The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-03-04
NUN 4,

January Ii, 1851, when the thermomotor
marked Il degrees. Perhaps twice in twenty
years Tue minimum of 20 degrees in reachod
ana abnut a. often the minimum is ~ ,Iegrea.
i| n'' ao"Sn /" '"h5i"e ereh severe winter. Tho
! e"'d came uhuAually early, ard was very pro-
| n"''e"' i"tc" III" thermometer marked %
n neh,e's "",n Instance" occurring during De-
ctmper. In January. and thus far in Febrnarv
theFo nav" been "uly slight hnar frost-not
enouRn l" check advancing vegetation. But
| the severity of tho cold term in D,cenhar Ia
e"o"h ny the fact that straw beIrie w hich
| ought To have already made their appearapoe
are absent from our mar kets, and the mespilus
OF Japan plum. the product of a tree which has
inc strange habit of blossomiDg in the autnmp
ana IipenIng in the winter, and which Dener
ally begins to come 10 January, is not vet to be
seen at the frul stands. However, violets and
hyAclnths and camelias OF all coIors are
abundant, the peach trees have been in bloom
lot more than week, and many of the foreat
,ies ,iees are covered with young green leaves
For vegetation to arrive at no nd vance6 ston.
as this by the lOth Of February il must be ns
sumed that here have been at least threa
weeks OF genial spring weather. Aud such in
the case. For nearly a month preyions tn
Nlhrdl Gras the sky was clear and the tempera-
ture averaged about so degrees. For the Last
''ico or Tour days She weather has been cloudy
win occasional rams; but tho thermometer
nae not ,"lien below 40 degrees.
Tho mean for the two winters :s,'74 and "a
:" Is 10 ''1 degrees. 1t IL To be noted that tho
ordinary mean Temperature of the month of
repiuhry IN only one degree lower than Of
August at Dublin, and that tho mean winter
temperature at New Orleans ~ but slightly
lower than that of May at Boston IT, i. lsa
degrees high than the winter temperntnre of
hIlAn, Pawn, Padua and Lombardy generally,
ana IL degrees higher than the winter tempera.
tuIe OF Florence and Montpelier
think have tkns shown that in The essen
ntlalS OF mid winter climate, New Orlsana
oilers lar greater nducementn ths an the fayorite
resorts OF southern Europe, such a. Nice
Mont tpellier, Genoa Milan Florenoe Romeanhi
Naples. he really severe weather, if such il
can DO called IN comparison with whAt ia called
coli IN New York and New England, comes
WIN dry, bracing northwest wind The
damp, cold northeasters are rare and not seyere
"s To temperature, and they are not by auy
~ ~ e&nS 80 UNPLEASANT as the mistraI of soutLern
rance, or the piercing winds which sotnatimas
sweep down from the submits of the Aims or
Ihe Apennlnts. In these particulars an / said
~ me Otglnnlpg, New Orleans stands on an
q"Ii'y "lth Jacksonville and 81. Augustine.
Ia all others II is greatly to be preferred to
'nose rehorts. 1t has the Charac teristics and
he RESOURCES of q large eity-Rood living Al
e"5"hsne rates, theatres, churches, libraries
lh excellent system OF street cars and amuse.
nehts suited TO all tastes and reouiremeuts
he boasted fish Of the Florida coast are sur.
PASSED by the red snapper, the ppmpano, the
EAFohpa, tho Croaker Hud many others of ths
New Orleans market; and the sportsman can
lhd plenty OF sport within two hours ride from
lie city on The Mobile or the jackson or the
IPelousa9 Railway: Tnrkeys are to be found
VI along tho 5" called lake coast a little dis.
ance III the interior; deer are common and
nipe, quail, wOOdcCCK, raII, marsh-heuH wild
'eese and Wild ducks of many varieties are
bundhnt. 1t IL not unusual for an amateur
iohter TO bI!nR MY or sixty ducks and seventy
we 10 ore hundred snipe as the result of one
ay's shooting at MIlleI's Bayou, the RiRolets
earl River or Bayou dCs AlIemA Ands, all OF
'hIch stations are within few hours' ride OF
he city. Hence l ask again why the tourist.
he pleasure. seeker and the invalid, in search
mild climate and desirous Of livioR com
'FtabIy or OF enjoying the sports of the water
M the Held, do not come to Now Orleans in
he winter instead of gong to Florida.