The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-02
HEARD FROM.
"Cincinnatio Tells ALI About His New
Home In Nassau.

ED1roR SrAR-Possibly you think my let
ters are like angels visits, few and far be-
tween. Well, you can not reasonably ex-
pect much literary work from journalist
in the tropics, during the dog-days. Hot! L
should say it was but we do not have any
such cheat waves" as have swept over 81.
Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati and New YORK
this summer, prostrating both man and
beast and sunstroking people to death. Our
climbed up to about 9O0 early
in July, and is too indolent to vary five de-
rrees either way. In July and August our
heat was tempered by the trade winds,
which, after traversing thousand
leagues of old ocean, refreshed us
not a little; but September is al
decidedly sweltering month. There is wind
enough, in fact, being the hurricane month.
We have roaring gales most of the time, put
the breezes are fiat and insipid, utterly de-
void of tonic prostrating instead OF reViV-
ing one, as lifeless as champagne when the
cork has been drawn a week.
Nassau brisk little city in the winter
months, is utterly stupid in midsummer
From May 1st unit! June 10Th we have 1t
lively from the shipping of our pineapples,
nearly all of which are sent to the United
States. About fifty cargoes were shipped
this season, but they brought low prices,
decayed badly on the voyage, and Shippers
are discouraged. About three million pine
apples were shipped. The average cost OF
them here was cents each, and they should
have brought II to Is cents each IN New
York, instead of which they averaged
only about or 5 cents, leaving loss on
hands. About 100000 cans of pineapples
have been preserved at the factories here.
: - ,,,;llla Of Inn NaCSau has Ia id
broiling in the sun, with nothing to rouse
her from semi-torpid condition. The
white population stays in the shade, which
is sensible when the thermometer registers
1909 in the sun; whilst the darkeys sit on
the curb-stones and "chaw" their length OF
sugar-cane once in two hours. The Nassau
darkey is laziness persOnited. He Woulc
as soon have the yellow fever as do stroke
of work.
By the way, we see the South is being
scourged by that fearful pestilence. We have
had none here as yet In 1863 this city haC
run of it, but not a case since. Nassau
is too clean and tidy to be a siclly city
The little town is as bright and polished as
New England kitchen from January till
December. SeN eral chain-gangs are al
work every day cleaning the streets, ALLEYS
and byways. The streets are as hard ant
smooth as an asphaltum roadway, cut ou
of the coral rocks, making a track that
Ten Brock jockey might well envy. Tht
gang sweep them with brooms, and sucl
brooms! A great bunch of green twigs witt
the leaves still on IS tied TO the end of {
stick, and this constitutes the broom, which
lasts TILT wears out. | do not know
which takes the most time-to make {
broom or wear it out; perhaps 1t depend
on the laziness of the mig.
The sewerage of the town is magnificent
1t is situated on the slope of hill that over
looks the harbor, and everything runs int
the harbor where two strong tides eacl
dav carry all deposits out to sea to feed tn
turtles and sharks. This Nassau harbor i
the glory of the Bahamas. Bierstadt, tn
great American artist, spent winter betor
last here, and painted magnificent pic
ture of the harbor which he calls The Tul
ouoise Sea-" and even he could not d
Justice to its superb beauty. In despair h
said: II can catch the varied colros o
Florida's red sunsets, but can put no col
or on canvas that will represent the lovel.
water in Nassau Harbor."
There are good reasons to believe tina
the number of American visitors t.
Nassau next winter will excee
that of any previous season. The Roya
guests last winter. We are to have this fin
hotel open, and American capitalists al
about to build another. 1t will cost $3.50
900, and Philadelphia men are to bull
it. They will style it the United States.
The trees are now turning golden wit
early oranges and the shipping season wi
bepiu next month. The oranges for shil
ment are picked when full and before the
begin to turn any, being expected to ripe
ell route. Bought oranges are good, but
YOU wish to thoroughly enjoy that fru
YOU must pick them from your own tre'
when the first rays of the sun are makir
diamonds of the dew drops on the leav'
and on the yellow rinds.
The shipping season brings life to Nassa
again, and we shall daily see the tau
: pretty Yankee schooners from Baltimo
and New York come sailing into our ha
Dor, with the flag of beauty that has 7
equal in all the world floating from the
| mastheads in the tropical breeze.
The winter season begins here in Mover
! Der, when the hotels open, and by the mi
die of December goodly number Of Mort
ern people are here, who seek to avoid Il
i. rigors of the North by seeking the LAM
that lie nearer to the sun. And they a
+ wise. The climate here is charming fro
: November until May, equable, on
/, moderately humid, with absolute
}. no frost Lying costly behind II
warm waters of the Gulf Stream, tn
wonderful river in the sea-" this "ls
of June" can bid defiance to the cold mort
s erly winds, which, laden with moisture al
!, icy chills, carry shiver not only throui
, Florida forests but which make the tee
:. chatter even in Havana. These cold win
!. in crossing the Gulf Stream are convert
into balmy zephyrs that put fresh colorin
n the roses leaves and give new lease OF |
$ to the invalid. If you have bad cold til
% obstinately refuses to leave you, come
! rectly to this Gland of the Lotus eaters
, and YOU will be as near the fountain
y youth" as mortal will ever get in this mt
d dane sphere of ours. Adieu.
\ CINCINNATI
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