Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-08-21
Correspondence Of the Journal and stste,man1
LETTER. FROM BEDFORD,
BEDFORD, PA, August 10.

BEDFORD, PA, August 10.
Ny Dear JournGi.-
..s - Having my pen in
hand engaged in writing upon matters of
private importance, I thought that n letter
from this out-of-the way place might interest
some OF your readers. l will, before starting
description of the place, give the modas
oPeranai OF getting here. You leave viii.
mington in the 7.15 A. M. train for Phila.
uelpnia, and there ride out to Thirty first
ana Market Streets, (the Pennsylyania Cen
tIa Railroad,) where you get your tickets
direct TO the Dallas Station, which is seven
miles from here-but l am little too fast.
After you take your seat in the cars at the
pennsylvania depot, you9ide as far as Harris
burg, through level or almost level country.
containing the most of the celebrated Penn.
sylvanla Farms" and at Harrisburg Won
cross the Susquehanna, and follow verita-
ole mountain stream ON the one hand, and
Wlnd around the base of mountain, where
perhaps they have just shovelled off enough
10 make ledge to lay the track on, until
you reach Huntingdon, which is reached
about i've O'Clock in the afternoon, and there
you nave TO change cars and take the Hun
ungdon and Broad Top Railroad, and reach
Dallas Station at the end of the route-of
the Railroad route mean-but you are now
to fare pretty badly, having to ride no less
than seven miles in an old fashioned ricketty
stage, warranted not TO travel more than
four miles an hour, reaching Bedford about
ten O'Clock, and the Springs at half past ten.
~ bealoru Is small town, about the size of
Newport, Delaware, containing about the
same number of inhabitants and lies ON the
NIL which faces the valley in which the
springs lie There is in the town the Court
House and several Churches, and four large
hotels. Speaking of Churches, was at the
laying OF the corner stone of the first Epis.
copal Church in the town of Bedford, at
which our worthy and excellent citizen, the
ht. keY. Alfred Lee, presided, with his calm
ana hoiy lace, conducting the exercises in
his dignifed way
was surprised last week in going to the
springs one day, to see the 20. P. F., - or
as he signed his name, "Mr. Buchanan
Lancaster" on the register.
must now attemptto to describe the Strings.
Ihere are six Springs in number, flowing
from the sides of two hills; the ones on the
western side are first, the pure or sweet
water which is the lowest in elevation. the
second being little higher on the side OF
the mountain, and at the distance of about
Blk yards you come to the Mineral Spring.
ana lew yards further up you reach the
IRON spring, ana now you cross the valley
to the eastern side of the other hill, and the
first spring that you encounter is another
pure water spring, which supplies the hotel
with water. After leaving this and walking
nye yards, and descent Of half yard you
see the Limestone Spring, and walk of six
YARDS you come to the sulphur Spring, from
winch you can smell the sulphur a quarter
Of mile off. The Mineral Spring contains
Magnesia, EPSON or Glauber Salts, and sew
eral other ingredients which / have forgot.
ten, and the water flows constantly at The
rate of barrel per minute.
The prospects for Geary, as far as can
understand, are encouraging in this County,
out the people here are waiting anxiousiy
Philadelphia. '''''O- -
! must now bid you adieu, as there is
,,auy waiting to use the pen and ink, and you
know that the men must give wnv to tbe
ladies. l am, Sir, yours, &C, USiov.