The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1888-09-29

LITER FROM FOX GRAPES:
Sas Ht So i-7-7-e72 II .sii a.
Fox GRAPES, MSS, sept426, 'SS.
MR. Enron The Blnks man
sion was i bi:lzc of light last Fir
day evening, SO TAI as coaI-oil
lamps and Chinese lanterns could
lightit And lis many OF your
readers have uexer been ia FOX
Gyansssga Ren aD;efnre OF the
Sinks mansion Wilt not be amisss
II lniiss be remembered that this
isiace IS built upon 4 chain Of bills. !
popnng oneiof these, ind over
looking the entire village; sits
the Binks mansion. Itis, from
q distance, one Of the Most pre-
tentious dwellings here, built nj
slavery times when the Southern
gentIenap had as much idle cash
IS he had idle time. 1t is a. a.twos
story building witha larga, near.
lylvine-encosed balcony aboyc.
supported by three buge Wooden
pillars, stained m imitation Of
dark-grained marble. the style in
fact ia which the whole exterior
is finished, When first built it
nnuss have presented spiehdid
appearances but time and the
oorrodlng action Of the weather
thess nlnpy years have sadly
altered The looks of things, inside
and out The plastering Las
iailsh OFF BY The square yard here
andthcrc, and the roof is IN dire
need ofsepairs And / might as
well say here that the property
was bought by tie Squire for a
mere song from the widow Of ihc
late gallant Major Bayonet, when
the widow and her daughter went'
Nepthlto live wifh Mrs. Bayonet
Millionaire father The furniture
IN the l}inkh mansion IS all of
that solid, heavy andplastiugskiad
50 popular with Southern people
OF means IN the early part of the
century. Bedsteads On posts as
thick as wesYefs' beams, ward
robes it would take derrick to
move, bureaus on the same pat
tern, and I Notwithstanding piano,
made in Xionpa in 1898; but all,
D. a
III Their day costly and fashion
able. The p .rlor sofa, with The
stuiiing bufslcd out IN places,
mist Itaye cost DO less than two
hundred dollars. OF rosewood,
with xculioas Iion-cIawe legs, III
would inits day have looked per-
icetls ii place il, Dolly Madison 8.
parIor And Lass, but not least,
the OLD bronzs clock on the imita-
tion marble mantle board IN Mrs
Binks roon.- what 4 curiosity il
ii ~ its quaint figures Of fanns,
grffins and dragons, with q pic-
ture Of Windsor~C Castle blown in
lis round glass face
eEhe front gate pulIed 10 BY a
small anvil tied on i chain ssis fiy-
ing back aud forth now, ami i
hear the m4ra II voices Of airls and
boys as they come Vi, the cedar
lined walk Suddenly, tathout q
noto ef warning. into tho hall
bounees Alec Csravefllor 8 big
brindlcsl BULLDOG .lie having fol-
lowed bsss yoapg mistress, Miss
Susa aan.{l,z iust .fttfneti sweet four
teen. w.ihout that Young ladg,e
ilnoWfe e,lSa ol co1se NJ e,it 4 { WIN s re- !
mark b,s sps q. naa1aa,1,,saet,ealIv aa,, IL, Il lI,at
AIeosi family ana tlie Binkscs ali
lnosr I've Il ass.,,,e IL II .a,, others houses
sa circumstances Casey Brazsn-
face wo,{la ssv las lie families
are ~, raIataa ~ hload nr mar
s1iaoe wl,icl, c,y4s color 70 tbc
rup3or heaVfhe ,sontres and Alec
a,epart,,n,.sI; I, i Ii eor,,e,.' I, et,eery
0e con,,s,s Il 'do6 batlIy f.iglit-
ensa sao,a ofs, bess,,,,1s faf N.
SQUIRE ss.bts Hon Z ,tl,a .s,,,,,et.
table. .,verg aroi,jl' "a : aud gallant.