Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-09-13


Editor Telegraph : now resume the sub
ject Of the Sulphur Springs;
! spoke Of the bniIdings nj she Md Sulphus,
and now wish TO say that very serious nAis-
take was made in the location ot them. They
are all huddled together, close 10 the Springs,
right in the bottom Vi the Valley. Llrre the
guests are-in the deepest and ihickest u the
shade and fog, deprived of three hours sum
shine In the morning, and thsee on four in the
evening. In many Gases of disease, this is sul-
hcient of itself 10 bufii, the skill o5 the Msl Of
medical practitioners, and to counterbaance
the good Effects Of the h 81 water In the world.
These buildings should have been set up on
the high land, where the sun could reach
then all day long, and where M monaAan
breezes could lan the checks and ill the lungs
of the invalits
stayed nj this place two nights and part of
two days, for WHICH they changed me $3.50
then bid them goodby and lcf, In search of
better place My friend, Mr.. Chafer, thought
he wouia stay and give the thing u fair trial,
We did not Like to part company, but il was
no place for me. ! think l an not eonsump.
tive, but fear l should be If stayed there
long.
l have no doubt that Ssa water of these
Red Sulphur Springs Is very good, in many
cases OF pulmonary disease, but think tits
one Of the last places 10 which eohsrmpive
shouldgo. II l wanted the water, l would
locate somewhere in the mountains and have
1t brought to me.
found another urd Sulphur Spring. about
IN, a
the railroad; but II has not come into notori-
ETY. yet. The water of this Spring Is stronger
and better than the old Retr Sulphur, and II
shows u greater deposit of the properties
thought to be 30 beneficial Ian that The loca-
ZION, too, Is hundred per cent. better. 1t Is
open 70 tho east and west, SO that II gets the
full benefit Of the morning and evening sun
shine, and the mountains are not so high but
that the sun Gun shine In all day long This
Spring hus neveE been improved, aud there
are no accommodations for guests. But the
land around II Is 50 situated that Il eau he
made very del iehlinh place, and L Is near 20
Talcolt depot, making 1t easy Of access, 50
that II viii certainly become one OF the most
Important places O resort in all West Virgin
IL. Such water, In such u ltsigable location.
with railroad communication, cannot long be
neglected. The owner tells mr he intends to.
provide accommodations Ior u few guests next
season. Anyone suffering with pulmonary
disease, wishing 10 try the effect or such walsr.
had better arrange with him Tor aceommoda.
llons.
The water OF the old Red Sulphur Springs
has been analyzvd-thls has not, but I am con-
hdeni, after careful examination, they possess
similar qualities. l here subjoiu sumo remarks
oil A. A. Hayes, NJ, D., of Philadelphia, from
bis analysis OF The Red sulphur water; "This
water Is perfectly culoress aud transparent,
Its odor Is that Of hydro-sulphuric acid, mix
ed with that Of earth or clay--thc latter being
retained after the hydro sulphurio acid Is dis.
sipaied or destroyed. IN taste Il il. hepatic
and slightly bitter"
/. fThe peculiar sulphur compound, which
iorms n paEl OF the saline contents Of this wa.
ter, has never been, descEibed,. IL u has even
before been met with While In the natural
state. aud out Of contact with ATMOSPHERIC
1 air! II is dissolved In the water, aud forms q
a permanent solution. Air, acids aud oihel
agents, separate Il from the waleR In the farm
! OF Jelly, and alkaline carbonates, alkalies
+ water and other agents re.dissolve Il. In III
, decomposition, ammeDia Is formed, and by
dro-sulphuric acid Is liberated /. ov.iG heat b,
/ employed In the ezpei,msni, sulphur H. sepa
rated"
I,F The cisessas 10 which this, water has. beer
}, found most available, are chrpnir Phithisls
81 Cbropie LarylgiIis. Chronic Bronchitis Func
J ticnsl diseases of,she heart. Mucus dIarrhea
: ohranic dyAeRiery, irritation Of The kidneyi
: and bladder. and. chronic srppupns, Of ,hs
) akin. ~. y, 80. 1,
whsA Isst ihe Rsd spiphRk Springs. ans