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THE 8UNNY SOOTH, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 21,1893
Otters
'V'^htpEDPU
AbllU.
In response to “A Poem Wanted.”
I «• mid not as * for love
fU newts so false as thine;
, wjold not own thy treacherous heart
Were all ths powers miue.
Vo fountain deep of love’s pure draught,
* Sn iuics from a lit-art so co.tt;
Voil -#ers of brilliant beauty tare
‘ UmiecK thy darkened soul.
How could I seek a fraction where
V) iitcbt of love Dtviue
Wreathe round che smile, thy lips may weave
To hind my soul to thine?
Take hack the love which seemed to me
a though a smile from heaven
iMsceuoiug f tom ihe loved aud lost
Low my soul w*s given.
own when first I met thy face
(.aw but naugnt 10 love.
bine eyes seeiueu full of holy light
fbat caught their charms auove.
1 searched in vain one fault to find
vi« nought no guile could be
Wlthm tho-e eves so star-like bright
Which bound my soul to thee.
But ah! I find ’twas all a dream,
Tne i ail is 'ifted now
A heart a s ml- with falsehoods stain
And naugnt to worship theie.
Adim the dream of love is o’er,
The world Is wide aud free,
Alo ie within its bounds 1 go
Tnere’srooui for you and me.
-Wild Ryse.
SE# ULSTLE, KCNTVOKT.
Murmuring* front the Blue Oral, State.
Dear Editor: Away from the din and
bustle of the mighty city of Chicago the
Maroiurer found herself one glad bright
morning in July, ensconced in a quiet, but
beautiful spot in “Old Kentuc ” The lit
tle village of New Castle, though nearly a
hundred yes^rs old, is quite modern in as-
pei t, and its people have all the “airs” of
the Louisville citizens. Though weary of
wielding this “mightier than the sword
so constantly, I found the Editor’s “Give
ns some letters from the Blue Grass Soate”
irreaisnble, so prepare yourselves for an
elaborate discourse on the mannerisms
and hospitality of Kentuckians.
I would spar© Tub Sunny South read
ers in lieu ol a certain resolution made
after churcii one day—( »h yes, I went to
church—of course 1 diu)—and any wrath
the cousins may feel at my loug-winded
descriptions, they will please visit on Mr
rairuiau’s defenceless head, as he is used
to “aieli. ’
Bat first let me thank Musa for her pret
ty compliuinut. Cuiniug but cues in a life
tun- (;o in-) tl»ttery ,a ■* highly valued ar-
, £ Add what is “Jui's” idea about
nuby . I hope she uorsu’t think I am a
bov, ur anything horrid like that!
^ wimjeu lonsttiam of my sermon on
VV Oman 8 R'.gUti” was Verv iMinf.irt.ini>
V , T . Kbts was very comforting
»fio was it wanted to tell “Tne Mur-
murer’s ’ fortuue?
luleed, aud she has had told once al-
t k i mysterious “being”—a “healer”
etieve she Called herself, was loose in
VVU uot uiany moons ag i. an<i cornered
y lore and I” to the sum of two good
™ l . c “ dollars. And what do you
think the beiDg mid u* ? Well, just this—
r® ea «h Other’s Fate. N. B —[Faise-
ooi No. 1 ] l'hat we were biuu e and
brunette, lake note —[Wonderful Truth]
ku^wSfdoyou?
