The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-06-26
VIRGINIA NEWS.
SrRsaGs CORRESPONDENCE.
The Way oc Getting 10 the SprinGs w hat 10
10 hc Seen There A Hack Driver Inter
viewed The Healing Springs Its Wonder
ful Cures The Life There The Springs Ina
General Harvest. &C.
,CorrcsYonacncc Of tho Richmond Dispatch. ]

Correspondence Of tho Richmond n'a1atc,.l
NrA1lSc SPRINGS. BATH Co., VA.
Ii is q fearful thing 10 come 10 the
SpriuCS-indcCd il is. 1t Won don't believe
me YOU NAV search me. |; amt so bad on
the railroad--but that's had enough. !
came up from Richmond with a lame leg.
which | brought along inst 10 keep my
mind employed, and Il gentleman conf
mcnccd by sitting down on it. politely
requested him 10 move, and he complied,
Int changed over and >at on my hat. And
vet that man lives. Such j the in>ticc dis
pcnscd III this country. Men have been
hung for less than lh!>. And then the stage
drivers
Why i il t5at Stacr-GgivcrS arc nj such
rnulity with baggage: There must he
something wrong about this. Ii y man
comes with 900 !i>tlc baggage he IS regarded
wal, rnrt.mpt. if with the usual amount
he jnc,lrS luminosity, and Il he should hap
i,rn to ht,rlon much his portion Is haired.
WHY Will Il stage driver, alter The coach Is
}1adcd say that he thinks talS l. ahollt the
l.>t time the old thing VIII work !: and
why VIII they intimate that there IS - hlt
at yna. around tn" mountain that VIII
finish liz mp: II Is 20 comfort 10 De :. u. ni-
;.n,G m" and il seems 80 strange that II Il
.,,...n:jyrr knows such i TO be the case
l., emit >ton talking about ii and let lis 60
1,1yn with The trunks Ill peace. ana not uie
,,rgIlofiro. one can't understand stage
drivers. The trouble ! think, now that !
look back At il. was that col OIL II MIL
l,nTo' instead of going OH TO toVInGion. Let
every one who goes tn the lieahn@, liol.
Warm. or Bath Alum. eel on al toNlnG-
Ton. An cdict in rcd--or thai should nc
read. for il is safe counsel. The only thlhS
that lean see in gong 10 the springs IS beng
there. All. that - something. Say We
take the Healing first. Now Tor
THE rLACE.
The ,tac, stopped. rather thought. in
front Of The brick MANSION OF subs III
Etflnrr. lat heard after ! got III thai Tue
road had urcu changed. and we HID stopped
al the back instead of the front OF Inc
house, which WAS adorned with colonadeS.
The inside view i beautiful. Looking from
the c>pianadc in Ilc rear you see Il grand
.rlrticn twice H. large ~ Capitol Park. the
TWO hills COMPOSING il Spanncd hy one great
lattice bridge 800 yards long. ana several
.,nYli..r one, of the same work. The great
one. though, i the cGlct Object OF attrac-
tinn. .Alrn" its sides il has fountains play
iuv: and RI night the bridge lighted up WIN
u.ht> every ten steps. and water gets every
rvontv wards, urc>rntSa lovely appearance.
ThrcIigh the grounds. which are also night
81. are fountains in full play with baskets Of
flowers SUSPENDED over Them Ivy wires SO
slender ~ t. i,e almost invisible, making 4
very nrrtTv effect Aor. the lawn are scat
tered chairs and benches. 50 hat one can rest
and look 1t tie charming scene. mis- l.
