The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1868-08-26
AIFERFISMENTs.

ID OCKBRIRGE ALUM SPRINGS, VA, FOR
HI SALE--By decree. in chapcery, Of
the Circuit Court of Augusta county, pronounced
on the a0tll day of june 1853, ttis splendid pro-
perry must be sold for partition: and the under.f
signed Commissioners appointed b3ssthe Court
will offer the entire property at pubitS emotion.
ON the premises, Tuesday, the 1st ofsSEPTR
next. 1t is not extravagant to say that in iAen-
cial aspect. this is the most valuable waterip1.
place in Virginia In 1913 it sold for twelve
thousand dollars in 1851 fur one hundred thous,
and; and in 1852 to the present owners, for one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars (gol1 value.l
Since which time it has been considerably more
than doubled in Hotel and Cottage capacity for
accommodating the public, greatly embellisAeA
and beautifed in its grounds and buildings, and
especially very largely advanced in its fame and
reputation as Most remarkable therapeutic
agent.
But notwithstanding the continual enlargement
OF the place, by buildings, year by year, there
never watering season before the war in
which the accommodations were egual1V1h he pop.
ular demand for room. Since the war<She estab.
lishment has been refttcd with new furniture
throughout, painted anew, and in general, res
tored to complete working order, and the pros
poet is that this watering season will pc as
throngcd, as fashionable and as prosperous as
any of its predecessors.
One constant source of revenue in THIS property
is found in the sale of the mineral water, and OF
the ''mass" or salts produced from the WATER
THIS is only in its infancy as an enterprise, and
yet-with the South broken down-lts only field
before the war, the sales in the last two years
have run up to an average of more than
seven thousand dollars per annNm, with a con-
stantly growing demand in the North and
South.
The landed estate consists of about 1, 100
acres, lying in Rockbridgc county, % miles from
the Natural Bridge, II miles from I4exington,and
< 81 ~, Uo Rail- poc.
sengers leave The cars at GosAes Depot. Tie
personal property consists of all furniture and
other property necessary for the complete outfit
of frst-elass watering place, with capacity
for the accommodation of one thousand visitors
and all necessary farming stock and Implements
for the proper cultivation of large farm, to-
gether with cows, SO.
The terms of sale are-z.sCash tn hand to pay
the costs of sale, and the residue with interest
from day of sale in equal instalments for the
real estate or for the real and personal estate If
sold together, at one, two, three, four and five
years. and for the personal estate, if sold by it
self, for cash as to all sums of $40 and less and
ON all other sums at - months from the day Of
sale, all of said deferred payments to hear inter
est from day of sale, ana tot well secured by
bond, with real personal security, and the legal
title to the real estate to be retained ultimate
security
So fine an opportunity at once for the safe in,
vestment of capital and for the employment of en-
ergy and enterprise in the due development Of
unquestionaby one of the most valuable Mineral
Springs in this country is very rarely offered to
the public at large.
The Commissioners will determine before the
day of sale whether the real estate and personal
property shall be sold conformity or separately.
Visitors and bidders coming to the Springs
from the Northern and Western States travel ria
Washington City to the Va. Central Railroad. at
Gordonsville, thence west TO Goshen Depot
Fran the South and Southwest yia Richmond
or Lynohhurg, and by Va. Central to Goshen.
Descriptive pamphlet, with map, will be sent
ON application to the Proprietors at the Springs,
JOHN B. BALDWIN,
HENRY 3. NICHE, ( co,u,u.
JOHN ECHQLS,
DAVID FULTZ,
Address. Stanton. "a, "