Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-08-01
Hot Weather and Sickness.

1t is almost painful, to tho resi-
dents of the Pacific coast. 70 read
the weather reports as they come
over the wires from the Atlantic,
Middle and Western States. Ma.
tives OF this coast have no adequate
conception of tie weather now pre-
vailing in New York, Philadelphia,
Washington, Cincinnati, st. Louis,
and many other cities of the Middle
snd Southern SAFES. Eastern peo-
pie said that The Summer of 1876,
was the hottest ever known. Some
allowance, however. must be rnade
for the freedom Of tho remark, since
our coast was represented by many
thousands who had gone there to
participate in the ,loings Of the Cen
tennial, and it is re assemble to sup
pose that our E,s'eTn neislbors
were 'anx Gus to u axe rs favorable
an impression rs possible. What
ever may have been the mean tenn
perature that year, it is thought to
be quite equaled by that of the
rr, Ont year. AN over the country,
fam the Canadas to the Gulf, from
1lalne to the base of the Rocky
Mountains, the heat has been in
tense, exceeding, as is said, the hot
test recorded temperature during q
period o! ciaa: years. These facts
are sustained by an inspection Of
the tables furnished by New York
and Boston Journals of recent date.
The exemption of The Pacific coast
States from long continued hot
weather wifi undoubtedly, soon give
rise TO trans continental excursions
on a scaie hitherto uninterrupted
even by the wealthy.
In comparing our Winters with
those east of the Rocky Mountains,
a similar difference of temperature
is observable. While the mercury
there is down among the teens
and tweE.ies, below zero, our cattle
on thousand hills are placidly
browsing the green heritage, and
Our children are gathering flowers in
tho valleys. There are, now and
then, exceptional cases in Tne Win
ters and Summers Of both coasts,
but tt strike an average between
them, there will he found large
measure of advantage ON TIE side Of
the tactic. AS regards tbs geologi-
cal topography of Oregon Grd Wash
ington Territory, the oceanic cur
rents off this part of the coast and
the prevailing meteorological changes
during the year, there appears to ex-
list an amicable combination tending
to produce favorable results both in
Summer and Winter, results which
arc none the less valuable in an
agricultural than sanitary point OF
view a person in good hcalth, on
this coest, can wear, without mater
ial Inconvenience, the same kind of
clothing during the whole of tho
year, and feel comfortable. After
much that has been said concerning
Cur elimetolosy, Eastern peoF'e have
but vague understanding of the
true stale of the case. The facts we
have elucidated and compareS'oueht
to he studiously impressed upon the
minds Of AL those people who con-
template emigrating hither. The
fact that we are comparatively free
from the harmful eccentricitks of
heat and ,esld, should not be lost
sight of by those who have in view a
change of residence from the Attain
tic to the Pacific slope. If, as is
said Of us, we live faster here, we
believe we enjoy more of LIES varied
blessings in II given time, than any
other class of people throughout the
pale of the civilized world, and this
is saying a good deal, especially when
all that is asserted lies clearly within
the bounds of probability and truth.
If it be surmised that we are cleo
pioneering for this part of cur favor
ito corner of the Union, our readers
are perfectly right in thinking SO.
We are living in delightful land Of
plenty and the sooner the outside
world knows it the better will it be
for them and ourselves. With our
forests full of game and berries, our
waters teeming with the best varie-