
water, 10 nail aud tie and manage as best
they might. The scene was not altogether
tragic, and few scenes need be where mel
and women are brave, and merry, and de
termined 10 make the best Of things. This
the stOrm-beaten people OF Charleston are
aud are determined upon, and Il will no
be their fault If the city does not sool
wear its olden features Of peace ant
order, II the ruined gardens do not sOor
blossom trinity as they are won't TO do
and the CHEEKY homes win back the snul
and coy aspect which they cannO
afford 20 be without. With all the ma
terial loss, private and public, entailed bl
Tuesdays storm, spiritually no one sus
tained any harm. Every body had an op
pOrtunity OF showing the stuff Of whicl
they were made of. being hardy and brave
merry and unseltsh IN the face OF discOm
fort. and we venture % say that thor
were but few instances where those y hi
suffered discomfort did not meet the emer
Rency es brayely and brightly aud help
fully as though mlslOrtunes Of this sOr
are only matter for good cheer and mutua
help.