The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-07


horses will tfot The list for The races beginning
August embraces PRINCE Regent. Tpperary,
Asteroid (of kentucky, Julius. Captain Moore.
Lightning. Rishmend, Baltimore, velvet -. and
Rseent. 4 beautiful stallion from Essex county,
sired by Woodbury. Morgan, and MS Dam slree
by full blood English Leopard. Prince Regent
will trot here in August, and has ALREADY Densen
The hotel bands will arrive on the lth inst.
Bernsten's has been engaged for the Oiarenoon,
where hops will occur in the dining room every
Tuesday evening. W. az La
NEW FASHIONABLE ROUTE
!, Tho trip from here to Montreal ana Vuepec,
thence by the Saguenay rivers distance Of three
hundred miles-to Hahs Bay. is to be the fasnion-
spls route this summer The scenery On snU SS
In daylight. NewAnd splendid and steamers nave
been put on between Montreal and Quebec, ana
everything indicates 2 large increase Of travel IN
has been enlarged TO capacity Of five hundred
rooms, and the st. Lawrence Hotel, Montreal, has
also been enlarged and improved.
THB BOGUS BAGGAGE BxPREss,
recenty introduced to the travelling public on the
route from Troy and Albany to Whitehall, Is not
reliable. Keep your che0R and give them TO the
hotel portefs on your arrival ct the Saratoga
depot
Our Bedford Springs Correspondsnee.
BEDFORD SPRlNas. Pa. June 81.
SEASON OPENED AT BIDroRD.
The hotel ct Bedford Springs ID open fef the ~.
cepuon of guests; all the arrangements for trans
porting guests hither have been completed, the
telegraph operator has taken his seat in the ONCE
at the Springs. and the season may bs reported
commenced. Perhaps twenty visitors have already
arrived, but letters and kilograms to Mr. Allen In
dictate "big season." These Springs have been
steadily increasing in popularity, with the people
Of Pennsylvania moro particularly. for fifty years
or more. Last season the house was full till the
close, notwithstanding the war excitement,
and 80 it has been every summer
during the four years Of war.
HOW TO GET THERH.
There may be somebody who do not know
whore Bedford Springs are. To such short
paragraph under the above heading may be int
resting reading Bedford county lies along the
southern boundary of the State of Pennsylvania,
in the midst of the eastern series of the Allegheny
mountains. The town Of Bedford lies on the
southern forks Of the Junata, in . hollow among
the old hills SO perfectly pretty, that-as an old
traveller once wrote about 1.-THE valley seems
to have been scooped out by the hand of God for
the builders of village. The Springs are about
mile and quarter from town, on the road lead
ing south to Cumberland Visitors from Philadel
phia reach the springs by Pennsylvania
Railroad to Huntingdon, .where they connect with
Broadtop Railroad trains to Hopewell, six miles
from Bedford; thence in good stages over Q fair
plank road to the springs This route is available
twice day to persons coming from east or west
along the Perns lvania Railroad. From Baltimore,
Washington and the South there are couple Of
routes-viz: that via Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
to Cumberland, Nd, thence thirty miles across q
magnificent country by stage; and another by the
Northern Central Railroad to Harrisburg and down
to the Huntingdon and Broadtop Railroad as
above. From Wheeling or Parkcrsburg or Pitts
burg the distance to Bedford is not great and the
cost of transportation moderate.
WHAT WE FIND THERE.
The visitor to Bedford Springs has . great
variety of medicinal waters to choose q favorite
from. It is generally conceded that . person
must have preference for it is utterly impossible
to admire them all. There is chalybeate spring,
q powerful lime stone spring, a sulphur spring,
and two sweet water fountains for the use of vsi-
tors, all within circuit Of half mile in front Of
the hotel Nature has been lavishly bounti-
full at Bedford, and art has sought to be
her rival There are accommodations in
the great hotel for upwards of five hundred
guests. The main building is three storied brick,
nearly two hundred feet in length by sixty in
width, judge, having broad coonnade extending
its entire length, supported by massive columns
and enclosed by an iron railing. In this building
are the Office and barroom telegraph Office receiv-
ing room, one Of the largest dining halls in the
United States, splendid drawing room, BALL
room and number Of dormitories. There are
three other buildings, each over one hundred feet
in length laid out in chambers and suits of rooms
for families. All these are situated in the valley
of Showers creek, which here runs through
cd Inv nj aho do fnuu toiu nd
walks almost innumerable. These gravelled walks
extend for miles around, over the forestco vered
hills in every direction. There are three magni-
fcent bathing houses where shower baths, plunge,
bathers, may be had In most luxurious style; the
equestrian has bQundless expapse for rides and
drives; the lover OF amusement has bowling, bill.
lizards, dancing and swinging while the worshipper
with bis goddess Nowhere ID the air purer or the
varied scenery more delightful than among the
mountains Of Bedford" An annual visit Of fort
night or three weeks to Bedford Springs has helped
many Phiisdslphis valetldinarisn q his fulness
ACCIDENTAL DISCOVERY. ,.s,.
There are several wild legends about the manner
in which the medicinal virtues Of Bedford water
first came TO be known; but i Il certain the dis
covery dates only about half Q century back.
One story Ii, that cooper Of Bedford, searching
for gSS; among the rocks along Rqn
drank Of the water several times. and found his
voracity increasing in q formidable manner.
Another who was fishing in Showers Run was at.
waters flowing from the principal fountain
and drank quite freely Of them. They proved
purgativs and sudorihc, and freed shin from
rheumatic pains and ulcers which had made him
sno6ld 30 wading In the brooks 10 much 70, A.
not imagine, b the discovery q Il may, the
SSprlngs quickly became noteo, uuu yr. anderson
built accommodations for visitors, who focked to
the Anderson Springs" The hotel WAS built at
the foot OF one spur Of mountain which fises be.
hind 1t to the west. Directly opposite, in the
valley, to the great spring which bursts from tho
loot OF . similar mountain on the east. the
I'VE hundred feet Of summer home Ia Sested
among trees. The Anderson Spring discha,,,0es
quantities shipped to their agencies Throughout
the country by the Bedford Mineral Springs Com.
pany.
Ex-PREsrDENr DUcHANAN's SUMNER HAUNT.
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