The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1827-07-26
Saratoga SPRINGS. July -, 1927

ouly ones injured, on our side, in this affair
Saratoga Springs, July -, 1927.
Mn Uear------: have been amusing my
self for the last three day by scraping ac-
ounntancc with all the individuals who have
repaired hithcr to seek health in the water
of Congress or Colombia Spring have be-
come hail fellow with AL the e%iles from
pandora's box--l have formed familiar
acquaintance with dropsr, llrer-complaint,
scoriula and DYSPEPSIA. 10 see these dsor'
ders in all their charms, il is only necessary
to 60 down to the Bathing Housc at eleven
o'clock; you will find them Oh the stoop, All
waiting their turn tn take a duchlng from
the shower bath. BY way OF good fellow.
shin, took a bath myself Yesterday, (altho
Ihave no complaint, except a consumption
Of the purse,') and was almost sca!dcd to
death BY the Internal carelessness o! the at
tendant. You have seen shower bath
When YOU are prepared you place your ooe'y
under seive, and pull string whlch turhs
a tub, and down comes the shower. or
dered a warn shower bath. Now this may
he prepared in two ways, either by warm
ing the fluid to proper degree, or by mix
;nr boiling and cold water. What docs the
man do but pour in the boiling water first,
and Just as pulled the string, shouted "tor
heavens sake don't pull, the cold water
ISN'T poured int 1t was too latc--down
came the hot water, and out jumped your
scaldcd friend, swearing like Persian grcn-
adler. was absolutely parboiled, and my
/ face to-day is the image Of hideousness.-
You may infer that have not honorcd the
drawing room with my presence since the
catastrophe.
Some of the invalids here are amusing
characters. One of them is a Bostonian,
whose leg was broken last winter, by tumb-
ling from stage. His doctor, by msman-
agement, set it awry, and being unable to
cure his patient, shipped him Oft to the
Springs was quite amused to hear DR.. )
the resident physician. talk to him; my
dear fellow" said he, "do you suppose the
Congress water is going to set your leg, OF
amputate it. in case of notification Il
there be iron in the water, it is not iror
manufactured into surgical Instruments
&c back to Boston and tell youl Doctor no
TO send any more of his incurables here, Il
throw the blame off from himself" DIR. ;
complains grievously of the course pursue'
BY divers members of the killing art. When
ever they have patient with whsm the
know not what to do, they send him to Sara
toga if he des---so--it is not tho fault of hi
original physician--if he RECEIVERS, the cred
it is all their own, for sending him, Just j
the nick Of time, to the Springs. Thu, d
S. (who is an excellent physician. and a We
ry agreeable companion is debited with a
The deaths, and deprived of the credit of a
the cures.
There is little Frenchman here froT
Canada, whom the dropsy has converted III
70 the form of balloon. His Hypocratd
oEthc North, finding him "past redemption
sent him hther. lie jumped ont of til
stage and made strishtway to the Spring.
After quaffing some dozen glasses Of the wa
ter, he marched up the hill, to seek quai
ters, His room adjoins mine. BY night-fA
he was quite unwell, and sent for the Doc
tor Like Billy Lackaday, he told his stor
N most moving manner. The Doctor To-
al patience, aud pcrpctrated an oath, "Hav
you not got water enough in your body,
said he, without coming here and guzzlln
the whole Spring at one potation!' lie the
decorated his patients body with numhe
@bNsters, and was kept awake all nlsl
eythe groanings and frequent CALCULATIONS
aelaS' which proceeded from the sutferir
scion Of Gaul
But enough of these details. I am al
Opntlng my face with cosmetic cold cream
Mremove the effects of my Semicoetion, al
u see fit to write again, my next will tre
dieu.
IRON the PHILADELPHIA Saturday Evenn