The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1891-03-26
HEALTHY CLIMATE.
MARIETTA AS SEEN BY A VISITOR.

writes an interesting letter to his
home paper, the Harrison (Ohio)
News, from which we make the fol-
lowing extract:
"When | first came South in De-
cember, | did not think 1 would re-
main in one place during the win
ter season, but on reaching Mariet-
ia, and finding the people so socia-
BILE, and hearing through persons
who had visited other health resorts
farther south of advantages Marict-
ia offered in regard to climate, &C.
commodations, etc., decided to re-
main here until tie weather would
permit my return home.
I do not feel like writing lengthy
letter, so will try to !give you a
short description Of one, if not the
healthiest, places in the South. One
of the healthiest and prettiest little
cities in all the Southland is Mariet-
ia, Ga, situated twenty miles north
of Atlanta, on the Western and At
lantic R. R., and at the southern
terminus of the Marietta and North
Georgia R. r. 1t we'll deserves the
name of being one of the most de-
lightful summer and winter resorts
of the South. Its elevation above
the sea is ], 132 feet, and being only
two miles south of Kennesaw Noun.
tain, it can readily be noted the at
mosphere is exhilerating, and the
air pure and bracing. Having spent
last winter in Florida, and know
ing by experience how warm and
facilitating the climate is there, |
can readily see the advantages that
Marietta offers as halfway place
between the North and the South.
Here an invalid can find a delight
tul climate in which to spend the
WINTER, being tree from the cold
winter weather of the North, and
and also from the enervating
warmth of Florida and places furth-
south. The winters being SO mild,
many people would infer that the
summers are exceedingly long and
hot. This is quite mistake, as I
informed by residents here, and also
by people from the Northern and
Southern States who have spent
the summers at this place, that the
summers are exceedingly pleasant.
The temperature rarely goes above
ninety degrees in the shade, and
the nights are very comfortable.
Many people from the southern
part of this State and Florida and
Louisiana, who desire to escape the
extreme heat, and the malarial in>
fluences which are SO prevalent in
those countries during the summer
months and so deleterious to health
spend the summer Al this place. |
think the climate here is certainly
as fine as is to be found in any city
of the South. The air is pure and
bracing, and although we have had
more rain here than usual this win
ter, there has been many pleasant
and sunshiny days. The tempera-
trne on an average has been from
500 to 7O0, not being lower than
220 nor above 800. We had ore or
two days last month when the Their
mometer registered 80o., but they
were exceptionally warm for this
season OF the year. Regal ding the
atmosphere, l can further say that
a resident who kept a record of the
weather during the year 1879 in
formed me the thermometer only
went above 800 eight times in the
daytime during the summer, and the
corresponding nights were from
twenty to twenty nine degrees cool>
er than the days. The average tenn
perature of the winter months of
this year were 5740. From this it
can be seen that Marietta has tenn
perate and uniform climate.
1t is the healthfulness of the eli
mate which Marietta possesses that
induces the invalid to have his
home and spend the winter here,
but for the tourists pleasure seeker
there are other attractions which |