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THE ATHENS^ GEORGIAN: OCTOBER 23, 1877.
A SALUBRIOUS CLIME.
♦
headed persons, who, twenty, thirty
and forty years ago, came to it, as
feet, are passed. The northwestern
portion of Georgia is run through by
rtlantiq£road—also,
ith accommodations
Is cif trSffeleK *
ipa it Uaki
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[The following letter is from nr.
W. H. White, of Atlanta, Georgia,
who vdlt be remembered- by the
northern visitors who participated in
thtiif southferii excursion ilafetr, year,'ns
the projector of the excursion, and
TfiSTHie actSve part* he took ipjprb-
tor
Y sooiitenj.
orous health.”
This- favored dimate, io many re-
spects, day be found throughout the
elevated valleys and tablelands of the
mountains of North Georgia, north
western portion of South Carolina, and
the extreme western portion of North
Carolina.
'mdtUig the comfort and pleasure of
■ —-Wrr.iii ‘I* j
Eu ret a! I haVb feuifd the long
sought and much desired climate and
‘ place of resort for consumptives and
"those snfferhig from chronic diseases
bf the throat and lungs. Wifli ttie
ticrt trimy to conveying a blessing u to
• maivy a northern and western home,
to many a sufferer in body and mind,
• t ask f*»r- space to make known n»y-Spairtaoboig, South- Carolina, on the
S. and *Al railroad—aT lovely valley
about twenty-two hundred feet above
observations and the reasons for the
same. I simply premise this pleasing
duty by stating I have no personal
interest to subserVe; I .am not prac-
the ocean, some two miles wide, and
perhaps teix or -rigb* miles long where
tiem- my profession. Though .fi»* froer/hasneYer been felt, where robes
s . ■ . . * Li i r j i. i '
are a reaui-^-r-f^ Atlanta,
“visit to the wonderful
section of country and the particular
place to which I call attention was
accidental.
The medical world has with a uni
ty that is remarkable, conceded that
this class of patients require an even,
dry, moderate or uui.oriu -temporal
.lure, a bra-ing and invigorating.cli-
. mate, and that high-table lauds,offer
ing these advantages, are preferable
to low lands within like even, pleas
ant aiuuisplUt^, rtNor'&IAitfter reason,
because they, are free from malarial
influences. , . »
■ *% " » * # ‘ * ‘
They also agree that it will not do
for them to go where continuous
, damp, rainy or foggy weather will
, have to be experienced, or where the
. eh in^cs are sudden from excessive
heat or marked cold: that the former
relaxes tlie whole of tlie vital forces,
and thus oanses undue prostration,
while the latter .causes an equally un-
fhvorable result by causing the 'sur
face blood-vessels, to shrink, tlip
tTri^fog-the^bloud iawAuH*-
miigrro
careful inquiry, arid several yehrs 1
personal observation, of the adaptation
Of tbiif whole Section for an autumn
iirf sjiifl^ tl^»AM0ir ; i4
tients, 1- call prirticulhr attention to
what is '-knofan; as the “ Isothermal
belt,” or vM£bf equal heat, found in
the immediate vicinity, and 6»uth side
of Tiyon mountain, iq North Caroli
na, sotdO thirty miles northwest of
FUN IN CONVENTION.
that blinded him. He leaped into
his mother’s arms, quivering with de-
1 alsoflne.
my north
r^to live, I hSd a’Wrong
e average heat and cold
of the climate of the VftsCfeeOtion of
country, and I,have found such to be
the case with visitors ■‘ahiT all my
northej’q- acquaintances. 4*ho almqst
universally believe that our hot weath-
WKVWSgcs higher than in any of- lbe
bloom and fruit and 'grapes hang on
the trees and vines unharmed bften
until the middle of January, when
they are apt to become chilled,-but do
not freeze; where a few flakes of snow
occasionally fall, but melt by the time
they touch ihe ground : while the
luounlaidb ar4 covered with snow and
heavy frosts are ol daily occurrence
outside r# this Hne. f -Another fact is
that thq-ibmpe^ature apparently falls,
in this vfdlejr, in the heat of summer,
apd rbetlti tfe ^intyv resembling the
beet springs of water that are apparent
ly warmer-in winter and colder in
summer,;but which io reality are-un
changed, the' seeming change being
'explained by the change of the^tmos-
phere. . !(; .l !»•:•••''> >H
The question naturally gill arise,
why is tbjs-ao ? I will, give you the
exact position and my own suggestion
and leave to Uie.soieutist a more satis
factory solution.
