Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1872-07-09
For the Spectator.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, n. Y. !
July 4th, 1872. {

DEAR SPECTATOR. You were SO ably repre-
scented on the late Editorial Excursion that the
pen Of another ''tourist" may surfeit your col
umns However, those who have read the
racy letters from the ready pen of "a s. NJ. "
cannot but feel that this great State Is almost
boundless in interest and SO here goes fourth
Of J uly from Saratoga-the a6Satus being upon
me, produced not by waters tonic or Ieu-tonic,
but by ''the gentle pattering Of the rain upon
the roof rain, to the great detrs-ment of fire
crackers and disappointment Of Saratogians
generally. For it was but last evening that the
high-toned and famous Seventh Regiment ar
rived from N. Z. City and went into camp at
Glen Mitchell with all the poIlp and panoply
of the fourth, we are being abundantly blessed
by what. for the sake Of the weather, we need
great deal m0re-rain. An humble individ-
ual among those, who, with Prior
Charmed with rural beauty
Chase fleeing pleasure through the maze
of life,"
[ could overburden your columns with recital
of what it has been my pleasure to see and ex-
perience in the State of n. Y, since the 18th
of June. Not to speak Of the grand receptions
which the editorial party everywhere met and
the rich and picturesque portions Of the State
which it was their pleasure to VISIT and to say
of Trenton Falls, nor of Richfield Springs, nor
OF other places Of interest which it has been my
good fortune to visit, | will confne myself to
this one place, and will now give few rambling
notes. Saratoga has a population, in winter,
of 9 600 and during the season accommodates
200 guests. Although but village in the
parlance of New York, it has the shops and
establishments, the elegant and costly churches,
mammoth hotels, and metropolitan stores, and
the veins sud arteries of great city, and it is
practically such. The mineral springs are the
greatest 10 number and afford the greatest yari-
ety of water Of any in the world. Some Of the
bur. and nearly all carbonated In the list may
be found cathartic, Alternative. 5iuretic aud
tonic waters, differing 10 shade and strength.
Here, too, is the only Settler spring in this
country. Probably not one-ffth part of the
waters of these springs, used incidentally, ore
arun.. IN Saratoga. Bottling and packing
is carried on throughout the year and the ar
engagements for this purpose are the most COM
plete of anything of the kind in the county,.
This county (Saratoga) is bounded on the
South and East by the Mohawk and Hudson
rivers-the names of which are sufficient to
suggest scenes picturesque and hlstoric:-
Broadway, the principal street OF the town is
wide and for the most part shaded with dou-
bic line OF ems. AS OriVe, extending Tor
miles, and to Saratoga Lake, four miles distant
Broadway cannot be surpassed in loveliness.-
The lake is nine miles in longth and several
miles wide, and is favorite afternoon resort.
Nightly there are hops in the three principal
Notes.-The Grand Union, Congress Hall, and
The Clarendon. The races begin on the 18th
which will bring great influx of guests, but
even now that the recess have closed at Long
Branch, the Jubilee at Boston is in its last
DAYS, visitors are arriving by hundreds But to
write up Saratoga is more than fourth of
july task particularly when the rain has ceas-
ed and the Seventh is about to parade the
streets. Adds, T. F. S.