The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-26

short, but the latter part OF
spring and the whole summer
time is one long length OF eloii-
Gus days. The sky IL seldom
without fugitive cloud or 50, but
they seem to be set afloat TO sccentu-
ate the limpid bus above, aud go ex-
quistely do the old gray hills rear
there sparse'y covered crowns in re-
lief, that ols is forced to stop by the
way and admire tina effect. These
crjwns are singulsrly frineed of by
an irregular row Of attenuatsd trees
which resemble inverted father dus-
ters. My eyes wandered up the slope
aad drank in tbirstily the beautiful
scene, but when they finally lodged
among the Branches Of those trees, 50
seiio-comic looking, ] laughed aloud I;
but IS looked longer and more stead
lily, l realized pathetic personality
standing alone aud bare, and my heart
went out to them. OF the people Of
Liege i shall sly something later on,
but
THRIR .Gs,
by virtue OF more general intelligence,
come first. The following remarks
may contain suggestions pleasing
10 ZONE OF the inhabitants OF West
Tennessee. Each aud every dog,
large or small, of all ages, OF ali
kinds, works assiduously for his
living. There is no vsgrant canine
C ass here, but esch Cog is expected to
do bis duty with will. They a g
generally hsrnessed to small two
wheeled carts OF "the butcher, the
.bIker and the candle slick maker"
combines so harnessed as to aid the
man or woman in running the We
hicle, but generally they do hll the
pulling and showing alone, and they
are 81 earnest about their work, so full
Of nervous, sprir gy vigor such bnsi-
ness like aud faithful air possesses
their movements 40 they glide over
tia pavement or tug tteir z'gz'g
C urle up IN inclined II eet. They
strain every muscle TO its utmost, fte
queutly stepiDg up bsrkicg the
willie. They do all OF this without
ursing. As rule, owing TO the b1d
treatment they Iecaiye at the hands t
the M ster or mistress whom they
serve so faith fully, they ere very i'll
temper d, aud in consequences are
d omtd to wear the canine abomina-
lion, g muzzle. They are set TO work
at 10 early an age, ard burdens
given them 10 haul 50 out of
all proportion to their strength, that
their legs ere bowed and their poor
little backs swbyed. MaDv of them
have been 80 cruelty treated that their
bodies are twisted out OF ali shape aud
the poor. old fellows go shamblirg
alonF over rough streets in this most
pitisb'e state. When they tu II their
mr. zles homewatd after days work,
and their work.dsys are long, and they
have no voice in the affairs OF men to
better matters, it is as much as the
driver can do 10 keep along with the
cart, even by fast running, he having,
10 frequent cases, to add his weight 10
that OF the cart 10 order to keep up
with bis fly Ting steeds.
A CASE IN POINT.
Every evening, about s O'Clock,
there pas les beneath my window
Just such q case. They come dash
ing down the street, with a hop,
skip and jump over the uneven
crossings, down grade and up grade,
and so on at just such rate Of speed
each evening The dog is very small,
hardly measuring mere than foot and
q quarter from the ground to the
plane Of. his back. The vehicle is a
tidy, srug, hahers cart, a wooden COW
ered box set upon springs, axle and
two wheels, ard upon the top of this
sta the attendant, q youth OF goodly
weight In this fashion they come
gliding down the street with rapid
W simply marvellous. The poor cres-
lures live on most mea9er fare, gener-
ally pieces OF sale bread gath
cred here and there from gar
bIge cans. When the bread is
very hard it is put to
soak in water for while before the
ga are fed. On my way 10 and from
q trends house noticed at a pattiCu-
lar corner two little dogs, evidently
vegrant, end the first had seen here
Of that class. Morning after morning
I ftuad them there, and generally one
was leaning against the lamp poet and
seemed heavy hearted, while the other
roamed around In light heart d way.
0ne WAS smooth and yellow coated,
and he was extremely droll. He
would sit blinking at the morning sun,
and the features Of his face wee
pinChed and drawn and he carried
his tail between his legs. / folt
ha must be pessimistically inclined
in mind, His friend and confidant
was shaggy and grizzly. He was lit
tie fellow, but bis bearing was bold.
He held his tail aloft aud shifted at
every pair Of trousers thai passed, nor
deigned TO paw attention to a whistle
or Cluck. / felt he must be opti-
unsteady inclined in mind. SINE
kind soul had placed straw within a
gazing, against the upper half Of
basement window, and there they
made their bed. Often at night ia
passirg by | felt impelled to light
match to see that they were all right.
l invariably found them snugly buried
toRt tier In the straw. They were al-
ways to be seen inseparable, and they
forever wore the same expressions Of
sadness and gladuesi. Their relation
ship was tru y human. Daring my
absence in the winter friend wrote
me that they had disappeared.
THE IIRGRoIs
is q cross between a German and
Flenchman, He hes, as a rule,
all Of their bad qualities. He has a
few Of their good ones to leaven them.
He spes either the Partisan or the
Londorer, but only in their styles of
clothing, HIS manners are al bis
own, peculiar TO himself. AT his meals
he is very skilliul in the use of his
knife, doing the sword swallowing act
with each mouthiul OF food. OF the
usee OF the fork he knows nothing,
except probably to look upon 1t
IS piece Of unnecessary ornamental.
ton a, dinner. He is skilled in
other strange uses OF the knife;
with him it takes the place OF tae
spoon as we'll as the fork, aud he
serves food from the dish in common
to Others and himself by aid OF itI
broad bade. There is still another
appeiisIng act he Is guilty OF, and that