The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-08-30
WHAT rs THE MIsSISQCOIy
Why all THE Secrecy e-Levying Tribute
with n Vengeance Water TINT il va-
doubtcdly Better than Fourth Ward Gin
Bat What IL ia Worths


doubtcdiy Better than Fourth Ward Gin
Bat What IL ia WORTH
Correspondence Of The sun.
SHELDON, VI, Aug %, 1s70-It is ccttinc 10
lie quite rtoverbll tat tbis pace il to BE- the Sr.
,osa OF the North in act, judah from the resort
Of visitors, IL is already SO. Il will doubtless be q
toach: TO the aiing, who, take 1t. constitute TIE
majority Of the public, to give the result O. some
observations have made on the various sprin y OF
ihls region.
1t is rather curious that as the number Of visitors
has increased and hotel enterprise has been encon-
RACED, springs seem TO be mprovised in the neigh,
ooshood OF favorable sizes. The MissisQuoi is the
most generally known through the method prac.
Used in the vending Of Iey modiciaes-cxtensive
advertising and certificates Of cures.
The present proprietor, c. Bainbridge Smith, a
lawyer In New YORK, has presumed however too
much upon the noiOricty thus established, ana hay e
.ug set up hotel near the spring denied the T
the water 10 the guests at TIE other hotels. That
70 s'v, hc levied n tax uuon hotels and boarlin1
loGses IN proportion TO tue number Of bOarlers
whether they use the water or not and pronibitei
rkiug away any more than they could drink at the
spring Shce tie nurniug VI ms hotel last july
ihe privilege Ct going 70 the spring aud nug
lot.le OF tWo ct time Wtlo charge was extended
{. those who ere % mates OF IN house At the tmo
~ was ournt %, recently az arrangement has been
made by which the We.doa House IN -. Albms IA,
been substituted fur the burnt Mi,si,quoi, ana nos
All rerfons, without distinction, in order to haNs
the water must become bO,r,lers at that house.
IN tho mean time tae question las been -hsrply
Hgl'.lci whether tie water alorcsaid !, worth al
his trouble. II Is wholly without taste, and ts
medical virtue, II II has any, must he upoa tn
rom ropalhic princ pic and OF high diulion.
Analysis of the water is Withheld from the public
o~tensibly berause T. woud enable chirlltlns TO
initiate H. The force OF tn argument is nof q1itr
'pparrnt, and II has been cor occurred that true
HtnlN h. woni show an inani't- proportion of
mineral INGREDIENTS winch woud impair the rcputt.
osIer Springs in the neigh5orrood are recon.
m'nded ut the different Hotels accor ling 10 The
mont snd the ShcdOn. OF these there is an anaiy
sis OF but one, namely, the Sheidon--I mean
published statement; and this has according 10 the
refoIt, about 10 grains OF mineral matter In gal
ION Of water-About the thirtieth OF an ounce TO a
gallon. THIS looks decidedly homeopathic, and
yet the water has taste Of some mineral ingre.
dents, and so far exceeds tire MissisquJ In aopa.
rent strength, and IL TeDute to be very agreeable
for bathing, owing probably 10 the soda. which l.
principal item. silcic acid aud crenic acid are
also mentioned, and would commend the water
acre il not for the minute proportions TIE Yer.
mont spring Is said TO contain Phosphorus and 1.
prescribed Tor cerebral and nervous ailments II IL
Teputed to repair the structural waste Of the brain
whether II viii restore dapidated mind or i'm.
Va more than the original vigor Is not vouched Tor.
Ne asecfs TO these fprngs !. by railroad to g.
stage. II Il 6rtraorii1ary thar when par Pcngers
rATg Ne" YORK Al tii ana r. by the Harlem
nni huIsOh I"a's lhey can reach 81, Adams at Gl5
next morning the mail that should be Transmitted
N the same tim" Is not delivered iii tie followIns
evening ard carried neSt morning to Sheldon, max
ng two dHys nom New York. Oltcner, however IL
Is three days, espociiy fIr new .papsrs There is
something inexpcabe In the details OF country post
cnices. Nothing eau be Learned about the cause of
'uch delays, only there is the inevitable llltins
somewhere.
II these northern spas are TO be made great re
~odt, II bcloOves tie propreturs to see W II that
business men from New YORK AMI other places south
shall not he Isolated from tIe world so that reyolu
tons irht occur In Europe before they would hdYu
4me 10 attend 10 taer wayering stocks,
! have used TIE hissisquDi uuOn tnli theory, that
iis negative virtue was greater than that OF any
other water; but A. guest at the Bellevue being
no" prohibited, shall have to take NO the Vermont
At the risk Of being converted by SIS phosphorus
into JACK-A-LANTERN.