, 1870-08-09

round It, ind tho reput.tios Of The water grew
! Putnam, attempting to tubo it, lost tbs supply
altogether for time, when it rcappesrod In
another place. Putnam then began % dsapo-
cure the salt, bal It was found that tho PR
cipltascd salts would not make Congress wEter
nhen red:Esolyod. The original spring, I'LL
I this time, belonged to the PATRON family OF
iviEgstoos; but, in 1926, Yorkshire Eng
| lisbman, named Daniel Clarke, cho had opened
bought the farm on which the Congress
spring stood. For twenty years he bottled
! aId exported the water, created the park
round the spring from weird swamp, and put
| Dotic temple over the fountain. He acquired
ono Thousand Acres Of land At Saratogs, and
oied rich. In 1865 an Incorporated company,
| Which had been specufsting pEes7oualy with
the Emrire Spring. bought The Congress- Soun-
| tam aud grounds, and they are alleged to bot
tie Isl, 600 botttts annually They OWL I
large glsas bottle factory, md make bottles
for their competitors.
roLlT1oAL sA1ArooA-
Every yeanthe enterprise Of Saratogia9rs in.
cIeaees; every new spring ia improved ard
advertised the town Was richly
endowed e9 by nature, Int i fen into the handa
in former letter. II is unquesionably the first
sI'a in the world. the most cosmopolitan and
the most attractive OF ali our resorts, coast
wise or interior. In the height Of tho season
il il the equal, in point Of fashion, to vichy
when the Emperor is there. Its gaming IT,
blts ars nearly As popular md quito as COM
tOEtaby and eafeiy established as those OF
Esden Baden. Its hotels are simply won3rous.
l ean convey no idea to you Of thu
beAuty OF the place this year with
ue Grand Union completed. airy and high
and long ~ tho palace Of King, all bnstling
and blooming with ahops below, and aniu,a-
tion and beauty above
There il good deal Of preference amongst
people as to tho particular place they choose
| TO epend the summer, and this is often the
dent. Ike none Of these watering places
because Am not at home in them, but do
not hee how anybody can speak OF Newport
or Long branch, or of the White
Sulphur Springs in competition with this place
AZ medicinal re:oIt, OF A. an achieyed place
itAn fashion. II is not ~ vulgar, and it is
quite Il lively, as Baden Baden, which is .
town Of nearly the same population aa Sar1-
toga, and it has about the samo number OF
visitors yearly. It has thirteen hot springs,
| but it is more Of q bathing place than drink
ing place At Saratoga lew persons battle,
aud there ia probably little efficacy in tho e1-
telnal use of tho watsr. Saratoga is in
! felior H. h', seensrT to either Spa or
George. CLampIain, and the Hudson. and OF
the Green Mountains and the Adirondacks.
It's society repleEents every country,-t1avel-
| ling Eughthmen, Canadians, Cuoaus, Vanezu-
elAns, CaliforniAns, Oneid3 Indians, what
! nots The whole town is = eort of luxurious
palaces. Ono can board herc for ten dollars
4 l week or for seventy dollars. 1t is demo-
cratic in tic parieian as well as in the Ameri-
can senfe. Nothing, is wrong hero, provided
it does not offend the comfort Of somebody
else, and the police provisions are either
character Saratoga Il rapidly assuming po-
sition Of influence upon the concerns OF the
nation. 4 respectable political convention OF
any party eau be gathered together almos.
any day Of tho season from the guests Of the
hotels here, and many scherne Is put in mo-
sequences Of which We still SEQ ndistaut lcgis-
lstion. This year the Womens Rights people
t-ttoee nso arc tearing to tatters possibly
good canae-and other conventions have been
held AT sxratos7.
| .s..ny persons supnoas that this place Il per-
fec.'y goddess on Sabbath, but the contrary is
is true, that nowhere arc the churches better
attended by strangers as well aa citizens. II
80 pleasant Sabbath morning scene to see
sprlpGs,-the springs 20 pEettly cAnopied, like
p,etty. temples to the watcr-gods,-ln order
that they may breakfast and dress in time
for church. As to nnusaments. they re-
ceire poor attention here. Tho Lelands,
when they bought the Union Hotel property.
In 1854, raised an elegant opera house, aud
busted themselves to gire entertainments. but
in every case they met with coudgn failure,
possibly, because they did not bring the best
Of refined talent to tho place, but, probably,
because the quests preferred society to talent,
and the sweet evening air and the brsss Gants
to close quarters under roof. The opera
house il now converted into bowling
alleys and do1mitories. There are frequent
balls and hops at Saratoga, where there is an
lmmense amount Of expensive md exposed
only drive Of consequence IL four milea long,
to Saratoga Lake, where there il q large hotel,
n rail, bowling alleye, the cEispeat Of fried po-
tatoes. wilfully high prices, and hot Weather.
Nobody that have heard Of goes TO the field
Of Durgoynes surrender-a distant and out OF
The way plnce. The pleasures Of Saratoga arc
to drink the water, to wander through the
parks, md mp the clean, shady paremeuts OF
| broadway, to SEQ tho multitude Of cleanlv,
contented people, and to be moved with the
taste, and, might say, the subimity Of tho
buildings. There il no one 80 poor in &C
auain.auces that he will not meet some one
hc knows in this schtol Of philosophy and OF
morals: this bazaar; this cool, hubbliue,
grateful laboratory, Whero the grasses blow
aside 10 let the wasers foam, and tho thirsty
and psrchtd drink with that Joy which might
express tho rnptuses Of Dives, receiving hia
cup Of cold water In the consuming tiro built
for lis gluttouy.
MORNING SCENE At CONGRESS srR1N1.
It is eceno Of mornings To look round the
Congress- Spring, AZ the great orderly multi
tnde stands there, waiting for the dipper boys,
who with their bunch OF glasses plunge then
into the sparkling font, and pass tho waters
round. The cavity OF the spring is a. large
| round as the floor of = large room, aud it IL
larricsacd from the people; shelf IL et-
tached to the inside OF the barricadc, where
srrilg is down in tile middle Of tho cavity, a
tmall well, full nearly 10 the top, and alwaya
foa1nidg, sparkling, aud dripping. Tho dippe.
boys wear rubber boots TO tho thigh.
and they are i smart, tireless, merry
set Of fellows, quick to see penny, but
tueele for the glasses as they pass round, and
each person, afte1sdrnking two glasses, starts
on fra walt round tho park, about quarter
Of 4 milo in circuit.
Iopder you can gee tho old lady Of stcad5
thatits who is about to tako her first drink Of
her lips, and ehe gets = swallow, when she
spits it out With q terribly WY face:
Gracious sakes, Thonas!" she says,
believe my soul it's nothing but salt and
wafer"
/" can drink it," SAYS her supremer half,
he we're quite proud OF the new habit lie hid
learned y like it - much a. tea or coffee"
Here Thomas looks round tho circle to zoe
! il somctody hss heard this remark, and Ls
resembles 10y who has Just con
Hasse" stay upon lis .tom,eh. Tbo,nas thon N
caIclesaly tossea m three or four 0Iasses. II
show how easy It il. and. giving his oid i'd,
lis arm, moves round tie park like maj
Who las done his vhole dpty. Not vet, Thom
AZ! Trifling With Congress water il a dangor
ous thing. vcz. soon thy speed will bo &C
corners; thou wilt wish to take the wings o
| tho 1noy,1nr and Ar ~ fra ,,ttarnost mart.