Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-07-17
Letter from the virginia SPRING..
lcorreppondenee Of the Alexandria anzette.1


'"THE SPRINGS" July 8, 1861 date this
letter from THE Springs" gene'ally-not wish
ing to locate (Americanism) it, at any particular
place, for fear of being thought personal. |
have been "bobbin around" at several of the
watering places "for the benefit of my health,
and am sorry to say that found them pretty
much as left them last year-though the real
discomforts are not yet quite so prominent, be-
cause the "crowd" has not yet arrved-and, i'll
truth, don't know that the 'crowd" sto come
this season, at all. In that event, people will
get something to eat, and tolerable beds to
sleep on. The amusementS, so far, are lOung-
ing, examining, drinking, sleeping, and accession
ally playing cards. One institution" thissum-
mer we have in perfection. | mean the flies
Such Swarms were never before seen. At the
last place at which I stopped, there were sever
al modern ''Domitians" who had become so
expert in fly killing, that their performances
were the admiration Of the visitors. 1t is a lit
tie curious that real invalids and sick people
almost invariably avoid the "SS7fi.5gS," and
none but hale, hearty, fast people are se&n i'm
billing the health-giving waters. Why is this?
Such quiet, nice establishments one would think,
would drdI0 the afflicted as load stones draw
needles. One thing, they do draw-and that is
the purse strings-wide open! And 'the times
are so hard" that it is pleasure to see some
people quite "hard up" at home, so easy, cosy,
and free at the Springs" The ladies don't
wear as much silk, or sport as many jewels, as
they did before the "crisis'-and the dear crea-
lures say that they appear in plain attire, in
Difference to public opinion'-for when their
fathers and husbands can't pay their notes and
obligations for hundred dollars, it ''looks bad
lly" to see them decked off to the tune of five
hundred dollars a clip! As for the gentlemen,
they affect to eschew farO-and never bet higher
than upon a game Of cards!! Lucky dogs 1!
Now, this must not be considered q censoriOus
etter-not by any manner of means. Let CEN
serious people stay at their own homes where
they can live like rational beings-get whole
some and well cooked food-sIecp on good
beds with clean Sheets-not have to pay dou-
BILE price for board, and treble price for a
servants attendance, enjoy health and COM
fort, and saveXtheir money to pay their debts,
or lay up little for old age or the children
Let them, say. a tico! for such As for
uS-that is "us fashionable people," we aoiGI
go the Springs-we aoont stay at home =
have not yet finished my tour, and when have
popped in" upon two or three more of the
Springs" and looked little more into the
''doings," l will send you another epistle In
the mean time, let me advise "my dear friends
that there is any amount of fatigue to be en-
countercd in getting to the Springs, any amount
of money to be spent in staying at the Springs,
and any amount of fooliShneSs to be witnessed
among the visitors at the Springs. The White
Sulphur has, this year, a new big hotel. 1t is
to be hoped that the improvement will not be
limited tOSH house, but extend to the beef and
mutton-forp people will have appetites, and they
say they pay enough to command the market!
When reach the White Sulphur, will take a
few notes. Yours ever, An ALExANDNIAN.