The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-11-21


M. Effo, - Business aud pleasure, few
weeks suec, called me TO the town Of Shutesbury,
Franklin Co. n ,-s,, and while there my atten-
ton Was called TO the Mount Mineral Springs,
and We gave them flying visit Thinking aslort
history u ihcsc most Wonderful spungs might be
interesting to tile readers Of y al valuable paper,
Iicnturc to give i, briefly as follows.
They are situated IN the norilierly part of
ShuiesbuIy, hcar Locks Village, fifteen miles
from the beautiful village Of Greenfield, on an
eminencc called sIt Mineral, in very wild and
romantic spot. Leaving the uain road you as.
eend a mile or more. ard on the rery summit the
IreaIius waters arc found, About forty years ago
man laborins ne,r by. became very thirsty and
searching for water discovered these fouu utans,
which hase truly proved blessing to many one
Sometime afic, be accidentally cut his hand, lie
washed of the blood with this wafer. and waa
surprised 10 zee how rapidly ! hele'. A neigh.
Dor was tryu5leI Rab cancer, ,nnj by using HE
water internally. she too. was e4te,L From this
they i i illswaier aualytcd, and il was found T.
contain various mineral substances oi superior
medicinal virtue, among which arc iron, sulphur
aad mo- hj, mum. There are four springs the
iron, tie sulphur, the eye-wAer spring and the
silver. or White spring, which the molly bdcnum
predomnaes Out oi The hundreds Of cures ef-
iecied Is these mineral waters, we sh.ll nane
only d lev. an old gcntlemanof wealth, ana cx-
IL ist4 nh
humots, aud running sores from head 10 foot, ~
disgusuusIy filthy was his disease that no one of
rssi cciabiliiy, though VitHed handsome rewards,
aould eceive him an take care Of him. lie had
| springs II Saratoga, aud European springs Of
eeIcbiily, but all in vain. Hearing Of the cura-
tre properties Of these springs, he visited them.
and satisfying hWsef TIA, it VAS valuable, its
waters performing wonders fer him, he therefore
| purchased thcm, with the laul, aud erected a
small building. aud being an Oil bachelor, he
/ kept bachelors bali, Ia few months be was
completely tealel. lie made the poor, the halt,
The lame, aud The Sind, welcome. lie would
| furnish no accommodations nor permit others 10
| DO 80. Luxurious accommodations he said would
shut ou; the Lords poor. Men Of wealth came,
aud also ladies cradled in the lap Of case aud lux
ury, aud tbe old bachelor frowned upon them. :
/ They nigh, sleep 10 the barn as the very poor
| did Or leave. AMI strange as il is rany Of then
di remain and lodged IN the barn. Gentlemen
aud l.i.es belonging to the upper ton in society
10 Boston. New ross and Philadelphia did thi,
10 order to avail tle.sseves Of .sese curative wa
tefs. He Was offered thoaanas of dollars, b"
refused the most tempting offers. gcn,,smar
from Boston oarrel TO spend many thousands oi
dol1ars 10 builiings aud divide the profits. bu,
he sparnel tbi, pirr also, but at last. uhen the
peop'e began 10 give M all hopes VI the springs
ever beihg developed, be died. But unfortunate.
/ y be Niiied the splugs 10 another bachelor. No,
proving as iuveieratc as the former be was pre-.
vailed upon to sell. aud 80 the property after
changing hands few times is nov ia the hand.
q stirring, energetic proprietor. Chas A. Per-
~, Esq and be strives 10 make Il a pleasant re-
treat ior tie inraiiI He has enlarged aud re-
jasenaicd lhe pieseai house, aud is erecting a
large aud coEumoditus building With all the mod
cru improvements, lie also has improved the
groupds. aud Intends makibg il one Of the mes,
in,iius as well profitable resorts for the sic L
ia all New England Ia compas. II some ten
feet sqaAn ace these four basins eh,seled cut IN
ihs ruek, aud each ef ,hrse ioautslns are possess
ti Of reu,eiial Propertics as already stated. The
main ene is valuatle for drinking purposes. The
second fer external application 10 the eyes. and
has been known 10 si~oiaiely restore The blind 10
sight. siers tie bIin iness had resulted from ha-
aon; tie lAiiI : good ~ bathlng purposes. an
q 70 dFiat, ~ It s very salpharons. ihs fourth
. miier. a. vel slap,el fer those Who cannot
sispd tl,e dfst Coa. la,ent jnda es who have sn-
slssei taem prppegnes lhem the heai remedial
springs vet knoNH. We Sere shown young
H'sn pho oaiy iosr pttks b<iors was vas eu,ire-
y beipiess. bis life vas rapidly passing away, ty
scfuia.a svges eatiHE late his aesh. bat IL this
bret fRaes q time the pre- fsss ef ths disease wss
~ oaly arrested, bai ,hs healing pFosesses vers
a N4fk. aud be ogall dress himself. snd play
mshsal'y HFhs aiaspln allsy. Mt. Walker
es@t q pc sgtiass tlisl. e. nearly -, caused
Lsaef i sbs sya, ia 80 nos'ss his sishl as9
heAliA Hels Faiaei Dea Ephriam Prsit. fab
81 Z Hagg I puu, Esa.. 4 Gpecn6slI "a,