ri“*K™?Sk»f* 1 u ' Mag aDout? 0i '
* * *
flrsr Wa, r t ^ toucl1 n P° n » personal topic
irn.i n ° a word, in short, about the
good people 0 f Kentucky. Tue home life
the 8 * t,ttC . »ha pu-e. One feels
an id Pt for knowing the individuals in
master Tne grave, kindly
1 . hou »«hold, whose q iiet but
in fin it ? “tAmfestations of affection are
been rMi y ^ lOUotliug ’ afCor tlle writer has
the w ,rM°^ Up w galusc busy oun of
wtl great city—the men
Wei! nio'h Vi i riCei an<1 grasping spirit have
ties bv <l n^ rlren 0Ut tu ® gentle aonsibili-
and rfri-> a ' Ur r ttn 8*ndere l in the villages
wife alise ; Then the thrifty house-
tion ’in th^ e - P re3enc e is a beuedic-
of Whom ^x hum t Clr ?‘ e ’ thit de&T mother
ing ^ 1 s P^ k aud of whom 1 am thifi-
n® 1 wr , lte > diffuses a swe
she nr u f^e home ever which
tractive bjtl1 aeil gdtfui and st
and friend r ^®‘ aiueQ t as a hostess
the art nt ^ c * U8a she has learned
delicate h .*. avisLkln * 5 unobtrusively those
whJcfiarenn^ atteutlOQ8 on the guest
freely fr im rd a 5 ce P ti ^ la when proffered
railwoTpSr’o^ * " lci
•fid true friendsnin °L 8weet g«fi«rosity
tt «“bigbrother” m t P h a a 0f course there is
•fid pride of rbl l that proverbial torment
Over flhia siaSr h tt OQ f® hold , who “lords;it”
H ister, and makes love to ail of
her pretty visitors—mind new I I said
rretty. Of course that fact deprives the
tcmeJy frirls of being classed amoi g the
f-vored few You will probably bear more
of tLis • paiticular si*r” later, so I will
pass on to the daughter, fair friend of my
school girl days
ass
And now I have the pleasure of com
plying with the ecitor’s request, to talk of
ti e “beauties”—so famous in “history and
song.” Fortunately I had my model be
fore me as I wrote tl is description, other
wise it w ou Id r ever have been written I
f»«r. Miss Turner is not the typical
‘ K-ntUtky beauty”—boxom and rosy —
taiher on the ethereal order. With the
shadowy, innocent beauty seen in those
pictured faces of Murillo’s smiling an
gels. Glad, golden lights st rt lorth at
times from their hidiDg place in her red
dish brown Lair—which bolds the soft
dusky autumn tints, *een sometimes in
more golden hair. D licate, clear cut.
features, aluu st classic in r atline, give
the countenance a noble and harmoni
ous beauty. Th*re is not Madonna
like about my friend. The figure though
well rounded is not plump The face is
flower like, the f< rm frail, the lips are not
voluptuous and full, but t» put it pret'ily
in the language of the i'lustrious SjIu-
mon “foim a thread of scarlet ”
Tue complexion is perfect the roses
bloom ther*- on their back-ground of ivory,
io richest profusion The eyes are my
‘heautie's” Clowning trait Darkly,
deeply brown, with a golden flecked iris,
the brow above is white, square and
low-
What more can I say of the “Village
Beauty?” Though I say village—under
stand me—there is nothing plebian about
her. For she be-*rs in her haughty car
riage a look of King’s—and a proud lustre
b^ams from her eyes—fusing itself with
the noble ligots which dish from the soul,
and make their egress through the wide
windows.
Oihertyp s of the genuine Kentucky
Beauty met my eye. Miss Kelley, a dash
ing blonde, “divinely ta'l” and exceeding
fair, is a typical “Bine Grass Belie,” vi
vacious, piquant, fascinating, nothing
could n>«'i the charm of her personality.
To nature’s keenly aud susceptible to
luautv, Miss K-lley’a face and figure
would fill every requirement of an artistic
critic.
Aside from the physical perfections she
possesses, there is something else infi
mteiy more pleasing about her to the
Mm inn rer, and that is, the exquisite s mile
wni<-h dashes above all. The ever shifting
expression of countenance, and the liquid
shimmering light in the gray eyes, a light
that is often seen in blue eyes, but seld m
in gray—added to her manifold charms
this vivid hit of humanity possesses an ad
mirable voice which justi? earns torjher
the soubriquet cf “The Village Nightin
gale.”
“What about the men?” Humph! They
are as ordinary in Kentucky as elsewhere.
