Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1857-01-01

the class. who generally patronize resorts
of this description is the very best in the
land. and consequently must be in great
measure. surrounded with providings a
greeable to its cultivated taste. Hence
the great expense attending the Water
Cure. Every room is amply heated with
hot air, which by registers conveniently
placed can be regulated to the patients s
desire; they are also well ventilated
each possessing another register for that
purpose working on the same principle as
the one supplying heat. Spring water Of
crystalline purity is conveyed from an ad
| jacent valley. by force pumps to the up
permost rooms in the house. The bath
rooms ore supplied in similar mannsr.
The total cost of the building and out
fittings. including spacious gymnasium,
we'll supplied. is about S25 900. The
grounds in front and around the Cure nre
extensive; the former are beautifully laid
out, studded here and there with hand
some evergreens and rare shrubs, 10 which
gravelly serpentine walks give an appear
ance highly picturesque and altogether
! tasteful Directly in front of the main
hall is chaste and costly fountain. with
its numerous jets casting forth their
streams Of pearly liquid. the spray OF
which continually washes statute reps
resentiug the ancient goddess Minerva
which has for two seasons endured The
cooling appliances OF modern Water
4 Cure. Parenthically, we may add, as q
person quantity said 'tolher day. If she had
! been under the treatment of the "Old
School" in all probability she would not
be now occupying the present position
though she is OF cast iron. The main JET
Of this fountain rises to the height of a
bout 20 feet. falls into basin. thence in
to another still larger. from whence The
surplus water is conducted off in pipes to
the valley before spoken Of. The Cure
is situated on Kinsman which,
excepting Euclid. is the best in town..
bou, 3 miles from the City Hall. Its 10
cation is very pleasant-nei;her city or
country, but both are quickly gained
On the one side is the Cleayland Semi
nary for young ladies. on the other the
I Orphan Assylum-both Of which are ex-
trnsive ard handsome structures.
DR.. Strong the protector of this institu
tion, has been a resident of Cleavland for
a numher of years. and formerly had
curs on Lake Street in the centre of The
city. lie studied. under the famous DR..
Hamilton. Of Rochester, whose extraordi-
nary success in the treatment oil chronic
and female diseases has gained him
world wide celebrity. DIR. Strongs abil-
tiles have been fully tested during the
past eight years, during which time he
has proved himself worlhy the enconlnms
OF his talented instructor. as uell Of the
grs te ful multitude he has caused to lake
up their beds and walk"
Associated with Dr.. S. is Professor II.
P. Gstchell. formerly Of the Cincinnati
Eclectic College. whose ability and repu-
tatiou as d lecturer on, and teacher OF Pa
thology, Physiology apd Anstomony. is
generally acknowledges and widely
known. As a successful Homepat thic
practitioner Prof. G. ranks very high
He il was who first introduced the vapor
bath into the Water Cure. with the view
Of removing drugs from The human sys-
TEN. His popularity is daily becoming
wider. As we mentioned in onr last. he
fills two chairs in the Western Homo
paihic College. which institution is the
most prosperous OF any of Its kind in the
Union. no; excepting the ono at Phila-
delphia.
Connected. also. with this Cure, is S.
&. Beckwith; Prof. Of the Surgico aud
Pathological College. SD you see that
this establishment can boast ofan array
of talent which. we presume, is not E.
qualed at snyother Cure in The Western
States. That the Homeopathic system of
treatment is highly popular. and growing
in the estimation of the public may be
learned from the fact that many Of the
leading business men. many OF the Cler-
eymen.-nnd, we are informed crcry cd
ifor-in this city employ Homo pathic
Physicians in their families. My previ-
Gus letters gave you the class OF patients
at present in the house-that class is al
wavs here-the wealthy and intellectual.
This fact alone speaks volumes in its
praise. 8fs6 .esal.
To slightly initiate you into the modus
operandi OF the Water Cure--its myste-
ries, miseries and drlights--a space must
now be devoted. You enter, OF course
pregnant with aches, pains. nervousness
and irritsbility. if not-something far
worse lnstsnter you are marched TO the
bath room; there denuded; then enclosed
in IN upright case seven Feet By two. with
a slat across. its centre. on which you
roosf. In this you are shut up; the room
is then filed with vspor; snd the bath
me n stares at you through pane OF glass
in the door. he discovers you grow faint;
fhe vspor is turned off; the door is opened;
ron are marched into an adjoining room
and forced into a large reservoir oil cold
sprina ws,e where you are mediately
cooled off. in . style peculiarly shocking;
from the nee you are iaken--the elecirici.
tv having been pretty thofoughly extrac- !
ted from vous half frozen body--in De-
cenlbes, recollect--sn with head up. and
body erect, you are wrapped in a coarse |
sheet and brskly rubbed, ill your sixth
skin is taken of, aud bus the seventh re-
noins s--sheu n you are not unlike lobster |
just from ths pot--consideTsbly red and
40. little hot. Now you are again
clothed, and feel like eating your dinner;
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