Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1838-06-21
SHANNONDALE
SPRINGS.

HyuiS celebrated watering place has been
- purchased 10y n company, incorporated
by the Legislature Of Virginia, and viii be
| ready fer ,nitors by the luth Of June. Very
expensive Improvements have beea made,
wlih q view Of sfordins TO all persons, whe-
Their IN pursuit Of health or pleasure, the
most comfortable accommodations The
facility Of travelling TO these Springs from
alnaost every quarter, IS now yer, great
| Persons leaving Baltimore or Washington on
| tho railroad IN the morning, will arrive at
uarPeuFerry To dipner, and will continue
on the rail road from llsrpersfefry To
| Chariestown, where coaches will always be
IA waiting 10 convey them TO the Springs, "a
distance OF 5 miles where they will arrive
on the same day before sunset. Persons
| can also return 10 either Of these cities IN oEc
day. Stages will run between CharleStown
and the springs rcgullriy twice n day. each
way-and always to suit tho arrival aud de-
psIiure Of ihe rail road ears. morning and
evening. From AlexandriI, there - turn
| pike road 10 Snickers' Ferry, On the She
n,ntoah river. seven mites distant from the
! Springs.
! To those who have never seen these Springs,
Il may be necess,r, to ay that they are si,ua-
ted IA JctIerson county, tlustl, called he gar.
den spot of Virginia. on the eastern bark Of
the Shenandoah river. Just where the stream
forms bend IN the shape Of horseshoe
Immediately beh.ud ii Is the Hue Ridge
mouuiain. IL iToEt Is "a beautiful shect OF
clear smooth water, extending about mile,
when Al Is broken into a picturesque water
fall. The margin OF the river i, lined with
Umbraseous elm, ard sNcanor,s, whilst on
The opposite side are s,upcndous rocks, eS-
Auditing The most gr0tc,que aud fantastic
shapes. In short, for 4 combination Of the
grand and beautiful, the scenery ~ almost
untiyalej.
Tue principal Spring, fot It's mediciual
virtues, IS not eScellei 10y ony ia the United
States. Tho water - cent tor and carried
10 New York, Charleston, and other distant
parts or the Uaon. The reputation Of thu:
water - 30 extensive and - well cstahlishe
that It Is deemed scarcel, necessary 10 peak
OF its qualities. u has IA many instances
wrought cures that appeared almost miracu
lous. upon individual. suffering unGer . com
plie.,iOn OF diseases. In Dyspepsia and al.
affections OF the stomach. liver, and kidneys
IL I. Invaluable. There is also highly yaiu'
sbl, sulphur Spring.
The sh1uuond1ie spring. Company have
engaged MIR. /. y. CARTLR 10 take chsTg.
, OF the boarding house. which viii insure &c
visitors every comfort They have mad,
every proTi.inn for guests who seek PEI.
sure, including boats for fishing and rowing
&C. sc inc hT5NlpS room VIII! DC FURNISH
ed with good piano, and the dancing hal
with u flne baud al music.-There IS a
Ch1rcslo"u circulating Library wher,
books can be procured. The company or,
erecting bath hOuse>, where persons can b,
provided with warm or cold baths, for whiri
purpose they oan use either Tie mineral wa
tcrs. or the river water. a. m7N he pr, fcrred
Tie following /, eNt:,cted from an ariicl,
by Il distinguished phySioi7n, aud relates 1,
the water vi Tie prncIpIi Sprins:
'NNhen mo lerltely u>ei il j. ) most hlan,
and gentle LAXATIVE. t61sh IN larger qran,t
lies II - powerfulIn ITS operation. III, ala,
diu'stic, JisPhOreIio. and tonic. Perhap
The hishes; claim. whic" II has on the public
=, that scarcely dysPeTiic patient has beer
known Ia use 1t, without deriving from J., uu
fqrsooal advautase. Confirmed drops, hl
, been entirely removed. IL has been fnun.
wonderfully b,-efcial IN all bilious ail,r
iions and derangemeni OF The liver, colculou
affections, chronic rheumatism, cu,aneou
diseases, and general debility, whether IL,
, consequence Of scdcuilry habits, or Ion,
= seated disease"
May II, 1888