, Just there, the mountains form an
angle, the main chain running exactly
rth and south, while Tj,y«»o
" *oe several spurs forming it,
northern Slates.;! It is notjjo by^seve*
ral degrees. I give the average for the
three past years of each month: Janu
ary, 40; February, 4&; March, 53i;
April, 57; May, 7ft; June; 76; July,
79; August, 75^? September, 70A;
October, 59; November. 53^; De
cember, 47^.’ During ttfe summer
months it rarely goes higbfcr than 90.
The Infest day for severettfarsthat
my tbermHSeter has indi^wSTwas 98
degrees. The coldest day'for the last
three years, five and a half degrees
above zero. It rarely, eve& for a day,
gets below twelve or fiftSSh degrees
above zero. v\ •
I send this letter hoping' many will
find it worthy of thought, Sod be bene-
fitted by its suggestions .
in TaltnageV Tabernacle was marked
by more fun than any religious assem
blage ever known ’ in Brooklyn. The
merriment was introduced byTalmage,
who told of the amaziug inaptness of
the ’quotations made from Scripture
bv those whose conversions came late
He knew
.in life. He knew of one man who, in
a U strain/toM'a congregation it
i.ifn* ) : u .wu-fil iv • . ,? i.ry- -rv.-:iTi
a prayer meeting hofir —
sinner
he was.' “ I was an awful sinner,'”
said he: ‘‘'a great*sinr.er: I wastlie
chief amoug ten thousand, and tbe one
altogether lovelySome men 1 never
< «op»efl unriff
learp how to phrase a prayer. spir-
horse was running' attfay with * a
The Sand Pear—Wbnderfnl
Production^
Says the Tliomasville Fair Bulle
tin: Thu» is a species ot/fciit Which
will at an early day claim a large
s!»are of tin* attention oWitrftieulturid-
isls iii this sect ton Itis~A. fruit of
exquisite flavor, remarkaWV for its
being less subject to inju
worms or other insect
Other fruit grown here.
load already over-worked organs that‘runs directly east for it may be four or
require rest, which show this demaqd
by the oppressive and increased diffi-
• eulty of breathing. In these general
and rational opinions intelligent
travelers and local observers coin
cide. *
The vexed problem with.this
1 afflicted class and their friends in the
northern and western States has been
as to when and where they bad bet
tor go to spend the autumn, winter
and spring months with the best
hope of being relieved or cured.
Of late years Florida has, seeming
ly, been looked upon ns presenting
the greatest inducements. To do
justice to this land of oranges, flowers,
fine navigable streams and croco
diles, I say that during the last ol
December and January, and the first
half of February, those for whose
benefit I am writing wonld find it,
no doubt, a pleasant, and in a meas-
nre relieving, if not. a cur-live cli
mate,as at that season it is generally
of a uniform character, while during
• tlie autumn and spring months it is
very liable to dense fogs, continued
rains, hot, suffocating close, as well as
unpleasantly cold, dismal days; in
deed, often are these changes so disa
greeably sudden and marked as to
require a change of clothing every
day to be comtortable. The past his
tory of sufferers, and that of their
friends, during the time will, we
feel certain, universally indorse this
statements t
It being conceded that it is best for
these sufferers to leave their northern
. horafes before the chilly autumn months
set in, and not to return until late in
the spring, I propose to tell them
where they can find, during those
seasons, not only a pure, regular,
healthful, bracing atmosphere, but
where tl\e weather is moderate—bring
neither too cold or warm—freo from
fogs, continued rainstorms, or fine
sand (the. nuisance experienced at
certain points,) and where, also, can
be found the clearest and purest of
spring water, and hundreds of grey- J varying in height from 3,000 to 4,796 j homo again.—Toronto Globe.
