Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-01-06
DURING the summer months business

DURING the summer months business
people generally have more leisure than
at other seasons Of tue year. Many
a.ail themselves of the lull IN trade to
visit "atering places, or pass al.Dg the
we'll defined routes of tourists, stopping
at intervals, for the purpose Of sight
seeing and increasing their fund of iu-
formation as to the business and social
habits Of people along their route of
;rlvel, returning IN almost every in
stance recuperated in mind and body,
and with renewed energy to tight the
battle of every day life.
The farmer, at the season Of the year
referred to cannot leave his business.
That is his time of harvest. The bar
vests cannot be neglected; all would
suffer if they were Oft;imes tiiet,
though, when toiling on il midsummer
heat, he, too, wishes Tor leisure to trave.
for a season. lie knows that 1t would
60 him good both in mind and body.
The winter time is the farmers sea-
son of leisure in Northern latitudes.
The time of rest, BY lull in work, has
been shifted on to him, aud the busy
time has been thrust On business Een,
who then have no time for travel. The
winter time is the season for the farm
er to visit and travel, while other peo-
pie are busy in shop, warehouse and at
the desk. ncw properly all these
changes Of busy life succeed each other.
Within the past few years enterpris-
ing railroad men have arranged 20 issue
excursion tickets during the summer
season to all who wish, and have the
means to travel, over the most north
ernmos: routes, along places of general
interest, at greatly reduced rates, and
WAYS good for return. These routes
/ o.: course are not desirable ones in
winter time. This country is so vast
and Its climate so varied, that changes
to suit the varying phases OF the busi-
ness lnd industrial life of the country
becomes question for the enterprising
corpo: ations TO solve, who have organ
lied to render travel easy, speedy and
safe. At the head of such organiza-
tons stand the Pennsylvania Central
Railroad Company. During the sum
mer season il has been foremost in fur
ulshing travellers, tourists, and business
people with the advantageous kind Of
/ tickets above stated. just now 1t has
opened one Of the most inviting fields
! for travel, for information, for business,
I for visit, for health, or for whatever
else prompts people to move abroad
! 1t is the whole stretch of Atlantic
seaboard and inland country from
Washington to Florida, BY railroad, at
reduced, excursion rates, good for re-
turn till April 80, 1875, thus putting
Q within the reach OF Northern farmers,
, during their leisure season, almost at a
nominal price, the States of Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Ten
nessee, Georgia and Florida. Taking
Harrisburg for starting point, the
route, besides comprehending hundreds
! Of rlnar towns, includes such impor-
tant ard interesting places as Baltl-
mO:e, Washington, Richmond, Lynch
burg, Weldon, Danviile, Greensboro,
Knoxville, Atlanta, Augusta, Savan-
nah, Aiken, Columbia, where Senator
I Jo;n j Patterson. IRON this county,
resides when Congress is not in session,
and away to jacksonville, Florida, the
famous american region for lnvalids.
This grand excursion can be made on
4 ticket purchasable at the Pcnnsylva
MIA Railroad Depot at Harrisburg, fo'
the sum of S55 90. There Is a shorte,
route that can be travelled from Har
risburg and return for SIS so.