Huntsville gazette. [volume], November 17, 1894, Image 4

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Mr. AU G. Hyams
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Brings comfort and improvement and
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DESTINY AND VICTUALS.
Fair woman, coaid your soul but view
The Intimate relation
"Twixt food and fate, there'd be a new
And higher dispensation;
Could you but see, for "destiny."
A synonym it- "dinners,”
And what the kitchen's alchemy
Could make of mortal sinners.
You'd leave odd fads and learu to bak#
A loaf and cook a “ ’tater.”
To roast a joint or broil a steak,
Than which no art is greater.
What deeds of fame are left undone.
What thoughts are left unspoken.
What waiting laurels ne'er are won.
What grand resolves are broken,
] Because of soggy bread and pies,
And viands spoiled in broiling,
Of sickly tarts and greasy fries,
And coffee left a-boiling:
For, though with fortitude he brave
The terrors dread of battle.
While, proud, aloft his standard waves
And 'round him bullets rattle.
Man often falls of noblest aims,
Unconscious of his power.
When pills and potions press their claims
In some dyspeptic hour.
I
"Man cannot live by bread alone,”
'Tls well and wisely spoken;
But make that bad, he'll die unknown
And give the world no token
Of high ambition's potencies
Or genius’ slumb'ring fires
Inbred in him through galaxies
Of grand illustrious sires.
Then all ye dames and maidens fair
Who burn with high ambition.
Who crave to nobly do your share
To better man's condition.
You'd give us, could your soul but view
The intimate relation
i 'Twixt food and fate, ere long, a new
And higher dispensation.
—Emile Piekhardt, in Household.
'
ECATUR. Ala..is
in the extreme
northern part of
the state. The
Tennessee river
winds its way
lazily at the foot
of this town.
1 ‘ and back in the
I distance the big black mountain, full
I to overflowing with coal and iron,
; looks down upon it with its many
| foundries and factories.
Twenty-five miles east of Decatur is
! the mountain of Monte Sano, on the
| summit of which is the Hotel Monte
! Sano, one of the most delightful sura
i mer resorts of the south. You can sit
• on the hotel piazza and look down a
| distance of three miles on the city of
! Huntsville. At a distance beyond
! Huntsville can again be seen the Ten
, nessee river twisting itself around and
around like a silver snake.
In 1885 the natural advantages of
this section of the state became known
to some northern capitalists and in
three years the sleepy little village of
Decatur, with its six hundred inhab
itants, had grown to be a eitj- of ten
thousand.
In the month of July, 1888, 1 was
called to Decatur on business, and ex
pecting to remain some time I took
my wife with me. The weather being
exceptionally warm, I sent her to the
hotel at Monte Sano. Toward the end
of September, the gay crowd began
saving good-by and leaving for their
homes. My wife, with a party of
friends, decided to spend the winter in
New York. I, not being able to go
with them at the time, promised to
join them later. On the twelfth of
September I saw them board the train
at Huntsville, and returned the next
morning to Decatur, the doomed city.
Upon my arrival at the depot I handed
my satchel to Andy, my co’%-ed driver,
and told him to drive me to my office.
His reply to my greeting showed me
that something was dreadfully wrong,
for he said: "llless yor life, ’tain’t gud
morniu’, boss, dis is dee wus mornin’
dis yer town eber did see. Der is Yel
low Jack yere. De man dat brought
it from Florida died ias’ night, and de
news is a spreadin’ like wil’ fire.”
It did not take me a moment to see
that he was correct, for looking about
I saw fear and panic depicted upon
every face. Families were packing
what things they could carry and hur
rying to every train. In many homes
the half-cooked breakfast was left on
the stove. Their only thought and
desire was to get away at once. By
ten o’clock long lines of wagons, car
riages and improvised conveyances of
all sorts passed up and down the street,
loaded with families and household
goods, driving they knew not where,
with fear and horror stamped upon
every face, and even death upon some.
At the end of a few daj-s, out of the
population of ten thousand loss than a
thousand remained, and nearly half
of these were down with the dreadful
disease.
lhe news spread to the suwounding
towns and the outside world. Those
of us who remained knew it would
only be a matter of a few hours when
the city would be quarantined. Our
predictions came sooner than was ex
pected. Orders were sent from head
quarters that “all trains should pass
through Decatur at not less than thir
ty miles an hour.” The surrounding
country established a shotgun quar
antine. Each man volunteered to
help form a cordon around the city,
and an oath was taken, that any man,
woman or child attempting to cross a
given line must be shot
1 was the only person in the city who
had passed through an epidemic of vel
low fever, so had no fear of it The
one doctor who remaiued (for a:; yet no
help had arrived from the outside
world) was taken with the fever while
talking to me.