five miles. Thus this basin is entirely
protected from the storms aud winds
of north and west. This fact, taken
in connection with the meeting and re-
turning of t- e eastern and southern
movements of the air, possibly a con
tinuous heated current of air is created;
or the strange phenomena may be upon
the principle of the refraction of the
sun’s rays from the mountain’s sides,
as in “ Mer d-glace,’’ iu Switzerland,
shut in by Mt. Blanc and the adjoin
ing range of mountains, in the center
of whose ice-bound glaciers is a small
isolated tract of vegetation which is
verdant daring the storms of winter,
ander the influence of this principle
This belt is never deficent in moisture,
as might be supposed, though dew is
unknown. Fogs, when seen, hang
over the belt, near the mountain's top;
they never descend to the ground of
this belt, bat either fall in rain, or
commingle with the higher doads and
paw array. Thu belt seems to be like
the gulf stream; it creates, occasion
ally, rains that soften and modify the
atmosphere.. It seems strange that so
favored a spot should be so little
known.
On inquiring, I was informed that
chronic disease of the lungs is unknown
there, and that those who had visited
the placa with a weakened condition of
those organs, during the fall and spring
months, express surprise at the ease
and comfort with which they respired.
This favorable peculiarity of climate,
in a general way, pervades the western
sections of the Carolinas, and much of
northern Georgia. Iu this connection
I mention a remarkable fact peculiar
to it also—grain, meats and tobacco do
not mould. This picturesque country
is passed- through from the northeast
by the Atlantic^and Charlotte Air-Line
railway—an excellent road. The
grandeur of the mountain and valley
scenery presented to the traveler is
probably not surpassed in America—
Yonab, Tray; Black Blood, Bold,
Enota and many other mountains,
mbed into my
and said, 4 Hyatt'—she has no respect
for the cloth; it’s her mother’s train
ing—‘Hyatt,’ she said, 4 was-that
story about the onion a truly story ?’
•Yes, my pet,’ l said. 4 Oh,’ she
mid. ‘T .thought, yob
$Li ,
eacher ol
man, and. every minute promised to be
bis last. He grabbed holcf ctf'tKe sides
of the wagon as it bounced along after
the runaway, aivd’ as he could hot
think of any other prayer, he said,
44 Oh, Lord, make us thankful for the
mercies we are about to yeceiva-’’
There was a tiring sameness iu fhenex
pressions of those Who have experi
ences to relate- A young man got up
once and said. ** I am on the ship of r
Zion, and we are sailing up the hea v
enly harbor ; soon we’ll reach the
golden gates.” Another man snid;‘‘I,
too. pm on the shlfy of 2jjm,'Wd wo
are ‘sailing with a good breeze. I
of the Fort Gleene* Presbyterian
Church’s Sunday School told of the
pefeihilal fun of the three-year/olds
who were in»hfecarb.** 44 Children”
said iiejt'One dhy/ ^ tvho built?-thb
ark?** '^1 know,” said 1 ' a bright lit
tle bo^.>' “Well, Who?”' “The
GoVernment” was hjsomswer. [This
story had been going the rounds of
newspapers for ait least a year.] He
whs trying one day,'he added, to give
bis class' an Object lesson. He took
ont his watch, and holding it ; up
said, 44 Now, look at • mV watfch.”
4 ‘ ’Taint your Watch,” raid one.” “It’s
ydur wife’s watch.”
