The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-01-06
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SATURDAY, JANUARY c, 1866.
Observation-Disclosures TO Con-

SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1866.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO Con-
sumptiyes.
ST. PAUL, Dec. "A, IS65.-It is not the
object Of your correspondent 10 court
any argument upon the relative merits
OF Northern or Southern climate lor
the cure Of that fell DESTROYER of hu-
man life and happiness, consumption.
ont merely to give MS experience as
an Invalid during q sojourn of several
months IN a country which is fast be.
coming one OF the most popular resorts
ior lnYahds from all parts Of the Union.
Neither do l wish TO be understood as
claiming for Minnesota entire immu-
uty from disease, nor that the climate
is a sovereign remedy for all cases of
consumption; but from careful observa-
ton ! believe ! am justified in assert
ing that there is no locality on this
continent so exempt from "all the ills
that flesh is heir to as this. The dry
ness OF the atmosphere, the pecuIisr
character Of the soil, the almost total
absence Of fogs and moist winds. ali
contribute to render the climate one of
unrivalled sublimity.
In Its first stages cOnsumDtion an
pears to yield readily to the peculiar
influence Of the climate; and even in
the more ladvanced stages Of the dis
ease, the patient by a continued resi-
dence IN this country, finds permanent
relief and comparative good health. | /
ma that three classes OF cases arrive in
1 tins
Ihose slightly affected, who take time /
Oy the ioreiock, get well in a few /
months and return TO their homes per-
iectly cured. ,. Those more seriously
affected, who never fully recover the
use OF their lungs, but by permanent
| residence in Minnesota epiov compara-
tive good health. 3. Those who Wait
until II Is too late, and arrive here only
to hnger few weeks and die among
strangers.
1t Is to be regretted that the majority
OF the lnvalids who arrive here are not
OF the first class Unfortunately, owing
to the ignorance of physicians, the dis
ease Is seldom detected in its first
stages; and it is not until hemorrh-
age takes place, OF tubercles commence
70 soften, that they see the necessity
loT the removal Of the patient to q more
salubrious climate
The second or predOminating class
are scattered al over the entire State.
from the Iowa line to the shores of
Lake Superior. 60 where YOU will 6
Though Minnesota, and you will meet
persons, apparently in good health, who I
could not exist two years under the in q
tuence Of the cold, moist winds of the q
Atlantic States. Many of them arrive !
here quite low, but with the help of I
good constitution and the peculiar sa-
lubrity of the climate they manage to I
rally and enjoy tOlerably good health
In one or two instances which camc 4
under my observation the patients had
TO be removed from the steamboat in a :
carriage, and several months elapsed g
before any visible improvement could c
be noticed but finally the patients {
commenced to mend, and the clean. L
bracing atmosphere Of winter soon re-
stored them 10 health. A few SUNDAYS c
ago we buried one of the oldest resi-
dents Of the city, who had been i'll q
with consumption for fifteen years
He had been sick with the disease /
three years when he entered the State, O
and did not expect 70 live many months,
but he rallied, and by continued resi- '
dence in the country managed TO pre-
long his existence dozen years. Some
OF the leading business men Of this city,
men noted for their enterprise and sue
cess in life, belong tc the second class i
and, although to all appearance in the t
full possession of health, tell you that
il would be impossible for them to ex- Y
ist East
OF the third class not much need be .
said They never ought to come here, !,
as the fatigue and excitement Of the =
journey only tends TO hasten death =
Some die on their way up the river, i,
some at the hotels and boarding houses a
before they have been domiclled among N
Us fortnight, and others, feeling thar :
death is inevitable, start for home be a
fore they have been week in the .
country. r
A very intelligent gentleman from q
New York, whose acquaintance made !.
when first arrived IN st Paul, esti- r
mated that about three out Of every ten ,i
persons who came here afflicted with :
lung complaints recovered so as to be :,
able 10 return to their homes, and that :
over fifty per cent Of the invelids were :
afforded permanent relief Ny inform :
ant, who is an invalid himself, has :,
spent three years in the State, and. al .
though in the enjoyment of apparent 4
good health, says he will never De able =
to live in his native place again. He :.
has therefore sent East for his family, :,
and intends going into business here. .
1t would be difficult task to arrive Ii
at anything like the approximate num- q
Der of invaGds in the State, for there Z,
are no statistics on the subject; but it is il
safe to estimate them by thousands. In -
the summer you find them scattered all Z,
over the State, amusing themselves by q,
fishing and hunting The attractions ?.
in this respect are superior to anything d
of the kind in the United States, per n
haps. The entire surface OF the State is fl
dotted with lakes, varying in circumfer- a
ence from one mile TO one hundred, I,
which abound in the largest and cboi- II
cest kind of fish. Pickerel weighing n
from twelve to fifteen pounds, bass.
wall-eyed pike, and trout IN proportion, II
are caught in large quantities in all the ;,
lakes and rivulets Trolling on the ff
lakes is especially recommended by the C,
physicians as the most fitting exercise &
for inyalids who are too reduced to fol- g,
low the more fatiguing sport of gun "
ming. In the fall Of the year. which is @,
certainly a delightful season, the WOODS O.
abound with deer, partridges and quail. c,
while the stubble-felds furnish the h
N.v---,sl a.s.l.-.
can carry in an ordinarysizad wagon / D
Geese and ducks of the finest favor N
frequent the lakes in immense hocks. al
and afford splendid sport Occasionally L
you stumble upon bear, but invalids ri
are not very partial 70 Bruin as a gene ia
ral thing. and usually allow him 10 fol- %,
low the bent Of his inclination unmo- w
ested O..
The cost Of living in this fsroff West.
ern country Is by no means as expen.
siye as some would imagine Board at
the best hotels in St. Paul can be pro Z
cured cheaper than at the East, and in NJ
the country towns one can live yery q
for about five or six dlllars N
a week As winter SETS in the iuyalids al
al flock to the towns, where they can a.
spend the season more aErceably than eT
they can in the country Such places o'
IS Il. Paul, Minneapolis, St. Anthony al
st. Cloud, FarTihault and Winona are 70
crowded with them, and the citizens bl
derive no little profit by the presence "
Of such visitors. The piueries which pi
extend along the st CroiE river and run hi
IS far north as Lake Superior, are much
by consumptives- belief pi
: prevalent here that the pine ernifs ID