The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-08-23
CLUSTER SPRINGS,
HALIFAX COUNTY. yIRCUyra

HALIFAX COUNTY. VIRGINS.
DIR. ii. EAsI.EY, PROPRIETOR.
TUE following j. a copy of I.s,rr from Dr.
Z. II. Jordan, Of Person county. n. q. "a
Tue Proprietor u these celelaa,cd springs, which
locality:
Person County, ~. g., Aug. 10. 1864.
DR. EAsIer-DrAR SIN, Being requested "a
give you ronrise statement of my views of ,hs
medical properties Of your Springs, / avail myself
OF the earliest opportunity in my power 10 do so.
As you are well aware, my acquaintance with
those Springs is co-exsleni with my earliest rero-
lection, having heen born aud raised In Their inn
medlaie ncighhofhooJ. II is not nv intention n
TINS Place TO say my thing about their chemical
combinations; that has been confided 10 Other
anu nhier hands, and, no doubt, from The ncknosr.
ieugeu scientific Character Of the gentlemen no
made The analysis, but that il has been correctly
reported. Nor Is il deemed essential that should
10 50. Those who seek health In mineral waters.
would greatly prefer hraring If cures effected 10
heai'ng OF quantiiise proportions, though thcv
might he accurately asceriainrd By chemical nm
aIysis. The adaptation 10 particular forms NJ ,s.
case, which careful and enlightened espe,;snc.
has confirmed, Is the most natural inouiry az m.
aiee'eu. Ihis, as Tar as my own obscl, walton and
experience extend, u Is my purpose to answer in
rs concise manner as possible. ~
For SIX and twenty years, as medical obser.
ser, have known something Of the effects of
these waters on diseases of different character,
aud ilsk nothing in saying that Cor the number
o. those who have gone there for health, The ,e-
suns have been as satisfactory as az any other
watering place IN Virginia. Many years apo.
sWhen 4 was a boy,) and long before any one
ever thought OF improving the place, II was tho
,esei. OF The vaeiudinaran from every section Of
halifax and some ofthe adjoining counties. and
can safely say never knew case of broken
uown constitution that tented, q summer there
mat was not greatly bcneitrd if not entirely cur.
co. ihareknowna number Of persons who were :
earned there IN wagons. unable 10 walk. ar even
~ up on their arrival, speedily restored 10 health
able IN month or two to walk M and dawn ,bos,
nus with ns much alacIiiy as you O, could .Io
!. These things have seen and known. Ear mx
athei's house was sometimes hoardinv honsc
of those who preferred house in the nripl,bor.
ipoa 10 tenting on the ground. From some pro.
essIonai experience can safely recommend II
. dyspepsia. II is the best aniacid ever krew.
ood cannot, by possibility, sour on stor, och
supplied with the Sulphur Waler. n
invaluable IN those chronic arrangements of Y
ne liver depending on gastric irritation. Torpoe
md inactivity Of this important organ are spee,l.
y relieved by it. Chronic affections of The k;J.s
,eys and bladder are often efectually cured h, n
Inc OF the worst cases Of chronic iniiamma,;on ~
ne iniernalscoat of.the bladder Lever saw. which
sen. mere was promptly cured by few weeks
- o. ,ne waller. Chronic Rheumatism is as often
urea W ~ as by any other known agent. Affcc-
ons OF the uterine system are often cuied by n. 4
'ne case ! might mention Of peculiar interest. !,
'ilh which you ATE acquainted. II has vide
~ long appreciated reputation in cutaneous dis.
lses. -
The Chalyheaie Springs, though recently
fought INTO notice, was known in nv school.
y Gays, and well remember the superstiious
afoi we had on approaching il. Il IL an agree.
ole alybeate, none can be found more pleasant
agreeable to the taste, or more desirable in
lose diseases which demand the use Of iron.
There Is singular arrangement Of na,urp's
ws IN the phenomenon of your location. Sui.
lur, Chaly beate, and Lime Water, all gushing
u OF the same hill in few hundred feet of each
ner, while on other side of the .hill, and in i'm.
edlaie proximity to each, is as pure q free Stone
ring as any one may ever desire TO drink.
Having said this much, i must now concfu,,e
'st ! might be accused (shouh YOU ever com
nde TO bring this hasty letter to light, Of ,Ii,.
siilon to puff your Springs This ACQUISITION.
wever' would be discredlled by those best &C.
alnled with me; forthey know me to be man
qui'e different character. In Justice 10 Won
an enterprising. accommodating proprietor.
l'a not have said less. will, in conclusion.
pend the following synopsis Of such diseases.
penence and observation have proved the wa
! % he adapted 10: liver, stomach. bladder.
lney, bronchial, and uterine afiecsions: ,lronsv
,umatism, and cuianeous affections: proe,ra,ei
lily cured cases of remttent and intermittent
ers; chronic affections Of the bowels have pe.
ally been relieved by their use.
Should you, my dear sir, ever use this in anv
bic way, and should il prove 10 have mil;rai.
one single pang OF human suffering, shall he
'naan'y paid Tor The little labor it has cost me.
Yours. sincerely, C. H. JORDAN.
:, Halifax County. Va. Aug. 81. 1852.
we the undersigned physicians, having read
,ao,dans letter on the use Of Dr. Easiey's Min
Water, cheerfully add our testimony 10 vhs,.
mas said Of their medicas uses. -
WIN. w. DARLINGTON. Mn
:, WIN, b. JENNINGS. NJ. D.. /.
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