The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-06-18

thing.
SIR
II is very surprising You have no correspondent in
this village. inasmuch as il is located on an inclined
plane Uhe n. York Gazetteer to the contrary not.
witlstandng) in Slratosa County, thirty miles
north of Albany per railroad, and an hours ride
Saratoga Springs, received its charter in 1871
contains about $50 houses and 1872 inhabitants. II
has the County Court House and Jail, which the
citizens OF Saratoga, urged forward by J. A Corey
an ator:ey-at-law and editor of locoioco or
gan of considerable influence, recently made an in
eifectual attempt to deprive Of The Office Of the
county clerk is also at this place. and is at present
controlled by Archibald Smith, who is in many re-
spects a most extraordinary parsonage He will
probably be succeeded by Mr. Horace Goodrich,
talented young man of great promise, and son of
the late Alpheus Goodrich, Smiths us;rious pre-
decessor.
We have Presbyterian, Methodist, an Episco-
pal, and Baptist Church. where the meek and
lovely daughters Of Ball-ton, show, by their sweet
smiles and laughing eyes, they are animated by
grace divine and that the prayers of the officiating
apostles for the outpouring CT the holy spirit are
heard at once and promptly answered. This village
contains several select schools, Fl stores print
ing office, from which every Tuesday morning a
bright lumlnary appears, lmparing light TO the dark
and benishted minds OF some three hundred sub
scribers, whose worst fault is their tardiness in
paying for said oracle, which is called the SO Balls
son Spa Gazette (whig), and edited by James
Comstock.
Our numerous mineral springs are similar TO those
OF Saratoga The sans sOtct Is large commodlous
summer establishment delightfully."- situated. bear
ing date from 1903, and is mostly the of the
fashionable. Next in rank comes The village hotel
Fords, Chase's, and Rowland's inns. The Ballston
Spa Bank was established under the general bank
ing law by its able president and financier, james
~ Cook one of the most popular and wealthy men
III the county, if we except Mr.. Davis, of Evangcl-
cal no,ore,y. Messrs Beach and Chapman, are our
most enterprislng men, and do more towards Inn
proving our village than all others combined.
As our legal advisers and protectors, would pre-
sent the names of Thompson, Scott, Meeker, Odel,
and Young, the latter being promising son OF Hon
Samuel Young, our present Secretary of State. 1t
is worthy of remark that many who were poor
young men in this village say 10, H. and 20 years
ago, and looked upon as possessing uncommon
wealthy and respectable Of the fashionables of Sara
toga, thus demonstrating that talent and wealth
not the accidental endownents of nature, but the
results OF ncessant study, close observation, and I'M
firing industry.
The statement of your Saratoga correspondent,
Rolln," that we have " sustained severe loss in
the removal Of Mr. II ii. TO the western part of this
state" IS indeed too true. Mr.. Howard acknow-
lodges this town his birthplace, is the son OF
worthy tanner and currer, was long and favorabIy
known extensive merchant in Pearl street.
and probably known 10 you as a broker in Wall
street. lie finally returned 10 3as;on, the pride of
his friends the prop of the village, where il was
confidently hoped he would spend the remainder Of
his days. The loss Of an cn'erprisng man of gene
rous spirit il ri any time severe blow to a small
village: but ii is the more deeply felt here having
small amount of public enterprise, and situated with
in miles of formidable and fash lonable rival
OF all his specuatlons. the "lloward Pickle has
been the most lucrative, while ii conclusivey
proves, that it is not the employment that makes the
man. but the man that conlcrs the responsibility
the employment His name ia cngrayen in small
capitals on the hearts of many OF our citizens: but
blessings his memory, in The bankless city OF
Buffalo, he now sleeps In peace, iockcdin the arms
of--his wife
Parson Miller the disructonist and ghosy ex-
FOUNDER of the prophecies, last winter notified us
that the end of the world was nigh. and warned us
10 furn from the errors OF ways, the sulphur
rious dcnoument in 1913. Isabe lectures backed
the republic of Hayti, the distractions of Wcox's
livery stable at Saratoga, and the city OF Hamburger
in Germany by fire, the horrible railroad disaster in
France, together with the tragic termination of the
Dorr war in Rhode Island has made considerable
impression on the minds of many Of our citizens.
Our ladies' wear larger shoes and smaller bustles,
than the gentler at Saratoga, whose white slips
bid defiance to the lncemency OF the weather,
while their well shaped and fashionable toureanouns
on the gentee desideratum, towards which the Ball
ston fair are gracefully approxlmating.
Ca the whole II think there is more prospect OF our
weatnering the fiery ordeal en3masse, than of most
of the villages of equal population Business i'm
proving money plenty, weather fine, streets crowd
ed with fashionable strangers and robust girls from
the surrounding country religion par TO half per
,rennm. Temperance at small discount, politics
none IN market
have the honor TO be, sir, your,
BALIsTov RE-poRTER.