The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-08-24
Avon.
Correspondence Of the Herald.l

| Avon, August ~, 1913.
The Visaors-dcon Unsmpassed-The Crops-1h
Qualities OF the IVatw--Poaics and Love Making.
| DEAR BENNETr:-
| Again | seize my grey goose quill to write O
Avon and its waters. The upper and lower springs
are thronged with visiters owing 10 the enterprise
of the able and accomplished proprietor, Captain
Asa NowIen. The invalid and votary OF pleasure
the politician and hunting child of romance
are throngIng hither by dozens The walks in and
about the village are delightful, and stroll beneath
the moon, at evening, with the girl OF my heart,
has charms "to dream OF, not to tell" Where, IN
our extended country can more beautiful vale be
found thaa that through which the Genesee mean
ders? Around other watering places OF greater
noofiey the features OF the llndscape are less at
iractve than those that enchan the eye IN thus gar
den of the Empire State. To one, like myself,
whose vision for large portion OF the year IL
bounded by brick and mortar, the pure ar and pie
turesque scenery of Avon ailord upalloyed delight
The corn and potatoe crops IN this vicinity are
improving. Late rains, succeeded by GENIAL sun
shine have given the "murphys' Il vigorous start,
rand they may be heard calling IN The hill Ter more
room.
The New Bath Spring, that referred to in my
last is becoming point OF great attraction I; the
water in my opinion, is more paatable han that OF
Saratoga and the most obstinate cases OF disor
dered liver diabetes, chronic affections ct the spine
aud asthma, have yielded to its remedial power
The worthy, well.bred, and complaisant dlscoverer
and proprietor, Captain X. X Iilckox, informs me
that his spring is PROFESSIONALLY the fountain head
of the other springs; in digging, he penetrated 10
the hardpan and struck the precious vein, that rs
destined to water on Lies tree many fading
blossom. Away with prose- grow poetical!
Ahem!
oh, the new Bath Spring the clear Bath Spring,
love its merry flow,
Asst gusheth up ON the parent vein
That licth far below.
The pale Of check and the bowed with pain,
To its silver current flock,
AS the tribes Of old, all faint with thirst,
When their leader smote the Tock
The hot paved streets Of Gotham quit,
We creatures who delve Tor gold
Beneath the wrnkling touch OF care,
We are growing untmey old.
Haste tarry awh lille at the New Bath Spring,
And feel ye are y Dung again
One glass will tune heart uns,rung,
Or quiet athrobbing brain.
Bright pool to renew his wasted youth,
Old Ponce de Leon tried
Vaniy in southern lands to find,
And at last, hesrt.broken, died.
And though fair Avon's Fountain Well,
Times march would not have staid
One grateful draught a merry man,
The veteran would have made
The precious stream is bubbling up
From dark Earth's central core,
And dwelleth near its source the gncme
OF cabalistic lore
Three cheers then for the Fountain Well
Forever may it flow,
For its h aling diminsheth
The sum OF mortal wo
What think you, Bennett, of my skill as a lyric
bard With General Morris for tutor would
soon measure rhyme with moro ease than my head
clerk measures ribbon. My mother always SAID
that 7 was "poet borr - but my father, being OF
contrary opinion, made me counter.hopPcr at the
tender age Of twelve. However, my genius could
not be cribbcd in by my matter OF fact avoeauon,
Tor fell n love with little black eyed gypsey, and,
my bump of ideality becoming excited, married
her name, not to immortal but to mortuary verse,
for my illusion was heir to early death and ourial
After transcribing on gilt edged note paper my pre-
cious love lay and sending the same TO her address,
received, in due time, the annexed laconc reply;
"sIR-Enclosed is your silly attempt at rhyme. The
lady who would receive your advances must necessarily
possess two qualifications that cannot boast OIL viz
soft heart and softer head yours, ADA.
Thus was the blossom OF my poetic genius nlpped
in the bud-aye to that unfortunate passage in my
history is alas, traceabe the fact that am bache-
or, and that live
"As lives wthered bough--
Bossomless leaness, and alone"
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