Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-08-05
UissjsqWoi SpinOS.

fIfTflfU NISlltA Oii t''AiNs'N tet't'
We take the following extract from his
interesting letter:
The modern history of the Missisquoi /
Springs is briefly told. They had been |
known and employed by the country |
people hcrcabOuts for scroiulous aitec-
lions ever since the whites sctted the
little town of sheldon, some time in the
latter part of the last century. III the /
spring of 1856 a New York lawyer, who /
happened to visit this region, was cured, |
as he believed, by them of cancerou@
affection of the mouth. lie purchased
the groundand springs,an with thepos /
tent aid of advertisements made the
waters known quite extensively. The
result was n rush of visitors mere, Wllch
has quite astonished the natives anu
perpleXed them to provide accommoua-
tion and entertainment Beside the
MissiSuuoi, which was Il eve loped
through the eXertions of the legal gen
| tlcman referred to, there are three other
SPRINGS in the same valley, and all With
! in a mile or two of the same village.
These are the Vermont, the Sheldon and
the Central. The latter is quite in The
village. Like the Missisquoi, they were
formerly known to the natives, ana are
all very much alike in the character OF
/ the minerals which constitute tholr
/ lltulclIiul anu IclllSuiti 'ltttiltiN'' IN -
owners. seeing The success OF the Missis-
oloi. have also commenced developing
| them and bottling their waters and ship
ping them TO market. The Miss9Quoi
/ Springs are about two miles from the
village, the Vermont one mile ana the
sheldon two and half miles. me
water has no cfiervesccnce, and hence it
il claimed TO be equally etficacious when
| bottled and drank at distance.
Sheldon Is taxed beyond its capacity
to enter. ain those who are now seeking
the recuperativc agency Of the springs.
! There is but one hotel in the placc-an
old-fashioned country taveFn-which Is
bursting with dodgers, while ever pr
vatr house in the village and every farm
house within an Crca of several miles -
OVERLOOKING with boarders. Hundreds
have come, and after wandering about
the country seeking, nay imploring, TO
be taken in by the inhabitants, have
gone away unaccommodatcd, while as
many more, having taken the prccau-
ton to write in advance have been re-
fused entertainment. The population
as before stated, is four hundred, yet
these four hundred have taken in about
eight hundred boarders. The conse-
duencc may be imagined. Rooms here
lofore disused in these little country
houses have been turned into sleeping
apartments. Every porch and verandah
along the heretofore quiet little streets
of Sheldon is alive with city folk. "
A person of fastidious taste might not
seek MissisquOi as a summer resort.
Society is not of the most agreeable
kind. The place might be a sort of mod
ern Pandora box, concentrating as ii does
so many OF the Affections of mankind.
People as a general thing drink the
water at their houses, for it is 4 long way
from the hotel or boarding houses TO the
[ springs. Those who do the distance in
the carryalls or afoot make the pan0ra-
mic procession of the evils that flesh is
heir to. The pleasure seeker, to repeat
e would not like his neighbors at the table
1 or in the parlor. Scrofula walks per
sonitied in hundred instances, while
: there are twelve or fifteen cases of ma
;. lignant cancer. There is Il tide in The
G affairs of NIissisquoi just now, and tina
tide is at its flood. Whether it will con
tinue to incease is problem for the fu
ture. 1t is Il sensation among tn,
q watering places. How long it will re
main so is likewise a problem. The
rush of visitors has induced the owner o
U the springs to contemplate the erection
OF a large hotel against next seasoh-on'
capable Of accommodating over fly,
hundred people. His plans are draw
# dug, but no farther progress has beer
=, made.
- ST Adams is feeling the effect OF tn
II discovery, or Development rather, o
t. Missisquoi. The owner of the stag
is route is waxing fat oyer the increase
= gains of his business all this summer
He has been compelled to run 'eXtras'
l. nearly every day.
e. Outside OF the attractions of the min
A eral springs, Missisquoi and st. Alban
are pleasant summer Icsorts. The scen
cry is really beautiful. Lake Champlail
G, and the Adriondacks border the pictul
T. on the west The Green Mountains
with Cancels Hump and Mount Mans
field, constitute picturesque hac
ground on the on the east Th
H. range runs north and disappears in tn
ns Pinnacle, four miles across the Canad
It's line. The drives among the informed
y. ate hills and around the little lakes II
~ the mountain give one an appetite fc
H. the excellent viands which the countr
re produces. st. Adams butter and chee.
en- are as much esteemed in Boston as III
nc the dairy products of Orange county i
l.' New York. The journey here is mo-
y. delightful one, and is easily embrace
he within an ordinary tour during a sun
mer vacation. From Saratoga the ca
run to Whitehall, thence the steamC
traverses Lake Champlaln III its pre-
ne tiest portion to Burlington, thence IL
Of cars run to St. Adams and the stage
y. run to Missisquoi The trip back ma
he be made by way ofTiconderago, with
lily historical associations, Lake George al
re- Gleun's Falls. st. Adams itself is on
so of the prctticst towns in the State, an
~ Vermont is a handsome one. 1t lies
VI the foot of the mountains mt the inne
to most portion of the "bench" eXtendh
'ge up from the lake. Its houses are f
ial apart. Lots are not confined to 25XlOC
A. The whole region is very healty. (Grav
a. yards are quite empty.) Pardon Il