G >od creatures, bat as for looks, n thing
extra. One young fellow, the second son
in my “happy Household” which I never
did finish describing—is rather out of the
usual order—a manly stripling, a—just—
begun—to—bloom out—with the smile of
a Sun God, who has gone off to college to
learn booke.—and—other tilings I
* * *
As for the “Mountain Dew,” and “Mint
Julep” you asked me about Miss Sale—
please ma’m I'd rattier not! Id's too in-
tox eating a subject to attack, in mi al
ready extiilerated frame of ‘mind. And,
oh yes 1 I’ve forgotten the hordes!! Tuey
are well, thank you, and eating hard times
oats like all the horses. Bnc then they
have Blue grass to fall back on. Pshaw!
there’s that tea bell—I would like to bore
you farther—but—(yes11 m comiug)! !Now
I’ve forgotten what I Was say in.— ih—
(Well, I am coming in a minute)! I Well,
it's no use! If I was a boy I’d say “hang
Chat tea bell!” or maybe I’d say “Sapper
bell ” I can’t exactly tell though, as I’xn
a girl—(Yes! yes!!)
Yours under difti iulties,
“Kuby Mukmuber.”
EVER r LADY
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finally found remedies winch completely cured
her. nv latfy can take the remedies and thus
cure herself without the aid of a physician, rne
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MRS. M. £. HE>VRf RUFFIN
Rejoins to Hec A. McEuchln.
Editor Sunny South:
I will use the privilege of my stx, in
claiming the last word, by answering Mr.
Hec A McEachin’s reply to my remarks
the striking similarity of certain
on
Ranch Verses” of Mr. Chittenden, to
some of Father Rvan's poems.
I think Mr. Mt Eacbin is unduly and un
necessarily dramatic, in “most indignant
ly repelling any charge of ^plagiarism
brought against” his friend, Mr. Chitten
den. I brought no such charge. I said :
“T-rs app*r«rnt plagiarism,’ audifurther on
rematkrd that “plagiarism are sometimes
unconscious and uuiutentioaal ” I also
said, “I did not accuse Mr. Chittenden of
conscious plagiarism ”
This all seamed harmless enough, at the
time. Wherefore is all this nghteoas in-
dignatiou pourod out upon ms?
“Turn Texas loose!” I quoted, when!
re-id Mr. MrE * bin's closing paragraph,
wherein my quiet little criticism, assumes
a ghoulish importance and points out Mr
Cuittenden “as stealing the c jins from the
eyes of a corpse and purloining dead men’s
utterance.”
How very deadfall
Mr. M- E ichiu’s loyalty to his friend is
quite admirable, but the defense is need
lessly stioug. I simply mentioned th» fact
of the similarity of his lines to Father
Ryans and placed quotations from each
side by side- The fact of the resemblance
even to identity of language still remains.
As to whether the resemblance was ac
cidental or intentional is beyond my pow
er to say. I assumed that it was acciden
tal. I thought it rather a curi ous literary
study and called the attention of the
8unny South to it.
If i hav* transgressed any of the social
amenitirs by calling Mr Chittenden a
* cowb >y, 1 most respectfully offer the
fulest apologies Butlmuat b^g of Mr
M« E-c* id not to addt.» my iff^oce, by
Buying: ‘ He is not a Texas cuwbor, as
suggested by Mrs. Ruffin ”
* dl< J. no li no * ready did not “suggest”
it at all. The “suggestion” comes from
owner, planter, fruit and truck grow* i
stock and sheep raiser, manufacturer an
merchinc to faV‘>r ui in thia aud give a-
uiui hof the inform «tion rtqu-ated, in as
compfe'e form as p -ssihle.
The following are .he questions to which
we ask answers:
Give your fall nameacd address.
Where is your farm located? H >w long
have you lived in your pr*-s-nt s clion and
— - from what State did vou come?
Mr Chltten-len hi “'?f',”nd ‘ • W .‘"* t “ *»“> »•“*«.* «o«» of
by his reviewers
If a Nr-w York gentleman “of the good
old Pun an stock” win <»ii nt. *
. _ will call his volume of
poems Ranci. Vors-s,” and say in his
pr* face tnat th*-y were written “in the
solitude of the R*nch,” and if his friend
will call him the ‘Cow-boy Poet,” what
can a pour credulous woman do but be
lieve it all?
The “good old Puritan stock” nev*-r
tolerated any such poetic prevarications
If this apparently unsupportabb- accusa
tion of being a “Cow-boy” rests on Mr
Chittenden, the fault i» bis own. Out of
Li* own mouth is he condemn* d
Mr. McEachin car* fully corrects me,
however, by telling me that Mr Chitten-
•ienia“aNrtw Yoik-r of the good old
Puritan stock.” Farther on he states
that “his' family are arnoDg the best ano
most prominent in N->w Y .rk City,” that,
the poet is professionally a journalist, and
has been attached to the metropolitan
press.