►—OS I
gupss we are jibing as fast as , thirty
Hl Every man ^ is t at bis
•f - !•
remarkably hardy at. , of rather rapid
growth. It is leas liable, to injury
from cold or frost than any other
fruit tree. The yield is almost be
yond belief. It begins t<> bear at
aboat fonr years and whea'betvi-een
seyeu and ten years old frequently
produces from fifteen to twenty bush
els of fruit to the tree! Ten, bushels
to the tree at this age is "considered
ordinary-yield. These pears sold
this year in the market at ten dollars
per. bushel. These facts caq bo
substantiated by afiiduvit, from .a
dozen or more Of ns reliable, men as
there are in the comity. ^
fijnrn i -» 1 ! n|r—rr'-'rlr/tii'’,
dred of these trees can be; planted
with ease on an acre of ground. The
ordbary yield of these trees would
be ten bushels to the< tree, or one
thousand bushels of fruit to the acre.
As we have already stated,.tliis fruit
brought in the market this season ten
dollars per bushel It wa\ sold at
this price by Mr. L. L. Variiadoe, of
thisequnty. Let’s put the price at
just half this sum, and for tlie ordina
ry and almost certain yield on one
acre y. e wonld get five thousand dol
lars.
Better than planting cotton cer
tainly. This pear originated from a
solitary tree in Liberty couigy, which
was planted from a cutting Obtained
from Maj. LeConte, in Philadelphia.
It is the only pear we believe that
grows readily from cuttings, and is
rapidly spreading all over Southern
Georgia, the slips being in great re
quest.
OO-
knots an hoar.
gates.’’ ^nq^hpr arose and^ sqid, 44 1,
8 too, amon the ship of Zbn. It’s a
steam3mg7-a, 499^°!^ . We
are going up the heavenly harbor, and
we are going faster’n any other ship.
We’re bound to glory,” An old and
feeble woman arose and said, 44 I’m
seventy years old, and for fifty' years
*.’ve been op the road to heavep, but
J * v ‘ io
A Little Girl’s Long Walk.—A
little girl, eleven yeais old, very
lightly clad and barefooted,; applied
at tbo jail at Goderich, on Wednesday
forenoon, to be permitted toi see her
father, George May, from iExetcr,
who was serving a term of d month
for abusing his wife. She wai admit
ted at once, and tlie father’s surprise
and pleasure were genuine, the more
so when he learned that the iitfie one
had walked the greater portion of the
way on foot. The little girl left her
home ip Exetcr on the previous Mon
day evening, and walked along the
truck towards Cliuton until it got
dark, when she laid down ia the
grass by tlie way and slept until Corn
ing. The journey was resumed on
Tuesday and maintained until the
vicinity of Clinton was reached, late
in the evening. During the day she
had nothing to eat but. beech puts
which she had gathered in the woods,
but she was taken in by n r kindly
farmer’* wife in the evening, kept
overnight and forwarded to her
destination the next morning iu a
buggy. She was kept for a short
time in the jail, where she made lier-
self very useful and proved hiTseif a
bright, intelligent little one. Ou
Thursday the mother arrived and
j took the child, much, against her will,
steamships don’t take care,
let’ y ou ’il bust, your hilers.” When this
aiory-i«PB told the-punyteRation rocked
and surged with laughter.
A delegate to the Convention irom
the Tabernacle Baptist Church amused
every one except himself by repeated
ly speaking of the “pertinacious” liter
ature of which Sunfiay school libra
ries are composed. As he blurted the
expression out the third time his cleri
cal brethremroared with* lanjjhter he
could not account for.
The Rev. Alfred Taylor, \ifho was
assigned to speak on the qualifications
of a Sunday School Superintendent,
appeared on the platform mid gath
ered up the ends of two twine strings,
which had been hanging all day on
two sides of the great organ. At
the proper time in his speech, he ran
ont to the edge of the platform, draw
ing on these strings. Two long let
tered strips of canvas climbed the
organ in response. One contained
an acrostic, Rowing what a superin
tendent should be. The other what
he should nCt be. And to each letter
there were three descriptive adjec
tive^ With spirit, Mr. Taylor
turned the whole audience into a
class ta recite after. l«m the words
describing a good and bad superiu-
tendent, and the effect was amusing
and exciting..
