Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 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’o give place to the dust and dryness of the fierce June sunshine, when the gentle showers of early summer haye been superseded by the sprinkl.ng-cart and garden-hose, and the spring overcoat discarded for the linen duster, when the business man begins to hug the,shady side of the street on his daily trips to and from his office, a very large proportion of the people of our great cities turn their thoughts toward the country and commence laying plans lor the annual summer vacation, which, m these days of rapid moneygetting and higli-pre.:sure living, has become an indispensable clement in the calendar of every man of wealth and woman of fashion whose line of life has been cast ip the seething, bubbling, tumultuous swim of modern metropolitan existence. Address’ James Barker, General Passenger and Ticket Agent Wisconsin Central Line, Milwaukee, Wi«. (mentioning this paper), for a copy of “A Summer Jaunt” and “Famous Resorts 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