The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-11-06
A Letter and RenlY.

A Letter and Reply.
The Postmaster hands us the follow
ing letter, and we answer it for the in
formation of the many a. we'll as the gen.
tleman who addressed it:
PHILADELPHIA, October 80. 1888
Postmaster. tallahassee, Fd.:
have for some time desired information about
yonr city. but | Can gather very lIIie in the
newspapers elsewhere.
Will y"u please inform me in What way can
learn something of the capital of your States
Is il generally healthy. and desit able place
for those 81, king homes?
Can Northern people remain there in safety
during the no, season?
d., YOU have swarm of flies, neas, as we'll as
creeping things generally 10 fight against,
Such Information rs you or anyone else Can
give me will be gratefully received.
Very respectfully, --.-.
Az to information about the city of
Tallahassee the inquirer has been un-
fortunate in not seeing some of the vari
GUS publications which describe the ele-
gance OF its homes, the refinement of it's
society, the beauty of it's surroundings,
the romance Of its history and the prom
ISr VI It's llltttt a. LtC ONSIiiSSS CcDtIt vi
a fertile section and the capital Of a
growing State-the greatest in territorial
area east of the Mississippi.
ais it generally healthy? 2" We may
well claim that healthfulness is among
the chief inducements to "thosc seeking
homes" and it is added To the equability
of the mild climate, the fertility of the
soil, and the variety of productions which
reward the easy labors of the agricul-
turlst.
"Can Northern people remain there
in safety during the hot season." e y
My dear sir, you have hotter season in
Philadelphia every year than do We of
Tallahassee in the hill country of Middle
Florida, Meteorological records for years
past prove that the mercury climbs TO
the nineties only four or five times in the
course of each season, and the nights are
delightfully."- cool. Your hot weather often
lasts the twenty-four hours through,
while ours is but for the daytime. Vein
itv to the Gulf, twenty miles distant, gives
us compromising currents of air which
prevent permanent high temperature. SO
we have really no "hot season." but
summers of equable and not oppressive
warmth, and with no diseases regularly
incident TO them. Mortuary statistics es-
tabli>h not only the comparative but the
positive healthfulness of the city and
section. Yes, you can remain here not
only safely but in absolute comfort
through the summer.
do You have a swarm of flies, feas,
as well as creeping. things generally to
fight against - C0 Now who has been
"ttlling von some lies that you should
ask such question? Our exemption
from insect pests is remarkable. There
are more mosquitoes to an acre in various
other States than there are here to a
square mile. "Mosquito bars " are rarely
used Flies, fleas and creeping things
don't amount to consideration if one
has ever been where they were real
cause of complaint. There are no "creep-
ing things if you mean strange, noxious
insects, and flies and heas are SO few
that they do not aggregate genuine
"troubie" You may see and feel more
in n day in some parts Of the country
than in n month here
We have given you perfectly reliable
information, and we hope you will show
it to your nri9hbor of the brotherly
love city," and get him to come along
with you and subject our statement to the
test of observation, and haply to the ex-
perience Of remaining lifetime, satisfied
that you may not better risk your for
tunes anywhere else under the sun. We
"just know" that in Middle Florida we
have country not surpassed, and we be-
lievc not cqualled, in the domain of the
United States.