Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-01-07
From the Troy Times.
Healing Springs.

ticdted Cures Effected tn an Lpcredibly
Short Ilme-RnM far tie !vMer.
The Yankees of Vermont are alive
They always have sharp eye to the main
chance, and hence, although they have no
canals, no seaport towns, and were desti-
tute of railroads until about twenty years
ago they have contrived to make them
selves known to the world, and have sue
ceeded pretty well ever since the period of
. Beach Seals" Vermont marble and Yer
mont slate have a world. wide'reputation
The miners for these minerals, as well as
for copper, iron, and manganese, arc I'M
dermining the everlasting hills" The
mineral springs of Vermont some Of them
are and lo'rg have been celebrated. The
MiSsisquoi Springs, the Alburgh Springs,
and the Clarendon Springs, every traveller
and every invalid from Sea to shannon
has heard of. Their glory. however, is
likely to be eclipsed by a newly risen star,
and the Middletowp Springs are in the
ascendant. Middletown is village of
about five hundred souls, in Rutland
county, eight miles due East from Poult-
ney, which is a station on the Rutland
and Washington railroad The Oldest in
habitants remember that these springs.
existed nearly fifty years ago. In the
year 1911 memorable flood changed the
bed OF the Poultney river at Middle
town, by filing up the old channel
with gravel and dePo~iting an immense
quantity Of it against tie North bank. out
Of which the springs have Issued From
that time nothing was seen Of them until
last June, when an unusual flood washed
away the gravel that the flood Of 1911 had
deposited on tho North bank Of the river
and again laid bare the springs The
waters have been analyzed By Professor
Collier, of the Agricultural College OF
Vermont and found to contain sulphur
soda, limo, chlorine, iron. mague-ia,
manganese, potash, alumina and several
gases in other words, the waters arg
shown to be dccoction Of tho whole ma
terra mcdica. \ most peculiar sediment
is deposited in the springs. II has an ex-
tremely delicate and very light pink color
looks like fcecy cloud and resembles
mother of vinegar, but with much lc-s
consistency. 1t is barely six months since
the springs were discovered, and there
have been large number of almost mi
water. 1t seems to he a specific Tor s~rof-
ulous and cancorous tumors aud other GU
taneous cruptions; for rheumatism, for
incipicnt consumption and for disease OF
the kidneys The cures OF well marked
obstinate and chronic cases which have
come to our knowledge, have been SO
speedy and 80 eifeatual that the most
credulous are amazed Erightful sores OF
from three 70 fifteen years standing have
been completely cured in four weeks
Persons supposed to be far gone with con-
sumption, have. to all appearance, been
completely cured il three months. and
these things have not been done in a cor
ncr, nor are the subjects away in some
remote locality, bat they are citizens OF
poultney and the surrounding country
Very little effort has been made to pub
lish these springs, and yet the village i
crowded every day by strangers. They
come from adjoining towns and counties,
and carry away the water by the gallon
aud by the barrel, We learn the most o.
these facts from Rev I"i'.' N~~---."-' ..
roultncy, though we have previously pub
lishcI some paragraphs in relation to the
| springs. Mr. Newman has no proprietary
] interest in the springs ami writes u. a
he says. ITO acquaint the public with one
of the healing fountains that God has
opened 30 relieve the distresses OF suffer
ing humanity. Satisfied that the Middle.
town Springs arc 10 humbug thai in al
that has been said above 'the half has not
been told aud that ] am doing i favor 10
the afflicted by making these statements
and being willing that any one wishing
further information in regard 70 these
SPRINGS should address me, you may use
my name if You soc iit to do So
/ HEpLATT~BCRGu FnE-The Platts-
burgh correspondent OF the Burlington
Free Press. gives the following account OF
! the late fire in that village:
The United States Hotel, an old land
mark in this village lies in ruins. At +.
O'Clock on Monday evening two or three of
its chimneys were burning out, but "a the
roof was covered with snow no danger was
apprehended. At s o'clock however. a
bright tongue Of flame was seen issuing
from the roof near one Of the. dormer win
dows on tee south side. An alarm was at
once given, but all efforts to save the
building awaited nothing, and in les than
three hours the building was entirely con-
sumed. Everything valuable was saved
from the house, and none of the out-build-
ings were injured. The soldiers of the
42d U. S. Infantry, with their officers from
the barracks, came down on the double
quick, with buckets in hand, and worked
faithfully and efficiently until the safety
of all other buildings was assured. The
amount of insurance on the Hotel is said
to be S9,UUO.
4 This hotel was one of the old land
marks of the village, and contained bull
let holes made by the British troops in the
battle of Plattsburgh.
"N. l.. DAvIs."-The Burlington Times
thus handsomely notices the new engine,
/. n. L. Davis, on the Rutland railroad, and
pays merited compliment 20 its engi-
neer, Mr.. Curtis:
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