, 1870-08-07
SARATBaA.
The Place and tho Season.
Folks Of Note There.
The Now Springs.


(Y1soM pCR OWN coRnksrnSpzsf.l
sARArpoA, July e.
Il.is l. rnquestiorably the hrst spa In the
ve,la, II has better, moro numerous and
s.o,s lissi1uil1at springs than any place in
Germany. and finer hotels than elsewhere, not
c1cers,nE the Am clttea. The Casino 1t
Hamburg i. surpassed in dimensions and It
::.s,iscncss BY The Tuson Hotel and Congress
Hall, two ot the rlosk wonderful edih:es for
pubic entertainment ever erected in 4 demo-
c.a,ic age. When the new Congress- Hall wac
thrown open two years ago 1t seemed prepos-
se,ousir large for the r1ll,ge md the trArel,
hat tlis year the Grand Union tIote! absolute
" looks doEu upon it. Two millions Of DOL.
lars arc ~eouul mp in tAess two
rio.er1iee, which face each Other
at.oss tho sl,ady, candy etreet called
Broadway, aud every night clcscn hundred
people are crowded upou Ielands riszzA
looking over At the eight hundred s'fslns
uicn Haiho1ne'f, vEilo between th"'n 'he
rt:y-gc-rouud Of Yromcnad" rssscs anu ~
rasrc-. under streams OF rons'!ctns no.
tsum i.fiy ether hotels and hoasains no.o0o
Nl,;.ir s.-lle4 through the long opoa "1nuo"e
ard i, o.e Of several OF these taEetnr' nnu VIC
.,.u,I- .-c erroaa With c1.a.rs for tbs ro-
az -~~
.:.,r, tli.k a. insects. There are sixteen
#. -.,sstl reaVlt in Sar7toga this year. lnclud"
..,. ,,,s eight thousand who reside here per
.a.ttIs-
IKE sgElS1s 10 \ SET coNEn-
;a.,iu: New York 1t bedtime one gets 10
-,:s:,:a t,r \ Ate breakfast; leaving Buffalo
$. ssrs~r Ire reaches Saratoga for late dinner.
liz c,,1::.,ry near the village is rolling, WOOD
j. --.L.. aud r~cky together. aud very
;;.,I.v ii, 4rrcs1ance, combining the primuess
r:Sew EneIand with the enterprise Of seE
Y,;k III a!l ;ha towns you rattle Iy, and Sara
.,-a ANNOUNCES tstly suddenly by the flying
81 :1.ce ii ovc the tree tops. the appearance
6: ,.il l.rercA rkrlcna and long lines OF hotel
-.{, and br thuse other indications OF
:, a,sn.Al prosperity which are common to
ga, !1:l;ng rcsorts- Ih.re aEe the usual
.;"ue:r, .ni varlets Of all soits, and,
setting INTO your particular onnibua
H.; a,c ca!!ore1 At once to tho heart Of the
r.::..are. The tirst glimpse il really pasad!sai
GA trc7i street Of elma and bcAutifu
J. ,:c:., wi;h broad piazza and parks and 4 per
II /. Lsns the Eewest and handsomess, hnt
-. v..oit scene is afforded at once, for Sara
"a !re al in olo glimpse, dladem plAci
,.s: .v; caa handle and appreciate withou
searching. f.r- The springs lie araons. an'
's:.rii ,e hotels, ever spr1ng covered with
;.:;..r :. ,s,..-, raCodz, or pavilion, and ii
* elai.o.s we'll OF each there arc dipper-boy
!, ,u.c t!lci, triple stsnds OF glasses down int
- t.,..,l,;inS watcrs, and bringing them up Al
-. IT r.res like jewel dust, to han1 ther
:. j.: 1o;ad among the waiting people VII
LAX sid watk. and s:1 aod d1t, and wear tuc
...r'..ul clrfhea.
after til. first bewillerment At the enormo1,
Sc aa1 ,le -rlcndoc Of the hotels, tho vista
.,::- to construct more symmetrical pictsf
Z -lt2taSa. which le perreives to be cot
-, ,.-.:v v;li.Eo ol some dozen or twcns
~.:.u... I'll we'll shaded, lying ou both sides c
:. ~:a.N ta,zs!y r.yiEc, through which a littl
,,A tr trook tuus on eaatwa-1 to 1ow int
49, Hudson River. At one end Of tho town
. II raLle park OF forest trees aud wal.
::"n> a1c1g the baukA Of the brook, aud
:-.-,a:l liz the two famed springs, the Consre.
