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EFFORT \DE TO PFRSUADE NEW OREEANIANS TO STOP GOING EAST AND NORTH IN SUKMER TO AVOID FEVER AS EARLY AS June - 18W2
N. 0. Daily Picayune - June 23, 18^2 - P.2 col. 3
SUWER IN THE SOUTH
It is true that through the ordination of Providence we are subject to the mournful visitations of pestilence, tut still the South—"the sunny south"--is veal thy in means of happiness and luxuries for man.
Why is it that so many of our citizens run away every summer to look for ease and relaxation in remote scenes? We have repeatedly said (and were it not our pur conviction..we would never say it) that our watering^plaQesfarongithe^shore^of^PbhtcHSr't^I'nTand-Pascagoursisr offer every attraction for summer sojourners that may be found elsewhere. There are old^ot.esi-s^ln't(?Svhose shade you may wander—fine hotels or private cottages, as you please—a ,gent lyssshe 1 ving^tiard} sSKdJ^e.ach'T^here the transnarentehrinQlls’Mngundefre.^onv.enient bathing^house^-cool mornings—delightful evenings, and fresh air coming in ""continually over the ruffled waves of the lake.
The secret of it lies in business more than pleasure. The merchant is called to the east in pursuance of business arrangements, and he takes his family with him, in reality subjecting himself and them to turmoil and vexation that would never be met with here.
Besides the enormous expense we venture to say that few have ever endured the perplexities and inconveniences of travel, and the disappointments that in nine casesout of ten are the result, without sighing for having left the lovely rural spots upon the margin of Pontchartrain.
In this sceason of^3ia.X(^^iffies‘T<'l838-l8l+2 a money panic existed) we deem it appropriate to refer to this subject. Let those who must journey away on account of business demands go, but to others we vould suggest a slight consideration of the subject by way of examining advantages pro and con.
Our middays are sultry and oppressive, it is true, but so they are in New York, Philadelphia, Nahant, Coney Island, everywhere; but few of these places, and in fact none, can boast of our cool, balmy, breezy mornings and evenings. ^Should
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