, 1876-06-14

The return Of tho summer months, with
their product of green trees, warbling Birds
asparagus, strawberries, balnly broezes,
grnsshoppers, picnics, and now potatoes,
once more suggests tho propriety Of urging
upon the people Of this country tho peculiar
md unique claims Of Chicago rs place of
summer resort. While Boston is balsing,
Now York boiling, Philadelphia broiing,
Washington Bimmering, and Cincinnati, Mil
Yankee, Louisville, ST. Louis, mud other
suburbs OF Chicago frying, tho people Of this
city arc enjoying cool brcezcs, refreshing
rains, green fields, grateful sun, and balmy
air-winls from tho north and cast temporod
by tho tho coolnesH of tho Lake, mud from
tho south and west, bearing to us fragment
hints of tho grass, flowers, wheat aud corn
Of tho prniries.
There arc many reasons Why people af-
flictcd with the heat, and dust, aud general
depression Of other citieB, should como hero,
aud the principal ono ia that there ia no
heat, or dust, or general depression here,
but, OH tho other hand, coolness, cleanncss,
aud wide-nwalio activity. 4 man accu toned
to tho broil!ng sun-rays of Now York, re-
flected in hot streams from tho high build
ings TINT wall up its narrow streets, cnn
rejoice in tho cool breezcs TINT sweep
through our broad, straight thoroughfarcs.
A Philade1phian, who il blinded with dust
all summer md brcathes mare strcetsweep-
ings thnn lo docs oxyGott, can como hero aud
keep his eyes clear md his face clean, md
have tho satisfaction OF walking upon sidc-
walks and riding upon pavemcnts that aro
kept Us nicely ~ good housewife keeps llor
loorH Tho Cincinnatian, blackoncl md be-
grimed with coal-smoke, can wear whito linen
hero md cat spring chickens not popporcd
with SCOT. The st. Louisan. weighed down
anil depressed with the enHui md dul1ness
Of his city, and sick Of doing business with
tho pnwnbrokor and tho auctionoor, can re-
juvcnato himself in our robust activity, md
still return in time to got his na1no into tho
Directory.
Thore aro many special attractions
in which Chicago oxce1s Saratoga,
Long Branch, Newport, tho Thousand Isles,
and other hun,anity-pona. First, wo have
the bost water In tho world, pure, limpid,
cool, and sparkling, md plenty Of it. Tho
reservoir In inoxlaustiblo. II dooa not coma
from shallow. stagnant pond full Of lily
podH, tullfrogs, pollywogs, uowss turtles,
and noxions yegetations, but from, tho groat
inland zen two milos away from human lifo.
doep enough to sink a man-ot-war out OF
sight, nevor rilcd or polluted from tho bot
tom, oyonby hurricanes. This wafer tompors
all tho broozos that blow over it, SO TINT they
enyelop tho whole city with coolncsa
ind purity, bracing 4nd strengthening
Its people through tho day, and giving them
calm, refreshing s'eop at night. It furnishes
bass, pickerel, trout, aud whitoGsh. which
arc harder, hrmer, aud swaoter than othor
tlsl that do NOT swim in such deep, cold
wnters. 1ta broad oxpanso furnishes an un-
Eivaled smiling ground, whero ono may have
tho inspirting, bracing feeling Of ocean nav
igaton and sail out Of sight Of lanl. 1t
affords thu eye an endless succession of
waterscapea, never alike on two successive
| days, with Gil the placid beauty OF river in
calm and tho majestic grandeur Of tho ocean
in storm, and on sunshiny days aocke1 witt,
| Ayng parti-eolo1ed shadows, like those TINT
makes the Bwiss lakes 10 famous for their
beauty, giving sunrises like those that
CLAUDE painted aud 1uoonrisaa like those Of
TrINEH. SO much for its water.
| Second, no city III this country, perlaps
no city in tho world. possesses 20 many aud
SUCH ane hotels. They are not great wooden
carayansaries in which human boings are
| packed away like sardines In box, into
C-hy.4 swcltoriug dons, like tho great barns
of Saratoga aud Newport. They arc not
| > 1.n.