Arizona citizen., 1872-06-22

Saratoga is an Indian word and tht
 only printed authority I can find ol
 the subject, defines it as meaning
 "side hill" The mineral springs
 are strung along little valley fol
 several miles, the town of Ball.
 ston Springs locating the southern
 boundary. Altogether there are al
 most thirty different springs, and ot
 sufficient variety to be of special in-
 terest. though to my notion they dc
 not differ as one star from another
 in glory, nor nearly so much as the
 remarkable Geysers of California
 moreover, Saratoga Springs are all cold
 The two representative springs here
 are the Congress and Columbia--about
 fifty yards apart--the former cathartic,
 the latter tonic in their tendencies.
 The celebrated Congress water" is
 mostly @ natural solution of common
 sak, which translated into Saratoga
 English, means chloride of sodium.
 It is fashionable to drink it standing at
 the spring before breakfast, but it IS
 conveniently bottled for bedroom use, as
 young men of late habits prefer repose
 up to the moment the bell rings. The iron waters are partaken of during the day between meals. There is a white:sulphur spring of mild strength, and @ cred spring" noted for its good effects on the skin. Skinning proper lasts about three months of the year, and is known as "the season." They take stranger in then for all there is ill sight, and more, too. The original scalping by the noble red man was 8 delicious shampoo in comparison. The health-producing properties of these waters are chiefly In proper use as a beverage, though the signs are out for medical baths, etc. The first hotel for visitors here was erected in 1772- just one century ago. That log cabin would stand abashed in presence of the vast and airy fronts in vogue now. The springs were 6 resort by Indians and whites two hundred years ago, but no improvements were made to speak of until comparatively late date. The old buildings are yet so intermixed as to give the town 8 shabby-genteel look, and the govern ment of the village has evidently been more shabby from first to last The To- cal papers las usuaD are always talk ing about ring" of some kind. But on the whole the last ten years have developed much fine architecture in the way of permanent residences, and another decade will see here one of the handsomest inland towns on the con- 'inent. The springs are the overruling sttraction-the only manufactory to speak of is one to make bottles to ship he water in. The town is mapped put in streets, circular and triangular Il their directions, which takes off the nonotony too general in town-making. They are ornamented with elms, ma ,les, and other trees, and just now they | 4re good to see. The soil of the town
 ite is sandy, and dust and mud are lot permanent nuisance at all, for he Green mountains just over the iver in Vermont, and the Catskills vest, break off the winds. The springs
 re mostly fixed up round and roofel a very invitingly. The waters in some
 re so plentiful as to boil up toward he top of their "tubes," the size of he month of cistern, and the pres nee of 8 boy with tumblers, and
 ole with wire basket on the end to et them in, tells you that the season f dipping" has commenced-the rst of May usually. He "sets 'em p" with a flourish that would do onor to "Steve" at "Charley's" ongress Hall. Between drinks" , le boy lolls on the step or grass and { ads Dime novel. The boys make hatever wages the visitols may , loose to give them. Morning and l yening there is much running to and J o and packing and filling of buckets,
 'ttles and jugs, by all classes. All s } and down and on either side of this $ tie valley are handsome groves or T lrks of pine and fir, and the walks and F ives between are refreshing indeed r e balsamic odors are common fea- t re of the country, which naturally t $ a dry cool climate; decidedly b ol for about six months in the year. n saw the hobby turn-outs of sleighs &
 full blast up till the 10th of April, fl d the snow storms kept the sum- n er built hotels looking like we'd n