The Rev. J. Hyatt Smith said that
he was once trying to illustrate the
difference between Christ’* joy at ihe
conversion of a sinner and the joy the
converted one experienced. He
didn’t know how he was.going to get
through, when suddenly a story crept
into his mind. His brother Natty,
when a, child, was blind. A cloudy
film had spread over his t-yes, cutting
off his sight. One day he and his
brother were playing on the nursery
floor, using a large onion lor a ball.
They rolled; and tossed it back and.
forth, until it became juicy. Natty,
in handling it, got his fingers wet
with the juice, and when he rubbed
his eyes with his hand he uttered a
sharp cry of pain Then he jumped
to his feet, and screaming with joy,
exclaimed: “Oh, I see! I see!’*
The delicate snrgery of the onion had
cat through and removed the film
A Bogus Georgia Lottery.
New York,
14.—The
announce
October
Tribune tq-tnorrow t ’will
that tlie police hjive discovered a
bold aud extensive' scheme by lot
Baltimore,'
£/iii
of
v i^aslu
ngton, Chicago,
ets in a bogus and illegal Georgia lot
tery. Judge A. 0. Lochrane, an
agent of the State o’f Georgia, is here
v lire : .Jut u»m tc
to prosecute. Tlie police of other
in-/* .wJiof»v*ul. -
cutes have been notified that bogus
hi T mi--ip-[ <«iru -ittmti. >>]rt”
lottery men have appropriated the
franchise of a charitable institution
known as the , Masonic“ Home for
'Orphans at Atlanta as'(he basij of
ibis swindle! ^ w.iv.uMi - »il. tr. H
AJbead of All
Or, 0. BOMSOSP-
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UNORED.—The
arit Six Hundred,
about one hundred in qumber, will
dine at London, OctobeY- 25, Lady
Cardigan’s munificent subscription
making it possible to have a private
dinner without any speculators ex
hibiting tho: heroes at a shilling a
liqrd. By the way hero are the fig
ures ot the famous charge: Fourth
•Light Dragoons lost 79 of 118 men ;
Eight Hussars, 66 of 104; Eleventh
Hussars, 85 of 110; Thirteenth Light
Dragoons, 66 ot 180; Seventh Lan«
cers, 110 of 145. Total loss, 409 of
607 men.
A Taboo.—One of Senator Pat
teraon’s objections to the legality of
Governor Hampton’s requisition for
his arrest and rendition is that the
Governor of one State may cal! npon
the Governor of another, but the
District of Columbia is no State, and,
therefore, thereqqisitionhrsBO force.
This quibble, it allowed, would con
stitute the District a city of refuge,
to which all the scoundrels in the
Union may retire, and defy the laws
and escape the penalties of the felo
nies they have committed.—Charles
ton Journal of Commerce.
—Two Bears made a very good
point, when he inquired of the keeper
of the prison whether there were any
in there ns punishment for swindling
Indians. The keeper might have
replied that, he had no Indians iu
there, either for slaughtering white
men and women or stampeding hors
es. Two Bears ought not to claim
protection of laws to which he refus
es allegiance.
Fifteen States have yet to hold elec
tions this Full. Louisiana, Massach
usetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Ne
braska, Nevada, New Jersey, New
York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas. Virginia, and Wis
consin vote on the sixth of November
and Georgia on the fifth of December.
In addition, Illinois elects county offi
cers on November sixth.
—Black and gray will be the most
stylish for ladies’ fall wraps.
MedicajLCpllege of Georgia
Tax MEDicii Departkimt of the I’nivebsitv
Of Geobou.
essio
mata on the FIRST MON
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For Catalogues of Academic Department,
apply to Wir. Hbnbt WaddAjx, Secretary of
Faculty, Athens, Ga. ‘ ‘ •—
oct2-lm.
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following brands of Cigars at 10 per cent, dis
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8,000 Big Bonanzas.
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5,000 H. ITpman.
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5,000 Itey West
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5,000 FigaTj.
8,000 Partagas (Conchia.)
5,000 Partagas (5 inch.)
5,000 Ready Relief.
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