Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-06-01

vigour and elasticity to the body, at the
same time that they impart strength,
buoyancy, and agreeable entertainment
TO the mnd-such, arc fishing, fowling,
and CESSATION in open carriages over the
best of roads, surrounded by beautiful
scenery, and constantly famed by cool,
pure, and delightful brcezes.
We have above alluded to watering
places, and had then in our eye those Of
Dallston, and Saratoga, which have for Il
long time enjoyed an uncommon share of
popular favor, and from the decided ben
eiits experienced by some invalids who
have rcsorted thither afflicted with scro-
lu!a, or bowed down by hypochondria-
sis,and chronic debility, have come to be
regarded by the fashionable world as
grand specifies in long catalogue of
diseases, over some of which they, like
many Of the random prescriptions Of
Quacks and other ignorani pretenderS,
with whose magic powers and well earn d
fame the public prints are eloquent, have
but one species OF control, aud that is, Of
rapidly Fastening thom to fatal tcrmin-
alton.
But fancy and satire aside, we have no
doubt that the Balaton aud Saratoga wa
tcrs are an excellent remedy for chronic
debility, unaccompanied with local i'll
other diseases of the skin; but to produce
their salutary effects in such cases they
should be taken in proper quantities and
atsuiiablc times they should by no means
be taken with that indiscrimination so
common in using them; but should be
accompanied with such Il rcgcme Of diet,
air, and exercise, as would be proper in
the exhibition Of other remedies Of simi-
lar medicinal powers; at these places,
however,, where "iashicn's haunt is
crowded more than FULL" and where
burning sun and dusty atmosphere are
continually incommoding the patient, it
can scarcely be expected that proper reg
ulations can be enforced, or that the wa
ters will exercise that control over dis
case which they would be calculated to
do under other circumstances; and
hence. the failures of which visitors so
frequently COM Lain; and hence too, we
may account for the benefit which many
have derived from using these waters at
their homes after the Springs hal been
Iesortcd to in vain.
People of leisure who spend their
summers at the north, very generally vls-
it the Springs with view, as they say,
to meet their friends and see the tide of
fashion ssrisc and fall" rather than that
of real enjoyment.-Ths latter does not
dwell in crouds and dust, and those who
search for it give the preference to stu
atoms where the climate is mild and the
atmosphere pure, fresh and invigoratng;
WHcIc tilclC are, do Ill -NcN polt) i"Niii'iS'
for obtaining the best and greatest varl-
etles Of the "good things Of the land" &
where the inducements to the most agree
able and hcathrul of all exercises are
continually presenting an irresistible
charm on every side.
But to Iaud our own is seldom pleasing
to others, and comparisons, however del
icately drawn, are seldom unaccompani-
ed with a sting, and lest we incur the in
digna,ion of some, or per chance deserve
the rdicue Of others; and lest the chief
merits of our town should be thought by
strangers to lie principally in the esteem
Of its native occupants, and in the adap-
tation Of its convcnienccs and resources
to their own tastes and iancIcs, we will
dismiss the subec for the present, and
leave further comments to visitcrs, whose
verdict cannot reasonably be charged
with having been unduly influenced ei-
ther by maternal pariialhics, or that in
descr.bable affection that Amor PatrjGc
which the native Of every climate bears
for the soil which has given him birth, g
for the scenery that first dawncd upon his
infant sight. PiiEkOS.
ANTI mAsoNRy.-Thc Hon. RICHARD