Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1887 — A Summer Jaunt. [ARTICLE]
A Summer Jaunt.
Each succeeding year, after the first bright freshness of the spring foliage has disappeared *o give place to the dust and dryness of the fierce June sunshine, when the gentle showers of early summer have been superseded by the spriukl.ng-cart and garden-hose, and the spring overcoat discarded for the linen duster, when the business man begins to hug the shady side of tlie street on his daily trips to and from his office, a very largo proportion of the peiplc of our great cities turn their thoughts toward the country and commence laying plans tor the annual summer vacat on, which, in these days of rapid moneygetting and hig.i-pressure living, has become an ind spensabte element in the ca’endar of every man of wealth and woman of sash on whose 1 ne of life has been cast in the seething, bubbling, tumultuous swim of modern metropolitan existence. Address Janies Parker, General Passenger and Ticket Agent Wisconsin Central Line, Milwaukee, \Vi j . (mentioning this paper), for a. copy of “A Summer Janut” and “Famous KsBorts of the Northwest,” two exquisite books on summer resorts, the former written bv a well-known literary light, the latter compiled with accuracy and care, giving valuable information to the tourist.
