Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1870-07-22
C0rYeSb0ndence.
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MIDDLETowN SPRINGS, VT,
July Is. 1870.

MIDDLETowN SPRINGS, VI,
July Is, 1870.
Located here, in a picturesque little val
ley girted round about by host Of green
hills that seem as so many stepping stones
to the loftier ranges oftho Green mountains
just beyond, is a charming summering re-
sort lately become famous alike for its gem
oral salubrity, the rural beauty Of its sur
roundings, and the remedial properties Of
its mineral springs. These springs were
developed something over two years ago
by one of natures freaks, manifested in
watery visitation, which deluged good
portion of the valley and washed away,
among other things, certain hillock or
mound of gravel but short distance from
the banks of the water. Under this rocky
deposit, made, doubtless, by some previous
freshet the fountains of health had been
previously coursing, unhonored and un-
known, for long years, perhaps, until the
providential dispensation which brought
them to light, revealed their curative agen-
cies, and soon started into new life the quiz
ct little village, which is now fast maturing
into a most popular and attractive watering
place.
The beneficent works Of the springs in
the relief of a great variety of diseases, es-
pecially in oruptions and cutaneous CON-
plaints have been heralded abroad, and
goodly number Of the afflicted, attracted
thereby, are here quafling the waters with
a frequency and persistcncy which bespeak
a well settled faith in ultimate results.
For rest and quiet, and all the essentials
- l,a ala IL
indeed desirable, and it is being appreciat-
cd by the visiting public to an extent
which has already filled to overlooking the
small hotel and numerous private boarding
houses. and demonstrated the want of in
creased accommodations.
This want, so seriously realized in sea-
sons past, is soon to be supplied in mag
nificent and commodious hotel approaching
completion, and to be opened some time
next month under the efficient manage
ment of well known hotel man from New
York city. The ceremonial opening occurs
simultaneously with the centennial celebra-
ton of the settlement of the town, on which
occasion we are looking for heavy rein
forcement in the way of pleasure hunters,
and expect to "trip the light fantastic" in
| the first grand hop of the season.
For the time being we are constrained TO
content ourselves with rural recreations,
rambles over the hills and mountains, and
other inspiring sports, which give ruddier
tinge to the cheek, and send the blood
coursing in healthful vigor through the hu
man economy. And then there are the
drives over the most delightful roads and
through a country unsurpassed in pastoral
beauty; and the promenades meath the
wide spreading ems the shady retreats
and cosy hooks where willing ears full oft
have listened to the fervent declarations OF
youth and inexperience, and the rendezvous
around the springs when the heat of the
day is over and the crowds are wont to
congregate and discuss things political,
sentimental, nonscnsical, etc With all this
time hangs not heavily on ones hands; and
when the shadows of evening assemble us
for the dance, how we wing "the glowing
hours with flying feet until early morn
too often finds the music still sounding, the
cotillon unfinished and the waltz but half
over.
The are a number of good country folk
here whose chief occupation seems to con-
sist in swallowing the greatest tendJie
quantity of mineral water and expatiating
upon the decline or progress Of their re-
spcctive ailments. Others there are who
come, perhaps, for matrimonial purposes,
evidenced in the introduction of some
blooming girl in her teens, upon the taps,
waiting to be wooed and won by the FIRST
"hopeful" of wealthy parents that may
urpsput himself Then again there are the