Now I am really very sorry to hear all
this. It takes all the sentiment, all the
romance out of the "Rinch Verses.” It
just spoils the whole story, to my notion.
V well born Now Yorker, a cultivated
j mrnalist—the type i* myriad. But a gen
uine “Cow-boy Poet ’—the sweep of stray
passions and warring elements. Tlier*-
was a breeziness, a picturesque feature in
that presentation tnat this corrected pic
ture utterly lacks.
“I like the wild, free desert life,
In Texas, down by the Rio Grande.”
Bat it seem3 we must give up the “Caw-
boy Poet” and find iihe conventional New
Yorker, who “hies him to the coast of
Maine, wJheie he revels in summer amuse
ments ” •
I might suggest that it would take a
Texas cow-boy or some one of equal social
veracity to find any revelry on the coast
of Maine.
Besides correcting my blunder as to Mr
Chittenden’s actual position, Mr. Mc-
E .chin further enlightens me by describ
ing the poet’s possessions.
“ Ten thousand acres of land, in Jones
county Texas, well stocked with Hereforu
and Black Polled cattle ”
If, as we were finding literary resem
blance between Father Ryan and Mr. Chit
tenden, the resemblance was to be farther
traced by a compar son of possession I
must hastily withdraw my impecunious
poet. Poor dear Father Ryan never own
ed a foot of land in at>y county on earth;
aud now only claims, the sp-ice wherein he
rests, his humble grave. As to livestock,
my personal recollection is that his sole
possession was an utterly irrational white
mustang, a “calico” Texas pony, who su-
cided on bis first persistent and intimate
icquaintance with a barb wire fence.
While congratulating the fortunate owner
f so mnch land and so much stock, which
I would also enthusiastically admire, if 1
could view them through one or two
strong, high fences as tuey animated the
scenery between me and the hor;z >n, aLd
the stretch of the ten thousand acre ranch
I would remark, without ini ending tube
dippant, that I fail to see, how, in a
discussion of literary resem bances
or plagiarisms the discussion is iu
*ny way aided by the introduction of
“Hereford aud Black Polled Cattle.” it
would seem that they, like
“The flowers that blooms in the Spring,
tra! la!
Have nothing to do with the case,
tral la I”
In concluding, which I am verv tardy,
in doing, I will say that if Mr. MoEacbiu’s
prophecy for his friend, “the day is not
far distant, when he will take front rank
among the greatest and brSt of Americ >u
writers,” be InifilleJ, no one will give
Mr. Chittenden more honor, oat of a na
tive reverence for genius, t.hau yours most
sincerely, M. E. Henry Ruffin.
W e tiont charge you any
thing for saving you $20.00
to $30.00 on a sewing ma
chine. It is our business to
save our subscribers mon
ey, and we always do it free
of charge.
l»Dd that you have under ultivatiou?
W hat is the sc eage of available agricul
tural land that you do not cultivate?
Is your land bigu, rolling, or flit and
unbroken, or is it low, swampy or wet?
Is the land adapted to frmc and vine
growing, ga'deniug, truck farming, g**n-
erd farming, stock, g .eep or hog raising?
Wuat is the number of acres ut c eared
land, and what is the number of acres of
timbered land?
What kind of berries, fruits, veg«-t*b *s,
c reals or grain, hay, grass and Kr.ge
piants, c sn be prucuced?
Caupuutrv, b-ea, l ogs, sheep, cattle,
hordes ana m iles be rai-e t successfully,
advantageously and cheaply on your
lands?
What is your actual experience in rais
ing the above ?
How many bushels of corn, oats, rye.
bailey, rice, In»n potatoes, s weet potat >e«,
turnips, peas, beans, tomatoes, ca umoers,
berri*-s; or how many bus iels, cra’o-s, b-«x
rsoffiuits and berri*s; or t ms of hay,
grasses, and forage, does your land pro
duce per acre?
What staple crops are you raising?
What line of crops do yon follow princip
ally, and what d.»e« it cost to prepare, cul
tivate aud fertiliz • your land per acre?
