Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-08-21
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ALLEGHANy SrRINGs, Aug. >.
have been soionrnlng at this delightful wat
ernc place some three week, and if exubcraut
spirits which spring mp with the impulse Of re-.
stored health, pheasant society, relieved from the
stiffness of conventional forms-ovely woulen
and beautiful mountain scenery can make poor
bachelor comfortable, in the good old English
sense 9th word thea ought 10 be 81. lad
almost forgotten most important element oi
comfort-gond living, and here take pleasure IN
acknow .edging most heartily. my obligations to
friend Mathews, the gentemanly superintendent
of the dining room,tor his courtesy and attention.
not onl IN furnishing, bat seeing that his guests
were supplied with every Thing necessary for the
comfort oflhc inner man. You know well how
lenjoy good breakfast,and it would be source
OF no ordinary pleasure to your benevolent hcnrt
to see me demulish morning meal gotten up by
Mathews. Brulled chicken, hecfSteAk and nut.
ton chops, delicious us hnye ever tasted, dis
appear with rapidty that would shock the pro.
pretors. but that they are, in our extreme south
ern sense of the term clever fellows. and like to
see any one get the full worth of their money
BY the way that reminds ma To say lust one
word of the Mcssrs. Holt, and in doing it, | shall
simply quote n compliment paid my friend Bal
lard of the Exchange, in your city, Chat prince
of clever fellows by a gentleman whose cNperi-
enee made him capable of rendering a just judg-
ment. OF Ballard. he said, he is sir, an old Vir-
ginia gentleman, aud Yankee Ilote-kceper in
trankness and in eourteSy-~in bearing a true
Nirgnian-in attention 10 the comfort of his
guests, Yankee host. So say of the Messrs
Holt aud as Ike to give the just need of praise
10 all men, permit me, IN my quiet iray, to pay
passing tribute 10 the worth of John Callahan,
the attentive aud ohliging Steward of the Gentle
mans Ordinary, at the Exchange Hotel, whose
erich Irish brngue," Know Nothiug that am. I
l love to hear, for it's ever associated in mtfaa#
ry with II pleasant smile, polite attention, and
eating that would tempt the palate of an epicurc.
Tho Allegheny springs are situated in h'au-
tiiul, romantic valley, some three miles from lie
Virginia and Tennessee Railroad. within les
than days comfortable ride of your city. They
have been improved at an expense of nearly
SiOO,OO0, and must from their accessibility and
virtues. sonn become not only the most desirable
10 the invalid, but the most fashionable watering
place in the Union | came here. from many
causes, blue ms forty thousand blue devils distili
ed into drop, but confess that have grown gay
and happy from the irresistible influence of pleas
ant society, beautiful and fascinating women and
picturesque scenery.
These waters peculir in their action and en-
trely dissimilar from any mineral waters in the
mountains of Virginia, land from my own expert
encehaving visited the mineral springs North and
South) unlike any in the United States. Their ac
ton rs specific in Dyspepsia and diseases result
ing from similar causes, and some cases which
have fallen under my immediate observation, are,
to say the least, astonishing. Let every one who
| has suffered | have done for ten wears, the
horrors OF Dyspepsia come TO these puro living
waters which God has in his kindness furnished
for the healing of the afflicted To those in search
OF pleasure. would say that we have beauty.
worth and intellect that would charm away the
bitterness from the soul of a misanthrope Much
as ! regard yon, can utter no better wish than
| "a nf ta,v AL, he.
With best wishes for the success of your paper
and the noble cause it ably and fearlessly ad
yoeatos, am. sincerely, yours,
| MUSTANG.