The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-07-26
CLUSTER SPRINGS,
HALIFAX COUNTY. VIRGINIA


HALIFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
DIR. II. EasLEy. PROPRIETOR.
TINE lfG'owing is copy Of letter fiom DR..
> &. III. Jordan, Of Person county. n. e.. to
The Proprietor Of these celebrated Springs. which
nature in lis beauty has clustered together in one
loealiIys
Person County. N. G.. Aug. Is, 1852.
DR. EAsLKr-DKAR SiR: Being requested TO
give you concise statement Of my views of The
medical properties Of your Springs. avail myself
Of The eariesi opportunity in my power 10 do so.
As you are well aware, my acquaintanee with
those Springsis co-exisient with my earliest reco
lection, having been born and raised in their i'm
mediate neighhorhood. II isnot my intention ID
this place TO say any thing about their chemical
combinations; that has been coniided 10 other
and ADLER hands, and. no doubt, from the acknow-
lodged scientific character ofihe gentlemen who
made the analysis, hut that IL has been correctly
reported. Nor is il deemed essential that should
do 50. Those who seek health in mineral waters,
would greatly prefer hearing Of cures effected. To
hearing of quaniiiivc proportions, though they
might be accurately ascerisinrd by chemical an
alysis. The adaptation 10 particular forms Of dis
ease, which careful and enlightened experience
has confirmed, is the most natural inquiry ofihe
affected. This as far as my own obsel Walton and
experience extend, il is my purpose To ans~ er in
as concise manner az possible.
For six and twenty years, as a medical obser-
yer, have ] known something Of the effects Of
these waters on diseases Of different character;
and risk nothing in saying that for the number
Of those who have gone there for health, the re-
suits have been as satisfactory as at any other
watering place in Virginia. MANY years ago.
swheE was boy,) and long before pny one
ever thought Of improving the place, Il was the
resort Of the yaletudinarian from every sectan of
Halifax and some Of the adjoining counties, and
! can safely say never knew case OF broken
down constitution that tented" summer there
that was mol greatly benefited fnot entirely cur
ed. have known number Of persons who were
carried there in wagons, unable TO walk, or even
sii up on their arrival, speedily restored to health.
able in month or two to walk up and down those
hills with as much aac,ity as you OF I could do
ii. These things have seen and known. for my
fathers house was sometimes q boarding house
for those who preferred a house in the neighbour
hood TO tenting on the ground. From some pro-
fessional experience ! can safely recommend it
in dyspepsia. ID is the best antacid ever knew.
Food cannot, by possibility, sour on stomach
habiiualy supplied with the Sulphur Waier. II
is invaluable in those chronic arrangements Of
the liver depending on gastric irritation. Torpof
and inactivity Of this important organ are speed.
lily relieved by il. Chronic affections Of the kid
neys and bladder are often eiectually cured by it.
One of the worst cases Of chronic inflammation Of
the internal coat of the bladder lever saw, which
sent there, was promptly cured by few weeks
use Of the water. Chronic Rheumatism is as often
cured by il as by any other known agent. Alice
tons Of the uterine system are often cured by il.
One case might mention Of peculiar interest,
with which you are acquainted. II has wide
and long appreciated reputation in cutaneous dis
eases.
The Chalybeate Springs, though recently
brought into notice, was known in my school,
boy days, and we'll remember the superstitious
horror we had on approaching it. II is an agree
able chalybeate, none can be found more pleasant
or agreeable TO the taste, or more desirable in
those diseases which demand the use of iron.
There is singular arrangement of natures
laws in the phenomenon of your location. Sui.
phur, ChaIybeatc, and Lime Water, oil gushing
out Of the same hill in few hundred feet Of each
other, while on other side Of the rill, and in ip.
mediate proximity to each, is as pure free-stone
spring as any one may ever desire TO drink.
!. Having said this much, | must now conclude
least ! might be accused (should you ever con.
cude TO bring this hasty letter TO lightly of dis
position 10 puff your Springs. This accusation
however, would be dscredlted by those best &C.
quainted with me; for they know me TO be a man
Of quite different character. In justice to you
as an enterprising. accommodating proprietor,
could not have said less. will, in conclusion
append the following synopsis of such diseases a.
experience and observation have proved the wa
tiers to be adapted to: liver, stomach, bladder
kidney, bronchial, and uterine affections; dropsy
rheumatism, and cutaneous affections; PROSTATE,
or lily cured cases of remittent and intermiiten
fevers; chronic affections Of the bowels have ge
nerally been relieved by their use.
Should you, my dear sir, ever use this in an,
public way, and should it prove to have mitigat
Ell one single pang Of human suffering,I shall b
abundanly paid for the little labor it has cost me
!, Yours, sincerely, &. H. JORDAN.
5 Halifax County, Va, Aug. 81, 1852
We the undersigned physicians, having rea,
DR.. Jordans letter on the use Of DR.. Easley Min
, eral Water, cheerfully add our testimony to wha
E he has said of their medical uses.
VIM. w. CARRINGTON, NJ. d.
. VIM. b. JENNINGS, M. ID.
T July, 1854. 45--3v
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