Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-06-17
MA6mEE CRY, OHIO SATURDAY, JUNE IL, 1897

in the exquisite softness Of
the everdure, and the deep and enduring
brightness of the foliage. -
1.-THE effect of this moisture on the skin
Is singularly grateful. The pores be-
come accustomed to a healthy action,
which is unknown in other countries {;
and the bloom by which an English com
plexion is known all over the world, is
the index of an activity in this impor-
tant part of the system, which, when
first experienced, is almost like new
sensation. The transition to dry eli
mate, such as ours, deteriorates the con-
dition and quality of the skin, and pro-
duces feeling, if ] may SO express it,
like that of being glazed. 1t is COM
mon remark in England, that an officers
wife and daughters follow his regi-
ment to Canada at the expense Of their
compilations, and it is well llknown fact
that the bloom of female beauty is, in our
country, painfully evanescent. gFo.j
The climate of America is, in many
points very different from that of France
and Great Britain. In the middle and
northern states is a dry, invigorating,
bracing climate, in which a strong man
may do more work than'in almost any
other, and which makes continual exer-
else or occupation, of some sort, abso-
lutely necessary. A. ,.7...s -,...s# ,'.v
With the exception of the Indian
SUMMER" and here and there day scat
tered through the spring and the hot
months, there is no weather tempered
so finely that one would think Of passing
the day in merely enjoying it, and life is
passed by those who have the misfortune
to be idle in continual and active dread
of The. elements. The cold is so acrid,
and the heat is so sultry, and the changes
from one to the other are SO sudden and
violent, that no enjoyment can be de-
pended upon out of doors, and no sys-
tenn of clothing or protection is good for
a day together. He who has full occu-
patton for head, (as by far the greatest
majority of our countrymen have, may
live as long in America as in any por-
tion Of the gIobe-vide the bills of NOR
-tality.r He whose spirits,lean upon the
temperature, may find more favorable
cimes d;the habits and delicate con-
stitution of scholars and people. of Sc
dentary pursuits generally, in the United
States, prove the truth of the observa.
ton. il a5d sEli ) lE ID IL
The, habit of regular exercise in the
open air, which is found to be so saluta
ry in England is scarcely possible, in
America. 1t is said, and said truly, oi
the first, that there is no day in the year
when lady may not ride comfortably
ON horseback but with US, the extremes
Of heat and cold, and the tempestuous
character of our showers anq rains, to-
tally forbid, TO delicate person, any
thing like regularity in cise.-The
consequence is that the habit rarel y .ex-
lists, and the high and glowing health,
SO common in England, and consequent,
no doubt, upon the equable character of
the climate in some measure, is with US
sufficiently rare to excite remark. "Ve-
ry England looking" is common phrase
and means very healthy looking. Still
our people last-and though should
define the English climate, as the one in
which the human frame isin the highest
condition, | should say Of America, that
il is the one in which you can get the
most work out Of it. Fss s'.''s'1.
Atmosphere, in England and America,
is the first Of the necessaries Of life. In
Italy it is the first Of its Injuries. We
breathe in America, and walk abroad
without thinking oc these common acts
but as means Of arriving at happiness.
In Italy, to breathe and to walk abroad
are themselves happiness. Day after
day-week after week-month after
wake with the breath Of
flowers coming in at your open window,
and sky of serene and unfathomable
blue, and mornings andevenings of tran
luil, assured, heavenly purity and beau
". The few weeks Of the rainy seasons
are forgotten in these long halcyon
months Of sunshine. No one can have
lived in Italy year, who remembers
any thing but the sapphire sky and the
and ever seen stars. You grow
to associate the sunshine and
only with the fountain you
have lived near, or the columns of the
temple you have seen from your win
dow, for on no objectin other lands have
you seen their light SO constant. +
FISHES OF THE wEsT.-The western