Telegram-herald., 1889-05-23
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Die k.gez, Nhose ch.ef tributaries are
Tie IuscalOosz, Iombigoes snd tne
Alabama MYERS
VIA its mud climate, q b4lnly. gen
&c, genial. soothing ar, il can n0t help
Dgt attract. AmCng the tAll, sa-sper-
ing pines through ah.ch the breeLes II
the Gulf are ever moving, here where
the ranges or t.e thermometer are
rarely ever great, where Jack Er0st'
= seldom seen, and where tie aUnos-
phere . neither TOO hot nor TOO cold,
where the water springs from tie halls
OF pure Waite sand. sweet, cool and
s0ft. running through pebbly I'll or
constant murmurils bgOoS, here ia
and around Mobile, may be found, Il
anyN here. balm FOR the afflicted. IL
seems a. though Mobile would be
l1st the place for lnvalds VINO
have the means With which 10 ~
INTO more genial cllme, II they knew
the truthful condition Ot things. But
many are deferred from coming Tor the
want OI reliable information.
Mobile Bay Is a sheet OF water sixty
mlles II length, varying from ten 10
twenty miles ia width. In tlls basin
the fresh and salt waters mIngle.
lne country along the shores IS dry
and sandy. Tie SOL = porous, plentl-
fuIy endowed with never-falling
springs OF pure water. The growth OF
timber Tor 100 miles IN every direction
u pane, and the atmosphere exhlerat-
ing.
The climate of TINS country Is evenly
tempered by the inspiring and N
yigOratlng sea breeZes from the Gulf Of
Mexico, which pass up the Bay Of
Mobile sixty miles. No more health
tul nor delightful residence for man
kind Is to be found anywhere than
along these shores OF fresh and salt
water bays.
Ia social point of view Mobile is
noted Tor the culture and genial
hospitality OF its citizens. This has
remember anything, and this early
knowledge has been verified during our
stay among these large-hearted and
Lberal-minded citizens.
More than century and half ago
this Was post OF military Importance,
and was successfully under Spanish,
French, English and Uncle sam ;
dominion. In the early part of the
present century, when the states of
Alabama and Mississippi began TO be
settled by Immigration, Mobile was the
natural outlet for the produce of this
part OF the country, and 1t speedily be-
came a commercial port of Importance.
This brought within its borders many
families OF note and culture from
Virginia and the CarOlinas, who gave
tone and character To its society. This
raised It from a provincial hamlet to a
city of wealth, culture and general re-
tinement. But the late war has dis
cOuraged many. They lost all
they had, and not being accustomed to
work, yielded the spirit. We asked
one of the old and once wealthy
citizens how many inhabitants the city
had. He replied that once they had
the strength OF 100000, and now they
had actually fallen to 10000; 30 900 of
these We're slumbering, waiting for a
change IN the state of affairs, while the
5 900 were all the active workers Mobile
could boast of.
As place of residence it is still de-
hghtful and healthtul. In past years the
only drawback to its growth has been the
occasional appearance OF yellow fever,
imported here from southern climeS.
Mobile has many fine and substantial
churches and IS the residence of the
Roman Catholic bishop. The Catholics
have stately cathedral IN the main
part of the city, which Is at this time
being reconstructed. The Catholic re-
lglOu was first introduced by French
and Spanish settlers said 10 have been
dominant, and It IS still the cherished
faith of the earlier settlers. The PrOtes-
tant denominations are IN a prosperous
condition. Among the leading churches
Is the It. Francis street Baptist church
with Rev. J. J. Taylor for It's able pas
tor. The Protestant Episcopal church
of Alabama has three large parishes in
Mobile and their bishop resides here
Christ church Is the largest. The jew
ish synagogue Is a fine structure The
Government street Presbyterian church
Is a substantial pure white structure,
simple but massive. Mobile Is called
the City of Fine Churches.
There are many fine schools of private
and public nature which give every
facility of instruction.
There are several fine colleges. acade-
mies, scmIuaries, etc. but | have not
time 10 mention them. The Medical
College Of Alabama is one of the finest
and best appointed of is kind in the
United states. The city hastwo large hos
ptals, the City and the Marine. Mobile
may well no called r city OF schools.
Fine schools always give a city name
acd fame. THIS IS what Grand Rapids
lacks, and there IS no need of 1t,
either.
The walks and drives about Mobile
among the old plantations are of much
interest 20 those who know Of the past
ard present.
The gardens in the suburbs are bright
and fragrant with every variety OF
>0utheru-chme plants. trees, shrubs
and flowers. We have enIovcd long
and Quiet walks through the woods
lawns and valleys. among once heaut-
ful. cultivated plantations, which are
n05 as they once We're, but still they
present green. beautiful balmy ap-
pearanCe. The appearance OF these
fine trees and lawns presents a striking
contrast compared with the leaflcss
lawns. gardens and forests OF the
North at the time We left.
What a striking change from the ice
hound axes and rivers of the North n
the baimy ar and fragrant flowers oi
the sunny south. Here perpetual ver-
dure reigns, and everything hears the
impress Of gratefuiness itself. The
wind here IS never cool. unless
there be A strong n0rtheTlv gale
hut this north wind = soon driven back
by 3 change to that Of the tropical
hreeze from the south. which changes
the atmosphere IN that of a hssmv. re-
f~eshnr. hearnful. and Ne must say