All places of business were, of
course, closed and deserted. The mail
bags were thrown each day from the
train, taken to the post oiBce. where
the few remaining people helped
themselves to their mail. The banks
were closed. There was not a penny
of currency in the tows except that
bj1 iagificlwit, I
Through the thoughtfulness of
friends in New York, who kept the pa
pers from my wife, she was in igno
rance of the condition of affairs. I
hoped each day would open up some
avenue of escape for me.
At last a small party of us deter
mined to try to get to the next railroad
station. At midnight we went to a
livery stable and helped ourselves to
the best team of four horses and a
light cart (the owner having fled), and
drove for the woods. Wo had not
driven more than ten miles, and were
beginning to feel that there was some
chance of escape, when we were con
fronted with a desperate set of men,
who commanded us to return or take
the consequences. Money or persua
sion would not make them let us
through the line, so there was nothing
left but to turn the horses’ heads.
The next morning we held a meet
ing and determined to make one last
effort to get away; so a telegram was
sent to the superintendent of the L.
& N. railroad at Louisville, demanding
a train to take us out of the fever dis
trict. Our ultimatum was that unless
it was sent without delay, we would
open the drawbridge that spans the
Tennessee river at Decatur and stop
all through trains. The reply came
saying that he would send a train at
six o'clock that evening. We immedi
ately posted a bulletin at the town
hall stating that anyone wishing to
leave Decatur, irrespective of color or
finance, could do so at six o'clock.
Long before the stated hour of depar
ture, the few survivors were pacing
the platform at the depot anxiously
awaiting the promised train. That
day my wife had discovered the condi
tion of affairs at Decatur, and while
at the depot ready to depart at any
moment, the telegraph operator came
downstairs from his office and handed
me a message, remarking as he did so:
“I guess this is the last message 1 shall
ever take over the wire, for I have the
fever-.” The telegram was from my
wife, saying that if I did not leave De
catur at once, she would take the next
train and come to me. I told the
operator he must send one more mes
sage. He said it was impossible, as he
did not have strength enough to get up
stairs to the instrument. I told him I
would carry him up if he would only
consent to send a reply, and showed
him how important it was. He said:
“I will do it, if only to save one more
human creature from coming to this
hell on earth.” He sent the message,
and it was his last, for that night,
poor boy, lie passed away.
The anxiously-watched-for train cid
not arrive until four o'clock iu the
morning, and consisted of an engine
and three very old day coaches. The
windows were nailed down, doors
locked, and only enough water was
on board to last an hour or so. With
nothing to eat, and our destination,
Louisville, a twenty-hours trip, you
can well imagiue our condition the
next morning w'hen we arrived at
Nashville. Here the train stopped for
a short time. Hundreds were at the
depot to look at us like so mj*ny caged
MONET OH PERSUASION WAS OP NO AVAIU
animals. A cordon of police was
drawn up ou both sides of the track to
keep the crowd away from the car,
for many had friends and relatives
down with the fever and were most
aDxious for the latest news. We were
told that if any one of us attempted to
open a window or try to get out, they
would be shot at sight. We pleaded
for water by signs, but the engine was
the only one of the party who was per
mitted to indulge in that luxury. Aft
er detaining us longer than necessary
we again started. Nothing important
happened, except at Bowling Green,
Ky., when a second of our party died,
the fever having developed after we
had started.
That evening at six o'clock wc
reached Louisville, the only city in tlio
south to throw open its doors to the
fever refugees. We found a large crowd
ready to greet us. with food and coffee,
tnanv of them being reporters. Our
baggage was taken out of the city and
fumigated. As soon as possible 1 got
away from my fellow travelers, and,
after a night's rest, proceeded to Cin
cinnati. My first duty, after arriving,
was to rid myself of the clothes I wore.
I went to an outfitters and made a
complete change, leaving behind the
old ones, much to the surprise and sus
picion of the shopkeeper. Three days
later my trunks were forwarded from
Louisville, and 1 started for New York.
—Illustrated American.
St. Denis Has His Head Again.
The patron saint of France,
Denis, is generally represented with
his head under his arm, in allusion to
the martyr's decapitation. Curiously
enough, the figure of the saint sur
mounting the famous royal burying
place, the cathedral of St. Denis, at
Paris, has been headless for the last
twenty-four years, the head having
been shot off by a German shell during
the siege of Paris. Only the other day
ana matuer art collector was hunting
through the Parisian antiquity shops
when he came upon the missing head
of St. Denis stowed away in a box. lie
at once bought it for presentation to
the cathedral, where the statue w.ii
uaw be restored to its Condi- j
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friend. “I did; that’s my engagement
ring.” “Why, my dear, just let me con
gratulate you. Which of the men is itt”
“It’s all of !m. They clubbed together and
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Laura— “While Jack was calling the other
evening he made the statement that ho
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—“Yes?” (After a pause) “Well, did he
kiss you?” Laura—“You haven’t read any
accoiiut :.•? Jack’s death in the papers, have
you?”—N. Y. World.
The Heathen Chinee
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B.’—Conversazione.
Pat’s Objection to the Bicycle—‘‘Begor
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