The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-08-10
THE GOLDEN SHORE
Graphic Description of CalifOr-
mia by a Giles COuntian.

= Ill. IA .. w GSJIuOTClduQ wen
e from Giles county to California las
y fall and now writes the followin.
! splendid letter in answer to the yer,
: numerous inquiries that have beel
made of him. We can rely upon it
: truthfulness. DR.. j. A. Sumpter ex
lpects to go out to spend the white
: for his health and will possibly b.
: accompanied by COL ID. T. Reynolds
l and Mr.. Abe F. Finley.
THE LETTER.
DIR. j. A. SUMPTER-DearS Sir: Your
of July 18th came safely to hand, anC
will give you prompt reply, answering
} your interrOgatOries to the best of M
) knowledge, deduced from my own expe
rience and observations. Iregret to hea
of your failing health, but trust it NAY
soon be restored, and your invaluable ser
vices continued to the community il
which you reside. You asked "have
? improved since my arrival in California;
believe L enjoy as uninterrupted goOC
health now as [ have at any time in the
last eight years. l have passed the fall
: winter and spring and gradually i'm
proved all the time, and now in midsum-
mer feel like new man, and can do as
hard work as ever. For many years in
Tennessee 1 dreaded the approach OF
spring, especially the month of March
for l was sure of suffering from my lungs
depression, loss of energy and general de-
bility, which eliminated in profuse
bleeding, and protracted spell of sick
ness, which drove me to California for
relief. You were well acquainted with
my, condition. now have no cough,
and suffer no unpleasantness from my
| chest, and can but attribute my i'm
proved condition to the goodness of God
and this lovely climate. No cold, south
ern March winds come along to deaden
our energies, but instead, a mild atmos-
phere, redolent with the perfume of mil
| lions of wild flowers, that cover every
acre of land in our valley, and that too
| in the month of March. We have a
pure, elastic and at times highly electri-
! lied atmosphere. No malaria can exist
here, owing TO the daily sea breeze that
sweeps our village, and | believe that
anyone would be benefited by this eli
mate, whose lungs are not too much con-
sumed by disease. Consumption does
not originate here, and all cases in our
valley are imported. A great many in
valids, from nearly all parts of the world
have visited our valley since my arrival,
and have watched with much soIicitude
the effect of this climate upon them,
which | will give you as briefly as posi-
bic. Those who were in the last stages,
this climate proved rather detrimental
than otherwise and their deaths were
doubtless fastened by the exchange, but
those having the disease in its incipiency,
who are able to take free exercise in the
open air, are either benefited or entirely
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entirely cured who have arrived since |
did, but there are many such cases in our
valley, who arrived earlier. The first
proposition is true and attributable to
two good reasons, first they are not able
to live in the open air, which is the
great requisite for the restoration Of
diseased Lungs here. Secondly, it mat
tiers not how warm it may be it the sun, |
it is cool in the shade, and | can alone |
account for this by the rapid evaporation, |
and the great difference between the |
temperature of night and day. This is |
why PROSTATE consumptive is not ben !
Gifted. Sleeping here to a Tennessean is a |
great luxury. The thermometer may
stand at u P. NJ. 1000, yet you may be |
assured that you will have to use from |
one to three blankets the following |
night. The sea breeze reaches us about
one P. NJ. and 1T is delightful till eight |
A. NJ, but between those hours in the
it is as hot as a feathered incu-
0atOr, but the heat is not oppressive,
owing to the immense evaporation,
which makes it searching to the cuticle,
when but little perspiration is visible.
The most unpleasant atmospheric phe
lomena, upon my arrival, were the
occasional sea fogs. They reach us at
night, and last but a few hours, and
When lifted by the morning sun, leaves
,he atmosphere balmy and sweet, and
ire always welcome by those in health.
They have no injurious effect upon me
low. The northers in the fall, winter
md spring, occasionally strike us with a
nm, tussles fellow about, takes his hat,
urns his coat wrong side out when he ;
tops to pick his hat up, and renders it
mprudent for the women to walk the {
treets unless well anchored. But I'M {
ike the northers of Texas, are NOD cold {
nd are only objectible as described, and {
re really the great balance sheets, at {
nospheric purifiers and electrifiers of our .
Innate, reaching us after passing the
andy deserts of Arazona. This is a
reat country for ESTIMATES. Have new
r heard of a case dying with asthma
fter reaching this valley A gentle J
nan of Cotton stated to me that he had
pent 100000 seeking an atmos- :
here in which he could breathe with =
ase, visiting nearly all the tropical
ountries il the world, aud found that y
elief alone in this belt. The scenery is
rand, beyond description. The most b
lagnlticent view my eyes ever before =
eheld was ON the goth of last October. a
he day before the mountains seemed a &
lgged, dreary waste, but on this morn o
g, when the clouds were lifted, the c
hole range of mountains for seventy a
We miles was a shimmering sheen of #
listening snow, dancing in the bright h
st of sunshine, whilst in the valley it C
as a lovely May day. The nearest a
,int to the high and timbered noun o
ms is about eight miles. As to game, !;
ell you and Abe Finley would go wild u
-er the quail, differing alone from the |, u
Irtridge in plumage, their taste, mo- -
)ns, habits &c, are the same. | have -
EN- five hundred in a drove. Cayote, y,
lid cat, three different kinds of rabbit, Fl,
ID squirrels inhabit the valley, Ducks al
ID geese in abundance in the winter. &C
eer, antelope and bear plentiful among 81
e mountains and adjacent plains M
shing, poor in the valley, but said to is
If you wish pure and dry atmosphere an
} certainly have it. Any altitude can pa
reached in a few hours, from 500 to is
900 feet above sea level. Points ii
lere frost is unknown, and points where ha
DIV is eternally banked, and the palate yo
the most fastidious aesthetic can be tn
listed from the productions of our OF
LEY, from the fig TO the olive. From m'
ly TO October nearly all the vegeta- an
n dies, upon the bench land, and the Co
pearance of this country is uninviting,
t this is only the shade that brightens nn
1 beauties the picture when devel- az
I'd. NJ
Whether this country will suit YOU or
: is left for you to decide. 1 have tried
portray a truthful picture. 1 will No
say come, but thank God that l did N;
ne, but we will welcome you most -
daily, and will extend to you the ou
pitality of our valley, for nobler ca.
.rteG people never lived than is found of
e. Board can be procured here, first adj
IS, at $4,000 per month. Ny no
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