The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-16
SIkOL CO-.i HOT DAY.

Pass CHRISTIAN. Aug 10, 1874 T. NJ.
| This has been the hottest Of series "f very
bot da, $, and the temperature, furry tahe III
the shade vii hout reject n. has reached 9o oe-
! grees and is now IS The highest heretofore
| has been 81 on Monday, h.
| ru-(ay the wind b IS en- from the northwest,
| and has been dry as to furnish comfort ny
wa poration though lis temperature was a'oNe
| II renewing the dry skin. All the furniture aud
| walls of the houses inside were hot to the touch
| Vegetation droops under thus fiery wind; the
animals all are painting. even in the shade. Fow
and the titfnl morking bird are breathing hard
| With open mouth, and holding up their wings.
| tested the dew point, and found the dryness
forbade the hope of'rain; 50 deg, with the air at
u, or IS deg. below saturation. But it gave
int how to keep cool. PONCE the head, race,
| ae k arms or any part of the body, and fan
| gently The dryntss of the air enables it to cool
| bv rapid evaporation. {lhis writer did not need
| the sponge
This 4. W wind is the hottest Of all, and II
| the true srocco. Any temperature alb We blood
heat, with a N. W. wind, is entitled to the nam,
If eirocco. They are very rare near the Gui
Coast Twice before l have experienced them.
| All will remember the peculiar heat ct pre-
&c led and followed the storm Of Aug 26, that
swamped the Nautilus and produced the Last
island catastrophe.
Well do | remember the day. 1 parted with
gifted Jerome Jwitchell at the Galveston wharf
the boards roasting oui very feet as he sprung
On board, never to see lard again.
During that night-the 2jth-Galveston ran'et
| Us never before The next day the air ihickened
without cloud, and the hot air from the north
west blew almost gale all day a. Galveston
There were pOrtents III the sky though onl!
gray with fervent heat.
NV records were made, and noted the whitening
grass and foliage.
''Ihe true sirocco II fills me with dread!"
Alas it was but fulfill d when the news came.
Only one soul was saved from the ship, and h.
was negro, insane from three days ex 'osl,re on
4 bit of the wreck, and without food clothes
water.
He only remembered that they we're all on theh
knees and the preacher praying with them Whel
she went down. The Last island as opt Ant
submerged, Its buildings all levt led and .rea
portion of the people at that favorlte summer
resort erished in the storm and the Hood.
t little app,e hensi N is impressed upon me
ill., after II wears, when feel the srocco, it Ii
beca use | understand something of the laws tina,
start and direct and render fierce the elements
under such circumstances.
But wander
Hoping to fluid no such sequences to this mild
sirrocco I submit this rambling note upon the
hott, st day ! ever experienced Oh the Gulf Coast
Of Louisiana.
Let us have the like observations Fl m the city
C. G. F.
If it be true. as it is reported to be, al
Mr.. Bennett IS the New York gentleman OF
at1luence Uhe attectionate wife whose reason
and life were threatened by read & the thrill
ing-not to say narrowing descriptions OF
the Ross abduction being pious tr.up who
has offered to pay the $50, 1000 dem andt d by
the kidnappers. we have reason to fear that
there will be a CLINT in the abduction market
pretty nearly as formidable as that of the Ro
man baths, when the Emperor gave an OIL
soldier (who was rubbing his pidemis against
the wall as loyalty as any cLnsman of the
Duke of Aryyle) slave to cnrrv-comb him
Abducted children for Mr. Benefits purposes
will be very uch like early-tom ltoes the
first being worth n fortune AMI the next lot
selling three tor five cents.-6 Louis Demo- |