Al in the NIGHTTIME. In the daytime The
thick clyru foliage of the trees 1liied with
birds, IN. cleaning White cottages, the
ti,Wcrcd walks. the covering mountains,
the giitlcring stream through the centre &!
the grounds. the tlowercIowncd fountains,
i = 1lc i,pI -.
make The Healing place with seclE" ana
rnrtluwtn. About the hotel there Is WHIST
suppose they have ut nearly all we'll
KEPT hotcl~-th4t is the very best accomlno-
L.Iions. The ballroom Is nearly Is large
n the i;ll,ard House bah (ur rather dinln"}
room, and is furnished oil with music,
lllronv. mirrors, and all that sort OF thing,
uij,l the >arai o@1 STYLE. The acc"m!u"da-
tionS here Grr for :|Go persons. ana, llu%e
from the Springs register. that the 500 this
wear. il Tx" those OF last year, will be OF
the most Ia hion able class.
TIE VIRTUES OF THE wATERS--A STAGE
DRIVER INTERVIEWED.
In tl,. book Of the propretorS | lind ref
,rvHyt- 10 General 4. +. Lee. Archbishop
>IauidiD-, Of Baltimore General Beau
regard. OF Louisiana II. H., Ltlyson, OF
Richmond General iiatt, 81 Ohio Gen
ci4! Price, Of Missouri: John .IHuner DR..
William A. Pattc>un. of Richmond. and
others, ~ 10 the virtues OF the waters; but
! must add an interview with the stage
driver who brought me over, Which, |
think, is a. strong i preference ~ any
Attcr his lifting me- into the stage, asked ::
- DO YOU know anything about The Heal
in. ~prinIs:'
know; Why WAS bro't up and school
"a ii-ht thar.
Yes. But do you know anything about
ilr WatcrS:@
kuow auvthing about the waters; We'll,
il ! don't, who doc>: Thirty years ago. the
place whar they got now 10 hathe WAS all
li..cl rouGd with bushes. and We boys is
wa, going 10 scEoOlrigut thar aug 1t out to
swim IN.
''Ycs; hnt DID YOU ever know anybody
10 be cured hy tAc Watcrs:"
We'll IN a Lc,it;,tingfsort o! Wat The
Hr-t man ever knowclta, rot cured OF any
min. was Old man lived right thar by tie
school. Wc hoys thought h. wasn't ;ttcn
10 die, 'cau>c there want nou@h Of him
lift for 10 do il. Bat somehow he got to
-uln- in THAI spring, and urtcr While he
coined out fresh ,s any other man; and
would you believe it, one Of the boys died
utor" he did. That was bad, sir, wasn't
IT." with an injured air.l
s!InuathiZ"d with the untimcly boy, and
t!ir tpJ'b H!ji -rt OIL us bbA. NiNC !lcA! Il
~ some almost magical cures here, which
viii write You Of another time.
RICHMOND FRIENDS AT TIE HEALING.
70 Richmond people it is always 4 COM
fort 10 tind Richmond men ii the springs,
and hardly think one could fluid two peo-
pic he would he more pleased TO sec than
Mc>srs Il. VI. Quarie> and VIM. +. Bnford,
and they arc the controllers Of affairs here.
Mr.. Qulrle> is the agent Of the owners, and
has Displayed most exquisite taste III the
Improvement Of the grounds and skill in
the management of the hotel. Mr.. Bntord
every one in Richmond knows. lie seems
10 think OF every kindness you need as soon
~ YOU think of il Yourself.
X. A. Lancaster and family, of Richmond,
are here.
THE OTHER SPRINGS. |
As I came along | heard that even this |
early in The season the Bath Alum has 10, |
the Warm 20. the Hot %, and the Healing |
20 visitors. This is large number for any
time before the 10Th of July.
THE HARVEST.
The harvest has been better IN this coun- |
try this season than ii was last, and III the |
Valley understand il has been better than |
for several seasons past. Ii. {. L.
From E.oudoun County.
iCorrcsp ondcucc OF the Richmond Dispatchl
LoCDouN COUNTY, June 90.
Harvest, which came ten days earlier |
than usual this year, is well over, and the !
yield and quality OF the wheat much better |
than was anticipated. Some weeks ago it |
appeared to be irlng at the root, and many |