The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-09-16
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PLE<f sFsES or MEMORY.
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pnah asylum lhey never iouhu eacn
other uhtii so-er years aiter they were
grown ana married DlilgeAt search was
made IN Charleston but no elew could De
found, ana as last resort my father
advertised IN Boston paper ana IL was
seen anu Il Ietler Sa.Ile tnat was 'N.i.
IN 'eais Iei''ei.tDeI an l"e eAOIe ,,.
n''huso"'e Sou'5 MAJ, , nc ""o 80 a. - Nv
.no P'opie u ti'o il''ie Nhiaso yVi"'a ! -.
'le icJoici,'S. I'm I '.ipei NV 'lo
year my Ia.n1r anu i'!other, with my Dro'n-
er anu hnysoh, went 10 savannah III
cdfri"se-o" iiiies-ahu loon Il san Nessei
there lor boston TO VISIT tnat brother and
nus FANNY was rHlhihauhs ABOUT thls
lor 4 was III odFahidil last week ahu
recalled the river ana the Whart ana the
Nessel that we TOOK passage on ana the
long voyage OF thlfIy-seVen days. re-
Inembered the long, wide street and it had
double row OF immense china trees that
OSlethorpe planted. Ihcse trees are all
gone ana other kinds have taken their
places. was told mat their old trunks
were planted IN the water to support the
wbarves and that some of them are there
vet, for the sea worms will not touch
china wood. As | meandered along the
streets | wondered how many people were
living III that city who were there sixty
years ago when l hrst visited II. Probably
there are not nifty perhaps not ten. There
are not but hve in Rome who were there
forty years ago when L settled there.
What a people we are to die move
away.
Savannah is al lovely city. How clean
how shaded, how ornamented with ever
greens and nowersi What beautiful parks
with the green grass proyyinl. All around
where the happy children frolic and the
baby carriages abound. Monuments are
there too, 10 commemorate noble men
Pulaski and Jasper and w. w. Gordon
and others, but none TO O,.lethorpe.
What a grand neoDl. used IN adorn
the times when the Iahershams uardees
EHiotts Rullocks Jonescs Houstons
Laws. Jacksons and Telfairs lived there
Some Of their descendants live moro nov,
and wear the mantle OF their fathers i'm
tone and manners and high moral prin-
ciDles They are gentlemen bv inheritance
and training. Who ever saw nobler gentle
men of the oldon tir,,s than Generals Iavv-
ton and Jackso,, an, ,eye, sou, a trer
sperirncn Of vo,,npc,. ,,.,boo1 ,b,r t.Ia,,,
inr duIti,.non INC nost classic aud slo-
onant vo,,n,r man a. C.eor,.i, a I,,y,or
statesman ana orator ana alvoxs , ,rentta'
man?
When | vas a COLLEGE bo,, 7 did NOT at
first mix with no bovs rom Sovapuab
Tor il was said they were stuck an and
N 1 Tod nd
was pleased to rank them as my friends
/ did not understand their necuIiar pronun-
citation. They said ma ana ma like mad and
mad. while we up country bows said pa
and ma like par and mar and our back
woods bows said paw and NAV The low
country bovs said ryurl for Girl and we
thought il was atfectation Savannah has
the same peculiar folklore vet and | like IL
1t sounds gentle and soft and rerned
Even the negro lingo has a. charm ahout
It. j heard an old nurse say to a child i'm
the park: Honey, your mar say came dare
TO her. run long chile fore de buckra man
cotch you"
There is no rush in Savannah. Everybody
and everything take their time. digni-
lied leisure prevails among the business
men and they VIII ta-.e time to give cour-
teous attention 10 visitors. whereas in
Atlanta they have no time for the courte-
sizes of lie. 'llow are you, howdy do;
are all WeHE Come round ana see me"
and your friend VIII hurry on. Atlanta
gets her manners from north Geor-
Gld manly. me people are KIND,
liberal, progressive ana desperately in
earnest, especially after money. Savannah
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