The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-01-19
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Letter from a West Va. Lady
In Australia.
The Hot Weather They are Now
Having in that Country.
ALittIe Ice Would GLADDEN. the
sight Of Their Eyes.
ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, |
December 8, 1877,

December 5, 1877. J
EIlto. IntellIseueer:
wonder II you are shivering owe
fire, to-day with plenty Of snow and ic'
nm The strseA and housetops. II so ]
wish you could ship us a load ofyour ice
il would be appreciated here, I'm sure
Our summer has begun, and il has beer
very hot, tho nothing TO what we may
eypect, / am told. Australian heat il
moi enjoyable. One feels as II they were
in ar oven and baking brown, browner
brognesl, and on a hot day, between
the sun, hot wind, and dust II il
something dreadful. This, however
doesn't last more than u day or two until
a .outhwester comes along, and very
roon it is delightfully."- cool. Then doors
aud windows are opened and houses
thoroughly cooled.
Lately We have had u good deal Of ex'
element in Adelaide over the election
for Mayor. Deep vs.. shallow drainage
were the points Of contention, l believe.
There is only one party here in the pol
ilics, 40 that, as a rule things move along
yery quietly. The deep drainage man
wa elected, much to our satisfaction,
Saturday last, was election day, and the
streets we're crowded, II was also English
mail day, and what has never before hap
pened since the Colony was founded, &C.
CURED on that day, the steamer from
England bringing the mails came 10, be.
fore the English outgoing mails closed.
She had afne passage and gotine eight days
ahead Of her contract time. II Is won.
derluI lately, how quickly the steamers
have been making the passage. One
made it in So days from London to AdeI.
aide. People travel to and from Eugland
so much that the trip is regarded rs no.
thing at all. ] was talking to q lady
friend yesterday who said she had made
the voyage Eve times. l think they were
all pleasure trips too. Americana have
the reputation OF being great travellers
but | think Australians beat them.
AN ATTRACTIVE SHOW.
went to a flower show last month
that was very beautiful. The exhibition
Of fruits was exceedingly fine. The i'm
mense, delicious looking strawberries,
cherries, apples, oranges, gooseberriesl
g., &c, made ones mouth water. There
were many rare and beautiful flowers on
exhibition. Tie Magnolias wefe par
IicularIy fine, rs were also the Phlox, and
other plants | do not know the names Of.
The Botanic Gardens OF Adelaide are
very highly improved and well supplied
with the rarest and choicest plants, which
affords one IN opportunity Of seeing
many that they would otherwise never
see. In the PLAN house there is now a
magnificent Japanese lily-Lilium Au-
ralum-of extraordinary Dimensions
in bloom. It il OF Il dazzling white color,
but down to the centre of each leaf is a
narrow stripe Of yellow, with spots on
each side. Il is y flower n frequently
sees 10 japanese paintings.
1t i. very handsome and very rare.
The Australian colonies are making great
preparations for the Paris Exhibition.
From New South Wales alone, they are
going to send a thousand specimens oil
The minerals OF that colony. The jew
eIrrs here have been busy manufacturing
to send, Of silver, colonial gold m%alacbite,
guinea eggs, &c, sc. These eggs make
the most beautiful ornaments for n table,
stand or mantle.piece when set in silver.
| saw sone not long since that had been
sent to Japan and inlaid with gold and
silver that were very lovely. The
Christmas holidays are fast coming on.
| am convinced i shall not like a hot
Christmas. Fancy eating a steam.
Ing hot plum pudding and roast
beef with the thermometer out Of doors
at s. or % in the shade! l wish that
some enterprising Yankee would come
ont here md start an ice mandatory
and u good restaurant, both Of which are
very much needed here. Imagine your
self never tasting ice cream from one
years end 10 the other. And do you
know that some OF these Britishers firm
ly believe we kill OF half OF our nation
with our ice and icesl l should not OBJ
iect to having the opportunity Of killing
of a few Of them with some OF i'll AL
though Christmas will have come and
gone and will be n thing Of the past when
this reaches you'll will close wishing you
"a Merry Christians and a Happy New
Year" VIC. NJ.