The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-09-02
Sunday After the Storm.

the storm-a calm, placid, mulitativc
Sunday, and in fact, just such n dav as
one would select from the past six to sit
in solemn silence and make up his
weekly review Of the situation, There
was, of %caurse, plenty Of rain in tho
mornin4 and evening, but that goes
w'thoaSsaying in these days when men
and women arc entirely surrounded by
water. and perambulate the city after
the peripatetic islanders i'm the fairy
tale, And there was plenty to satisfy
the cravings Of the most rXacting ro-
manccr' in the line. Of fact and fancy.
Ono or Ricken's philosophers, the mis-
cradle Mark Taplcy, says in one Of his
most melancholy moods "Lookin' on
the bright side of life, II Of my most
hopeful visions is that there's n deal Of
misery n waitia' for me-" Int he adds
ain the midst of it | may come out toll.
crnbly strong and be jolly under cir
cuinstanccs rs reflects some credit"
l.. would surprise many families in this
city to know how many Mark Taplcys
live with them OH the same block. The
circumstances rs reflects some crytlit'
exist from one end Of the city to the other.
They arc all, however. marked with a
big G., for '.:cylone, and are generally
characterized with n big d in families
in which more stress is laid on the by
laws uf the base ball club than the Ten
Commandments. "How is your roois,'
is now the stercotyped i~ntcrrosatory on
'Chahgc. A great many Of them are at
present convalescent, but they nrc sadly
disiigured. The mosaic roof is now the
most affected in high life. md some Of
fhnSn nrn nnnk oyAx, ,~ n.:.-.
All OF them are damp and disagreea6le.
Those Of them who have lost their
roofs have:exhlbited much ingenuity in
the work Of. composing a substitute,
and they have succeeded admirably.
There IL the crazy quilt roof, which is
made ont OF the north and south walls
of n polka dot oycrskirt ia which has
been attached by gum arabic and coal
tar the fragInentary sections of a Jersey
jacket or " that have resisted high
pressure from the young man over the
way for the last two theatrical seasons.
Then there's the economic ROO. which
is made by the simple emigration Of the
family down stairs. This roof is not
NIL that could be desired in the way Of
domestic o~rnamentation, but it has the
accommodation of being absolutely
fle-proof. Then again there is the
mathematical roof, which is made by
securely fastening n circular section of
the tablc-cloth saturated with olromar-
gar.ne over n square cyclonic hole.
Then again there is the real estate
agents roof, which is made by covering
the rents by a kind of paper mache,
composed Of tissue paper and due bills.
=, rJG nlDu STI,I. rg ~, ,,.,-..
But this is the bright side of tho pic-
ture. Thore is a darker side, and that
is to be found in tho interior OF these
same houses decorated with n0mdcscript-
roof. The heavy rain of yesterday
morning, and the still heavier one which
fell last night, caused infinite iuconyc-
nience. trouble and damage to manv
hundreds Of families. Very many Of
the temporary roofs that hail been put
up failed to hold water, and the house
hold furniture and in many stores the
stocks of goods We're thoroughly
drenched. Timers, skaters and tele-
graph men were at work all yesterday
in tho intervals between the showers.
and'the damages of the storm are being
repaired rs rapidly as the available re-
sources Of the city in men and material
will permit. The city, too, is doing all
in its power to clear the streets, and a
large force of carts was employed yes
terday in removing the piles ofNtrash,
limbs of trees, &C., which line the side
walk. And yet SO great was the ravage
Of the storm that one con scarcely per-
ceive any diminution in the number OF
trash heaps in the streets. AS fast ms
they are carted off others take their
place, which is an evidence at least that
the citizens are doing their best to aid
the city authorities in clearing up the
ruins. IT will take days yet to remove
all the debris left in the track of tho
cyclone.
THE NEW DRIGHToN HOTEL.
Quite n number Of visitors were at
the New Brighton Hotel yesterday. Mr..
j. F. Burnham, the plucky proprietor of
the New Brighton, was up to his eyes in
work, but found time to say to a reporter
he would be prepared to entertain
from s~eyenty-fve to one hundred and
fifty guests during the month of Sop
tember, at greatly reduced rates. and
that he would make things pleasant for ]