The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-11-18
A GENEROUS TRAVELLER
MAKES A PIE tSANT PICTURE OF
HOLLY SPRINGS.
He Grows Enthusiastic Over the
Girls, the HOus wives and Their
Cooking, and the Trade.

looRREsPoSDEScE OF TEE AFPEAL.I
HOLLY SPBISes, Miss, November II.
49, Your "FIavelei" has been lettering
around this title city for some tine
for business and observations. This
town is on a big boom fJr a small
burgh. look out on the Square
he plszl-now Saturday, and it has
the appearance OF a flair" day,
wagons, cats, horses, mules and even
one donkey loaded with all sorts of
produce TO sell-betf, pork, chickens,
ducks, geese, guineas, fish, COOLERS,
potatoes, corn, hay, fodder, cotton
seed and cotton, some Of which hiss
been hauled fifty or hundred miles.
There goes, right now, a large drove
OF The largest, finest mules your cor
respondent has ever seen, snother
smaller drove just before, with two OF
the largest, prettiest horses. Some
persons contend a big horse is never
30 pretty as medium one. This will
do for general rule, but there are
exceptions and many; some say also
that a large woman is never 30 pretty
as medium or petite one, but l saw
q Beautiful lady pass just now and she
weighed probably 100 or l75 pounds.
see about the plza also mares and
coils, cows and calves and droves oil
beef cattle. Some Of the beeves are
very fat; had beefstesk this morning
for breakfast, from Evans's market,
equal t. the Karsas City meat
as used at your Gayoso or Peabody
Hotels-l thought, better prepared;
1t was broiled just doOe, jutt
the first remove from the rare; just
enough bu ter, salt ar d black pepper
Why, my dear friend, it was good
enough for an editor or king. All!
this was splendid breakfast. TIE
best oitgg brt ad, biscuit, batter cakes,
fresh, yellow butteI-hot oleomargs-
rlne or butterine. Such coffte, with
such fragrance that ye Traveller"
asked the lady at the head of the
lab if she did not use the mocha
She said NO, the rio; conclusive proof
to ye humble servant that il is in the
making and preparing. We watched
the lady wSeu she fixed our second
cup and noticed that she first put the
sugar in the cup and poured in good
ly chance OF thick, ropy, yellow, sweet
cream; Tired the two well together,
then poured the clear, strong, steam.
ing coffee on 1t, stirring it the while.
This coffee was too god even for an
editor or king; it was good enough
for god. In fact it strikes your cor.
respondent that this was the way they
made the nectar for those ancient
worthless, and it was no doubt mixed
by the def hand of lady, just as this
coffee was. Not brought to them ia
cup, ard the thin ttuff called milk
and dish of sugar slapped down by
the side OF his hiRhness, to fix as he
pleased, as it is at fashionable hotels
now. We remarked, we guess you
use Jersey cream? No, sir; We keep
cur own COW; common at ok; well d.
We have seen but one dull day here
recently, and That was election day. |
The stores were closed, and every one
expect. ID the town to be flu ! Of voters.
Every one was on tho q.I viUe to catch
his man and induce him, by psrsuA.
sion or other means, to vJte his way;
but 10! aud beho d, the voters did not
Crystalline in the town worth cent.
Out OF a registry of 1900 at the town
boxea, less than 400 voted, and they
all seemed in a lifeless, don't.csre sort
Of spirit. There is said to be two
reasons for this: First, neither party
WAS pleased with their candidates;
second, The former organizers of the
Democratic pa ty were not here. We
are told hat three men U.S. to do the
organizing WORK FIR this town and
couuty-Fletcher Brown, VINO IS I'M
fortunately dad; Henry MJers, VINO
is living in tho Miss saippi bot ON,
and Ed Watson, who is one of the AS
sistant Attorney Gen rails OF the
United States. Mr.. Watson is at
Washington, Temporarily. He got
here the morning Of the election, and
voted--this is still his home. Every
one was glad to sea him, and re-
marked that if Watson had been here
We would have had a much larger vote
cast, He is sid to be good organizer
and tremendous worker for his party.
IL is strange how much one
working man can do. It ia said
things were in this same ap-
athletic condition two years ago, until
one week before the election. Then
AJsOD D62Hn COURSE Oh bIlrrluR up |
among the boys. Just rolled up his
sleeves and went to work, particularly
among the young men. he is one of
the young Democracy The conse.
quence was, a respectable vote was
polled. Watson is smart, energetic,
fine appearance, fine health, in the
vigor OF manhood, and No. lawyer.
We learn that Gen. Garland ia much
pleased with his work. He is one Of
the best OF Democrats. Even the
word, Democracy, is the sweetest
music to his soul. He is considered
here as the coming man Of the party.
He is always willing and able to meet
any opponent on the stump.
This town has improved very much
in the last twelve months. Not a
great many houses, but some have
been built, old houses have been re-
painted and recovered, old fences re-
placed by new ones, new awnipgs-a
genera. appearance Of newness and
rejuvenation. The old men walk
faster, the boys and youths run at
their play and work with more glib.
nees, and the girls are sprightIier and
prettier, IL possible, than heretofore.
More cotton is coming here and more
goods sold, but at very low prices