-.,'ts. though but few yyar1s apart, Alou
- ,.ark. running parallel with tho brook,
=. Ia.iu street, Broadway. and Oh aud arouE
: Iark lie the chief hotels, all in a green ar
catering cu',p d'.eil Of tall ellns planted
;,":. ;af liszkas' picturesque fountain
tA;Ni- cf 1.usic. c.lss, pretty bazaar shop
-:1"an:s Of people III ls.lf opera coztum
-ta>A.r+. stIUllcFr, heiresaes, adventn
-. camp meeting Of pleasure grown
L. i c',ss:vr " palaces. How did it all happ'
:oget Etrs:
Nj spa Or mineral spring pisce In tho wei
;,y7 VI moro lestlnaatc1y and deserving
tAAn Saratoga. though il was unusually 1oE'
nat. III iiudlug Il, Il OF enterprise to Az
themselves Of ITS advantages:
l, etanJ4 III that wild region Of New r
With makes tie dividing ndge between
waters Of Lake Chauaplain and the Huds'
a.,,l which was, therefore, tie theatre OF m.
q! the bloody warfare between the French :
English aud their respective savage allies-
1".,un Of Monsca!n's and Durgosne's bait
a. they descended from Canada 10 the salls
of Ito Hudson, Delaware, and Eusqu.hzn
Saratoga me1us the ''place of behring's
the Mohawk language, and was once fan
for its neh, and. therefore, the brook wh
b:-cctr the tilisse u still named fiah Gre
=.le mineral spring, which the Indians G.!
:t.r = Medicine Spring OF tho Great SpiI
aud i: e1lsts to-ta5 very uearls as when Il
*1petetiiior4ly behed it. under the nauae
t.r High lock Spring, having built for ii
.'' Of the csrlonats particles il y
cus tufa about three feet high. th1o
NLure office the water bubbles like eli.
E,sne. A little, jealously guarded 1ae
:ra,l led to this healing spring. whicl, WAS
ss:m1ac1 Of 17i7. the Hohawks having tai
1ity upon tie dlseaxes Of Sir William Johns
ill.,, celebrated Indian Agent, and rceo1ysd,
l.. erlse council, 10 let him drink Of
~a,et.. Ttcy torc him on litter through
forest to tho solitary fountain. and. haE
rt pilatetl the Aanitou Of the Water with
Ds,co aud rire, he stopped down
,.rauk first, of al white men, OF
:, rugs OF SAyatoga- Three yeAra a
t,,rpni,g celebration WEE made to mark
c'e 60 OK the first century after the boon OF
d.1nght, and certainly no legend OF Heav
,,l:ilanthrorhy to man is hetter attested
more dramatically related thsn this. job
MAJ cured by drinking OF tho waters, IN:
srreal tho fame OF them through the +
ii..c.. The fir-t tavern Fas built here in
i,ut the actual fonf,der OF tho place WAS
ern Fn,uam, If Massachusetts, who m
here in 1883. while Washington wna taking
rcat in the Presidency at New York, and
built the Union Hotel in 1902, in 1effcr
term Of office, ard also the CONGRESS
r.r,ug.. the Washington, in 1896, the G
Han slring in isO7. tho CopGrens Srsit
Lug, .nl the Hamilton Spring in 1910.
tl..eccnIantr kept The Union Hotel until
svsswu $50, Saratoga has been tho most {
n,e ah,ut o5 different sprines
all Of them good,
d4i. creut iu taste anl properties, aud tv
Lice ae" Ones are found every year.
TIE SPRINGS
The three latest have been the Hail
Tic Ctystal, AMI tho Geyscr. all cath.
IL. c,Htf tonic watcrs arc tho SeltzeI
Columbian and the Washington. Other n
~ nsmcl tho Excelsior, the Empire
lsv.livu, tie lutnan, the Star, the Flat
;he Seven st ne, the Red, csc- Tho mos
sa'ls v ater has proved to be, cornmett
thai OF the Congress- but in the estimat
uaLv it has not held out we'll and is SUR
i'll eathattic properties l1y several others
s''aS5 1. El,e oe iii = fay ,Gs x,scs ss Y H. &c
+l.nng. mile from town. is too pow CT
be pleasant to the lsste. Al these wat'
freely given to visitoEs. and the tow1
pic ill their buckets and cistcrns every
The same terms; F.. persona like =
grows, and The first Sunday 1 spont
drank forty glasses without experienced
thing but relief Taking the water
ca,tart,c spring before breakfast rela
losels. while by drinking the tonic
alter breakfast an astringent relief is
ed, 1t il truly wonderful to zee = dip
l,rinE up from t~o cavities, within four
ZACH other. ench dissluilsr medicinal
sees- The wAtere arc o1pottcd 10 Ill I
The world for the price Of two dollars
riuts, and three dollare for quartz, b
are most valuable taken upon the Fpot.
MoRnIssESs cLCn uDCsE.
Nearly opposite tho Congress SpElnI
Ltclistous cross street, is the new
lIosss" Of john Morrisscy. ssandir
aerots :Ae celebrated rzlley Of the wat,
IL handsome AID large brick house,
with b.osn stone, and it is three storlt
eacln'tSe OF the basement The low
main fo1s IL composed OF two long
on each side Of tho hail. and ! dinir
c1oa.inE both the ealooua and tile hall
rear. The faro roGua IL on the right hi
Of tho hail II ol.e cnte5s, and il eonta;r
tables OF various kinds, roulette. r,
noir. viugtun, and various fAuciful
which are played here. The other salt
reception aud conversation room, a
the gaming salcor, It III abeu
by 1fcrty feet in dimeus:e:., =
hae no noticeable furniture, except II
e.crttLirs III J. eotuer. The TWO aalt