New-York daily tribune., 1844-10-22
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60. ya,.r-1,. purity and Efects,

f.-otax. Ngater-Its PuTbJ
To ths Editor ef TIE 7'toane
L. consequence OF statements lately made IN
different papers, many have received wrong IN
nress;ons respecting the purity of Croton "atof'
There s also an opinion somewhat prevalent,
that all water contains living anlmalcul@. This
ia not true. Pure water is always wholly free
from every thing of thing of tie kind. 1t IS
.aid "that animalcuG exist in great abundance
in the Croton water" This has come by way Of
the exhibition of an excellent Filter tthe exhlh
itor's name do not recoliectl at the Fair OF the
American Institute The Cro.on water, exceed
inely pure in its nver, rendered still more SO 'y
running over forty miles in an aqaeduct OF na-
son work, is mos. excellent for all detetlc prr
nnses. bv far better than any hard ,cater how
eye, nure it NAV be- Probably no city Of the
whole Globe is supplied with as good water :
that of the Croton. It's use as Drink and To-:
culinary purposes, the baths, the numerous hg
drants with ther quick streams tempting the
DOOR away from the filthy wells which they often
prefer. the fountains and the many little mis-
along the streets, all tend to affect most iavora
hly the health of the New Yorkers. Every one
who st6ps at all TO think, knows the great value
of water, especially when 1t is as pure as the
munihcent Croton.
1t waa the saying Of d very eminent physician,
Hoffman, "that in the use CT mineral water, It
was not owing to the light, sparkling ar. or to
the saline or other mineral substances cornDined
with the water, so much as to The medicinal pro-
perties of common ndter with which they are
mixed and which is drank in large quantities" F"
In the free use of the Croton water for drink and
culinary purposes, and especially If daily oaihlns
ia practsed, it is no uncommon occurrence iof
boils to come out in different parts OF the body.
These are often not ihc most comfortable synp-
toms al the time, out they are, nevertheless, Ger,
tain harbingers OF good, as is abundanuy proved
in water cure. The use Of cold water, as Priess
n;tz says brings "bad stuff out of the system,
or Liebig that it promotes the union OF certain
matters with oxygen, by which they are carried
out Of the system, and which matters II not so
carried out, become causes of disease; Should
every individual in the city at once commence
drinking Croton water largely TO the rejection Of
all other drinks, take cold quickly on rising
IN the morning, (some few would require the bath
tepid, which, in lis action, is only modification
of the cold,) there would quickly be dmru-
ton of nostrum, pill and drug taking, By orc
half at least. Every one can have good bath
in three minutes in the morning, if he can get
water enough in which to wet a coarse towel, by
rubbing with it the body over briskly, and follow
ing this with dry one. Such bath daily follow
cd (f better one. cannot be had) with tae drink
ing, will enable one to resist colds, rheumatism,
inhamran.ons, fevers, &c. &c. incomparably
more than any or all of the thousand and one
of the quack nos'rums of the day, or drugs Of
any kind. The Croon water is Invaluable. j.
can be improved only in ucrY slight degree ut
most. The above mentioned filter IS a good enc.
No doubt many will use it. Those who ere not
ablo to buy one, can make one sufficient for oil!
purposes by closely pressing a piece of sponge
into the neck of common tin funnel through
which the water will pass. II there is any fear
Of decayed mineral matter, this will be absorbed
by hne charcoal laid over the sponge.
JOEL SHEW. NJ. u.