The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-12-26
GOING SOUTH.
Delights OF the Winter Climate Draw
backs to Permanent Settlement, 30.

The cold northeasterly storm which
we have lately experienced, the verita-
BILE %premonitory symptom of coming
clouds and cheerlessness, salutes us on
one side, while on the other we hear, as
in an article elsewhere, that the or
anges of Florida are so far advanced
that the packing and shipping will be-
gin Immediately. This opens to the
eve illimitable vistas of sunshine and
genial warmth, of sails upon smooth
lakes and soft gliding rivers, of hunting
parties and open-air %frolics, such as only
a Southern sun can offer after the mid
die of October. The two together cov-
er the entire range of climate in our ia
vored land. The heavy-laden skies
melt off into the cerulean blue; the
blasts from Manitoba expire in the
tender embrace of Carolina zephyrs and
the snow that circles in the air and
whirls and eddies, dissolves as it
reaches the sunny shores OF Georgia
and turns to dew or falls in gentle
showers. The gradual change troln
winter to summer. from a Lleak, bare
landscape to one Of tropical luxuri-
ance is the strongest and most beautiful
features of travelling. The closed car
window is thrown open to the breeze
that comes breathing in, laden with the
perfume of pine and the fragrance of
the magnolia. Then the heart expands
and the lips frame words of Joy. Men
may talk Of bracing winters and the
healthy blood that comes from exer-
else; but, after all, even the healthy
love sunshine, and find the wine of life
in deep inspirations of an atmosphere
that is graceful to the lungs and is in
hailed with no fears of heavy colds and
~sneezing i%nfuenzas.
To heinvalid, to those who have been
cooped up in heated rooms and de-
prived Of outdoor exercise. the rapid
transfer to a soft climate is like o vaca-
ton to a schoolboy. The whole sys-
TEN reacts and oftentimes there is a
change that ~1atters the patient with re-
newed life and o~verrunning health.
This is generally a disappointment, as
nature requires more than air for en-
tire recuperation, but there is a CRATE
full sense of ease and comfort in breath
ing an atmosphere that is fragrant
with orange blossoms and contains
neither malaria nor the biting
cold of q Northern winter. A
climate that varies little is better than
n that is subject to sudden changes;
but it is nonsense to teach that tender
Hanged people can breathe cold air any
where with benefit or impunity. Who
would take a delicate woman with O
hectic flush on her cheek into the
"bracing" air of q December day and
keep her there a half hour? The quick
ened cough would Don give warning of
the prudence. Even at Aiken, S. c., q
place built up entirely on its claims to
mildness and uniformity of temperature,
the patients will often be found huddled
around a fire, fleeing from the first ap-
proaches of the frosty air that does at
times reach that elevated region. Where
there is no such danger, where the
south winds come tempered from the
sea, and the birds carol in trees that
never lose their foliage, there is q sense
OF relief that brings courage; and with
courage ONE an inclination to bask in
the sunshine. The appetite improves.
the digestion acts and the physicians
prescriptions have a chance to benefit.
Those who go south feel the good re-
suits of mental action. When faith fol-
lows temporary relief, the body obeys
the mind and at once begins to I'M
prove and therein is one of the strong
arguments in favor of q southern eli
mate. 1t gives a chance for the exercises
of hope, and that is better than any
medicine.
As to the relative advantages of
Southern and Northern climates for
settlers, there is much to say and safe
conclusions will never be reached.
Much depends on temperam, ant and not
. little on personal means. Land is
cheaper in Georgia, Alabama, Missis-
slppl. and most of the states South.
than even in the far West, and the
geniality of the climate makes it both
easier and cheaper to live. The soil is
more quickly prolific, and all the neces-
sites of life are cheap. More have
gone south with nothing but the labor
OF their hands and have achieved inde-
pendence; but there is the drawback of
long n enervating summers, and e1-
cept under the most favorable situa-
lions. an unusual amount of malarlous
influences. Rugged men will miss the
rugged winters to which they have been
accustomed; and will, perhaps, sigh
for those changes which are grateful to
those who can endure them. The true
paradise ofthe South can only be at
taineded by those who have the means
to enjoy IN a variety made up of both
North and South; who can in
dulge In orange groves and fancy
FARMING; who can u away from
the cold when it bites too sharp
~, or run to it as found in Northern
mountains, when it suits them to do so,
And the hegira Of this class will O
begin. 1t is they who have turned
Florida into a blossoming garden of
tropical fruits, and who have given a
strong impulse to general travel ond
settlement In that quarter. There is a
fascination about that sun-land which
effects all classes; and it is we'll. The
south did its best for nearly a century
to keep people outside its borders; it
asked for an entire sacrifice OF indie
pendence and manhood as the price of
admission; but all is changed now.
Here and there the old anti bellum
bitterness is manifested, but as a rule
the South welcomes immigration and
capital. 1T is yet full of ungathered
riches, and we trust that people will 90
there N increasing numbers until the
entire wilderness is made to blossom.
The pilgrims in search of health or
recreation lead the way. They will
bask in the sun, float upon sylvan
streams, and quarrel with the hotels:
but after them will follow the sturdy
| SQna of toll WIN will lax.l I.1