W hat kind of f-rtihzsr ao you use, and
and in what quantities for the different
crops?
How do yon cultivate? What method
do you use? How deep plow? How
many times barrow? What machinery
do you use? What power?
H >» many head of working stock do
y u keep?
H ** many crops of vegetable*, grain,
grasses or hay can yon raise upon tne same
ground during one year?
At wuat time of the year are the differ
ent crops r-a iy for market?
How many acres have you in pasture
l>»n ’,aud a e your pasture lands culti
vated or wild? If cultivated, in what
gra-aes are they planted?
How many moutus in the year do you
hav-j green native gra«s*-s?
How many moutus in u he year can you
ha/e greeu pasturage by cultivating and
planting foreign grasses ?
Is y< nr section a wood grass country and
could it be improved ?
What profit do vou realize on, and in
what markets do >ou dispose of your pro
ducts?
What disposition is made of them and
what do you receive in dollars and cents,
under average coaditi ns?
Have you any land for sale? If so, how
mtny acres? And how is it located?
Give a description of lands, improvements,
dwellings, etc
What is good cleared farming land
worth in your vicinity ? Wuat can virgin
or wild land be bought for?
What can you say of destructive insects
and pests, or disea-ts am ng stock?
Is your section healthy or otherwise?
Wnat can yon say of the rainfall, or ihe
water supply, quality of water, the tem
perature iu itumuit r and winter, of snn-
strokes, frosts, snow and ice an t b'izz »rds?
How hot does it get in summer, how cold
in winter?
How many months in the year can yon
work in tUe open fields?
What is the price of buiMing material?
What are the educational and church
(acuities?
From persons who have located along
tne line of the Mobile and Ouio Railroad,
•rom Northern aud Western states, have
engaged in agriculture here, in addition to
AAentable Luxury.
The Crown
Lavender Salts
O
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K
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Mre of worthless irniUfiJ
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177 New Bond St., London.
Makers of the Crab-Apple Blo.«.«mti Perfume.
For sale at JACOBS PH ARM ACY,
Atlanta, da
LADIES!! Why Drink Poor Teas?
When you can get the IV st at
Cuvgo prices liiai y Quai. ity.
Diun-r. Tea and 'ioilei Sets,
Watches, Clocks, Music Boxes
Cook Books and ail k :nd* of premi
ums given to • tub A*«-nli>,
Good Incom made lygetilng
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For full pertl nlars a>'dr>ss
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the questions requested in the foregoing,
we wish information as to their
Information
for Farmers
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of the North
OFFICE OF
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MOBILE & OHIO RAILROaD CO.,
Mobile, Ala., Oct. 9th, 1893.
In ord*=r to intelligently and explicitly
answer the numerous inquiries addressed
to this office, coming from dissatisfied
farmers of the Njrth and West, who are
anxious to obtain reliable information re
garding the South, and to enab’e us to
furnish facts, we take the liberty of ad
dressing this communicaMon to the people
located tributary to the Mobile and O do
Railroad, and earnestly uope that the in
formation requested will be speedily and
carefully answered by each and every one
interested, in the work of settling up the
South.
R ->alizing the fact that the present dis
tress and discon r ent among the farmers of
the N >rth and West on account of the fin
ancial depression and low prices of crops
in that section, offers an unparalleled op
portunity to secure thousands of thrifty,
industrious and iuteliigent settlers for the
South, simply by showing to the people
the numerous advantages that are offered
by this section and wishing t > take every
advantage of the opportunity, we hope to
have the co-oper»tion of the people of Mis
sissippi and southern Alabama as far as
practicable.
A few accurate and detailed facts about
the South placed before the Western peo
ple at this time will be productive of great
good to the South. We ask every land
wish information as to the
political viewB, their former piace ol reei.
hence, length of time they have rrsiued in
this section how they like the climate,
what is the average cost of living here as
compared with oih r parts of the country,
-iow much they paid for their lands and if
their new homes are not superior to their
old ones in mauy respects; in fact, any-
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terest to Northern aud Western people
As soon as the infur i ation nq tested is
rtceived by us, we shall have it carefully
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Again calling your attention to the fact
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ant matter his imm*diate att*-nii<>n and
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