Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-02-09
CHAPTER xXxliI

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II d to the bright. hracing climate q NaelA
America that the activity, and eunGsqssso
prosperity. Of Jonathan 4 mainly 10 - -
tributed.
The dry. invigorating air induces selivitys
and you can do things In America which -
would never enter your mind to attGnpt II
Europa
The cold In winter b excessive, but you Il
not suffer from II; for my part scascoly -.
ticsd II Itha lind Of cold which do0 -
penetrate, and against which Il hsay - -.
tect ones self II b dry, hracing. hsaltAful
excites the circulation Of the blood, an1l
makes one feel full Of llfa
Tbs air d charged with osons and siectsio-
fly. Several times, in touching H. hsakfne
pipes and gasclierA had tiny sisctsie sparlu
cash from my hngerS sndG In hrulhtg
your hair you viii often hear ths creckling q
the electric sparks produced b. ths tricttoa
Of the brush.
The American sky Il bright. of lovely
bluA II Il never clouded Tor mos than two
or three days together. You live In clear,
smiling atmosphere which sheds Joy in ~
heart. II u not wonderful that The Ameri.
cans arc 20 bright and lively. Man, svry-
where, d Influenced BY tho climate IN whicA
be uvea
! Stimulants are not needed, water sufacsa
and few Americans drink anything but vstr
at meal time on ordinary occaSonA Moo.
holic drinks arc almost forbidden BY the c1i-
mate. A bottle Of wine goes to The bod
sooner In America than half dossn would
In England or the north Of France.
When was In America, though u was
winter tjme ahis includes tho spring, which
only exists in American almanacsp, was Il
ways thirsty; tho drynes Of the stmosphrs
made my tongue constantly feel Ike CRATER.
Iquenched my thirst with water or IN icA
Drunkenness is not q national vice b
America. On tho contrary, II b rare svn
among the lower classes, and does not exist n
the higher.
Tho air Is SO dry In the north Of The etatss
that when heated, at theatres, coucsrts, end
balls, one breathes with difficulty, and =
often causes the breath To be dissgrssabla
Irepeat 1t, tho cold Il healthy, and ths fog.
eigner who visits America during thA.win1oR
only suffers from the suHocating hsat q ~
rooms With fur wraps and the saEs vsll
covered, he has nothing TO fear In the cir M
less It DO his nose, which would idviss him
TO keep an eye upon.
The Americans, who cook thsmsslves within
doors, fear tho cold 80 little when thsy are =
motion, that in the states Of ulinoiA New
York, Ohio, Wisconsin, and others n ~
north, when the Thermometer b down -
thirty degrees below ssro, they give -
preference to open carriages In ChicaeA
Buffalo, Milwaukee, one has almost . di0p
Guilty In finding . covered slsigh or cab 10 g
out In at night 1t Is tho sams In CanadA.
In Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal aud oushses
nothing but open sieigh& The driver bafiss
you in furs Your feet and body are warn,
glowing, and the cold that cuts your fAco
seems to help to make your blood circula1A
and Is quite enjoyable
Iwent to SEQ the Niagara Falls Vhs gran1r
est spectacle ID was ever givsu to man 70 ~
hold In the early part Of February. VIM
out suffering from the cold. was able -
drive for three hours in an open sAG(Ehs
through thickly snow laden air. 10 havs ~
snow beating in ones face was not agrssabls,
but the storm added. II possible. 10 the
grandeur Of the scenery. On alightlng =