The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-08-13

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Spriags. TAs vatsfs ~ highly msaicinal
and beneficial. We INST ths edGinal discovs
q and former propsistor u thsn. Tean ago
~ NJ Of shslr walsfs cured him Of disease
which vas takisg his liss, ord physisisns had
NJ. bssa able to help hin. Hsissou6dssths
owss hin life to thsss waters. BE has rented
cottaes md Il Speeding this sessoa hsrs.
Thsrs il here Mr. Swinton. brother Of that
able iournalists, Swiatou, Of the New York
Nmes. Only ono week has given him n.
lei from severe suffering, Of which for months
he has been the victim, and from which hs
had almost begun to despair Of deliverance.
Sons Of or own tovnsfolk have received, in
short visits here, good which but for the
known excellence Of the profession, would
bring into disseputs the whole Academy Of
the Materia Medica.
Already theirs are in full the means and
methods Of varied and pleasant life hare.
The Springs are deep in the woods. That is
an attraction. And short drives over good
roads, and along pretty little creek valleys,
between unprecipitous hills, will take you out
into the freedom of prospect Of the "bound.
less, beautiful prairies,' with their glory Of
grain and grass and flowers. The delega-
Itions that so continually come, sre socially
THE crane de la creme of their respective 10.
4calities, and congeuial association for the
most exacting in refinement and culture il
| never wanting
II Is the design Of Messrs. Watson 4 Divel.
bliss to make these Springs permanent in.
stitution a. resort. They have already ex.
pended about one hundred and City thousand
dollars in buildings and improvements, and
| this il but the earnest Of their future enter
prise in this direction. Next season they
| will offer limited number of proprietary
shsres to the people of X eokuk, Quincy, ST.
Louis, and other Western cities, on system
which must meet with public favor, by the
privileges thus secured to stockholders. The
/ project will assuredly work well.
| Ii il more than week, Oh trusted bui
| ever divulging GATE, since we chatted with
| you of social life here. That admirable Ke.
! okuk delegation which we named as then a
the Springs went home shortly thereafte,
| much to our. and many others, regrets. But
not until it had been for q couple Of day.
pleasantly increased by the coming Of Gen
| H. T. Reid and W. S. WINS. Nor until 81
and fair champions of Keokuk's rightful ~,
cendaney in all things, not content with So.
premacy in personal and social graces,
entered the list as orthodox believers
| in Muscular Christianity, and van
pushed two Of the most admirable
and accomplished of the ladies of Quincy in
one champion game Of ten pins, and came
out ahead in the scores of second game that
was against them. We are deliberately com.
mitted to henceforth confidently confding
| the honor and fair fame OF our goodly Gate
City to Mrs. Zen. - and Mrs. l., rs its un.
surpassed representatives. And giving honor
to whom honor is due. We are thoroughly
convinced that Quincy, richly endowed as il
is In good people, cannot give its fortune.
into better keeping than its cultured and
charming champions on that occasion, Mrs
Col. NJ. and Miss G. For the rest, in the
same manly art, we will trust our friends
Avery and WINS to beat all the world and
1.-THE rest of mankind y as easily as they did
/ there and then beat Quincy and St. Louis.
The latter is an adept il all gymnastic ac>
complshments, and the former was the
knight of gallantry with such consummate
grace that We knew his devotion to the ladies
| made certain the odds in his favor 10 match
of ten>pns.
We inadvertently omitted our friend
Younker from the list of keokukians at the
Springs at the time of our arrival. He and
Mr.. Fl. W. Sample went home in q
couple of days thereafter. Gen. Reid and
family, w. :. Wins and family, Mrs. j.
Goldman, MrG. A. B. Chittenden and Mr.
Chittenden, Jr., returned home on Wed
nesday. The evening previous, however
our company had been increased by the arr
val Of our genial friends, Messrs. A. j. vii
kinson and 81. Buell.; and the following da,
still farther, by the coming of Mrs. A. Avery
Miss Sue Clagett Miss Kate A. Farrar, Mrs
NJ. c. Goodrich and Miss Goodrich. Still
the next train brought Mrs. A. ]. Wilkinson
and children, and NJ. w. Westcott. So Ke,
okuk keeps an exodus thither of its adnira-
BILE people. Of its further coming it is un
fortunate for US that We will not be here te
make It of record or give our friends greet
ing These shall come and be pleased ane
benefited, and meet pleasant persons an
make genial friendships, and drink of thu
Springs, and croquet perverse balls at absurc
wickets, and strike bagatelle balls at impossi,
BILE holes, and enjoy themselves in the multi
form ways which the place offers. They can
not fail of this with the constant attentions
and fitness for their place of the accommo
dating prcprietors, SO we'll assisted in the of.
fce by Mr.. W. w. Watson, Jr. With men
tai benedieitc upon all these corners, we q
WIN ouI geHiai party Aeokukward, givln}
good wishes for the future Of Perry Springs
which we hope will be prophetic.
There were pleasant parties from Spring
Geld, ST. Louis, Jacksonville, Quincy, Deca.
tur and elsewhere that We should lik,
to notice. The press had represen,
.ives in the persons Of Maio,
bsilhache Of the Springfield Journal, Mr.. J.
J. Langdon of the Quincy Wing and Repub
teon, Mr.. Rea, correspondent of the Chicago
journal and St. Louis Democrat, Mr.. Bust
OF the Pike county Democrat, and Mr.. Rev,
noids OF the Jacksonville Journal, whom il
good TO know. There were Hon. Mr.
Judd and DR.. Hull, Of Lewiston, Illinois, q
whose genial social qualities We could 50,
many complimentary things. There was an
lmpromptu masquerade and hastily i'm
Pfovised charades, BY the taste, wit, and Wis
i goesin. Thare were nrona.lxr M L. !. 49,