Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-09-22
sPIEsTT OFTHE AG F...D Devoted to Temperance, Literal
KittEelrs SPRINGS.

Scar - these Springs are to Raleigh. nov
ouing SO celebrated for the curative nov.
oftle water, we have been unable 10 nay
en- a visit this SUMMER But our neigh.
os Of the Standard have been there. whose
count we s%ubjoin:
KrrsELL's S%PRIxGs. GRANVILLE CouNrv
We have been spending some days al these
springs, and ~ y matter of Justice 10 the
eorthy proprietor, aud because VIC take pride
IN everything interesting or valuable which
belongs TO North-Carolina we propose to
submit a few items, the result Of our inqui-
rirs and observations.
These springs are in a billy country, amid
scenery by no means uninviting and the
main spring gushes in q copious stream from
a solid rock. The water is not as cold az
that Of ordinary springs, but it is by no means
unpleasant to the taste, especially after one
gets used 70 II. We suspended our opinion
a, to the virtue Of the water FOR a day or two
after our arrival, IN order that we might in.
auirc and observe for ourselves and form an
opinion based on facts. We came to the con.
clusion That the water is highly valuable. es-
pecially IN dropsy and IN that malignant foe
Of the human race. s~crofula. For examnle
wc saw and conversed with a young man who
was deeply and dangerously scrofulous. and
whose case, after having undergone much
treatment at the hands Of skilfIl physicians,
was dcspaired Of Tic used the water for
abouttwO months Of the last autumn and win.
ter, and has been using II about six weeks
the present season. He is now one of the
hc,lthicst persons We saw upon the ground.
aod says he has been thoroughly cured. He
a..I m lNwVwa -, avw-. s. -
We saw u number Of others, some Of whom
had been relieved and some cured, and among
them a negro woman who it was said had ths
- cprosy, aud the cure IN her case also appears
10 be thorough. Others who were there
acre improving. Indeed, all with whom we
~coneersed, the sound and robust as well as
the halt Sa3thg blind, > attributed great vir
tue to the water.
This water Is strongly impregnated will
iron, though il contains other minerals il
smaller proportion, and among them, as W,
were informed, iodine, sulphur, magnesia
aud potash
These springs are thirty five miles nortI
a Raleigh, and about one and a half mile
from the Raleigh and CASTOR Railroad. Tn
accommodations upon the ground, If w eX
cept the tables which arc spread before Sc
journers, are by no means superior. Their
are some thirty-live or forty cabins in the "
cinity Of the spring. These have been erecte
by visitors, and are composed of rough plan
from the saw-mill near the spring. There ar
also som boarding houses in the neighbol
hood, TO which visitors resort. The peopl
who reside near the springs are kind and ho'
pitable, and seem TO be anxious to %entertai
ms many persons as they can.
We learn that the proprietor, George XII
trell, ESQ, though not disposed himself to in
prove the pIace on account Of his advance
age. is nevertheless willing to part with it 0
fair terms 10 some one who will improve /
The tract Of land contains about one thoui
and acres, and has on it, besides the sprinI
a handsome dwelling house and a grist.miI
A gentleman from Mississippi, who has bee
on the ground some days, and who bad trie
for his health the celebrared springs of vi
ginia, was so we'll pleased with this watt
that he has purchased a lot Of ground c0nv
nient to the spring, on which he designs but
ding. so as to spend comfortably the seasC
at this place.
There are other mineral waters in this pa
of Granville, but they have nus far excite
but little attention. The more the bette
however. A cluster Of springs of superb
virtue would in due time be th~ronged-t
profits Of all the proprictors would be sui
cicnt, while the public would he beneftt
by the competition which would spring U
Let North. Caroliniaus patrouize their oV
watering places, and the money thus Ike
and expended NJ home would soon provi
ample and comfortable accommodation for &