The sun., 1891-07-02
A Great Summer for Georgia.

Happiness can be baled up by the bucket
full In the Cracker State this summer, and
even the everlasting previousness OF the
Farmers Alliance cannot check the flow Of
10Y. Vainly does the State Commissioner Of
Agriculture croak to the farmers that their
lands are worn out and their crops unproflta-
BILE, that they must use more fertilizers, plant
less cotton. and learn improved agriculture
from emissaries Of his department. The
rich blood Of the most dulcet and succulent
watermelons that have ever allured the
colored race to eat, nobly stains the lips Of the
Georgia farmers, and they cannot despond.
Life Is all watermelons In Georgia at pres
ent, a continual feast Of sweets. and only
comfortable and optimistic humors are en-
gendered thereby. As the melon-vine,
wreathed poet OF the Augusta Chronicle
sings. "a man may live in gauze and honest
conscience. He can revel In his bathroom
and fig trees" Not only does the melon
vine offer him solace, but "the mint sprig
blooms but to delight" Hear the poet,
bliss In his heart aud straw in his lips:
"How it peeps above the depth and eddss Of the
julsp with curb Of shaved ice and s amber contsnt
like ehsns above the SHOWS In Greenland like sdel
weiss the glacial Alps oh. the perennial frsshnssA
the aroma Of the mint sprR with Its feet in ice and it,
crown sunshine ts bulb In afotes and its petals in
stersal summer How It tempsrs the ire Of ardent
spirits and adds fragrance to the mssins sugar How
In mild exosmose II draws and saps the swsstness Of
the magic compound MP through Its stem and vsrdAnt
lsavsa and offers dstillaton which has NO equal In
Olympia"
HATE, 30 to speak, isn't in 1t, and the high
roller Of the Rubaiyat is a cold-water poet
In comparison with this celebrator Of the
sacred plant Of Georgia. What do you think
OF the Sub-Treasury7 Have juiep. How
much currency per capita does the country
need7 About four smashes an hour. VIII
there be third party In the South ?
Just one more cobbler. Tho soil grows
more productive, the crops bring more
money, the Alliance schemes are carried
to . prosperous end. as the mint
sprig takes its siesta. "its bulb In arctics
and It's petals in eternal summer" And
what delightful season is summer to the
Georgian who bears the stamp Of the mint! !!
.No man 10 afraid Of drafts in summer the drafs
which felt and not different from the sight
and unsightly drafts OF winter. man can open his
blinds and sleep with his head In the window. ho
res, in mis- hammock all night in this royal climate
Suppose he does swelter in the day. psrspraon the
maximum Of health. No wonder that the poet HAyEs
sang OF this matehlsss June:
"'5ho hath looked IN the Suns, her Prinos's sysa
With glance 'twixt psssion and shy surprise
Like hers who Was waksnsd through smilss and
tears
From the spell bound slssp-sf hundred year,.
'shs has waksnsd. too. with soul astr
FOR the rsdolsnt lover fsts sends 70 her;
And tho earth is set to bridal tune
Whom the Sun GOD marries his sweetheart June.
s'Ths smell Of the South and its wealth Of tint
She hath found in the julep Of fragrant mins;
And the gold OF hope In her pockets ehinks
A. she loafs In 0sorss and dreams and drinhsr"
What docs Georgia want of Sub.Treas-
ury? She has Treasury with surplus OF
watermelons, and q cornucopia that drips
with julep. The Georgia Legislature will
meet soon. Let 1t pass q law providing
that summer shall last the whole year.