The daily gazette., 1880-07-17
SECOND EDITION
From them. Y. Sun, July 10.
The Summer In the COd1fTu.


The season opened so early this year
that already some of the leading varieties
Of peaches In the Delaware and Mary
land orchards are in their prime, and the
fruit begins to be plentiful in New York.
1t comes more than two weeks sooner
than usual. and the crop of these early
and of the later varieties will be a re-
markably rich one this summer.
The haste summer made coming and
tho promise 1t so speedily gave OF long
stay, however, hurried larger proportion
OF the people than usual out of town, land
they are now in great part where peaches
ripen In vaIn for them, or at least they
must get along with a scant allowance of
this luscious fruit. The record of the
temperature during the warm weather
through which we have been passing,
shows, too, that there has been little
| difference ! etweeD the thermometers in
| the mountains and by the seashore and
those which hang in the city houses.
In the Adirondack region, in the White
Mountains, and at the New Jersey and
Long Island beaches, the mercury has
reached elevations about the same as
those registered in New York. If the
ONOiibBo anu hlBilto nave DtCu COOlCl3
the day from noon to sunset has not been
much less tropical in Its heat. Indeed,to
tn" north OF us, in the vicinity f Albany
and Saratoga, for Instance, some of tie
highest temperatures throughout the
whole country have been recorded.
Yet it cannot be denied that, however
| glowing may have been the praises of
New York as the one superlative water
ing place in which some OF our con-
temporaries INDUCED during summers
less oppressive than this, it has been a
very general opinion since June opered
that 1t was good thing to get out of the
city as long and as often as possible
| This very sensible conclusion has led to
tho filling up Of all the country retreats
several weeks earlier than usual, and
landlords are III the highest spirits. The
present summer promises to be one of
the most profitable they have ever known
and in many cases their success is
already assured.
The keeping Of a watering place hotel
is sometimes a pretty hazardous bust
ness, no matter how large may be the
prices charged for board. A season
which begins late and ends early, may
eat up the profits of a prosperous season
passed, and leave the landlord in bad
straits. The loss to the great army of
men and women who count on the lib
erality or prodigality of city visitors for
their principal support is also very dis
tressing, and while there is rejoicing in
town over comfortable weather, there is
mourning at the springs and along the
seLshore.
Merchants who sell to Saratoga trades
men for instance, are well aware of the
dengers which lie in wait for their Gus
TONERS, and consequently Saratoga Gre
dts do not stand among the Mst. The
d, alers may do rushing summer busi-
nj IS, or they may end the season with
stocks not much reduced. For two
yf ars, however, things have been more
evenly prosperous there, and this sum-
mer will bring The hotels and boarding
houses and the shopkeepers a rich
harvest.
The watering places, great and small,
are now in fourishing condition, and
there never were so many of them as
this summer. Dry and warm weather
for time made exertion in the country
hardly less irksome than in town, and
rendered the roads and fields uninvit-
ing; but the late frequent rains, too fire.
quent and too abundant in some regions
for the good Of the crops, have brought
delightful richness to vegetation and
giving vitality to the air.
1t is very warm summer, and it is
likely TO stay long with us; so far, apart
from the diseases bred in town by filth
and close quarters, it has been very
healthy one. No signs of yellow fevel
yet appear at the South, and even a
Havana the malady has not assumed
proportions at all mepacing. But three
or four weeks hence we can speak witt
more certainty on that subject.